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mbeat® USB Tape to Digital Recorder
Model: USB-TAPE02
Read instructions carefully before use and store in a safe place for future reference. Product color and specification
are subject to change without prior notice. The manufacturer or distributor reserves the right to amend the
instruction manual at anytime to reflect the latest product design changes or limitations

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  • Page 1 USB Tape to Digital Recorder Model: USB-TAPE02 Read instructions carefully before use and store in a safe place for future reference. Product color and specification are subject to change without prior notice. The manufacturer or distributor reserves the right to amend the...

  • Page 2: Product Introduction

    Product introduction...
  • Page 3 Quick guide for use...

  • Page 4: Initial Start-Up

    Initial start up Power on (Play back mode) You need 2 x AA batteries to power up the device or you can choose a +3V AC/DC power adaptor with the right size of pin connector to power up the device if you want to listen the music like a normal walkman.
  • Page 5 To use USB tape to digital function Step 1. Install the “Audacity” audio edit software Put the CD disk into your computer and run “Aduacity.exe” file to install the software on your computer. After installation you can launch the software on your desktop, looking for this icon on your desktop or starter menu on your Windows OS.
  • Page 6 Step 3. How to use Audacity to record your music mbeat® USB tape to digital recorder is able to transfer music from TAPE to PC with USB connection by using the powerful audio edit software named “Audacity”. For the detailed software guide please refer to the “Audacity Software Quick Guide”...
  • Page 7 4. Check the Stereo Mix column in the drop down menu and just to keep the default settings, the software shall be able to auto default the USB tape recorder setting as “Stereo Mix” or “Line”, or remain gray inactive color according your computer hardware configuration. Those factors are not such key important and you can set up in “Preference”...
  • Page 8 After enter “ Preference” section, choose Audio I/O section: Under Playback drop down menu: Select “Realtek HD Audio output “ , which means it is your sound card audio output to listen the music playback through tape recorder while doing the recording internally. Under recording drop down menu: Select “USB PnP Audio”, which indicated the audio source from the tape recorder when it is plugged into the computer.
  • Page 9 7. When everything is ready, then you can select the RECORD button to start recording your tape music into digital format. 8. You can turn the USB tape to digital recorder volume down and turn on the computer speaker to monitor your records.
  • Page 10 8. Select the STOP button to stop the recording. 9. Select the to skip to start. 10. Select the button to go to end. 11. You can see the recorded file on your computer and convert the recorded file to other formats including .WAV/ MP3/Ogg Vorbis.
  • Page 11 How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder? Because of software patents, we cannot distribute MP3 encoding software ourselves. Follow these instructions to use the free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity. Windows OS Users, follow these steps Check your CD disk , there should have this file in the CD disk , and you can copy into your computer somewhere that you can find to reload it on Audacity...
  • Page 12 12. Play the saved file. Put the saved file in the Audacity program and press the PLAY button to play the file. 13. Download music into the digital MP3 or iPod device Please save those converted music into a folder that you can easily to find, then you can copy or paste those converted MP3/WMA/OGG files into your MP3 /MP4 player, or you can load them into your iTunes then transfer into your iPod.
  • Page 13 3. Noise from the tape earphone plug Your old tape may has little background noise due to its natural acoustic character and minor background noise is consider as normal Check the earphone plug is fitted with earphone jack, no intermittent Check whether the tape roll is damage or fade out due to storage issues Do not turn the USB tape to digital recorder volume to max to get distortion on your earphone...
  • Page 14 To Install Software (PC) & Record 1. Insert the CD that came with your product 2. Click on the “Audacity” file to open it and then click on the “audacity.exe” to run it. Follow the on screen instructions to install the program. 3.
  • Page 15 To record Start tape recorder and insert the tape to the tape tray and press PLAY button to play. Click the red record button on the toolbar to begin recording from tape to PC. When the track has finished recording click the orange stop button. Drop down the “File”...
  • Page 16 Audio Control Buttons Skip to Start - moves the cursor to time 0. If you press Play at this point, your project will play from the beginning. Play - starts playing audio at the cursor position. If some audio is selected, only the selection is played.
  • Page 17 All of the buttons on this toolbar perform actions – and with a couple of exceptions, they’re all just shortcuts of existing menu items to save you time. Holding the mouse over a tool will show a “tooltip” in case you forget which one is which. Copy Paste Trim away the audio outside the selection...
  • Page 18 Name - lets you change the name of the track. track representing the right speaker. When tracks are joined into a stereo pair, all edits automatically apply to both the left and Move Track Up – exchange places with the right channel.
  • Page 19 use one of the Import commands in the Project menu. Export Selection As WAV - same as above, Close – closes the current window, asking you but only exports the current selection. if you want to save changes. On Windows and Unix, closing the last window will quit Audacity, Export as MP3 - unless you modify this behavior in the Interface...

  • Page 20: Edit Menu

    Export Multiple – Paste – lets you split your project Inserts whatever is on the clipboard at into multiple files all in one step. You can either the position of the selection or cursor in the split them vertically (one new file per track), or project, replacing whatever audio data is horizontally (using labels in a Label Track) to currently selected, if any.

  • Page 21: View Menu

    Select…>Cursor to End – Selects from the selection from 4 seconds to 10 seconds, exactly. cursor position to the end of the selected You can change the units that are snapped to tracks. using the “Set Selection Format” option in the View Menu.

  • Page 22: Project Menu

    back into the main window. Set Selection Format – lets you choose the formatting that is displayed at the bottom of Float Meter Toolbar the window indicating the current selection – does the same thing time. Options include film, video, and audio CD for audacity’s VU meters which you use to set frames, seconds + samples, or pure time.
  • Page 23 format. It will guess correctly about 90% of the that track was at a non-default rate then you time, so you can try just pressing “OK” and may need to use Set Rate from the Track listening to the result. If it is not correct, Pop-Down menu to set the correct sample rate.

  • Page 24: Generate Menu

    allows you to shift the tracks without losing which sounds like purestatic. your relative place. Any items which appear after these three built-ins.It is possible for a poorly written Add Label at Selection – This menu item plug-in to crash Audacity, so always save your lets you create a new label at the current work before using a plug-in.
  • Page 25 of some popular record manufacturers, or draw Change Pitch – changes the pitch/frequency your own curve. of the selected audio without changing the tempo. Fade In – When you open the dialog, the starting fades the selection in linearly. frequency is set to Audacity’s best guess as to the frequency of the selection.

  • Page 26: Analyze Menu

    Audacity, so always save your searchable form. work before using a plug-in effect. Visit our official website at www.mbeat.com.au for more product information. Please go to support section to find more support information of the mbeat® products...

  • Page 27: Warranty Policy

    In the unlikely event that this product proves to be defective, please contact Mbeat Australia's support department for trouble shooting, repair or replacement of your unit. Mbeat Australia, however, will not be able to issue a refund. All return requests must be accompanied with proof of original date of purchase.

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