User guide for Easi-Speak
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1. Warranty amp Support This product is provided with a one year warranty for problems found during normal usage Mistreating the Easi Speak or opening the unit will invalidate this warranty Any data stored on the unit and any consequential loss is not covered by this warranty The battery is not user replaceable All out of warranty repairs will be subject to a replacement fee Technical Support Please visit www tts group co uk for the latest product information Email feedback tts group co uk for technical support TTS Group Ltd Park Lane Business Park Kirkby in Ashfield Nottinghamshire NG17 9GU UK Freephone 0800 318686 Freefax 0800 137525 Easi Speak RM WARNING Do not dispose of this product in Education household waste Hand it over to a collection point for S patt of RE RM ols recycling electronic appliances R A TTS Group Ltd Park WARNING Not suitable for children under 36 months Lane Business Park due to small parts choking hazard Made in China on R o a a behalf of the TTS Group Ltd Nottinghamshire NG17 9GU UK CEH O IL ETTMICB ETTMICY EL00308 tts Easi Speak Record voices sounds or music on the move USER GUIDE www tts shopping com Easi Speak Important information E Please retain these instructions for future reference as they contain important information E Easi Speak contains a non replaceable rechargeable battery E Do not attempt to remove the b2. When you are done press the red record button again to stop the recording E Fi l ana om i this will then save your recording as the last track The status LED will again be Flashing Green Paused orange steady or flashing E Steady Red Recording E Alternatively you can press hold the red record button during the whole of the E Flashing Red Memory nearly full y y recording and release it when you have finished recording E Flashing Red Green Charging E Press the green play button to play your track The status LED will light green E Flashing Orange Green Battery low while the track is playing E When the track is finished Easi Speak will return to standby and the Status LED Pa using or Stopping a Track will be orange E Press the green Play button to play a track The status LED will shine steady E The Easi Speak will not store recordings of less than 2 seconds so ensure you green Ee E Press the green Play button again to pause the track at the current place The o status LED will flash green Recording amp Playback Modes Easi Speak can record and playback files in two formats MP3 or WAV files Depending on your application you may want to use one of these formats rather than another For instance much podcasting is done using MP3 files so this would be the best format if you wanted to make podcasts Press and hold the Mode button to swap between the two modes Fast Forward amp Rewind While a track is Playing or Paused
3. E Press the green Play button again to resume playback E To stop a playing track completely press and hold the green play button for 2 seconds E Press and hold the Previous or Next track button E The Status LED will flash green and will move within the current track at a fast rate E When the button is released Play or Pause will continue at the new position within the track E The Play position will not pass beyond the start or end of the current track Easi Speak Moving Between Tracks E While a track is Playing or Paused E Press the Previous or Next track button to move to the selected track E You cannot change track while the unit is in Standby Deleting a Track While a track is Paused E Press and hold the red Record button E The Status LED will flicker then return to orange E The track will be deleted from memory E Do not delete files when the battery is low Charging the Battery Easi Speak is supplied with a partially charged battery and can be used immediately without charging first The battery can be charged by connecting to the USB port of an active computer or the charger No software is required E Connect Easi Speak to the USB port or charger E The Status LED will flash red and green or orange if connected to the separate charger E When Easi Speak is fully charged the Status LED will change to steady green E A complete charge of a fully discharged battery will take about 4 hours E Do no
4. attery E Do not allow your Easi Speak to come into contact with water or other liquids E In the event of an electro static discharge your Easi Soeak may malfunction In this event please switch it off and then back on to reset it E Easi Speak is available in different colours Easi Speak Controls There are three groups of buttons which are used to control the Easi Speak Gr O A Play Pause Record Red Volume Up Down Green Previous Track Mode Change Next Track Know Your Easi Speak Microphone Built in Speaker Status LED Volume buttons Red Record button Headphone Socket Green Play Button On Off Switch USB connector Next Track Previous Track Mode Change Easi Speak Recording and Playback Status LED E Switch on the Easi Speak by sliding the On Off switch until the Status LED The Status LED provides you with a clear indication of what is happening with your lights orange steady or flashing indicating it is waiting in standby Easi Speak Please take note of the following information so that you can get the best results E Press and release the red record button and the status LED will change to red inacating EN ie Oven E Flashing Orange Ready to Play Record MP3 file E Speak or sing clearly into the top of the microphone about 15cm to 30cm E Steady Orange Ready to Play Record WAV file away for at least 2 seconds wm Sead O lence ea reen aying or charge E
5. d during Record Solution Memory is full Delete some files Problem Some tracks do not appear to play Solution Probably because they are in the alternative format Try swapping between MP3 and WAV formats Problem Status LED doesn t come on Solution Battery completely flat Recharge Made in China on behalf of TTS Group LTD Easi Speak is a registered trademark of the TTS Group LTD
6. rating systems and licence information for Audacity can be found at http audacity sourceforge net Technical Specification E Records directly into MP3 or WAV file format E 128MB of flash memory up to 4 hours recording E MP3 Bitrate 128 kbps 44kHz sampling Max time Approx 2 hours E WAV Format IMA ADPCM Bit rate 64 kbps 4 bits per sample Max time Approx 4 hours E For maximum recording time delete the Audacity and user manual folders to give additional memory space E Built in 200MAH Lithium ion Polymer battery E 28mm loud speaker and microphone in the top E 3 5mm headphone socket E Power consumption 60mA standby 70 80mA recording 70 120mA playback depending on volume E Battery life approx 3 hours of recording or playback E Size 130mm long 40mm diameter at widest point Troubleshooting Easi Speak is designed to work reliably and predictably in all normal conditions However it is possible that problems may occur Please check the following suggestions before contacting technical support Problem Status LED appears to flash randomly Solution Battery is low Charge the battery Problem Missing Start or End of Recording Solution Easi Speak automatically fades in and out of recording amp playback Ensure you leave a second or two at start and end of recording Problem Files corrupt or buttons don t work Solution Format the drive in Windows use the FAT format not FAT32 Problem LED flashes re
7. t put a discharged battery into storage for long periods of time It is recommended that the product is charged before storage Connecting to a PC or Apple Mac E Remove the end cap covering the USB connector by pulling off and switch off the Easi Speak E Plug the Easi Speak into an available USB socket E The first time Easi Speak is connected to the PC it will install the drivers and may require the PC to be rebooted depending on your operating system E f there is not sufficient space around the USB socket then use the USB extension lead provided E The PC or Mac will recognise the device as a USB mass storage device and it will appear as a removable drive in the file explorer window E The tracks you have recorded will appear in the folder MIC_REC Use this same folder to copy MP3 or WAV files on to and for playback on Easi Speak E You can delete from add files to or format the Easi Speak directly from the PC if you wish Installing amp Using Audacity E Audacity is free open source software for recording and editing sounds It is available for Mac OS X Microsoft Windows GNU Linux and other operating systems E Connect Easi Speak to the PC or Mac and browse to the Audacity folder contains release 1 2 6 E For Windows run the file audacitywin exe E For Mac OS X PPC run audacitymac dmg E You may find it easiest to copy the folder to your PC or Mac before doing this E Instructions latest versions for all ope
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