Shinano Kenshi PTX1 Pro, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 PLEXTALK PTX1 Pro User s Guide 2009 Shinano Kenshi Co Ltd...

Page 2: ...radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not...

Page 3: ...performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT NOTICES 2 FCC NOTICE 2 Canadian Department of Communications Stateme...

Page 4: ...menu and its operation 26 6 2 Accessing and navigating the menu 27 6 3 Getting help when in the menu system 28 7 Quick start instructions 28 7 1 Basic control of the unit 28 7 2 Playing DAISY titles 3...

Page 5: ...Playing Audio Files or Music CDs 58 12 1 About audio files 59 12 2 About playing sequences 59 12 3 Restrictions on Audio files 60 12 4 Getting file and album information 60 12 5 Track navigation 61 12...

Page 6: ...ic files in text and Microsoft Word formats The DAISY text version is built in to the PLEXTALK itself as a help file The MS Word and the text versions are on the User s Guide CD which is included in t...

Page 7: ...licences and trademarks It also outlines the restrictions which apply when using the PLEXTALK for copying or recording digital sound You are strongly advised to read this chapter thoroughly before co...

Page 8: ...on from the copyright owner or the rightful licenser Unless you own the copyright or have gained the appropriate permission from the copyright owner or the rightful licenser your unauthorized recordin...

Page 9: ...pped with the appropriate software 3 2 Main features of DAISY The main features of the DAISY format are as follows Compression of information with high levels of compression available it is possible t...

Page 10: ...t from the book for example for a glossary or index If listening to the book on a pc the text will appear on screen and the reader will be able to search for words within the text Type 4 Audio and ful...

Page 11: ...evels used Level 1 for chapters Level 2 for sections and Level 3 for sub sections Once the book has been created the levels of navigation are fixed and cannot be altered by the reader When trying to f...

Page 12: ...at the reader might wish to go to independently of the other navigation structures For example diagrams tables points of note safety information and so on When it used carefully it could be extremely...

Page 13: ...ter stage The number of permitted bookmarks will depend on the DAISY player used but generally there will be more capacity than the reader requires Bookmarks are the only navigation item that the read...

Page 14: ...f the PLEXTALK unit It also details how to insert the battery charge the unit and care for the battery Basic operations such as turning the unit on and off and inserting and ejecting SD cards are also...

Page 15: ...lways explain every operation in detail In many cases PLEXTALK s built in speech gives you sufficient detail that operating features and functions should be clear 5 2 What you get in the box Below is...

Page 16: ...ys on it whereas the bottom has only 5 rubber feet four of which are near to the corners and one which is the long straight foot When you have found the bottom of the unit place the unit carefully dow...

Page 17: ...row has numbers 4 5 and 6 The third row has numbers 7 8 and 9 and the fourth row has the Star key Number 0 key and the Hash key The number 5 key has a small raised dot on it to help you locate it The...

Page 18: ...s on the top surface is the 5 keys on the right hand side The key which is located in immediate right of the Number 3 or 6 key is the Information key It is inclined ellipse in shape The key which is l...

Page 19: ...the left side of the unit there are three items From front to back there are the SD card slot the headphone jack and the USB slot The SD card slot is for both the SD card and SDHC card The USB slot ca...

Page 20: ...rting the battery In order to insert or replace the battery do the following Turn off the power and remove the power adapter Carefully turn over your PLEXTALK and place it face down on the flat surfac...

Page 21: ...you do not cause accidental damage to it the battery or the media It is strongly recommended that you read this section carefully 5 7 1 Unit care When cleaning your PLEXTALK take note of the followin...

Page 22: ...nt temperature and working environment In order to maintain battery performance the following procedure should be carried out every six months Fully charge the battery Use on battery power until dead...

Page 23: ...e that the Key Describer is on Now press any key on the unit and a description of its function will be spoken Turn off the Key Describer function by pressing and holding down the Menu key PLEXTALK wil...

Page 24: ...rforming the operations you wish to carry out To move the switch simply use a fingernail to move the switch into the desired position To insert the USB memory do the following Turn off the power Inser...

