8. MEDIA
8.1 Media Player
8.1.1 Using the media buttons
8.1.2 Braille Keyboard and Extended Keys
8.1.3 How to Use the Media Player Menu
8.1.4 Additional features
8.2 FM Radio
8.2.1 Listening to FM Radio via the internal speakers
8.2.2 Frequency control
8.2.3 Adding and navigating presets
8.2.4 Recording from the FM Radio
8.2.5 Additional features
8.3 DAISY Player
8.3.1  Registering with digital Book Service Providers.
8.3.2 Executing the DAISY Player
8.3.3 Components of the DAISY Player
8.3.4 The File menu
8.3.5 Document Navigation
8.3.6 Mark
8.3.7 Heading
8.3.8 Memos
8.4 YouTube
8.4.1 The Top Menu
8.4.2 The Search Dialog
8.4.3 The Search Results Dialog
8.4.4 The Playback Dialog
8.4.5 The File Menu
8.4.6 Play Menu
8.4.7 Favorites and Subscriptions
8.4.8 Settings

8. Media 
The "Media" menu on the Braille Sense U2 consists of programs related to media playback: specifically music, fideos, and DAISY content. The "Media" menu contains 4 items: "Media Player", "FM Radio", "DAISY Player", and "YouTube". 
You can open the "Media" menu by pressing "F1" to bring up the main "Program" menu, then navigating to "Media" using the DOWN scroll key and pressing "Enter". Or, you can quickly jump to and open the "Media" menu by pressing "M" from the main menu.

8.1 Media Player
The Media Player on the U2 is a program you can use to play audio files as well as listen to the audio for some video file formats. The Media Player plays the following formats, ac3, asf, asx, m3u, mp2, mp3, MP 4, mpa, mpg, ogg, pls, wav, wax, wma, flac, midi and wmv. 
* Note: you cannot see the video for "avi" and "wmv" files, however, you may listen to the audio contained in these formats. You can control the playing of audio files using either Braille keyboard commands or the media buttons on the front panel of the U2. 
You can launch the "Media Player" by navigating to it in the "Media" menu and pressing "Enter". Or, you can launch the "Media Player" from anywhere on the unit by pressing "F1-M".

8.1.1 Using the media buttons
Near the center of the front panel on the U2 is a group of 5 buttons with varying shapes. These buttons can be used to control the Media Player. Moving from left to right, the buttons are: "Back", "Record", "Stop", "Play/Pause", and "Forward". These buttons are used for playing and recording music or voice quickly and easily.
The media buttons can control media playback, DAISY content playback, or FM radio operation, depending on the position of the Media Mode switch, located to the left of the media buttons. Slide this switch to the right-most position, "Media Mode", to control media playback. 
If the "Play/Pause" button is pressed while you are using another program on the U2, the unit opens the Media Player and begins playing the files in the most recently played  list. If there are no files in the playlist, the U2 says, "There are no items to display". "Back", "Stop", and "Forward" are available after audio playback is started. 
* Note: As the U2 is able to multi-task, initiating audio playback with the "Play/Pause" button does not close the program you were running when you pressed it. To return to your former position, press "F2-F3" to cycle through the running programs until you reach your former location. 

8.1.1.1 Play/Pause Button
The "Play/Pause" button has a long, rectangular shape. A playlist can contain only 1 file, or many files. If there is more than one file in the playlist when you press the "Play/Pause" button, the U2 plays all the files in the list one after another. If you press the "Play/Pause" button during playback, audio playback is paused. To resume playing, press the button again. If you press the "Play/Pause" button while you are in the "Record" dialog, the most recently recorded file is played. 

8.1.1.2 "Forward" button and "Back" button
Both of these buttons have a triangular shape: the "Back" button points to the left, and the "Forward" button points to the right. If you press the "Forward" button, the next file in the playlist is played, and pressing the "Back" button plays the previous file. If you press the "Forward" button (while the last file in the list is playing, (or the "Back" button (while the first file in the list is playing), it has no effect, as there is no file to navigate to.  

8.1.1.3 Record Button
The "Record" button has a circular shape.   You can use this button to create a recording using the internal microphone or an external microphone from anywhere on the unit provided the Media Mode switch is set to the right-most position. Pressing the "Record" button once opens the "Record" dialog. Press the "Record" button again to start recording. Press the "Record" button while you are recording to pause recording. Resume recording by pressing the "Record" button one more time. Press the "Stop" button  to stop and save your recording. The recorded file is saved in the "flashdisk/media/record" folder. 

8.1.1.4 Stop Button
The "Stop" button has a square shape and a dot on it, and is used to stop playback or recording.   If you press "Stop" during audio playback, the next time media playback is launched, the U2 starts playing the first file in the playlist. If you press this button while recording, the U2 stops and saves the recording. If you press the "Stop" button in the "Record" dialog when not recording, the dialog closes.

8.1.1.5 Using the media buttons in Open File dialog
Press and hold the "Stop" button to open the "Open File" dialog from within the playback dialog. Press and hold "Stop" again to close the "Open File" dialog and return to the playback dialog.
In the "Open File" dialog, you can navigate up and down using the "Back" and "Forward" buttons in a file list; and you can select and unselect items using the "Record" button. Press the "Stop" button to move back a level in the folder structure. And press the "Play/Pause" button to play the selected files. 

8.1.2 Braille Keyboard and Extended Keys
You can use the Braille keyboard to perform the same functions as the media buttons as well as more advanced features in the Media Player. 
The playback dialog contains two information tabs: "playback information" and "playlist". Press "F3" or "Space-F3" to move between these tabs.

8.1.2.1 Playback Information Tab
The "playback information" tab displays the track number, the file name, and the current playback status: (play, pause, or stop). If there are no files in the playlist, the U2 displays "Title: There are no items to display". If you press "Space-4", the U2 displays playback time information. 
First, the elapsed or remaining time is displayed. You can set whether the elapsed time or remaining time is displayed, using the "playback settings" dialog. If you have selected the "Remaining time" with this option, the - (minus sign), is displayed before the time. Next to the elapsed/remaining time, the U2 displays the total playback time of the currently selected file.
If there are no files in the playlist, "Time: There are no items to display" is displayed.

8.1.2.2 Playlist Tab
The "playlist" tab displays all the files in the playlist. For each file in the playlist, it displays the track number, file name, the location of the file in the list, and the total number of files in the list. If there is no file in the playlist, the U2 displays the message "no items".
For example, if you had the following track on the U2: "Track 1 Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu 1/10", "Track 1" indicates this file is the first item in the playlist. "Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu" is the file name. "1/10" indicates this file is the first of ten files in the playlist. 

8.1.2.3 LYRICS Tab 
The U2's Media Player supports the viewing of lyrics for MP3 files which contain them. The "Lyrics tab appears in the tab order only if the file you are playing contains lyrics in its file information. The lyrics are displayed in a multi edit box which you can read and navigate using normal document navigation commands. 

8.1.3 How to Use the Media Player Menu
The menu contains five items: "File", "Play", "Record", "Position", "Mark" and "Settings". 
To open the Media Player menu, press "Space-M" or "F2". Select a menu item using "Space-1" or "Space-4"  and press "Enter". Or, you can press "Space-M or "F2" followed by the shortcut for the corresponding menu item.  For example to open the Record menu, press "Space-M" or "F2" to open the menu, and press R.  
The Media Player also contains various lists and dialog boxes. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" or the Up and Down scroll keys to navigate menus, settings or file lists. Use "Space-4-5" and "Space-1-2" or "F3" and "Space-F3" to tab among controls in a dialog. For the purrposes of these instructions, we will generally refer to using "F3" and "Space-F3" or simply "Tab". However, in these instances, "Space-4-5" and "Space-1-2" can also be used. Press "Enter" to execute an item.

8.1.3.1 File

8.1.3.1.1 Open File
You can use the "Open File" menu item to create a playlist using selected files and start playing them. Select "Open File" from the "File" menu, or press "Enter-O" to activate this command from the Playback dialog.
A dialog opens, similar to the "file list" in the "File Manager". Files in the default folder are displayed. The default folder is set to "/flashdisk/media". You can navigate folders and files just as you would in the "File Manager".  
Select all the files you want to play using "Space", and press "Enter", and the U2 adds the files to the playlist, and starts playing the first file.  

