ICR-280 DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER OPERATON MANUAL
Note: If the unit is left unused for a long period, please turn off the POWER switch. Do not use the unit in places that are extremely hot, cold, dusty, or humid. Avoid the unit being dropped The battery service life may differ under different usage conditions and different models Please charge the unit when any of the following cases occur: * The logo appears and displays: low battery * The keys become inactive * The unit stops running under normal condition.
Features ¤ LCD display, easy to operate.
Instruction of cover 1-Earphone jack 2-Mic/Line-in cable 3-Lock 4-Un-Lock 5-REC indicator light 6- LCD display 7-Play/Pause/Stop 8-Record/A-B repeat 9-Built-in microphone 10- USB interface 11-M (MODE) 12-Vol+/previous 13-Vol-/Next 14-REP mode 15-EQ 16-Loud-speaker 17-Battery cover 3
Introduction to display 1-Recording type indicator 2-Battery indicator 3-MP3/WMA/DVR icon 4-Turntable icon 5-Volume indicator 6-Volume switch 7-Repeat indicator 8- LQ indicator HQ indicator 9-Recording icon 10-Repeat icon 11-EQ 12-Delete icon 13-EQ selection ordinal number 14-Sequence number of song 15-Time indicator 4
Basic operation 1-Power supply It is powered by AAA battery; please buy the rechargeable battery with large capacity. When the remaining capacity of battery indication shows please change the battery in time. 2-Power on/off Power on: shortly press button to turn on the unit, the LCD display the logo and enter the DVR mode under stop status.
DVR mode 2.1. Recording Under any mode or state(except for powering off), shift REC to “REC”, the unit will enter the recording state, LCD displays “●” and recording icon “ ”, recording indicator light will become bright and shine during recording, the unit start to record. While recording, press “Play/Pause” to pause the recording, the turntable will appear and shine. Under the state of pause, press “Play/Pause” to resume recording, the turntable will display.
3) Power off: under playing or pause status, continuously press button until the LCD display OFF. Release the button to turn off the unit. Note: under pause or stop status, the unit will automatically turn off if no operation were conducted within 3minutes 2.4 -previous / next file, FF/RW Under the state of stop, shortly press - button to skip to the previous file; shortly press + button to skip to the next file.
cancelled point. 2) Press “Play/Pause” to cancel AB repeat and pause playback. 3) Press “Play/Pause’ to cancel A-B repeat and stop playback. 2.7 Repeat mode Press and hold REP to select the repeat mode: non-repeat, single repeat, all repeat. While no repeat icon display on LCD, it is in non-repeat state; single repeat and all repeat will display as respectively, these three modes can be shifted round. 2.8-delete files A. Delete one Under stop status, continuously press EQ button to enter delete mode.
to delete current file. If you press other buttons except PLAY and EQ or no operation was conducted within 5 seconds, the unit will give up delete and return to stop status. Note: this unit only supports WAV files in IMA ADPCM format 2.9 Time indication of files recorded 1）. Time indication under the stop state of DVR Under the stop state of DVR, it will display the total time of current files recorded.
1). Open and run “sound converter”, click “open” 2). Select the REC files you want to convert 3). Clock “convert” and start the converting Besides, the software can also play WAV and Mp3 format files. NOTE: The order number of files recorded is sequenced according to the type of the files; files recorded via HP, SP are sequenced ahead of files recorded in LP. In the sequence of the same type of files, if it lacks of file in the sequence, the files recorded afterwards will fill up the space.
please create a new folder, move the files recorded previously to the newly-created folder, then continue recording. 3.1 MP3 mode Under stop or pause status, press button to play current file NOTE: The unit can play the files in MP3 (The 3rd layer of MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG3, MPEG2.5) and WMA format. 3.2 Pause/stop/power off Pause: under playback status, shortly press button to enter pause mode. The turn plate indicator will flash on the LCD.
was conducted within 3 minutes. 3.3 previous / next file, FF/RW Under playback status, shortly press - button to skip to the previous file; shortly press + button to skip to the next file. Under the state of playback, press “-” to skip to the previous file; press “+” to skip to the next file; press and hold “+” to FF, press and hold “-” to RW. 3.4-volume adjustment Press and hold “Mode”, a shine line will appear below the turntable of LCD.
