Akaluli L81 Digital Voice Activated Recorder with Playback User Manual

: June 14, 2024
: AKALULI

Table of Contents

L81 Digital Voice Activated Recorder with Playback
Product Information
Specifications:
- Product Usage Instructions
Chapter One: Instruction of Button Functions
Chapter Two: Quick Start Guide
- FAQ
1. What is the after-sale service contact information?
2. How can I register as a VIP and extend the warranty?

L81 Digital Voice Activated Recorder with Playback

Product Information

Specifications:

Model: L81
Storage Capacity: 8GB
TF Card: Supports up to 64GB/128GB
USB Type: Type-C
Built-in Mic: Yes
Speaker: Yes
Earphone Jack: Yes
Battery: Rechargeable
Warranty: 18 months (extended with VIP registration)

Product Usage Instructions

Chapter One: Instruction of Button Functions

1. USB: Used for charging the device or transferring recordings
to a computer.

2. Built-in Mic: Captures the voice and records. Do not click on
buttons when the device is recording.

3. Display Screen

4. Power Button: Switches the device power on/off.

5. Return Button: Returns to the main menu or previous
option.

6. Volume Up Button: Increases the volume during playback or
selects the previous option.

7. Previous Button: Selects the previous option; long press can
rewind during playback.

8. Volume Down Button: Decreases the volume during playback or
selects the next option.

9. Speaker

10. Earphone Jack: Plug in earphones to hear the playback.

11. Record/Save Button: Push up to start a recording, push down
to save.

12. MPlay Menu Button: During playback, press M to access the
play mode, sound style, adjust speed, or delete the file.

13. Confirm Button: Press to start/pause playback; long press
turns the device on/off (while power button is at the ON
position).

14. Next Button: Selects the next option; long press can fast
forward during playback.

15. Delete Button: A-B repeat function during playing a
recording.

16. TF Card Slot

17. Hang Rope Mouth

Chapter Two: Quick Start Guide

1. How to charge?

The recorder has a built-in rechargeable battery. Connect it to
a computer via the USB cable for charging. Once it has finished
charging (typically around 1.5-2 hours), the battery icon on the
screen will be full. Alternatively, you can connect the voice
recorder to other USB sockets for charging, such as a USB wall
charger or USB charge dock.

2. How to turn on the voice recorder?

Push the power button to the ON position. The recorder will boot
up, and the screen will light on, displaying “WELCOME” to indicate
that the machine is turned on.

3. How to turn off the voice recorder?

Push the power button to the OFF position. The screen will
display the “Bye” icon, indicating that the machine is turned off.
(When the button is kept in the ON state, long press can turn on or
turn off the device.)

4. How to record and save?

To record, turn on the recorder and push up the “REC” button. To
save the recording, push down the “SAVE” button. The screen will
show “Saved”. The screen will automatically switch to the files
menu, where you can see the file you just recorded and all other
saved recordings.

5. How to Play/Pause a Recording?

A) If you want to playback the recording you just saved,
directly press the “Play/Pause” button after you saved. If you want
to playback other recordings, press the “+” or “-” button to
select.

B) During playback, press the “Play/Pause” button to pause
playing and press it again to resume recording.

6. How to adjust the volume?

Use the volume buttons (+/-) during playback. Press “+” to raise
the volume and press “-” to lower the volume.

7. How to fast forward/rewind when playback?

During playback, use the up/down buttons to fast forward or
rewind.

FAQ

1. What is the after-sale service contact information?

You can contact our after-sales team at Support@akaluli.com for
any operation or quality issues. We provide video operation
tutorials for operation issues and offer replacements or refunds
for quality issues.

2. How can I register as a VIP and extend the warranty?

You can register as a VIP at our official website https://akaluli.com. Registration is
free, and it allows you to receive an extended 18 months warranty
for your product.