8.1.3.1.2 Open Folder
The "Open Folder" menu item is used to create a playlist using all of the audio files in the selected folders. Select "Open Folder" from the "File" menu, or press "Enter-F" from the playback dialog.  The "Open Folder" dialog is almost the same as the "Open File" dialog except that only folder names are displayed. The default folder is set to "flashdisk". Press "Enter" to display all the folders available in the flashdisk, or select a different drive and press "Enter". 
Once you have selected all of the folders you want, press "Enter" and the U2 adds all of the supported audio files from the selected folders to the playlist and starts playing the first file.

8.1.3.1.3 Add File
The "Add File" menu item is used to add audio files to the currently playing list. Select "Add File" from the "File" menu, or press "Backspace-O" from the playback dialog, the same dialog that is used for "Open File" is displayed. Select all of the files that you want, and press "Enter". In this instance, the U2 does not start playing these files. To start playing the files in the playlist, press the "Play/Pause" button on the front panel. Or, you can press "Enter" on "play" in the "play" menu. 

8.1.3.1.4 Add Folder
The "Add Folder" menu item is used to add all of the audio files in a selected folder to the currently playing list. Select "Add Folder" from the "File" menu (or press "Backspace-F" from the playback dialog), the same dialog that is used for "Open Folder" is displayed. Select all of the folders you want to add, and press "Enter". Again, the files do not automatically begin playing, and can be started using the "Play/Pause" key. 

8.1.3.1.5 Save playlist
The "Save Playlist" menu item is used to save the playlist for later use. Select "Save Playlist" from the "File" menu, or press "Enter-I" from the playback dialog.
If you are saving files to a new playlist, the "Save as playlist" dialog opens. 
If you execute "Save Playlist" after adding files to an existing playlist, the U2 saves the playlist with the same file name without opening the dialog. After saving the playlist, it returns to the playback dialog.

8.1.3.1.6 Save as playlist
The "Save As Playlist" menu item is used to save the playlist under a different name or in a different location. Select "Save As Playlist" from the "File" menu, or press "Space-S" from the playback dialog. 
The "Save As Playlist" dialog consists of "file list", "File name", a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button. 
The file format of U2 playlists is always "m3u". By default, playlist files are saved in "/flashdisk/media".

8.1.3.1.7 Delete Item
To delete a file from a playlist, first, locate the file you want to delete in the "playlist" tab. You may also select multiple files using "Space" or using Block commands.  Select "Delete item" from the "File" menu or press "Space-D" to delete the files from the playlist.

8.1.3.1.8 Tag Information 
The "Tag Information" option allows you to view and/or modify information about the currently playing file such as Artist, Genre, etc. To open the "Tag Information" dialog, select "Tag Information" in the "File" menu, or press "Enter-T" while playing a file. 
The "Tag Information" dialog consists of an information list, an Edit button and a "Close" button.  The information list includes "Title", "Artist", "album", "Genre", "Official homepage", "Link", "Sample Rate", "Bitrate" and "Channels". When you have finished viewing the information, press "Enter" on the "Close" button, or press "Space-E". 
If you want to modify the Tag information, Tab to the "edit" button, and press "Enter". You are presented with the same information list as above, however you may now change the text in each edit box. If you want to enter or change the lyrics for the current track, Tab to the "lyrics" multi-line edit box and type or edit the lyrics. When you are finished modifying the Tag information, press "Enter" to save your changes, and you are returned to the "Tag information" dialog.
 
8.1.3.1.9 Open URL
The "Open URL" menu item is used to play the audio stream from a web page. Select "Open URL" in the "File" menu, or press "Enter-U" in the playback dialog. Type the web address of an audio stream and press "Enter". The U2 automatically accesses the audio stream from the Internet and begins playing it. 
* Note: Please make sure to have an active Internet connection before attempting to open an audio stream.

8.1.3.1.10 Exit
You can exit the "Media Player" by selecting "Exit" in the "File" menu, or by pressing "Space-Z" in the playback dialog. The U2 stops playing (if it is playing a file), and exits to the "program" menu.

8.1.3.2 Play

8.1.3.2.1 Play
If you press "Enter" on "Play", the U2 begins playing the files in the current playlist. You can also start playback from the playback dialog by pressing Space".

8.1.3.2.2 Previous Track
"Previous Track" is used to play the previous file in a playlist.  You can also do this by pressing "dot 3" in the playback dialog. 

8.1.3.2.3 Next Track
This item is used to play the next file in the playlist. You can also press "dot 6" in the playback dialog. 

8.1.3.2.4 Back 5 Tracks
Use this command to play the fifth file before the file that is currently playing. You can also press "dots 2-3" in the playback dialog. 

8.1.3.2.5 Forward 5 Tracks
Use this command to play the fifth file after the file that is currently playing. You can also do this by pressing "dots 5-6" in the playback dialog.

8.1.3.2.6 First Track
Use this command to play the first file in the playlist. You can also do this by pressing "dots 1-3" in the playback dialog.

8.1.3.2.7 Last Track 
Use this command to play the last file in the playlist. You can also do this by pressing "dots 4-6" in the playback dialog.

8.1.3.2.8 Volume Up and Volume Down
These options are used to adjust the audio playback volume. Here, the volume level ranges from 0 to 10. You can also adjust the volume level by pressing "Space-Up scroll button or "Space-Down scroll button in the playback dialog. The actual volume level depends on the value of the "main volume".  For example, if "main volume" is set to 5, and the volume level in the playback is set to its maximum 10, the actual volume is 5. If the volume level in the playback is set to 5, the actual volume level is 2.5.

8.1.3.2.9 Speed Up and Slow Down
You can use these controls to adjust the audio playback speed. The speed level ranges from com2 to 8. You can also adjust the speed by pressing "dots 3-4-5" or "dots 1-2-6" in the playback dialog. 

8.1.3.2.10 Pause
This item pauses playback of a file. If you activate this command again, the U2 starts playing again from the position where the file was paused. You can also do this by pressing "Space" in the playback dialog. 

8.1.3.2.11 Stop
This command stops playback of the currently playing file. You can also do this by pressing "Backspace" in the playback dialog.

8.1.3.3 Record
This menu item is used to open the "Record" dialog. You can also open this dialog by pressing "Enter-R" from the playback dialog. 
The "Record" dialog contains an "information" tab and five buttons. 

8.1.3.3.1 Record/Playback Information Tab
This tab is displayed only when the U2 is recording, or when there is a file that has just been recorded.  The information displayed in this tab includes: the file name, the current status, and two pieces of time information. The file name is the name of the file containing the sound that is currently being recorded or played. The current status is recording, playing, pause, or stop. The time information that is displayed first is the elapsed recording time and the elapsed or remaining time while playing, (depending on the "Display time" setting in the "Playback Settings" dialog.  The final piece of time information during recording is the available recording time according to the space available on your flashdisk. While playing, the total length of the file in time is displayed. 

8.1.3.3.2 Record
Use this command to start recording. You can also start recording by pressing the "Record" button on the front panel of the U2. While recording, the U2 displays the "recording information" tab. The U2 creates a file named "record 01.mp3", "record 02.mp3", etc. By default, these files are saved in "/flashdisk/media/record". You can change the save-to folder and recording file type using the "Record Settings" option. When recording, pause the recording by pressing "Enter" on the "Pause" button, or press the "Record" button to pause and resume recording.  To stop recording, press "Enter" on the "Stop" button. 
To cancel the recording, press Space-Z". You are prompted, "Do you want to save the current file?". Choose "Yes" or "No" and press "Enter".
You can use the Braille Sense's Record function to record DAISY files as well as simple WAV and MP3 recordings. To record in DAISY format, set the recording method to "DAISY" in the "Record Settings" dialog of the "Settings" menu. 
When you initiate DAISY recording, you are prompted, "Start title recording", after which time the Braille Sense gives you about 10 seconds to record a title before automatically moving to recording heading 1. 
You can insert navigation points in to your DAISY books as you record. Type M to insert a mark. Type H to insert a heading. Type P to insert a phrase. Type G to insert a page. Each time you press one of these keys, Braille Sense announces the start of the navigation point: for example, "Starting page 8" or "Start heading 3".
When you stop recording, the unit announces, "building" to let you know the DAISY book is being created. Recorded DAISY files are saved to flashdisk/DAISY/Record.

