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HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide About VICTOR READER TREK HumanWare is proud to introduce VICTOR READER TREK, the powerful digital GPS and talking book player. VICTOR READER TREK is designed as an innovative orientation aid and an advanced high performance DAISY, MP3, and NISO player for students, professionals, or on-the-go people who have extensive reading needs.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Table of Contents 1 OVERVIEW OF VICTOR READER TREK ...............................................................................8 1.1 UNPACKING THE PLAYER .................................................................................................... 8 1.2 PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF VICTOR READER TREK ........................................................ 8 1.2.1 Front Face of the Player ...................................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3.11.3 Where am I for online books .................................................................................... 20 3.12 MULTI-VOICE TEXT TO SPEECH (TTS) ............................................................................... 20 3.13 AUDIO, TEXT, AND RANDOM MUSIC PLAYBACK MODES — KEY 9 ........................................ 20 3.14 CONFIRM, LOCK AND CANCEL — POUND AND STAR KEYS ................................................... 21 3.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.8.5 Create a New Connection ........................................................................................ 39 6.8.6 Delete a Connection ................................................................................................ 39 6.8.7 Validate a Connection .............................................................................................. 39 6.8.8 Wireless ............................................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9.1.4 Points of Interest ...................................................................................................... 53 9.2 GPS BUTTON DESCRIPTION.............................................................................................. 53 9.3 USING THE GPS ............................................................................................................... 55 9.4 CARRYING THE TREK ........................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 14 TECHNOLOGIES HUMANWARE CONTACT INFORMATION ........................................ 82 15 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT................................................................................. 83 16 APPENDIX 1 - TREK ERROR MESSAGES ...................................................................... 84 17 APPENDIX 2 - MANUFACTURER WARRANTY ..............................................................
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 1 Overview of VICTOR READER TREK 1.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 1.2.2 Left Side of the Player On the left side of the player, near the top corner, is the Power/Toggle button. Press and hold this button to power on and off the player. Below the Power button is a green LED indicator. This LED glows steady when the Trek is powered on. When the player is on, you press this same Power button to toggle the volume, speed and tone/pitch settings. Below the green LED are two triangular buttons.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 1.2.7 After about 400 recharge cycles the ability for the battery to hold a charge will start to diminish. Recharging Battery The battery will automatically recharge if needed whenever the player is plugged to AC power or a computer. When the player is powered Off and plugged in, you will feel a double vibration if the battery is recharging. The player can also be used while recharging. To obtain battery and recharge status, press and hold the Confirm key.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 1.3 1.3.1 Power Button Turning the Player On and Off To turn the player On, press and hold the Power key, which is located on the left side of the player, near the top corner. You will feel a vibration hear a welcome message. To turn the player Off, press and hold the Power key again. You will hear two beeps and feel 2 vibrations indicating the player is powering Off. You must wait about 30 seconds before you can again power on the Trek. 1.3.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide announced. On the SD or USB source each Bookshelf is stored within a reserved folder name beginning with “$VR”. Within each of these reserved folders (Bookshelves) there may be user defined subfolders containing separate books or categories of files. You may put other folders and files on the SD card but it is only the contents of the $VR reserved folders that define the Trek bookshelves.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Usage: Each text file is defined as a separate book meaning you must move from file to file using the 4 / 6 keys while in the Bookshelf. Files may be in subfolders in which case you use keys 2 / 8 to select folder or book navigation level. Reading position and bookmarks are saved separately for each book (file). Playback stops at the end of each book (file). Note: If your braille file (.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 2 Basic Functions 2.1 Changing Volume, Speed, Tone/Pitch When the Trek is on, press the Power button on the top left side multiple times to toggle volume, speed, or tone/pitch settings. After 10 seconds of non-use, the toggle control will return to Volume. Use the up / down arrows on the left side just below the Power button to raise or lower the selected setting. There is a beep to mark the upper and lower range of each control.