Radio Shack 14-1198 User manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
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corresponding icon for pertinent information.
Rý— Warning #— Important .
..
.— Caution
°
°°
°— Hint ±— Note
ERASE — Press to
erase selected
messages.
REC — Press to
begin recording.
MENU/FOLDER
—Presstoselecta
folder or to enter
option mode.
DISPLAY —
Press to view
current time,
currentdate,and
remaining time.
PLAY/J
JJ
J— Press to
play back recorded
messages.
STOP/'
''
'—Press
to stop recording
or play back.
)ý— Press to
rewind and scroll
backward through
messages and
options.
-
--
-— Press to
fast-forward and
scroll forward
throughmessages
and options.
Built-In Speaker — Letsyou
listen to recorded notes.
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The FCC Wants You to Know
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Thank you for purchasing the
RadioShack 180-Minute Digital
Recorder. It is ideal for quick note
taking, and its light weight and small
size make it easy to slip into a pocket,
briefcase, or purse. You can use it at
school, at a business conference, for
dictation, or on the go. You can record
manually or use voice-activated
recording. The recorder provides up to
three hours of recording time.
Message Folders — Save up to 100
messages in each folder to organize
messages more effectively.
Flash Memory — Digital recording
means no tapes to load or break.
Message Alarm and Schedule
Playback — The recorder sounds an
alarm at a preset time and date and
plays back a selected message or all
messages for the selected date.
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This equipment has been tested and
found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part
15 of the
FCC Rules
. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable
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The FCC Wants You to
Know ........................ 2
Preparation ............... 4
Installing Batteries 4
Setting the Clock ... 5
Changing the Clock
Setting ................... 6
Connecting
Earphones ............ 6
Listening Safely .... 7
Traffic Safety ......... 7
Attaching the Wrist
Strap ..................... 8
Operation ................. 8
Locking the
Recorder’s
Controls ................ 8
Selecting a Folder . 9
Recording ........... 10
Checking the
Number of Files
Recorded in the
Folder ................... 11
Playing Back
Messages ........... 12
Using Fast
Playback ............. 12
Using Schedule
Playback ............. 13
Fast-Forwarding and
Rewinding ........... 14
Using Forward Skip/
Reverse Skip ...... 15
(continued)
The FCC Wants You to Know
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The FCC Wants You to Know
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protection against harmful interference
in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio
communications.
However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment
off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving
antenna.
• Increase the separation between
the equipment and receiver.
• Consult your local RadioShack
store or an experienced radio/TV
technician for help.
• If you cannot eliminate the
interference, the FCC requires that
you stop using your recorder.
Changes or modifications not expressly
approved by RadioShack may cause
(continued)
Erasing Messages . 15
Moving a Message
Between Folders [A],
[B], AND [C] ........... 18
Setting the Options 19
Setting the Recording
Mode ...................... 19
Setting Microphone
Sensitivity ............... 20
Voice Activation ..... 21
Message Alarm
Playback ................ 22
Schedule Alarm
Playback ................ 23
Turning the Key Tone
On/Off .................... 24
Setting the Time ..... 25
Troubleshooting ........ 26
Resetting the
Recorder ................... 26
Care .......................... 27
Service and Repair ... 27
Specifications ............ 28
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Preparation
interference and void the user’s
authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) this device
may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired
operation.
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Your recorder requires two AAA
batteries (not supplied) for power. For
the best performance and longest life,
we recommend RadioShack alkaline
batteries. Rý.
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.
1. Slide the battery compartment
cover in the direction of the arrow
to open it.
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Dispose of old batteries
promptly and properly.
Do not burn or bury
them.
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• Use only fresh
batteries of the
required size and
recommended type.
• Do not mix old and
new batteries,
different types of
batteries (standard,
alkaline, or
rechargeable), or
rechargeable
batteries of different
capacities.
• If you do not plan to
use the recorder for
an extended period,
remove the batteries.
Batteries can leak
chemicals that can
destroy electronic
parts.
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Preparation
2. Place the batteries in the
compartment as indicated by the
polarity symbols (+and –) marked
inside the compartment.
3. Snap the cover back in place.
When the recorder stops operating
properly, replace the batteries. ±
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1. Repeatedly press or hold down )
or -to set the hour, then press
PLAY/J
JJ
Jto store the setting.
2. Repeat Step 1 to set the minutes,
year, month, and day. After you set
the date, ;D:
;D:;D:
;D: flashes, and the set
time appears.
Battery
Compartment
Cover
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• When the batteries
are depleted, ò
appears and the
recorder
automatically shuts
off.Replacebatteries
as soon as possible.