8.1.3.3.3 Play
This button is used to play the file that has just been recorded. You can also start playing the recorded file by pressing the "play" button on the front panel. This function is only available just after you have recorded a file. While playing, the "playback information" tab is displayed. To pause or stop playing, tab to the desired button and press "Enter". 

8.1.3.3.4 Stop
Use this command to stop recording or playback. If you press "Enter" on "Stop" while recording, the U2 stops recording and shows the "recording information" tab. If you press "Enter" on the "Stop" button during playback, the U2 stops playing and shows the "playback information" tab. You can also stop recording or playing by pressing the "Stop" button on the front panel. 

8.1.3.3.5 Pause
Use this command to pause the recording or playing of a file. If you press "Enter" on "Pause", or press the "Play/Pause" button on the front panel, recording or playing is paused, and the "recording information" or "playback information" tab is displayed.

8.1.3.3.6 Continue
Press "Enter" on "Continue" when the current status is "pause", and the U2 resumes recording or playing.

8.1.3.3.7 Cancel
If you press "Enter" on "Cancel", the U2 stops recording or playing, closes the "Record" dialog, and returns to the playback dialog. If you press "Enter" on "Cancel" while recording, you are prompted whether or not to save the recording.

8.1.3.4 Position Menu

8.1.3.4.1 Mark Position
If you execute this function when you are playing a file, or when a file is paused, a bookmark is set. A bookmark marks a specific location, so you can return to the exact spot at a later time. 
To execute this function, select "Mark position" from the "Position" menu, or press "Enter-M" in playing or paused status.

8.1.3.4.2 Delete Marked Position
This function deletes the bookmark that was previously created.
To execute this function, select "Delete Marked Position" from the "Position" menu, or press "Enter-D" in  play or paused status.
If you execute this function in a file that does not have a bookmark, the U2 displays, "There is no bookmark in selected file".

8.1.3.4.3 Jump to Marked Position
This function takes you to the position of a previously created bookmark. 
To execute this function, select "Jump to Marked position" from the "Position" menu, or press "Enter-J" in play or paused status.

8.1.3.4.4 Go to Time
This function moves you to a time that you specify, and begins playing the file at that position.
To execute this function, select "Go to time" from the "Position" menu, or press "Enter-G" in play or paused status. Type the time you want to go to, and press "Enter". You can jump more than an hour by typing the hour and minute with a space between them, or by typing the total number of minutes. If you type a time longer than the total playback time of the file or playlist, the U2 displays, "invalid time", and resumes playing from the paused location.

8.1.3.4.5 Go To Percent
You can move to a specified percentage of a file by selecting "Go to Percentage" from the "Position" menu or by pressing "Backspace-P" in play or paused status. #enter the percent you want to move to in the edit box using numbers 0 to 99 and press "Enter". You are taken to the position in the file according to the percentage you entered. 

8.1.3.4.6 Set Start Point
A B repeat mode allows you to play a specific part of an audio file as many times as you wish. This can be useful when learning a new language, and you need to hear the same information in a file over and over again. 
A B repeat mode requires setting start and end points for repetition.
To set a start and end point, do the following:
Press "Enter-P" at the position at which you want to set the start point, or select "Set Start Point" from the "Position" menu.
U2 announces, "Set start point" and the file continues playing.
To set the end point, press "Enter-P" again at the point where you want to end the section for repetition.
Or, you can execute A B repeat mode by pressing the "Record" button at the start and end points  during playback.
* Note: You can only use the "Record button" to perform this function while a file is playing. If playback is paused or stopped, the "record button" activates the recording function.
After you have highlighted a section of a file using start and end points, A B repeat mode allows you to play that specific part of the file as many times as you wish. To set how many times a specified section repeat, go to "playback settings" under the "settings" menu.

8.1.3.4.7 Release Point
To set a release point, press "Space-E", or select "Release Point" from the "Position" menu. After stopping playback of the specified section, the file continues playing.

8.1.3.5 Mark

8.1.3.5.1 Set Mark
To set a mark, select "Set Mark" from the Mark" menu, or press  "Backspace-M". Up to 1000 marks can be inserted into a file.
The marks are automatically numbered in sequential order.  

8.1.3.5.2 Move to Mark
You can move to the next or previous mark by pressing "Backspace-dot 6" and "Backspace-dot 3" respectively. Or, you can select the "Next" or Previous" mark items from the "Mark" menu. 
You can also move to a mark using the mark number. Select "Move to Mark" from the "Mark" menu, or press "Enter-J" from the playback dialog. Input the mark number in the edit box and press "Enter". If you input a non-existent mark number, The U2 displays, "Mark x does not exist" and the edit box is displayed again.  

8.1.3.5.3 Delete Mark
To delete a mark, select "Delete Mark" from the "Mark" menu, or press "Backspace-D" from the playback dialog.
The U2 displays: "Enter mark name to delete:". Type the number of the mark to be deleted and press "Enter". If you input a non-existing mark number, an "input error" message appears, and the edit box is displayed again. 

8.1.3.5.4 Mark Manager
You can use the Mark Manager to query mark information for the current audio file by pressing "Backspace-K", or by selecting "Mark Manager" from the "Mark" menu. The dialog consists of the "mark list", a "Move button", a "Delete button", and a "Close button". 
All of the marks for the current file appear in the "mark list" with the "name and setting time of mark". You can delete a mark in the list by pressing "Space-D". You can start playback from a mark by pressing "Enter" on the mark name or on the "Move button" 
To close the mark manager dialog, press "Enter" on the "Close" button or press "Space-E". 

8.1.3.6 Settings

8.1.3.6.1 Configuration dialog
Press "Backspace-C" from the playback dialog, or select "Configuration" from the "Settings" menu.  the "Configuration" dialog is displayed, containing the following: the "Display title" option, the "Store position of file if longer than:", a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button. 
The "Display title" option allows you to set whether or not the track title is announced when you move to previous/next track. The default value is set to "Off".  You can toggle this option by pressing "Space".
The "Store position of file if longer than:" option allows you to set memory of your last position on files longer than the length you specify. The default is set to "Off" meaning your last position is never saved. You can set the value to 5, 10, 30, or 60 minutes. If you set the value to 30 minutes, your last position is remembered for all files longer than 30 minutes. This option can be useful if you don't want to save the position for music files, but you want to save the position of audio books or podcasts. 
To save the changed settings and exit the dialog, press "Enter". Press "Space-E" or "Space-Z" to cancel without saving. 

8.1.3.6.2 Playback Settings dialog
Select "Playback Settings" from the "Settings" menu, or press "Enter-S" during playback.    The setting options are "Display time", "Repeat", "Playlist", "Shuffle", "Times to repeat the specified track", "Set speed", and "Time index". Press "Space-4" or "Space-1" to move among the various options. Press "Space" to change the value of a setting. 
The "Display time" option allows you to set which type of time messages are displayed in the "playback information" tab. You can set it to either "Elapsed time" or "Remaining time".  
The "Repeat" option allows you to set whether all files in the playlist are played repeatedly. If this option is set to "Yes", all files in the playlist are played repeatedly, and if it is set to "No", the U2 stops playing after playing the last file in the playlist.  
To play audio files from File Manager, you can select multiple files by pressing "Space" and play them by pressing "Enter".  If the playlist already contains files, this setting allows you to choose whether you want to overwrite the playlist or to append the selected files to the playlist. The default value is "Overwrite" meaning the playlist is created anew with the selected files.  
The "Shuffle" option allows you to set the audio playback order. The default value is set to "Off" thus, audio files are played in the order they appear in the playlist. If you set "Shuffle" to "On", the playlist is reorganized in random. If you have just one audio file in the playlist and you switch the option to "On", a message "Shuffle mode not available" is displayed.
"Times to repeat the specified track" allows you to set how many times you wish to repeat, when you execute section repetition.  You can choose from values 1 to 10 or unlimited. The default setting is 3. Pressing "Space" increases the times to repeat the specified track and "Backspace" decreases the value.
The "Set speed" option allows you to set the audio playback speed.
The speed level ranges from 1 to 10. The default setting is 5.
To change the value, press "Space" or "Backspace".  
The "Time index" option allows you to set the time by which to jump. The default value is 1 minute. The values are "5 seconds", "10 seconds", "30 seconds", "1 minute", "3 minutes", "5 minutes", "10 minutes", "15 minutes", "20 minutes", "30 minutes" and "1 hour". You can also change the value of the time index by pressing "dot 2" or "dot 5" from the playback dialog. Press "dots 2-5", to hear the current time index.
After changing the time index, press "dot 1" or "dot 4", to jump to previous or next position by time index. 
To save your settings, press "Enter". Press "Space-E" to cancel.   

