SB VR8000, SB-VR8000 Instruction Manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Mi4 Professional Voice Recorder

SB-VR8000 (Silver Edition)

Revised: July 25, 2013

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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000

PRODUCT REFERENCE

Please note: this manual is for the Silver edition of the Mi4, pre-July 2013.

If you have the Black, July 2013 edition of the Mi4, please go to our website and down­load the manual for that product.

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PLAYBACK SCREEN REFERENCE

Current Mode -

Voice or Music

(showing Voice)

Current Folder

File Name

Battery Level

File Quality

Current EQ Setting
(* Always NORmal

in voice mode)

See Close Up Below

Current Repeat

Setting

Current Volume

Setting

Current Track

Tracks in Current

Folder

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Current Time in

File

Length of Current

File

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OPTIONS REFERENCE

VOICE / MUSIC MODE OPTIONS

(Press M to access these options)

DURING PLAYBACK

REPEAT OPTIONS

REPLAY A/B

EQUALIZER SETTINGS (Music Only)

VOLUME CONTROL

Press V, then use UP DOWN arrows to adjust the

WHILE PAUSED or STOPPED

FILE SELECTION

FOLDER SELECTION

CARD SELECTION

FILE DELETION

FOLDER DELETION

volume level.

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BEFORE FIRST USE - SD CARD

e Mi4 can use an optional Micro SD card installed for extra storage. It will accept a Micro SD
card of up to 32 GB in size.

1. Please note the proper positioning of the SD card for insertion. With the LCD screen of the
Mi4 facing UP, the SD card will be inserted with the Gold connectors facing UP. See the
photo below.

2. Gently place the SD card, Gold connectors UP, into the SD card slot.

3. Gently push the SD card into place. e card will click into place when properly inserted. If
there is any resistance, remove the card and try again.

4. To remove the card, press gently on the card, and it will click out.

Step 1 - Gold connectors

should be UP

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Step 2 - Card is partially
inserted, click into place

Wrong! is card is being

inserted upside-down.

Step 3 - SD card is properly

inserted

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BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE

Please charge fully before use. Please use only the adapter that was included with your device.
Do not use other adapters, as they may damange your device.

1. Be sure that the device is OFF.

2. Plug USB cable into device rst.

3. Plug the other end into the wall adapter.

4. Plug the adapter into your power outlet. Please let the device charge for several hours before
your rst use.

NEEDED FILES

No other les are needed to use this device. No device drivers are needed for Windows or Mac
use.

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SETTING TIME & DATE

Before you start recording, you’ll want to make sure the time and date
are set properly on your Mi4.

1. Set the Record Switch to SAVE.

2. Set the Power Switch to ON. is will let the system Power On.

3. Press the PLAY button and the recorder will initialize.

4. You should see MUSIC MODE appear on your screen. If not, hold

STEP 5

STEP 7

the M button until the MODES menu appears.

5. Use the Up and Down buttons on the le side to cycle through the
menu until you see SETTING MODE.

6. At SETTING MODE, press M. You will now see the dierent
settings that can be adjusted.

7. With the Up and Down buttons, cycle until you see the SYSTEM
TIME option.

8. Press the M button to show the system time.

9. Press the V button, and the Year will start to blink.

10. Use the UP DOWN arrows to set the year.

11. Press V to move to the Month and use the UP DOWN arrows
to adjust. Press V to move to the day, and so on, until you have
changed the Date and Time.

12. To nish, press the M button.

13. Your recorder is now set to the correct Date and Time.

STEP 7

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NOTE: You must press M to save your new Time Settings, or the
recorder will use the previous system time.

e menu will go back to a previous screen if you do not press a
button within a few seconds.

When you press a button, if the device light comes on but nothing else
happens, press that same button again. Your rst press just turned on
the light.

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VOICE ACTIVATION MODE

Voice Activation Recording can be turned on and o.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Select VOR. Press M.

4. You can now turn Voice Activation ON (OPEN) or OFF

STEP 2

(CLOSE).

