VN-180 Instructions (English)
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DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER VN-180 VN-90 Instruction Always do a test recording to avoid recording problems.
DIGITAL VOICE RECORDER VN-180 VN-90 Instruction Always do a test recording to avoid recording problems.
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... Identification 3 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD 4 Installing the Batteries 5 Clock Adjustment 5 Changing the Batteries 6 BASIC OPERATIONS 7 Recording (REC 7 Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE 8 Playback (PLAY 8 Playback-Pause (PAUSE 9 Fast Playback 9 Fast Forward/Fast Reverse 10 Forward... Actuator) (VCVA REC) .... 17 Hold (HOLD 18 Checking Remaining Recording Time (Remaining Memory Capacity 18 Power Save 18 ENTERING OPTIONS MODE 19 Recording Mode (MODE) Setting 19 Microphone Sensitivity (MIC) Setting 19 VCVA Recording (VCVA REC) Setting 20 Alarm (ALARM) Setting/Cancellation 20 Schedule...
... Identification 3 Liquid Crystal Display (LCD 4 Installing the Batteries 5 Clock Adjustment 5 Changing the Batteries 6 BASIC OPERATIONS 7 Recording (REC 7 Recording-Pause (REC PAUSE 8 Playback (PLAY 8 Playback-Pause (PAUSE 9 Fast Playback 9 Fast Forward/Fast Reverse 10 Forward... Actuator) (VCVA REC) .... 17 Hold (HOLD 18 Checking Remaining Recording Time (Remaining Memory Capacity 18 Power Save 18 ENTERING OPTIONS MODE 19 Recording Mode (MODE) Setting 19 Microphone Sensitivity (MIC) Setting 19 VCVA Recording (VCVA REC) Setting 20 Alarm (ALARM) Setting/Cancellation 20 Schedule...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING Parts Identification 1 B 2 3 4 5 A 0 9 6 8 7 C D E F GH 1 Liquid crystal display panel (LCD) 2 REC button 3 ERASE button 4 Fast Reverse ( ) button 5 MENU/FOLDER button 6 Speaker 7 Strap holes 8 Fast Forward ( ) button 9 VOLUME control 0 STOP button A PLAY button B Recording indicator (LED) C Battery cover D HOLD switch E Pocket Clip F Earphone jack (EAR) G Microphone jack (MIC) H Built-in microphone 3
BEFORE YOUR FIRST RECORDING Parts Identification 1 B 2 3 4 5 A 0 9 6 8 7 C D E F GH 1 Liquid crystal display panel (LCD) 2 REC button 3 ERASE button 4 Fast Reverse ( ) button 5 MENU/FOLDER button 6 Speaker 7 Strap holes 8 Fast Forward ( ) button 9 VOLUME control 0 STOP button A PLAY button B Recording indicator (LED) C Battery cover D HOLD switch E Pocket Clip F Earphone jack (EAR) G Microphone jack (MIC) H Built-in microphone 3
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 1 2 3 6 4 7 5 1 Current folder (A, B or S) 2 Voice-actuated recording indicator 3 Remaining battery power 4 Current message number, recording/playback/fast forward/fast reverse indicators 5 · Current date/time · Remaining memory (REMAIN) · Recording date/time (REC DATE) · Menu mode indicator · Remaining message time 6 Recording mode (SP: Standard Playback/LP: Long Playback) 7 Alarm 4
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 1 2 3 6 4 7 5 1 Current folder (A, B or S) 2 Voice-actuated recording indicator 3 Remaining battery power 4 Current message number, recording/playback/fast forward/fast reverse indicators 5 · Current date/time · Remaining memory (REMAIN) · Recording date/time (REC DATE) · Menu mode indicator · Remaining message time 6 Recording mode (SP: Standard Playback/LP: Long Playback) 7 Alarm 4
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... setting the date, press the STOP button to the polarity ( , ) indications and close the battery cover. 3 Time is displayed on the LCD and the voice recorder enters the clock adjustment mode. Clock Adjustment 1 1 Each time you press the STOP button during clock adjustment, the clock adjustment mode will not take effect...
