EDIC-mini EM Tiny Plus Series User manual

Digitalvoicerecorders
of EM Tiny+, Tiny16+ series
Operation manual
Contents
Overlook…………………………………………………………………………….……..3
1. Purpose…………………………………………………………………………………..3
2. Features………………………………………………………………………………….3
3. Short description…………………………………………………………………………4
4. Technical Characteristics…………………………………………………………….…4
5. Recording duration………………………………………………………………………5
Operation the recorder……………………………………………………………….…..6
6. Installing and replacing batteries………………………………………………………6
7. Supplying power for E71, E72, E84………………………………………………...…6
8. Start andStop recording……………………………………………………………..…6
9. Playing backand uploading the PC………………………………………………..…7
9.1. Uploading from the B70 Recorder…………………………………………..………9
Using all functions of the recorder……………………………………………….…..9
10. Setting Microphone Amplification forTiny16+…………………………..…….…..9
11. Timers ……………….……………………………………………………………..…10
12. Voice Activation System……………………………………………………..….……11

13. Configuring VAS……………….………………………………………………….…11
14. Circular Recording ……………….……………………………………………...…12
15. Charging and Battery Maintenance.................................................................13
16. Recording Settings ……………….…………………………………………………14
Appendix
.................................................................................14
Technical Support ......................................................................16

Overlook
1. Purpose
Voice recorders of the Edic-mini Tiny (16) + series are professional devices
intended for making high quality record of voice messages into built-
in flash memory. The recordings can be further uploaded onto the PC.
These voice recorders feature really unique characteristics (the world's smallest size,
maximum autonomy, high acousticsensitivity etc).
The recorders are marketed as personal means of documenting audio information
providing protection against fake records as well as unauthorized access to records.
The EMPlus program located in the built-in memory is used to operate the recorder.
SoundProcessor program is designed to process the transferred records and to
facilitate the conversion of records to text. The programs operate under Windows XP
(SP2, SP3)/Vista/7/8/10.
2. Features
Depending on the model, the recorder features:
•extremely small dimensions,
•weight andcurrentconsumption,
•longrecordduration(from150hoursatsamplingrate8kHz),
•wide frequency and dynamic range,
•built-in clock and calendar,
•the option to start recording at the preset time using timer,
•due to the absence of removable elements the recorder is operational
underwide temperature ranges when
shaking or dusted,
•the LED indicates operating modes ofthe device as well asits status.

3. Short description
The recorder is equipped with Voice activation system (VAS) enabling to compress
pauses efficiently in messages therefore saving considerably the recorder's memory.
When uploading records onto the PC the duration of pauses can be restored in the
form of silence or deleted depending on the settings specified.
The recorder makes it possible to perform timer recording: either daily (with record
start and end time specified) or once (with date and time of record's start and end
parameters specified).
To protect the recorder’s information and setting there is the option to set user's
password.Each recordperformedbytherecorderhasamarkoftimeanddatesupplied
with “digital signature” to identify the model of the recorder to have performed the
recording and theattemptsto modify itafter uploading toPC.
The user may set tabs while recording. These markers will be visible by
SoundProcessor program on PC. Using them it is easy and quick to find important
moments in long records.
Depending on themodification,recordersdiffer in:
•Power source (battery, built-in rechargeable battery or rechargeable battery +
solar battery, externalpowersupply)
•Built-in memory capacity
•The option toquicklyreplace the memory
The user can upgrade the recorder's firmware via USB port.
4. Technical Characteristics
Signal-to-noise ratio for Tiny+
65dB
Signal-to-noise ratio for Tiny16+
80dB
Record Mode
Mono
Compression algorithms
withoutcompression, uLaw

Sampling rate (for Tiny+)
8,11,16, 22kHz
Sampling rate (for Tiny16+)
8, 11, 13,3, 20 kHz
Frequency band
100 Hz...10 kHz
Exchange rate
up to 7 Mb/s
Acoustic sensitivity for Tiny+
12m
Acoustic sensitivity for Tiny16+
15m
Bitrate ofADC for Tiny+
10 bit
Bitrate ofADC for Tiny16+
16 bit
Operating temperature
from 0 to +40 °C
Storage media
built-in flash-memory
Memory capacity in hours (8kHz compression uLaw)
150HQ (4Gb)
5. Recording Duration
Recording duration depends on the type and quality of the battery in use, its charge
level,andtherecordmodespecified.
It is recommended not to use mode 22kHz for recording on to recorders with battery,
because operation in this mode requires very large currents. Often batteries are not
designed for such currents and the recorder records much less time than the one
specified. Accordingly recording time in the mode 22kHz depends greatly on the battery
quality. If this mode is needed, please use batteries which designed to work not with
watches but with technique. Battery 2016 brands that we recommend – Duracell, Sony
Energizer, Renata, Varta.