Page 25: ...be ejected You can now pull the CD the rest of the way out of the slot 5 11 Changing operation mode PLEXTALK has two operation modes that are simple mode and advanced mode In the simple mode you canno...

Page 26: ...al to read it immediately but you will find that an understanding of the menu system is useful in many of the chapters that follow 6 1 Overview of the menu and its operation Although you only ever hea...

Page 27: ...continue in the same direction you will eventually return to the starting point as the menus are designed to loop round To select a menu option press the Number 8 key or the Enter key Assuming that t...

Page 28: ...n sections in this Quick Start chapter relate to the basic controls and playing DAISY titles Note The instructions in this chapter assume that you are sufficiently familiar with PLEXTALK s layout that...

Page 29: ...independently press the Menu key and select system settings and select guide volume then press the Number 4 or 6 key to set the required volume Then press the Enter key to confirm and close the menu...

Page 30: ...res in this section you may wish to open a DAISY title Why not use the built in help file as this contains a DAISY version of the main chapters of this guide Press the Number 0 key once to load the he...

Page 31: ...the Previous Title key and Next Title key together Then press the Previous Title key or Next Title key to choose which title you wish to play To get information about the current title including head...

Page 32: ...ensible to do them sooner rather than later This chapter details how to set up the text to speech options set the system time and how to select your preferred waiting sound 8 1 Setting up the text to...

Page 33: ...Press the Menu key once to access the Main Menu Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the System settings option and select it by pressing the Enter key or Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to...

Page 34: ...your entry PLEXTALK will ask you to input the day It will then speak the day that is set at present Use the Number Pad to enter the current day with 2 digits and then press Enter or just press the En...

Page 35: ...urrently selected waiting sound and will then play a sample of that sound Use the Number 4 or 6 key to listen to the available options and press the Enter key or Number 8 key when you are on the waiti...

Page 36: ...out one of the operating functions for example start playback or access the menu system PLEXTALK can then be left for a further 15 minutes of inactivity before the same warning will be spoken again No...

Page 37: ...s the Sleep Timer key again to increase the time for shutting down The Sleep Timer setting will increase by 15 minutes for each press up to a maximum of 1 hour Repeat pressing the Sleep Timer key unti...

Page 38: ...You may want to try out the features mentioned in this chapter as you progress If you wish to do this before proceeding insert an SD card a USB media or a CD containing appropriate content as detaile...

Page 39: ...cause the book or album to commence playback from the beginning again 10 3 Changing the playback volume Reminder The Volume key which is divided into the Volume up key and Volume down key is the top k...

Page 40: ...olume 13 10 4 Changing the guide volume The internal speech generated by PLEXTALK is called the guide speech The volume of the guide speech can either be adjusted in conjunction with the playback volu...

Page 41: ...ed for example Speed 1 If PLEXTALK is playing playback will be temporarily halted as you make your adjustments Note Each time you make an adjustment a beep will be heard A higher pitched beep indicate...

Page 42: ...e tone setting to change rapidly in the relevant direction This saves you having to repeatedly press the key Note Pressing the Tone up key and down key together will lead to normal tone position 10 7...

Page 43: ...ress the Number 2 or 8 key repeatedly to quickly find out 10 8 Understanding how PLEXTALK groups files and folders At the beginning of this chapter you learned about some basic guidelines for the form...

Page 44: ...le your information whilst at the same time being able to access the information quickly when you need to 10 9 Selecting the SD card USB media Internal Memory or CD At times you may wish to switch fro...

Page 45: ...to go to the Media Management option and select it by pressing the Enter key or the Number 8 key Use the Number 4 or 6 key to go to the Media and title Information option and select it by pressing th...

Page 46: ...the Play Stop key is pressed to stop the process Playback will then start automatically When you play a text only DAISY book the fast rewind or fast forward will skip 5 phrases 10 phrases 15 phrases a...

Page 47: ...he unit To find out information about the bookmarks in the current title whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Information key once and PLEXTALK will speak a number of things i...

Page 48: ...m you 10 13 3 Navigating to bookmarks This section tells you how to navigate to the Numbered Bookmark To jump to a Numbered Bookmark whether PLEXTALK is playing or not do the following Press the Bookm...

