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swissonic MDR-4 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 MDR-4 Instruction Manual...

  • Page 2: Fcc Information

    FCC Information GUIDELINES LAID DOWN BY FCC RULES FOR USE OF THE UNIT IN THE U.S.A. (not applicable to other areas) NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT NOTES Thank you very much for purchasing t his product . You are recommended to study this manual carefully before using the unit. This unit could be operated either by 2x1,5V battery or by a 3V center minus DC adaptor. Before connection, please ensure the power supply has been properly installed and all power devi- ces such as amplifiers must first be turned off, in order to avoid any malfunction.
  • Page 4 APPLICATION This product is suitable in the following situation Sound sampling in an external or internal environment Live recording Conference recording Course recording for students Home Studio Journalist and other situation need interview recording to record This product provides high quality recording function and accurate position for sound It stores file in both wav and mp3...

  • Page 5: Main Features

    MAIN FEATURES Stereo 4 mics recording, 360 degree mode. Support mp3 and wav format. 16bit/24bit,44.1K and 48K sample rate. Support max of 2G SD card. 128*64 OLED display. Bass compensate, CHORUS, PITCH, DELAY, REVERB. MP3 voice cancelling. Easy to operate.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS SIDE PANEL FRONT PANEL 9-10 BATTERY REPLACEMENT DIAGRAM MENU TREE BASIC OPERATION 13-26 RECORDING SETUP 13-15 RECORDING 16-19 SETUP PLAYBACK 20-22 PLAYBACK 23-26 EFFECTS 27-30 FILE MANAGEMENT 31-34 UTILITY 35-38 SD CARD 39-40 SPEAKER PHONES CURRENT STATE PROTECT SPECIFICATIONS...

  • Page 7: Side Panel

    SIDE PANEL 1.POWER supply jack:(DC in 3V center minus) Connect an AC adaptor to this jack. 2.[POWER ON/OFF] button: Turn the power on/off. 3.[VOLUME] button: Adjust volume. 4. [MIC GAIN H..L ] button: Choose high level mic input or low level input.

  • Page 8: Side Panel

    SIDE PANEL 6.LINE IN jack: Connect to any other audio device such as mp3 and CD player. 7. EXT MIC jack: Connect the external microphone. 8. [INPUT LEVEL+/-] button: You can also adjust the recording level by [INPUT LEVEL +] or [INPUT LEVEL-] button. 9.

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL 10.[MENU] button Press [MENU] button to choose the menu. 11. [BACK/CANCEL] button: Press [BACK/CANEL] goes back to the home screen. Long press[BACK/CANCEL]button to hold on / off . 12. [REPEAT A B] button: A-B repeat function allows you to specify point A and point B and automatically play the section between these two points repeatedly.

  • Page 10: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL 14. [MONITOR] : Headphone monitor output on/off. Long press to turn on/off speaker while playing. 15. [REC] : Record button 16. [Display] A variety of information about the unit appears here. 17. [ [PLAY/PAUSE] button / [Up] button . 18.

  • Page 11: Battery Replacement Diagram

    Size AA, Sum-3,R6 battery. 2 x 1,5V Batteries...

  • Page 12: Menu Tree

    MENU TREE...

  • Page 13: Basic Operation

    BASIC OPERATION 00:02:22 M E N U 00:00:00 RECORDING SETUP 1 . R E C O R D S E T U P D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 2 . P L A Y S E T U P At the main screen, press [MENU] button, 3 .
  • Page 14 BASIC OPERATIO N SAMPLE RATE R E C O R D S E T U P R E C O R D S E T U P SAMPLE RATE is sample rate parameter . S A M P L E R A T E S A M P L E R A T E 4 8 k H Z 4 4 .
  • Page 15 BASIC OPERATIO N MIC SELECT R E C O R D S E T U P R E C O R D S E T U P is parameter for number of MIC SELECT S A M P L E R A T E S A M P L E R A T E microphone to be choosed .

  • Page 16: Recording

    BASIC OPERATIO N 04:36:22 00:00:00 RECORDING D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 At the main screen or file manage screen (FILE) ,press the [REC] button goes into * S T O P F X : o f f standby record mode.
  • Page 17 BASIC OPERATIO N 04:36:22 00:00:00 Adjust the record level by pressing M I C G A I N : D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 [INPUT LEVEL+]/[INPUT LEVEL-] button so that the highlight record level * P U A S F X : o f f reaches thehighest level without the peak indicator shown in red turning on .
  • Page 18 BASIC OPERATIO N At the standby condition, Press [PLAY/ PAUSE] or [REC] button to start recording 00:00:01 04:36:21 The [REC] button lightens . D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 the time level begin to increase as recording starts.
  • Page 19 BASIC OPERATIO N 04:36:21 00:02:11 Adjust the output volume by pressing V O L U M E : D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 [VOLUME+] or [VOLUME-] at the left side. * R E C F X : o f f 04:25:37 00:11:49 Press [PLAY/PAUSE] button to pause the...

  • Page 20: Setup Playback

    BASIC OPERATIO N M E N U 00:00:00 00:02:22 SETUP PLAYBACK 1 . R E C O R D S E T D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 2 . P L A Y S E T U P 3 .
  • Page 21 BASIC OPERATIO N P L A Y S E T U P TRACK SELECT T R A C K S E L E C T S T E R E O TRACK SELECT controls selection of B A S S C O M P playback channel .
  • Page 22 BASIC OPERATIO N VOLUME ¡VOLUME¡ controls playback volume. You P L A Y S E T U P V O L U M E [ ] or [ ] button adjust the playback volume from 0 to 32. 20 is default parameter.

