Content 1 Welcome Product Features 2 Important Safety Hearing Protection 3 Your Voice Tracer What’s in the box? Overview 4 Start to use Power On/Off Connect to Computer 5 Recording 6 Voice Mode Delete A-B Replay Play Mode Volume Adjustment 7 Music Mode Delete A-B Replay...
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Equalizer Mode Volume Adjustment 8 System Setting Record Type Record Light Voice-activated Auto Divide Feature Recording System Time Setting Record Timer Duration Language Backlight Contrast Auto Power-off Remain Time Clear Memory Firmware Version 9 Frequently Asked Questions 10 Technical Parameters...
1 Welcome Welcome to the world of Philips! We are honored by your choice and purchase of Philips’ products. You can have Philips’ comprehensive technical supports from our website, e.g. user’s manuals, software downloading and warranty information etc. www.philips.com Product Features...
2 Important Safety To avoid a short circuit, do not expose the product to rain or water. Do not expose the device to excessive heat caused by heating equipment or direct sunlight. Protect the cables from being pinched, particularly at plugs. ...
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When in dangerous conditions, please carefully use the earphones or stop using. Do not use the earphones when driving, cycling and skateboarding to avoid traffic accident and violating laws and regulations.
(2) When the power switch is slid to “ON”, the device starts automatically and then displays “PHILIPS”, as shown below. Then, directly enter voice mode, switch among voice mode, music mode and system setting with a short click on the MENU key.
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Switch on: When in the power-off state, press down the PLAY button ( ) until the startup logo “PHILIPS” is displayed. Note: The device has a built-in lithium battery. If the device shall be idle for a long time, please slide the power switch to OFF position.
Battery Charging: Note: Prior to charging, please slide power switch to ON position. Connect the device to PC through USB cable. Use special charger to recharge. When using the above methods to recharge, the device enters the charging status. The battery indicator shows a battery icon turning from empty to full repeatedly, indicating that the device is recharging, with orange charging indicator being lit.
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Note: When moving files into or out of the device, please do not disconnect the device from the computer. USB Connection and Charging Interface: When the power switch is slide to the OFF position, the battery symbol will not be displayed.
5 Recording Before using the device, please read carefully the following instructions. (1) In the stop state of voice mode, press STOP button to select the folder you prefer. You can select folder A, B, C, (2) Press REC button for 2-3 seconds to start recording;...
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Illustration of Recording Interface: Note: When the low battery icon occurs, it means the battery is nearly empty and the system will automatically shut down. If the device is recording, the system will automatically save the recorded file then shut down. If the device has low battery, please recharge promptly.
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Note: Prior to recording, please preset the record type you need (See “Record Type” in The System Setting, Chapter 8) and the folder where you want to save recorded files (See “Voice Folder Selection” in the Voice Mode, Chapter 6). ...
recording stops. Please delete part of recording or move it to a computer. When the device is in the recording mode, please do not slide power switch to OFF, otherwise the current recoding files will be damaged. Please charge battery in advance if you need to record for a long time.
to enter file deleting or directory deleting. When in the state of Play, press REC button to enter A-B replay. When in the state of Play, press MENU button to set play mode, including Sequence, Repeat one and Repeat all. Press VOL button to enter volume adjustment interface, and pres to adjust volumes.
Delete current file Delete all files in the folder Press PLAY to select “Delete one” or “Delete all”; press to select “YES” or “No” and press MENU to confirm. A-B Replay When playing, press REC to enter A-B replay mode, and set the start mark A, then the screen displays A→B, and B flashes as shown in Figure 1;...
Figure 1 Figure 2 Play Mode The device supports three play modes, including Sequence, Repeat one and Repeat all. It is able to switch among those three play modes by pressing MENU button when playing. : Sequence, it means to play in the order that from the current file to the last one, and then it automatically stops playing.
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figure. Press button to turn up or turn down the volume, then the volume bar on the screen will correspondingly increase or reduce.
