TPM500 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER OPERATION MANUAL
Note: ★ If the unit is left unused for a long period, please turn off the POWER switch. ★ Do not use the unit in places that are extremely hot, cold, dusty, or humid. ★ Avoid the unit being dropped ★ The battery service life may differ under different usage conditions and different models ★ Please charge the unit when any of the following cases occur: * The logo appears and displays: low battery * The keys become inactive * The unit stops running under normal condition.
Features ¤ LCD display, easy to operate.
Instruction of cover 1-Earphone jack 2-Mic/Line-in cable 3-Lock 4-REC indicator light 5- LCD display 6-Play/Pause/Stop 7-REC/A-B 8-Built-in microphone 9- USB interface 10-M (MODE) 11-Vol+/Next 12-Vol-/Previous 13-REP mode 14-EQ 15-Loud-speaker 16-Battery cover 3
Introduction to display 1-Recording type indicator 2-Battery indicator 3-MP3/WMA/DVR icon 4-Turntable icon 5-Volume indicator 6-Volume switch 7-Repeat indicator 8- LQ indicator HQ indicator 9-Recording icon 10-Repeat icon 11-EQ 12-Delete icon 13-EQ selection ordinal number 14-Sequence number of song 15-Time indicator 4
Basic operation 1-Power supply It is powered by AAA battery; please buy the rechargeable battery with large capacity. When the remaining capacity of battery indication shows please change the battery in time. 2-Power on/off Power on: press button to turn on the unit, the LCD display the logo and enter the DVR mode under stop status.
DVR mode 2.1. Recording Under any modes (except for powering off), press and hold REC/A-B button, the LCD displays “●” and recording indicator “ ”, will the light turns on and flash during the recording. Release REC/A-B button, the unit start to record. During the recording, press to pause and LCD display a flashing turntable. Press REC/A-B button to stop recording, while other buttons not active 2.2. Playback the files recorded Under stop or pause status, press button to play current recorded files.
LCD display OFF. Release the button to turn off the unit. Note: under pause or stop status, the unit will automatically turn off if no operation were conducted within 3minutes 2.4 -previous / next file, FF/RW Under the state of stop, shortly press - button to skip to the previous file; shortly press + button to skip to the next file. Under the state of playback, press “-” to skip to the previous file; press “+” to skip to the next file; press and hold “+” to FF, press and hold “-” to RW. 2.
2) Press “Play/Pause” to cancel AB repeat and pause playback. 3) Press “Play/Pause’ to cancel A-B repeat and stop playback. 2.7 Repeat mode Press REP to select the repeat mode: non-repeat, single repeat, all repeat. While no repeat icon display on LCD, it is in non-repeat state; single repeat and all repeat will display as respectively, these three modes can be shifted round. 2.8-delete files A. Delete one Under stop status, continuously press EQ button to enter delete mode.
was conducted within 5 seconds, the unit will give up delete and return to stop status. Note: this unit only supports WAV files in IMA ADPCM format 2.9 Time indication of files recorded 1）. Time indication under the stop state of DVR Under the stop state of DVR, it will display the total time of current files recorded.
Teleph on e l in e LINE IN LINE IN cable Telephone line Telephone adapter 2.11. Transfer recorded files to the external equipment Link the audio cable to the PHONES (earphone) and external equipments’ in-put jack, and then press button of the recorder and the external equipment’s REC button at the same time.
2.12. Convert REC format files into WAV format The REC format files can be converted into WAV format through the software in the install CD accessorized with the unit. 1). Open and run “sound converter”, click “open” 2). Select the REC files you want to convert 3). Clock “convert” and start the converting Besides, the software can also play WAV and Mp3 format files.
the order number. For instance, while recording via HP, the file recorded will list at the end of the files recorded via HP; while recording via LP, the file recorded will list at the end of the files recorded via LP. The unit can support 199 files at most, if exceed 199, please create a new folder, move the files recorded previously to the newly-created folder, then continue recording. 3.
Power off: under playing or pause or stop status, continuously press button until the LCD display OFF. Then release the button the unit is power off Note: under pause or stop status, the unit will automatically power off if no operation was conducted within 3 minutes. 3.3 previous / next file, FF/RW Under playback status, shortly press - button to skip to the previous file; shortly press + button to skip to the next file.
When you select single repeat or repeat all, the LCD displays . 3.7-delete files A. Delete one Under stop status, continuously press EQ button to enter delete mode. Then the LCD will display DELETE and ONE and the indicator will flash to be confirmed. Press the button again to delete current file. If you press other buttons except PLAY and EQ or no operation was conducted within 5 seconds, the unit will give up delete and return to stop status. B.
