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1.1 Product features
Digital noise reduction: Effectively filter the ambient noise
in the recording environment and record clear sound, which
is recommended to use in noisy environment. It’s recording
type is PCM Noise Reduction.
HD loudspeaker: The adoption of high quality speaker
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allows you to experience natural sound during playback of
recordings or music files as well.
Record in MP3 format.
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Quick access to recordings and data by using high speed
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USB 2.0.
Voice-activated recording.
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USB mass storage, ensuring maximum compatibility.
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Keylock function: Keylock function can prevent accidentally
touch pause or exit button during recording.
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2 Safety information
2.1 Safety
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To avoid a short circuit, do not expose the product to rain
or water.
Do not expose the device to excessive heat caused by
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heating equipment or direct sunlight.
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Protect the cables from being pinched, particularly at plugs.
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Attention! Before using the device please read this user’s
manual carefully. The company shall not be liable for any
data loss due to erroneous operation or causes of a
force majeure nature. Special attention should be given to
careful operations and prepare backup of files.
2.2 Hearing protection
Observe the following guidelines when using your
headphones:
Adjust to suitable volume; do not use the earphone for a
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long time.
Please do not turn the volume up beyond your tolerance.
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Do not turn up the volume so high that you can’t hear
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what’s around you.
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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
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skateboarding to avoid traffic accident and violating laws
and regulations.
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3 Your recorder
3.1 What’s in the box?
3.2 Overview:
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Headset jack
Volume (VOL)
Menu key (MENU)
Power on/off (ON/OFF)
USB port
Display
Record, Play, Charging indicator
Record, Pause
Speaker
Play, Pause
Volume up, Fast reverse, File selection previous,
Menu item selection
Volume down, Fast forward, File selection next,
Menu item selection
Stop, Folder selection
Microphone jack (MIC)
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4 Start to use
2 Press the ON/OFF switch to power the device on/off.
4.1 Power on/off
Note
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Please recharge the device for three hours before using it
for the first time! (See also chapter 4.2 Charging battery,
page 28.)
To power on/off,
1 Slide the on/off switch on the side of the device in the ON
position,
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The device turns on and the start-up screen is
displayed; the device starts automatically and then
displays “PHILIPS”, as shown below.
Note
If the device shall be idle for a long time, please slide the
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power switch to OFF position.
If the device cannot work normally, please make sure the
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device is not out of electricity.
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When the device is recording, please do not cut off the
power, otherwise damaged file or malfunction may be
resulted.
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When the battery indicator “ ” is displayed, please
charge the device promptly.
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Please charge battery in advance if you need to record
for a long time. A fully charged battery will allow you to
record for approx 6.5 hours.
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4.2 Battery charging
1 Prior to charging, please slide power switch to ON
position.
2 Connect the device to PC through USB cable or use
special charger to recharge.
The battery indicator shows a battery icon turning from
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empty to full repeatedly, indicating that the device is
recharging, with orange charging indicator being lit.
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The device can be fully charged in around 3 hours.
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The orange charging indicator is not displayed when the
device is fully charged.
Note
During charging, the device cannot be used to record or
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playback.
Connect to computer
The device can be used as a USB mass storage to
conveniently store, back up and move files. Link the device
to a computer with a USB cable, the voice recorder can
automatically be recognized as a portable device without the
need to install any software.
USB connection and charging interface:
When the power switch is slide to the OFF position, the
battery symbol will not be displayed.
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Note
When moving files into or out of the device, please do
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not disconnect the device from the computer.
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5 Recording
1 In the stop state of voice mode, press STOP button to
select the folder you prefer. You can select folder A, B, C, D.
2 Press REC button to start recording,
the red indicator light will be on and the display will
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show “REC”; please point the top of the device towards
the source of sound.
3 Press REC button to pause recording,
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the red indicator light will flicker, and the display will
show “Pause”.
4 Press REC button again to resume recording.
5 Press STOP button to save recording,
red indicator light is turned off, and the device will
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return to the Stop interface of current recorded file.
6 Long-press menu button to realize lock screen which can
avoid hitting pause or exit button. Long-pres menu button
to release the lock.
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When the device is in a dormant state, long press REC
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button to start recording.
