Pettersson M500 USB Ultrasound Microphone
INTRODUCTION
The M500 USB Ultrasound Microphone enables you to make high-quality, full spectrum recordings of bat calls or other
ultrasonic signals with a Windows tablet PC or laptop.
The M500 comes in a small and durable aluminium enclosure. It utilizes the same advanced electret microphone technology
as the well-known D500X detector and can be used both in directional and omnidirectional modes (with or without the
directional horn).
Low-noise technology, high sampling frequency and efficient anti-aliasing filter provide highest quality recordings.
The microphone comes with an easy-to-use Windows recording program, BatSound Touch Lite, that saves the recordings as
16 bit wav files. Real-time display of the waveform and the spectrogram as well as real-time monitoring of the bat calls are
also available. The program offers various triggering modes; manual and automatic, with or without pre-trigger, level
triggered or frequency triggered operation. BatSound Touch Lite can be downloaded from www.batsound.com.
BatSound Touch Lite, which is a special version of the BatSound Touch software with limited functionality, can only be
used with the M500, not with other sound devices. The full version of BatSound Touch, which can be purchased from
Pettersson Elektronik, offers full functionality.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Computer with Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10 operating system.
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Minimum 1 GB RAM
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Minimum 1.33 GHz quad core processor
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Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 (included in Windows 8/8.1/10)
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Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013*
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Internet access during installation (only for installing .NET Framework 4.5)
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USB 2 High-speed or USB 3 interface/host type with USB bus power (minimum 150 mA).
In order to reduce the load on the processor and increase the performance, we recommend you to:
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Close all other programs running on the computer, if possible
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Disable anti-virus scanning, if an anti-virus program is used.
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Disable computer functions such as WiFi, Bluetooth and certain Power Options ("Turn off the display after x
minutes" and "Put the computer to sleep after x minutes").
IMPORTANT! Do not plug the M500 into a USB port on your computer yet. The M500 software
and driver must be installed first! Please refer to the BatSound Touch User Manual for more
information. The User Manual is available as a pdf file on the USB memory stick that comes with
the M500.
* Included in the BatSound Touch Lite installation package
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE
1. Download BatSound Touch Lite from www.batsound.com and run the file "BatSoundTouchInstaller32.exe".
2. Accept the Security Warning and click "Run".
3. Read the license agreement and check the box "I agree to the license terms and conditions" to confirm that you agree and
click Install.
4. If a User Account Control window appears, click Yes.
5. The installation now begins. If Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) is not already installed on your system, a
dialog box will open. Read the Microsoft Software License Terms and check the box "I agree to the license terms and
conditions" to confirm that you agree and click Install. When it is completed, press Close to finish the installation of
BatSound Touch.
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