SB BlackRange QX5555 Nstruction Manual

PRODUCT MANUAL

BlackRange Covert Premium Voice Recorder, QX5555

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

BlackRange™ totally Covert Premium Voice

Recorder, QX5555

Revised: May 14 2015

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PRODUCT REFERENCE

Microphone

Indicator Light

USB Charger & Download Port

LED Light

POWER ON/OFF

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ACCESSORIES

Included: USB cable

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Optional: Power Adapter

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CAUTION

Please Do Not Charge device via USB ports on
a wall outlet. See image below:

USB ports on a Wall outlet
might damage device due
to potential variability of
power from wall outlet

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CAUTION

Please Use USB cable included to either charge
the device via your computer or via power
adapter purchased

YES

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VOICE RECORDING

Microphone

Indicator Light

USB Charger & Download Port

LED Light

POWER ON/OFF

1. Turning Voice Recorder On/O:

On: Quickly press Power button 2 times and then press it once for a long time until
dark blue indicator light turns on for 3 seconds. Once the blue light turns o, the unit starts
recording.
O: Quickly press Power button 4 times, and then press it once for a long time until
dark blue indicator light ashes for 3 seconds. is will stop the unit from recording.

2. Battery indicator:
e device allows you to check how much battery power is le in the unit. In order to

achieve this, quickly press Power button once and then press it once for a long time until dark
blue indicator light ashes 1 to 4 times. (1 ash indicates low battery, 4 ashes indicate high
battery power.)

3. Voice Recording Status Check:
e device allows you to quickly check if the device is on or o. Press Power Button for

a long time. If the dark blue indicator light turns on for 3 seconds , this indicates the device is
on.If dark blue indicator light ashes for 3 times, this indicates the device is o.

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PLAYING BACK RECORDINGS

VIA COMPUTER

Your voice recordings are located inside the Date Stamped folders. Double click this folder to
view your voice recordings.

You should COPY these les to your PC for archiving and best playback.

To create more storage space, you can delete the les from your device.

NOTE TO MAC USERS! When deleting les, you MUST empty your trash BEFORE you Eject
the device from your Mac.

Date Stamped Folder

Date Stamped Folder

1. Connect USB cable to
recorder and other end to
computer. e red indica­tor light will turn on the
recorder to show the con­nection is successful.

2. A window will pop up.
Open folder to view les
or nd the drive the unit is
connected to and you will
see the les to the le.

3. Double click les to nd
your recordings. e voice
recordings will be under
Date stamped Folders.
Double click the Date
stamped Folder requested
and the voice recordings
will be displayed.

4. Here you can play, move
or delete your les.

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RECORD SETTING FILE

IMPORTANT: is unit is already optimized for best

recording. It is also defaulted to VOICE ACTIVATION MODE
and to record when voice is heard, around the clock. It turn on
and record when any voice is hear, and will pause and stay on
standby when no sound is present.

- Never delete the record.txt le under any circumstance

- Only manipulate referenced numbers or letters if you have to.

Do not manipulate anything else as this may cause errors.

Record txt. can be found at the same place as Date Stamped Folders described in
previous page. Double Click the Record.TXT to manipulate recording settings.

DOUBLE CLICK RECORD.TXT AND
RECORD.TXT-Notepad will be displaced

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IMPORTANT: If you make any changes to features such as time, voice

sensitivity, mute time, voice quality, record amplify and record time periods, YOU MUST
change Update Setting to Y instead of N. at way, the system will update settings aer U
disk is exited.

System will not start update settings if it is set to N...

Update Settings needs to be
changed to Y aer the = sign for
changes to take eect.

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TIME SETTINGS

Device allows you to enter the current time for your recording needs.
Current time is displayed as Year-Month-Day Hour-Minute-Second format.

For example: e current time at the preparation
of the manual was April 13, 2015 at 6.12.00 pm.

