Mini Gadgets VR4GBPRO User manual

PROFESSIONAL
VOICE RECORDER
SKU: VR4GBPRO
THANK YOU FOR PURCHASING THE VOICE RECORDER PRO
Please read this manual before operating the professional voice
recorder and keep it handy.
The VR4GBPro is a professional grade telephone and cell phone voice
recording device. Cell phone recording is easy via the Bluetooth sync
capabilities. This device even includes dual microphones and noise
reduction for crisp and clear audio recording. Plug into a all jack and
pick the recording quality mode that suits the situation. Set it to
automatically ans er, and you can go about your day or listen in ith
the included earphones.
Manage the trade-off bet een quality and recording time hen
choosing bet een extra high quality (SHQ), high quality (HQ),
standard quality (SP), and long play (LP). The long play mode can
store up to 283 hours (a bit longer than 11 days) on the 4GB internal
storage. Battery life lasts up to 15 hours.
Your purchase should include:
1 x Professional Voice Recorder
1 x USB Cable
1 X Stereo Plug
1 x Modular Connector
1 x Earphones
1 x External Microphone
1 x Jack Adapter
1 x AC Adapter
1 x Instruction Booklet

GET FAMILIAR WITH YOUR VOICE RECORDER PRO
Figure 1: Front
Figure 2: Side A
Figure 3: Side B
Figure 4: Top Figure 5: Bottom
Noise
Reduction
Record
Mode
Button
Play / Stop
Po er
S itch Mobile
Phone
Button
External
Microphone
Back ard
/ For ard
Volume Up
and Do n
Built-in
Microphone Built-in
Microphone
USB Port
Earphone
Jack
SD Card
Slot

Figure 6: Jack Adapter Front Vie
Figure 7: Jack Adapter Back Vie
Figure 8: Cords
Modular
Connector
Stereo Plug

OPERATING THE VOICE RECORDER PRO
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Allow the device to charge 4 – 6 hours be ore
using.
HOW TO CHARGE THE VOICE RECORDER PRO
Using the AC Adapter
1. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the recorder
2. Plug the USB cable into the AC adapter
3. Plug the AC adapter into a po er outlet
• The po er indicator ill blink hile charging
• The po er indicator ill stop blinking hen fully
charged
Using Your PC
1. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the recorder
2. Plug the USB cable into the USB jack on your PC
• The po er indicator ill blink hile charging
• The po er indicator ill stop blinking hen fully
charged
HOW TO TURN ON THE VOICE RECORDER PRO
1. Slide the po er s itch into the ON position
• The screen ill light up and cycle through starting,
elcome, and initializing
• If there is no activity for 2 minutes, the recorder ill go
to sleep
o Push the Play/Stop button to ake the recorder
up again
HOW TO TURN OFF THE VOICE RECORDER PRO
1. Slide the po er s itch into the OFF position
• The screen ill darken and turn off
HOW TO CYCLE THROUGH THE MENU
After turning on the voice recorder pro, the device ill enter into the
main menu
1. Use the for ard and back ard button to cycle through the
different menus
HOW TO SET THE TIME AND DATE
1. Cycle through the main menu until you reach the System Time
screen
2. Press the Mode button to confirm the selection
3. Use the for ard and back ard button to select the
information you ant to adjust
• The date is Year-Month-Day
• The time is military format

