Humanware Victor Reader Stream User Manual page 3

Sleep mode
The Sleep key lets you set a timer after which the player will
shut down automatically.
Sleep
Press the key to set a timer of 15 minutes. Each
additional Sleep key press will add 15 minutes delay, up to
a maximum of 60 minutes. The next key press will disable the
Sleep Mode and the cycle starts over. When the Sleep timer is
activated, the LED will blink during the last minute at which point the player will
announce "One minute remaining".
Insert bookmark
Press the Bookmark key twice or until
you hear 'insert bookmark'. You can
also access this function by holding
Bookmark
the key down instead of
pressing it twice. Enter the number from
1 to 99998 that you wish to assign to
the Bookmark. Press the Pound key to confirm or the
Play/Stop key to confirm and start playback. The bookmark
will be stored in memory.
NOTE: If you confirm without entering a number, Stream will assign
the first available bookmark number.
Insert audio bookmark
To record an audio bookmark, do the following:
a) Press the Bookmark key twice or until you hear
'insert bookmark'.
b) Enter the number you wish to assign to the Bookmark.
You may skip this step and a number will be assigned
automatically.
Changing Volume, Speed and Tone/Pitch
Power
When the Stream is on, press the
top left side multiple times to toggle volume, speed, or
tone/pitch settings. After 10 seconds of non-use, the toggle
control will return to Volume. Use the
on the left side just below the Power
lower the selected setting. There is a beep to mark the upper
and lower range of each control. If the book is not playing,
STREAM will announce the setting position. For tone/pitch and speed
there is also a beep to mark the normal or 0 position. This indicates a
flat tone setting, a normal pitch or normal speed setting. Note that the Pitch
setting replaces Tone for Text-To-Speech books. The Pitch setting used does not
affect the Tone setting used for recorded audio books. Note that for the Music
Bookshelf, the Tone setting is replaced by the Bass and Treble setting.
BASIC NAVIGATION
Jump forward and back by navigation levels
Stream allows you to navigate by chapter, section, page, time jump, paragraph, or
any other existing indexed element defined by the producer of the book.
Use the 2 and 8 keys to choose a navigation level. These
differ from book to book but typically level 1 means chapter,
level 2 means section, and level 3 means sub-section and so
on. The page element may not be present on all books. The
phrase level is usually the smallest navigation element but this
is defined by the book producer. Stream limits phrase jumps
to a maximum length of 1 minute. First, choose a navigation
level (chapter, page, etc.), using the 2
the 4 and 6 keys to move backward and forward between
elements at the selected level. The 2 and
only the levels available for the book. The phrase level is
always provided but its extent depends on the book producer.
button on the
up / down arrows
button to raise or
and 8 keys. Then use
8 keys will announce