background image

Creating and playing self-
executable fi le

You can play the created fi le 
independently without the Digital 
Voice Management software.
1.  Highlight a recorded fi le, click 

.

2.  Select the destination folder 

from the pop up window and 
click 

Save

.

3.  Go to the destination folder 

and double-click the created 
fi le.

4. Click 

Play

 to start playback. 

Adjust the volume on the 
right.

General controls

WARNING:

 TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRICAL 

SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO 
RAIN OR MOISTURE.

FCC information

This device complies with Part 15 of the 
FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the 
following two conditions: (1) This device 
may not cause harmful interference, 
and (2) this device must accept any 
interference received, including 
interference that may cause undesired 
operation. 

This equipment has been tested and 
found to comply with the limits for 
a Class B digital device, pursuant to 
Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits 
are designed to provide reasonable 
protection against harmful interference 
in a residential installation. This 
equipment generates, uses, and can 
radiate radio frequency energy and, if 
not installed and used in accordance 
with the instructions, may cause harmful 
interference to radio communications. 

However, there is no guarantee 
that interference will not occur in a 
particular installation. If this equipment 
does cause harmful interference to 
radio or television reception, which 
can be determined by turning the 
equipment off and on, the user is 
encouraged to try to correct the 
interference by one or more of the 
following measures:
•   Reorient or relocate the receiving 

antenna.

•   Increase the separation between 

the equipment and receiver.

•   Connect the equipment into an 

outlet on a circuit different from 
that to which the receiver is 
connected.

Service information

This product should be serviced only by 
those specially trained in appropriate 
servicing techniques.  For instructions on 
how to obtain service, refer to the war-
ranty included in this user manual.

For your records

In the event that service should be 
required, you may need the model 
number and the serial number.  In the 
space below, record the date and place 
of purchase and the serial number:
Model No.: 
Date of Purchase: 
Place of Purchase: 
Serial No.:

•   Consult the dealer or an 

experienced radio/TV technician for 
help.

Changes or modifi cations not expressly 
approved by the party responsible 
for compliance could void the user’s 
authority to operate the equipment. 

user 

manual

manual de usuario

EN/F

It is important to read this instruction prior to using your new product for the fi rst time.

Es importante leer este manual antes de usar por vez primera su equipo.

VR5230

v1.0 (EN/F) 

RCA

DTA800A

RCA

VR5230

This Class B digital apparatus complies 
with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe 
B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 
du Canada.

The descriptions and characteristics 
given in this document are given as a 
general indication and not as a guar-
antee. In order to provide the highest 
quality product possible, we reserve 
the right to make any improvement or 
modifi cation without prior notice. 

Maintenance 

Clean the unit with a soft cloth, or 
a damp chamois leather. Never use 
solvents.

Precautions for the unit

• 

Do not use the unit immediately 
after transportation from a 
cold place to a warm place; 
condensation problem may be 
resulted.

• 

Avoid shock to the unit especially 
during recording. Recorded data 
can be damaged.

• 

Do not store the unit near fi re, 
places with high temperature or 
places with direct sunlight. 

• 

Do not operate or store unit 
in places with frequent static 
electricity or electrical noise (e.g. 
speaker, TV set).

• 

Clean the unit with a soft cloth or 
a damp chamois leather. Never use 
solvents.

• 

The unit must only be opened by 
qualifi ed personnel.

•    Do not expose this appliance to 

rain or moisture.

Important battery 
precautions

• 

Any battery may present a risk of 
fi re, explosion, or chemical burn 
if abused. Do not try to charge a 
battery that is not intended to be 
recharged, do not incinerate, and 
do not puncture.

• 

Non-rechargeable batteries, such as 
alkaline batteries, may leak if left 
in your product for a long period 
of time. Remove the batteries from 
the product if you are not going to 
use it for a month or more.

• 

If your product uses more than 
one battery, do not mix types 
and make sure they are inserted 
correctly. Mixing types or inserting 
incorrectly may cause them to leak.

• 

Discard any leaky or deformed 
battery immediately. They may 
cause skin burns or other personal 
injury.

• 

Please help to protect the 
environment by recycling or 
disposing of batteries according 
to federal, state, and local 
regulations.

Power Supply

• 

(battery power) 2 x “AAA”

ESD Remark:

 In case of misfunction 

due to electrostatic discharge just reset 
the product (disconnect and reconnect 
of the power source may be required) 
to resume normal operation.

