11. Troubleshooting
Find the most common problems you could encounter with
the VoiceTracer in the following table. If you are unable to
Problem
The device doesn't turn
on.
I can't record with the
device.
The device doesn't re-
spond.
The device doesn't play
back recordings.
I can't hear anything
from the speakers.
I can't hear anything
from the headphones.
The quality of audio re-
cordings is too low or
there's too much back-
ground noise in my au-
dio recordings.
Cause
• The battery has run out of power.
• You have reached the maximum
file number or the device's mem-
ory is full.
• There is a problem with the soft-
ware.
• The volume is off or too low.
• The headphones are connected
to the device.
• The volume is off or too low.
• The volume is off or too low.
• The headphones aren't connec-
ted properly.
• The headphones are connected
to the wrong jack (i.e. external
microphone jack).
• The microphone sensitivity is set
too high.
solve the problem with the information below, contact the
supporting Philips partner you purchased the device from.
• Charge the device for a while and then turn it
on again.
• Delete some files or move them to an external
device.
• Try to turn the device off and then restart it.
• If you can't turn the device off, reset the device
by pressing the Reset button. For more infor-
mation, see
Device reset
vice won't delete any settings or data.
• Turn on or turn up the volume.
• Unplug the headphones.
• Turn on or turn up the volume.
• Turn on or turn up the volume.
• Disconnect the headphones and connect them
to the headphones jack again.
• Disconnect the headphones and connect them
to the headphones jack.
• Change the microphone sensitivity to medium
or low. For more information, see
[12].
Solution
[17]. Resetting the de-
Mic sensitivity
19