Operation the Recorder
6. Installing and replacing batteries
Note! Only for recorders with replaceable battery (B-type models)
Before starting, install the supplied battery. The LED flashes 3 times and it will be on
for about 40 sec. Now the recorder is readyto start operating.When installing, always
observepolarity(markingontherecorder'scasecorrespondstotheoneonthebattery).
Incorrect installation of battery may lead to malfunction, which is not covered
by the warranty repair.
7. Supplying power for E71,E72,E84
Switch the recorder to OFF position and then connect DC power supply (3.6-6V) to
pins 1 (minus, gold colored wire) and 2 (plus, red colored wire) of the cable coming
from the Recorder. If the voltage source is represented by a Li-Pol battery, the
connected pins 2 and 3 (green colored wire) of the cable can provide battery
charge with the current of 100mA (provided the recorder is connected to the adapter,
and the adapter isconnected to theUSB).
8. Start and Stop Recording
Tostartrecording,settheSwitchto«On».TheLEDflashesfive times,andtherecorder
starts recording. During recording, the LED is flashing, the number of flashes
indicating:
Number of flashes
Batterycharge level
(1st series)
Free memorycapacity
(2nd series)
1
80 - 100%
75 - 100%

2
20 - 80%
50 - 75%
3
2 - 20%
25 - 50%
4
1 - 25%
Theintervalbetweenthefirstandsecondseriesof flashesisapproximately4seconds,
andbetweenthesecondandfirstisabout8seconds. Note thatin batteryrecordersthe
first seriesofflashesshows batterychargeatthe time the recorder hasbeen activated
and isnot controlled during recording.
To stop recording, shift the Switch to «Off» position. The LED flashes once for 10-12
secondsand the recorder stops recording.
Attention:
• Avoid using the recorderwith nearlydischarged battery, Otherwise it may turn
off at the wrong moment.
•The higher the record's sampling rate, the more energy is consumed by the
recorder. At the frequency of 22 kHz the consumption is almost twice higher
than at 8 kHz, and for the recorders with batteries the autonomy is down by
more than three times.
•Fast switching during recording
(On →Off →On) puts the tab which is visible in the Sound Processor
program. Thus it is possible to mark the desired parts of records and then
quickly find them.
•Fastswitchingwhen the recorderis off
(Off →On →Off) shows battery charge level and free memory capacity
through flashing of LED.For this indication,see «Start and Stop Recording»
9. Playing Back and Uploading to the PC
UseEMPlusprogramtoplaybackanduploadrecordsontothePCaswellastoconfigure
your recorder. SoundProcessor program is designed to process the transferred
records.

Both programs including the instructions are in the built-in memory
of the recorder and operate under OS Windows XP (SP2, SP3),
Windows Vista/7/8/10. Newer versions are always available on the website
http://www.ts-market.com
Note! For recorders with replaceable battery (B-type models) the battery should
be inserted. Otherwise the Recorder may not be detectedby computer.
1. Turn the Recorder to OFF position and wait until the LED turns off. Connect
USB adapter to the recorder, then to the PC. Red and green LEDs blink
briefly on the adapter. Windows recognizes a new removable drive. It is
very important to observe the connection sequence: Recorder→USB
adapter→PC
2. Run the EMPlus program from the recognized removable drive. The content
of the recorder is on the left side of the window. Selectthe desired record.
3. To play back select the record and press the Play button at the
bottom of the left panel. To upload right click on the selected record
and choose «Copy to PC» from the context menu. The record will
be converted to WAV to be displayed at the right panel. You can also
drag and drop the selected record from the left panel to the right one.
•Donot disconnect the recorderwhile performing anyoperationsin the EMPlus
program.Thiscancausedatacorruption(duringsuchoperationstherecorder's
LED is flashing).
•When the recorder is connected to the PC, recording is unavailable. If the
recorder is in record mode, recording stops after connecting to USB port of
the PC.
Observe disconnection order: first disconnect USB adapter from the PC, then
recorder from USB adapter!

9.1. Uploading from the B70 recorder
1. From page of the B70 recorder on our web-site www.ts-market.com, from section
Productfiles (Software) download folder«B70 soft» to the PC.
2. Unzip the folder and install (using PC administrator name) the Recorder's driver,
file B70_DrvSetup_1_0.exe.
3. Slide the Recorder's coverwith flash memory in the direction indicated by the arrow
and remove it off the Recorder.
4. Place the Recorder'slid onto the USB adapter of the B70 recorder
5. Connect USB adapter of the Recorder to the USB port of the PC. The adapter's
LED flashes.
6. From the 'B70 soft' folder run the EMPlus.exe program. Select type of connection
USB 2.0Reader.
7. The Recorder's contents is on the left of the program's window. Select record and
press Play in the bottom left panel.
8. To transfer to the PC, right click the selected record and select Copy to default
folder. The record will be converted to WAV and will be in the right window of the
program.
If your PC already contains USB2.0 driver, remove it using RemoveOlddrivers.exe
program from RMUsbDrv folder (if your OS is Windows Vista / 7/ 8, run this program
as an administrator). Connect reader to PC and there will be a suggestion to install
driverfrom folderRMUsbDrvvia New hardware wizard window.
Using All Functions of Recorder
10.Setting Microphone Amplification for Tiny16+
Therecorderprovidestheoptiontoadjustamplificationofthemicrophone'ssignal(from
0 dB to +40 dB). Both fixed amplification and Automatic Gain Control can be set. AGC