Before you begin

Unpacking your player

You should have the following:
•  one voice recorder
•   one user manual
•  one quick start guide
•  One USB extension cable
•  One carrying case
•  Two AAA size batteries

Installing batteries

This player can be operated by 2 
“AAA” batteries (included).
1.  Slide the battery compartment 

door to open. 

2.  Insert the two supplied 

“AAA” batteries with 
polarities matching 
indications.

3.  Replace the battery 

compartment door. 

Refer to the battery level indicator 
on display for batteries level. 

Replace with new batteries when 
the indicator is empty.

Auto power shut down

The player will be automatically 
turned off if left idle for three 
minutes.

Using earphones and 
external microphone

•   When earphones are 

connected, sound output from 
speaker will be muted. 

•   When external microphone 

is connected, no record 
can be made from built-in 
microphone.

Player on/off

Press 

on

   to turn on the player. 

Press 

off

   to turn off the player.

 

Keys lock

To avoid accidental key activation, 
slide the key lock selector toward 
the lock icon ( ) to lock the keys. 
Reverse the step to unlock them.

Display

Display messages

The messages show at the bottom of the display during operation. Refer 
to the below for their meanings:  

Setting day and time

With day and time set, you can 
always read on the display the 
recording date and time of your 
recorded messages. Normal 
recording is still possible without 
setting. However, no correct 
recording date and time can 
be referenced in your recorded 
messages.

To set the date and time:

1. Press 

on

 

 

to turn on the 

player.

2.  In stop mode, 

press and hold 

info/menu

 for 

about 2 seconds 
and then release 
the button. The 
fi rst menu item 

FOLDER

 

fl ashes on the display. 

3. Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly 

until 

YY

 fl ashes on the 

display.

4.  Press 

/

 or 

Vol +

/

 to 

adjust the value (default year: 
2009) and then press 

info/

menu 

to confi rm.

•  If day and time have not been 

set previously, the player goes 
to step 4 automatically after 
turn on.

Basic operations

Selecting folders and fi les

To select folders:

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 fl ashes on 

the display.

2. Press  /

 or 

VOL 

+

/

 to select a specifi c folder 

(A/B/C/D).

3.  Press   .

To select fi les:

1.  Select the folder you need.
2.  Press 

/

 to select 

the fi le you want. 

•  If the fi le you want is 

in the current folder, 
you can press 

/

 to select 

it directly in both stop and 
play modes.

Basic playback

To play back recorded fi les:

1.  Select a folder and a fi le.
2.  Press   to start playback.
3.  Press   to pause playback, 

press again to resume.

4.  You can press 

Vol

 

+/–

 to 

adjust listening volume.

5.  Press and hold 

 or 

 to 

make quick search within a 
fi le. 

•  Quick search skips by second 

within the fi rst minute of 
a recording. After that, the 
search skips by minute. To 
resume searching by second, 
release the button once and 
then press and hold 

 or 

 

again.

6. Press   or 

 once to skip 

one fi le forward or backward.

7.  Press   to stop playback.

To display fi le Information:

Press 

info/menu

 repeatedly to 

show various information of the 
current fi le: 
•  Current clock time
•  Record date of current fi le
•  Record time of current fi le
•  Bookmark (if available) of 

current location

•  Remaining record time
•  Elapsed play time (during 

playback)

/

 or 

Vol +

/

  

/

 or 

Vol +

/

  

/

 or 

Vol +

/

  

/

 or 

Vol +

/

  

Press 

info/menu

Press 

info/menu 

to confi rm and 

exit settings. 

Bookmark

To create bookmarks:

•   Once   is pressed (refer to 

step 4 in the section “Editing 
mode”), the bookmark icon 
fl ashes and a newly created 
bookmark number shows on 
the display.

•   You can create up to 29 

bookmarks in a fi le. When 
the maximum limit is reached, 

FULL

 will be shown. 

•  The minimum interval 

between bookmarks is 3 
seconds.

To skip to a bookmark anytime 
during playback:

1.  During playback, press 

  

to go to the bookmark (if 
available).

2.  Press 

 again to go to the 

next bookmark.

Recording

Setting recording mode

Manual Recording

1.  While playback is stopped, 

select a destination folder 
(A/B/C/D) (refer to “Basic 
operations”).