  • Page 23: Playback

    BASIC OPERATIO N PLAYBACK 00:00:00 00:02:22 D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 This product supports playback files of MP3 and WAV . 00:01:18 00:02:22 At the home screen, you can use [PLAY/PAUSE] * S T O P F X : o f f D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 .
  • Page 24 BASIC OPERATIO N Choose the ¡OPEN¡ at the files edit 00:01:18 00:02:22 F I L E L I S T menu and press the [MENU] button to 1 . O P E N D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 start playing the selected file.
  • Page 25 BASIC OPERATIO N The A-B repeat function allows you to specify point A and point B and automatically play the section between these two points repeatedly. While playing, press the [REPEAT A-B] 00:0:20 00:03:20 00:0:22 00:03:20 button for the first time to locate the start D R 2 - 0 0 0 2 .
  • Page 26 BASIC OPERATIO N The volume of playback can be controlled 00:03:20 00:1:45 by the volume of ¡PLAY SET¡. The V O L U M E £ D R 2 - 0 0 0 2 . m p 3 [VOLUME+] ¡ [VOLUME -] button on -4 8 -3 6 -2 4...

  • Page 27: Effects

    BASIC OPERATIO N EFFECT M E N U In home screen ,press [MENU] button to go 1 . R E C O R D S E T 2 . P L A Y S E T U P into the main menu, use [ ] or [ ] button 3 .
  • Page 28 BASIC OPERATIO N OFF: E F F E C T E D I T E F F E C T T Y P E Off is close effect O F F ROOM: E F F E C T E D I T E F F E C T T Y P E Room provides warm musical ambience...
  • Page 29 BASIC OPERATIO N CHORUS : E F F E C T E D I T The Chorus effect combines delay time and E F F E C T T Y P E amplitude modulation to effectively thicken C H O R U S R A T E and add warmth to the sound .
  • Page 30 BASIC OPERATIO N 00:0:20 00:03:20 In home screen ,You can also press [EFFECT] D R 2 - 0 0 0 2 . m p 3 button to select Room, Hall ,Chorus ,Pitch -4 8 -3 6 -2 4 -1 2 Shift, or Delay .

  • Page 31: File Management

    BASIC OPERATIO N FILE MANAGEMENT M E N U 1 . R E C O R D S E T In home screen , press the [MENU] 2 . P L A Y S E T U P 3 . E F F E C T button to ENTER the main menu.
  • Page 32 BASIC OPERATIO N OPEN 00:00:01 00:03:20 F I L E L I S T choose the OPEN press [MENU] 1 . O P E N D R 2 - 0 0 0 2 . m p 3 2 . D E L E T E button to play the file, the screen will go .
  • Page 33 BASIC OPERATIO N RENAME F I L E L I S T R E N A M E choose RENAME to rename the file, D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . O P E N 2 . D E L E T E then press the [MENU] button,the 3 .
  • Page 34 BASIC OPERATIO N if a file with the same name already exists in R E N A M E the folder, a message appears and the name D R 2 - 0 0 0 change cannot be executed . Press [MENU] to edit the name. DUPLICATE NAME S A M E F I L E N A M E E X I S T S...

  • Page 35: Utility

    BASIC OPERATIO N UTILITY M E N U 1 . R E C O R D S E T 2 . P L A Y S E T U P At the home screen, press [MENU] to go to 3 . E F F E C T 4 .
  • Page 36 BASIC OPERATIO N Choose INFORMATION, then press S D C A R D SD INFORMATION the [MENU] ,the screen displays button C A P A C I T Y 1 . I N F O R M A T I O N the information of SD card such as 9 5 2 M B 2 .
  • Page 37 BASIC OPERATIO N Press [MENU] to confirm,the screen will display Processing....,then begin to format , After finishing the operation the display will go to the SD menu DISPLAY U T I L I T Y D I S P L A Y choose ¡DISPLAY¡,press [MENU] button .
  • Page 38 BASIC OPERATIO N PRESET U T I L I T Y P R E S E T choose ¡PRESET¡, press [MENU] button . L O A D F A C T O R Y 1 . S D C A R D the screen will display the warning message P R E S E T ! 2 .
  • Page 39 BASIC OPERATIO N SD CARDS: This product supports SD card to exchange data between recorder and PC or other peripheral equipments . Format the card before using it .Most preferable to use the recorder's format function to ensure the compatibility of the card. This product support max of 2G SD card.
  • Page 40 BASIC OPERATIO N Note:Please shut down the recorder when you insert a SD card or the operation may cause error. Note:Please use fat32 SD card. Some card not using fat32 format may cause your recorded file unstable. You shall format it to the right format before using.

  • Page 41: Mic

    BASIC OPERATIO N 00:00:00 04:36:22 MIC: M o n i t o r o f f D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 This product has 4 high-powered stereo MICs inside and can be used as a high quality * S T O P F X : o f f microphone .

  • Page 42: Current State Protect

    BASIC OPERATION CURRENT STATE PROTECT : 04:36:22 00:00:00 Hold [BACK/CANCEL] to start the hold H O L D K E Y O N D R 2 - 0 0 0 1 . m p 3 function Display show¡HOLD KEY ON¡ It will lock all the keys on the panel, * S T O P F X : o f f except the USB connection and power off.

  • Page 43: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Power Requirements: AC adaptor DC3V center minus type or SIZE AA,SUM-3,R6 battery Dimensions: 108(L) x 67.5(W) x 28.5(H) mm Weight: 97g DOES NOT INCLUDING BATTERY...
  • Page 44 Disposal Do not dispose of the device at the end of his operating life in your normal domestic waste. This device is subject to the European Guidelines 2002/96/EC. Have the product disposed of by a professional disposal company of by your communal disposal facility.

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