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 2.5 Sleep Mode and Time announcement The Sleep button allows you to obtain time announcements and set the Sleep Timer. Press once to hear the time and date. You can configure the way the time and date is announced by pressing and holding the Sleep key. Press multiple times to set a Sleep timer of 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes, or custom, after which the Trek will automatically shut off.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide If you do not wish to modify the day, press Confirm again to reach the end of the Set Date menu, at which point any settings entered in the Set Date menu will be saved. Press the Sleep button once to exit the Time and Date settings menu. 2.7 Key Describer Mode Press and hold the Info (0) key to access the Key Describer Mode. Press and hold the Info key again to exit the Key Describer Mode. While in Key Describer mode you may press any key to hear its function.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3 Numeric Key Functions 3.1 Numeric Key pad List 3.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide screen and a maximum of 80 characters per line. As with other navigation levels, you move between elements of the selected level using the 4 / 6 (left / right) keys. The Screen element will only be available when no pages are defined in the book. 3.5 Spell Mode for Text Content Spell mode can be selected using the 2 and 8 keys. The Spell mode can be found between the Word and character navigation levels. Use keys 4 and 6 to move word by word.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3.7.2 Multi-Level Bookshelf Navigation Optionally, you can create a multi-level folder structure for the Talking books, Other Books, Saved Podcasts, and Text File bookshelves. Instead of only cycling through books one at a time with keys 4 and 6, you can choose the level of navigation with the UP and DOWN keys 2 and 8. Then, when pressing keys 4 or 6, you will move from folder to folder at the chosen level in a circular fashion.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3.11 Where am I? — Key 5 The Where am I key will announce your reading position without interrupting the reading process. Depending on the book type, Trek will announce one or more of the page and heading numbers, section title, or file name. For Music, it will announce current folder and file names and the file times.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3.14 Confirm, Lock and Cancel — Pound and Star keys The Pound (Confirm) key allows you to confirm an operation or end a numeric entry such as a page number or a text entry such as a text search item. Press and hold Confirm to announce battery and recharge status. The Star key allows you to cancel an operation. If you press and hold the Star key it will also lock the key pad. To unlock, press keys 1, 2, and 3 in sequence.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide remaining, Internal memory space remaining, the Battery status, Download Info, the Wireless status, and the VICTOR READER Trek model number, software version number, number of user authorization keys (if any), and player serial number.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 4 Direct Navigation (Go To Key) 4.1 Go to Page The Go to Page function allows you to go directly to a desired page. Press the Go to Page key above key 1. Enter a page number. Press Confirm to go to the selected Page, Trek will confirm the entered Page number. Or press the Play/Stop key to have Trek start playback from the chosen page. To cancel, press the Cancel (Star) key. 4.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 4.6 Go to Book If you are browsing the Bookshelf the Go to Page key becomes a Go to Book key allowing you to enter a relative book number on a given Bookshelf which is useful for Bookshelves that contain many books. 4.7 Functions for Online Services Special functions are available on the Go To key when browsing the online bookshelves while connected to a wireless network.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 5 5.1 Advanced Functions Text Search The Trek has a text search function for text books. Using the multi-tap text entry method on the number keys as you would to enter text on a telephone, you can type in your search item. If you have a multilingual Trek, the typing keypad will offer the characters of the currently selected textto-speech language. Press and hold key 7 to switch from one text-to-speech language to the other.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide key is pressed, the Trek will make a clicking noise, indicating that the character has been entered. You do not need to pause to type successive letters that are on different keys. Pressing another key enters the previous character automatically, and no clicking noise is made. This method allows you to find the letters on the numeric keypad more easily.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 5.2 Search for music files in the All Music and Music Playlists books. Search online services such as Internet Radio, Podcasts, NLS BARD and Bookshare. Recording Audio Notes You can use Trek for voice recordings which are called audio notes. These notes will be saved on the SD memory card in the $VRNotes folder. Each recording is assigned an incremental numeric filename.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 5.3.1 Go to Bookmark Press the Bookmark key (above key 3) until you hear ‘go to bookmark’. Enter the number of the bookmark you wish to go to. Press Confirm. Trek will go to the bookmark and announce its number. Or, press the Play/Stop key. Trek will go to the requested bookmark and begin playback. 5.3.2 Insert Bookmark Press the Bookmark key twice or until you hear ‘insert bookmark’.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 5.3.4 Highlight Bookmark Highlight Bookmarks are used to define the Start and the End positions of a passage for later playback. Setting highlight bookmarks is a great way to study important passages in text books. 5.3.4.1 Start Highlight Bookmark Press the Bookmark key, 3 times or until you hear “Start highlight bookmark”. Enter a bookmark number followed by Confirm.