Sonifex COURIER, User Handbook Manual

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Chapter 2 - Introduction
Courier User Handbook 2-5
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The backlit LCD light can be switched on to illuminate the front panel.
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On either side of the RECORD and REC PAUSE switches are two raised bars
to help you locate the switches.
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The PLAY button has raised bars on either side of it to aid location.
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The MARK button has a raised node on the front so that it can be identified.
2.4. Identification of parts
The Courier portable recorder is a compact, light-weight, solid state recorder for
use by journalists and sound recordists.
All the operational controls have been placed on the front panel for ease of access,
split into five groups :
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The four buttons on the left are for power on/off, battery and disk time
remaining indicators, LCD backlight on/off, and the monitor button.
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The record and record pause sliding switches.
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The transport buttons are along the front of the machine and are instantly
recognisable for pause, rewind, play, fast-forward, stop and mark.
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To the right of the LCD, the up and down menu keys, together with an enter
key.
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On the far right, the left and right input level controls are ganged, so that they
can be moved simultaneously, or separately.
The back-lit graphical LCD provides varying information depending on the task
being undertaken : recording, playing, editing or checking cut durations, etc.
The audio connections are on the right hand side (from the front view) of the
machine, together with the headphone socket and volume control.
The PCMCIA slot is on the left hand side with a large orange eject button. The
RS232, USB and ISDN port and mains power input socket are also on this side.
The top surface of the machine is split into three areas :
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The speaker is mounted on the left hand side of the machine.
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The controls for editing are in the centre of the top panel, at the front with the
scrub wheel to the right.
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The third area is for the input selection switches which are in the centre of the
top surface
On the bottom (base) of the machine are two connectors for clipping in the carry
strap of the recorder.