2.  Press   to start recording. 

(recording time will be 
displayed once you press the 
button)

3.  To pause recording, press   

once, press again to resume 
recording.

4.  To stop recording, press   .

AVR (Automatic Voice 
Recording)

This feature allows the player to 
sense sound and to record only 
when you are speaking into the 
microphone. When dictation stops 
for about three seconds, recording 
will pause and then start again 
automatically when you resume 
dictation. 
1.  While playback is stopped, 

select a destination folder 
(A/B/C/D) (refer to “Basic 
operations”).

2.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 

menu item 

FOLDER

 fl ashes on 

the display. 

3. Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly until 

AVR

 fl ashes on 

the display.

4.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

 to select between 

AVR ON

 and 

AVR OFF.

5.  Press   to exit the player 

menu.

6.  Press   to enter AVR mode.
7.  Start dictation. Recording 

starts automatically.

8.  During AVR 

recording, adjust 
the sensitivity of 
the microphone by pressing 

Vol +/–

SEN

 with sensitivity 

level will show on display (e.g. 
increase sensitivity level when 
recording source is far from 
the player or the recording 
environment is quiet). 

9. Press   to end AVR recording.
•  Repeat step 2-5 and select 

AVR OFF

 for de-selection.

•  During recording, the 

recording indicator 
lights. When in AVR 
standby mode or when 
recording is paused, the 
recording indicator fl ashes.

•   You can record up to 99 

fi les in one folder, not 
exceeding 396 fi les in total. 
When the maximum limit 
is reached, 

FULL

 will be 

shown.

• The 

fi rst syllable or two 

may be lost when you 
start recording because 
this ‘sound’ is used to turn 
on the AVR feature. It is 
a good practice to make 
some ‘sounds’ or say a short 
word to activate the AVR 
before you begin actual 
dictation.

•   To view the remaining 

time and other recording 
information, press 

info/

menu

 repeatedly during 

recording.

Setting recording quality

To select among three 
recording qualities (default 
is SP): 

Defi nition:
• 

LP (Long Play)

 – allows 

about 404 hours recording. 
Recording format: .voc

•  

SP (Standard Play)

 – allows 

about 70 hours recording. 
Recording format: .voc 

•  

HQ (High Quality)

 – allows 

about 34 hours recording. 
Recording format: .wav

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 fl ashes on 

the display. 

2. Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly until  

LP

SP 

or

 

HQ 

shows on the 
display.

3.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

– 

to select among 

LP

,

 

SP 

and

 HQ.

4.  Press   to exit the player 

menu. 

Setting recording 
condition

To select between two 
recording conditions (default 
is DICT):

Defi nition: 
•  

CONF (Conference)

 – in a 

more open area and recording 
source is far from the player. 

•  

DICT (Dictation)

 – in a more 

enclosed area and recording 
source is close to the player.

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 

fl ashes on 

the display. 

2.  Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly until 

DICT

 or 

CONF 

fl ashes on the 
display.

3.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

– 

to select between 

DICT 

and

 CONF

.

4.  Press   to exit the player 

menu. 

•   For conferences, to 

obtain optimum 
recording quality, 
place the recorder with the 
microphone freely exposed 
to the sound source as 
close as convenient. A 
built-in automatic recording 
level control will set the 
optimum record level during 
manual recording. Avoid 
recording near unwanted 
noise sources, such as air 
conditioners or fans.

•  If power supplied from 

the battery fails suddenly 
(e.g. batteries are removed 
accidentally) during 
recording, the recoding in 
progress will be interrupted. 
The recorded fi le may also 
be corrupted and cannot be 
played back. 

Erasing fi les and bookmarks

•  File numbers that 

come after erased one 
will be moved forward 
by one automatically.

• Press  to cancel erasing all 

fi les. The undeleted fi les 
are saved automatically.

•  Formatting the internal 

memory may be required 
when encountering 
compatability problem, etc.

•  You may also format the 

player when connected to 
a PC (by right-clicking on 
the player’s drive name or 
letter and select “Format” 
from the menu). Make sure 
you select FAT or FAT32 as 
the fi le system. 

Advanced operations

Cut

To erase unwanted parts from 
the current fi le:

1.  Start playback of the desired 

fi le.

2.  Press 

x

 to mark the start of 

the unwanted part, 

CUT-S

 

shows on display.

