SB SB-VR5700 User manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Revised: Feb 14, 2013
“e Charger” 40 Hour Voice Recorder
SB-VR5700

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PRODUCT REFERENCE
Speaker

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Repeat / Loop
Setting
Current Folder
A, B, C, D
or M (MP3)
Battery Level
File Time
Hours : Minutes
PLAYBACK SCREEN REFERENCE
Track
File Time
Seconds
VOLUME
To adjust the Volume during playback or monitoring, press the Navigation Stick UP and
DOWN.

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Recording Quality
HQ, SP, LP
Current Folder
A, B, C, D
(MP3 folder is
not available for
recordings)
Recording Light
File Time
Hours : Minutes
RECORDING SCREEN REFERENCE
Track
File Time
Seconds
Voice Activated
Recording is ON

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Please charge fully before use. Please use only the adapter that was included with your device.
Do not use other adapters, as they may damage your device.
1. Be sure that the device is OFF.
2. Plug USB cable into device rst.
3. Plug the other end into the wall adapter.
4. Plug the adapter into your power outlet. Please let the device charge for several hours before
your rst use.
BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE
No other les are needed to use this device. No device drivers are needed for Windows or Mac
use.
NEEDED FILES

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Turn on your Charger Recorder by pushing the Power Switch
UP to the ON position.
If your Charger Recorder goes to sleep, you can turn it back on
by holding the PLAY button until it turns back on.
To turn o the Charger Recorder, hold the PLAY button until it
shuts down.
To turn o the Charger Recorder and prevent it from turning on
accidentally, push the Power Switch to the OFF position.
POWER ON

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To start recording, using the current recording settings, push the
RECORD switch UP.
Your Charger Recorder will immediately start recording using
the current settings.
To stop recording, and save your le, push the RECORD button
DOWN.
Note: the display will go dark aer several seconds, but the
recorder will continue to record. e Recording Light may be on
while recording, depending on your settings.
To check the status of your recorder, press the PLAY button
quickly.
QUICK RECORD

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ere are several options available to you when you are in
Playback Mode, while paused or stopped.
1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. To ERASE the current track, press PLAY. e display will
show DONE when it has deleted that track. NOTE: Proceed
carefully as these les can not be retrieved once deleted.
3. To ERASE ALL les in your current folder, press the
Navigation Stick to the right, until AL appears. To ERASE
ALL, press PLAY. NOTE: Proceed carefully as these les can
not be retrieved once deleted.
SETTINGS - ERASE
TIP!
For easiest le maintenance, connect your Recorder to your
Windows PC or Mac.
Track # or AL(L)

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1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. Press the Navigation Stick again and you will see REC. is
is your Record Quality Setting.
3. Press the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT until you
have the setting you desire for your voice recordings. Your
options are: HQ, SP, LP. HQ is the best quality, but will use
the most memory. LP is the lower quality, but will use the
least amount of memory.
SETTINGS - RECORD QUALITY
Quality Setting
LINE
External Microphone or
Phone Adapter Setting
4. Note that you also see an option for LINE IN. Use this
setting when using an external microphone or phone
adapter kit.
5. Press PLAY to keep that setting.

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1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. Press the Navigation Stick until you see VOR. is is your
Voice Activated Recording option.
3. Press the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT until you have
the setting you desire. Voice Activation can be ON or OFF.
4. Press PLAY to keep that setting.
SETTINGS - VOICE ACTIVATION
VOR is ON
e VOR icon will appear
in your display when
recording.

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1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. Press the Navigation Stick until you see REP. is is your
Repeat or Looping option.
3. Press the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT until you have
the setting you desire. You can Repeat an entire FOLDER, a
single le, or turn Repeat OFF.
4. Press PLAY to save your setting.
SETTINGS - REPEAT / LOOPING
Repeat is ON
is will repeat your current
folder.
Repeat is ON
is will repeat your current
track.
Repeat is OFF
is area is blank when
Repeat function is OFF.

