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Page 3: ...You Com Audiocommunicatie b v Motorenweg 5 k 2623CR Delft The Netherlands tel 31 15 262 59 55 fax 31 15 257 15 95 e mail sales youcom nl URL www youcom nl Parrot v1 09 published November 16 2007...

Page 4: ...opyright 2005 No part of this publication may be reproduced and or made public by means of printing photocopying microfilm or any other way without a prior written permission from You Com www youcom n...

Page 5: ...Level controller 21 3 4 Visual feedback 22 3 5 Attention tones 23 4 Recording audio 25 5 Organising audio samples 29 6 Sending audio live or in a file 33 6 1 Pairing with a mobile phone 33 6 2 Make a...

Page 6: ...6 2007 Parrot 8 User settings 41 Annex 1 Analog overview 46 Annex 2 Software upgrade 48 Annex 3 Troubleshooting 50 Annex 4 Specifications 51...

Page 7: ...ft hand side of the unit with the card s topside facing away from the belt clip Switch ON the unit by pressing for 1 second until the ON light lights up Green means there is power in the battery The M...

Page 8: ...til the PHONES light is on Talk into the microphone with a level you think you will use Turn the level control until you have a comfortable level on your headphones Step 5 Start Recording Press and ho...

Page 9: ...once See paragraph 6 1 for pairing with a mobile phone Press GO once and the LIVE light on the front will switch on The NETW light will start blinking slowly to indicate that it is trying to reach the...

Page 10: ...flash fast during the transfer of the file The LED bar will show the progress by lighting up 1 to 7 LEDs each for about 14 of the file size already transmitted if this does not happen try to pair your...

Page 11: ...ix 2 Level indicator for input level level of stored audio during playback 3 Indication for the current function of the level controller 4 Progress and function indication for the GO button 5 GO butto...

Page 12: ...view 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 unbalanced line output 2 headphones output 3 input sensitivity switches 4 balanced line microphone input 5 Bluetooth antenna 6 battery charge indication 7 USB connector also used...

Page 13: ...microphone or line level audio on a female XLR connector on the rear of the unit LINE or MIC input is selected with a slide switch on the rear The sensitivity of this input is set with a second slide...

Page 14: ...the rear connects to 8 32ohms headphones to give highest power output Higher impedance headphones can also be connected but may result in a lower signal level Line output The rear panel also holds a c...

Page 15: ...3 The signal from the MIC LINE input or a played out recording on the Parrot is sent towards the mobile phone The level of this signal is adjusted by the sensitivity switches described in section 3 2...

Page 16: ...user settings file see chapter 8 should be set to 0 Zmodem Modem The file will only be sent to the local mobile phone in case this parameter is set to 1 Object Push Profile OBEX and can then be forwar...

Page 17: ...by any program This also enables you to edit the settings inside the ini file see chapter 8 Taking out the SD card and putting it in the PC s card reader has the same effect USB battery charging The...

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Page 19: ...p and see the REC light turn on Set a marker during a recording or playback It can also remove an existing marker when in stop or play pause mode and positioned on that marker MARK light is on Stop re...

Page 20: ...level or a microphone level signal The selected input can furthermore be set to three levels of sensitivity Select line or microphone level Use the LINE MIC switch to select a line level or a microph...

Page 21: ...ion towards the headphones PHONES will light up by default to adjust the phones level The Parrot will always return to PHONES after a short idle time Press the level controller briefly to turn on the...

Page 22: ...utes 2 flashes every 20 seconds at 10 minutes and 1 flash every second at 1 minute before the memory card is full NETW green red slow blink red means about to enter pairing mode or filetransfer failed...

Page 23: ...ying blinks when it s in play pause CLIP yellow steady when the current audio sample is selected to be a CLIP or blinks when the Parrot is in play CLIPs only mode Rear Panel USB green fast blink means...

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Page 25: ...us scrolls by as b0 empty b1 b2 b9 full in the digit display every 5 seconds Charging completely depleted batteries will take about 10 to 12 hours Remark Make sure that the Parrot is charged every day...

Page 26: ...ol set to about L7 Set the input level control Press the level controller to turn on the INPUT light The 2 digit display shows the current position of that level with L0 L9 This level is adjusted each...

Page 27: ...point in the recording for later use Press REC again to pause the recording This way the audio file on the card is not yet closed and the resume recording press REC again takes place immediately Press...

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Page 29: ...next or previous marker Press and hold or to fast forward or fast rewind the audio Set a marker Place a marker on the starting point head of the desired audio sample by pressing MARK while playing or...

