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How to Operate a Fisher Price InteracTV

The Fisher-Price InteracTV system allows children to interact with their favorite television characters, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, and Elmo, by answering questions via a wireless controller. The lessons offered through the InteracTV system cover numbers, colors, and animals. Each game card contains over 100 learning questions and activities. Before you can begin, you will need to program your television to recognize the InteracTV controller. This is very simple to do, and is accomplished through the controller itself along with the included programming card.

Things You'll Need

Fisher-Price InteracTV system
Television set

Instructions

- 1
  Slide the three-position memory switch on the controller to the memory slot you want.
- 2
  Turn your television and DVD player on, and insert the InteracTV disc into the DVD player. A short message and InteracTV tutorial will play, followed by a programming screen.
- 3
  Insert the blue programming card into the InteracTV controller. The green light located on the bottom right of your controller will blink twice when the card has been inserted correctly.
- 4
  Aim the controller at your DVD player and enter the DVD manufacturer code number using the number keys. The forward arrow button is used to enter zero. Consult the users manual to see the list of DVD manufacturer's code numbers listed. After you've entered the four-digit DVD manufacturer code, the light on your controller will blink once for a few seconds.
- 5
  Remove the programming card from the controller and insert the yellow test card into the controller. A yellow test card symbol should appear on your television screen. If this does not occur, go back to Step 4 and input the next manufacturer's code.
- 6
  Press the nine letter buttons and both arrow buttons on your controller to test whether they respond properly. Properly responding controller buttons will cause their corresponding symbols on the television screen to light up. Press each button firmly and slowly and watch for a response. If your test card is not working properly at this point, take the yellow test card out of the controller, reinsert the programming card, and enter any DVD manufacturer's codes you have yet to try.
- 7
  Pull the test card out of the controller and insert the activity card, picture side up. You should see the light on the bottom of the controller blink twice, and the display for the game card you've plugged in will appear on the television screen.
- 8
  Press the buttons on the controller in response to questions posed by the InteracTV program. When a question is asked, multiple possible answers will appear on the screen. An answer is entered by pressing the picture symbol or picture on the controller that corresponds with the same picture or symbol on the television screen. Sections can be replayed or skipped by using the controller's arrow buttons.

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