L81 User Manual
Package List
1L81 8GB Voice Recorder 1 TF Card c64GB/128GB 1Type-C USB Cable 1User Manual
After-sale service: Support@akaluli.com 7

1. For operation issues, we’ll provide video operation tutorials;
2. For quality issues, we’ll offer a replacement or refund. Any issues just be free to contact our after-sales team.
Official Website: https://akaluli.com We highly recommend you register VIP at our website to receive an extended 18 months warranty for your product, registration is free.

Chapter one Instruction of button functions

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1. USB: for charging or transfer recordings to a computer
2. Built-in Mic: captures the voice and records. Do not click on buttons when device is recording
3. Display screen
4. Power button: switch on/off device power 5. Return buttonreturn to the main menu / previous
option
6. Turn up the volume during playback; previous option

7. previous option; long press can rewind during playback

8. Turn down volume during playback; next option
9. Speaker
10. Earphone: You may plug in earphones to hear the playback.
11. Record / Save : push up the button to start a recording, push down to save.
12. MPlay Menu-Press M during playback, you can select play mode, sound style, adjust speed, or delete the file.
13. Confirm button;press it to start /pause playback; long press it turn on/off the device (while power button is at the ON position)
14. next option; long press can fast forward during playback.
15. delete button; A-B repeat function during play a recording

16. TF card

17. Hang rope mouth

Chapter two Quick Start Guide
1. How to charge?
The recorder built-in rechargeable battery. Connect to computer via the USB cable, once it has finished charging ( typically around 1.5-2 hours), the battery icon of the screen will be full.
We can also connect the voice recorder to other USB socket for charging (like USB wall charger, USB charge dock)
2. How to turn on the voice recorder?
Push the power button at “ON” position, the recorder will boot up the screen light on, display “WELCOME”, indicating the machine is turned on.
3. How to turn off the voice recorder? Push the power button at “OFF” position, the screen displays the “Bye” icon, indicating that the machine is turned off .

(When the button keep ON state, long press can turn on or turn off the device)
4. How to record and save?
Turn on the recorder push up REC to start recording push down SAVE the screen will show “Saved”.
Then the screen will switch to the files menu automatically, you can see the file you record just now and all other saved recordings.

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5. How to Play / Pause a Recording?
A) If you want to playback the recording you just saved, directly press button after you saved. If you want to playback other recordings, press /+
or / – to select.
B) During playback, press ” ” button to pause playing, press again to resume recording.

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6. How to adjust the volume?
volume button: “+” “-” During playback, press “+” to raise the volume, press “-” to lower the volume.

7. How to fast forward / rewind when playback

Up / Down button: /
During playback, long press the press to fast forward.

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8. How to connect computer to transfer recordings
Turn off the recorderconnect computerfind removable disk copy and backup the recordings to computer.

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9. How to use A-B repeat
During playback, press Button, you will see A on the screen, and B is blink, it selected the start point, then press again, select point B , screen will show A-B, now it will playback between Point A to B.

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10. How to Use Line-in?

LINE-IN: Please first insert audio line into the Line in hole, push up the REC button, it will pop up two options: Microphone / line in.

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When selecting line in, please insert the other end of audio line into the sound source outlet of other devices, it can record the voice from the device.

11. How to find a recording?
Find “Recording” on the main interface Recordings library see all recordings you saved. ( is confirm)
The main interface functions are described in detail in the following Chapters (press confirm and proceed to next step, press back to previous menu)
Main interface

Recording

Setting

Music

Chapter three Main interface-Recording
Recording contains two parts: 1. Recording LibrarySave the recording files in
chronological order. 2. Recording settingscontains 7 sections
2.1 Record format MP3 Rec — 32 / 64 / 128 / 192 Kbps are available. WAV Rec — 512 / 1024 / 1536 Kbps are available. NoteMP3 format can be more widely supported by different computers.
2.2 AVR mode It will starts recording when there is sound, and does not record when there is no sound.
Track AVR mode—“OFF” is normal recording;”ON” is use voice activated recording. Set level of AVR1 level~7 level can be selected.
Level 1 only picks up voice or sound above 70db, a very loud sound.
Level 7 is very sensitive, so any quiet sound will be recorded.