Page 30: ...les below have a line that starts halfway take1 than all the way through take2 and ends halfway take3 They show two fixed start markers and two user placed markers Example 1 Action Clip button slide b...

Page 31: ...placed markers A third marker is placed by pressing MARK The slide switch is pressed towards to go to the previous marker and then CLIP is pressed Result A clip is selected from the previous user plac...

Page 32: ...ted to be a clip will be sent as a file when FILE is selected The 2 digit display shows a number for each clip as they are ordered on the memory card e g a first clip selected from take 2 is called 1...

Page 33: ...ike a notebook This pairing is only required once as long as the Parrot is not paired to another device in the mean time Turn off the Parrot Press and hold the GO button while turning it back on until...

Page 34: ...when the mobile phone does not do that automatically Press Go to end pairing manually when this option does not exist in your phone NETW will light up green indicating a successful connection Press an...

Page 35: ...ake sure that the volume on the mobile phone is correct Use the keyboard on the GSM to make the desired connection Use and PLAY to insert items in the contribution see also chapter 5 for playing speci...

Page 36: ...odem function or in 2 stages using the object push function Modem 1 stage the selected file is sent directly into the studio s fileserver All required settings are pre programmed in the user settings...

Page 37: ...y transmitted Transfer successful The FILE light will light up steady and NETW will blink green slowly Transfer failed The FILE light will blink and NETW will blink red slowly Press the GO button one...

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Page 39: ...card and can be used as such when the Parrot is switched on The PC can be seen as an audio input towards the headphones on the Parrot with this audio card functionality So while editing some audio on...

Page 40: ...is switched off The file explorer on the PC will show all recordings as separate audio files you can use for further editing emailing etc 7 3 Insert memory card in PC You can also insert the memory ca...

Page 41: ...ontents should look like this Software version 295 003 settings What bitrate profile should be used number 0 7 0 48Kb s 24kHz Mpeg 2 0 Layer 3 1 48Kb s 48kHz Mpeg 1 0 Layer 3 2 64Kb s 44kHz Mpeg 1 0 L...

Page 42: ...the originator max 32 characters bwf_orig_reference Time and date Time is in 24h format HH MM SS Date is in DD MM YY format remove these lines completely if you don t want to modify this setting time...

Page 43: ...le Transfer Profile select 1 or 0 A take is sent to the memory of the mobile phones when 1 Object Push Profile OBEX is selected and the user turns on FILE during operation A take is sent directly to t...

Page 44: ...These fields allow you to send along extra information in the header of each audio file also entered in the recordings on the SD card Set Time and Date time HH MM SS 24 hour clock date DD MM YY e g ti...

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Page 46: ...46 2007 Parrot ANNEX 1 ANALOG OVERVIEW The following drawing gives an indication of all audio paths inputs outputs and controls...

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Page 48: ...wer software version simply put the update dat file on the memory card and insert it in the Parrot When the Parrot recognizes the upgrade to be valid it will show the upgrade progress as 1 to 7 LEDs i...

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Page 50: ...on the PC but only for about 2 minutes Possible solutions The Parrot has an old bootloader version which needs to be upgraded by You Com in Delft Problem Parrot does not pair Bluetooth with a mobile...

Page 51: ...ontrol at 100 33 5 dBu 44 dBu 54 dBu 9 0 dBu 1 5 dBu 11 2 dBu Input stage sensitivity adjustment 6 steps Input impedance 2 kOhm MIC or 200 kOhm LINE Signal to noise ratio MIC 70 dB LINE 75 dB Phones O...

Page 52: ...sleeve Analog ground Connector type Female RCA Cinch asymmetrical Nominal level 2 Vtt 1 kOhm General Batteries 4xAA 2700mAh NiMH battery pack Battery life 10 hrs typical Charging time unit off 10 hrs...

Page 53: ...d 25 clip 23 30 button 19 unselect all 20 date 44 erase all markers 20 erase memory card 20 fast forward 29 rewind 29 FILE 22 37 file transfer 10 called number 43 initialization string 43 prefix 44 fr...

Page 54: ...22 phones level 26 PLAY 22 23 play button 19 play pause 22 prev button 19 pushbuttons 19 quick start 7 rear 12 REC 23 rec button 19 RECORD 22 recorder settings 42 recording 8 25 LIVE 15 rev button 19...

Page 55: ...2005 Parrot 55 unbalanced 12 14 unselect all clips 20 USB connector 12 USB audio input 16 user definable 41 42 user settings 41 visual feedback 22 XLR connector 13...

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