RCA RP5008 User manual

FCC Information
EN
WARNING : TO PREVENT
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FCC Information
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.
In accordance with FCC requirements, changes or modifications not
expressly approved by Thomson multimedia Inc. could void the user’s
authority to operate this product.
This device generates and uses radio frequency (RF) energy, and if not
installed and used properly, this equipment may cause interference to radio
and television reception.
This equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception
(which you can determine by turning the equipment off and on), try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient the receiving antenna (that is, the antenna for the radio or
television that is receiving the interference).
• Change the position of the unit with respect to the radio or television
equipment that is receiving interference.
• Move the unit away from the equipment that is receiving interference.
• Plug the unit into a different wall outlet so that the unit and the
equipment receiving interference are on different branch circuits.
If these measures do not eliminate the interference, please consult your
dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional
suggestions. Also, the Federal Communications Commission has prepared
a helpful booklet, “How To Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference
Problems.” This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing
Office, Washington, DC 20402. Please specify stock number 004-000-00345-
4 when ordering copies.
This product complies with DHHS Rules 21 CFR Subchapter J. Applicable at
the date of manufacture.
For Your Safety
The AC power plug is polarized (one blade is wider than the other) and
only fits into AC power outlets one way. If the plug will not go into the
outlet completely, turn the plug over and try to insert it the other way. If
it still will not fit, contact a qualified electrician to change the outlet, or
use a different one. Do not attempt to bypass this safety feature.
Service Information
This product should be serviced only by those specially trained in
appropriate servicing techniques. For instructions on how to obtain service,
refer to the warranty card included with this product.
For Your Records
In the event that service should be required, you may need both the model
number and the serial number. In the space below, record the date and
place of purchase, and the serial number:
Model No.
Date of Purchase
Place of Purchase
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Contents
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FCC/ Safety Information
General Controls............................... 2
The Display........................................ 4
Display Messages .............................. 5
Before You Begin ............................. 6
Formatting SmartMediaTM Card ...... 7
Time Setting ...................................... 8
Recording .......................................... 10
Playback............................................. 13
Editing ............................................... 14
Setting Beep Sound.......................... 17
Using Headphones and External
Microphone ....................................... 17
Troubleshooting Tips ........................ 18
More Information............................. 20
Warranty............................................ 23
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General Controls
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EN
Selects
folders &
display
modes.
Turns the
unit on.
Starts/
pauses
playback.
Skips/
searches
backwards.
Stops
playback/
recording.
Turns off
the unit.
Battery compartment door (refer to P.6
for installing batteries)
Selects recording
modes, enters
clock setting
modes and
selects beep
sound on/ off.
The Display
The Front
Skips/
searches
forwards.
SmartMedia
TM
card insertion
slot.
Built-in
microphone
Speaker
Note: Auto power off- the unit will turn off
automatically without key activation in 3 minutes.
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General Controls
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Have a Blast – Just Not in Your
Eardrums
Make sure you turn down the
volume on the unit before you put
on the headphones. Increase the
volume to the desired level only
after headphones are in place.
Controls volume and
sensitivity level of
automatic voice
recording (AVR).
Connects AC/DC
adapter (4.5V) (indoor
use only).
Connects
headphones.
Controls erasure
& editing.
Connects external
microphone
Locks keys during playback,
recording & power off to
prevent accidental key
activation.
Starts/ pauses
recording.
The Sides
VOLUME DC 4.5V
LOCK
EXT. MIC
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The Display
4
EN
The Display
Key
Lock
Smart
Media
TM
Card
Total Remaining
Time of
SmartMedia
TM
Card
Recording
Qualities Recording
Conditions
Automatic
Voice
Recording
Folder
Number
(1-9)
Current
File
Number
Month
Date
Recording
Time/
Date
Time/ Date/ Reference
messages
Low Battery.
Replace batteries
when you see
this sign lights.