5. Cycle to your choice, and Press M.

6. Your next recording with use that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

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CONTROL MONITOR

You can monitor your recordings live by using earphones. You can
turn this feature on and o in the Settings.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Cotrol Monitor. Press M.

STEP 2

4. You can now turn the Control Monitor ON (OPEN) or OFF
(CLOSE).

5. Cycle to your choice, and Press M.

6. Your next recording with use that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

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RECORD TYPE / QUALITY SETTING

Your Mi4 comes preset to the highest quality setting for your
recordings. However, you can change this setting if you need more
recording time.

A lower setting will record a lower quality le - but will give you extra
recording time.

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

A higher setting will use the most memory, but has the best recording
quality. Your Mi4 default is the highest setting - 384K.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Cotrol Monitor. Press M.

4. You can now turn the Control Monitor ON (OPEN) or OFF
(CLOSE).

5. Cycle to your choice, and Press M.

6. Your next recording with use that setting.

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BACKLIGHT

You can adjust how long the backlight stays on with this setting. It can
be set from 0 - 30.
Set up to 30 seconds, and the backlight will turn o aer that number.
Set to 0, and the backlight will remain on all the time. Note that this
will aect your battery life.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING

STEP 2

MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Backlight. Press M.

4. Cycle to the amount of seconds you want the backlight to stay on.

5. Press M to keep that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

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LANGUAGE

You can change the language setting of this device.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Language. Press M.

4. Cycle to the language you want your device to use in the onscreen

STEP 2

displays and menus.

5. Press M to keep that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

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POWER - OFF TIMER

e OFF TIMER allows you to set how long the Mi4 will remain on
when there is no activity. When the Mi4 shuts o, you can restart it by
holding the PLAY button.

You can set the POWER OFF TIMER to turn the device o aer 5 ­55 minutes of inactivity.

STEP 2

STEP 3

STEP 4

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Power O. Press M.

4. Cycle over to O Timer. Press M.

5. Cycle to the amount of time you want your Mi4 to stay on when
there is no activity. Choose from 5 - 55 minutes.

6. Press M to keep that setting.

STEP 4

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POWER - SLEEP TIME

e Sleep Time setting lets you choose how long your Mi4 stays on
before automatically shutting o, so you can listen to your les when
you go to bed. You can set this from 10 minutes to 2 hours.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

STEP 2

3. Cycle over to Power O. Press M.

4. Cycle over to Sleep Time. Press M.

5. Cycle to the amount of minutes you want the Mi4 to stay on until
it automatically shuts o while you listen to your les. You can set
this from 10 minutes to 2 hours.

6. Press M to keep that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

STEP 5

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CONTRAST

You can adjust the contrast of your display with this setting.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Contrast. Press M.

4. Cycle to the contrast setting best for you.

STEP 2

5. Press M to keep that setting.

STEP 3

STEP 4

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MEMORY INFO

You can easily see how much room is le on the internal memory,
and on the optional SD card with this option.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING
MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Memory Info. Press M.

STEP 2

4. You can now see how much memory you have le in your built-in
memory.

5. If you have an SD card installed, press an arrow button.

6. e display now shows a short memory card, and the amount of
memory le in the SD card.

STEP 3

STEP 4

STEP 6

MEMORY TIP!

Your recordings will automatically be saved to the built-in memory.

You can use an optional SD card to hold your MP3 collection, or
audio books.

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AUTO-RECORDING

With Auto Record, you can set the Mi4 to automatically start
recording on a particular date and time, and the end at a particular
date and time.
You will rst set the Start Time. en the End Time. And nally turn
Auto Record ON.

1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING

STEP 2

STEP 3

MODE.

2. Press M to enter Setting Mode.

3. Cycle over to Auto Record. Press M.

4. Cycle down to Start Time. Press M.

5. You should see the Date and Time. Press the V Button and the
Year will start blinking.

6. Adjust the Year by using the UP DOWN arrows.

7. Press V to move over to the Month.

8. Continue to use the UP DOWN arrows and the V button to
advance through the Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minutes and
Seconds for the START TIME.

