Jumbl Tape to Digital Converter User manual

Tape to Digital
Converter
User Manual

USB CassetteCapture
Wewouldyou liketothankyou forchoosing ourproduct. You havemade an excellent decision.
The following contentsguide you howtousethe product. Hope thisdevicewillbring you nicedigitalexperience
Redisccoverthoseoldsongswith USBCassetteCapture byturning yourtapesintoMP3stouseon your
computer,iPodorinthe car! USBCassetteCapture isaportable,handheldUSBtape playerthat workswithall
kindsof tapes.Ithasan easy-to-useUSB connection forconverting the musicon yourtapesintoMP3files. You
can listen toMP3son yourcomputer,load themontoyourportablemusicplayer, orrecordthemontoaCD and
listen inyourcar,Itsportablesizeallowsittofitinvirtuallyanybag and enablesyou toplayand transfermusic
anywhere.It runson batteryorUSBpowerwhen connecred toyourcomputerforflexibleoperation.Thispowerful
yet easy-to-useprogramguidesyou through transferingyourMusicand eveb canintegratewithyouriTunes
MusicLibrary.Inaddition totransfering yourtapes, USBCasstteCapture hasan audiooutputthatenablesyou
tolisten on yourstereo, headphones, orotherspeakersystemsforhoursofenjoyment!
MainFeatures
-Rediscoveryouroldcassettetapeson the go
-Convertyouroldmixtapesand cassettetoMP3toPlayback on iPod/MP3platerorburntoCD
-Portabledesign fitsinvirtuallyanybag and enablesyou toplayand transferanywhere.
-Plug and PlayUSBdevice,no driversreuired
-FlexiblebatteryorUSB-powered operation
-ComeswithTape Convertersoftwaretoguide you through transfer
-Audiooutput enablesyou tolisten on yourstereo, Headphones, orotherspeakersystem.
SystemRequirements
-One availableUSB2.0port,Pentium4CPUorabove.
-512MB RAM orabove, 1GBfree HDD space
-CD-ROMforinstallation
-Windows2000, XP, Vista, Seven
PackageContents
-USB CassetteCapture
-USB Cable
-SoftwareCD
-UserGuide
PowerSupply
You can run the USBCassetteCapture viabatteriesoryourPCsUSB power.
Toinsertthe batteries, slide backswitchtoopen the USBCassetteCapture. Open the batterycomparment and
insert 2*AAbattery,and makesurethe batteryiscorrectlyalihned, then replacethe batterycompartment.
Orconnectthe USBoutputconnectorof devicetoPCsUSB Bus.
SoftwareInstallation
Insertthe SoftwareCD intothe CD drive,and read it.Pleasedoubleclick the “Audacity.exe”fileand followthe
onscreen instructionstoinstall the software.Oncethesoftwareisinstalled,and connectthe USBCassette
Capture toyourcomputerwithUSBcabletotransferyouraudio.
Description ofparts

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1, Eject:Slide thisswitchtoopen the cassetteholder.
2, Volume:Adjuststhe volumeof the headphonesand USB connection
3, Headphones: You can connect 1/8”headphoneshere
4,USB Connection:Usethe included USB cabletoconnectUSB CassetteCapturetoyourcomputer.For
transfering yourrecordingstoyourcomputer, wehaveprovided asoftwarepackage on the included CD.
5, Play:Press toplaythe tape
6, Stop:Press tostop the tape
7, FF/REW:Press tofastforwardorrewind the tape
Notethatthesebuttonswillbecome “reversed”whenthe tape changesdirection
8, DIR:Selectsthe direction oftape playback. Thisisusefulif you want toplaythe otherside of the tape without
having toeject it.
9,PlayMode:Selectswhatthe tape doeswhen itreachesthe end ofaside.When settothe “loop”icon, the tape
willautomaticallyswitchdirectionand beginplaying theoppositeside when one side hasfinished. Whensetto
the singlearrowicon,the tape willsimplystop when aside hasfinished.
AudacitySoftwareGuide
Pleaseinsert the Softwareintothe CD drive,and read it.
Doubleclick “Audacity.exe”file,then click “Next”.
Choose “I acceptthe agreement”and click “NEXT”togoforward

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Pleaseclick “NEXT”togo forward
Pleaseselect the desitination location, and click “NEXT”togo forward

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Pleaseclick “NEXT”togo forward
Pleaseclick “Install”toinstallthe software.

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Pleasewaitting forinstallation finished, and click “Finish”tocompletethe installation.
Now, you need toset softwareforcapturing and editingaudio.
Doubleclick “Audacity”icon on yourdesktop, and select yourlanguage.

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Pleaseclick “Edit”keyon thesoftwarepanel, and select “Preferences”.
Pleasesetrecording devicetobe “USBAudioDevice”,and channelsto “2(Stereo)”.And select “SoftwarePlay
through (Playnewtrack whilerecording it)”.

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Now, you can start torecordanalog audiotobe digitalMP3formatfile.
Beginplaying yourvinylorcassetteand click redrecordkey(see below)tostartrecording audio-when you want
tofinish, clickthe yellowstop key.
Forthe firsttimeyou dothis,youneed tofollowafewmorestepsif you wanttoexportasMP3file.Click “File”,

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and select “ExportAsMP3”.
You need toselect afilenameand locationnow.
Ifrequested, you mayneed tolocatethe plug-insfile –“lame_enc.dll”–see below.

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You maybe asked toprovidesomeadditionalinformation about yourrecording.
You can nowusethe fileforyouriPod byiTunesorotherMP3player.
Setting AudacityforWindowsVistaorSevenOS:
When you playthisdeviceon VistaorWin7 OS,you mayneed todo following setting inordertorecordtwo
channelaudio:

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Setting the "Recording device"on "Audiosetting"panel
Click USBPnPAudioDeviceand setting:
In"Advanced"panelof pop-up propertiessetting,set the rateto"2channel, 16 bit, 48000hz"then apply,click
"ok"tofinishthe setting.

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FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Question:Howtouse the Effects’functionsprovidedinthedrop-down menusonAudacitysoftware
(such as noise removalorbass boost)?
Answer:you need toselectthe portionof yourrecordedmusictobe changed –todo this ‘click,holdand drag
withyourleftmousekeythe section ofmusicfromthehorizontal timebarfound inthe Audacitywindow(on
screen).Then simplyselect ‘Effect fromthe top menu and chooseyourdesired effect.
Question:How I findtherecordingisquitedistorted and there isalotofexcess noise andinterference?
Answer: 1, Select ‘Volumecontrol –bydoubleclicking on littlespeakericon at bottomrightofscreen.

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2, Change the MixerDeviceto “USBAudioDevice”then click “OK”.
3,Check the volumelevel on the popup panel;Drag the leveltoalowerlevel and you willgetbetter
qualitysound.

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