7 Music Mode When the voice mode is in the state of stop, press MENU button to enter Music Mode. Note: music files can only be played when they are in “MUSIC” folder. Music Mode Interface Information Press to select the file you need to play. In the state of stop, press MENU button for 2-3 seconds to enter the file deleting or directory deleting.
Press VOL button to enter volume adjustment interface, then press button to adjust the volume. Press STOP key to stop playing. When playing, press PLAY button to pause playing and resume playing by pressing PLAY button again. When playing, keep pressing button to fast forward or backward, release the button to automatically resume normal playing.
Delete single file Delete all files in a folder The operation methods are the same as “Delete” of “Voice Mode”. A-B Replay The operation methods are the same as “A-B Replay” of “Voice Mode”. Play Mode The operation methods are the same as “Play Mode” of “Voice Mode”.
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playing. Icon Sound Effect Normal Rock Popular Classic Soft Jazz Volume Adjustment The operation methods are the same as “Volume Adjustment” of “Voice Mode”.
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8 System Setting When the music mode is in the state of stop, press MENU button to enter system setting. Note: Since there are many menus under the system setting, it is possible to return to the voice mode interface by pressing STOP button from any system menu interface.
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menu. HP: MP3 format, high quality, with bit rate of 128kbps. LP: MP3 format, long time, with bit rate of 8kbps. N.R: WAV format, high quality, with bit rate of 384kbps. Record Light On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on MENU button to enter record light setting interface, as shown in the following figure: Press...
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course of recording, if no voice is detected, the device will automatically pause recording 3 seconds later; if voice is detected again, the device resumes recording. From the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press the MENU to enter the VA setting interface, as shown in the following figure: Press to select “ON”...
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interface, as shown in the following figure: Press to select preset auto divide time : “OFF”, “30min” and “60min”, press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu. System Time Setting On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the time format setting interface, as shown in the following figure: Press...
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the following figures: In this state, press VOL to switch among the year, month, date, hour, minute and second. The number will flash in the state of setting, press to adjust the numerical value. Press MENU to save the current time/date settings and enter the next menu.
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The setting method refers to “System Time Setting”. Duration It is used to set duration of auto record. Device will automatically save recording when reach the preset time. On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the duration setting, as shown in the following figures: Press button to select “ALL”(to disable auto save)、...
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“30m”(to auto save at a 30min interval)、 “60m”(to auto save at a 60min interval ) 、“120m”(to auto save at a 120min interval) , press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu. Language It is used for setting the system language. On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the language setting interface, as shown in the following figures:...
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backlight is off automatically. The backlight will be always on when “0” is selected. On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the backlight time setting, as shown in the following figures: Press to select “0”, “15s”, “30s”, “45s”...
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Press to adjust numerical value, press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu. Auto Power-off The system will automatically power off if no operation is performed to the device in specified time. There are two auto power-off options: 5min or 15min. On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the auto power-off setting, as shown in the following figures:...
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Press to select “5min” or “15min”, press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu. Remain Time It is be used for check remaining time for recording. On the stop interface of music mode, consecutively short press on the MENU to enter the remaining time checking interface, as shown in the following figures: Note: Different record types vary in remaining time.
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the following figures: Press to select “YES” or “NO”, in case of misoperation, please press VOL first, then press MENU to confirm the formatting when you selecting “YES”; if press MENU only, it will cancel the formatting and enter the next menu. Firmware Version It is used for checking the version of firmware and the date.
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Answers to the frequently asked questions are listed here to solve simple problems that may occur. If the problem cannot be solved, please contact the dealer or visit our official website: www.philips.com/support Cannot switch on the device: The battery is empty, please recharge promptly.
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Memory Reference recording time (4GB): About 24 hours for Digital Noise Reduction recording mode , 68 hours for high quality recording mode and 1114 hours for long time recording mode. Type of internal memory: NAND Flash (flash memory) Mobile storage device (PC): Yes Recording time with fully charged battery: approx 12 hours Size and Weight W ×...
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