ESI Rekord M User Manual

Professional Level Compact

Handheld Audio Recorder

User’s Guide

Revision 1, May 2010

www.esi-audio.com

ESI Rekord M

INDEX

1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................4

2. Description of Rekord M.............................................................................................................4

Accessories ................................................................................................................................................................5

LCD display...............................................................................................................................................................6

3. Recording & Playback................................................................................................................. 7

Power On/Off.............................................................................................................................................................7

Input Source selection................................................................................................................................................7

Folder selection & Filenames ....................................................................................................................................8

Recording...................................................................................................................................................................8

Playback.....................................................................................................................................................................9

Delete Files................................................................................................................................................................9

Key Hold function......................................................................................................................................................9

4. Menu Settings...............................................................................................................................9

Bitrate (Rec. Setting) ...............................................................................................................................................10

Rec. LED (Rec. Setting) ..........................................................................................................................................10

Line Level (Rec. Setting).........................................................................................................................................10

Repeat (Func. Setting) .............................................................................................................................................10

Play Speed (Func. Setting).......................................................................................................................................11

Backlight (Func. Setting).........................................................................................................................................11

Power Sav. (Func. Setting) ......................................................................................................................................11

Monitor (Func. Setting) ...........................................................................................................................................11

Date/Time (Func. Setting)........................................................................................................................................11

FactorySet (Func. Setting) .......................................................................................................................................11

Info. (Func. Setting).................................................................................................................................................11

5. USB Connection to PC or Mac.................................................................................................12

Windows..................................................................................................................................................................12

Mac OS X ................................................................................................................................................................12

6. Specifications..............................................................................................................................14

7. General Information..................................................................................................................14

ESI Rekord M

1. Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of Rekord M, a very affordable and compact handheld audio recorder with professional studio quality.

It has an integrated stereo microphone that allows you to record anything directly virtually anywhere. It also has a stereo line input with adjustable input gain, allowing you to record your mix directly from the output of a mixer for example. You can even connect an external dynamic microphone to the microphone input. Rekord M also features a headphone output that can be used as line output and even a built-in speaker for direct monitoring of your recordings. The internal 4 GB of memory allows you to record up to over 6 hours of uncompressed audio (or even over 17 days of compressed mp3 audio) in pristine quality. Rekord M directly connects to your Mac or PC via USB connection and gets charged via the integrated battery directly from your computer. All features are displayed via the color LCD display of Rekord M. And of course, the most amazing feature is the extremely compact size with only 3.4 cm x 8.7 cm x 1.4 cm.

2. Description of Rekord M

1. integrated stereo microphone

2. microphone input for dynamic microphones (1/8" mono connector) and stereo line input (1/8" stereo connector), preferably for usage with included adapter accessories

ESI Rekord M

3. red recording LED, shows recording status

4. RECORD button to start recording mode and save recorded data

5. headphone and line output (1/8" stereo connector)

6. VOLUME +/- buttons to increase and decrease playback volume

7. USB connector under plastic cover, used for PC/Mac connection and charging using the supplied USB accessory cable

8. FOLDER/UP button to access the different folders with WAV/MP3 files and navigate in menu

9. color LCD display

10. FUNC button, used to change recording modes (INT or WIDE and AUTO on/off) and delete recorded files

11. HOLD slider, can be used to lock all function buttons

12 REWIND/LEFT button to move back to the beginning of a file and navigate in menu

13. PLAY/PAUSE & POWER button, used to play & pause recording and playback and to turn on/off Rekord M by pressing and holding for a few seconds

14. input source selection for recording: INT (internal stereo microphone), EXT (external mono dynamic microphone) and LINE (external stereo line input)

15. FORWARD/RIGHT button to move forward in a file and navigate in menu

16. integrated speaker for direct playback without usage of headphones or line output

ENU/DOWN button to access configuration menu and navigate in menu

17. M

Accessories

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