Getting Connected with
AlphaSmart
To connect the AlphaSmart to your PC,
follow these instructions…

Shut down the
computer.

Unplug the purple
keyboard plug from the
back of the computer.

Plug the single orange
plug which says
connect to PC keyboard
port into the back of the
computer where the
purple keyboard plug
was.
Connect Keyboard

Plug your original
purple PC keyboard
cable into the
AlphaSmart PC “Y”
connector that has two
purple connections and
ends in an orange
connection and is
labeled connect to PC
keyboard cable.
Turn on computer

Turn on the computer
and wait for it to boot
up. Test the keyboard
by opening a word
document and typing
“test.”
Get Connected

Plug in the blue (AlphaSmart
2000) or gray (AlphaSmart
3000) connector into the PC
port on the AlphaSmart while
the AlphaSmart is off.

Turn on the AlphaSmart and
press the send key.

MAKE SURE to turn off the
AlphaSmart before you
disconnect it.

You can keep the “Y”
connector on permanently,
but if you remove it, be sure
the computer is off.
Installing the PC Y Cable
PC
Orange
PC Keyboard
Cable
Orange
Purpl
e
PC Y Cable
Blue
2000
AlphaSmart
Adapter
Cable
PC Keyboard
Grey
3000
Connecting Your
AlphaSmart 3000 to a USB
ToComputer
connect your AlphaSmart 3000 to a USB
computer, either a Macintosh (iMac or newer)
or a PC, use the USB cable. Simply plug the
rectangular end of the USB cable into the
computer’s USB port (either on the CPU, on a
USB hub, or on some USB keyboards). Then
connect the smaller, semi-square, end into
the AlphaSmart 3000 computer port. The first
time you connect an AlphaSmart 3000 to a
USB port on a PC, Windows will bring up a
series of screens to install the driver
necessary to support the AlphaSmart 3000.
Simply click on the Next button in each
screen.
Credits
Thank you to the following people
who contributed to this tutorial:
Mr. Campbell
Mrs. Sliwa