Total
Number of
files in a
folder
AM/
PM
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Display Messages
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ALL= Select all (Introductory Play back & Erasing All
Files)
APPEND= Appendix (Adding Appendix)
CUT-S= Cut Start (Cutting)
FAIL= Failure (Formatting SmartMediaTM card)
FOR= Formatting (Formatting SmartMediaTM card)
INIT= Initialization (Formatting SmartMediaTM card)
INS= Insertion (Inserting New Segments)
INTRO= Introduction (Introductory Playback)
OFF= Off (Automatic Voice Recording, Setting Beep
Sound)
ON= On (Automatic Voice Recording, Setting Beep
Sound)
OPTION= Option (Setting Recording Condition,
Quality, Month, Date, Hour & Minute)
REC= Recording (Manual Recording, AVR, Inserting
New Segments, Adding Appdendix)
VOL 15= Volume (Setting Volume)
TONE= Tone (Setting Beep Sound)
YEAR= Year (Setting Year)
CUT-E= Cut End (Cutting)
DELETE= Delete (Erasing Selected File & Erasing All
files)
SEN 15= Sensitivity Level (AVR)
* ( )- You can find the mentioned displays as you set/ operate them.
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Before you Begin
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Installing Batteries
1. Slide the battery compartment door to the
left and lift up the door to open.
2. Insert 2 AAA batteries with polarities
matching indications.
3. Replace the battery compartment door and
slide the door to the right to close.
1. Turn on the
unit. SmartMedia
TM
Card icon flashes
on display.
2. Insert SmartMedia
TM
Card as shown in drawing
on the left. SmartMedia
TM
Card icon stops flashing
and shows total
remaining time of the
card if it is already
formatted.
Inserting SmartMediaTM Card
1. 2. 3.
• Please respect the environment! Before throwing any batteries
away, consult your distributor who may be able to take them
back for specific recycling.
• ALKALINE BATTERY is recommanded for better performance.
• Read p. 21 for more battery information.
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Formatting SmartMedia
TM
Card
7
EN
1. Turn the unit ON.Insert SmartMedia
TM
Card
into insertion slot (refer to p.4). SmartMedia
TM
Card icon stops to blink.
2. Formatting
starts auto-
matically. FOR
flashes on
display.
2. INIT flashes on
display.
3. Press and hold
ERASE to
reformat
SmartMedia
TM
Card. FOR flashes
on display.
If SmartMedia
TM
Card has
previously been used in
another format.
If SmartMedia
TM
Card has never
been formatted.
•FAIL shows on display if SmartMedia
TM
card is
defective and cannot be formatted.
• Never remove SmartMedia
TM
card from the unit
during recording, playback or erasing. Recorded
content may be destroyed.
• This unit is only compatible with SmartMedia
TM
card and at maximum capacity of 8MB.
• To protect data from being accidentally erased,
adhere a write-protect sticker to area indicated.
Adhere write-protect
sticker here
(For more about SmartMedia
TM
Card, refer to
section ‘More information’ on p.20.)
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Time Setting
8
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Date/ Time Stamping Function
With this function, you can always read on the
display the recording date and time of your
recorded messages. Follow the steps below for time
setting.
You can still use this unit for normal recording
without time setting. However, no correct recording
date and time can be referred for your recorded
messages and the display will keep flashing when
the unit is turned off.
1. Turn on the unit before time setting.
Setting Year
2. Press repeatly until YEAR shows on
display.
3. Set the year.
6. Shift to the date digits (flashing).
Setting Month
Setting Date
4. Show the month digits (flashing).
5. Set the month.
7. Set the date.
OPTION
OPTION
OPTION
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Time Setting
9
EN
Setting Minute
10. Shift to the minute digits (flashing).
11. Set the minute.
OPTION
12. Confirm time setting.
OPTION
Note: Press STOP to quit from time setting mode.
Setting Hour
8. Show the hour digits (flashing).
9. Set the hour.
OPTION
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Recording
10
Setting Recording Condition
You can select between two recording conditions.
• CONF (Conference) - in a more open area and
recording source is far from the unit.
• DICT (Dictation) - in a more enclosed area and
recording source is close to the unit.
1. Press repeatedly until OPTION and
DICT or CONF show on display.
2. Select recording condition.
3. Confirm selection. (You may press
STOP to exit from further selection.)