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 5.3.6 Remove Bookmark Press the Bookmark key five times or until you hear ‘remove bookmark’. Enter the number of the Bookmark you wish to remove. Press Confirm. To remove all the Bookmarks in a book, first press the Bookmark key five times or until you hear ‘remove bookmark’, then press the key 9 five times (enter number 99999). Then press Confirm. 5.3.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6 Configuration Menu – Key 7 The Trek can be customized using the Configuration menu. To open the Menu, press the Menu (7) key. Pressing the Menu key again will switch to the next Menu. Browse Menu Items with the Up/Down (2, 8) keys. Use the Left/Right (4, 6) keys to select an Item’s value and press Confirm. Press Cancel (Star key) or any other key to exit the Menu. Press and hold the Online button to turn off the Airplane Mode.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Item: Page number. Values: Play*, Skip. Item: Producer note. Values: Play*, Skip, On Demand. Item: Sidebar. Values: Play*, Skip, On Demand. Menu: Language Item: Text-to-Speech Voice Values: The installed Text-to-Speech voices Item: Braille translation table Values: The installed braille translation tables for the selected Text-to-Speech voice Menu: Recording All items pertain to both recorded notes and audio bookmarks.
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HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.2.2 Time Jumps You can choose to turn on or off any or all of the following time intervals: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes. Only the time jump intervals you turn on will appear in the up and down (keys 2/8) navigation menu when playing books. 6.2.3 Key beeps You can turn on or off the beeps heard when pressing keys.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide cycle through available choices. Press Confirm to accept choice, or press Play to accept choice and resume playback. 6.4.2 Braille translation tables Different braille translation tables are made available to you depending on the Text-to-Speech language selected. To change the braille translation table, press menu key 7 repeatedly to access the language menu.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide volume settings for the internal microphone and for the external microphone are adjusted separately and the Trek will remember them both. To adjust the recording volume from the Notes bookshelf: Select the Notes bookshelf with key 1 and press Confirm. Access the recording volume adjustment by repeatedly pressing the Power key until you hear “Internal microphone recording volume” or “External microphone recording volume”.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.8 Wireless The wireless configuration menu is only available from the Online bookcase. Here are a few points to note before describing the wireless configuration menu: The Airplane Mode is used to turn off all wireless communication for situations where you are not allowed to use a wireless device such as in a commercial airline flight or in some hospitals. If the Airplane Mode is turned on, then the wireless communication is turned Off.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.8.4 Launch a Connection By default, the Trek will automatically connect to the best available Wi-Fi router in range. Optionally, you may use the up and down arrows to select from a list of Wi-Fi routers that you have previously configured. Press Confirm to confirm your selection. The selected router will then be used for subsequent wireless data transfer.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.9.2 Connect to Bluetooth device First make sure your Bluetooth device is turned on. Upon selecting this sub-menu, Trek will start scanning for available Bluetooth devices nearby. Scroll to your devices using the up/down keys then press Confirm to connect to it. You will receive confirmation once you are connected. Press 5 to refresh the list of devices. Once you connect to a device, Bluetooth will automatically connect to it each time you turn on the device.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 6.13 NLS BARD (United States only) Use this menu to manage the NLS BARD online service. To turn on this service, connect your Trek to a wireless network and select the “Add NLS BARD service” option followed by Confirm. You will be prompted to enter your registered username and password using the multi-tap text entry method. Passwords are usually case sensitive. You may toggle between uppercase, lowercase, and numeric only by pressing the Bookmark key.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide the item “Remove a Daisy Online service” to remove a Daisy Online account and delete all associated books from the Trek. 6.17 Updating maps Here you can choose to add or remove maps from your Trek’s internal memory. Maps are divided in 3 levels: Map Package, Country, and Region. Use the arrow keys to select the different items of a map level. Use buttons 2 and 8 to jump to a different map level.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 7 Bookshelf Structure and Characteristics For files on all bookshelves, the maximum file name length, including the file path, is 512 characters (includes media/book path). When scanning the memory card at insertion, any folder or file with a full path name greater than 512 will be ignored. The following sections provide general rules and information for listening to the non-Talking Books bookshelves. 7.1 Other Books 7.1.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 7.2 Audible Books Your Trek can play Audible books in the Enhanced Audio books format (.a-a-x). To be able to play Audible books, you will need to activate your Trek with Audible using a software called Audible Manager. You will need to download the Audible Manager from the Audible website to proceed. 7.2.