Record; Creating A Recording - Philips voice tracer DVT1200 User Manual

5 Record

The device offers many features that you can use during recording
or to improve the quality of a recording. Use the timer and the voice
activation functions to start a recording automatically.

5.1 Creating a recording

Before starting a recording, set the required recording quality and
microphone sensitivity.
When you record in environments with lots of noise in the background
(e.g. while in a crowd or during a train or car journey), you can enable the
noise reduction function to reduce the background noise
9.1.4 Enabling/disabling noise reduction, page
Caution
• Do not remove batteries or rechargeable batteries from the
device while it is recording. If you do this, data may be damaged or
lost. Device malfunctions may also occur.
1
In stop mode (start-up screen), press a to select the desired
folder for the recording.
X The following symbols will be displayed, depending on the
selected location folder: u, v, w, x, y – internal memory, ¡,
¢, £, ¤, ¥ – memory card.
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Record
(see also chapter
32).
2
Point the built-in microphone toward the sound source and press
g.
The record/play indicator lights red. The recording duration
X
and the remaining recording time are displayed in the selected
folder on the display.
3
Press g to pause recording.
The record/play indicator will blink red.
X
4
Press the g key to resume recording.
5
Press the j key to stop recording.
The device returns to stop mode.
X
Note
• Start a new recording: To stop the current recording and start
a new one, press b.
• To prevent files becoming too big during a long recording, for
example a meeting lasting several hours, you can automatically
split recordings (see also chapter 9.1.7 Setting auto divide, page
• Each folder can store up to 99 files. The size of the memory
depends on the location folder and the quality of a recording
also chapter 9.1.2 Setting recording quality, page
If the recording time or the number of files exceeds the available
capacity, recording stops and a message is displayed. You can not
make any more recordings. Delete the recordings which you no
longer require, or connect the device to a computer and transfer
the files to your computer.
34).
(see
30).
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