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6.4. Service and support

6.4.1. General information

Service and support is provided by the retailer you bought your Milestone 212 Ace from. 
Your dealer is familiar with the device and will be able to assist you with all general queries 
about the Milestone 212 Ace, such as handling and repairs. You can find your nearest 
Milestone retailer on our website 

www.bones.ch

 under the „Sales“ tab.

6.4.2. Firmware update

Keep your Milestone 212 Ace updated, as Bones Inc. constantly improves the firmware. 
New firmware adds more features and functionality, while it fixes minor bugs.
If you want to update your Milestone 212 Ace with the latest firmware, you can either visit 
your nearest retailer, in order to have the device updated there or you can update your 
Milestone 212 Ace through the Internet.

• To check the installed firmware of your Milestone 212 Ace, hold down the „Mode“ button 

for 1.5 seconds, in order to start the Information Service. The device will duly report its 
current firmware, after announcing several other bits of information.

• The latest firmware is available for download from our website 

www.bones.ch

. Please 

click on the „Support“ tab and select „Milestone 212 Ace“ from the available products. If 
the available firmware version is newer than the one of your Milestone, you may want to 
download the latest firmware and update your device.

• To upgrade your device with the latest firmware, please connect Milestone 212 Ace to 

your computer via USB. Open the drive „M212 ACE“ and copy the firmware to its root 
directory. Safely remove your Milestone 212 Ace from the computer, as you would do 
with any USB-device. When done, you will hear the announcement „Software update in 
progress. Please wait for 30 seconds“. In case the update does not start automatically, 
please remove the SD memory card from your Milestone and insert it back again.

6.5. Other products from Bones Inc.

For further information about the Milestone product range, please visit our website at 

www.bones.ch

 or ask your nearest authorized dealer.

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Summary of Contents for Milestone 212 Ace

Page 1: ...Milestone 212 Ace Manual www bones ch FW 5...

Page 2: ...e has 2 5 GB of internal memory and uses SD memory cards to expand its capacity to up to 32 GB Tens of thousands of people use their Milestone daily for education and entertainment to play audio books...

Page 3: ...oks 5 2 6 2 Information Service in Voice recorder 5 2 6 3 Information Service in Audio 5 2 7 Shortcut overview of general functions 6 2 8 Connection to a computer and backing up data 6 2 8 1 Copying a...

Page 4: ...1 2 Navigation with folders 13 5 2 Playing music files 14 5 3 Playing text files 14 5 4 Deleting a file or folder 15 5 5 Shortcut overview of Audio 15 6 Further information 16 6 1 Technical data 16 6...

Page 5: ...tactile circle To the left of the central Play button is the Left arrow button You can recognize it by the tactile arrow oriented toward the left To the right of the Play button is the Right arrow but...

Page 6: ...hours Please note that a connection to a computer via USB cable also recharges the battery as long as the computer remains powered on You can check the battery s charging status by using the Milestone...

Page 7: ...al audio source such as a microphone CD player or radio Simply connect the external audio source to the line in socket of your Milestone 212 Ace using a regular stereo audio cable with a standard 3 5...

Page 8: ...press the Mode button and the Right arrow button for volume up or the Left arrow button for volume down If you change the volume while no media is playing you ll hear the confirmation volume up or vo...

Page 9: ...n Service in Books If you are located in Books you will receive the following information Position in the current book Name of the book Battery status Memory status Software version Serial number of y...

Page 10: ...ould do with any external drive 2 8 1 Copying a book to the SD memory card In order for books to become available for playback on your portable device please copy all the according files to the SD car...

Page 11: ...Milestone 212 Ace supports the following formats in the Books application Book type Description DAISY 2 02 text and audio DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System It s a technical stand...

Page 12: ...s work the same way as above for every navigation option Please keep in mind that the available options for navigation always depend on the book s format and on whether and how accurately markers have...

Page 13: ...2 1 2 Footnotes Jump to the next or previous footnote with the arrow buttons Marginalia Jump to the next or previous marginal note by using the arrow buttons Marginalia are text parts in frames or se...

Page 14: ...phone 4 1 Recording a short voice message To record a short voice message keep Rec pressed while speaking A short click signalizes that the recording has started To stop recording simply release Rec a...

Page 15: ...omplete 4 5 The 5 recording folders There are 5 different folders on the internal memory of your Milestone 212 Ace to save your recorded voice messages in The default location for recordings is the fo...

Page 16: ...ilestone 212 Ace are being announced Wait until you hear the announcement For a backup copy of your internal memory on the SD card please press the right arrow now and then simply press the Right arro...

Page 17: ...Microsoft Office Word document DOCX is not supported Hint Please note that Daisy books are not selectable in the Audio application 5 1 Navigation in Audio 5 1 1 Navigation when not using a folder stru...

Page 18: ...p being too short they won t be registered Hint You can delete recorded folder names directly on your Milestone 212 Ace but you will have to activate the folder first This is done by repeating the abo...

Page 19: ...mplete Delete a folder Select the folder you would like to delete While holding down Mode press the Play button Keep the Mode button pressed and confirm erasing by pressing Play again after 3 seconds...

Page 20: ...warranty are void after inappropriate use or opening of the device 6 3 Troubleshooting and helpful hints Step 1 Please make sure the device has been charged for at least 30 minutes then press the Pla...

Page 21: ...t the Information Service The device will duly report its current firmware after announcing several other bits of information The latest firmware is available for download from our website www bones c...

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