Technical data

2.7. Shortcut overview of global functions
Function
Operation
Acoustic feedback
Activate Milestone
“Play”
Starting sound and application
Select application
“Selector”
Application
Increase volume
“Mode” + “Right arrow”
“Volume up” (in paused mode)
Decrease volume
“Mode” + “Left arrow”
“Volume down” (in paused mode)
Change reading rate
(during playback)
“Selector” + “Right” or “Left
arrow”
-
Lock or unlock the
keyboard
“Mode” + “Rec”
“Keyboard locked” or “Keyboard
active”
Start Information Service
“Mode” for 1.5 seconds
Information Service starts
Stop Information Service
“Selector”
Information Service stops
2.8. Connection to a computer
Before you can listen to a book or music you have to load it on Milestone‘s SD memory
card. Connect Milestone 212 to your PC with the provided USB cable, as described under
“USB connection to the computer” in this manual. If an SD card is plugged into Milestone it
appears as an additional drive on your PC. On this drive you can store your books, music
et cetera. When you have finished the transfer, disconnect the SD memory card drive
properly from your computer, as you would do with a USB stick.
Hint: With the Milestone CD Drive you can easily transfer music or data CDs directly to
Milestone without the need of a computer.
2.8.1. Copying a book to the SD memory card
To make a book available in the application “Books” you have to copy it to the SD memory
card plugged into your Milestone 212. Please store each book in a separate folder on the
SD memory card. This helps you to organize your books properly because a book often
contains up to hundreds or even thousands of files. You can store the folder with your
book wherever you want on the SD memory card. Of course you can use sub-folders.
2.8.2. Copying Audio content to the SD memory card
In the application “Audio” you can listen to your music and read text files. Therefore you
have to copy music or text files to the SD memory card. You can copy the files to the root
directory of the SD memory card or if required, store the files in folders or even in
subfolders. Audio plays music files in the format MP3, AAC, WMA , WAV, M4A, MP4, M4V
and text files in TXT and DOC. These files you can copy directly to the SD memory card.
However, a commercial music album on a CD has to be converted into one of the
aforementioned formats before you can play it with Milestone 212. When you insert a CD
into your computer, the music files on that CD are in a format that the Milestone is unable
to play directly. Use software such as CDex, Windows Media Player or iTunes to extract
the files into a format that the Milestone can work with. Or use the Milestone CD Drive. It
copies and converts music CDs directly to Milestone without the need of a computer.
Hint: A folder you can compare with a drawer and subfolders are like drawers in a drawer.
You can use the folders to store and organize your data. With your computer you can
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