Total Recall Digital Voice Recorder ™ Voice Recorder for the Handspring™ Visor™ I’mdf I’m User’s Guide
1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the world of portable Digital Voice Recording! Your Total Recall™ Digital Voice Recorder gives you a convenient way to record your thoughts and ideas while on the go, either while installed in your Visor handheld or as a stand-alone recorder with its external stand-alone shuttle. With your Voice Recorder and Visor™ handheld, you can upload stored voice messages to your PC using standard Palm O/S® HotSync™ Manager software. Once on your PC, you can save your voice messages as .
2 USING THE VOICE RECORDER IN STAND-ALONE MODE Your Total Recall Digital Voice Recorder can be used in stand-alone mode with the external stand-alone shuttle. You can control all Voice Recorder operations using the buttons on the front of the recorder.
3 INSERTING THE VOICE RECORDER INTO THE STAND-ALONE SHUTTLE To insert the Voice Recorder into the stand-alone shuttle, align the rails of the stand-alone shuttle with the grooves in the Voice Recorder and slide the parts together. LED Play/Stop Rewind Forward Reset Button Record RECORDING MESSAGES To record a new message, press the red Record button . The status LED glows red, indicating that recording is in process.
4 PLAYING BACK MESSAGES To play back the current recording, press the Play/Stop button . When a message is playing, you can fastforward through the recording by pressing the Forward button , or rewind by pressing the Rewind button . To stop message playback, press the Play/Stop button. To skip to the next message, press and release the Forward button. NOTE: It is not necessary to stop playback or hold down the Forward or Rewind button to skip messages.
5 REPLACING THE BATTERIES IN THE STAND-ALONE SHUTTLE Your Voice Recorder stores all messages in nonvolatile memory, eliminating the need to synchronize your messages to your PC prior to changing the batteries. WARNING: To avoid damaging the stand-alone shuttle, do not remove the Voice Recorder from the shuttle when replacing the batteries. To replace the batteries: 1. Hold the Voice Recorder and stand-alone shuttle in one hand with the three grooves on the battery cover facing you. 2.
6 USING EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT With your Voice Recorder, you can record messages using an external microphone or listen to messages using standard headphones. Both microphone (mic) and headphone (ear) jacks are on the top side of the Voice Recorder.
7 USING THE VOICE RECORDER WITH THE VISOR HANDHELD INSERTING THE VOICE RECORDER INTO THE VISOR HANDHELD To install the Total Recall Digital Voice Recorder into your Visor handheld: 1. Press the release button on the stand-alone shuttle and slide out the Voice Recorder. 2. Remove the expansion slot cover from the back of the Visor handheld. 3. With the Voice Recorder speaker and the back of the Visor handheld facing you, slide the Voice Recorder into the Springboard™ expansion slot.
8 The Total Recall application automatically loads onto the Visor handheld. When complete, the application screen appears. To start the application, tap on the Total Recall icon. Total Recall You are now ready to use your Voice Recorder with your Visor handheld.
9 RECORDING AND PLAYBACK Recording Voice Messages CAUTION: Do not remove your Voice Recorder from your Visor handheld while it is recording. To do so may result in a loss or corruption of voice data on your Voice Recorder. 1. From the application screen, tap the Total Recall icon. The Voice List menu appears. 2. Tap New to begin recording. The Control Panel appears. Refer to “VOICE RECORDER CONTROL PANEL” on page 11. 3. Tap Done to end recording.
10 NOTE: The Visor handheld auto-off feature temporarily disables when recording a voice message. When recording is complete, the auto-off feature automatically reactivates. Playing Back Voice Messages To initiate playback from the Voice List, select the message you want to hear by highlighting it, then tap the Play button. To immediately start message playback, tap the Quick Play icon next to the message of interest. The Control Panel appears and the message begins to play.
11 VOICE RECORDER CONTROL PANEL The Control Panel appears on the Visor handheld LCD and allows you to perform many of the Voice Recorder options, including message play back, stop, pause, fast forward, rewind, skip track, bookmark, edit, time count, and volume control.
12 2. Under the Options menu, select Preferences. The Set Preferences window appears. 3. Tap the preference to alternate among the available settings. Then tap OK when complete. The following table summarizes the available preferences. Preferences Description Voice Activation Controls the Voice Activation feature for recording.
13 Recording Quality The following table summarizes the recording qualities you can select from to suit your needs. Available settings are: Quality Setting Algorithm Recommended Usage Total Record Time Best 32 Kbps ADPCM Conference room discussions or lecture notes > 15 minutes Medium 6.8 Kbps CELP Personal note-taking >1 hour 15 minutes Low 5.
