Plextalk DR-1 Installation guide

Example 1:
The Prince invited all maidens to a ball, (pause) and only Cinderella's sister was invited to the ball. (pause)
Her Fairy mother appeared (pause) and vowed to assist Cinderella in attending the ball. (pause)
Phrase 1 Phrase 2
Phrase 3
QuickManual
This manual explains a basic operation of DR-1.
Please see the DR-1 User's Guide for more details.
Note: The number indicating keys are corresponding to the number described in this
Quick Manual.
The first digital recording manual
1. Setting up to get started (DR-1 User’s Guide: pp. 17-24)
First, insert a CF card (available for purchase) into the card slot, plug in a microphone, and a
headphone (available for purchase) and the power adaptor into the respective terminal of DR-1, and
press the 1) Power button to turn on DR-1. After power is on, as the “date and time setting”
panel is lighted up, please set date and time by following the instruction in p. 24 of the DR-1 User’s
Guide.
(NOTE: CF card, microphone, headphone and the USB cable are NOT included in the DR-1
package. Please purchase them separately. Please see the procedure for
inserting / ejecting the CF card in the back of this manual.
2. Recording (DR-1 User’s Guide: pp. 28-30)
1. Hold down 2) Function key and press 11) End key to move to the end of title.
2. “End” is displayed in the phrase window. (If you insert a blank CF card, the display panel shows
“ - - - - “.)
3. Press 6) Rec./ Pause key to go into the recording standby state, and you will see
“Recording” lamp flashes.
4. Adjust the recording volume with 10) Recoding volume slider while looking at the level meter.
Adjust the maximum volume to be –8dB.
5. Press 6) Rec./ Pause key to start recording.
Once the recording starts, “Recording” lamp lights up.
6.To pause recording, press 6) Rec./ Pause key .
7.To stop the recording, press 8) Play / stop key .
Note: Should go through pause recording, before stop recording.
3. Playback (DR-1 User’s Guide: p. 31)
1. Press either 7) Rew. key or 9) For. key to jump to the phrase you wish to listen.
Once moving to the heading, DR-1 automatically stops after playing one phrase.
2. Press 8) Play / Stop key to play continuously. When you wish to stop playing, press 8)
Play / Stop key again.
4. Overwrite recording [ Rerecord the previous recording error ] (User’s Guide: p. 41)
1. When you made a reading mistake as Example 1, press 6) Rec. / Pause key to pause
recording to overwrite the mistakenly read phrase.
(Note: If you press 8) Play / Stop key at this time, overwrite recording cannot be performed.)
2. Press 7) Rew. Key to move the first phrase to be rerecorded (Phrase 2 of Example 1).
3. Press 6) Rec. / Pause key again to restart recording and read out the phrases correctly as
“The Prince invited all maidens to a ball, and Cinderella’s two Stepsisters were invited to the ball.”
The reread audio will be overwritten.
1) Power
2) Function
4) Start
5) End
6) Rec. / Pause
7) Rew. 8) Play / Stop 9) For.
Beginning
11) End
3) Delete
10) Recording
volume slider
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Volume
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Phrase 4
Level
meter
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5. Punch-in recording [ After recording, replace correct audio ] (User’s Guide: pp. 43-44)
Rerecord the phrase 2 and 3 showed in Example 2 below after completion of recording.
1.Press either 7) Rew. Key or 9) For. Key to navigate to the phrase where you wish to
insert new audio (Phrase 2 of Example 1). Then, press 4) Start key to specify the
beginning phrase in the range.
2.Press 9) For. to navigate to the last phrase where you wish to correct. (Phrase 3 of Example
1). Then, press 5) End to specify the ending phrase in the correcting range.
3.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key to go into the recording standby and adjust the recording
volume.
4.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key again to start recording. Read phrase 2 and 3 in Example 2 as
“… only Cinderella’s two Stepsisters were….. Her Fairy Godmother appeared …….”
5.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key to put DR-1 into the Pause state, then press Play / Stop key
to stop recording. Phrase 2 and 3 will be replaced from “…Cinderella's sister was… Her
Fairly mother appreared….” to “…Cinderella's two Stepsisters were … Her Fairly Godmother
appeared…..”
6. Delete phrases (User’s Guide: p. 45)
1. Press either 7) Rew. Key or 9) For. Key to navigate to the phrase where you wish to
delete. Then, press 4) Start key to specify the beginning phrase in the deleting range.
2. Press 9) For. to navigate to the last phrase where you wish to delete. Then, press 5) End
to specify the ending phrase in the deleting range.
3. Press 3) Delete key to delete the phrase.
7. Inserting recording [ Insert new audio in the existing recording ] (User’s Guide: p. 42)
1.Press either 7) Rew. Key or 9) For. Key to navigate to the phrase where you wish to
insert new audio in the existing recording (Phrase 3 and 4 of Example 3).
2.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key to go into the recording standby and adjust the recording
volume.
3.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key again to start recording. Read the “As the sisters swept away to
the ball, Cinderella cried in despair.”
4.Press 6) Rec. / Pause key to put DR-1 into the Pause state, then press 8) Play / Stop key
to stop recording. The new audio will be inserted as phrase 3 and 4 of Example 3.
Precautions
■Precaution for connecting power adaptor
Do not use the power adaptor that does not come with DR-1. It may lead to a cause of
electric shock, fire, and product damage.
■Precaution for static electricity
The CF card and the SD card adaptor are weak to static electricity. If these products receive
static electricity during recording, stored data might be destroyed. Please do not tough the
card when the power is on.
■How to insert a CF card? ■How to eject a CF card?
1. Turn OFF the power.
2. Hold the CF card correctly as described
below on the left.
To the card slot
Short
Long
To the card slot
Short
Long
3. There is a very small ridge on the front
edge of the CF card. This ridge should be
towards you and facing downwards when
you insert the card.
Ridge Part
Card slot
4. Insert the CF card into the card slot located
in the front part of the DR-1 body.
1. Turn OFF the power.
[Note] If the CF card is ejected in the state
where the power of DR-1 is on, stored
data in the card might be destroyed.
Ensure to turn OFF the power before
ejecting the CF card.
2. Press the eject key which is located on
the right of the CF card slot.
3. Carefully grip the CF card and pull it out of
the slot.
Push
Example 3:
The Prince invited all maidens to a ball, (pause) and only Cinderella's two Stepsisters were invited to the ball. (pause)
As the sisters swept away to the ball, (pause) Cinderella cried in despair. (pause) ÅInsert new audio.
Her Fairy Godmothe
r
appeared (pause)and vowed to assist Cinderella in attending the ball. (pause)
Example 2:
The Prince invited all maidens to a ball, (pause) and only Cinderella's sisters was invited to the ball. (pause)
Her Fairly mother appeared (pause) and vowed to assist Cinderella in attending the ball. (pause)
Phrase 1 Phrase 2
Phrase 3 Phrase 4
Phrase 1 Phrase 2
Phrase 3 Phrase 4
Phrase 5 Phrase 6 127-3799900
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