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 7.3.1 Music Structure You can navigate up to 8 levels of folders in music. Use the 2 and 8 keys to select the folder or file navigation level. Then you can move backward or forward at the chosen level with the 4 and 6 keys. If you have more than 8 folder levels, those additional levels will be added to the level 8 list of folders. If you select the ‘File’ navigation level, you will hear the name of the current file.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 7.3.4 Playlists The Music Bookshelf may contain playlists. A playlist is a text file containing a list of supported audio files to play. It must have the "m3u” file extension. A playlist cannot link to other playlists. Although you may delete files in the temporary playlist, you cannot use key 3 to delete files in a permanent M3U playlist. 7.3.5 Temporary Playlist You can create a temporary playlist for a subset of folders found in the $VRMusic folder.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide The Saved Podcasts bookshelf contains a folder structure of audio files where each folder represents a podcast feed and each file an episode of that feed. Each file (episode) is defined as a separate podcast book. This is where you will find the podcasts you have saved on your S D card from the Podcasts bookshelf in your online bookcase. 7.4.1 Saved Podcast Structure The following list provides an example of how podcast files may be grouped in folders.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide allow you to find the next or previous search item. Go To Page is available if the file has page markers. Go To Percent (see above) is also available. INFO (key 0): Reports information for the current text file such as its size. Where Am I (key 5): Reports current position as a percentage from the start of the file. 7.5.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 8 8.1 Daisy Online Menu Items Note: The following menu and menu items are only available from the online bookcase. Menu: Daisy Online Item: Add a Daisy Online Service Item: Import a Daisy Online configuration from file Item: Modify Daisy Online login information Item: Download Method to use Values: Automatic download, Manual download, Semi-automatic download Item: Remove a Daisy Online Service 8.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide its title. Pressing the Where Am I? key will give you a book description when available, whether a book is downloaded or not. From a book, you can also press the Where Am I? key to know its expiration date. Navigating in your Daisy Online bookshelves: Each Daisy Online service offers a menu that may differ from one service to another. The menus are therefore dynamic. For example, some services allow the ability to copy books using key 3, while others do not.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Confirm key, or return them directly without downloading them using the “return” option on key 3. You can also return a book while offline; the return will be completed once you are connected to a wireless network. If you selected Automatic download method in the Daisy Online menu, the Trek will periodically download new books issued to your account on your Daisy Online bookshelf.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9 9.1 GPS – Orientation Mode General description The Trek was designed as an orientation aid to help you find your way. Trek locates your position through the Global Positioning System (GPS) and relates it to digital maps of your area. You can record your routes while walking them. The system then provides step by step instructions on how to navigate them.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Note: The GPS is maintained and managed by the Government of the United States of America, who is entirely responsible for its precision and maintenance. The system may, at any time, be modified and therefore affect Trek's performance. The GPS signal is not precise or may not be accessible at all times, especially when traveling in an area surrounded by tall buildings. 9.1.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide The Repeat button (Play button) It is used to repeat the last message. It can also be used to interrupt a playing message. Press and hold button 1 to enter the built-in user guide. Button 3 is used to quickly access landmarks and routes settings in a list. Press and hold the Right arrow (6 key or Fastforward button) to lock you into open area and prevent Trek from automatically placing you on a nearby street.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Whenever you are asked to make a selection, you must Confirm your selection. If the Confirm button is not pressed, the system will return to the previous action after 30 seconds. The system will announce the current state. 9.3 Using the GPS Press the Online button until you reach the Orientation mode. A tone will be heard while the system attempts to connect to GPS satellites.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide street, starting from right to left. For both pedestrian and in-vehicle travels, Trek will emit a beep to indicate when the intersection is detected. If desired, the system can provide crossing street only. Please consult the Settings section to obtain information on how to change the intersection verbosity Landmarks: The user will be informed when approaching within 10 meters of a landmark or point of interest (if activated). It will be identified by name. 9.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Search by Category If you selected Search by Category, you will be able to refine your search of points of interest by selecting a category from the list. Once again, use the arrows to browse the list of points of interest found, and press Confirm to select a destination. You will also need to confirm whether this is a pedestrian or automotive route.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9.6.5 Repeat last message If you wish to hear the last message or instruction again, press the Play button. 9.6.6 General Information You can obtain information regarding various aspects of the route and the system by pressing the Information button (0) Press the Information button to obtain contextual information on the current Trek activity.