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STREAM
User Guide
17
rev
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folder. If you have more than 8 levels, the additional levels will be recognized by the Stream as
level 8.
If you also put files in the root of the $VR folder, those files will only be listed at the Book
level of the 2/8 rotation.
Note: Multi-level bookshelves are not mandatory. If you choose not to organize books at multiple
subfolder levels, you can just browse the bookshelf with keys
4
and
6
to navigate at the Book
level.
3.8
User Guide
— Key 1 (Press and hold)
You can access the built-in user guide at any time by pressing and holding key
1
. Press and hold
key
1
again to exit.
3.9
Delete Function
— Key 3
When browsing bookshelves you can delete an entire book by pressing key
3
. For Talking Books
and Other Books this will delete the entire subfolder containing the book. For Podcasts, and Text
files the Delete book function removes the single book file. While Browsing or playing the files in
the All Music book, you can press key
3
to delete a single file. You may not however delete a
playlist. While browsing the Notes book you can press key
3
to delete a single Note file. Press
key
3
to delete the selected item and Stream will ask you to confirm. Press
Confirm
to delete or
any other key to cancel deletion.
3.10
Playing and Copying Books from USB Flash Drives
You may create the $VR bookshelf folders on an external USB flash drive and store books in the
folders in which case they will be added to the Stream bookshelf list for playback. You may also
copy DAISY and NISO as well as MP3 books from an external USB flash drive to the SD card. To
do so, attach the USB flash drive to the Stream using the short USB cable provided with your
Stream. Navigate to the USB book. Once the book is open, press key
3
to start the copying
process. The percentage progress of the copy will be announced. The copying process can be
cancelled at any time by pressing the
Star
key. You can play or copy USB flash media only when
the Stream is operating on battery power because the USB port cannot be connected to a power
outlet and the flash media at the same time so be sure your battery has a good charge before
copying the USB book.
3.11
Where am I?
— Key 5
The
Where am I
key will announce your reading position without interrupting the reading process.
Depending on the book type, Stream will announce one or more of the page and heading
numbers, section title, or file name. For Music, it will announce current folder and file names and
the file times. For Talking books, Other Books, Audible, Podcasts and Notes it will announce the
percentage of the book or note played as well as individual file times. For text files, it will
announce the percentage of the file played. Reading will resume once this information has been
announced. For talking books, the time remaining in the section will also be announced. For most
books, this translates as the time remaining in the current chapter. Note that time information is
not always available.
3.11.1
Where am I tag information
For mp3 and mp4 files, if you press
Where am I
(key
5
) twice, the Stream will announce ID3 tags
data. If you don't want to hear all the tags, press
Play
to interrupt and resume playback.
