hoerbert hörbert Software User Manual
- June 11, 2024
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hörbert Software
User Manual
hörbert Software
Congratulations to your new hörbert!
In order to record your own songs and radio plays onto hörberts memory card,
to set up the storage of recordings on one or more playlists and to set up the
Internet radio, you need the hörbert software. The version 3.x is needed for
the new hörbert
model with electronics version 2.0 of October 2021. The latest version of this
software can be downloaded free of charge from our service page under Software
Downloads and Questions about Recording: https://www.hoerbert.com/service/.
Because hörbert can be replayed, it “grows” with your child and becomes a
loyal companion throughout childhood and beyond.
Below you will find detailed instructions for the hörbert software.
Any questions? Your hörbert service team will be happy to help you at any time
at service@hoerbert.com. The entire hörbert
team wishes you much joy with your hörbert!
The hörbert software
The hörbert software is a computer program for transferring music and audio
plays from your computer or from CDs to hörbert’s memory card. The hörbert
software takes over the function of the playlist manager, i.e. it helps you to
assign the audio contents to hörbert’s selection buttons (2). In addition, the
software can copy content from audio CDs directly to hörbert’s memory card.
For hörberts without a toggle switch – from October 2021 – the hörbert
software contains new functions that are no longer compatible with the hörbert
2011 model.
Therefore, when the software is started, the user is first asked which hörbert
model he or she owns. With toggle switch = hörbert 2011. Please note that
older memory cards work in new hörberts, but not the other way round.
System requirements
- PC or Mac (Intel)
- Operating system: Windows 10 or higher, or Mac OS X from version 10.14. or Linux from 16.0.4 You are using an older Windows or macOS operating system? Please contact service@winzki.de for further information and help.
- SD card reader, built-in or connected to a USB port
- Screen resolution of at least 1024×768 pixels
- At least 8GB free hard disk space
- At least 4GB RAM
Installing the hörbert software
You can find the latest installation files for the hörbert software on the
Internet for free download at: https://www.hoerbert.com/service
Download the hörbert software programmed and install the app in your
programmed on the computer. You may – depending on your system – be asked for
an administration
password so that the hörbert software can be installed on your computer.
Simply follow the instructions of the installer and your operating system.
With the macOS installer you simply have to drag the bear symbol in the
direction of the arrow onto the programmed, then the installation will start.
Under Windows, start the installation by double-clicking on the previously
downloaded installation file called “hoerbert.exe”.
After successful installation you will find in your this symbol in your
programmed:
Use of the hörbert software
The hörbert software helps you to define the contents of the 9 playlists and
their order within the playlist. Start the hörbert software via the hörbert
icon on your desktop, or from the Windows start menu under
“Programs->hörbert->hoerbert”. Under Mac OS X, start the hoerbert.app in the
folder: “Applications->hoerbert”.
Query according to the hörbert model
First, the software asks for which hörbert model the memory card should be
recorded. Memory cards that have been recorded and configured for the new
hörbert model (release October 2021) will not work in hörberts with the older
electronics of the hörbert 2011 model.
Read in card
If you have not already done so, insert the hörbert memory card into the SD
card slot (9) of your computer. The hörbert software recognizes the memory
card and displays its name. In Figure 1, the card name is “KUNTERBUNT”. Then
click on the “Read in card” button to the right of it. If you have several
removable media connected to your computer and the drive display bar shows
another drive and not the memory card, you can find and select the memory card
using the small black triangle to the right of it. Click on the button “Read
card” to the right of the name of the memory card. Now the number of titles
per button is displayed in the form of numbers.
Edit a playlist
In figure 2 above, you can see how many titles are already deposited behind
each of the coloured buttons. Click on one of the coloured button symbols to
open the playlist behind it.
Now you can add or remove files in the selected playlist or determine the
order.
Add files to a playlist
Use the plus symbol in the middle to add new titles to the list. This opens a
file window of your operating operating system, which you can use to search
for and select files as usual. Alternatively, you can drag files or iTunes
tracks from the iTunes library into the playlist window.
Move a file
Within the playlist, you can change the order of the titles by clicking-and-
dragging with the mouse.
Deleting a track from a playlist
If you click on a title, it is marked and can be removed from the list with
the minus symbol.
Confirm the changes
When you have finished editing a playlist, confirm this by clicking on the
green tick at the top right of the window. The hörbert software now saves the
changes to your card in the background and displays a progress percentage on
the button for the playlist. You can continue editing the next playlist in
parallel by clicking on the next button colour. If you click on the white
cross in the red circle at the top right of the window, your changes in the
playlist are discarded and the content window closes.
Attention. Ejecting the card is important. When you have finished editing
all the coloured buttons, please be sure to eject the memory card properly
using the eject button in the hörbert software at the top right of the start
window. Wait for the security message before disconnecting the card from the
computer.
Attention! Do not delete the original files from your computer after
transferring them, as they cannot be restored from the files copied to
hörbert.
Scissor function:
You can have particularly long titles split automatically if you place the
tick next to the scissors. If you click 1 x in the box next to the scissors,
the file is divided at a suitable silent point, if you click 2 x, the file is
divided into a 3minute section.
Other functions on this page:
Prelisten to tracks:
You can listen to tracks by highlighting a track and then pressing the space
bar.
