1 Welcome We are delighted that you have chosen a Philips Voice Recorder. Visit our website for comprehensive support such as user manuals, software downloads, warranty information and much more: www.philips.com 1.1 Product highlights One-touch recording: just press the RECORD button to •...
2 Important safety information 2.2 Hearing protection Observe the following guidelines when using headphones: Do not make any adjustments and modifications that are not described in this manual. Follow all safety instructions Set the volume to a moderate level and do not use •...
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the telephone that you are recording the conversation, or that the recording of telephone conversations is illegal. Please check if the use of such data is legal in your country prior to recording telephone calls.
STOP Button 3.2 Overview: Play/Pause Volume Up Previous Track, Fast Backward, Menu Selection Buttons Volume Down Next Track, Fast Forward, Menu Selection Buttons USB Port Record Button FOCUS Button Index Button, File Folder Switch Button Adjust recording gain Noise cut Speed Button Delete Button Speaker...
POWER button as follows: Switch off: When in the power-on state, slide the POWER button until the “PHILIPS” picture is displayed, and then the 1 Slide the Power/Hold switch on the side of the device device is switched off.
4.3 Key lock (Hold function) 4.2 Recharge Push power on-off switch to “HOLD” to lock voice There are two ways to recharge: recorder, and all the buttons on the device will be invalid. Directly connect the device with PC or through USB cable. •...
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Note Do not disconnect the device from the computer while • files are transferred from or to the device. This may damage or corrupt the files. While the device is connected to a computer, it cannot • be operated manually.
5 Recording Recording interface reference: important information: 1 In the stop state of voice mode, press “INDEX” button to choose needed file. 2 Press to start recording, “Record/Play” indicator light will turn to red, Please direct built-in microphone to the sound you need Illustration of recording interface: to record.
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Note Note When the low battery icon occurs, it means the battery one folder is full with 99 files, the system automatically • is nearly empty and the system will automatically stores the subsequent files in the next folder. In the shut down.
the external microphone, the built-in microphone is disabled. Line in Record: Please note that the plug of the external microphone must Line in recording is a way of recording sound by connecting be stereo plug and do not support recording when the device the device to an audio equipment’s audio output via a stereo directly connects to speakers.
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In the professional music field where XLR accessories are the charging indicator will turn to red. About 2 hours are needed, an external integrated 24V/48V XLR phantom power needed to fully charge the XLR, and when the charging is and phone interface are equipped. The schematic diagram is done, as below: the charging indicator will turn to yellow.
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Devices conditions Cable Female XLR cable, microphone cable False Parameters Application areas: Network phantom karaoke, recording with PC and Electric Voltage XLR (0 V) power instrument, etc. guitar Cable Guitar cable condenser Technical Parameters: Electric box Voltage XLR (0 V) microphone Frequency response: 30HZ- guitar...
Equalizer 6 Playback Play mode Record perform ance Current folder See below the voice stop user interface Play state Progress bar Curren file name WAV 96K/24 File list icon 00:02:59 Record type Current file 00:10:06 Battery REC001.WAV 1024kbps The total files Current time Total time Voice playback interface specification:...
6.1 Voice playback 6.2 File editor 1 In the Stop Mode, press “INDEX” button to select the Choose the recording file and shortly press to play. folder you prefer. During the playback, shortly press button, 2 Press “ ” or “ ”...
6.3 Play speed For operations of Play speed please refer to Play speed section in “Music playback”. 6.4 Replay mode Press “+” and “-” to choose “Lock” to protect the file, In playing state press button to enter A-B Replay. For “Unlock”...
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On the left side of the interface, press “+” or “-” button to select individual or all files; on the right side of the interface, press “+” and “-” to choose “YES” to confirm deletion, “NO” to keep file; press button to execute.
7 Music mode Note Music files can only be played when they are in “MUSIC” • folder. High-performance Wolfson audio decoder chip is adopted in audio-play module to guarantee the recorded sound is pure Music playback Interface illustration: and natural. It supports MP3,WMA,WAV,AAC,FLAC,APE,O GG,MP1, MP2 and M4A format, which can reach HIFI level.
7.1 Playing mode 7.3 Replay mode You can select the track you want by pressing “ ” and “ When playing, shortly press button to enter. ” or press button to select file list icon, press “+” or Set A-B Repeat “-”...
The lyrics displayed 7.4 Index This product supports "*.lrc" lyrics files, realizing the During playback, press “INDEX” to insert a bookmark(max synchronous broadcasting of songs and lyrics. 10). During playback, long press "INDEX", Note Operation menu, including palyback and delete bookmark, will popup.
8 Setting mode 8.1 File menu File menu includes: Equalizer and Play mode. You can change In the voice and music mode, settings according to your preference. File menu interface is Press or long press to enter system settings. as follows: The interface of system settings is as shown in below pictures.
File: repeat continuously the current track. High: Use high performance ADC to collect data. Support Folder: Repeat tracks on a play list. up to 96 KHZ, 24 bits PCM recording with higher power Random: Play randomly tracks in selected folder. consumption.
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Timer Two MIC: Use the built-in microphones on the two sides to record. Timer: first pre-set a length of time, when system time LINE IN: Use the external microphones to record. XLR: Use the XLR channel to record. reaches the pre-set time, the system automatically starts One MIC: Use the middle built-in microphoneto record.
Auto divide On this interface, users can select “Set date” or “Set time” set the time when the device starts recording automatically. The second function is the recording duration. You can set During the course of recording, the auto divide feature the recording duration to 30, 60, 120 minutes or Available recording enables recordings to be saved automatically into memory.
Backlit On this interface, users can set the current time and the time display format. The backlight time function can be set at: 20, 30, 45, 60 When select “Set time format”,the device shows the picture seconds and on. If there’s no operation on the device for the as follow: set time, the backlight turns off automatically.
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On this interface, press “ ” or “ ” to select year, month and day. Then press “+” or “-” to change the relevant numbers. When select “Set Time”,the device shows the picture as follow: Format device You can format the device’s internal storage by using this function.
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Information The function information includes: Memory info, Micro-SD info and Firmware version. Memory info: Use this function to check the capacity of this device anytime. Micro-SD info: Use this function to check the capacity of the Micro-SD anytime. Firmware Version: You can check the device’s firmware version by using this function.
Answers to the frequently asked questions are listed here to solve simple problems that may to the device. 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.
10 Technical specifications System requirement Operating System: Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS Storage X, Linux Port: USB Internal storage Estimated recording time (8GB): approximately 540 hours with MP3 32kbps mode, 136 hours with MP3 128kbps mode, Recording 6 hours with WAV 16bit/96khz mode. Estimated recording time (16GB): approximately 1080 hours WAV 24bit/96khz:bit rate: 4608kbps:format :WAV with MP3 32kbps mode, 272 hours with MP3 128kbps mode,...
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