Dictaphone Walkabout EXPRESS Voicedata Drive, User Manual

Page 1: ...EXTERNAL VOICEDATA DRIVE FOR YOUR PC NETWORK User Guide...

Page 2: ...oicedata M Card Reader Software 11 Walkabout Copy Program Overview 14 Starting the Software 14 Walkabout Copy Program Screen 15 M Card Reader Overview 16 Inserting an M Card into the Reader 16 Viewing...

Page 3: ...ard Reader After you set up your PC and the Voicedata M Card Reader you can easily insert an M card into the top of the reader All the voice files stored on the card except for Incomplete files may be...

Page 4: ...e disk drive device e g an Iomega Zip Drive attached to your PC Hardware Multimedia Pentium PC running at 166 MHz or higher required Pentium II processor or higher recommended 32 MB of RAM required 64...

Page 5: ...he F1 F2 or Delete key Check your PC owner s manual for instructions describing how to access these screens You may also check the PC manufacturer s web site if you need further assistance Checking th...

Page 6: ...you are using a local printer and your PC has two parallel ports the printer cable must be connected to the LPT2 port 4 Connect the Voicedata M Card Reader cable to the LPT1 parallel port on your PC a...

Page 7: ...ling the Voicedata M Card Reader 7 Locate the R W switch at the rear of the M card reader and move this switch to the ON position as illustrated below 8 The green on line indicator on the M card reade...

Page 8: ...ed on your PC the following warning message will appear Click OK and refer to Checking the Windows Multimedia Software to install this software before you attempt to install the Walkabout Express File...

Page 9: ...Express Installation Screen Note If the installation program does not start up click Start on the Windows taskbar and select Run Click Browse in the Run dialog box Open the Setup exe file on the CD an...

Page 10: ...Walkabout Express Software Software License Agreement Screen 7 On this screen click Next to accept the default destination folder for the Walkabout Express software or click Browse to find another fo...

Page 11: ...progress meter on the main installation screen until all the appropriate files are copied Sample Walkabout File Copy Progress Meter 9 These option boxes determine if you want 1 a desktop icon for the...

Page 12: ...Next immediately to accept the default waiting period of 14 days 10 Installing the Walkabout Express Software Enter a File Purge Waiting Period 11 If you have installation problems click the Yes box t...

Page 13: ...the PC to recognize the M Card Reader hardware 1 After the Walkabout Express installation process is completed as described in the previous section the following dialog box appears Click Yes to instal...

Page 14: ...e Voicedata M Card Reader Software Driver Software Welcome Screen 4 Click Next to accept the default destination folder for the M card reader driver software or click Browse to find another directory...

Page 15: ...rogress Meter 6 Click Finish to restart your PC During restart New Hardware Found message boxes will appear as Windows detects and installs the driver software files This message will also appear the...

Page 16: ...n to the copy program the Walkabout Express File Transfer software includes a number of utility tools described in Digital Miniature Card Reader Tools Starting the Software Double click the Walkabout...

Page 17: ...play as shown below the Source Drive identifying the M Card Reader and the source directory containing the voice files that should be copied to your PC 4 Diagnostics Tab Click this tab to view the Nam...

Page 18: ...into the Reader 2 Hold the M card face up and insert the lower front edge of the card on an angle under the front edge in the receptacle The green tab in the receptacle fits into the circuit connector...

Page 19: ...e My Computer or Explorer window You can identify the drive letter representing the M Card Reader on a Windows 95 or 98 system and view the M Card voice files as follows 1 Double click the My Computer...

Page 20: ...o the network drive 5 Double click the drive letter identifying the M Card Reader to view a list of the voice files stored on the M card Warning Do NOT use either the My Computer window or the Explore...

Page 21: ...the M Card Reader to your PC as follows 1 Make sure that the M card is correctly inserted into the M Card Reader as described in Inserting an M Card into the Reader 2 Start the Walkabout Copy Program...

Page 22: ...am Select Yes to Save the Configuration Data 5 Click the Start File Copy button to start a file copy operation Note that the number of Files Copied appears at the bottom of the screen 6 At the end of...

Page 23: ...the software 1 Start the Walkabout Copy Program if it is not already running see Starting the Software and click the Diagnostics tab to view a display similar to the following sample Sample Copy Progr...

Page 24: ...is powered up and an M card is properly inserted into the reader Copy Operation Messages The following messages may appear in the Copy Message Area on the Walkabout Copy program screen Message Descrip...

Page 25: ...Binary Utility to Upgrade Walkabout Express Software The Minicard Binary Utility allows you to upgrade the software on your Walkabout Express digital portable You can use the utility to copy new soft...

Page 26: ...ader Tools Main Binary Utility Program Screen 7 Click Image at the top of the program screen followed by Erase to request the following dialog box Make sure Card 0 is displayed for the Source Hex unde...

Page 27: ...M card When the Read operation is completed a window similar to the following sample should appear with FF entries in the columns to the right indicating that the Erase operation was successful Sample...

Page 28: ...ox 12 After the Write operation is complete click Image at the top of the program screen followed by Read to request a Read from Card dialog box Click OK to read the M Card 13 When the Read operation...

Page 29: ...You no longer need to press the Menu and Backlight buttons at this point A few seconds later a DOWNLOAD REQ screen will appear Press the left softkey on the front of the portable to select the MCARD...

Page 30: ...for an M card every five seconds You can set the polling interval as follows 1 Click Start on the Windows taskbar 2 Select Programs from the Start menu 3 Select Digital Miniature Card Reader Tools 4 C...

Page 31: ...Click on MiniCard Uninstall 5 Follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the software Note You can also uninstall both the driver software and the Walkabout Express software by clicking Star...

Page 32: ...egistered trademark of the Dictaphone Corporation Stratford CT Boomerang Walkabout and Voicedata are trademarks of the Dictaphone Corporation Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of the Mic...