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VOICE SENSITIVITY SETTINGS

Device allows you to adjust voice sensitivity. e smaller the number for voice
sensitivity the better it is at capturing lower level sounds.
Voice Sensitivity Range: 0-50
Default Rate: 10

Voice Sensitivity Setting here is set to default rate
of 10

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MUTE TIME SETTINGS

is feature will allow you to choose how many minutes aer conversation ends
the device will go to a standby mode. You can choose between 0 to 999 minutes
and the default rate used in this case is 3 minutes.

Mute Time Setting

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VOICE QUALITY SETTINGS

Device allows you to adjust voice quality. e higher the voice quality, the lower
the stored audio hours will be.
Rate 1: 32Kbps, 8G memory can store 580 hours audio
Rate 2: 64Kbps, 8G memory can store 290 hours audio
Rate 3: 192kbps, 8G memory can store 96 hours audio

Voice Quality Settings

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RECORD AMPLIFY SETTINGS

Device allows you to adjust for long distance recording. Voice will be enhanced
by amplifying record.
Rate 1: Within 3.28 Feet range
Rate 2: Within 3.28-9.84 Feet range
Rate 3: Within 9.84-16.40 Feet range
Rate 4: Over 16.40 Feet range

For example, Rate 4 will
amplify voice so it can
detect sounds from over

16.40 Feet away

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SCHEDULED RECORDINGS SETTINGS

is section talks about how you can schedule recordings at specic times and dates
of the week. e current default setting is set to record around the clock in voice acti­vation mode. Only manipulate the times of any specic day if you want to record for
specic hours of the day or you want to skip a day.

Note: If you change the time , please ensure you maintain the format.

Skipping a day: If you like to skip a whole day of recording, you can do so by leaving
it blank aer the equal sign for the corresponding day.

Splitting a Day: You can split the recording time in a day to two time periods maxi­mum. For example, if you like to record between 8 to 12 in the morning and 2 to 6 in
the aernoon on Saturday, the correct way to display that information will be
Sat: 08.00-12.00, 14.00-18.00 .

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Scheduled Recording
Settings

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SUGGESTED SOFTWARE

Your Windows PC or Mac has built-in soware that will play most of the les created by devices
like yours. However, if you are having problems playing your les, or need more options, please
download and try these programs.

You can nd support and tutorials for these programs on their respective websites.
SafetyBasement can not provide soware support for these programs

As with ANY les you download from the internet, be sure to scan them for viruses using your
particular virus scanner. While most users report no issues using this soware, we can not be
responsible for any damage caused by this soware. Please proceed carefully. Back up your PC
before installing any new soware.

VIDEO PLAYBACK - VLC
(http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html)
e VLC Media Player can play almost any video or audio le type. ere is
a version for Windows and for Mac OS X.

VIDEO EDITING for WINDOWS - MOVIE MAKER 2012
(http://windows.microso.com/en-US/windows/get-movie-maker­download)
Movie Maker is a simple video editing program from Microso. Please go
to this link, and choose the download for your version of Windows. Please
note: Movie Maker is part of the Windows Essentials package.

VIDEO EDITING for MAC OS X - iMOVIE
(Visit the Apple Mac App Store for latest version)
iMovie is a simple video editing program from Apple. It comes installed with
your new Mac. e latest version is also available at the Mac App Store at
additional cost.

AUDIO PLAYBACK and EDITING - AUDACITY
(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
Audacity is a popular audio editing program used by amateurs and
professionals to edit simple and complex audio projects. You can use
Audacity to convert your audio les to another format, such as MP3. ere
is a version for Windows and Mac OS X.

PHOTOS
Your Windows and Mac computers have the ability to do basic editing of
photos built in.

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DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS

Format Wave
Bit Rate Mode Constant
Bit Rate 32 Kbps, 64 Kbps, 192 Kbps,

Playback MP3, WAV* (* playback of WAV creat-

ed on device)

Audio

Video

Photo

n/a

n/a

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