... setting the date, press the STOP button to the polarity ( , ) indications and close the battery cover. 3 Time is displayed on the LCD and the voice recorder enters the clock adjustment mode. Clock Adjustment 1 1 Each time you press the STOP button during clock adjustment, the clock adjustment mode will not take effect...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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The [ ] mark in the LCD indicates that the voice recorder is displayed on the LCD, you can check the battery indicator by holding down the STOP ...the HOLD switch to the current time (see page 5). Adjust the clock to ON, turning the recorder power off. 1 When the [ ] mark is shown 1 on the LCD, indicating that the batteries are depleted and the voice... recorder cannot be operated. 2 After the batteries have been replaced, time is in the Stop mode, you should replace ...
The [ ] mark in the LCD indicates that the voice recorder is displayed on the LCD, you can check the battery indicator by holding down the STOP ...the HOLD switch to the current time (see page 5). Adjust the clock to ON, turning the recorder power off. 1 When the [ ] mark is shown 1 on the LCD, indicating that the batteries are depleted and the voice... recorder cannot be operated. 2 After the batteries have been replaced, time is in the Stop mode, you should replace ...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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...] is the SP mode (about 67 minutes of recording with the VN-180 or 33 minutes of recording with the VN-90). 3 Press the REC button. To change the recording mode, see page 11). 7 When the remaining recording time falls below 5 minutes, the elapsed recording time display switches to stop recording. Messages can be sorted by date. Each time...
...] is the SP mode (about 67 minutes of recording with the VN-180 or 33 minutes of recording with the VN-90). 3 Press the REC button. To change the recording mode, see page 11). 7 When the remaining recording time falls below 5 minutes, the elapsed recording time display switches to stop recording. Messages can be sorted by date. Each time...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... page 13). 2 Press the ( ) or ( ) button so that the LCD shows the correct message number to be played and its recording date/ time. 3 Press the PLAY button to resume recording. All recording will stop playback and enter the Stop mode. More than 2 seconds after the start Playback. Using the... Recording-Pause mode allows you to stop if the recorder is pressed during recording to enter the Recording-Pause mode. LCD display For the first 2 seconds of playback: The length of the message ...
... page 13). 2 Press the ( ) or ( ) button so that the LCD shows the correct message number to be played and its recording date/ time. 3 Press the PLAY button to resume recording. All recording will stop playback and enter the Stop mode. More than 2 seconds after the start Playback. Using the... Recording-Pause mode allows you to stop if the recorder is pressed during recording to enter the Recording-Pause mode. LCD display For the first 2 seconds of playback: The length of the message ...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... the PLAY button once during the Playback-Pause mode. 2 Press the PLAY button again to enter the Playback-Pause mode. Playback will stop if the recorder is pressed during playback to resume Playback. Fast Playback 1 1 Press and hold the PLAY button for more than normal playback speed. 2 Press the PLAY button...
... the PLAY button once during the Playback-Pause mode. 2 Press the PLAY button again to enter the Playback-Pause mode. Playback will stop if the recorder is pressed during playback to resume Playback. Fast Playback 1 1 Press and hold the PLAY button for more than normal playback speed. 2 Press the PLAY button...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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...starts at that point. Pressing and holding the ( ) or ( ) button for more than 1 second in the Stop mode enables you press the button, the recorder skips to the beginning of the next (or previous) message. When the end of message (with Fast Forward) or beginning of message (with Fast Reverse...) is reached, the recorder pauses (for about 1/2 second), then starts Fast Forward or Fast Reverse of the next or previous message (as long as the button is released, normal...
...starts at that point. Pressing and holding the ( ) or ( ) button for more than 1 second in the Stop mode enables you press the button, the recorder skips to the beginning of the next (or previous) message. When the end of message (with Fast Forward) or beginning of message (with Fast Reverse...) is reached, the recorder pauses (for about 1/2 second), then starts Fast Forward or Fast Reverse of the next or previous message (as long as the button is released, normal...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... all messages in folder [S] - Press the ERASE button within 4 seconds again to erase all messages in all folders are erased and the recorder is reset to erase all of the alternate display, the message erase or reset operation will be aborted and the LCD returns to their initial...2 Press the ERASE button again within four seconds of the start of the messages for a selected date - All messages in folder [S]. ✰ Resetting the recorder (CLEAR) 1 1 Hold the STOP button and press and hold the ERASE button for more than 4 seconds, the LCD shows [ALL] together with alternately ...