enablesittoautomaticallyadjustamplificationaccordingtothesoundlevel.Thatmakes
it possible to perfectly record very loud sounds and amplify silent ones. Choose
suitable for youAGC level from pre-installed:
•amplification without AGC;
•AGC1 – for recording in a quietroom;
•AGC2 - for recording in a noisy room;
•AGC3 - for recording from large distances;
•AGC4 - for recording in a noisy large room;
•AGC5 - for recording on a noisystreet.
11.Timers
The recorder has two timers: Daily and Once. Timers enable recording to start
automatically, without user’s control.
1. When setting Once Timer you need to specify the record’s start and end time
anddate.Forexample,«start31.12.201323:00stop 03.01.201410:00»-with
these settings your recorder will record from 23:00 on the 31st of December
2013 until 10:00 of January 3, 2014. However while configuring you should
takeintoaccountthecapabilitiesofyourrecorder,i.e.whetherit’sfreememory
is enough to perform the operation. To check this see «free memory « in
EMPlusand continuous operation time inAppendix 1.
2. When configuring Daily Timer you need to set record's start and end time.
For example «start 09:20 stop 13:05» - with these settings the recorder starts
recording every day at 9:20 and stops recording at 13:05. Recording will be
carried out as long as the recorder has free memory, enough charge and as
long as the timer is on.
3.You can use both timerssimultaneously,but you shouldtake into accountthat
timer's operation times must not overlap or intersect.
Timer recording by can be stopped by shifting the recorder'sswitch to ON, then
again to OFF position.
If timer is on, you don't have to enable recording using switch
(don't forget to synchronize the recorder's time with the PC time).

12.Voice Activation System (VAS)
Voice Activation System (VAS)can significantly(up to100 times if properlyconfigured)
reduce both memory consumption and energy consumption from the power source.
The principle of VAS is as follows: after the user starts recording,
the recorder starts tracing signal from the microphone.
If the signal is less than the one specified in settings (VAS level), it is not the sound
from the microphone thatis stored in memory, butonlythe time valueduring which the
threshold hasn't been exceeded.
Whensignallevelexceedsthepresetthreshold,recordingofsoundintomemorystarts.
Whenthe signalfromthe microphoneislessthanthe presetthreshold,aftersome time
(VAS time) the recorder stops recording sound into memory and only saves silence
duration.That continues until recording stops.
In case of signal level exceeding the preset threshold, indication while recording
with VAS is the same as during standard recording (two series of flashes). In case
of signal below threshold (silence), there is constant faint glow of LED. When
uploading record onto the PC, you can specify the operations with pauses: save
them in the file uploaded or not. If you save pauses, the duration of the resulting
record willcorrespond to theactualone, and the fragmentswhen the signal wasbelow
threshold will be played back silent. If the pauses are not saved, then the resulting
record will consist of recorded parts only (signal exceeds the threshold). These parts
will be played one after another without interruption.
13. Configuring VAS
Voice Activation System (VAS) is configured in the EMPlus program
by changing two parameters:
1. VAS threshold level and VAS time. VASlevelcanbeadjustedfrom
0 to -55 dB. 0 dB corresponds to very low sensitivity (the device records only
very loud sounds) and the value of -55 dB to very high sensitivity (the slightest

rustle is enough for the recorder to start recording). The best of VAS is
achieved experimentally. You can start by setting VAS level at - 20 dB (after
you have changed the settings, do not forget to press the button «Apply
changes to theRecorder»). After disconnecting the recorder off the PC enable
recording and place it in the conditions similar to the planned recording (for
example,lecture in a classroom). WiththelevelofVASproperlyconfigured,after
the desiredsignal, the recorderswitches to record mode which will be indicated
by a LED flashing. If desired signal stops, and the VAS time is up, the recorder
switches to Signal Standby mode.
•If in case of silence, the recorder does not go to Signal Standby Mode and
continues recording, VAS level is to be changed to be closer to zero (if it was -20
dB,nowitshould be setat -17dB).
•IfwhendesiredsignalappearstherecorderdoesnotgotoRecordMode,thelevelof
VAS
shouldbechangedtobecloserto-55dB(ifitwas-20dB,nowyouneedtosetit
at-25dB).
2. VAS time is adjusted from 1 to 15 seconds. If you set VAS time at1second,
the record within the file will be divided into many pieces with the pauses in
conversation for more than 1 second. If you set 15 seconds, after any
knocking the recorder will continue recording silence for 15 seconds. The
best of VAS is achieved experimentally, but for most cases the value of
7 seconds is enough.
If VAS operates together with timers, you don't have to enable recording as it
starts automatically with the timer, providing that you synchronized the
recorder's time with the time on the PC.
14. Circular Recording
The Recorder has the option of circular recording. In the EMPlus program you can
devote a part of the recorder's memory (or the whole memory) to circular recording.
After there is no more free memory, the recorder begins to record new data over old
ones. The volume of the memory specified determines the duration of the resulting