 
3.  Press 

x

 to mark the end of 

the unwanted part, 

CUT-E

 

shows on display.

 
4.  Press 

x

 again to confi rm 

cutting within 3 seconds. 
Otherwise, the cutting 
operation will be canceled. 

•  You may also press   to cancel 

the cutting operation. 

•  Do not power off the player if 

WAIT

 

appears on the display. 

•   Insert, Append and 

Cut will only update 
the recorded time 
length, without changing 
recording time and date.

•   All bookmarks will be 

deleted after Insert, 
Append or Cut is 
performed.

Computer system 
requirements

•   PC with Windows Vista

TM

 or 

Windows® XP (Service Pack 1 
or higher) or Windows® 2000 
(Service Pack 3 or higher). 
MAC OS is NOT supported.

•   20MB free hard disk space for 

software

•   USB port 1.1 or 2.0
•   Installed sound card

Connecting to computer

Connect the player before launch-
ing the Digital Voice Manager.
1.  Extend the USB connector on 

the player and connect it to 
your computer’s USB port.

2.  

PCLINK

 shows on the player’s 

display. The player appears 
as a removable drive in your 
computer.

Installing Digital Voice 
Manager

1.  Connect the player with the 

computer as instructed in the 
previous section.

2. The fi rst time you connect 

the player to your computer, 
the Digital Voice Manager 
application will start 
installation automatically. 
Follow the instructions on the 
screen for installation. 

•  If the installation does not 

start automatically, open 

My 

Computer

 and double-click 

the player driver icon. Then 
double-click 

rcaDVM_setup

 

to start the installation.

•  If RCA Detective feature is 

selected during installation, 
the Digital Voice Manager 
application will open 
automatically once you 
connect the player to your 
computer.

•   When the player 

is in Menu mode, 
during playback or 
recording, a connection 
between the player and 
the computer will not be 
established. Quit the above 
modes before connecting to 
the computer.

•   Data transfer is possible 

even if no batteries are 
installed in the player.

•   Do not disconnect the USB 

connection during fi les 
transfer.

•  The Digital Voice Manager 

software can also be 
downloaded from  

www.rcaaudiovideo.com

.

Connecting to computer

Using Digital Voice Manager

The RCA Digital Voice Manager 
can perform playback, organize 
your bookmarks of the recorded 
fi les and create self-executable 
voice fi le from the recorded fi les.

Launching the software

1.  To launch the software, click 

Start

, select 

All Programs

select 

RCA Digital Voice 

Recorder

, then select 

RCA 

Digital Voice Manager

.

•  If RCA Detective feature is 

selected during installation 
of Digital Voice Manager, 
the application will open 
automatically once you 
connect the player to your 
computer.

2.  All the drives in the computer 

except the removable Digital 
Voice Recorder are shown in 
the top while the removable 
Digital Voice Recorder is 
shown in the bottom.

Playback and editing 
operations

1.  To organize your fi les, click 

the corresponding buttons to 
cut, delete, copy and paste a 
fi le (or by drag and drop).

2.  To play the recorded fi les, 

highlight the fi le and click the 

PLAY/PAUSE

 button on the 

left of the toolbar. 

All drives in 
the computer

Removable 
Digital Voice 
Recorder

3.  Adjust the volume on the 

right of the toolbar.

•   Click the corresponding 

buttons in the toolbar to fast 
backward/forward, skip to a 
specifi c time in the fi le and 
stop playback of a recorded 
fi le. 

•   To adjust the playback speed, 

click 

Normal Speed

 and 

select desired speed from the 
pull down menu.

4.  To skip to a bookmark, select 
 

Play

 from the menu at 

the top, then select 

Goto 

Bookmark

 and select your 

desired bookmark.

•   To edit bookmarks, click the 

corresponding buttons to add 
or clear the bookmarks.

cut          paste

copy        delete

play/pause    skip forward   stop   clear bookmark

    skip backward                            add bookmark

skip to a 

specifi c time

adjust volume

Creating wave fi le

Self-executable fi le may be 
blocked by some e-mail fi lters. 
When recordings are made in 

LP

 

or 

SP

 quality, you may select to 

create wave fi le if you want to 
send your recorded messages by 
e-mail.
1.  Highlight a recorded fi le, click 

.

2.  Select the destination folder 

from the pop up window and 
click 

Save

.

