Meicheng ® PDR-1 Portable Digital Audio Recorder USER’S MANUAL www.meicheng.com.
INDEX I. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………… …………….2 II. Notice ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………..2 III. Parts description (Switches, Connectors, and Buttons)…………………………………… …………….3 IV. Po wer on …………………………………………………………………………… ……………………5 V. Operate M ENU setup……………………………………………………………………………… ……..6 VI. Recording ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………..6 VII. Playback……………………………………………………………………………………… …………9 VIII. Delete tracks ………………………………………………………………………………… ……..…10 IX.
Meicheng I. Introduction: Thank you for purchasing the Meicheng PDR-1 Portable Dig ital Audio Recorder. Th is machine is equipped with leading edge digital recording technology, excellent sound quality and easy operation, is suitable for acoustic instruments, electric gu itars, microphones, keyboards, MP3 players, interviews, education, band rehearsal, ecological records…and more.
5. In order to keep stable data transmission, please do not twist the USB cable when you plug it into the computer. 6. The built-in LCD display is a fragile electronic part, please do not press on it heavily and do not touch it with sharp objects. We suggest you use only special cloth to clean the LCD display. Please make sure that the LCD display does not get exposed to water. 7.
1 Built-in microphone “L “channel: an omn i condenser microphone is installed into the device as “L” ○ channel. 2 Built-in microphone “R” channel: an omni condenser microphone is installed into the device as “R” ○ channel. 3 Recording indicator LED: the LED will light up during recording. ○ 4 Built-in speaker: a monitor speaker is installed, it will stop working when earphone is plug in. ○ 5 Battery cover: open the cover and install two AA batteries to work.
Track down/Rewind button: Press the button once to select previous track, hold down the button t o change the track number quickly; Hold down the key during playing to rewind playback, release the button to go back to normal p layback. Track up/Forward key: Press the button once to select next track, hold down the button to change the track nu mber quickly; Hold down the key during play ing to fast forward playback, release the button to go back to normal playback. Vol.
V. Operate MENU setup When press key, the LCD will show up all main items of M ENU setup, press move to previous or next main items, press or or keys to interchange to secondary items. keys to Press key again to leave M ENU mode. ○ 1 Recording format: There are two formats available for recording, WAV and MP3. ○ 2 Sample rate: WAV (16b it), sample rate: 8/ 16/ 22/24/32/44.1/48/96KHz WAV (24bit), samp le rate: 8/16/22/24/32/44.1/48KHz MP3 (16bit ), sample rate : 16/22/ 32/ 44.
1. The device allows you to record ONLY in FOLDER 1. To change to FOLDER 1, press + , when the LCD display shows FOLDER 1, you are in FOLDER 1 mode. ( ○ 1) 2. 2 ). The The device allows you to record into the internal flash memory or into an installed SD card memo ry ( ○ PDR-1will change to the SD card memory automatically when SD card is installed. Or you can press + to interchange between the memory of the internal flash memo ry (F) and the SD card (C). 3. Press + 4.
microphones as recording sources. The extension microphone record level is adjustable via the knob of volume 8 or ○ 9 ) for proper record ing sound level. controller of Audio-in jack (○ 3. The recording source of the built-in microphones and the extension microphones will be mixed into two separate tracks (Left and Right channels) with balance level. 4. You may turn off the built-in microphones while record ing fro m other sources.
2. To produce best recording result, we suggest that you put the PDR -1 at a distance of around 60cm fro m the sound source, at table height. 3. Please adjust the input volume level to a proper condition. Do not set to the highest volume level on recording, otherwise, the recording sound quality will be d istorted. 4.
1. FOLDER 1 or FOLDER 2: You need to enter the FOLDER 1 to play the files/tracks previously recorded with the PDR-1. Enter the FOLDER 2 instead to play files downloaded/transferred fro m a co mputer. To change between the two folders, you need to press 2. to interchange FOLDER 1 and FOLDER 2.( ○ 1) + Playback fro m flash memory or SD card memory : Select the files you want to playback form internal flash 2 ) memo ry or SD card memo ry (further exp lained in the previous chapter Recordi ng) ( ○ 3.
IX. Transfer to and from your compute r The device can be connected with co mputer, to copy and store your recording files on your co mputer (to backup your data), or download music to play at this unit. When you connect USB port with your computer, the computer will detect the PDR-1 as two removable disks (the first disk represents the build-in flash memo ry; the second disk represents the SD card memo ry), and you will find folders of Group 1 – 9 in each removable disks.
X. Specifications Recording med ia: Internal flash memo ry 128M B, SD memory card (16MB - 2GB), SDHC memo ry card (support up to 32G) SD card format type: FAT 32 Recording format: WAV (16bit), samp le rate: 8/16/22/24/32/44.1/48/96KHz WAV (24bit), samp le rate: 8/16/22/24/32/44.1/48KHz MP3 (16bit ), sample rate : 16/22/ 32/ 44.1/ 48 KHz Playback format: WAV: PCM WA V with samp ling rate of 8KHz, 16KHz, 32KHz and 44.1KHz, MP3: MPEG1, M PEG2, MPEG2.