circular record.
15. Charging and Battery Maintenance
Note! Only for recorders with rechargeable battery (A and S-type models)
The battery starts charging automatically when you connect the recorder to the USB-
port of the computer. Full charging takes 3 hours (while charging LED is flashing
graduallywiththeintervalof5seconds).WithmaximumchargingLEDwillcontinuously
andsmoothlychangeitsbrightness.Theusercanrechargetherechargeablebatteryvia
powersourcewithstandardUSB-output(5V),duringwhichtheLEDispermanentlyon
and one can assesstheprocess according to the charging time only (3 hours).
Do not leave the rechargeable battery discharged. Recharge it at least once a month,
even if you don't use the recorder. Failure of the battery due to customer's fault is not
coveredbythewarranty.
Attention!
In firmware versions 1.14 for Tiny+ and 1.15 for Tiny16+ after memory filling, recorder
does not turn to Standby mode. That may lead to deep battery discharge and its
damage.
See your firmware version in EM PLUS program on the bottom line of the main menu
(for instanceFW: 1.14).
In case ofbattery discharge, fulfill the following stepsassoon as possible:
1. Clear the memory
2. Charge the battery
Ifyou couldnot charge the battery, followthese steps:
1. Connect USB adapterto PC
2. Turn the switch to Onposition

3. Connect recorder to the PC
4. Hold down theReset button within10 second
5. After 10 minutes, with recorder connected to PC, turn the switch to Off position
and then pressResetbutton once.
6. Leave the recorder to charge for 3 hours
This problem will be solved in next firmware upgrade, which you will be able to
download fromourweb-site www.ts-market.com
16. Recorder Settings
With the EMPlus program you can set all the necessary parameters of the recorder,
such as:
•Enabling and configuring timers
•Enabling and configuring VAS
•Enabling and configuring circular recording
•Recordingquality adjustment
•Setting the control method (depends on recordermodel)
•Password protection of the recorder
•Synchronization of time anddate of the recorder with thePC
•Moving records (and files) from the recorder to thePC
•Recordsplaybackbefore moving to the PC
To configure the recorder connect it using the cable which is included into the delivery
setand run the EMPlusprogram located in the internal memory ofthe recorder.
Appendix
Troubleshooting

Trouble
Symptom
Trouble
Possible Solution
Faint LED
is
permanently
ON
The recorder is
unresponsive
to the
use
r’s activity
Replace the battery
(for
battery recorders)
Press the Reset button for 2 seconds or switch o
f
f and
then
back on the recorder's power
(for rechargeable
battery recorders)
When connecting
the recorder
to the PC the
LED is flashing
frequently
The recorder is
unresponsive
to the
use
r’s activity - the
rechargeable
battery
is
discharged
Leave the recorder connected to the PC. After some
time depending on the battery discharge level the PC
will
recognize a removable media and the LED will
be
flashing gradually with the interval of 5 seconds.
No flash of
LED
on the
recorder
after
disconnecting
off
the PC
When disconnecting
o
ff the PC the
recorder
won't g to
Standby
Mode
Remove
and install battery again (for the recorders
with
batteries). Press the Reset button for 2
-
3 seconds (for
the recorders with rechargeable batteries).
10 flashes
of
LED after
enabling
recording
When enabling
recoding,
the recorder
won't
record
Try to format the recorder in RecManager, but
remember
the contents will be deleted
Recording starts
at
the wrong time
Malfunction of timer
Recorder's clock may fail because:
1. Lost or switched off power
2. Recorder's time was not synchro
nized with the PC time,
3. You forcedly enabled recording.
Synchronize the recorder's time with the PC. In
recorder
settings untick «Time synchronization
with the
PC».
Adjust the desirable timer and make record.
After
connecting to the PC verify the time on the recorder
and the PC.
Red and green
LEDs
are not on
theadapter
The recorder can't be
connected to the PC
Forced connection is needed: set the switch to ON
position
and press reset for rechargeable battery
recorders or insert battery for battery ones.
The LED
must start flashing. Shift the Switch to On po
sition
and connect to the PC.

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