3.  The created fi le could be 

found in the destination 
folder.

Transfer fi les with Digital 
Voice Manager

Your player is associated with 
a drive letter. You can drag the 
voice fi les you want to transfer 
to your player to the A/B/C/D 
folder in the drive. 

Your fi les can be found in these 
folders in the player once it is 
disconnected from the computer.

You can also drag the voice fi les 
you want to transfer from the 
A/B/C/D folder in the drive to your 
computer. 

Do not rename, delete 
and transfer (drag-and-
drop) voice fi les to your 
player directly in Windows 
Explorer. Use the Digital Voice 
Manager to rename, delete 
and transfer voice fi les.

Using your player as a fi le  
storage device

The player can function as a 
detachable data storage device. 
You can take along your favorite 
pictures and documents wherever 
you go. Simply cut-and-paste or 
drag-and-drop fi les to or from it 
via USB connection, the player will 
appear as a removable drive in 
Windows

Disconnecting from computer

After you have copied fi les to 
or from the player, you can 
disconnect the player from the 
computer. 
1.  Click the     icon from the 

System Tray and select 

Unplug or Eject hardware

Select the drive corresponding 
to your player.

2. The 

Stop a Hardware player

 

screen will appear. Select the 
player to be stopped again 
for confi rmation and click 

OK

.

3.  Now you can disconnect the 

player from the computer. 
If you want to go back to 
USB mode for fi le transfer 
at this stage, you need to 
unplug and connect the 
player to the PC again.  

Player doesn’t turn on

•   Check that batteries are properly 

inserted and not exhausted. 

•  Make sure battery compartment 

door is properly closed.

•   Make sure LOCK function is not 

activated.

Display keeps fl ashing when 
player is off

•   You may not have set the time. 

Refer to section “Setting date 
and time”. 

 

Cannot record

•   Make sure LOCK function is not 

activated.

•   Make sure memory is not full.
•   You have recorded 99 fi les in one 

folder. Try record in a new folder.

•  You may have formatted the 

player with incorrect fi le system 
(e.g. NTFS or MAC format). 
Refer to section “Erasing fi les 
and bookmarks” and format the 
player again.

Incorrect recording date and 
time during playback

•   You may have not set the date 

and time before recording. Refer 
to section “Setting date and 
time”.

No sound from speaker during 
playback

•   Make sure volume is not set to 0. 
•   Headphones should not be  

connected.

Cannot edit

•   Make sure 

PLAY ALL

 function is 

not activated.

Cannot activate the player after 
pressing on keys

•   Remove the batteries to reset the 

player.

Recordable time becomes shorter

•   You may have set the recording 

quality to ‘High Quality’, refer 
to section ‘Setting Recording 
Quality’.

•  Delete the Digital Voice Manager 

setup software from the player to 
free up more memory space.

Cannot perform playback

•   Make sure you have selected 

folder with recorded messages. 

•   Make sure LOCK function is not 

activated.

•  Make sure the fi le is playable, 

which must be of 8-bit PCM or 
designated RCA format. Other 
formats (e.g. mp3, wma) cannot 
be shown in the player for 
playback.

Cannot erase recorded fi le(s)

•   Make sure you follow each step 

under section “Erasing fi les and 
bookmarks” carefully.

Cannot stop recording when AVR 
ON

•   If AVR ON sensitivity is set to 

HIGH, recording may not be 
stopped in noisy environment. Try 
setting the sensitivity to LOW.

Cannot keep the saved setting

•   If the batteries are removed, 

saved settings may be removed.

Cannot open recorded fi les in the 
computer.

•   You must use the provided DVM 

software to open the fi les.

•   To download the software, go to 

www.rcaaudiovideo.com

•  On a Mac computer, only .WAV 

fi le on the player can be played 
directly via application such as 
Quicktime.

DVM software cannot work  
properly with other RCA Digital 
Voice Recorders.
• 

You must use the designated 
DVM software for different RCA 
Digital Voice Recorder models. 
Go to www.rcaaudiovideo.com to 
download the correct software. 

Troubleshooting tips

To access the player menu:

Press and hold 

info/menu

 for 

about 2 seconds and then release 
the button. The fi rst menu item 

FOLDER

 

fl ashes on the display. 