Setting Recording Quality
You can select between two recording qualities.
• SP (Standard Play) - medium quality, allows about
196 min recording on 8MB SmartMedia
TM
card.
• HQ (High Quality) - high quality, allows about 32
min recording on 8MB SmartMedia
TM
card.
1. Press repeatedly until OPTION and
SP or HQ show on display.
2. Select recording condition.
3. Confirm selection. (You may press
STOP to exit from further selection.)
OPTION
OPTION
Setting Recording Mode
You can select between two recording modes -
manual recording and AVR (automatic voice
recording). Read the following pages for operation
details.
EN
OPTION
OPTION
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Recording
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5. Stop recording.
4. Select between displays showing:
a) elapsed recording time,
b) total remaining recordable time.
FOLDER
• There are 9 folders and you can create 99 files in
each folder. Each individual recording is counted
as one file.
• Make sure no write-protect sticker is adhered to
SmartMedia
TM
card before recording.
1. Select destination folder (1-9).
2. Start recording.
3. Pause recording, press again to
resume.
FOLDER
Manual Recording
AVR (Automatic Voice Recording)
This feature allows the unit to sense sound and to
record only when you are speaking into the
microphone. When dictation stops for about 3
seconds, recording will stop and then start again
automatically when you resume dictation.
2. Press repeatedly until OPTION and
AVR show on display.
3. Select AVR ON.
1. Select destination folder (1-9).
FOLDER
OPTION
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Recording
6. Start dictation. Recording starts automatically.
5. Adjust the sensitivity of the
microphone (e.g. increase sensitivity
value when recording source is far
from the unit or the recording
envionment is quiet.). SEN with
sensitivity value shows on display.
7. End AVR recording.
8. Repeat step 2 and select AVR
OFF for de-selection.
• For conferences, to obtain optimum recording
quality, place the recorder with the microphone
freely exposed to the sound source as close as
convenient. A built-in automatic recording level
control will set record level for optimum
recordings during manual recording. Avoid
recording near unwanted noise sources, such as
air conditioners or fans.
• The first syllable or two may be lost when you
start recording because this ‘sound’ is used to turn
on the AVR feature. It is a good pratice to make
some ‘sounds’ or say a short word to activate the
AVR before you begin actual dictation.
AVR (automatic voice recording) continued...
VOLUME
12
4. Enter AVR mode.
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Playback
Normal Playback
1. Select folder (1-9).
2. Select file.
3. Start playback.
4. Select among displays showing:
a) elapsed playing time,
b) remaining file time with recording time,
c) total length of the file with recording date.
5. Adjust listening volume.
6. Press and hold to make
quick search within a file.
7. Press once to skip one
file forward or backward.
8. Pause playback, press again to
resume.
9. Stop playback.
IntroScan
This feature allows playback of the beginning 3
seconds of each file in a folder.
1. Select folder (1-9).
2. Press until ALL shows on display.
3. Start introductory playback,
INTRO PLAY shows on display.
FOLDER
VOLUME
FOLDER
FOLDER
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Editing
14
Cutting
You can erase unwanted parts from your recording.
1. Select folder (1-9)..
2. Select file.
3. Start playback of the file
with unwanted part.
4. Mark the start of unwanted part.
CUT-S shows on display.
FOLDER
5. Mark the end of unwanted part.
CUT-E shows on display.
6. Start cutting 6. Cancel cutting.
or
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Erasing Selected File
1. Press FOLDER repeatedly to select folder (1-9) in
stop mode.
2. Press or to select unwanted
file.
Note: file numbers that come after erased one will
be moved forward by one automatically.
3. Press ERASE once and release, “DELETE” flashes
on display.
4. IMPORTANT: Once “DELETE” flashes on the
display, you MUST press and hold ERASE again for
about 3 seconds, “DELETE” will be flashing until
selected file is completely erased. (or press STOP
to cancel erasing file).
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Editing
Erasing All Files in a Folder
Inserting New Segments
You can insert new segments into a file without
erasing previously recorded content.
1. Select folder (1-9).
2. Select file for inserting new
segments.