8.1.3.6.3 Record Settings dialog
Select "Record Settings" from the "Settings" menu, or press "Backspace-S" from the playback dialog, the U2 displays the "Record Settings" dialog, which contains "Recording type", "Sample rate", "Quality", "Line in Mode", "Recording Method", "Set folder", "Confirm" button and a "Cancel" button. 
The "Recording type" allows you to set the default file type of recorded files. The default value is set to "mp3". Press "Space" to toggle between "wav" and "mp3". 
The next three options are used to control the quality of recorded sound. Higher values in "Sample rate" and "Bitrateblej/by Bits per channel" mean a better quality of recorded sound, as well as a larger file size for recorded files. In other words, to record high quality sound, the total time the U2 can record is shortened. On the other hand, if you lower the values of these options, the U2 can record sound longer, but the sound quality may not be as good. You can change these values by pressing "Space". When using "mp3", "Sample rate" is available from 16000 Hz to 48000Hz and "Bitrate" value is available from 64K to 320K. 
When using "wav", "Sample rate" value is available from 8000Hz to 44100Hz and "Bits per channel" value is available between 8 bits and 16 bits.  
The Recording method setting lets you choose between "Normal" recording and "DAISY" recording. "Normal" recording records straight WAV or MP3 files. "DAISY" allows you to insert mark, heading, phrase and page navigation points as you record. 
When you record sound using the external microphone, you must set "Line in Mode" to Off. If you're using a line-in source, set it to On. If nothing is connected to the microphone jack on the unit, the internal microphone is automatically used.  
The "Set folder" option allows you to set the default folder where the recorded files are saved. The default value is set to "/flashdisk/media/record". To specify a different folder, press "Enter" on "Set folder", and a File Manager-type dialog is displayed. Select a folder as you would in the "Open Folder" dialog. 
Press "Enter" to save your settings, or "Space-e" to exit the dialog without saving your settings.

8.1.3.6.4 Effect Settings dialog
Select "Effect Settings" from the "Settings" menu, or press "Enter-E" during playback. 
The "Effect settings" dialog box contains the following options: "Equalizer" list box, "Bassboost", "Surround", "3D Effect", "Reverb" and "Echo" and "Confirm" and "Cancel" buttons.  
The "Equalizer list box allows you to choose from a number of preprogrammed sets of equalizer settings optimized for certain types of music, such as Jazz, Classical, Pop or Rock. Navigate to your desired setting, and press "Enter". You should immediately hear the sound of your playback changed according to the "Equalizer setting you chose. 
The "Bass boost" option is used to emphasize bass sound. Enter a value from 0 to 20 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the more bass sound is heard. 
The "Surround" can bring out ambient sound more distinctly. Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the surround effect.
The "3D Effect" can enhance the surround effect. Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the 3D effect. 
The "Reverb" option adds reverberation to the audio files you are listening to.  Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the reverb effect. 
The "Echo" option is used to add an echo effect to your audio files. Enter a value from 0 to 100 in the edit box. The higher the value you enter, the stronger the echo effect. 
To save your settings, press "Enter". To exit the dialog without making changes, press "Space-E".


8.1.3.7 Web Radio
The Web Radio menu allows you to easily access and play radio broadcast streams from the Web. You can access your channel list, search a database of channels to add, and add URL'S directly to your channel lists or other play lists.

8.1.3.7.1 The Channel list
The Web Radio Channel list contains stations you have chosen to add from searching the database, or manually entering address and title information for the channel. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to navigate the Channel list, and press "Enter" on a station you want to play.
During playback, you can live tune through the channels in your Channel list using the "Back" and "Forward" media buttons on the front panel of the Braille Sense.

8.1.3.7.2 Searching for Channels
Choosing this option from the "Web Radio" menu allows you to search a database of Web Radio channels to add to your channel list. 
When you select the "Channel search" option for the first time, you are prompted, "Database does not exist", and asked to download it. Subsequently, when you choose this option, the unit announces, "loading DB", then places you in the "Search" dialog.
The "Search" dialog contains The Search Mode" combo box, a "Search" button and a "Close" button.  If you choose "Search Word", after the Search Mode combo box is an edit box into which you can type your search term. If you choose "Search Category" in the Search Mode combo box, there are 3 subsequent combo boxes for searching by "Country", "Language" and "Genre". 
Use "F3" and "Space-F3" to move among the controls in the dialog. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to choose an item from the combo box.
When you have typed your search term, or chosen your search criteria in the category combo boxes, press "Enter" to perform the search.  

8.1.3.7.3 The Search results list
When the search is complete, 3 more items are added to the search dialog: the "Channel list", an "Add Channel" button and a "Channel Information" button. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to navigate the channel list. To add a channel to your personal channel list, press "Enter" on the "Add Channel" button. To get information on a channel, including title, URL and channel description, press "Enter" on the "Channel Information" button or press "Enter-I" directly from the results list.
When you are finished searching the database, press "Enter" on the "Close" button, or press "Space-E" and you are returned to the "Media Playback" dialog.
  
8.1.3.7.4 Adding URL'S of known channels
You can also manually add channels to your personal channel list if you know the URL and other information about the channel.
From the Channel list, press "F3" to move to "Add URL" and press "Enter". You are placed in a dialog with 3 edit boxes into which you can type the title, URL, and description of the Web Radio channel you want to add. Use "F3" and "Space-F3" to move among the controls. Press "Enter" to add the channel, and the Braille Sense searches for the URL you typed. If it locates it, the channel is added to your channel list.

8.1.3.7.5 Modifying and deleting channels.
You can also modify information for a channel already in your channel list. This may be necessary if the URL has changed. 
From the Channel list, press "F3" to move to "Modify channel information", and press "Enter", or press "Enter-R" directly from the list. You are placed in a dialog similar to the "Add URL" dialog, but with the information already filled in. Retype or edit the information in any of the edit boxes, and press "Enter" to save your changes. Press "Space-e" to exit the dialog without saving changes.
To delete a channel from the list, Tab to the "Delete Channel" button, or press "Space-D" when the channel you want to delete is in focus.

8.1.3.7.6 Add URL to Channel". list
The final item in the "Web Radio" menu is "Add URL to Channel list. You can also immediately execute this function using "Enter-W". This function allows you to immediately add the currently playing URL to your channel list. You are placed in a dialog with the channel information. Press "Enter" to confirm the addition. Press "Space-e" to cancel adding the channel to your channel list.

8.1.4 Additional features

8.1.4.1 Navigational features using the cursor keys
While playing an audio file, pressing a cursor router in the 'Playback information tab places you in a position in the audio file related to the position of the cursor router you pressed. As there are 32 cursor routers on the BRAILLE display, each audio file can be navigated using 32 equal regions. To restart playback at the beginning of the file, press cursor router 1. To jump to a position near the halfway point, press cursor router 16 or 17. To jump to the end of the file, press cursor router 32.
   
8.2 FM Radio
To use the "FM Radio" on the U2, you must connect headphones to the headphone jack on the unit, as the headphone cord serves as the antenna, and without it, radio reception will be poor to nonexistent. 
From the Media menu, use the scroll buttons to navigate to "FM Radio" and press "Enter". You can also press R to quickly jump to and launch the "FM Radio". You can launch the "FM Radio" from anywhere on the unit by pressing "F1-R". 
When the FM Radio is launched, your U2 announces the radio frequency. If you have used the FM Radio program previously, the U2 tunes to the frequency that you last listened to.
* Note: the frequency range of the FM Radio is 87.5MHz to 108MHz.