To change settings in the 
menu:

1.  In the player menu, press 

info/menu

 repeatedly to view 

the following menu items:

 

Folder (A/B/C/D)  

 
 

Record conditions (DICT/CONF)

 
 

Record quality (LP/SP/HQ)

 
 AVR 

(on/off)

 
 

Playback speed (FAST/SLOW)

 
 

Playback mode (one/all)

 
 Tone 

(on/off)

 
 Year
 

Player menu

 Day 

(month/day) 

 
 

12/24 hour time

 
 Time 

(hour/minute)

 
 

Exit player menu

2. Press  /

 or 

VOL +

/

 to 

make selections or adjust 
values.

3. Press   to confi rm your 

selection and exit setting. 

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5.  After year is set, you will then 

be guided to set month, day, 
12/24 hour display, hour and 
minute. Follow the operations 
in step 4 for settings.

Turn off the player fi rst 
before replacing batteries. 
If power interruption 
exceeds 20 seconds, date and 
time have to be set again.

Warranty information

12 Month Limited Warranty
Applies to RCA Audio/Video Products

• 

AUDIOVOX ELECTRONICS CORP. (the 
Company) warrants to the original 
retail purchaser of this product 
that should this product or any 
part thereof, under normal use and 
conditions, be proven defective in 
material or workmanship within 
12 months from the date of 
original purchase, such defect(s) 
will be repaired or replaced with 
reconditioned product (at the 
Company’s option) without charge 
for parts and repair labor.

• 

To obtain repair or replacement 
within the terms of this Warranty, 
the product is to be delivered with 
proof of warranty coverage (e.g. 
dated bill of sale), specifi cation of 
defect(s), transportation prepaid, to 
the Company at the address shown 
below.

• 

This Warranty does not extend 
to the elimination of externally 
generated static or noise, to 
correction of antenna problems, 
loss/interruptions of broadcast or 
internet service, to costs incurred for 
installation, removal or reinstallation 
of product, to corruptions caused 
by computer viruses, spyware or 
other malware, to loss of media, 
fi les, data or content, or to 
damage to tapes, discs, removable 
memory devices or cards, speakers, 
accessories, computers, computer 
peripherals, other media players, 
home networks or vehicle electrical 
systems.

• 

This Warranty does not apply to 
any product or part thereof which, 
in the opinion of the Company, 
has suffered or been damaged 
through alteration, improper 
installation, mishandling, misuse, 
neglect, accident, or by removal 
or defacement of the factory 
serial number/bar code label(s). 
THE EXTENT OF THE COMPANY’S 
LIABILITY UNDER THIS WARRANTY 
IS LIMITED TO THE REPAIR OR 
REPLACEMENT PROVIDED ABOVE 
AND, IN NO EVENT, SHALL THE 
COMPANY’S LIABILITY EXCEED 
THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID BY 
PURCHASER FOR THE PRODUCT.

• 

This Warranty is in lieu of all other 
express warranties or liabilities. ANY 
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING 
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF 
MERCHANTABILITY, SHALL BE 
LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF 
THIS WRITTEN WARRANTY. ANY 
ACTION FOR BREACH OF ANY 
WARRANTY HEREUNDER INCLUDING 
ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF 
MERCHANTABILITY MUST BE 
BROUGHT WITHIN A PERIOD OF 24 
MONTHS FROM DATE OF ORIGINAL 
PURCHASE. IN NO CASE SHALL THE 
COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY 
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL 
DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF THIS OR 
ANY OTHER WARRANTY. No person 
or representative is authorized 
to assume for the Company any 
liability other than expressed herein 
in connection with the sale of this 
product.

• 

Some states do not allow 
limitations on how long an implied 
warranty lasts or the exclusion 
or limitation of incidental or 
consequential damage so the 
above limitations or exclusions may 
not apply to you. This Warranty 
gives you specifi c legal rights and 
you may also have other rights 
which vary from state to state.

