Unit installation

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The Digital Voice Recorder

What the DVR is:

The optional DVR is a device that allows you to record sounds, store them in memory and play

them at any time. It can be used to personalize your controller by recording any message or sounds

that you want and playing them back for ID messages or in place of most other synthesized voice

messages. Some of these messages are played in response to commands that you or the users

enter; others are played at certain times, such as for an ID. Both types of messages will be

described below.

DVR Tracks:

All DVR recordings are stored in numbered "tracks." Certain tracks have special purposes and are

played automatically at certain times. Others are available for you to use in any way you wish. The

length of each track is limited only by available memory. Each track uses only as much storage

space as is actually needed.

The first 250 tracks (numbered 000..249) have no predetermined use - you may use them for ID

messages, command responses (by calling Command 173 from a macro), or anything else you can

think of. Tracks 250..260 or so are used for prompting. They are discussed further in the section

below titled "Recording the Prompting Tracks". The remaining tracks are not directly accessible by

number. They are used to support the mailbox features and are automatically accessed by the

mailbox commands.

Public Mailboxes:

The DVR uses special internal tracks to provide two types of mailboxes: public and private. Both

types allow you to leave messages for other repeater users. You can leave a message in a public

mailbox by simply entering the "Leave Public Mail" command (after setting up the prompting tracks

as described below). The DVR will then ask you who the mail is for. You key up and say their

name or call sign. The DVR will then ask you to record your message. When you are through, it

will tell you that your message has been stored. You can check if there is mail for you by simply

entering the "Check Public Mail" command. It will list the names or call signs of the people that

there is mail for, or will tell you that there is no mail. If there is mail for you, you can listen to your

message by entering the "Retrieve Public Mail" command. Up to nine public mailboxes can be in

use at a time.