14 EDITING VOICE MESSAGES Your recorder allows you to edit previously recorded messages from the Control Panel.
15 Erasing a portion of a message 1. Select the appropriate message from the Voice List and tap the Play button or the Quick Play icon . The Control Panel appears and the message automatically begins to play. 2. Advance the message to where you want to start erasing. 3. Tap the Scissors icon to begin erasing. The message playback remains audible so you can determine when to stop erasing. NOTE: The Scissors icon changes from “closed” to “open,” indicating that the message is erasing. 4.
16 2. Do one of the following: • Tap the Insert button, where you want to add new voice text • Tap the Append button at any time • Tap the Overwrite button, where you want to change the existing voice text The Control Panel status bar displays the mode of recording (Inserting, Appending, or Overwriting) during the editing session. 3. To halt the recording, tap the Stop button . SETTING BOOKMARKS ON YOUR VISOR HANDHELD Bookmarks provide a simple way to return to specific locations in a message.
17 Once a bookmark is set within a message, you can use the skip backward and the skip forward buttons on the Control Panel to skip to the previous or the next bookmark. If there are no bookmarks present in the selected direction of skipping, playback skips to either the next or previous message. DELETING MESSAGES WARNING: Do not remove the Voice Recorder from the Visor handheld while deleting messages. Unexpected power loss during the process may result in a loss or corruption of voice data.
18 2. Under the Voice menu category, select Delete Item... and tap OK. Purging multiple messages Using the Purge command, you can delete multiple voice messages at the same time. To purge several messages simultaneously: 1. Select the check box next to each message on the Voice List you wish to delete. This marks the voice message complete. Check box 2. Tap the Menu icon , and select Purge... from the Voice menu category.
19 USING THE VOICE RECORDER WITH THE PC INSTALLING SOFTWARE To automatically install the Total Recall Voice Desktop software on your PC, insert the CDROM into your CD-ROM drive and follow the installation wizard directions. If your PC does not automatically begin installation, click Start, then Run, and type in D:\totalrecallinstall (Use the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive in the place of D:). NOTE: During installation one or more messages may appear and cause your PC to restart.
20 distribution using standard Palm O/S HotSync Manager software. NOTE: The Total Recall Voice Desktop software must be installed on your PC prior to initial uploading of messages from your Voice Recorder. The Desktop software does not need to be running to complete message upload. To upload messages to your PC: 1. Connect the Visor handheld cradle to your PC. 2. Insert your Voice Recorder into the Visor handheld. 3. Place the Visor handheld into the cradle and press the HotSync button on the cradle.
21 To play back a message, double-click the Speaker icon . The Message Playback window appears and automatically begins playing the message.
22 Editing Voice Message Attributes on a PC By highlighting the message you want to edit in the Voice List, you can change the following attributes on the right side of the screen: • Voice File - type directly into the text box to name or change the name of your message. • Priority - click on the priority number you want to assign to your message. • Due date - select a date from the pull down menu by clicking the down arrow or type a date directly into the field.
23 Setting Bookmarks on a PC You can add an unlimited number of bookmarks to your voice messages on the PC by using the Voice Desktop application bookmark feature. To set a bookmark: 1. Double-click the Speaker icon to begin playing the message. The Message Playback window appears and automatically begins playing the message. 2. Listen for the section of the voice message you desire to mark, then click the New Bookmark button .
24 Sorting Voice Messages To organize your Voice List, click the Show... button at the bottom of the Voice List to view the Show Options window. Select an option from the Sort by pull down menu by clicking on the down arrow. Then select View Options by marking the check boxes next to your preferences. To begin sorting your voice messages, click OK. Deleting Voice Messages To delete voice messages from your PC, rightclick the message in the Voice List and click Delete.
25 Saving Voice Messages as .wav Files To send voice messages as email attachments, save your messages on the PC as .wav files. To save your voice messages: 1. Highlight the message you want to save in the Voice List. 2. Click File, then Save As... or right-click on the message and select Save. 3. Select the folder you want to save the message in and enter the file name. You are now able to attach the voice message as a .wav file to an outgoing email.
26 SPECIFICATIONS Current Maximum Drain 100mA Voltage 3.3V Maximum Audio Bandwidth 3.4 KHz Recording Types 32Kbits/sec ADPCM, 5.4 and 6.
27 NOTICES FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
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29 Warranty Targus warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year. If your Targus accessory is found to be defective within that time, Targus will repair or replace it. This warranty does not cover damage from everyday wear and tear, or from transportation by a common carrier.
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