8.2.1 Listening to FM Radio via the internal speakers
When you execute the FM Radio after connecting headphones, sound from the radio is directed through the headphones. As previously explained, it is necessary to connect the headphones to provide an antenna for radio reception. However, there may be times when you wish for the sound from the radio to output through the speakers on the U2. To listen to the radio through the internal speakers, press X, to toggle internal speaker output on/off. 
You can also change this option using the menu: 
Open the FM Radio's menu by pressing "F2" and select "Settings" from the "File" menu, or press "Enter-E" to quickly access the "settings" dialog.
"Internal speaker: No" is announced, as the speaker setting is the first setting in the dialog. Press "Space" to change the setting to "Yes" and press "Enter" to apply the setting.
The radio sound should now output through both the headphones and the internal speakers.
* Note: This setting is available only in the FM Radio program. If you exit the FM Radio program and you wish to hear the audio output of the U2 through the internal speakers, you must disconnect the headphones.
You can adjust the radio volume using  Space with the Up and Down scroll buttons. 

8.2.2 Frequency control
To tune to another frequency, use the following commands:
Press "dot 5" to scan forward for the next radio station, and "dot 2", to auto scan backward. Press "dot 6", to increase the frequency by0.1MHz, and "dot 3", to decrease the frequency by0.1MHz. Press "Space-F" to input the frequency directly. Type the frequency in numbers in the edit box and press "Enter". 
You can also use the media buttons on the front panel to control the FM Radio. The Media mode switch should be moved to the left-most position, "FM". Pressing the "Back" button scans backward, and pressing the "Forward" button scans forward.
You can also activate frequency movement commands from the "Frequency" menu.

8.2.3 Adding and navigating presets
To add the currently selected frequency as a preset, select "Add Preset" from the "Presets" menu, or press "Enter-S". 
The "add preset" dialog is opened and "Frequency: (current frequency)" is announced. "Tab" to the the "Label" edit box. Type the name by which you want to identify the preset. Press "Enter" to save the preset.
To add a frequency other than the one you're currently listening to, you may type the number of the frequency you wish to add in the "Frequency" edit box of the "add preset" dialog. 
You can navigate your presets by using "dot 1" to move back, and "dot 4" to move forward a preset. 
To delete a preset, navigate to the preset and press "Space-D". 
* Note: when this command is executed, the preset is deleted instantly without any warning or verification. 
You can also add and delete presets using the Preset Manager dialog. Select "Preset Manager" from the "Presets" menu, or press "Enter-M". 
The Preset Manager dialog contains the "Preset list", an "Add" button, a "Delete" button, a "Modify" button and a "Close" button. 
Pressing "Enter" on the "add" button opens the "add preset" dialog explained above. The "Modify" dialog lets you change the label of the current preset  in the list.  
Use the "Delete" button to delete a preset from the preset list. To exit the Preset Manager" dialog navigate to the "Close" button and press "Enter" or press "Space-E". 
You can also use the media buttons on the front panel to add and move among presets.
Press the "record" button for more than 2 seconds, to open the "add preset" dialog. To move to the previous preset, press the "Back" button for more than 2 seconds. Pressing the "Forward" button for more than 2 seconds moves to the next preset. 
Pressing the "stop" button for more than 2 seconds deletes the selected preset.

8.2.4 Recording from the FM Radio 
To record the audio of the radio station to which you are currently listening, Select "Record" from the radio's menu, or press "Enter-R". The "record" dialog is opened and the U2 begins recording.
The record dialog consists of the following controls:
1. "Record status" status bar
2. "Pause/Continue" button
3. "Stop" button 
4. "Cancel" button
While recording the radio, "Tab" to the "Pause" button and press "Enter", or press A to pause recording. The name of this button is changed to "Continue". Activate the "Continue" button or press G, recording resumes. To stop the recording, press S. Or, "Tab" to the "Stop" button and press "Enter". 
To check the duration of the current recording press "Space-4". The unit announces the current recording run time and total possible recording time. 
Recorded files are saved in the "flashdisk/media/radio" folder. The files are named according to the preset label and frequency. If you are recording a radio station that is not in your preset list, the recording is named "radio" followed by the frequency. The first recording of a station is numbered 01, and each subsequent recording of that station is numbered 02, 03, etc. 
If you stop recording, the record dialog is exited automatically. If you press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button or press C the recorded file is not saved and the dialog is exited. 
* Note: while recording, you cannot change the preset or frequency.
You can also instantly start recording by pressing the "record" button on the front panel. Press the "Stop" button to stop and save the recording. Press the "Record" button again to pause and resume recording. Pressing the "Back" and "Forward" buttons moves among the controls in the "record" dialog. 

8.2.4.1 Changing record folder
To change the folder where recorded files are saved, select "Recording Settings" from the "File" menu or press "Backspace-S".
You are placed in the "Recording Settings" dialog on the first item, "Recording type: mp3". "Tab" to the "Record folder" setting.
"Record folder: /flashdisk/media/radio" is displayed. Press "Enter".  Use normal folder navigation to locate your desired folderfor storing recorded files. Press "Space" to select it and  press "Enter", and you are returned to the "Record Settings" dialog. Press "Enter" again to save the settings and exit the dialog. 
In the Record Settings dialog, you can also set recording type, sample rate, and bit rate. To change the recording type, press "Space" to toggle between "wav" and "mp3".
When using "mp3" as recording type, "Sample rate" value is available from 16000Hz to 48000Hz and "Bitrate" value is available from 64K to 320K.   
When using "wav" as recording type, "Sample rate" value is available from "8000Hz" to "44100Hz" and "Bits per channel" value is available between 8 bits and 18 bits. Also "Preset" value is available between "Stereo" and "Mono". Press "Space" to change the value of each setting. 
Raising the values of the sample rate and bit rate produces a higher quality recording. However, higher quality recordings, though they have better sound, take up greater amounts of storage space. Be sure to set your recording values according to your specific quality and space requirements. 

8.2.5 Additional features
1. Sensitivity adjustment
If the U2 cannot tune to the broadcast frequency you desire, adjust the scanning sensitivity. Open the "Settings" dialog. Press "Space-4" to navigate to "Sensitivity" and press "Space" or "Backspace" to adjust the sensitivity. Higher values increase the scanning sensitivity of the radio. If the sensitivity is increased, you can fine tune to more frequencies.

2. Mute
While listening to the radio, press "Space" to mute the audio. Pressing "Space" once again unmutes the radio. You can also mute the radio by pressing the "stop" button on the front panel, and unmute by pressing the "play" button. 

8.3 DAISY Player
Using the DAISY Player on the U2, you can listen to files and read books that use the DAISY format. DAISY is an acronym for (DIGITAL ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION SYSTEM). One advantage to DAISY books is that you can listen to the audio as well as read the associated text with the audio in DAISY books where both text and audio are present. 
The U2 supports DAISY books that are version 3.0 or earlier. The DAISY player also supports DAISY content from specialized service providers, such as books from NLS, BookShare, and the Open library.
The DAISY Player supports the following book types:
DAISY 2.0/2.02/3.0, DAISY XML/Digital Talking Book.
ANSI/NISO Z39.86 2002, 2005.
NLS contents: 3gp, AMR-WB+
Bookshare.org DAISY contents, Learning Ally Audio PLUS books, 
NIMAS 1.1 
DRM: supports 2006 PDTB2 authentication. 
archive.org (open library)
* Note: To access content from services such as BookShare, learning Ally,  and the National Library Service, you must sign up for these services, meet all eligibility requirements, and pay any associated fees if applicable.

