User guide

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Using menu options and settings
Recording and playing voice
Recording your voice
Note: The recorder automatically turns off the backlight when in use to prevent
background noise from the backlight from interfering with your recording.
1 To record your voice you can either:
• Press the Rec button on the Rio, or
• Press Menu, press the navigation buttons to highlight Record, then press Select.
2 Highlight New Recording and press Select to start recording.
3 Press
< to stop recording.
The Recording display includes:
• Status Message: Displays “Preparing to Record”, “Recording…”, “Recording Done”,
and so on.
• Recording time elapsed: Displays duration of the present recording in
hours:minutes:seconds (hh:mm:ss).
• Memory used graph: Displays how much memory is used and free for recording.
• Percentage of memory remaining: Displays how much free flash memory is left.
• Record level meter: Displays relative volume sensed at the microphone.
Playing a recording
1 To play a recording you can either:
• Press the Rec button on the Rio, or
• Press Menu, press the navigation buttons to highlight Record, then press Select.
2 Highlight Play Recordings and press Select. A list of recordings on the Rio displays:
3 Press
4/; or < to highlight a recording.
4 Press Select to play the highlighted recording.
5 Press Menu to exit to play mode.