4. Use the volume up and do n buttons to change the
information
5. Press the Mode button to return to the main menu
HOW TO ADJUST THE SETTINGS
1. Cycle through the main menu until you reach the System Time
screen
2. Press the Mode button to confirm the selection
Backlight
• The backlight ill turn off automatically according to this
setting
1. Press the Mode button to select backlight
2. Use the for ard and back ard buttons to choose bet een 0–
60 seconds (5-second intervals)
3. Push the Mode button to confirm and go back to Setting
Mode
Lanuage
1. Use the back ard button to highlight language
2. Press the Mode button to select lanuage
3. Use the for ard and back ard button to choose your
language (English is the default)
4. Push the Mode button to confirm and go back to Setting
Mode
Power Off
• The recorder ill po er do n automatically according to this
setting
1. Use the back ard button to highlight po er off
2. Press the Mode button to select po er off
3. Use the for ard and back ard button to choose bet een 0–
60 minutes
4. Push the Mode button to confirm and go back to Setting
Mode
Auto Record
1. Use the back ard button to highlight auto record
2. Press the Mode button to select auto record
3. Press the Mode button to turn auto record on or off
4. Use the back ard button to highlight Record Cycle
5. Press the Mode button to select Record Cycle
• Use the Mode button to select One Time
o Use the back ard and for ard buttons to
adjust the month
o Use the volume up and do n button to adjust
the day
o Press the Mode button to confirm
Or…
• Use the back ard button to highlight Every day
• Use the Mode button to select Every day
Or…
• Use the back ard button to highlight Weekly
• Use the Mode button to select Weekly
o Use the for ard and back ard buttons to
choose the day of the eek
o Press the Mode button to confirm
6. Press the Play/Stop button to go back to Auto Record
7. Use the back ard button to highlight Record Time
8. Press the Mode button to select Record Time
• Use the for ard and back ard button to select the
information you ant to adjust
• Use the volume up and do n buttons to adjust the
time information
• Press the Mode button to confirm and return to the
menu
HELPFUL TIP: The device will automatically record during the time
and date you set up using Record Cycle and Record Time

HOW TO USE RECORD MODE
1. Cycle through the main menu until you reach the Record
Mode screen
2. Press the Mode button to confirm the selection
One button noise reduction
1. Slide the Noise Reduction s itch up ard
• An “NR” ill appear to the left of the battery life icon
One button recording
1. Push the record button to start
2. Push the record button to stop recording and save the file
• A ne file ill be automatically created after 3 hours
Pause the recording
1. Push the record button to start recording
2. Push the Play / Stop button to pause recording
3. Push the Play / Stop button to start recording again
Monitor the recording
1. Pause the recording
2. Insert the earphones
3. Press the volume up and do n button to adjust the volume to
your needs
4. Press the record button again
• You can no listen hile the file is being recorded
Recording Menu
1. Push the Moed button from the record screen
Local Folder Recording files are stored here
Record Mode (Normal or Voice Activated Recording)
1. Select Record Mode
2. Select AVR Mode
3. Select AVR Level
• Adjust the sensitivity
• The lo er the number, the less sensitive AVR become
Record Type
1. Select Record Type
2. Select the quality you ant
• SHQ ≈ 47 hours
• HQ ≈ 70 hours
• SP ≈ 141 hours
• LP ≈ 283 hours
Folder Select
1. Select Folder Select
2. Select the folder in hich you ant to store the files (A–C)
HOW TO RECORD TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS
1. Plug the Stereo plug into the Earphone Jack on the recorder
Total time
of
files
Number of files Battery
life
Time of
current file
Total files
Folder
Serial
number
of the file
Record mode Record
type
Date of
file

2. Plug the Stereo plug into the port on the back of the Jack
Adapter
3. Plug the Modular Connector into the Jack Adapter
4. Plug the Modular Connector into the phone line
5. Select the necessary recording type on the recorder
6. Push the Record button
HOW TO USE BLUETOOTH MODE
1. Cycle through the main menu until you reach the Bluetooth
Mode screen
2. Press the Mode button to confirm the selection
Bluetooth on or off
1. Push the Mode button
2. Select Bluetooth set
3. Select Bluetooth on, off, or reset
• When you select Bluetooth (On), the Bluetooth symbol
appears on the front screen
Conncect the recorder to your phone
1. Turn on the Bluetooth on the recorder
2. Turn on the Bluetooth on your mobile phone
• Your phone ill search for Bluetooth devices
• The voice recorder pro ill sho up as Recorder
• Connect ith the Recorder
• If a pass ord in required, type in 0000
Mobile phone answering and redialing
1. Push the Mobile Phone button on the recroder to ans er your
phone hen it rings
2. Push and hold the Mobile Phone button on the recorder for
about 5 seconds to call back the last person ith hom you
spoke
• You can listen ith the earphones during this time
Record mobile phone conversations
1. Push the Record button to start recording the conversation
2. Push the Play / Stop button to pause and restart the recording
if desired
3. Push the Record button to stop and save the recording
• All Bluetooth recordings are automatically saved to the
D folder
Number of files Total time
of
files
Time of
current file
Battery
life
Folder
Record
type
Record mode
Serial
number
of the file
Total files