Page 49: ...way you will move by the numbering sequence of the bookmarks and not by the time sequence that they appear in the title album or text file For example assume you have randomly assigned bookmarks with...

Page 50: ...plied with a built in help file that you can access at any time The file does not contain the full contents of the User s Guide but it does contain the most important chapters that you may wish to ref...

Page 51: ...f you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key When in the help file you will hear the following items Title information Page information Heading...

Page 52: ...n key If you have heard what you want to hear you can stop the spoken information by pressing the Enter key In a DAISY audio title you will hear the following items Title information Time information...

Page 53: ...so be announced 11 2 Heading navigation There are 2 ways of navigating to headings within a DAISY title You can either go to headings direct or you can move through the available headings one at a tim...

Page 54: ...ous heading PLEXTALK will move to the beginning and say Beginning of title Press the Number 6 key to move forwards to the next heading on the selected level PLEXTALK will move to the heading and playb...

Page 55: ...essed at this point to go to the end Press the Number 0 key followed by the Enter key and the playing position will move to the end of the current item The guide speech will say End of title 11 4 Page...

Page 56: ...there are no page markers in the title the Page option will not be listed on the Navigation Menu Note There are three kinds of page which are Normal Front and Special Front pages are those at the fro...

Page 57: ...e the Group option will not be listed on the Navigation Menu 11 6 Phrase navigation Reminder Phrases are a DAISY navigation feature which are automatically created when the recording is made A phrase...

Page 58: ...imilarity between these commands and the equivalent ones for DAISY titles so you should find them simple to learn Before continuing with this chapter ensure that you have inserted an SD card USB media...

Page 59: ...estimate only WAVE Files The Wave format is Microsoft s standard audio file format PLEXTALK supports Wave files in PCM Pulse Code Modulation format only AMR WB This is a standard for compression of a...

Page 60: ...ber of files that can be stored in a folder is 1024 Files in excess of 1024 are not recognized The maximum number of files that can be stored in a media is 6000 Files in excess of 6000 are not recogni...

Page 61: ...tion Audio Power information power source battery level Operation mode advanced or simple System properties system version serial number 12 5 Track navigation Navigating to tracks is very similar to p...

Page 62: ...a time if you allow the track to play for more than 3 seconds the next time you move back a track you will move to the start of the current track If you move back a second time within 3 seconds you wi...

Page 63: ...o Press the Enter key to confirm or the Cancel key to clear your entry When you have entered a valid album number and pressed the Enter key PLEXTALK will switch to the album you selected and playback...

Page 64: ...d sequentially until playback is stopped Shuffle repeat the files in all the album will be continuously played in random order until playback is stopped In order to select a playback mode do the follo...

Page 65: ...See below for details If you do not wish to listen to all the information and wish to step through individual items more quickly you can do this by repeatedly pressing the Information key If you have...

Page 66: ...el 1 headings 13 3 Navigating by percentage Text Files do not allow you to navigate directly to headings pages or groups like DAISY book Consequently these options are not available to you when you pr...

Page 67: ...speech will say 100 percent End of title Playback will stop automatically If you accidentally enter a number larger than 100 PLEXTALK will take you to the end of the Text File 13 5 Navigating by parag...

Page 68: ...the Navigation Menu called Level You will not be able to navigate by a specific level To navigate by level do the following Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select the Level option on the Navigation Menu...

Page 69: ...sed for playback of DAISY content Audio Files or Text Files Note If a CD has multiple kinds of content for example DAISY files and Audio files PLEXTALK will recognize one kind of content only Note Ext...

Page 70: ...atter is called target media You can backup a variety of data from CD to another media CD drive can only be used as a source for backup purposes If you backup from a Music CD you can choose the audio...

Page 71: ...er 8 key again to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If there is not enough space avail...

Page 72: ...en the move is complete Note If there is not enough space available in the destination media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The time for move will depend on the size of the source...

Page 73: ...EXTALK will start the backup PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note The audio compression option is only available when backing up a Music CD Note If there is not enough space availab...

Page 74: ...unce when the move is complete Note If there is not enough space available in the destination USB media PLEXTALK will indicate the necessary capacity Note The moving time will depend on the size of th...