FOLDER
EN
1. Press FOLDER to select folder (1-9).
2. Press or until “ALL”
appears.
FOLDER
3. Press ERASE once and release, “DELETE”
flashes on display.
4. Press and hold ERASE for about 3 seconds,
Erasing All Folders
(Formatting mermory card)
Warning: All recorded messages on SmartMedia
TM
Card will be erased by following steps below.
2. Release RESET first and then ERASE. “FOR”
flashes on display. All folders will be deleted.
Mermory card is formatted.
1. Press and hold ERASE and RESET
(on the back of the unit) at the same time for
about 3 seconds.
RESET
“DELETE” will be flashing until selected
folder is erased completely (or press
STOP to cancel erasing all files).
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Adding Appendix
You can add appendix (e.g. reminder, supplementary
information) to the end of the file.
1. Select folder (1-9).
2. Select file for adding appendix.
3. Start playback.
4. Enter Adding Appendix mode,
APPEND shows on display.
5. Start recording appendix.
Editing
6. Stop recording appendix. Recorded
segment will be appended to the end
of the file automatically.
FOLDER
OPTION
•Cutting, Inserting New Segments & Adding
Appendix: only the recorded time length will
be updated. Recording time and date will
remain the same as before editing.
• Make sure no write-protect sticker is adhered to
SmartMedia
TM
card before editing.
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3. Start playback.
4. Start recording new segment. INS
and then elapsed recording time
show on display.
5. Stop recording new segment.
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Setting Beep Sound
You can activate this feature so that beep sound
can be heard whenever you press on any button.
1. Press repeatedly until TONE shows
on display.
2. Set beep sound ON/ OFF.
OPTION
3. Confirm selection.
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Using Headphones and
External Microphone
Refer to p.3 “General Controls” for connecting
headphones and external microphone.
• When headphones are connected, sound output
from speaker will be muted.
• When external microphone is connected, no
record can be made from built-in microphone.
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Troubleshooting Tips
•Unit doesn’t turn on
- Check that batteries are properly inserted and
not exhausted.
- Make sure battery compartment door is properly
closed.
- Make sure LOCK button is not activated.
•Cannot format SmartMedia
TM
- SmartMedia
TM
card may have been damaged or
worn out, replaced with a new one.
- Make sure SmartMedia
TM
card capacity is not
more than 8MB.
•Display keeps flashing when unit is off
- You may not have set the time. Refer to section
on Time Setting on p.8.
•Cannot record
- Check that SmartMedia
TM
card is properly
inserted, SmartMedia
TM
card icon on display
should not be flashing.
- SmartMedia
TM
card capacity may be full.
- Make sure LOCK button is not activated.
- Write-protect sticker should not be adhered on
SmartMedia
TM
card.
- SmartMedia
TM
card may have been damaged or
worn out, replace new one.
•Recordable time becomes shorter
- You may have set the recording quality to ‘High
Quality’, refer to section ‘Setting Recording
Quality’.
•Cannot perform playback
- Check if SmartMedia
TM
card is properly inserted,
SmartMedia
TM
card icon on display should not be
flashing.
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Troubleshooting Tips
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- There may be no recorded messages on
SmartMedia
TM
card.
- Make sure you have selected folders with
recorded messages.
- Make sure LOCK button is not activated.
- SmartMedia
TM
card may have been damaged or
worn out, data are lost.
•Cannot show recording date and time
during playback
- You may have not set the date and time before
recording. Refer to section ‘Time Setting’.
•No sound from speaker during playback
- Make sure volume is not set to 0.
- Headphones should not be connected.
•Cannot edit
- Make sure LOCK button is not activated.
- Write-protect sticker should not be adhered on
SmartMedia
TM
card.
•Cannot activate the unit after pressing on
keys
- There may be software problems. Press and hold
RESETon the back of the unit to reset the unit.
• PC cannot read content on SmartMedia
TM
card
- The SmartMedia
TM
card formatted by the unit is
not compatible with your PC.
- Refer to pg 7, 20
• Cannot erase recorded file(s)
- Make sure you follow each step listed on page
14 under section “Erasing Selected File” carefully.
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