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! Congratulations on purchasing Milestone 212. We would like to welcome you in the Milestone family. With Milestone 212 you have purchased a smart book reader which opens you the world of digital talking books. Milestone 212 focuses on simplicity so that everyone who loves books is able to handle this book reader. Its uncomplicated handling guarantees you fun from the very beginning. The eye-catching Milestone 212 is covered in a trendy ruby red coloring.
! Content 1. Milestone 212 layout description! 1.1. Visual layout! 1.2. Written layout description! 1.2.1. 1.2.2. 1.2.3. 1.2.4. Get to know the operator surface! Get to know the front end! Get to know the bottom side! Get to know the right long side! 1.3. Using the interfaces! 1.3.1. 1.3.2. 1.3.3. 1.3.4. 1.3.5. Battery charging! Headphone using! USB connection to the computer! External microphones! SD memory card! 2. General handling! 2.1. On / Off (sleep mode)! 2.2. Keyboard lock! 2.3.
! 4.5.2. Voice labeling of folders! 4.6. External microphones! 4.7. Copy your voice recordings to the SD card! 4.8. Shortcut overview of Voice recorder! 5. Audio! 5.1. Navigation in Audio! 5.1.1. Navigation without folders! 5.1.2. Navigation with folders! 5.2. Play a music file! 5.3. Play a text file! 5.4. Shortcut overview of Audio! 6. Further information! 6.1. Technical data! 6.2. Protect your Milestone! 6.3. Troubleshooting - nothing works anymore! 6.4. Service and support! 6.4.1.
1. Milestone 212 layout description This chapter explains Milestoneʼs push buttons, connectors and other tactile parts. 1.1. Visual layout 1.2. Written layout description 1.2.1. Get to know the operator surface On the operator surface you can discover 5 push buttons. There is a big button in the center and 4 buttons around it arranged in the shape of a cross.
Now you know all buttons on the operator surface. Besides the buttons and the mentioned speaker you find as well a small red light in the top left corner of the operator surface. 1.2.2. Get to know the front end On the left side is the sixth and last push button. This one is smaller and juts out of the case. It is the “Selector” button. In the middle there is a longish opening, the mini-USB connector.
1.3.4. External microphones The jack on the right side of the front end you can use to connect an external microphone with a 3.5 mm jack. The microphone is powered by Milestone 212 and does not need an own amplifier. 1.3.5. SD memory card You can insert SD memory cards into the longish slot on the right long side of Milestone 212. To insert the card press until it locks in. Please do not use force therefore. To remove the card, just give a short push on the card and it will disconnect from the socket.
2. General handling This chapter informs about the general handling of Milestone 212. The following shortcuts and therewith activated functions do work in all applications, “Books”, “Voice Recorder” and “Audio”. 2.1. On / Off (sleep mode) Milestone 212 has no physical on / off switch. Press “Play” to start Milestone 212. After ten minutes of inactivity, the device will automatically go into sleep mode to conserve battery life (as long as it is not connected to a power outlet or a powered USB cable).
2.6. Information Service Keep the “Mode” button pressed for 1.5 seconds to start the Information Service. To stop it press “Selector” once or wait until all information have been announced. 2.6.1. Book information If you are located in Books you receive the following information: • • • • • • Position in the current book Name of the book Battery status Memory status Software version Serial number of your Milestone 212. 2.6.2.
2.8. Connect Milestone 212 with your computer Before you can listen to a book or music you have to load it on Milestoneʻs SD memory card. Therefore, connect Milestone 212 physically to your PC, via the provided USB cable, as described under “USB connection to the computer” in this manual. If an SD memory card is plugged into Milestone it appears as drive on your PC in the same way as an USB memory stick. On this drive you can store your books, music et cetera.
3. Books The application “Books” reads intelligent talking books, for example in DAISY format. The outstanding difference to conventional audio books is the possibility of extensive navigation. This allows you to move around inside a book in a variety of different navigation options. The following formats are possible to use with Books: Format Description DAISY 2.02 DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System. It is a format for digital talking books with extensive navigation.
Navigation option Description Beginning of book / Jump to the beginning or respectively to the end of the book by end of book using the arrow buttons. Bookmarks Select previously inserted bookmarks by using the arrow buttons. Bookshelf Scroll between all available books by pressing the right or the left arrow button. Press “Play” to start a book. Activate sleep timer Activate sleep timer by pressing the “Right arrow” button. By pressing the “Left arrow” button sleep timer is deactivated.
3.4. Create and erase a bookmark To set a bookmark press “Rec” for 2 seconds. Milestone 212 announces “Bookmark set” and the number of the bookmark. You can create a bookmark during a book is played back or as well in paused mode. Bookmarks are saved directly into the book. They are therefore saved on the SD memory card. The advantages are that you are able to exchange bookmarks with friends and that bookmarks are always clearly assigned to a book when working with several books on several memory cards.
4.2. Record a continuous voice message As an alternative of keeping a button pressed during a record, you may start a continuous recording. Push and hold the “Rec” button and then additionally press “Play” after a short “click”. The device will acknowledge the start of the continuous recording with the sound sequence “low pitched-high pitched”. To terminate the continuous recording, press the “Rec” button again.
4.6. External microphones The jack on the right side of the front end you can use to connect an external microphone with a 3.5 mm jack. The microphone is powered by Milestone 212 and does not need an own amplifier. With a connected microphone Milestone 212 switches automatically from the integrated to the external microphone. Recordings are saved as MP3 files with a quality of 128 kbps. The handling stays the same as with the integrated microphone. 4.7.
5. Audio If you want to use your Milestone 212 also for listening to music or text files you can do that in the application “Audio”. Press the “Selector” button on the front end until you hear the announcement “Audio”. Now you are in the Audio application. The following formats you can play back in the application “Audio”: Format Description MP3 Most popular compressed digital audio file AAC Compressed digital audio file format used by iTunes WAV Digital audio file format, quite large in size.
Hint: When you have a folder with a large amount of files, you have the possibility to jump to the last or the first file within this folder. Therefore push and hold “Right arrow” and in addition press “Play” to reach the last file or push an hold “Left arrow” and in addition “Play” to jump to the first file. 5.1.2.1. Voice labeling of folders Besides reading the name of a folder by the synthetic speech you can also voice label folders directly on Milestone 212. Enter the appropriate folder with “Mode”.
Fast forward “Right arrow” (push and hold) - Rewind “Left arrow” (push and hold) - Jump to last file “Right arrow” + “Play” - Jump to first file “Left arrow” + “Play” - Erase current file “Mode” + “Play” Erasing signal Voice labeling of current folder “Rec” + “Mode” (push and hold) Start of record with “Folder”. End of record with “high pitched-low pitched” 6. Further information 6.1.
Step 2: Is the keyboard locked? While keeping the “Mode” button pressed, press the “Rec” button briefly and listen for the response of the device: • You hear the message “Keyboard active”: Keyboard was locked and is now unlocked. • You hear the message “Keyboard locked”: Keyboard has now just been locked. Press the same combination of buttons once more to unlock the keyboard. The device will play the message “Keyboard active”. • If you hear nothing go to step 3.
