User manual COMPRO COMPROFM2

[. . . ] No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Compro Technology, Inc. Compro, VideoMate, Poladyne, Play with Power, and the Compro logo are trademarks of Compro Technology, Inc. COMPRO makes no warranties with respect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, quality, or fitness for any particular purpose. COMPRO reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes. [. . . ] Repeat steps 1 through 2 for any other stations you wish to rename. 13 ComproFM User Interface Click OK to confirm your changes. You can then select your favorite stations by press the number key. Note: There are ten numbers you can use, from 0 to 9. If you wish to reassign a pre-set, choose the number you wish to use in the number box again. You can select the number again to undo the change?. 14 ComproFM User Interface Fine Tuning ComproFM includes a fine-tuning feature. Fine-tuning is normally not necessary. Sleep mode You can enable this mode to automatically shutdown the system after 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours. 15 ComproFM User Interface Recording Options Recorded Programs Folder Click on the button to set the directory where recorded programs are stored. Check that you have ample disk space to store recorded programs. Recording Format Here you can select the audio format of recorded programs. ComproFM includes useful quality pre-sets, from MP3, WMA, and WAV format. 16 ComproFM User Interface Recording Quality Choose between 8. 000 KHz to 44. 100 KHz sampling rate for your audio quality. For example, select 44. 100 KHz if you want CD quality. Note: You must install Microsoft Windows?Microsoft Media Encoder 9 is included in the FM installation CD and will be installed automatically. This CODEC, however, only supports up to 56 Kbps audio bit rate. Skip Set the amount of programming time skipped when you press the Advance and Replay buttons during playback. This is useful, for example, for skipping commercial messages. Recording Volume Set the volume of recording files. Move the bar to the right to increase the volume. 17 ComproFM User Interface System Devices Options Audio Device Normally, the audio device is set to the name of your sound card. Note: You must select the proper Audio devices for correct operation. If you cannot see the name of your sound card, the sound card drivers are probably not correctly installed. Please see Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting. " 18 ComproFM User Interface Audio Input Choose the "AUX-In" if you are using an internal audio patch cable connected to "AUX-In" of your sound card. ComproFM supports several encoding methods, letting you choose between high quality and economical use of 21 Using ComproFM disk space. ComproFM starts recording the audio currently showing in the display window. When you stop recording, ComproFM prompts you to name the file containing the recorded audio. [Didn't CopmroPVR users complain about being asked the filename AFTER recoring was complete?I think it's much more natural and easier to name the file up front. Tell Kevin Su that, if necessary, he can ask for the filename up front and then rename at the end of the recording session. ] To playback the recorded file, press the Play button and select the file you wish to view. Disk usage The actual disk space used primarily depends on the quality settings for recording. A higher quality setting, e. g. , CD-quality, requires significantly more disk space than a lower quality setting, such as MP3-quality. Playback ComproFM can playback recorded audio files. Highlight the file name in the program list, double-click or press Play to start playback. 22 Using ComproFM During playback, the display area of the control panel provides information about currently playing program and provides playback control functions. [. . . ] Station: Select the station you want to record. 28 Using ComproFM Audio mode: Select the audio mode you want to record. Mute speakers while recording: Check this box to mute speakers while recording. This feature is useful if the program is to be recorded while you are asleep. Quality Settings Format: Here you can select the audio format of recorded programs. [. . . ]