• When you install or
replace the batteries,
the hour indicator
flashes. See “Setting
the Clock” for
instructions on
setting the time and
date.
• We recommend you
slide HOLD in the
direction of the arrow
before replacing
batteries to maintain
the current settings
(date/time, etc.).
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Preparation
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1. Hold down MENU/FOLDER formore
than one second while the
recorder is stopped, then
repeatedly press )or -until
J?C;
J?C;J?C;
J?C; flashes.
2. Press PLAY/J
JJ
J.
3. Repeatedly press or hold down )
or -to set the hour, then press
PLAY/J
JJ
Jto store the setting.
4. Repeat Step 1 to set the minutes,
year, month, and day. ±
5. Press STOP/'
''
'to finish the setting.
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You can use an optional mono
earphone with a 1/8-inch (3.5 mm) mini-
plug to listen to your recordings in
±"016'"±"
• If you do not press
any button for about
three minutes, the
recorder
automatically exits
the time-setting
mode without saving
your setting. Or,
pressSTOP/'
''
'atany
time to exit the time-
setting mode sooner.
• To alternate between
12- and 24-hour
formats, press
DISPLAY while you
are setting the hour
or minute. 7C
7C7C
7C or FC
FCFC
FC
appears if the time
setting is in 12-hour
format, and
disappears if in 24-
hour format.
• To change the order
of the date display,
pressDISPLAYwhile
you are setting the
year, month, or day.
The default is CC$ý
CC$ýCC$ý
CC$ý
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EAR — Use an optional
earphone to listen to
messages privately.
Microphone —
Provides
superior sound
pickup.
MIC — Connect
an external
microphone.
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Preparation
private. Your local RadioShack store
carries a wide selection of earphones.
Insert the earphone's plug into the
recorder's EAR jack. The built-in
speaker automatically disconnects.
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To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you use earphones.
• Set the volume to the lowest
setting before you begin listening.
After you begin listening, adjust the
volume to a comfortable level.
• Do not listen at extremely high
volume levels. Extended high-
volume listening can lead to
permanent hearing loss.
• Once you set the volume, do not
increase it. Over time, your ears
adapt to the volume level, so a
volume level that does not cause
discomfort might still damage your
hearing.
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Do not wear an earphone while
operating a motor vehicle or riding a
bicycle. This can create a traffic hazard
and could be illegal in some areas.
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Operation
Even though some earphones let you
hear some outside sounds when
listening at normal volume levels, they
still can present a traffic hazard.
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Thread the strap's small loop through
the holes on the bottom of the recorder.
Slip the larger end of the strap through
the smaller loop. Pull the larger loop to
tighten it.
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You can lock the recorder's controls so
you cannot accidentally change the
recorder’s settings (except VOLUME).
To lock the controls, slide HOLD in the
direction of the arrow. >EB:
>EB:>EB:
>EB: flashes
Wrist
S
trap Holes
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Operation
twice. To unlock the recorder's controls,
slide HOLD in the opposite direction
from the arrow.
To conserve battery power, the display
disappears when you lock the
recorder's controls. ±
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Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER until
the desired folder (Q7S
Q7SQ7S
Q7S, Q8S
Q8SQ8S
Q8S, Q9S
Q9SQ9S
Q9S, or QIS
QISQIS
QIS)
appears.
Folders [A], [B], and [C] are designed
for recording ordinary messages. You
can record up to 100 messages in each
of these folders. Folder [S] is designed
for schedule management. You can
store up to 15 messages for a selected
date in the [S] folder, then use the
schedule playback feature to play back
your messages for that date. See
HOLD — Locks recorder's
settings so they cannot be
accidentally changed.
VOLUME — Rotate to
adjust message volume.
±"016'"±"
• If you set the
recorder to HOLD
while it is playing, the
display goes blank
after the current file
is finished playing.
• If you set the
recorder to HOLD
while it is recording,
the display
disappears when the
recorder runs out of
freememory. To stop
recording sooner,
slide HOLD in the
opposite direction of
the arrow, then press
STOP/'
''
'.
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Operation
“Using Schedule Playback” on
Page 13.
When you store 100 messages in a
folder or 15 messages for a specific
date in folder [S], <KBB
<KBB<KBB
<KBB and the message
number flash. You cannot record until
you erase some messages.
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Your recorder has three recording
modes: ±
HQ — High quality mode has about 45
minutes of recording time.
SP — Standard playback mode has
about 67 minutes of recording time.
LP — Long playback mode has about
180 minutes of recording time.
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until Q7S
Q7SQ7S
Q7S, Q8S
Q8SQ8S
Q8S, or Q9S
Q9SQ9S
Q9S appears.
