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STREAM User Guide
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external microphone, make sure the recording file type is not set to line-in. Stereo recording has a
better audio quality and takes twice as much space as mono recording, so use the mono
recording mode to reduce the file size or when recording from a mono source, which you can
identify by checking if it only records on the left channel.
Some SD cards are too slow to allow continuous recording in wav format since the volume of
data to write is much larger for this audio format. If, after a few seconds of recording in wav, you
get a recording error message, there is a good chance your SD card is too slow for wav
recording. Try using another SD card or change the recording format to MP3.
5.3
Bookmarks
Bookmarks allow you to return to a place quickly and easily. You can place a virtually unlimited
number of bookmarks in the same book. The
Bookmark
key lets you insert and return to
bookmarks, hear them listed or remove them.
5.3.1
Go to Bookmark
Press the
Bookmark
key (above key 3)
until you hear ‘
go to bookmark’
. Enter the number of the
bookmark you wish to go to. Press
Confirm
. Stream will go to the bookmark and announce its
number. Or, press the
Play/Stop
key. Stream will go to the requested bookmark and begin
playback.
5.3.2
Insert Bookmark
Press the
Bookmark
key
twice or until you hear ‘insert bookmark’. You can also access this
function by holding the
Bookmark
key down instead of pressing it twice. Enter the number from 1
to 99998 that you wish to assign to the Bookmark. Press
Confirm
to confirm, or the
Play/Stop
key to confirm and start playback. The bookmark will be stored in memory.
NOTE:
If you confirm without entering a number,
Stream
will assign the first available bookmark
number.
NOTE:
If you enter 99999 as the bookmark number, an invalid entry message will be announced
and the action will be cancelled, since this number is reserved to remove all bookmarks. See
Remove Bookmark.
You may even insert a simple bookmark while recording a long audio note. This would be useful
to mark an important comment made during a lecture or meeting that you are recording. To set a
bookmark while recording, simply press the
Bookmark
key once. You cannot insert a bookmark
during a quick recording (while holding down the
Record
key).
5.3.3
Insert audio Bookmark
To record an audio bookmark, do the following:
a) Press the
Bookmark
k
ey twice or until you hear ‘insert bookmark’.
b) Enter the number you wish to assign to the Bookmark. You may skip this step and a
number will be assigned automatically.
c) Invoke the quick recording mode by pressing and holding the
Record
key and recite
a short message. Then release the
Record
key. Instead of the quick recording
method, you may also use the standard recording method by pressing and releasing
the Record key, say your message, then press the Record key again to end the
recording. Whichever method you use; audio bookmark recordings are limited to 1
minute in length. If the one-minute limit is reached the recording is stopped and the
bookmark is saved. To play back your audio bookmark, simply go to or browse to that
bookmark. You will hear your recording and then playback will continue at the
bookmarked position. Unlike audio notes, you cannot fast forward or rewind within
your audio bookmark recording.