Page 75: ...ackup feature PLEXTALK will say Select a target media Press the Number 4 or 6 key to choose the target media Then press the Enter key or Number 8 key to confirm PLEXTALK will ask you to confirm that y...

Page 76: ...ain to continue or the Cancel key to abort If you choose to continue the backup process will start PLEXTALK will announce when the backup is complete Note If you wish to cancel the backup process whil...

Page 77: ...Note The serial number should also be printed on the label on the bottom surface 15 2 Skippable settings Some DAISY books have items that you are able to skip PLEXTALK enables you to select whether y...

Page 78: ...78 After deciding all the skippable items to be skipped or not press the Enter key Then PLEXTALK will make your selection the new default setting and will exit the menu system...

Page 79: ...D RW discs PLEXTALK is only compatible with round 12cm CDs 8cm CD and irregularly shaped CDs such as the business card type will cause a malfunction and should not be used SD card slot SD SDHC card Pl...

Page 80: ...W Working temperature and humidity Fahrenheit from 40 to 104 Celsius from 5 to 40 Humidity from 20 to 80 no moisture Audio features Headphones line output Compatible impedance 32 ohm unbalanced Jack 3...

Page 81: ...raph Sentence Word Character Bookmark Volume adjustment 0 to 25 in increments of 1 Guide volume adjustment 5 to 5 in increments of 1 Play speed adjustment 11 settings from 2 through 0 to 8 in incremen...

Page 82: ...harging time 4 TBD hours approximately Operating time DAISY format CD playing 5 TBD hours Music CD CD DA format CD playing 2 TBD hours DAISY format SD card playing 9 TBD hours Note All times are appro...

Page 83: ...e end of the line they appear on They are justified to the left margin Sub menu items are written with an initial capital and are formatted in normal style They are prefixed with a plus sign They are...

Page 84: ...elect producer note Play Skip MEDIA MANAGEMENT Media and title information Delete selected title album SYSTEM SETTINGS System properties System version Serial number Select guide volume On scale 5 to...

Page 85: ...85 Select the pitch of the synthetic voice On the scale 5 to 5...

Page 86: ...at the same time Symptom PLEXTALK will not shut down and no keys can be operated Possible cause Unknown error Solution Press and hold down the Sleep timer key and Power button together for more than...

Page 87: ...a page at a time Guide voice No Title has been selected Please select another title Possible cause There is no media in the source location Solution Insert either an SD card a USB media or a CD with...

Page 88: ...um number Solution 2 Use the Number 2 or 8 key to select Album from the Navigation Menu and then use the Number 4 or 6 key to select the album you want Guide voice Number xx does not exist When trying...

Page 89: ...Possible cause You have locked the SD card using the lock switch on the side of the card Solution Eject the card move the locking switch to the unlocked position reinsert it into PLEXTALK and try aga...

Page 90: ...transmitted in one second CD DA This is a CD format CD DA is short for CD Digital Audio Music CDs that play on audio equipment are saved in this format Copyright information This is information about...

Page 91: ...is a DAISY navigation feature that allows the user to find specific items quickly For example groups might be used to mark diagrams tables or images Heading The first phrase of a section and the plac...

Page 92: ...menu system from which many of the functions are accessed In order to access this menu press the Menu key The menu includes Playback setting Skippable Media management and System Settings MP3 This is...

Page 93: ...memory card format that supports capacities greater than 4GB Section A section in a DAISY title is the piece of audio between one heading and the next Headings are used to mark such things as chapter...

Page 94: ...l equipment It is intended to communalize such peripherals as a mouse keyboards printers modems and speakers which had been separate in the past Wave file This is a digitized sound file format for Mic...

Page 95: ...e 69 Glossary 89 93 Group 12 56 Guide volume 28 29 40 Heading 11 31 51 53 54 90 HTML 64 68 90 Information key 18 29 51 Key describer 23 Key lock 28 Menu 25 27 91 Menu hierarchy 82 84 Move 70 76 MP3 58...

Page 96: ...ection 13 92 Sleep timer 19 36 Specification 78 81 System properties 76 Text to speech TTS 32 93 Time jump 30 Tone 18 29 41 Track 61 Trouble shooting 85 88 USB 19 23 44 93 Waiting sound 34 Wave file 5...