... all messages in folder [S] - Press the ERASE button within 4 seconds again to erase all messages in all folders are erased and the recorder is reset to erase all of the alternate display, the message erase or reset operation will be aborted and the LCD returns to their initial...2 Press the ERASE button again within four seconds of the start of the messages for a selected date - All messages in folder [S]. ✰ Resetting the recorder (CLEAR) 1 1 Hold the STOP button and press and hold the ERASE button for more than 4 seconds, the LCD shows [ALL] together with alternately ...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... for a date in the whole folder. When the number of messages in a folder reaches 100 or when the number of Folders 1 The voice recorder has three folders, [A], [B] and [S]. This will move the current message to conveniently check your messages (see page 16). Each folder can automatically play...1 second in the other folder ([A] to [B] or [B] to 15 messages on a given date and 100 messages in folder [S] reaches 15, recording is convenient for recording ordinary messages. In this case, [FULL] and [Message No.] blink to indicate this folder to the last position in the Stop mode, the...
... for a date in the whole folder. When the number of messages in a folder reaches 100 or when the number of Folders 1 The voice recorder has three folders, [A], [B] and [S]. This will move the current message to conveniently check your messages (see page 16). Each folder can automatically play...1 second in the other folder ([A] to [B] or [B] to 15 messages on a given date and 100 messages in folder [S] reaches 15, recording is convenient for recording ordinary messages. In this case, [FULL] and [Message No.] blink to indicate this folder to the last position in the Stop mode, the...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... during Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause operation. 14 The recorder enters the Stop mode. All messages recorded for the selected date will stop Recording. Messages in folder [S] cannot be played in the Stop mode, the recorder will be forward skipped or reverse skipped in the Stop mode.... 1 In the Stop mode, press the ( ) or ( ) button for the schedule you want to check. The red 3 LED indicator lights and recording starts. 4 Press the STOP button to stop at the date where the next message is pressed and held for more than 1 second to select the...
... during Playback, Fast Playback or Playback-Pause operation. 14 The recorder enters the Stop mode. All messages recorded for the selected date will stop Recording. Messages in folder [S] cannot be played in the Stop mode, the recorder will be forward skipped or reverse skipped in the Stop mode.... 1 In the Stop mode, press the ( ) or ( ) button for the schedule you want to check. The red 3 LED indicator lights and recording starts. 4 Press the STOP button to stop at the date where the next message is pressed and held for more than 1 second to select the...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... the LCD shows the message alarm ON/ OFF display, select OFF by pressing the ( ) or ( ) button. ✰ Alarm playback 1 At the specified alarm time, the recorder will be set . is No. 0. Then after pressing the 2 ( ) button three times to select the [ALARM] setting in order of 3 "month", "date", "hour" and "minute...
... the LCD shows the message alarm ON/ OFF display, select OFF by pressing the ( ) or ( ) button. ✰ Alarm playback 1 At the specified alarm time, the recorder will be set . is No. 0. Then after pressing the 2 ( ) button three times to select the [ALARM] setting in order of 3 "month", "date", "hour" and "minute...
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... [ON] by pressing the ( ) or ( ) button. To complete the folder schedule alarm setting, press the STOP button. 4 At the set alarm time each day, the recorder beeps. 2 Press any button to stop message alarm playback. Press the STOP button to enter the [S] [ALARM] screen. 2 Pressing the ( ) or ( ) 2 button alternates ON and... beep tones are being emitted to play back the message set for the current date. Press the STOP button to playback all of the messages recorded for that time.
... [ON] by pressing the ( ) or ( ) button. To complete the folder schedule alarm setting, press the STOP button. 4 At the set alarm time each day, the recorder beeps. 2 Press any button to stop message alarm playback. Press the STOP button to enter the [S] [ALARM] screen. 2 Pressing the ( ) or ( ) 2 button alternates ON and... beep tones are being emitted to play back the message set for the current date. Press the STOP button to playback all of the messages recorded for that time.