2. Press REC to start recording. The
record/play indicator lights red and
recording begins. The display
shows the current folder name, the
current message number, the
±"016'"±"
Use the remaining time
and recorded time only
as references. The
recording time might be
shorter than the
specified value if a lot of
short recordings are
made.
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Operation
recording mode (HQ, SP, or LP),
and the elapsed recording time.
3. To temporarily stop recording,
press REC. F7KI;
F7KI;F7KI;
F7KI; and the record
indicator flash. To resume
recording, press REC again.
4. Press STOP/'
''
'when you are
finished recording. ±
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until QISý
QISýQISý
QISýand the current month and
day appear.
2. Repeatedly press or hold down )
or -to select the desired date.
3. Press REC. The record/play
indicator lights red and recording
begins.
4. Press STOP/'
''
'to stop recording.
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While the recorder is stopped,
repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER until
the desired folder appears. Hold down
±"016'"±"
• Recording stops if
you press STOP/'
''
'
while the recorder is
paused or leave the
recorder set to pause
for 10 minutes.
• When the available
recording time falls
below five minutes,
the remaining
recording time
appears.
• When the remaining
recording time falls
below one minute,
the record indicator
flashes.
• You cannot record
additional messages
if <KBB
<KBB<KBB
<KBB appears when
you press REC. To
continue recording,
erase unneeded
messages. See
“Erasing Messages”
on Page 15.
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Operation
STOP/'
''
'. The total number of files
recorded in the folder appear as long
as you hold down STOP/'
''
'.
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
to select the desired folder.
2. Repeatedly press or hold down )
or -until the desired message
number appears.
3. Press PLAY/J
JJ
J. The record/play
indicator lights green and playback
begins.
4. Adjust VOLUME to the desired
listening level.
5. To temporarily stop playback,
press STOP/'
''
'or PLAY/J
JJ
J. To
resume playback, press PLAY/J
JJ
J
again.
6. The recorder automatically stops
at the end of each message.
To stop playback sooner, press
STOP/'
''
'.
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1. To start fast playback (30% faster
than normal speed), hold down
PLAY/J
JJ
Jfor more than one second
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Operation
while the recorder is stopped or in
playback. <#FB7O
<#FB7O<#FB7O
<#FB7O briefly appears.
2. Press PLAY/J
JJ
Jagain to resume
playback at the normal speed.
3. If you press STOP/'
''
'during fast
playback or before the recorder
reaches the end of a message, the
recorder stops.
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
to select the [S] folder.
2. To select the date(s) for the
schedule(s) to check, repeatedly
press or hold down )or -while
the recorder is stopped. To find the
date where the next message is
recorded, hold down )or -ý
while the recorder is stopped. The
recorder starts searching by date,
stops at the next recorded
message, and beeps twice. When
there are no messages, the
recorder scrolls through the
calendar year by month.
3. Press PLAY/J
JJ
J. The recorder plays
back messages for the selected
date.
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Operation
4. Press STOP/'
''
'to stop playback.
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1.
To fast-forward through a
message,
hold down -while the
recorder is in playback.
To rewind through a message,
hold
down )while the recorder is in
playback.
The recorder continues fast-
forwarding or rewinding as long as
you hold down either button.
2. When the recorder reaches the
end of a message while fast-
forwarding, or the beginning of a
message while rewinding, the
recorder pauses for about half a
second, then starts fast-forwarding
or rewinding the next or previous
message.
3. The recorder stops when it
reaches the first or last message.
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Operation
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1.
To skip backward to a message
while the recorder is stopped,
in
playback or fast playback,
repeatedly press (or hold down
while the recorder is stopped) )
until the desired message number
appears. ±
To skip forward to a message while
the recorder is stopped, in
playback or fast playback,
repeatedly press (or hold down
while the recorder is stopped) -
until the desired message number
appears.
2. Release )ýor -ýto stop skipping.
When the recorder reaches the
first or last message, it
automatically stops.
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
to select the desired folder. ±
2. Repeatedly press )or -while
the recorder is stopped, or in
±"016'"±"
Using Forward Skip/
Reverse Skip
You cannot skip forward
or backward in folder [S]
while the recorder is
stopped. You can only
skip forward or
backward while the
recorder is in playback.
Erasing Messages
• If you do not press a
key for more than
eight seconds, the
recorder returns to
standby and the
message is not
erased.
• When a message is
erased from a folder,
the remaining
messages are
sequentially
renumbered. For
example, when
message 002 is
erased, message
003 becomes 002,
message 004
becomes003,andso
forth.
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Operation
playback, to select the message
number you want to erase.