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 3. When the system has confirmed that you are creating a route, navigate the entire course of the route. Trek will emit a beep every 60 seconds to indicate the recording of the route. If GPS coverage is lost along the way, a message will inform you and beeping will stop. When GPS coverage is found again, beeping resumes. 4. Note that you can create landmarks along the way. To do so, press the Record button.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Along the way, you will be instructed on which direction to take when you come across intersections. Instructions on street network are given according to hand-side (left/right/go straight). For example, Trek could tell you to "turn left on Fleet Street." When you enter an open area, a message will inform you. In this case, clockwise orientation is used to instruct the user on directions to take.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9.9 Backtrack (retrace steps) Backtrack is a feature that allows you to retrace your steps and return to your point of origin. There are two Backtrack options possible. The first option is Backtrack Current Session: This option allows you to backtrack your current session, meaning that you can be guided from your current location back to your starting point (after getting a GPS connection).
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Turn instructions are adjusted to pedestrian or in-vehicle navigation. Turn instructions for invehicle navigation are calculated according to the "quickest route" criteria. Routes calculated for in-vehicle use favor highways and other streets that may not be suitable for pedestrian travel. Turn instructions for Pedestrian navigations are intended to provide the shortest route possible. To have Trek guide you to a landmark: 1. Press the Go To button.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide will need to enter the city name using the Trek's buttons. Enter the city name and press Confirm. 5. Select a name from the list of possible choices and press Confirm. Note: You don't need to enter a complete city name or street name. You can enter a partial name, followed by Confirm and the Trek will search for names that include the characters entered. Use arrows to browse the list of names and press Confirm to make your selection. 6.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide At this point, a new landmark will have been created for this postal code. To begin guidance towards this address, when asked, press Confirm again to create a pedestrian route, or press and hold Confirm to begin a Motorized route. Note: During the character entry process, you can use the Left arrow at any time to delete a character. To have your current entry spelled to you, press Fast Forward. 9.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Voice Auto-switch About Reset Pedometer Reset GPS position Update GPS satellite positions Press Confirm to select an option. Press Explore Star or press 7 at any moment to exit the Settings menu. 9.15.1 Turning GPS on Use the arrows to turn the GPS on or off. Confirm your selection by pressing the Confirm button. Note that turning the GPS off when you are not using it can preserve your battery life. 9.15.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Note regarding Route configuration: You can directly access Route Settings. To do so, press the Go To button, select the desired route, then, press 3. The following options are made available: - Rename Route - Delete Route 9.15.3.1 Renaming Route: Upon selecting this option, a beep will prompt you to dictate the new name for the route in question. After 4 seconds, recording ends with a beep and message.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9.15.5.1 Point of interest Verbosity settings: Upon entering the Point of interest Verbosity settings menu, use the arrows to cycle through the options and press Confirm to make your selection. The Point of interest Verbosity settings are as follows: Not announced (default value). Points of interests are not announced and no beep is heard when encountered. Tone. Points of interest are only announced by a beep when encountered. Name and direction.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 9.15.8 Voice Auto-Switch Voice auto-switch is a useful setting for bilingual users living in countries that have more than one official language. It will determine the navigation voice when GPS data or instructions received by your Trek are in another language. Change your current language by pressing and holding the 7 key and select one of the three following options to determine your Trek’s behaviour when this situation occurs.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 10 Trek Wireless Features When you press the Online button located in the centre of the top key row, the Trek will switch between the standard bookcase, online bookcase, and Orientation mode. The airplane mode turns off all wireless communication from the Trek and should be activated when you travel by airplane. Turning off the airplane mode will therefore allow wireless communication. Press and hold the Online button to turn the airplane mode on or off.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Go To key and selecting the item “Add NFB Newsline Publications”. Navigate through the list of publications with keys 2 and 8, and press the Confirm key to subscribe to the new publication. If you wish to save a copy of a publication it is possible to use the copy function of key 3 when reading the publication to copy it to the Talking Books bookshelf of the SD card.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide To download a book select it from the list of search results and press the Confirm key. The book will be downloaded and added to the Bookshare online bookshelf and you will be returned to the list of search results making it easy to download additional books. To exit the search press the Cancel key to go back one step or key 1 to return to the Bookshare online bookshelf.