Yellowtec iXm User manual

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Congratulations to iX m , the powerful and easy to use reporter m ic ro phone with built - in
recorder. Before you start recording for the first time , you will need to charge the internal Li -
Ion accumulator battery to 100% capacity and to insert the S D card.
Preparation
C harging iXm
Connect the device to a USB - Port of your PC or a n USB - Charger by plugging - in the USB
cable . i Xm will indicate the charging process by a slow ly yellow blinking B AT indicator . T he
device need no t be switched on.
When the BAT indicator stops blinking , the internal Li - Ion a ccumulator b attery is full.
SD Memory Card
Insert the SD m emory c ard into the device as shown on the picture below . Push it to the
bottom and release it. The card sha ll snap in.
If you want to remove the card , press it down again to release it .
Getting Started

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Switch on
Press and hold the Stop button on the playback keypad and the Record button on the record
keypad simultaneously for about 1 second.
Record Keypad Playback Keypad
iX m will start booting . The boot process is indicat ed by a fast green blinking REC i ndicator .
When booting is com pleted , iX m will perform a memory check indica ted by a fast red
blinking M EM indicator .
No te : a successful ly completed memory check will cause the MEM i ndicator to stop blinking.
I f the M EM LED does not stop blinking after a few seconds, the SD m emory c ard is not read
correctly . Please make sure that the c ard is inserted properly.
The d evice is now ready f or record indicated by a red flashing REC indicator every 2
seconds.
Switch off
Press and hold the Stop buttons on record and playback keypad simultaneously. The device
will switch off immediately. All indicators will shut off.
Record Keypad Playback Keypad

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Record
S tatus check
Press the Stop button on the record keypad shortly. The BAT indicator will blink up to 5 times
followed by the MEM indicator. Each blink stands for one hour operation time with respect to
remaining power and respectively free memory .
S tart R ecording
While the device is ready to record, you can start a record ing by pressing the Record button.
The REC indicator will light up red permane ntly.
Set ting a Marker
Press the Record b utton t o set a marker while you are recording. The REC indicator will blink
twice indicating the written marker.
Stop Recording
Press the Stop button on the r ecord keypad t o end a record ing . The REC indicator will blink
for another moment indicating that the d evi ce is still writing data to the SD memory c ard.
Note: the memory c ard should not be removed during the completion of a record file. The
duration of the final writing process depends on the recording time and on the set pre record
buffer length.
The dev ice will indicate ready for record after th e record file has been completed .

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Playback
In case you want to monitor record files, you will need to plug - in a headphone with 3.5mm
jack in to iXm s green HP socket . The playback keypad does allow for easy navigation
through multiple audio files. Press PLAY to play back the lastly recorded file. Press STOP to
end the playback.
Attention! Please make sure that the headphone level is set to an appropriate value in order
to avoid temporary or permanent ear damage . We strictly recommend the use of
h eadphone s with integrated volume knob s .
RWD STOP PLAY FWD
Pressing buttons when device is ready to record
RWD Moves locator to previous file
STOP Plays message of the current locator position
PLAY Starts playback of audio file from locator position
FWD Moves locator to next file
Pressing buttons when device is playing back
RWD Will jump to previous marker when shortly pressed
RWD Will cue backward when pressed and held
STOP S tops play back
PLAY No action (c ontinues playback )
FWD Will jump to next marker when shortly pressed
FWD Will cue forward when pressed and held
Pressing buttons when device is recording will not cause any action.

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PC connection
Connect the device to th e PC by plugging - in the USB - Cable. The BAT indicator will start
blinking slowly yellow indicating that the internal Li - Ion accumulator b attery will be charged.
Note : the physical USB connection does not cause any data transfer between device and
PC. Ther e are two different modes of establishing a data connection between device and
PC.
iXm in flash mode
Press and hold RWD and STOP buttons on the playback keypad to enter iXm s flash mode
indicated by a yellow MEM LED. The device s memory (SD c ard ) can n ow be accessed as
external flash memory from the PC.
Press and hold RWD and STOP buttons again t o release iXm s flash mode until the MEM
indicator switches off .
iXm in setup mode
Press and hold FWD and STOP buttons on the playback keypad to enter iXm s setup m ode
indicated by a red MEM LED. This mode will be used for configuration of iXm or to obtain
status information running admin and respectively use r software that both belong to iXm s
scope of delivery .
Press and hold FWD a nd STOP buttons again to release iXm s setup mode until the MEM
indicator switches off.
Note :t he device will perform a memory check ind icated by red blinking MEM LED when
releasing flash or setup mode .

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Software & Driver
Copy all files from CD to a fo lder of your choice. You will be asked for a driver when
establishing a data connection between device and PC for the first time . Type in the path of
the driver folder and follow the installation process. After completion you will need to c heck
Windows de vice manager to obtain the COM port . A picture similar to the following will
appear:
You will now need to set the appropriate COM port in the user and admin software to allow
for a data connection between software and device.
The user software w ill connect with your device once you have selected the right COM port
and pressed connect . The user software does n o t require a password.
The admin software will require a password. The initial password for admin and
superadmin is : qwe123asd .