Illustration of recording interface:
REC
Record icon
Voice mode
Current file
The total files of the current directory
Record status
Battery
Lock status
Status indicator
Volume
Voice folder
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Record type
Bit rate
Current duration of recording
Note
When the low battery icon occurs, it means the battery
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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.
When the device is to shut down due to low battery,
the following icon will display.
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Note
Prior to recording, please preset the recording format
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you need (See “Quality settings” in System settings,
chapter 7.1, page 34.) and the folder where you want to
save recorded files (See “Voice folder selection” in the
Voice & music mode, chapter 6, page 31).
Check if the remaining recording time is sufficient for the
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next recording (See “Remaining recording time” in The
System setting, chapter 7.13, page 39).
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When recording, press button to save the current
recording and start the next recording.
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Please test recording to ensure that the Voice Tracer
setting is right.
A/B/C and D folder can store 99 files at most, with 396
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files in total (99 x 4).
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If the recording time exceeds the usable capacity of the
device or the number of files reaches the limit of 396, the
recording stops. Please delete part of recording or move
it to a computer.
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When the device is in the recording mode, please do
not slide power switch to OFF, otherwise the current
recoding files will be damaged.
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6 Voice & music mode
Voice mode: the device will display DVR when it's playing
recorded documents;
Music mode: the device will display MUSIC when it's playing
music documents;
The two modes can be switched through short-pressing
menu button.
Return to voice mode by short pressing stop button or long
pressing menu button in the settings interface.
Interface of playing files
Play mode
Replay mode
Current file
The total files of the current directory
Current time
Total time
Battery
Voice mode
Status indicator
Volume
Voice folder
Current file
6.1 Basic operations
1 In stop state, press STOP button ( ) to select voice
folder, A-B-C-D-MUSIC-A…
2 Press or to select the file you want to play.
3 Press “PLAY”( ) to play and press“PLAY”( ) to stop
the playing.
4 When playing, press or to fast forward or backward,
release the button to resume playing.
5 Press“STOP”( ) to end the playing.
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6.2 Delete
6.3 A-B Replay
Delete current file Delete all files in the folder
1 In stop state, long press “STOP”button for 2 to 3 seconds
to enter delete interface;
2 Press “PLAY”( ) to choose “Delete one”or “Delete all”;
3 Press or to choose“YES”or“NO”;
4 Press “MENU”to confirm.
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Figure 1 Figure 2
1 When playing, short press VOL button 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;
2 Short press VOL button to set the finish mark B, screen
displays A-B, and start to replay as shown in Figure 2;
3 Repress the VOL button again to cancel replay, display A-B
disappears and return to normal playing (if not press VOL
button to cancel replay, device will automatically exit replay
mode after replay for five times).
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6.4 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.
following figure.
2 Press button or to turn up or turn down the volume,
then the volume bar on the screen will correspondingly
increase or reduce.
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:Sequence, it means to play in the order that from the
current file to the last one, and then it automatically stops
playing.
:Repeat one, it means to repeatedly play the current file
only.
:Repeat all, it means to play all files in the current folder
repeatedly.
6.5 Volume adjustment
1 Long press VOL button to enter volume adjustment, with
screen displaying a speaker icon flashing, as shown in the
6.6 Equalizer Mode (for music mode)
The device supports seven sound effect modes, including
normal, rock, popular, classic, soft, and jazz and DBB.
Long press STOP key for 2-3 seconds to switch among them
when playing.
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7 System settings
7.1 Quality settings
1 In the stop state of music mode, long press “MENU” to
enter system settings.
2 Return to voice mode interface by pressing “STOP” button
from any system menu interface.
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1 In the stop interface of music mode or voice mode, long
press MENU button to enter quality settings Interface as
shown in the following figure:
2 Three types of recording are available: high-quality
recording, long-time recording and noise reduction
recording. Press or to select the one you prefer.
HQ: MP3 format, high quality, with bit rate of 128kbps.
LP: MP3 format, long time, with bit rate of 8kbps.