Under stop status, continuously press EQ button to enter delete mode. Then the LCD will display DELETE and ONE and the indicator will flash to be confirmed. Press the button again to delete current file. If you press other buttons except PLAY and EQ or no operation was conducted within 5 seconds, the unit will give up delete and return to stop status. B. Delete all Under stop status, continuously press EQ to enter delete mode.
time recording. 4.1High quality (HQ) recording and low quality (LQ) recording operating The unit has two ways of recording: High quality and low quality. NOTE: Under REC Mode, icon “HQ/LQ” indicates the format of files recorded; under DVR mode, icon of “HQ/LQ” indicates the format of the current recording files. While files recorded via HQ/HP, format of files will be WAV, recorded via LQ/LP, files will be in REC format. 5.
exceeds 9999 minutes, hour will be used as the unit of time, for instance, remaining time is 12345 minute, it will displays as: 206h, unit (hr). PC link operation CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER 1). Installation of driving program Note: a. Windows 98 base needs installation of driving program, while Windows 2000 / XP / I do not. B. Disconnect the MP3 player to the computer before installation is completed. c. If your computer system is windows2000, the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.0 must be installed.
Installation is finished. 2).
has been found, then the system will automatically install the drive program. After it, a removable disk icon (see following) will be found in "My computer" with "PC----" on LCD display. 3). Upload/ Download files If the driving program has been properly installed, the MP3 player itself is a removable disk after being connected to a computer. Therefore the file transfer is operated in the same way as the ordinary disk. Note: a.
b. When you want to unplug the MP3 player from the USB port of the computer, be noted to "PC-----" on LCD. If LCD is blinking with "USB-SA" or "USB-rd", it indicates that data is being transferred. Unplug the MP3 player when it displays "PC-----". Special notice: Normal un-installation for USB device is required under Windows 2000 or Windows XP; otherwise it may cause damage or data loss to the player. Operating steps are as follow: a.
d. Click “OK” on the pop-up window. See the following window. You may then unplug the MP3 player from USB port after the above steps. 4). Upgrade/Renew Software The software needn’t to be upgraded unless the player works abnormally, i.e. not able to be turned on. A .
B. Press , or MP3 has already been in ON status, then a Removable Disk icon will appear in “My Computer”, see picture a: C. Steps: Start>Program>SigmaTel MSCN Audio Player>SigmaTel MSCN Firmware Download, see the following picture b. a b Then a window will pop out as picture c. After the above windows close automatically, the window of upgrading software will pop out as picture d.
C d Note: if you want to format data area of the flash while upgrading, you need to choose Format Data Area. System will pop out a window as the following picture.
D. Click “Start” button and start upgrading software, see as follows: E. After upgrading, please click “Close” button. 5) Format the MP3 Player A. Press after connecting the player to the computer. B. Click “Removable Disk” with right button of the mouse, and choose "Format" from the menu, see the left picture: C.
D. Click “Start” in the format window. Then click “OK” button in the pop-out window and start formatting MP3 flash.
E. After formatting, click “OK” button in the right picture. 6) Uninstall the driving program A. Disconnect the player to the computer. B.
Immediately the following window will pop out. Click “Cancel” if you want to cancel the operation, otherwise the following: Conversation window will appear. Click “OK” to start cancel the driving program, with the following conversation window appears then.
Note: This driving program may prevent driving program installation of other MP3 products. Download driving program manually under device manager or refer to the technical support of our company. Steps for downloading driving program manually: A. Under Windows 2000/XP, right click “My computer>Properties> Hardware> Device Manager”. See following picture on the left.
Click Driver>Update Driver… the following windows will pop-up.
Click NEXT on each continuously appearing window.
B.under Windows 98/ME, right click “My computer>Properties> Device Manager”, to check whether there is “Player Recovery Device” in device manager, see following picture.
Click Driver>Update Driver… 30
① ② ③ ④ Installation is finished.
Trouble Shooting 1. Why can’t some MP3 files be played? Standard MP3 only includes: the songs in layer 3 of MPEG 1, layer 3 of MPEG 2 and layer 3 of MPEG 2.5. Otherwise, it won’t be played in the player except transformed by the corresponding software. 2. Why doesn’t the memory size displayed under the operational system match the figure on the tab? The software in the MP3 player takes up a small portion of the memory, which coincides with the corresponding standards. 3.
4. What causes the MP3 player running slowly? Using or deleting files frequently in a long time will generate fragments in the flash memory, like fragment in the hard disk, which will cause the player running slowly. 5. What if the driving program of the MP3 player be damaged? This is caused by improper operation. For details, please refer to the Upgrade/Renew Soft ware parts 6. What if the MP3 play works abnormally, i.
Specification Time of REC: 133hrs in LQ/LP, 8hrs in HQ/HP (Software in the unit itself takes a little part of space, thus the exact time will be less than standard one while using, as for the exact time used to record, please refer to the remaining time of this unit.) Dimensions: 115mm x 20mm x14mm Weight: 24.6g (no battery)/ Power source: 1 x DC 1.5V AAA alkaline battery Memory medium: Built-in Flash memory Microphone: built-in capacitor MIC Input: built-in MIC Output: double-channel earphone, above 8 ohm.
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