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide You can also choose to export all your playlists to your S D card from the Internet Radio configuration menu using the item “Export all playlists to S D card”. To record internet radio stations: While listening to a radio station, press the Record button to start recording the radio station. While recording, press Play/Stop to pause your recording. Press Play/Stop again to resume recording. Press Record again to stop recording the radio station.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 10.2.4 References (Wikipedia and Wiktionary) When the Trek is connected to a wireless network, you will be able to search for references on Wikipedia and Wiktionary. A References bookshelf will automatically be added to your online bookcase.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide predefined category searches. Use keys 4 and 6 to browse the search results, followed by Confirm to add a feed to your Podcasts bookshelf. Use key 5 to read the feed descriptions and the individual episode descriptions if available. You can also browse the HumanWare suggested podcasts to search for podcasts.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide To move all episodes of a podcast feed to an S D card: From the podcast bookshelf, press on the 4 and 6 keys to select the feed whose episodes you wish to move to an S D card. Once the podcast feed is selected, press on the 3 key until you receive the option to move all podcasts from the podcast feed to the S D card. Press the Confirm key to select the option. Press the Confirm key again to move all podcasts.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide To download a book select it from the list of search results and press the Confirm key. The book will be downloaded and added to the NLS BARD online bookshelf and you will be returned to the list of search results making it easy to download additional books. The Go To key can be used to go directly to a specific result. Press Go To, enter the desired search result number, followed by Confirm.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 11 Updating Trek Software HumanWare may from time to time offer new versions of the Trek software. There are 2 ways to update your Trek’s software; wirelessly, or by downloading an update file on your SD card . To update your Trek wirelessly, you must first have an active connection to the Internet using the built-in Wi-Fi (see section 6.7 for more information on the wireless configuration menu). Connect the Trek to a power outlet with the AC power adapter.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 12 Technical Specifications Victor Reader Trek Specifications: Size: 114 x 62 x 24mm (4.5 x 2.4 x 0.9 inches) Weight with battery: 140g (5.0 ounces) 3.5mm stereo Headset jack Built-in mono omni-directional microphone Built-in 500 mW speaker Battery: Lithium-Ion, 3.7V nominal Battery recharge time: Up to 4 hours with AC adapter. May be longer with other chargers or PC recharge. Power Supply: Switching type AC/DC. Input 100V – 240V, 50Hz – 60Hz.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Measured sound Power Level Headphone sound power output is limited to levels of EN50332 The speaker maximum power level is 92dBA at 1 meter. Service Information No maintenance, calibration or preventive inspection is needed on the player. If the user finds the battery autonomy has decreased, a replacement battery may be purchased and replaced by the user. Contact HumanWare or your distributor for any repair or malfunction questions.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide Peak Gain (dBi): 2.0 Maximum SAR Value: Maximum SAR Value: 0.90 W/kg CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B) Contains FCC ID: XT5-513VRC and IC: 8670A-513VRC Model: 513SOM Audio Warning To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen at high volume levels for long periods. Exercise caution when holding your device near your ear while the loudspeaker is in use.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 13 Battery Safety Precautions Do not use or leave the battery near heat source and fire.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 14 Technologies Information HumanWare Contact 1800, Michaud street Drummondville, Quebec Canada J2C 7G7 Telephone: 1 (819) 471-4818 Toll-free (Canada & USA): 1 (888) 723-7273 Fax: 1 (819) 471-4828 E-mail: support@humanware.com Website: www.humanware.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 15 End User License Agreement By using this product (Victor Reader Trek) you agree to the following minimum terms. 1. License Grant. HumanWare grants to End User a non-exclusive, non-transferable right and license to use the Software on this product. 2. Ownership of Software. End User acknowledges that HumanWare retain all right, title and interest in and to the original, and any copies, of software which is incorporated into this product.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 16 Appendix 1 - Trek Error Messages SYSTEM error 1: CDROM, Does not apply. SYSTEM error 2: MEMORY, Memory allocation problem. SYSTEM error 3: BATTERY, Error with battery detection. SYSTEM error 4: INT_STOR_FAIL, Error detecting internal storage. SYSTEM error 5: INT_STOR_CORRUPT, Corrupted internal storage. SYSTEM error 6: TTS, Failure to initiate the TTS. MEDIA error 1: READ, Error reading sector on disc. MEDIA error 2: FORMAT, Unsupported File system.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide WIRELESS error 15: DOWNLOAD, Error downloading file.
HumanWare www.humanware.com TREK User Guide 17 Appendix 2 - Manufacturer Warranty This device is a high quality product, built and packaged with care. All units and components are guaranteed against any operational defects as follows: US and Canada: One (1) year Continental Europe and UK: Two (2) years Australia and New Zealand: One (1) year Other countries: One (1) year Warranty covers all parts (except battery) and labor.
