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DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER V-90
Instructions
Always do a test recording to avoid recording problems
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CONTENTS BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING Parts Identification 3 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 4 Installing the Battery 5 Changing the Battery 5 Clock Adjustment 6 BASIC OPERATIONS Recording (REC) 7 Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE) 8 Playback (PLAY) 9 Playback-Pause (PAUSE) 10 Fast Playback 10 Fast Forward/Fast Reverse 11 Forward Skip (F-SKIP)/Reverse Skip (R-SKIP) 12 Erasing (ERASE) 13 MESSAGE FOLDER MANAGEMENT Types of Folders 15 Selecting a Folder 15 Moving a Message Between Folders [A] and [B] (MOVE) 1
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BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING Parts Identification Built-in microphone Speaker REC/PLAY indicator (LED) HOLD switch Liquid crystal display panel (LCD) FOLDER/MENU button Fast forward button Fast reverse button ERASE button Strap holes Earphone jack (EAR) Volume control knob (VOLUME) Battery cover STOP button PLAY button REC button
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Current folder (A, B or S) Current message number Total number of messages in the folder Remaining battery power Voice-activated recording • Current time • Recording time remaining (REMAIN) • Remaining message time • Recording date (REC DATE) • Menu and notice Alarm A.M./P.M. time (P) Recording mode
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Installing the Battery Slide the battery cover in the direction of arrow. Insert an AAA (LR03 or R03) battery according to the polarity (+, -) indications and close the battery cover. [CLOCK] is displayed on the LCD and the voice recorder enters the clock adjustment mode (see on page 6). If the battery cover is not closed tightly, [OPEN] is shown on the LCD and the recorder will not function. Make sure the cover is closed correctly. Changing the Battery When the mark is shown on the LCD, replace
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Clock Adjustment Make sure that the HOLD switch is released. Press and hold the FOLDER/MENU button for at least one second. The LCD will display the [MODE]. Each time you press the FOLDER/MENU button, the displayed mode changes: When [CLOCK] is displayed, the "hour" figure will blink. Set the "hour" by pressing the button button P.M. is indicated by a [P] to the left of the "hour". After setting the "hour", press the FOLDER/MENU button. When the "minute" figures start to blink, set the "minute"
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BASIC OPERATIONS The V-90 has three folders: [A], [B] and [S]. Folders [A] and [B] are designed for use in normal recording or alarm playback. Messages can be arranged in each folder Folder [S] is designed for use in schedule management (see page 16). Messages can be sorted by date Recording (REC) Normal recording Press and release the FOLDER/MENU button, then select folder [A] or [B] Each time you press the FOLDER/MENU button, the selected folder changes Select the recording mode The recorder's
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Press the STOP button to stop recording. When available recording time falls below 1 minute, the red LED indicator starts blinking. Additional recording is not possible when [FULL] is shown on the LCD. To continue recording, first erase unnecessary messages (see page 13) Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE) Press the REC button once during recording to enter recording-pause mode. During recording-pause, is shown on the LCD and the red LED indicator goes out. The Stop mode is automatically engaged if the
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Playback (PLAY) Press the FOLDER/MENU button to select a folder (see page 15). Press the button so that the LCD shows the message No. to be played. Press the PLAY button The LED indicator lights green and playback starts. LCD display For the first 4 seconds playback: [REC DATE], the date (year, month, day) and the time (hour:minute) of the recording are displayed in sequence. More than 4 seconds after the start of playback: The remaining time of the message being played is displayed. Adjust the
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Playback-Pause (PAUSE) Press the PLAY button once during playback to enter the Playback-Pause mode. In the Playback- Pause mode, [PAUSE] alternates with the current message remaining playback time on the LCD and the green LED indicator goes out. The Stop mode is automatically engaged if the recorder is left in the Playback-Pause mode for 30 minutes or the STOP button is pressed during Playback-Pause mode. Press the PLAY button again to resume playback. Fast Playback Press and hold the PLAY butto
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Fast Forward/Fast Reverse Press and hold the Fast Forward or Fast Reverse button for more than 1 second in Playback, Fast Playback or Playback- Pause mode. The message will be fast forwarded or fast reversed for as long as the button pressed. When the end of message (with fast forward) or beginning of message (with fast reverse) is reached, the recorder pauses (for about 1/2 second), then starts fast forward or fast reverse of the next or previous message (as long as the button is pressed throug
