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INSTRUCTION MANUAL Mi4 Professional Voice Recorder SB-VR8000 (Silver Edition) Revised: July 25, 2013 Thank you for purchasing from SafetyBasement.com! We appreciate your business. We made this simple manual to help you enjoy your new product as quickly and easily as possible.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 PRODUCT REFERENCE Please note: this manual is for the Silver edition of the Mi4, pre-July 2013. If you have the Black, July 2013 edition of the Mi4, please go to our website and down- load the manual for that product.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 PLAYBACK SCREEN REFERENCE See Close Up Below File Quality Current Mode - Voice or Music (showing Voice) Current Folder File Name Battery Level Current Repeat Current Volume Current EQ Setting Setting Setting (* Always NORmal...
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 OPTIONS REFERENCE VOICE / MUSIC MODE OPTIONS (Press M to access these options) DURING PLAYBACK WHILE PAUSED or STOPPED REPEAT OPTIONS FILE SELECTION REPLAY A/B FOLDER SELECTION EQUALIZER SETTINGS (Music Only) CARD SELECTION...
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 BEFORE FIRST USE - SD CARD The Mi4 can use an optional Micro SD card installed for extra storage. It will accept a Micro SD card of up to 32 GB in size.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 BEFORE YOUR FIRST USE Please charge fully before use. Please use only the adapter that was included with your device. Do not use other adapters, as they may damange your device. 1. Be sure that the device is OFF.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 SETTING TIME & DATE Before you start recording, you’ll want to make sure the time and date are set properly on your Mi4. 1. Set the Record Switch to SAVE. 2. Set the Power Switch to ON. This will let the system Power On.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 VOICE ACTIVATION MODE Voice Activation Recording can be turned on and off. 1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING MODE. 2. Press M to enter Setting Mode. 3. Cycle over to Select VOR. Press M.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 CONTROL MONITOR You can monitor your recordings live by using earphones. You can turn this feature on and off in the Settings. 1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING MODE.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 RECORD TYPE / QUALITY SETTING Your Mi4 comes preset to the highest quality setting for your recordings. However, you can change this setting if you need more recording time. A lower setting will record a lower quality file - but will give you extra recording time.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 BACKLIGHT You can adjust how long the backlight stays on with this setting. It can be set from 0 - 30. Set up to 30 seconds, and the backlight will turn off after that number.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 LANGUAGE You can change the language setting of this device. 1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING MODE. 2. Press M to enter Setting Mode. 3. Cycle over to Language. Press M.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 POWER - OFF TIMER The OFF TIMER allows you to set how long the Mi4 will remain on when there is no activity. When the Mi4 shuts off, you can restart it by holding the PLAY button.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 POWER - SLEEP TIME The Sleep Time setting lets you choose how long your Mi4 stays on before automatically shutting off, so you can listen to your files when you go to bed. You can set this from 10 minutes to 2 hours.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 CONTRAST You can adjust the contrast of your display with this setting. 1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING MODE. 2. Press M to enter Setting Mode. 3. Cycle over to Contrast. Press M.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 MEMORY INFO You can easily see how much room is left on the internal memory, and on the optional SD card with this option. 1. In PLAY mode, press the M button until you see SETTING MODE.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 AUTO-RECORDING With Auto Record, you can set the Mi4 to automatically start recording on a particular date and time, and the end at a particular date and time. You will first set the Start Time. Then the End Time. And finally turn Auto Record ON.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 AUTO-RECORDING cont. Now that you have set the Start Time and End Time for your Auto Recording, you need to Activate it. 13. Cycle to Auto Record On. Press M. 14. Cycle to Record (ON) to turn the Auto Record feature On.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PAUSED In Playback Mode, while Paused, there are several options available to you. You can choose a file or folder for playback, or choose the Internal Memory or SD card.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PLAYING In Playback Mode, while Playing Voice and MP3 files, there are several options available to you. Press M to access your options during Playback. The Equalizer - this option is only available in MUSIC Mode, while playing MP3 files.
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 PLAYBACK OPTIONS WHILE PLAYING You can REPEAT a file or a folder during playback. This is a great option for MP3 files. You can choose a particular folder of music, or randomize the playback for a mix of music.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 CONNECTING TO PC / MAC WINDOWS - RETRIEVE YOUR FILES 1. Device must be OFF before connecting to your PC. 2. Connect USB cable to watch first. 3. Connect other end of USB cable to your PC using USB port directly on PC. Note: A USB hub may cause your device to not work properly.
PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS Audio Format (Voice Recordings) Audio Encoding (Voice Recordings) 32 kbps, 64 kbps, 128kbps, 192kbps, 384kbps Audio Format (Playback) MP3, WAV* *Playback of WAV files created on Device Audio Encoding (Playback) Standard MP3 files...
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PRODUCT MANUAL “Mi4” Voice Recorder : SB-VR8000 SUGGESTED SOFTWARE Your Windows PC or Mac has built-in software that will play most of the files created by devices like yours. However, if you are having problems playing your files, or need more options, please download and try these programs.
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