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Quick Start Guide – Blaze EZ 

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7. The Home Menu 

When you power on the unit, you are placed in the Home Menu. 
You can also get to the Home Menu by pressing Cancel when in 
a  program.  The  Home  Menu  contains  a  combination  of  things 
including  status  information,  settings,  and  executable  programs 
not accessible via the program buttons. You can navigate among 
the  items  in  the  Home  Menu  using  the  Left  and  Right  arrows. 
Press the Select button to activate the focused item in the menu. 

The  Home  Menu  contains  the  following  items:  Date  and  Time, 
Battery  Status,  software  version  and  Free  Space,  Guide  Voice 
Settings, Record Settings, Bluetooth status, Wi-Fi status, Online 
DAISY, Web Radio, Podcasts and Utilities. 

Pressing  "Select"  on  the  Software  version/Free  Space  item  will 
bring up more detailed information about the unit, including serial 
number and Mac Address. 

In areas where it is necessary to input data, such as entering a 
Wi-Fi network key, enter the data using the following method:   

1)  Use  the  Up  and  Down  arrows  to  choose  the  keyboard 

type:  upper  case  letters,  lower  case  letters,  numbers,  or 
symbols. 

2) Use the Left and Right arrows to choose the character to 

enter. 

3) Press "Select" to input the character. 

4) Press the “Record” button to delete a character, and press 

the “Explorer” button to read the content of the edit box. 

5)  Press  and  hold  "Select"  when  you  are  finished  entering 

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Summary of Contents for Blaze EZ

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Page 2: ...4 2 5 The Back Face 4 3 Inserting and Removing the Battery 5 4 Inserting and Removing the SD Card 5 5 Connecting to a PC 6 6 Powering On Off 7 7 The Home Menu 8 8 Basic Interface and Programming 9 8...

Page 3: ...arge the battery how to turn the unit on and off how to access programs on the unit and how to prevent the accidental pressing of buttons This is a basic guide to help you get oriented to the unit and...

Page 4: ...nt of you so that the keypad is facing up and the long rectangular slot on the side of the unit is facing left 2 1 The Top Face The top face of the unit contains the main keypad At the top center is a...

Page 5: ...on The Square button on the right is the OCR button The dot like button between them is the Explorer button The Explorer button brings up a list of files associated with the currently open program For...

Page 6: ...number Below the Volume dial is the Voice Control button The Voice Control button allows you to quickly access Speed volume and pitch settings for the TTS Cycle through the settings with repeated pres...

Page 7: ...e micro USB port is used to connect the Blaze EZ to a PC for transferring files to connect a thumb drive or CD ROM drive to the unit or to connect the AC adapter for charging the unit 2 5 The Back Fac...

Page 8: ...of the battery compartment first then gently press down on the top of the battery to secure it in place Slide the back casing on to the unit and click it into place To remove the battery pack slide th...

Page 9: ...ting to a PC Locate the small rectangular port on the center of the front edge of the Blaze EZ between the headphone and microphone jacks To transfer files from your PC to your Blaze EZ turn on the Bl...

Page 10: ...nal flashdisk as well as any storage device currently connected for content playable by Blaze EZ As stated in the previous section it is not necessary to place content in any set folder structure as t...

Page 11: ...ide Voice Settings Record Settings Bluetooth status Wi Fi status Online DAISY Web Radio Podcasts and Utilities Pressing Select on the Software version Free Space item will bring up more detailed infor...

Page 12: ...aved and you are placed at the location from which you initiated recording To delete a recording from the recordings list press and hold the Cancel key 8 2 Music Below the record button are 3 square b...

Page 13: ...plorer button and brings up a list of all the files and folders on all storage devices connected to the Blaze EZ containing media content Use the Right and Left arrows to enter and exit folders respec...

Page 14: ...book or document has been opened when you press the Books button reading resumes at the position you last left the Book Reader If you have not opened any books or documents since your last reset you...

Page 15: ...ems such as business cards or half sheets of paper you will need to lower the camera closer to the text When you select the Take a picture option the camera obtains focus and the picture is taken The...

Page 16: ...use the Left or Right arrow to navigate to Podcasts and press the Select button The Blaze EZ announces Updating Feeds and places you in the list of feeds you have saved on the unit Blaze EZ comes prel...

Page 17: ...Web radio application is launched it scans for internet radio station playlist URL s in the Web Radio folder Blaze EZ announces Creating channel list followed in a few seconds by Channel list creatio...

Page 18: ...quickly If you press the Power button quickly from anywhere on the unit the date and time are announced 2 Bring up the Home Menu The Date and time is the first item in the Home Menu Any time you exit...

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