4. REC Type Under the state of REC Type mode, press “+” or “-” to select (HQ/HP) or (LQ/LP), while using HQ/HP, files will have high and good quality, while using LQ/LP, it’s in long time recording. 4.1High quality (HQ) recording and low quality (LQ) recording operating The unit has two ways of recording: High quality and low quality. NOTE: Under REC Mode, icon “HQ/LQ” indicates the format of files recorded; under DVR mode, icon of “HQ/LQ” indicates the format of the current recording files.
Under the remaining time mode, LCD displays the remaining time. If the remaining time doesn’t exceed 9999 minutes, minute will be used as the unit of time, for instance, remaining time is 123 minute, it will displays as: 0123, unit (M). If the remaining time exceeds 9999 minutes, hour will be used as the unit of time, for instance, remaining time is 12345 minute, it will displays as: 206h, unit (hr). PC link operation CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER 1). Installation of driving program Note: a.
Installation is finished. 2).
has been found, then the system will automatically install the drive program. After it, a removable disk icon (see following) will be found in "My computer" with "PC----" on LCD display. 3). Upload/ Download files If the driving program has been properly installed, the MP3 player itself is a removable disk after being connected to a computer. Therefore the file transfer is operated in the same way as the ordinary disk. Note: a.
b. When you want to unplug the MP3 player from the USB port of the computer, be noted to "PC-----" on LCD. If LCD is blinking with "USB-SA" or "USB-rd", it indicates that data is being transferred. Unplug the MP3 player when it displays "PC-----". Special notice: Normal un-installation for USB device is required under Windows 2000 or Windows XP; otherwise it may cause damage or data loss to the player. Operating steps are as follow: a.
d. Click “OK” on the pop-up window. See the following window. You may then unplug the MP3 player from USB port after the above steps. 4). Upgrade/Renew Software The software needn’t to be upgraded unless the player works abnormally, i.e. not able to be turned on. A .
B. Press , or MP3 has already been in ON status, then a Removable Disk icon will appear in “My Computer”, see picture a: C. Steps: Start>Program>SigmaTel MSCN Audio Player>SigmaTel MSCN Firmware Download, see the following picture b. a b Then a window will pop out as picture c. After the above windows close automatically, the window of upgrading software will pop out as picture d.
C d Note: if you want to format data area of the flash while upgrading, you need to choose Format Data Area. System will pop out a window as the following picture.
D. Click “Start” button and start upgrading software, see as follows: E. After upgrading, please click “Close” button. 5) Format the MP3 Player A. Press after connecting the player to the computer. B. Click “Removable Disk” with right button of the mouse, and choose "Format" from the menu, see the left picture: C.
D. Click “Start” in the format window. Then click “OK” button in the pop-out window and start formatting MP3 flash.
E. After formatting, click “OK” button in the right picture. 6) Uninstall the driving program A. Disconnect the player to the computer. B.
Immediately the following window will pop out. Click “Cancel” if you want to cancel the operation, otherwise the following: Conversation window will appear. Click “OK” to start cancel the driving program, with the following conversation window appears then.
Note: This driving program may prevent driving program installation of other MP3 products. Download driving program manually under device manager or refer to the technical support of our company. Steps for downloading driving program manually: A. Under Windows 2000/XP, right click “My computer>Properties> Hardware> Device Manager”. See following picture on the left.
Click Driver>Update Driver… the following windows will pop-up.
Click NEXT on each continuously appearing window.
B.under Windows 98/ME, right click “My computer>Properties> Device Manager”, to check whether there is “Player Recovery Device” in device manager, see following picture.
Click Driver>Update Driver… 31
① ② ③ ④ Installation is finished.
Trouble Shooting 1. Why can’t some MP3 files be played? Standard MP3 only includes: the songs in layer 3 of MPEG 1, layer 3 of MPEG 2 and layer 3 of MPEG 2.5. Otherwise, it won’t be played in the player except transformed by the corresponding software. 2. Why doesn’t the memory size displayed under the operational system match the figure on the tab? The software in the MP3 player takes up a small portion of the memory, which coincides with the corresponding standards. 3.
4. What causes the MP3 player running slowly? Using or deleting files frequently in a long time will generate fragments in the flash memory, like fragment in the hard disk, which will cause the player running slowly. 5. What if the driving program of the MP3 player be damaged? This is caused by improper operation. For details, please refer to the Upgrade/Renew Soft ware parts 6. What if the MP3 play works abnormally, i.
Specification Time of REC: 266hrs in LQ/LP, 64hrs in HQ/HP (Software in the unit itself takes a little part of space, thus the exact time will be less than standard one while using, as for the exact time used to record, please refer to the remaining time of this unit.) Dimensions: 115mm x 20mm x14mm Weight: 24.6g (no battery)/ Power source: 1 x DC 1.
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