Note: do not turn on this function for important lectures or meetings. It may skip or lose some very important sentences at low decibels. How to useRecordingRecord settingsAVR ModeTrack AVR ModeOnSet level of AVR select a level you wantpress REC to record press Save to save.
Note: Even if you use AVR function, you still need to press REC to start recording and press Save to save.
2.3 Set noise cancellation levels
If you want to reduce noise, 1level~7 level can be selected.
How to useRecordingRecord settingsSet noise cancellation levelsselect a level. If you don’t need, just choose disable noise cancellation.
NoteDon’t recording near computer, electric fans, air conditioner, sound bar that will easily cause noise, the recorder will pickup this statics noise.

2.4 Record subsection
30/ 60/ 90/120 minutes can be selected.Recorder will automatically save the recording at a selected time length and start new recording. (ex: if you choose 30 minutes, the recording will be saved when reach 30 minutes)
How to useRecordingRecord settingsRecord subsectionselect a time If you want to make a long recording, select Off option.
2.5 Monitor switch
When ON, use earphones can hear what it is recording. When Off, no sound can be heard using earphones.
2.6 Record led When on, the indicator light will light up during recording. When off, the indicator light won’t light up during recording.
2.7 Auto record Record on / off Record CycleOnce only work 1 time

DailyAuto recording everyday at specified time. Work DayAuto recording work day at specified
time. Start timeset when the device start to record End timeset when the device stop record and save file. How to useSelect ON, set start / end time, record cycle, and Keep the Power ON position, so the recorder will automatically boot on and start to recording at specified time. NoteThe end time should be greater than the start
time. (volume button “+” “-” to adjust time.
/ button to move to front and back option.)

Chapter four Main interface-Setting
1. Save positionCard or Flash
Select Card means any subsequent recordings you make will be saved to the card.
If not, recordings will still save on built-in memory. 2. LanguageChange the device display language.
3. Date and Time How to useSet time adjust time Date setting set date format set date adjust date.
(VOL”+” “-“: to adjust the number: hour, minute, year, month, day.
/ : move to next.)
4. Password set Password switch: OFF default. If you want set a password, select On How to usePassword switch On Password setting VOL”+” “-” to adjust number screen will show “password changed”

Note
If you forget the password, please enter the password “181818” , then long press the ” ” button to unlock your recorder, so that you can re-enter the recorder and reset your new password.
If password function is ON, when connect to computer, we need to input correct password, otherwise, it will fail connect to computer.
5. Backlight timer For power saving, you can choose 10 Seconds20 Seconds or 30Seconds. If you don’t like lights dimmed, just choose Always on.
6. Brightness
Use “+” “-” button to adjust the number: 0-11 level. The brightness below 5 is not recommended, it will not be clear.
7. Auto switch off
For power saving, you can select 10 /30 /60 /120 minutes. After you select a time, the recorder will automatically turn off when reach the time, even if you are recording.

So it would be better to select OFF.
Note: Frequent recording is not recommended to use this feature, to avoid automatic shutdown to lose important parts of the recording.
8. Information
Software versionView local hardware and software information. Disk spaceView local hardware and software information.
If a SD card is inserted, the screen will display Device Storage / Micro SD card You can click on the option to see free space and total space of device or card.
If there is no SD card, the screen will directly shows free / total space of device.

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9. Factory reset
When we mistakenly change settings in wrong way, and don’t know how to correct it. Factory reset could be helpful. All settings will be restored to default, same like the first day we just saw the device. (It will turn off automatically after you reset)
10. Format Device
It will delete all files and cannot be restored, Please note to backup important files in time.
Format directly on the recorder If a SD card is inserted, SettingFormat device format Internal memory or SD card If there is no SD card, Format devicedelete all dataYes
Connect the recorder with computer to format Turn off the recorderconnect computer find the removable diskformat the disk.
Note: During format device, waiting showing completed information, and the device will turn off, and then you could switch off the device.

Notice: Do not cut off its power during format the device, otherwise it will meet disk error.
Chapter five Main interface-Music
If it shows “no songs founds” that means there is no songs file in the recorder disk, or the song file format are not supported.
If you want to download music, please connect recorder with computer, find the recorder disk, then you can create a new folder named music on it, then backup music to the new folder.

