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- like this, you won‘t insert it upside down. When entered properly, Milestone acknowledges
with a double beep „low-high“. Do not force the module to enter; it must enter easily. If you
feel it is stuck somehow, remove it and try again. The module is entered properly if you feel
and hear a gentle click.
Now, rotate through your Milestone by pressing the Selector button on top of Milestone, until
you hear „Speakout“ as selected device.
8.4.2. Identify a tag in order to connect a message to it
In order to put a message to a tag, place the tag close to the Speakout module (distance 1 -
3 cm) and press the Play button of Milestone constantly. Milestone starts searching for tags
after one second. Continue pressing Play, until a tag is found. Move you Milestone closely
around the tag, until you hear „New tag found“. Best finding results result when holding the
biggest area of the reader in parallel to the tag, so that the two surfaces have maximum
cover. Upon having found a tag, Milestone is ready to record a voice message and
associate it to this tag. You make such voice records as usual, by pressing the upper Rec
button constantly. Start talking after the „click“ sound.
8.4.3. Listening to a tag
Listening to a tag is highly similar to recording, as described above. Simply press Play
continuously. Milestone reacts with a constant series of click sounds, which means it is
seeking tags. As soon as it have found one, it is announced.
To listen to a message again, re-press Play. You don‘t have to identify the tag again to do so.
Milestone remembers the last tag automatically.
To erase a recorded message that belongs to a tag, press the known Mode-Play
combination from the voice recorder.
To re-record a tag just identify it once, so that the previously recorded message is played
back, and afterwards record a new voice message.
8.4.4. Notes and tricks
Electronic tags can be re-recorded as many times as you want, provided you don‘t
physically damage them.
Don‘t fold them and avoid making cracks when you handle them. You may, however, put
them on bent surfaces, such as a bottleneck. With normal use in daily life you won‘t have
problems with them. Just try it out! There is no way you can damage the reader while
reading tags. The worst that can happen is that you damage a tag. There are no moving
parts within the tag, and no battery or other energy source within. Tags already fixed could
be damaged when trying to release them.
For usage on metallic surfaces you need special tags. Such tags are a bit expensive. Ask
your distributor for details. The tags enclosed in the Speakout box don‘t work on metallic
objects.
Tags put very close next to each other may cause problems in reading them, since they
influence each other.