NR: WAV format, high quality, with bit rate of 384kbps.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
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7.2 Record light
1 Short press MENU button to enter record light setting
interface, as below:
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2 Press or to select “On” or “Off”.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
2 Press or to select “On” or “Off”.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.3 Key tone
1 Short press MENU button to enter device sounds setting
interface, as shown in the following figure:
7.4 Voice-activated recording
1 Short press the MENU to enter voice-activated settings
interface, as shown in the following figure:
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2 Press or to select “On” or “Off”,
if voice-activated recording is enabled, recording session
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will start when you begin speaking.
when you stop speaking, the device will automatically
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pause recording after three seconds of silence, and
resume only when you begin speaking again.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.5 Auto divide recording
You can automatically divide large recordings, such as a multihour meeting recording. Once the set time has been reached,
the device stops the current recording and automatically
starts a new one.
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the auto divide feature
recording setting interface, as shown in the following
figure:
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2 Press or to select preset auto divide time : “Off”,
“30min” and “60min”.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.6 Set date & time
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the time format setting
interface, as shown in the following figure:
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2 Press or to select “12H” or “24H” format.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the system time setting
interface, as shown in the following figures:
12h24h
4 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 or to adjust the numerical
value.
5 Press MENU to save the current time/date settings and
enter the next menu.
7.7 Record timer
You can use this function to start a recording at a specified
date and time.
Short press the MENU button as shown in the following
figures:
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12h24h
The setting method refers to “Set date & time”.
7.8 Duration
It is used to set time duration of auto recording. Device will
automatically save recording when reachs the preset time.
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the duration setting, as
shown in the following figures:
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2 Press or button to select “0 m”(to disable auto save),
“30 m”(to auto save at a 30 min interval), “60 m”(to auto
save at a 60 min interval), “120 m”(to auto save at a 120
min interval), press MENU to confirm and enter the next
menu.
7.9 Language
It is used for setting the system language.
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the language setting
interface, as shown in the following figures:
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2 Press or to select “Simplified Chinese” (S-C),
“Traditional Chinese” (T-C) or “English” (EN).
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.10 Display backlight
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the backlight time
setting, as shown in the following figures:
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2 Press or to select “Off”, “15s”, “30s”, “45s” and
“60s”.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.11 Display contrast
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the contrast setting
interface, as shown in the following figures:
2 Press or to adjust numerical value.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.12 Auto power-off
The device switches off automatically if no key is pressed
within a preset period of time. This saves power.
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the auto power-off
setting, as shown in the following figures:
2 Press or to select “5m” or “15m ”.
3 Press MENU to confirm and enter the next menu.
7.13 Remaining recording time
1 It is be used for check remaining time for recording.
2 To enter the remaining time checking interface,
short press the MENU, as shown in the following
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figures:
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Note
Different record types vary in remaining time.
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7.14 Format memory
It is used for formatting the internal storage of the device.
Note
Prior to formatting, please backup important data or
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files in advance.
1 Short press on the MENU to enter the clear memory
interface, as shown in the following figures:
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2 Press or to select “Yes” or “No”.
3 Press MENU to confirm the formatting,
when you selecting “YES”;
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if press MENU with “No”, it will cancel the formatting
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and enter the next menu.
7.15 Information
It is used for checking the version of firmware and the date.
1 To enter the firmware version checking interface,
on the stop interface of music mode, consecutively
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short press on the MENU as shown in the following
figures:
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2 Press MENU to return to the voice mode.
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8 Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
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.
Cannot record with the device
Exceed the maximum file number or the device’s storage is
full, Please delete some recordings or move them to other
storage devices.
Voice Tracer fails to play
Please recharge the battery as it has run out power.
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Unable to listen to recording via speaker
1 Please unplug the headset.
2 Adjust the volume of speaker as the volume may have been
set at the minimum value.
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9 Technical parameter
Memory
Reference recording time (8GB): About 48 hours for digital
noise reduction recording mode , 136 hours for high quality
recording mode and 2160 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
Dimensions
Product dimensions (W × D × H): 22.7×97.6×14.8 mm
Weight (including battery): 40 g
System requirements
Operating System: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS X,
Linux
Port: USB port
Recording
Recording format:
(High quality) HQ: Bit rate 128kbps, MP3 format
(Long time) LP: Bit rate 8kbps, MP3 format
(Digital noise reduction) NR: Bit rate 384kbps, WAV format
Operational condition
Temperature: 5° – 45°C
Air humidity: 10% – 90%, non-condensing