Version - Robotronics Pluggie Robot Operating Manual

adjust the volume of the voice on the voice receiver. Do not turn the amp up too high; not
much past 1:00, because you may get some audio distortion.
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You can customize the songs and sound effects that you use for different programs by
getting additional cards and adding your own set of sound effects and music.
To Load Music on the Memory Card
Place the card in a card reader or in a SD card slot on your computer. Go into 'My Computer'
on your desktop and find the drive that represents the card. Open this and you will see the
sound effects folder. Open the source folder where you have your MP3 music or sound effects
to transfer to the card. Drag and drop a copy of these files to the card. Make sure to put these
files separate from the sound effects folder and not in a folder. You can place the files in the
order that you want to use them. Put the memory card back in the MP3 player.
Play Sound Effects
If you want to play a sound effect, hold the MP3 mode switch while you hit the sound effect you
want (See the diagram above). You can play any of the sound effects: snd1, snd2, snd3, or
snd4 with the switch as shown. If you add sound effects or songs to be played in the place of
snd1-4 they must have the filename of snd1, snd2, snd3, snd4 to play in their place. The
sound effects files must be in the soundfx folder. The siren switch on the RC activates a siren
sound. The siren sound is a file in this folder. You can put a different sound in place of the
siren if you would like but it does need to be labeled siren.
Removing the SD Card
Turn the robot off before removing or installing the card. Remove the cap of the robot to locate
the MP3 player. Push on the memory card and it will slide out part way. Remove the card.
Now you can load music on the card. If you need more storage space, get a card with
additional capacity. If you need to add the sound effects to a new card, make a copy of the
folder with the sound effects on and place it on the new card.
Tip: Have multiple cards with different music customized for your specific presentations.
Changing the Volume
Adjust the volume knob on the top of the RC.
Order of songs playing
The songs will typically play in the order that you transfer them to the SD card.
Convert music on a CD to mp3 format
ITunes: With Itunes you will need to change the import format to mp3 format. When you insert
the CD into your computer there will be an import settings option. The other way to change to
the import setting is to go to edit preferences and the general tab. Change the import setting if
it is not on mp3. To locate the converted files on your computer go to edit preferences and the
advanced tab. This shows you the folder location where the song files are which by default is in
the itunes music folder.
If your file is in the computer, you can select the file tab and add file to library. You can now
point to where the file is on your computer and Itunes will convert the file and put it in the itunes
music folder. If the song is in itunes already, use the advanced tab and create mp3 version.
The mp3 version of the song will be put in the itunes music folder.
Windows Media Player: In Windows Media Player there is a rip tab that has options for
changing the file format and where the file will be located after being imported.
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