Activeforever Plextalk PTR2 Digital DAISY Player and Recorder - Manual (Page 52)

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The built in microphone is handy because you do not require any
additional hardware to make a recording, however, it can pick up some
noise from the CD drive which may be heard in the recording. Recording
to a CF card can reduce this problem significantly.
An external microphone will generally give better quality recordings but
you will need to purchase a microphone separately. It is often useful to
use an external microphone for recording conferences, lectures or
concerts. Wearing headphones whilst recording can help minimise the
risk of feedback from the built in speaker.
Using the line in source is ideal for recording from other devices such as
CD players, cassette players or radios. Recording directly from one device
to another cuts out extraneous noises. You should connect to the other
device using the supplied audio cable, connecting to the other device's
headphone socket and PLEXTALK's line in socket.
When you connect your input source to the microphone or line in sockets,
PLEXTALK will indicate that it recognises that a device has been
connected and will automatically make the most recently connected
source the default recording source.
When recording from the built in microphone or the external microphone,
it is useful to be able to silence the guide speech during recording, in
order to avoid guide speech being heard in the final recording. This can
be done in 3 ways:
• Plug in headphones.
• Turn the guide speech volume down to zero.
• Set the "Switch over the guidance when recording" option in the
"Recording Settings" menu to "Guidance off". With this option, you
should be aware that you will lose all voice prompts whilst actually
recording. Some of these may be ones that you would prefer to
keep. If so, you need to then use the headphones option.
Insert a blank CD or CF card. PLEXTALK will ask you to press the Enter key
to create a DAISY title. Press the Enter key and a few seconds later the CD
or CF card will have been prepared for recording a DAISY title.
You may now wish to select a recording mode and sound quality setting.
PLEXTALK offers you 5 preset recording modes and 1 mode which allows