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1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. Press the Navigation Stick until you see LED. is is where
you can turn the Recording Light ON and OFF.
3. Push the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT until you have
the option you desire.
4. Press PLAY to save your setting.
SETTINGS - RECORD LIGHT
LED is ON
e Record Light will Blink
during recording
e LED Recording Light
is located above the display.
is will blink during
recording when set to ON.
LED is OFF

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1. While paused or stopped, hold the Navigation Stick down
until you see ERASE. Erase is the rst option in the menu.
2. Press the Navigation Stick until you see SENSE. is is
where you can adjust the sensitivity of your Voice Activated
Recordings.
3. Push the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT until you have
the option you desire.
4. Press PLAY to save your setting.
SETTINGS - SENSITIVITY
It is recommended that you leave this setting in HI.

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1. You can record at any time by pushing the Record Switch
UP to Record.
2. Stop recording by pushing the Record Switch DOWN.
3. To record to a particular folder, A, B, C or D, push the
Folder Button until your folder is selected. Your next
recording will be saved in that folder.
4. If you are in MP3 mode, the M folder will be lit. Hold the
Folder Button until the M folder is no longer lit, then choose
the folder you in which you want your recordings saved.
RECORDING
Recording to be
saved in C folder
Recording
VOR is ON
Track in this folder
Recording Time
Recording Quality

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You can record telephone conversations using the
included phone adapter.
You will need the following items, all included with
your recorder:
1. e Charger Recorder
2. e Telephone Adapter Box
3. A Telephone cord to connect to your phone.
4. e audio cable.
RECORDING - TELEPHONE ADAPTER
First, you will need to connect the Telephone Adapter
to your phone line. e Telephone Adapter is shown
here.
Remove the line that is currently connected to your
phone, and plug it into the LINE A connection on the
Adapter. is is the line coming from your wall.
Phone line from wall
goes in here

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Using the 1 foot telephone cable that came with your
recorder, plug one end into the Telephone Adapter
into the connector named TEL.
Plug the other end of this cable into your phone,
where the telephone line was previously.
Please test your phone. You should hear a dial tone.
RECORDING - TELEPHONE ADAPTER
Connect one end of the audio cable into the other
side of the Telephone Adapter, in the connector
named AUDIO OUTPUT.
1 foot telephone
cable goes here
Audio Cable goes here

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Your Telephone Adapter should look like this.
RECORDING - TELEPHONE ADAPTER
Connect the other end of the audio cable to the LINE
IN connector on your recorder.
Line In Connector
Audio cable. Other end is
plugged into the Telephone
Adapter

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e audio cable is now connected to the recorder and
the Telephone Adapter.
You now need to set your recorder to use the Adapter
through the LINE IN connection.
RECORDING - TELEPHONE ADAPTER
Refer to the SETTINGS - RECORD QUALITY
part of this manual. You will need to change the
RECORDING QUALITY to LINE.
Normally, your Record Quality is set to HQ, SP or LP
for the built-in microphone.
To use the Telephone Adapter, you must choose
LINE IN for your Quality Setting.
Recording in
LINE IN mode
To record a call, with the device ON, push the Record
Switch UP to record. Push DOWN to stop recording
and save your le.
Note: Please observe all local laws regarding
recording telephone conversations.

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1. Press the FOLDER button to choose the folder you want to
playback from.
2. If you want your MP3 collection, hold the folder button
until the M folder lights up.
3. Push the Navigation Stick RIGHT and LEFT to choose a
track.
4. Push the Navigation Stick UP and DOWN to adjust volume
level.
5. Press PLAY to play your le.
6. Press PLAY again to PAUSE.
7. Press STOP to stop.
PLAYBACK
Current Folder
Track in this folder
Track Time

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While playing a le, you can repeat a segment. is is helpful if
you need to listen to the same segment a few times, while taking
notes, etc.
1. During playback, press the Folder / Repeat Button. e
folder icon will now show AFOLDB. You have just set the
Starting Point of your segment that will repeat.
2. Let the le play until you have reached the end of the
segment you want to repeat.
3. At the end of the segment, press the Folder / Repeat Button
again. You have just set the End Point. e segment will now
start to play and it will repeat at the end.
4. To stop the repeating segment, press the Folder / Repeat
button again until the icon says FOLDER.
PLAYBACK - REPEAT A SEGMENT
Current Folder
Track in this folder
Track Time
Repeat Option is
being used