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Forward Skip (F-SKIP)/Reverse Skip (R-SKIP) Press and release (for less than a second) the Forward Skip or Reverse Skip button in the Stop, Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause mode. Each time you press the button, the recorder skips to the beginning of the next message or the beginning of the message in the corresponding direction. When the button is pressed in the Playback, Playback- Pause or Fast Playback mode, playback or fast playback automatically starts at the beginning of the skip d
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Erasing (ERASE) Erasing a single message (ERASE) Press the button in the Stop mode to select the message number to be erased. Press the ERASE button for less than 2 seconds. The displayed message No. blinks and the LCD also shows [ERASE] and [YES?] alternately. Press the ERASE button again within 4 seconds. The LCD shows [ERASE] and the selected message will be erased. Performing this operation during playback, fast playback or playback- pause will erase the message being played. After a message
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When folder [S] is selected, you cannot erase all the messages it contains. Only messages of a selected date can be erased. Resetting the recorder to the initial status (RESET) Press and hold the STOP and ERASE buttons simultaneously for more than 2 seconds. The LCD shows [RESET] and [YES?] alternately. Press the ERASE button again within 4 seconds. The LCD shows [WAIT]. All messages in all folders are erased and the recorder is reset to the default setting. (This takes about 30 seconds.) This a
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MESSAGE FOLDER MANAGEMENT Types of Folders This recorder uses three folders, [A], [B] and [S]. Folders [A], [B] These folders are convenient for recording ordinary messages. Each folder can store up to 99 messages. Folder [S] This folder is convenient for schedule management. The folder can store up to 15 messages on a given date and 99 messages in the whole folder. You can check the stored schedule at the selected time. By using the alarm playback feature, this folder automatically playbacks me
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES Schedule Recording Press the FOLDER/MENU button for less than 1 second and select folder [S]. Select the date for which you want to record a schedule by pressing the button. Press the REC button. The LED indicator lights red and recording starts. Press the STOP button to stop recording. The recorder enters the Stop mode. Schedule Playback In the Stop mode, press the button for less than 1 second to select the date for the schedule you want to check. When the button is pressed
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Customized Alarm Playback Setting the alarm Select the message you want to use as an alarm playback by pressing the button so that the message No. is displayed on the LCD (see page 12). Press and hold the FOLDER/MENU button for more than 1 second to enter the Options mode (see page 22). In the Options mode, select the [ALARM] setting and press the button to switch the alarm [ON]. (Press the FOLDER/MENU button.) The LCD shows The "hour" and "minute" will start to blink. Set the desired alarm time
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To change the message used for alarm playback, set the alarm setting once to [OFF] and then again to [ON]. If no message has been recorded in the current folder, the alarm is composed only of electronic beep tones. The alarm will be activated every day unless it is turned [OFF]. Schedule Notification When a message in folder [S] is selected for alarm playback, the day's schedule can be listened to at the selected time. Press the FOLDER/MENU button for less than 1 second and select folder [S]. Th
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Recording with the VCVA (VCVA REC) (Variable Control Voice Actuator) Press and hold the FOLDER/MENU button for more than 1 second to enter the Options mode. In the Options mode, select [VCVA] and set it to [ON] (see page 23). The VCVA activation level varies depending on the microphone sensitivity. In the Options mode, select the microphone sensitivity and set it as follows. (see page 22). HI: Recording will be activated at low volume. LOW: Recording will be activated at high volume. To determin
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Hold (HOLD) When the HOLD switch is set to [HOLD], the current mode is locked and all buttons are disabled. This helps to prevent accidental pressing of buttons that can activate undesired operations and is convenient when carrying the recorder in a bag or pocket. To conserve battery power, the LCD display disappears when the voice recorder is set to the Hold status in the Stop mode. Remaining Memory Display During recording, the LCD shows the remaining memory capacity in time. When memory capac