9. When you have the correct Start Time, press M to go back to the
Auto Record choices.

10. Now, cycle to END TIME. Press M.

11. Adjust the End Time date and time as you did above.

12. Press M when you are done entering the End Time.

STEP 4

STEP 5

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AUTO-RECORDING cont.

Now that you have set the Start Time and End Time for your Auto
Recording, you need to Activate it.

13. Cycle to Auto Record On. Press M.

14. Cycle to Record (ON) to turn the Auto Record feature On.

15. Press M.

16. Cycle down your choices and Select EXIT.

STEP 10

17. Press M.

18. To exit the Settings Menu, press PLAY.

STEP 11

STEP 13

STEP 14

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PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PAUSED

In Playback Mode, while Paused, there are several options available
to you. You can choose a le or folder for playback, or choose the
Internal Memory or SD card.

You can also Delete Files from this menu.

While File Maintenance is possible on the Mi4, we recommend that

e Menu

you use your computer to delete les.

By using your computer, you can copy and back up your les before
deleting any from the device. Once deleted from the device, there is no
way to recover those les.

Proceed carefully when deleting les and folders.

Delete a File

Delete ALL

Files

To access your options while Paused, press M.

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PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PLAYING

In Playback Mode, while Playing Voice and MP3 les, there are
several options available to you. Press M to access your options during
Playback.

e Equalizer - this option is only available in MUSIC Mode, while
playing MP3 les.

e Options

Menu

Equalizer

Choices

ere are several EQ settings you can use for playback of your MP3
les. Adjust according to your tastes:
Rock, Pop, Classic, So, Jazz, DBB - Base and Natural / Normal.

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PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PLAYING

You can REPEAT a le or a folder during playback. is is a great
option for MP3 les. You can choose a particular folder of music, or
randomize the playback for a mix of music.

Select Repeat for your choices.

Your Repeat Options include:

Repeat

Repeat Choices

Normal - normal playback mode with no repeat. is is the default
setting.

One - repeat one le. is will repeat 5 times.

Folder / Root - choose a folder to repeat.

All - Repeat play of all les.

Random - is will mix up the playback order of your les.

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CONNECTING TO PC / MAC

WINDOWS - RETRIEVE YOUR FILES

1. Device must be OFF before connecting to your PC.

2. Connect USB cable to watch rst.

3. Connect other end of USB cable to your PC using USB port directly on PC. Note: A USB
hub may cause your device to not work properly.

4. Please wait until Windows recognizes your device. is may take several seconds. Note: the
rst time you connect your device, Windows may install standard drivers. is is normal.

5. Access your device as you would any standard Flash Drive.

6. COPY your les from the device to a folder on your PC.

7. You may now highlight and DELETE the les from your device.

8. Be sure to properly EJECT your device from Windows before unplugging it.

MAC OS X - RETRIEVE YOUR FILES

1. Device must be OFF before connecting to your Mac.

2. Connect USB cable to watch rst.

3. Connect other end of USB cable to your Mac using USB port directly on Mac. Note: A USB
hub may cause your device to not work properly.

4. Please wait until Mac recognizes your device. is may take several seconds. It will mount as
a Device in your FINDER.

5. Access device as you would any standard FLASH DRIVE.

6. SPECIAL NOTES TO MAC USERS!

7. To properly save your les to your Mac, MOVE your les, rather than copy.

8. Create a folder on your Mac.

9. Highlight the les on the device.

10. CMD CLICK and drag the les to your folder. Let go and choose MOVE.

11. To properly empty your device on Mac, be sure to Empty your Trash Can before ejecting the
device.

12. Be sure to properly EJECT your device from Mac before unplugging it.

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DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS

Audio Format (Voice Recordings) WAV
Audio Encoding (Voice Recordings) 32 kbps, 64 kbps, 128kbps, 192kbps, 384kbps

Audio Format (Playback) MP3, WAV*

*Playback of WAV les created on Device

Audio Encoding (Playback) Standard MP3 les

Memory (Internal) 8 GB
Memory (Optional SD Card) Up to 32 GB

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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.

is soware is free and can be downloaded directly from the links below. 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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