8.3.1  Registering with digital Book Service Providers.
1.  Registering your U2 with NLS:
As of firmware version 6.2, the Braille Sense DAISY Player supports playback of digital talking books from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) as well as protected DAISY content from the Open library (openlibrary.org/archive.org). In order to play content from these services, you must register your U2 with the National library Service. 
* Note: the following instructions assume you already have an account with the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download service (BARD). If you do not currently have a BARD account, please contact your regional NLS lending library or visit:
https://nlsbard.loc.gov/ApplicationInstructions.html
To register your U2 with NLS BARD, follow these steps:
1) Log in to your account on the BARD main page.
2) Choose the "Update Account Settings" link.
3) Choose the "Add a purchased player" link.
4) Fill out the form as requested; choose "Sense Notetaker" as the player type.
5) You will receive an email confirming your request to add a purchased player.
6) If there are no problems with your eligibility, within a couple of days, you will receive another email confirming your eligibility to add the Sense Notetaker to your account. This message also informs you that an email has been sent to HIMS to confirm your eligibility.
7) When HIMS receives the email confirmation of your eligibility, we will send an email requesting your key number and notetaker model, including instructions for obtaining your key number.
8) When we receive your key number and notetaker model, we will send the key file via email. (The key file is a small file with a .kxo extension.)
9) Save the attachment, and copy it to the root of your notetaker's flashdisk. (Please be sure to copy the .kxo file to the root of the flashdisk. It must not be contained in a folder, but must reside at the top level of the flashdisk directory.)
10) Play an NLS book. The key file installs itself on a special protected area of the flashdisk.
To obtain your key number, follow these steps:
1) Press "f1" to bring up the main menu.
2) Press h to access the Help Menu.
3) Press "I" to bring up the Information Dialog.
4) Navigate below "Mac Address for wireless LAN".
5) After the words "Key Number" a 5 or 6 digit number is displayed.

2. Setting up your notetaker with Learning Ally:
* Note: These instructions assume you already have an account with Learning Ally. If you do not have an account, you can learn more and obtain instructions for signing up at www.learningally.org.
Instructions for obtaining a Learning Ally UAK for your notetaker:
1) Log in to your Learning Ally account
2) Once you reach "My Home" page, click the "My Bookshelf" link in the upper right portion of the header
3) On the "My Bookshelf" page on the left hand side, you should see a selection labeled "I'm ready to listen to my audiobooks"- click the "Continue" button in that selection. 
* Note: if you already have an authorized Learning Ally device on your account, this option is labled "Choose a different device".
4) On the "Choose A Device" screen, select the "DAISY- Compatible Player" radio button and click "Continue"
5) On the "Setting-Up Your DAISY-Compatible Device" screen click the "Authorize a DAISY Device" link beneath the player model drop down
6) That link will open a new tab or window titled "Authorize DAISY Player (UAK)", select the "Notetaker" from the drop-down list and click Continue
7) Enter your notetakers key number, and then click "Continue"

Instructions for obtaining the Key Number on the Sense notetaker
1.) Press F1 (Windows key) to bring up the main "Program" menu
2.) Press H to access the "Help" menu
3.) Press "I" to open the "Information" dialog
4.) Use "Space-4" (down arrow) to navigate to "Key Number"
5.) After the words, "Key Number", a 5 or 6 digit number is displayed.
Instructions for Installing the UAK
1.) Save the zip file obtained from the Learning Ally site to your PC.
2.) Connect your Sense Notetaker to the PC via the USB cable, and then turn it on
3.) Extract (unzip) all the files into the root of the flash disk of the unit
4.) Download a Learning Ally book to your Sense notetaker using the Learning Ally Audio Book Manager
5.) Disconnect the Sense notetaker from the PC
6.) Use the notetakers DAISY Player to select and play the Learning Ally book
7.) Your notetaker will then prompt you for your 4 digit Learning Ally PIN Number. Type 7323, and press Enter. Your Sense notetaker will now be authorized to play Audio PLUS books, and your selection will start playing.
Once your Sense notetaker is authorized, you should delete the UAK files from the root of the flash disk and keep a backup copy of the original zip file on your computer.

Instructions for setting up a HIMS notetaker as a device on the Learning Ally Audio Book Manager
1.) Open the Audio Book Manager, and log in
2.) Tab to the "Player List", arrow down to "Manage Players" and press "Enter"
3.) Tab to "Add a player to Learning Ally Audio Book Manager" and press "Enter"
4.) When prompted to "Select the Audio Book player you would like to use", arrow down to "Manually Manage your Files" and press "Enter"
5.) Tab to "Add player details" and press "Enter"
6.) You are placed in a text box in which you can write a nickname for the player. Please create a nickname that makes the notetaker easy to identify so that you can identify it when choosing a player with which to synchronize content. For example, you may call it "U2" or "Voice Sense QWERTY". By default, the nickname is was Manually Manage Your Files-1"
7.) If you tab, the next item contains the download path. You may keep the default or change the path. 
* Note: You can also change the path to which to synchronize books when choosing sync options before activating synchronization. You may choose to synchronize the files to a location on your computer, and manually copy them later to your HIMS notetaker using an SD card or by connecting via Mass Storage Mode, or you may connect your notetaker in Mass Storage Mode, and synchronize them directly to a chosen location on the notetaker.
8.) Tab to "Add Player" and press "Enter" to complete the addition of your HIMS notetaker to your "Player List"
9.) Tab to "Close Window" and press "Enter" to return to the "Player List"
10.) To select your HIMS notetaker as the player to which to synchronize content, navigate to it using your arrow keys, and press "Enter"
For instructions on synchronizing content or other functions of the Learning Ally Audio Book Manager, please see the Learning Ally Audio Book Manager User Guide.

8.3.2 Executing the DAISY Player
To launch the DAISY Player, press "Enter" on "DAISY Player" in the U2 "Media" menu.  You can also launch the DAISY player from anywhere on the unit by pressing "F1-D". 
When you launch the DAISY Player, you are placed in U2's drive list. PRESS "Enter" on the drive containing the DAISY book you want to open.
Use normal folder navigation to locate the folder containing a DAISY book you want to open. Press "Space" to select it, then press "Enter" to open it. You must first select the folder containing the book, because a DAISY book contains multiple files, thus, U2 needs to know exactly from which folder to get all the book text and information. 
If you replay a book that you have listened to before, playback resumes from the location where you last exited. To stop playing a DAISY book, press "Space-Z". A prompt box appears asking if you would like to exit the DAISY Player. Select "Yes" or "No" with "Space" or "Backspace" and press "Enter". 
You can also control DAISY playback using the media buttons on the front panel.  The Media Mode switch must be set to the center position, "DAISY Mode". Start DAISY playback by pressing the "play" button on the front panel.  Press "play" again to pause playback. PRESS the "Back" button to move back 1 navigational element, and press the "Forward" button to move forward by1 navigational element. Use the "Record" button to set the navigational element by which the "Back" and "Forward" buttons move. 
Open the DAISY Player menu by pressing "Space-M" or "F2". The menu contains "File", "Document", "Mark", and "Heading". You can navigate the menu items using "Space-1" and "Space-4". To activate a menu item, press "Enter". 
Or, you can press "Space-M or "F2" followed by the shortcut for the corresponding menu item.  For example to open the "Heading" menu, press "Space-M" or "F2" to open the menu,  and press H.  
The DAISY Player also contains various lists and dialog boxes. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" or the Up and Down scroll keys to navigate menus, settings or file lists. Use "Space-4-5" and "Space-1-2" or "F3" and "Space-F3" to tab among controls in a dialog. For the purrposes of these instructions, we will generally refer to using "F3" and "Space-F3" or simply "Tab". However, in these instances, "Space-4-5" and "Space-1-2" can also be used. Press "Enter" to execute an item.

8.3.3 Components of the DAISY Player
While playing DAISY content, you are placed in a dialog in which four controls/components are available: "heading", "Information", "Play" and "Pause". "Tab" through this information using "F3". 
"Heading" shows you a prefixed heading or navigation element as well as the text under that element if text exists. In "information", you can find the current page, level, phrase, elapsed time, and running time. You can move among these items with "Space-1" or "Space-4". You can press "Enter" on "Pause" or "Play", to pause or play the audio. From anywhere in the dialog, you can also toggle play/pause with "Space".

8.3.4 The File menu

8.3.4.1 Open DAISY
You can open another DAISY book using "Open DAISY". Select "Open Daisy" from the "File" menu, or press "enter-O" from the playback dialog. The drive list is displayed as when you first open  the DAISY Player.
You can also open the "Open DAISY" dialog by holding the "Stop" button. Press and hold the "Stop" button again, and the dialog is closed.
In the "Open DAISY" dialog, the "Play" button functions as "Enter". The "Stop" button, "Record" button, "Back" button and "Forward" buttons function as "Backspace", "Space", "Space-1" and "Space-4" respectively. Press the "Stop" button, to move back a level in the folder structure, and press the "play" button to play the selected file. 