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... mode, press the MENU/FOLDER button again to complete the setting. 3 Press the REC button. 4 When the recorder detects a 4 voice input, it automatically starts recording and the red LED indicator lights. Select [ON] by pressing either button, then press the STOP button to enter... mode, the LCD shows [VCVA] and the red LED indicator blinks. 17 When the voice input stops, the recorder automatically stops recording within 1 second and enters Standby mode. Recording with VCVA (Variable Control Voice Actuator) (VCVA REC) 1 1 First press and hold the MENU/ FOLDER button for...
... mode, press the MENU/FOLDER button again to complete the setting. 3 Press the REC button. 4 When the recorder detects a 4 voice input, it automatically starts recording and the red LED indicator lights. Select [ON] by pressing either button, then press the STOP button to enter... mode, the LCD shows [VCVA] and the red LED indicator blinks. 17 When the voice input stops, the recorder automatically stops recording within 1 second and enters Standby mode. Recording with VCVA (Variable Control Voice Actuator) (VCVA REC) 1 1 First press and hold the MENU/ FOLDER button for...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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...1 1 When the HOLD switch is set to the Hold status in the Stop mode. To conserve battery power, the LCD display disappears when the recorder is locked and all LCD display segments go out and the unit enters the Power Save mode. Power Save When 60 minutes have elapsed in... the folder. Checking Remaining Recording Time (Remaining Memory Capacity) 1 1 Press and hold the STOP button in a bag or your pocket. The LCD shows the remaining recording time and remaining battery power for as long as the button is recommended when ...
...1 1 When the HOLD switch is set to the Hold status in the Stop mode. To conserve battery power, the LCD display disappears when the recorder is locked and all LCD display segments go out and the unit enters the Power Save mode. Power Save When 60 minutes have elapsed in... the folder. Checking Remaining Recording Time (Remaining Memory Capacity) 1 1 Press and hold the STOP button in a bag or your pocket. The LCD shows the remaining recording time and remaining battery power for as long as the button is recommended when ...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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...: SP ➝ LP ➝ SP ➝... · SP: Standard Playback mode (recording time approx. 67 minutes with the VN-180 or 33 minutes with the VN-90) · LP: Long Playback mode (recording time approx. 180 minutes with the VN-180 or 90 minutes with the VN-90) 3 Press the MENU/FOLDER button while the desired mode is displayed...
...: SP ➝ LP ➝ SP ➝... · SP: Standard Playback mode (recording time approx. 67 minutes with the VN-180 or 33 minutes with the VN-90) · LP: Long Playback mode (recording time approx. 180 minutes with the VN-180 or 90 minutes with the VN-90) 3 Press the MENU/FOLDER button while the desired mode is displayed...
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... LO ➝ HI ➝... · HI: ........ Recommended for normal use. · LO: ....... Schedule Alarm (S ALARM) Setting/Cancellation See "Schedule Alarm Playback" on the recording conditions. When the microphone sensitivity is displayed to "HI" (high-sensitivity mode), the noise may increase depending on page 16. 20 High sensitivity mode. Use... the desired mode is set to complete its setting. Alarm (ALARM) Setting/Cancellation See "Message Alarm Playback" on page 17. VCVA Recording (VCVA REC) Setting See "Recording with VCVA" on page 15. Low sensitivity mode.
... LO ➝ HI ➝... · HI: ........ Recommended for normal use. · LO: ....... Schedule Alarm (S ALARM) Setting/Cancellation See "Schedule Alarm Playback" on the recording conditions. When the microphone sensitivity is displayed to "HI" (high-sensitivity mode), the noise may increase depending on page 16. 20 High sensitivity mode. Use... the desired mode is set to complete its setting. Alarm (ALARM) Setting/Cancellation See "Message Alarm Playback" on page 17. VCVA Recording (VCVA REC) Setting See "Recording with VCVA" on page 15. Low sensitivity mode.
VN-180 Instructions (English)
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... the unit to get dust or sand on top of a television, refrigerator or other organic compounds for the unit to play back what you have recorded. 7 If a magnetic card (i.e. This may make it off with salt components 3 3 Do not use alcohol, lacquer thinner or other electrical equipment. 5 6 7 22 5 Be careful not...
... the unit to get dust or sand on top of a television, refrigerator or other organic compounds for the unit to play back what you have recorded. 7 If a magnetic card (i.e. This may make it off with salt components 3 3 Do not use alcohol, lacquer thinner or other electrical equipment. 5 6 7 22 5 Be careful not...