3. Press ERASE. The selected
message number, ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I;, and O;I
O;IO;I
O;I
alternately flash.
4. Press ERASE again within eight
seconds to delete the message.
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1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until Q7S
Q7SQ7S
Q7S, Q8S
Q8SQ8S
Q8S, or Q9S
Q9SQ9S
Q9S appears.
2. While the recorder is stopped, hold
down ERASE for more than two
seconds. 7BB
7BB7BB
7BB flashes, and ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I;
and O;I
O;IO;I
O;I alternately flash.
3. Press ERASE again within eight
seconds to delete all messages in
a folder. ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I; flashes.
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To erase a message for a single date:
1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until QISý
QISýQISý
QISýappears.
2. Press )or -to select the
desired date, then press PLAY.
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Operation
3. Press )or -to select the
message to erase during playback.
4. Press STOP/'
''
'.
5. Press ERASE. The selected
message number, ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I;, and O;I
O;IO;I
O;I
alternately flash.
6. Press ERASE again within eight
seconds to delete the selected
message. ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I; flashes. The
messagenumbersaresequentially
renumbered.
To erase all messages for a selected
date:
1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until QIS
QISQIS
QIS appears.
2. Press )or -to select the
desired date.
3. Hold down ERASE for more than
two seconds. 7BB
7BB7BB
7BB flashes, and the
date and O;I
O;IO;I
O;I alternately flash.
4. Press ERASE again within eight
seconds to delete all messages on
a selected date. ;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I; flashes.
To erase all messages in Folder [S]:
1. Repeatedly press MENU/FOLDER
until QIS
QISQIS
QIS appears.
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Operation
2. Hold down ERASE for more than
four seconds. QIS
QISQIS
QIS and 7BB
7BB7BB
7BB flash, and
;H7I;
;H7I;;H7I;
;H7I; and O;I
O;IO;I
O;I alternately flash.
3. Press ERASE again within eight
seconds to erase all messages in
folder [S].
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You can move messages in folders A,
B, and C to other folders. The moved
message is added at the end of the
destination folder. ±
1. Choose the message you want to
move and press PLAY/J
JJ
Jto play it.
2. Hold down MENU/FOLDER while
the message is playing. Playback
stops, and CEL;
CEL;CEL;
CEL; flashes.
3. Press )or -to choose a
destination folder. The destination
folder and new file number appear.
4. Press PLAY/J
JJ
J. The destination
folder and the new file number
appear.
±"016'"±"
• You cannot move
messages between
folder [S] and other
folders.
• If the destination
folder is full (100
files), <KBB
<KBB<KBB
<KBB appears.
You cannot move the
message to that
folder.
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Operation
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1. Hold down MENU/FOLDER formore
than one second while the
recorder is stopped to enter the
options mode.
2. Repeatedly press )or -to
cycle through the options menu
(CEZ;
CEZ;CEZ;
CEZ;, C?9
C?9C?9
C?9, L9L7
L9L7L9L7
L9L7, 7B7HC
7B7HC7B7HC
7B7HC, Iý7B7HC
Iý7B7HCIý7B7HC
Iý7B7HC,
X;;F
X;;FX;;F
X;;F, and J?C;
J?C;J?C;
J?C;).
3. To exit the options mode, press
STOP/'
''
'. ;D:
;D:;D:
;D: briefly appears.
4. If you do not press any button for
about three minutes while in
options mode, the recorder
automatically exits the options
mode.
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1. Hold down MENU/FOLDER formore
than one second while the
recorder is stopped. CEZ;
CEZ;CEZ;
CEZ; flashes.
2. Press PLAY/J
JJ
J. Either >G
>G>G
>G, IF
IFIF
IF or BF
BFBF
BF
flashes.
3. Press )or -until the desired
mode flashes.
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Operation
• HQ — high quality playback
mode has approximately 45
minutes of recording time.
• SP — standard playback mode
has approximately 67 minutes
of recording time.
• LP — long playback mode has
approximately 180 minutes of
recording time.
4. Press PLAY/J
JJ
Jto complete the
setting.
5. Press STOP/'
''
'to exit options
mode.
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1. Hold down MENU/FOLDER formore
than one second while the
recorder is stopped, then
repeatedly press )or -until
C?9
C?9C?9
C?9 flashes.
2. Press PLAY/J
JJ
Jto start the
microphone sensitivity setting.
Either >?
>?>?
>? or BE
BEBE
BE flashes. ±
3. Press )or -so the desired
mode flashes.
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• When the
microphone
sensitivity is set to >?
>?>?
>?,
more background
noise may be
recorded depending
on the recording
conditions.
• If you choose BE
BEBE
BE,
áappears.
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