Setting up your learning laptop, Using your learning laptop – Radio Shack 60-2642 User Manual

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The Basics

setting up your learning laptop

using an ac/dc adapter

To power your laptop from a standard AC outlet or vehicle
battery power, you need an AC-DC adapter and size M
Adaptaplug™ (not supplied, available at RadioShack).

1. Set the voltage switch on the adapter to 6V.

2. Attach the Adaptaplug™ to the adapter’s cord with the

switch set to positive.

3. Insert the adapter’s barrel plug into the laptop’s DC 6V

jack. Plug the other end of the adapter into the power
source.

using your learning laptop

ON/Mode

OFF

turning the laptop on and off

1. Press ON/Mode to turn on the laptop.

2. Press OFF to turn off the laptop.

If you do not press any key for about three minutes,
the laptop says “Bye-bye, come back soon,” and
turns off automatically to save power. To turn it
back on, press ON/Mode.

select your settings

Press Settings (the key with a tool on it) and a screen will
appear. Move the cursor either by keypad or mouse to select
an option. Press ENTER to select.

NOTE

ENTER

Settings

Backspace/
Erase

Shift

Draw/
Move

Help/
Save

Clear

Arrow
Keys

Play

Repeat

caution

• Use a (Class 2 for AC) power source that supplies 6V DC

and delivers at least 300 mA. Its center tip must be set to
positive and its plug must ﬁ t the laptop’s DC 6V jack.

• Using an adapter that does not meet these speciﬁ cations

could damage the laptop or the adapter.

• Do not leave the laptop plugged in when you are not using

it.

Voltage

Switch

DC 6V

Jack

Adapter

Cord

Barrel

Plug