HOW TO USE VOICE MODE
1. Cycle through the main menu until you reach the Bluetooth
Mode screen
2. Press the Mode button to confirm the selection
One button playing
1. Push the Play / Stop button to play the files
2. Push the Play / Stop button to stop the files
Fast forward or rewind
1. Push and hold the for ard button to fast for ard hile
playing
2. Push and hold the back ard button to re ind hile playing
3. Push the for ard button for the next file hile playing
4. Push the back ard button for the previous file hile playing
Repeat set up
1. Push the Record button hile playing to create point A
2. Push the Record button hile playing to create point B
• The recorder ill repeat the section of the file bet een
point A and point B
• The repeat ill cancel after playing three times
3. Push the Mode or Play / Stop button to cancel the repeat
Select a file
1. Push the Mode button
2. Select Local folder
3. Scroll through and select the file to hich you ant to listen
4. Push the Play / Stop button to play the file
Delete a file
1. Push the Mode button
2. Select Delete file
3. Use the back ard and for ard buttons to select either Yes or
No
4. Push the Mode button to confirm deletion
Time of
current file
Battery
life
Folder
Total time
of
files
Number of files
Total files
Serial
number
of the file
Voice mode Record
type
Sound effect
mode

RETRIEVE THE FILES TO YOUR PC
1. Plug the device into your PC using the USB cable
2. Locate “Removable Disk” inside the (My) Computer folder
• AutoPlay Removable Disk > Open folder to vie files
Or…
• Go to Start > Computer > Removable Disk
3. Open the Removable Disk drive
4. Open the RECORD folder
5. Open the A–C or D folder depending on hether your
recordings ere Bluetooth or not
6. Double click the file you ant to vie
• VLC Player is recommended for atching videos

TROUBLESHOOTING
THE DEVICE WON’T TURN ON
• Charge the device for at least 4 hours before the first use.
• Make sure the charging cable is securely inserted into the
device and into the po er source.
THE DEVICE ISN’T CHARGING
• Replace the charging cable.
• If you are charging via a all po er source, you may need to
charge via your PC. The AC adapter might be bad.
THE DEVICE HAS CRASHED
• You need to reset the device.
MY COMPUTER DOESN’T RECOGNIZE THE DEVICE
• Unplug the device from your PC and reboot the device.
• Unplug the device from your PC and reboot your PC.
• Try using a different USB slot on your PC.
• Replace the USB cable.
THE SOUND OR VIDEO IS UNCLEAR
• The device needs charging.
OTHER PROBLEMS
• Call our technical support at 770–694–692
SPECIFICATIONS
Recording Time
15 hours
Audio Quality
192 Kbps
Audio Format
MP3
Water Resistant
No
Battery Life
15 hours
Type of Memory Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD Card
Memory Capacity 4gB Internal
8GB MicroSD Card
Recording Capacity
LP ≈ 283 hours
SP ≈ 141 hours
HQ ≈ 70 hours
SHQ
≈ 47
hour
s
USB Interface
2.0 USB
Player Software
VLC recommended
Operating Systems Windo s 2000
Windo s Me
Windo s XP
Windo s Vista
Windo s 7
Mac OSX
Linux