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Buddy User Manual 

 

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Document Summary

 

Revision History 

REVISION # 
AUTHOR 

DATE CHANGE 

DESCRIPTION 

Revision 1.0 
Mrinal Madhukar 

June 11, 2010 

Initial release 

Revision 1.1 
Mrinal Madhukar 

June 22, 2010 

Section 1.1 modified. Added description of Buddy figures. 
Section 9.0 added for Buddy firmware upgrade method.  

 

 
 

 

User’s Manual 

Reference Buddy 

Specifications 

Document 
 

 
 

Authors  

Mrinal  Madhukar 

  Rajlakshmi 

Mital 

  Ramendra 

Baoni

 

Pages  

22 

 

 
PROJECT  

Buddy – Assistive Media Player with DAISY Reader

 

 

SUMMARY 
 
This is Buddy user’s manual. Buddy functions as DAISY book reader, Music player, FM radio and a 
Dictaphone. 
Distribution List  
 
All Buddy Users 
 

 

 

Revision 1.1 

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION 

 

Copyright © 2010 Bisquare Systems. All Rights Reserved. 

Buddy, Baoni are trademarks and/or service marks of Bisquare Systems.

  

DAISY is a trademark of DAISY consortium. 

SRS is a trademark of SRS laboratories.

 

Bisquare shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein, nor for

incidental or consequential damages resulting from furnishing this material. The information is provided
“as is” without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice. Bisquare also reserves the

right to revise the content of this document at any time without prior notice.

 

No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any
language in any form without prior written permission of Bisquare. 

Summary of Contents for BL-4C

Page 1: ...Assistive Media Player with DAISY Reader User s Manual Version 1 1 C 56 31 Sector 62 NOIDA 201307 INDIA PHONE 91 120 433 0211 FAX 91 120 433 0063 WEBSITE www bisquare com...

Page 2: ...1 COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright 2010 Bisquare Systems All Rights Reserved Buddy Baoni are trademarks and or service marks of Bisquare Systems DAISY is a trademark of DAISY consortium SRS is a tradem...

Page 3: ...computer has an equipment grounding conductor and a grounding plug The plug must be plugged into an appropriate outlet which is properly installed and grounded in accordance with all local codes and...

Page 4: ...th Users are advised not to use the equipment at refueling points such as service or gas stations and are reminded of the need to observe restrictions on the use of radio equipment in fuel depots chem...

Page 5: ...low sufficient time for the moisture to evaporate before using the device NOTE When taking the device from low temperature conditions into a warmer environment or from high temperature conditions into...

Page 6: ...ts 1 0 Getting Started with Buddy 7 2 0 Man Machine Interface 12 3 0 Using DAISY Books Feature 14 4 0 Using Music Feature 16 5 0 Using Voice Notes 18 6 0 Using Recording feature 18 7 0 Using FM Radio...

Page 7: ...Design thus creating an infotainment platform that is truly for all The Man Machine Interface design smartly uses the different senses Vision Speech and Touch to deliver a rich User Experience Buddy l...

Page 8: ...in Record Bookmarks in DAISY mode Defaults to Phrase Mode after time out Press and hold to record Voice Notes A2 CONTROL Each press changes the DAISY navigation mode Phrase Level 1 Level 2 Level 6 Pag...

Page 9: ...Colour TFT LCD screen for the presentation of the User Interface Shown in Front view Speaker Built in 0 5 Watt Speaker for personal usage only Battery Cover Open flap to insert Lithium Ion battery St...

Page 10: ...rging the battery Note Buddy can be plugged into the Host PC and Player mode selected to Charge the battery while using Buddy The same can also be done with the external AC adapter Figure 5 Bottom vie...

Page 11: ...ded in the box 1 4 BATTERY INFORMATION Battery performance depends on many factors including the temperature of the environment WARNING To reduce risk of fire or burns Do not attempt to open disassemb...

Page 12: ...set the volumes at a comfortable level for the User Interface and Content The GUI consists of Top Bar which displays the depth in the Menu and the battery health status Information Bar Summarizes the...

Page 13: ...difficult if list grows long 2 3 LOCKING YOUR BUDDY Press INFO followed by MENU within 500 milliseconds to lock Buddy Player shall not accept any key in lock state and give a beep when any key is pre...

Page 14: ...in the following locations Player DAISY excluding all subfolders Memory card DAISY excluding all subfolders 3 1 SELECTING A BOOK 1 On the Main Menu screen Press NAVIGATION up or down to select Daisy...

Page 15: ...MODE to set the NAVIGATION UP and DOWN step size as one ten or hundred pages if DAISY navigation mode set as page You cannot set the NAVIGATION UP and DOWN step size other than one if navigation mode...

Page 16: ...go through the items and press PLAY to open the submenu Submenu Description Now Playing This special playlist indicates the last file played and those queued up to play Directories Open the Directori...

Page 17: ...een directly To switch back to the Library screen press MENU Graphics Equalizer settings can be adjusted through the long press of the CONTROL key ABOUT THE CONTROLS Press and hold the NAVIGATION up o...

Page 18: ...is selected from the Main menu Playback method is same as listening to Music 6 0 USING RECORDING FEATURE Use Recorder to create Speech or Line in recordings Recordings are included in the Recordings...

Page 19: ...rdings 6 3 SETUP OPTIONS RECORDING TYPE Two options are available WAV and MP3 Each mode will further offer options for choosing the recording speed WAV 32 kbps 64kbps 192kbps 384kbps MP3 64kbps 128kbp...

Page 20: ...CONTENT TO BUDDY 1 Connect Buddy to your PC Buddy Dock screen will pop up automatically 2 Select USB Disk from the options 3 Open Player or Card memory from the PC Simply use the Windows File Manager...

Page 21: ...User Manual Page 21 of 21 Version 1 1 2 Restart the Buddy to initiate firmware upgrade process and will show the corresponding screen Buddy will shutdown automatically after the upgrade is over 3 Bud...

Page 22: ...somewhat lesser than the specified value Display Type 2 4 LCD with white LED back light Resolution 320 x 240 Landscape view Connection I O port Mini USB port for data and Power 3 5 mm audio jack 3 5 m...

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