8.3.4.2 Voice Settings
Select "Voice Settings" from the "File" menu, or press "Enter-S" from the playback dialog.
The dialog contains: "DAISY Play Type", "Voice Control" settings, "Auto Play On/Off", a "Confirm" button and a "Cancel" button.

8.3.4.2.1 DAISY play type
This option appears when playing text audio DAISY books. You can also access this option directly by pressing "Enter-T". 
The default setting is "Audio". This means the DAISY Player plays audio in text audio DAISY. If you set the "Text", it plays the text in text audio DAISY, and thus the content is read using the TTS.
To change the setting value, press "Space-1" or "Space-4". 

8.3.4.2.2 Volume, Speed and pitch
You can increase and decrease the levels of speed, pitch and volume in the "Voice Control" settings with "Space" and "Backspace". You can also increase or decrease the speed, pitch and volume during playback with hot keys. 
Increase the volume with Backspace-dot-4", and use "Backspace-dot-1" to decrease it. Increase the speed with "Backspace-dot-5" and use "Backspace-dot-2" to decrease it. Use "Backspace-dot-6" to increase the pitch, and "Backspace-dot-3" to decrease it. 

8.3.4.2.3 Auto Play On/Off
By default, the DAISY Player automatically begins reading content when you open a book or return to a book that you have already read. If you are in situations where it is not ideal for your notetaker to be speaking aloud, you may wish to turn this option off. From the "Auto Play" setting, press "Space" to toggle between 'On" and "Off". When Auto play is off, when you press the "Play/Pause" key, the unit reads only to the end of the current phrase. When Auto Play is on, the unit reads continuously to the end of the book unless you manually pause or discontinue it. 

8.3.4.2.4 Set to control information of contents
Use this function when you play NIMAS DAISY content. If you set this to "On", the U2 displays controls and information symbols while playing NIMAS DAISY content including "image", "description", "caption", "prodnote, and "table". These controls appear on the Braille display as "img" for image, "desc" for "description" and "prodnote", "cap" is for "caption", and "tdt for "table".

8.3.4.3 Book-Info
You can query the information on the currently playing book. Select "Book Info" from the "File" menu or press "Enter-I" from the playback dialog. 
The "Book-Info" dialog contains a status box with "running time and pages", another status box containing the "mark information", and a "Close" button. The first status box contains "Total time", "Read time", "Remaining time", "Total pages", "Current page", and "Remaining pages". The second status box contains the "Total marks" and "Mark page". 

8.3.4.4 Exit
To exit the DAISY Player, press "Enter" on "Exit" in the "File" menu, or press "Space-Z". The U2 prompts, "Exit DAISY Player. Are you sure?". Select "Yes" or "No" and  press "Enter". 

8.3.5 Document Navigation

8.3.5.1 Play and Pause
You can select "Play/Pause" in the "Document" menu, or just press "Space". While playing, you can move to the beginning of a document by pressing "Space-1-2-3" or "Space-1-3". You can move to the last phrase by pressing "Space-4-5-6" or "Space-4-6".

8.3.5.2 Move by unit
Select "Next Movement Unit" or  "Previous Movement Unit" from the "Document" menu, or press "dot 6" or "dot 3" during playback.

8.3.5.3 Move by Page
Select "Move to Next Page", "Move To previous Page" or "Go to Page" from the "Document" menu.  Or, press "Space-3-4-5" or "Space-1-2-6" to move by page during playback. `Go to Page" by pressing "Enter-G". When you activate "Go To Page", you are prompted "Move to page number?" Type the number of the page you want to move to in the edit box and press "Enter". 

8.3.5.4 Changing movement Units
Select "Change Previous Movement Unit" or "Change Next Movement unit" from the "Document" menu, or by pressing "dots 5-6" or "dots 2-3" during playback. The movement unit options depend on what navigation elements are present in the current book.  

8.3.5.5 Move by Time Index
You can use this function when playing DAISY audio content. 
The setting values are "5 seconds", "10 seconds", "30 seconds", "1minute", "3 minutes", "5 minutes", "10 minutes", "15 minutes", "20 minutes", "30 minutes" and "1 hour". Adjust the time index using "Dot-2" and "Dot-5".
Press "Dot-1" and "Dot-4" to move to the previous and next time element specified by the time index. 

8.3.5.6 Move by Text Index
This function is available when playing DAISY text content.
The setting values are "Phonetic", "Character", "Word", "Sentence", "Line" and "Paragraph".
Set the Text Index using "Dot-2" and "Dot-5". Read the previous or next text element according to the specified index using "Dot-1" and "Dot-4".

8.3.6 Mark

8.3.6.1 Previous Mark
The "Previous Mark" function allows you to move to a marbed location before your current position. Select "Previous Mark" from the Mark" menu, or press "Space-3" during playback.

8.3.6.2 Next Mark
The "Next Mark" function allows you to move to a marbed location ahead of your current position. Select "Next Mark" from the "Mark" menu, or press "Space-6" during playback. 

8.3.6.3 Set Mark
You can set marks while playing a file to note positions you would like to return to later. You may set up to 1000 marks per DAISY book. You can set a mark by pressing "Enter-M" during playback or  by choosing "Set Mark" from the "Mark" menu.
The "Set Mark" dialog opens, and you are prompted to "Enter mark name:". Enter the number of the mark that you want to insert from 1 to 1000 and press "Enter".

8.3.6.4 Move to Mark
You can move to a specific mark by pressing "Enter-J", or by selecting "Go to Mark" from the "Mark" menu. You are prompted for the "Mark name to move to:". Type the mark name in the edit box and press "Enter". If you have not previously set a mark, you cannot use this function. 

8.3.6.5 Deleting a Mark
You can delete a mark using "Space-D" during playback, or by selecting "Delete Mark" from the "mark" menu. You are prompted to "Enter mark name to delete". Type it and press "Enter". 

8.3.7 Heading

8.3.7.1 Move by Heading
While playing a DAISY book, you can move heading by heading using hot keys. You can move to the first or last heading by pressing "Space-1-3" and "Space-4-6" respectively. You can move to the previous or next heading by holding the "Back" or Forward" buttons on the front media panel.  

8.3.7.2 Move to Specific Heading
To move to a specific heading, press "Enter-H" during playback. The U2 displays a list of the headings in the DAISY book with focus on the heading you are currently reading. Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to navigate to the heading you want to move to, and press "Enter".

8.3.7.3 Find 
You can activate the "Find " function by pressing "Space-F". You are prompted, "Text to find:" You are placed in an edit box into which to type text. The "Find " dialog also contains "Range", "Search direction:", a "Confirm"button, and a "Cancel"button. 
Tab to the "Range" combo box, and choose between "All" and "Heading". Tab to the "Search Direction" combo box, and press "Space" to toggle between forward and backward. Tab to "Confirm", and press "Enter" to execute the search. 

8.3.7.4 Scan Heading and Read Heading
During playback, you can read your current heading, or scan the headings from your current location to the end of the book. You can query the current heading by pressing "Enter-W" The current heading name and level are displayed. Press "Enter-N" to scan the heading list from the current position to the end of the book. The headings are displayed in a list. Press "Enter" or "Space" on a heading in this list to start playback at that position. To cancel the "Scan Heading" function, press "Space-E". 


8.3.8 Memos

There may be times when you wish to create an annotation in a DAISY book you are reading. You can create and manage memos via the Memo menu.
8.3.8.1 creating a Memo
Choose "Memo" from the "Memo" menu, or press "Backspace-M" while reading a DAISY book. You are placed in the "Memo" dialog.
The "Memo" dialog includes an edit box for inputting the memo, a "Confirm" button, and a "Cancel" button. Use "F3" and "Space-F3" to move among the controls.
Type the memo or annotation in the edit box, and Tab to the "Confirm" button and press "Enter" to save the memo. Press "Enter" on the "Cancel" button or press "Space-Z" to cancel creation of the memo. 

8.3.8.2 Reading memos
The next 3 items allow you to read memos you have created.
To read the current memo, choose "Read Memo" from the "Memo" menu, or press "Backspace-R" while reading a DAISY book. To read the previous memo, choose "Read Previous Memo" from the "Memo" menu, or press "Backspace-P" while reading a DAISY book. To read the next memo, choose "Read Next Memo" from the "Memo" menu or press "Backspace-N" while reading a DAISY book.

