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4.2.
Recording
4.2.1.
Short recording
To record messages, press the “Rec” button (top button with round indent the size of a
pinhead) and keep it pressed while recording. For best results, speak at a normal volume
and hold the device at a distance of approximately 10 cm (4 inches) from your mouth.
Milestone 311 stores recorded messages in one of five selectable folders. The folders carry
the internal names M1 to M5.
Attention: If you do change the folder names via a computer the messages will not be
accessible through the voice recorder application anymore. Renaming of the folders will cut
the link between messages and folders. The messages however are not lost and may again
be played back either by changing back the folder names to M1 to M5 or by using the MP3
player application of Milestone 311 to play MP3 files from any folders.
4.2.2.
Continuous recording
As an alternative to having to keep a button pressed during a recording you may start a
continuous recording. Press the “Rec” button (top button with round indent the size of a
pinhead) then press the “Play” button (middle button which contains no symbol). The device
will acknowledge the start of the continuous recording with the sound sequence “low
pitched-high pitched”. To terminate the continuous recording, briefly press the “Rec” button
(top button with round indent the size of a pinhead) again. The device will acknowledge the
end of the continuous recording with the opposite sound sequence “high pitched-low
pitched”.
4.2.3.
Recording through line-in entrance
When using the application “voice recorder with a memory card“ recordings from external
audio sources may be made via the line-in entrance. To select the line-in entrance as the
source for the next recording press the “Selector” button and both arrow buttons. Now you
may perform either a short recording or a continuous recording. After completion of the
recording or if another button then the “Rec” button is pressed the line-in entrance selection
is revoked and the next recording will again use the built-in microphone as the recording
source.
4.3.
Write protection of memory cards
Memory cards are equipped with a little switch for write/erase protection. Milestone 311
recognizes and honors this setting. If recording is attempted on a write protected memory
card the message “Write protected” is played. The built-in internal memory can not be write
protected.
4.4.
Technical details related to the recording function
Recordings on memory cards are performed in 192 kbps MP3 format. This corresponds to
excellent sound quality. Regular voice recordings with the built-in microphone are