CHAPTER Six Play Menu
When you play a recording, press M button can see playback menu. There are five settings:
1. Play Mode Repeat Oneit will repeat on single track again and again. Repeat Allselect and confirm this, it will repeat from A-Z again and again. PreviewEach recording file plays only 10 seconds and automatically switches to the next one. Shuffleit will playback all recordings or music in random, even you press up or down button, it will not select to next or previous track, it will be random.
2. Variable Speed Playback 0~8x rate is optional, the higher the number, the faster the playback speed volume button “+” “-” to adjust the speed you want.

3. Sound effect There are 5 sound effects to choose from: vocal,treble,bass,excite,relax. If you don’t need this function, just select Off.
Delete Files during playback
4. Delete one During playback one recording, if you want to delete it: Press M buttonselect delete oneYes
5. Delete All During playback one recording, if you want to delete all recordings: Press M buttonselect delete allYes
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Delete recordings during non-playback. Turn on the recorderRecordingRecording library delete one or all recordings.
Delete Recording files on the computer Turn off the recorderconnect to computerfind removable disk click and view all recordingselect one or all recordings to delete.

CHAPTER Seven Trouble Shooting
1. Failed connect to computer
If the recorder can’t be recognized by computer, please make sure turn off the recorder before you connect, then try different USB cables, sockets or computers.

Click Computer and select Manage
Find Device Manager
Computer Management
Click right mouse button, enable the recorder device / or scan update hard drive changes to help you find the recorder drive

2. No voice recordings
If there is no voice recordings, or you have deleted all recordings in your device, you will see ” no voice recordings” or “no songs” on the screen. Don’t worry, you could just go ahead to press REC.
3. Cannot find my recordings in the recorder
Please Switch the save position to find the file. (It may caused by previous recordings are stored in its internal memory, so you can’t see them when you look for files on the SD card) How to switch the save position:
æSwitch the save position when you insert a SD card. çSwitch the save position in Setting menu.

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If it still can’t be found, the recording may not be

saved successfully.

4. Press REC, but it does not record Check if you use AVR mode, if you use it, the screen will shows VOR during recording. Confirm if there is enough free space on the device. If not, it won’t start recording.
5. Why the recorder turns off automatically The battery has been run out of The recorder will automatically shut down when there is no operation more than 3 minutes to save the battery.
When you select lower level, it only starts recording when it’s loud voice.
Auto Switch Off function was turned on, the recorder will automatically shut down when reach the time you set. Need to close it in Setting.

6. Disk Error It may caused by the two reasons
1. Due static shock, like over current charging, 2. Cut off its power when format device didn’t completed, so it lost system firmware.
How to Rescue Turn off the recorderconnect WINDOWS computer click the mouse right button format it. (for MAC computer need to contact after-sales for tutorials).
7. Format Error It may caused by the three reasons
1. During recording, directly turn off the recorder, that will cause file damage, we need to press SAVE button to save the recordings.
2. The recordings time length is less than 5 seconds, like ZERO second recordings file.
3. Computer do not support the wav file. The recordings were saved as wav format. You could download the free MplayerX / VLC Media Player to solve this issue: http://mplayerx.org/ and http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

How to Rescue
Please delete the error recording file, and then format the device. Before formatting, please check if other recording files are normal in your computer, backup them. We suggest you format the device on Windows if you can.
7. Screen is frozen, no button work Please press and hold button about 15 seconds to reset the recorder. If it still doesn’t work, please email our after-sales team. cWhen connecting computer, the buttons won’t work.
9. It suddenly shows delete file When you don’t record or during playing, if you press
mistakenly, it will enter delete mode. Don’t worry, just exit it by pressing
10. Memory is full When space is full, please back up all recordings to computer, and then delete all the recordings. Do not cut off during this time, or cannot delete file from

recorder successfully, and still occupy the disk space. NoteThe voice recorder has a limited storage at 8GB, please backup timely.