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•  Preparing USB Drives for the Recorder

•  Viewing Your Recordings

  The link below is optional information and shows functionality that is

  not available in the classrooms.  Classroom functionality is limited to

  the touch panel control below.

•  Recorder WIKI

Main Page

See "TOUCH PANELS" for other operations of classroom touch panels.  To use the camera and recorder, select the "Camera" button from the main page.

Camera Page

  Use "Pan / Tilt" and "Zoom" to position camera.  Press "Save preset", then press "Preset 1" or "Preset 2" to save position.  Press preset button to recall saved presets.

   To Record to a USB drive:  Place the USB drive in the red slot labeled "Recorder".  Press record button on touch panel. Press stop when you are finished and heed the "Please wait" message.

Pre-Record Overlay

Insert your USB drive and push record.  You will see this overlay on the "Camera Page". Depending on the device, this message will disappear between 2 and 20 seconds.  The record button will then flash bright red.  When the record button is flashing your MPEG4 video is being created.  DO NOT REMOVE YOUR USB DRIVE DURING THIS TIME OR YOUR VIDEO WILL BE LOST!

Stop Overlay

When you push "Stop",  you will see this overlay on the Camera Page. Heed the warning or your video will be lost!  When the message disappears (between 5 and 10 seconds), your video will be ready for viewing. 

Disk Full or Removed Prematurely Overlay

Please read this message carefully. The recorders in the classrooms are set so that 1GB of free space is required for every 1 hour of recording time.

This message will appear when you press the "Record" button; if the recorder does not go into record within 20 seconds then check step 1 first.  If all conditions are true, then proceed to step 2.  Your USB drive may not be fully seated, it  be damaged or dirty, or the last user did not follow proper procedure or the recorder just needs a few more seconds to respond.

Record Error Overlay

Reboot Overlay

If you are still having a problem after step 2 and you have tried another drive.  Then a previous user may have inserted an incompatible device into the record slot. In this case, choose step 3 and you will see the following message for 75 seconds. After this the recorder should respond again.

Reboot Failure Overlay

Just in case the reboot fails, this message will be displayed and a help message will be sent to Classroom Support.

  Tested USB Drives.

  1GB and 2GB USB drives (See Preparing USB drives for the Recorder):

• Ativa HIGH-SPEED USB 2.0 PORTABLE FLASH DRIVE

• Kingston DataTraveler

• PNY Attaché

• SanDisk Cruzer U3

• SanDisk Pattern USB 2.0

• SanDisk Mini SD Card with adapters (SD Mini to SD to USB)

• Sony MICROVAULT

• Omnitech LECTEUR FLASH USB

  Drives below 1GB are not recommended for classroom use because of limited recording time.

  The recorders in the classrooms have been set to record as quickly as possible. For this

  reason, USB drives above 2GB will not work in the classrooms unless you follow these

  steps every time you insert one:

1. Insert your USB drive into the red slot labeled "Recorder"

2. Wait until the light on the USB drive stops blinking (10 or more seconds)

3. Push record

  Tested USB drives larger than 2GB (Not recommended for Speech classes):

• Kingston DataTraveler  4GB

  Drives tested that do not work:

• Staples Relay

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  Preparing USB Drives for the Recorder.

  Ensure the drive is formatted with the FAT32 file system.

  You may format any USB drive with FAT32 using the classroom computer. If a computer is not

  available to you, bring your drive to TLC 132 and we will help you with it.

   Windows XP instructions:

1. Place your USB drive in a slot labeled USB

2. Double-Click on "My Computer"

3. Right-Click on your USB drive (E:)

4. Left-Click on "Format"

5. Change the file system to FAT32

6. In the "Volume label" text box, type in the name you want to call your drive

7. Click OK and read the warning; all of the data on the drive will be erased

8. If that is OK with you click OK again

  When formatting is complete, your USB drive will be displayed under "My Computer"

  as the name you typed in the "Volume label" text box. 

  To ensure your drive is free from encryption.

1. Read the instructions that came with the drive the manufacturer's web site.

2. If the USB drive has encryption installed on it, follow the directions for removing it.

  To ensure your drive is free of U3 software.

1. Read the instructions that came with the drive or the manufacturer's web site.

2. If the USB drive has U3 installed on it, follow the directions for removing it.

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  Viewing your recordings.

  The files are recorder in "MPEG4" format  at 640x480 resolution, 2000kbps and

  128kbps AAC audio.   They may be played with any software that supports this

  format.

  You can play your videos with:

• QuickTime  (This is the standard MP4 player in classrooms and in the labs)

• VLC media player

  They will not play properly with Windows Media Player.

  File names:  The first speech recorded on an empty USB drive will be called "Speech.mp4"

                       or possibly "OSD.mp4" .  The next recording will be called "Speech-(with the

                       data and time) .mp4". 

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