Targus Total Recall User Manual

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Total Recall

Digital V oice Recorder

Voice Recorder for

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Visor

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User’s Guide

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the world of portable Digital Voice
Recording!

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Your Total Recall

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Digital Voice Recorder gives
you a convenient way to record your thoughts
and ideas while on the go, either whil e installed
in your Visor handheld or as a stand-alone
recorder with its external stand-alone shutt le.

With your Voice Recorder and Visor

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handheld,
you can upload stored voice messages to your
PC using standard Palm O/S

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HotSync

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Manager software.
Once on your PC, you can save your voice

messages as .wav files using the intuitive Total
Recall Voice Deskt op software. These .wav files
can even be attached to email messages for
distribution to your friends and colleagues.

USING THE VOICE RECORDER IN
STAND-ALONE MODE

Your Total Recall Digital Voice Recorder can be
used in stand-alone mode with the external
stand-al one shuttle.

You can control all Voice Recorder operations
using the buttons on the front of the recorder.

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INSERTING THE VOICE RECORDER INTO THE
STAND-ALONE SHUTTLE

To insert the Voice Recorder into the stand-alone
shuttle, align the rails of the stand-alone shuttle
with the grooves in the Voice Recorder and slide
the parts together.

LED

Play/Stop

Forward

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Rewind

Reset Button

Record

RECORDING MESSAGES

To record a new message, press th e red Record
button . The status LED glows red , indi cating
that recording is in process.

NOTE: In stand-alone mode, all messages are recorded in Best
quality with Voice Activation ON.

To stop recording, press the Record button
again.

NOTE: If the Voice Recorder is not recording in stand-alo ne
mode, use a small paper clip to press the reset button.

PLAYING BACK MESSAGES

To play back the current recording, press the
Play/Stop button .

When a message is playing, you can fast­forward through the re cording by pressing the

Forward button , or rewind by pressing the
Rewind button .

To stop message playback, press the Play/Stop
button.

To skip to the next message, press and release

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the Forward button.

NOTE: It is not n ecessary to stop playback or ho ld down the
Forward o r Rewind button to skip messages.

To play the previous messag e, press and release
the Rewind button.

If you attempt to skip past the last or first
message, the status LED will flash once to let
you know that you’ve reached the end.

EDITING AND ERASING MESSAGES

The message editing and erase features are not
available when using the Voice Recorder in
stand-al one mo de.

For additional information, refer to “EDITING
VOICE MESSAGES” on page 14 or “DELETING
MESSAGES” on page 17.

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REPLACING THE BATTERIES IN THE STAND-ALONE
SHUTTLE

Your Voice Recorder stores all messages in non­volatile memory, eliminating the need to
synchronize your messages to your PC prior to
changing the batteries.

WARNING: To avoid damagi ng the stand-alon e shuttle, do not
remove the Voice Recorder from the shuttle when re placing the
batteries.

To replace the batteries:

1. Hold the Voice Recorder and stand-alone

shuttle in one hand with the three grooves
on the battery cover facing you.

2. Press in the shuttle door latch with your

other thumb, gently open the hinged cover,
and remove the used batteries.

NOTE: Using a small pen or coin may help release the shutt le
door latch.

3. Install the f resh bat ter ies as indi cat ed on th e

inside of the pack, and close the hinged
cover until the l atch clicks into place.

USING EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT

With your Voice Recorder, you can record
messages using an external mic rophone or listen
to messages using standard headphones.

Both microphone (mic) and headphone (ear)
jacks are on the top side of the Voice Recorder.

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Headphone jack

Microphone jac k

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USING THE VOICE RECORDER WITH
THE VISOR HANDHELD

INSERTING THE VOICE RECORDER INTO THE VISOR
HANDHELD

To install the Total Recall Digital Voice Recorder
into your Visor handheld:

1. Press the release button on the stand-alone

shuttle and slide out the Voice Recorder.

2. Remove the expansion sl ot cover from the

back of the Visor handheld.

3. With the Voice Recorder speaker and the

back of the Visor handheld facing you, slide
the Voice Recorder into the Springboard

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expansion sl ot.

Expansion slot

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The Total Recall application automatically loads
onto the Visor handheld. When complete, the
application screen appears.

To start the applicati on, tap on the Total Recall
icon.

You are now ready to use your V oice Recorder
with your Visor handheld.

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RECORDING AND PLAYBACK

Recording Voice Messages

CAUTION: Do not remove your Voice Recorder from your V isor
handheld while it is recording. To do so may result in a loss or
corruption of voice data on your Voice Recorder.

1. From the application screen, tap the Total

Recall icon.

The V oice List menu appears.

2. Tap New to begin recording.

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The Control Panel appears. Refer to “VOICE
RECORD ER CONT ROL PANEL” on page11.

3. Tap Done to end recording.

Check box

Quick Pl ay
icon

Begin new

recording

Play button