How to make a warranty claim:

• 

If your product is capable of 
storing content (such as an mp3 
player, digital voice recorder, etc), it 
is recommended to make periodic 
backup copies of content stored 
on the product. If applicable, 
before shipping a product, make 
a back up copy of content or data 
stored on the device. Also, it is 
advisable to remove any personal 
content which you would not want 
exposed to others. IT IS LIKELY 
THAT CONTENTS AND DATA ON 
THE DEVICE WILL BE LOST DURING 
SERVICE AND REFORMATTING. 
AUDIOVOX ACCEPTS NO LIABILITY 
FOR LOST CONTENT OR DATA, 
OR FOR THE SECURITY OF ANY 
PERSONAL CONTENT OR DATA ON 
THE RETURNED DEVICE. Product 
will be returned with factory 
default settings, and without 
any pre-loaded content which 
may have been installed in the 
originally purchased products.  
Consumer will be responsible 
for reloading data and content. 
Consumer will be responsible to 

restore any personal preference 
settings. 

• 

Properly pack your unit. Include 
any remotes, memory cards, cables, 
etc. which were originally provided 
with the product. However 
DO NOT return any removable 
batteries, even if batteries 
were included with the original 
purchase. We recommend using 
the original carton and packing 
materials.

• 

Include evidence of purchase date 
such as the bill of sale. Also print 
your name and address and a 
description of the defect. Send via 
standard UPS or its equivalent to:

 

Audiovox Electronics Corp.

 

Attn: Service Department.

 

150 Marcus Blvd.  

 

Hauppauge N.Y. 11788

 1-877-833-3491

•   Insure your shipment for loss or 

damage. Audiovox accepts no 
liability in case of damage or loss 
en route to Audiovox.

•   Pay any charges billed to you by 

the Exchange Center for service 
not covered by the warranty.

•   A new or refurbished unit will be 

shipped to you freight prepaid.

What we will do:

Provide you with a new, or at our op-
tion, a refurbished unit. The exchange 
unit is under warranty for the remain-
der of the original product’s warranty 
period. 

For Canada Customers, please ship 
to:

Audiovox Return Centre
c/o Genco
6685 Kennedy Road,
Unit#3, Door 16,
Mississuaga, Ontario
L5T 3A5

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1.  USB connector – press the 

button on the back and then 
slide to extend or retreat the 
connector.

2. 

info/menu 

– press and hold 

to access the player menu. 
Press repeatedly to show 
information of current fi le.

3. 

on

 

 – 

turns on player, starts 

or pauses playback.

4. Recording indicator
5. Built-in microphone
6. +   / 

 

 – skips / searches 

backward or forward, selects / 
browses in the player menu.

7. 

off

   – turns off player, stops 

playback or recording. 

8.  Key lock selector
9.  External microphone jack
10. External earphones jack 
11. 

+ Vol –

 – adjusts volume, 

selects / browses in the player 
menu.

12.  , 

rec/bookmark

 – starts 

and pauses recording, inserts 
bookmarks.

13. 

x

erase

 – erases fi les, 

bookmarks or format memory.

14. Battery compartment door

Player controls

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2

3
4

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7

8

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10

11

12
13

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15

16
17

1. Folder (A/B/C/D)
2.  Recording in progress
3. File selected
4.  Total number of fi les in a 

folder

5.  Playback in progress
6.  Remaining time for recording
7. Recording date
8.  Area for displaying messages 

(refer to the next section)

9.  Battery level indicator

10. Key lock function activated
11. Bookmark
12. Recording  conditions
13. Playback  speed
14. Playback mode: play one or 

play all

15. Automatic voice recording 

activated

16. Recording  quality
17. Month (MM), Day (DD) and 

Year (YY) 

Erasing mode

To erase fi les or bookmarks, 
while playback is stopped:

1.  Press 

x

 once.

2.  Press 

/

 to select one of 

the erasing options:

•  Delete the current fi le (

DEL 

01

)

 
•  Delete all fi les in the current 

folder (

DEL AL

)

 
•  Format the memory of the 

player (

FORMAT

(Caution! 

All data inside the memory 
will be erased)

 
•  Delete all bookmarks in the 

current fi le (

DEL BK

 
3.  With one of the above 

options selected, press and 
hold 

x

 for about 3 seconds 

to confi rm your selection and 
start the deletion.

Play one/all

To play a specifi c fi le or all 
fi les in a folder:

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 fl ashes on 

the display.  

2. Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly until 

ONE

 

or

 

ALL

 

fl ashes on display. 

3.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

 to select 

between 

ONE

 and 

ALL

.

4. Press   to exit the player 

menu. 

•  If ONE is selected, the player 

will stop after the selected fi le 
is played. If ALL is selected, 
the player will stop after all 
fi les in a folder are played.