Insert silence:
If you want to insert a longer silence between two tracks, select the silence
duration in the top left of the content window of the playlist and then click
on the plus symbol next to the silence. This inserts the silence into the
playlist. You can move the silence up or down with the mouse like other files.
Insert Internet Radio URL:
Click on the plus to the right of URL in the content window. With this
function you insert an address of an Internet radio station or podcast instead
of a file.
The following stream formats are possible: mp3, aac, pls or m3u streams.
Sometimes the stream is also encrypted, in which case you must add
https://verwenden instead of “http” at the beginning.
The menu of the hörbert software
The hörbert software offers further functions via the menu bar at the top
of the software window:
Edit:
If you have clicked on one of the coloured playlists with the mouse and thus
opened the content window of the playlist, you can do the following via
“Edit”:
- Add a title. This opens the file system of your computer, which you can use to search for and select a title.
- Remove a title. To do this, one or more files in the playlist must have been selected beforehand.
- move one or more titles to another button (= another playlist). To do this, one or more files must have been selected beforehand.
View
opens a dialogue in which you can switch to dark mode and define the display
of playlist columns in the content window. In addition, you can select the
audiobook model for which you want to edit the inserted memory card here.
Extras
Configure WiFi connections
Here you can enter the name of your home WLAN and other WLANs and the
corresponding password.
Print table of contents
With this command, the hörbert software creates a current table of contents of
the memory card and displays it on the screen. It can then be saved or printed
out.
Create data backup
This command creates a backup of the memory card contents and saves it in the
location you have defined on your computer.
Caution! We recommend a backup before the first reloading of the memory
card and then again at regular intervals.
Restore data backup
With this command you can access the previously created backup again and
restore it to the memory card.
Format memory card
Caution: Formatting irrevocably deletes the data on a data carrier!
Therefore, make sure that you have not selected the wrong data carrier by
mistake!
After a further confirmation prompt, the formatting is carried out. Formatting
can take a few minutes. If you do not want to format or are not sure, click on
No.
Advanced functions
- Play files quieter or louder
- Increase the volume to the limit
- Regularly remind you to back up your data
- Show drives larger than 32 GB
- Always create the file hoerbert.xml for old hoerbert app versions 1.x
- Determine the number of buttons for the hörbert: Change to 1-button or 3-button hörbert.
- Change the software to the new hörbert model (without toggle switch).
Allow microphone recording
Select a playlist on which voice recordings should be allowed by clicking on
the desired coloured button. Then tick the box “Allow microphone recordings
here”.
Bluetooth stream recordings
Select the playlist in which Bluetooth streams are to be saved by clicking on
the desired coloured button. Then tick the box “Save Bluetooth recordings
here”.
Attention: Only one playlist can be activated for Bluetooth recordings.
Internet radio station recordings
You can store one or more URLs of Internet radio stations on a playlist.
Internet radio stations on a playlist. See the item Insert Internet Radio URL
in these instructions. If you want to record these stations, you must specify
for each of the playlists that Internet radio recordings are allowed.
To do this, click on the desired coloured button. Then tick the box “Allow
Internet radio recordings here”.
Settings for Internet radio via WiFi
Setting up WLAN or WiFi settings
In order for hörbert to play Internet radio stations, it must be integrated
into your WLAN. For this, hörbert needs the name of your WLAN (called SSID)
and the corresponding password. You can find out how to save these access data
in hörbert here:
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Extras -> Configure WiFi connections
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WiFi settings
Enter the name of your WLAN in the SSID line and the password below it. Click on “Save”. Up to 5 WLANs can be set up if hörbert is to be operated at different locations with Internet access.
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Eject the memory card from the hörbert software and insert it into hörbert.
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Switch on hörbert and press the SET button. The green light next to the SET button now lights up permanently.
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Press the orange playlist button on the front of the hörbert until the Playlist button until you hear an acknowledgement tone. (press for about 10 seconds).
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Exit the SET mode by pressing the SET button again.
Important security note: Between steps 1 and 5, your access data is
stored in plain text in a “wifi.ini” file on the memory card. This file is not
deleted from the memory card until you read the data into hörbert and save it
with the SET key. You can also delete the file from the memory card at any
time using Windows Explorer or Finder.
Playback of a microphone recording
In the case of a microphone recording, this is also played back immediately a
few seconds after recording. It lands directly after the file in which you
started the recording. Afterwards, you can always call it up again from this
playlist. With the help of the hörbert software, you can also move the
recording to another location. See the instructions for the hörbert software
at
https://hoerbert.com/anleitungen/hörbert.
Playback of Internet radio recordings
Recordings from the Internet radio always end up at the end of the playlist in
which the URL of the Internet radio station is entered and can be accessed and
played back from there with the corresponding coloured hörbert button for this
playlist. With the help of the hörbert software, you can also move the
recording to another location. See the instructions for the hörbert software
at
https://hoerbert.com/anleitungen/hörbert.
Playback of recordings from Bluetooth streams
Recordings from Bluetooth streams always end up at the end of the playlist
that was previously released for Bluetooth recordings. They can then be
accessed and played back from there. With the help of the hörbert software,
you can also move the recording to another location. See the instructions for
the hörbert software at
https://hoerbert.com/anleitungen/hörbert.
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References
- hörbert • Musikbox mit Aufnahmefunktion • Nachhaltig, reparierbar, offen.
- Service • www.hoerbert.com
- Service • www.hoerbert.com
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