8.3.8.3 Deleting a memo
To delete the current memo, choose "Delete Memo" from the "Memo" menu, or press "Backspace-D" while reading a DAISY book.

8.4 YouTube
The YouTube application allows you to search for and play content from the YouTube video sharing web site. If you have signed up for a YouTube account, you may also rate videos, leave comments, and save favorites. 
To execute the YouTube application,  From the "Media" menu, navigate to "YouTube" and press "Enter" or just press Y. You can also launch "YouTube" from anywhere on the unit by pressing "F1-Y". 

8.4.1 The Top Menu 
When the "YouTube" application is executed, you are placed in the "Top" menu. The "top" menu consists of 3 options: "Video Search", "Channel Search" and "Most Viewed". 
To search for a video on YouTube, press "Enter" on "Video Search" and you are placed in an edit box into which you can type your search term. If you press "Enter" on the other 2 options, you will receive results for that category. 

8.4.2 The Search Dialog 
The "Search" dialog consists of 3 controls: a "Search" edit box, a "Search" button, and a "Close" button.  
To perform a search, type your search term into the edit box and press "Enter", or tab to the "Search" button and press "Enter".  Braille Sense prompts, "Searching". After a few seconds, the search results are displayed. 

8.4.3 The Search Results Dialog 
The "Search Results" dialog contains the following items: "Search Results" list, "Play" button, "Download' button, "Previous" button (only appears if on page 2 or higher) "Next" button, "Page" combo box, "Select" button, "Close" button, "Search" edit box, and a "Search" button. The search results are grouped in pages of 50. To move among the items in the "Search Results" list, use "Space-1" and Space-4". To load a video in the list, navigate to it and press "Enter" or Tab to the "Play" button, and press "Enter". 
You may also download the chosen video to your Braille Sense by choosing the "Download" button. You are placed in an edit box in which you can edit the current file name or or type a new one, and press "enter".
If there are multiple pages of results, Tab to the "Next" or "Previous" button and press "Enter" to move to the previous or next page of results. Or use "Backspace-N and "Backspace-P" to move to the next and previous page respectively. 
You can also use the "Page" combo box to move to a different page of results. Tab to the "Page" combo box, navigate to your desired page using "Space-1" or "Space-4" and press "Enter".  
To perform a new search, Tab to the "Search" edit box and type your new search query. Press "Enter", or Tab to "Search" and press "Enter". 
To close the "Search results" dialog and return to the "Top" menu, Tab to the "Close" button and Press "Enter". Or press "Space-E". 

8.4.4 The Playback Dialog 
The playback dialog consists of the following controls: "Title" static box, "Description" static box, "Author" static box, "Published" static box, "View count" static box, "Rating" static box, "Rate it" button (only appears if signed in), "Comments" list, (Leave a Comment" button (only appears if signed in), "Related" list, "Open" button, "Back" button, "Pause" button, "Reload" button, and "Cache and Play" button. Tab among the controls with "F3" and "Space-F3".  
The first 6 static boxes provide information about the currently playing video. If you are signed in, the "Rate it" button appears after the "Rating" static box. To rate a video, Tab to the "Rate it" button and press "Enter". Or press "Enter-E" from anywhere in the playback dialog. 
The "Rate It" dialog contains 3 controls: "Points" combo box, "Post" button, and a "Cancel" button.  Use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to navigate to your desired rating from 1-5 in the combo box and press "Enter". Or Tab to the "Post" button and press "Enter". 
The "Comments" list contains comments others have made about the currently playing video.  If you are signed in, the "Leave a Comment" button appears after the "Comments" list. To leave a comment, press "Enter" on this button. Or press "Enter-M" from anywhere in the playback dialog. 
The "Leave a Comment" dialog consists of 3 controls: "Comment" edit box, "Post" button, and "Cancel" button. Type a comment in the edit box, and press "Enter" to post it. 
The "Related" list is a list of videos related to the currently playing video. "Navigate among these using "Space-1" and "Space-4". To play a video in this list, navigate to it and press "Enter".  
The "Back" button takes you back one level from your current position. For example, if you're playing a video from your "Search Results" list, this button returns you to the "Search Results" list. If you've chosen a video from the "Related" list, this button returns you to the video you were playing before you chose the related video. To activate the "Back" button Tab to it and press "Enter", or press "Backspace-B". 
The "Pause" button pauses playback of the current video. You can also press "Space" to pause and resume playback. 
You can reload the currently playing video by tabbing to the "Reload" button and pressing "Enter" or by pressing "Enter-O". If you want to load the entire video before starting playback, you can use the "Cache and Play" button. This may be useful if you have a slow internet connection, and playback is choppy. You can also press "Enter-P" to cache and play. 

8.4.5 The File Menu 
8.4.5.1 Sign In/Out 
You can search for and play videos whether you are signed in or not. However, if you wish to rate videos, leave comments, or save favorites, you'll want to sign into your YouTube account. 
The "Sign In" dialog contains the following controls: "Login ID" computer edit box, "Login Password" computer edit box, "Save Password" checkbox, "Auto Sign In" checkbox, "Sign In" button, and a "Close" button.  
Enter your login ID and password in the appropriate edit boxes using computer Braille. Use "Space" to check or uncheck the "Save password" and "Auto Sign In" boxes according to your preference. Tab to the "Sign In" button and Press "Enter". If your login information is correct, Braille Sense announces, "Successfully signed in". If your login information is not correct, you are returned to the "Sign In" dialog. 
When you are signed in, this menu item is changed to Sign Out". To sign out of your YouTube account, select "Sign Out" in the "File" menu.  Braille Sense announces, "Successfully signed out" and returns you to your previous position in the "YouTube" program. 

8.4.5.2 Exit 
This command terminates the "YouTube" program and returns the U2 to the "program" menu. You can exit "YouTube" by pressing "Space-Z" ór by selecting "Exit" from the File menu. 

8.4.6 Play Menu 

8.4.6.1 Play 
If you press "Enter" on "Play", the U2 begins playing the currently selected video. 

8.4.6.2 Volume Up and Volume Down 
You can adjust the playback volume in the menu levels from 0 to 10. You can also adjust the volume level by pressing Space with the Up and Down scroll buttons. The actual volume level depends on the value of the "Main volume" set in the "Global options". For example, if "Main volume" is set to 5, and the volume level in the playback is set to its maximum 10, the actual volume is 5. If the volume level in the playback is set to 5, the actual volume level is 2.5. 

8.4.6.3 Pause 
This item pauses playback of a file. Activate this command again, playback resumes from the position where the file was paused. You can also press "Space" in the playback dialog.

8.4.6.4 Stop 
Select this command to stop playback of the playing file. Or, just press "Backspace" in the playback dialog. 

8.4.7 Favorites and Subscriptions 
* Note: You must be signed in to use these functions.

8.4.7.1 Add to Favorites 
To add the currently playing video to the "Favorites" list, select "Add to Favorites" from the "Favorites" menu, or press "Backspace-A" during playback.
Braille Sense prompts, "Adding Favorite" soon followed by "Favorite added successfully". 

8.4.7.2 Favorites List 
To open the "Favorites" list, select "Favorites List" from the "Favorites" menu, or press "Enter-L" from anywhere in YouTube.  The Favorites List dialog contains: the favorites list, an "Open" button, a "Delete" button, and a "Close" button. To play a video in the list, navigate it using "Space-1" or "Space-4" and press "Enter". To delete a favorite, locate it in the list, Tab to the "Delete" button and press "Enter". To Exit the "Favorites" list, Tab to the "Close" button and press "Enter" or press "Space-E" 
8.4.7.3 Subscribing to channels.
You can also subscribe to your favorite channels. To subscribe to the current channel, press Backspace-C". To access the list of channels you have subscribed to, press Backspace-L".

8.4.8 Settings 
The "Settings" menu contains the "Region" setting. This option allows you to set the region in which you are located in order to receive search results relevant to where you are. 
Select "Region Setting from the "Settings" menu, or press "Enter-R" from anywhere in YouTube. 
The "Region" dialog contains: "Region" combo box, "Set" button, and a "Cancel" button. To set your desired region, use "Space-1" and "Space-4" to move to your desired region in the combo box, and press "Enter", or Tab to the "Set" button and press "Enter".