Tones

To activate or deactivate the 
beep sound when any key is 
pressed (except during play-
back and recording):

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 fl ashes on 

the display.  

2. Press 

info/

menu 

repeatedly 

until 

TONE

 or 

NOTONE 

shows 

on display. 

3.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

 to set beep sound 

ON/OFF.

4.  Press   to exit the player 

menu. 

Speed

To adjust the playback speed:

1.  Press and hold 

info/menu

 

for about 2 seconds and then 
release the button. The fi rst 
menu item 

FOLDER

 

fl ashes 

on the display.  

2. Press 

info/menu 

repeatedly until 

SPEED

 

shows on 

display. 

3.  Press 

/

 or 

VOL +

/

 to select 

among 

FAST

SLOW

 and 

no speed indication (normal 
speed).

4.  Press   to exit the player 

menu. 

•  The above operations can also 

be done during playback.

Editing 

CAUTION

•   The edit function does not 

operate when battery power 
is too low.

•   Make sure 

PLAY ALL

 fi les is 

not selected. Inserting new 
segments, adding appendix 
and cutting cannot be 
performed when 

PLAY ALL

 

fi les is selected.

•   After editing a message, 

WAIT

 

may be displayed. Do 

not power off the player until 

WAIT

 disappears. Otherwise, 

the memory which is 
rearranging could not be read 
or released until the player is 
formatted.

Editing mode

To insert bookmarks, new 
segments or appendix to a 
recorded fi le:

1.  Select the desired fi le and 

start playback.

2. Press   during playback to 

enter editing mode. Playback 
is paused.

3.  Press 

/

 to select one of 

the editing options:

•  Insert an interception point 

(bookmark) into the current 
fi le for quick reference (

ADD 

BK

)

 
•  Insert a new segment into the 

current fi le (

INSERT

)

 
•  Insert an appendix at the end 

of the current fi le (

APPEND

)

 
4.  With one of the above 

options selected, press 

 again to confi rm your 

selection and start the editing.

•  Refer to the following 

sections for details. 

Insert

To insert a new segment into 
the current fi le:

1.  Once   is pressed 

(refer to step 4 
in the section 
“Editing mode”), 
pause mode is 
released and 
the 

REC

 

icon shows. The 

recording of a new segment is 
started from where the pause 
mode is released.

2. Press   to stop the recording 

of new segment.

•  Do not power off the player if 

WAIT

 

appears on the display.

Append

To insert an appendix at the 
end of the current fi le:

1.  Once   is pressed (refer to 

step 4 in the section “Editing 
mode”), the 

REC

 icon shows 

and the recording of appendix 
is started.

2. Press   to stop the recording 

of the appendix.

•  Do not power off the player if 

WAIT

 

appears on the display.

 

12 HOUR
24 HOUR
ADD BK
APPEND
BATTLO
CUT-E
CUT-S
DEL 01
DEL AL
DEL BK
FORMAT
FULL
INSERT
LOCKED
NO BK MK
NO TONE
OFF
ON
PAUSE
PCLINK
SEN MI
SPEED
TONE
VOL 15
WAIT

12 hour time display mode
24 hour time display mode
Insert bookmark
Appendix (Adding Appendix)
Batteries are weak
Cut End (Cutting)
Cut Start (Cutting)
Delete the current fi le 
Delete all fi les in a folder
Delete all bookmarks in the current fi le
Format the memory
Memory full
Insertion (Inserting New Segments)
Key locked
No bookmark created in the current fi le
No beeping sound (Setting Beep Sound)
Off (Automatic Voice Recording)
On (Automatic Voice Recording)
Playback or recording is paused
Player is connected to the computer
Sensitivity Level (AVR)
Speed of playback
Beeping sound on (Setting Beep Sound)
Volume (Setting Volume)
Memory rearrangement/System is busy

Press 

info/menu

Press 

info/menu

Manufacturer/Responsible party

Audiovox Electronics Corp,
150 Marcus Blvd, Hauppauge, NY 11788
1-317-810-4880
(The English version serves as the fi nal 
reference  on all products and opera-
tional details should any discrepancies 
arise in other languages.)

To delete all bookmarks 
created in the current fi le: 

Refer to section “Erasing fi les and 
bookmarks”.

All drives in 
the computer

Removable 
Digital Voice 
Recorder

new bookmark 
number

bookmark 
icon

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