VOICE SYNTHESIZER (SPEACH)

Here is a unique feature that only appeared in three cutting-edge Betas. It uses a synthesized voice to speak ten different preprogrammed announcements along with some helpful hints and tones. To perform this useful assistance the VCR employs a special processor (IC module) that is interfaced with the clock/timer circuitry. Available is a selected vocabulary along with several special melodious sounds. The voice is not gender-specific. Accessing the information is at your fingertips by using the confirmation button. It lets you hear your timer settings and see your channel selection. It will also point out any setting errors, time overlaps, and more. This is important because this Beta can record four separate events over an amazing three-week period. That can be incorporated into the operation of the Betastack® cassette changer for a total recording time of up to twenty hours. Speaker volume settings are: loud, medium, and off. Illustrated below are the tones you will hear and the ten announcements. These depend on the event or when the confirmation button is pressed. Preceding a message, a special tone will be heard to notify you that a vocalization is about to occur. In almost all cases, the message is presented twice; exceptions are noted below. To hear them repeated, you simply press the confirmation button again. In the table below, the vocal announcement is in bold lettering. Note: There are no additional voice notifications when the Betastack® cassette changer is installed. It provides for one long recording using the cassette in the machine and those in the stack or a series of timed recordings (events) over all the cassettes or changing to another cassette at the end of each timed recording. It can also play continuously all the cassettes in the stack or rewind them all. Total available recording time twenty hours using four L-830 cassettes.

TABLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
The ♪ symbol indicates a single chime then the vocal message in bold type.
The ♬ symbol indicates a pair of tones then the vocal message in bold type.

SPOKEN RESPONSE
ACTIVITY OR EVENT
♪ spoken twice: No cassette inside. You have pressed the TIMER REC (timer record) or REC (record) button when a cassette is not inserted.
♪ spoken twice: The safety tab in the cassette is missing. You have pressed the TIMER REC or REC button when the cassette does not have a safety tab in place.
♪ spoken once: Timed programs overlap (each one is announced). Example: programs A and C overlap. You have pressed the TIMER REC button when the time periods for the settings of the recordings overlap.
♪ spoken twice: Timer set-up is incomplete. You have pressed the TIMER REC button when the timer setting is not complete.
♪ spoken twice: The machine is in the timer record mode. You have pressed the POWER button when the machine is in TIMER REC mode.
♪ spoken twice: Timer set-up is incomplete. You have pressed the TIMER REC button before presetting the timer.
♬ spoken twice: Timer set-up is complete. You have completed the TIMER REC setting process.
♬ spoken once: Timer settings are announced. They are reported in order, for example: The first timer set-up is for Monday of this week, on-time is 2:30 AM, off time is 3:35 AM. All settings will be announced according to the week, day and time of your entries, the channel number flashes in the display. At the end of each reported setting the voice will say: See flashing channel. You have pressed CONFIRMATION button after setting the timer.
♬ Spoken twice: Timer recording has started. (confirmation button is not pressed) A timer activated recording has just begun.
♬ Spoken twice: Timer recording has ended. (confirmation button is not pressed) A timer activated recording has just ended.
♪♪ Two unique high/low tones: (confirmation button is not pressed) Declares that the clock time in the display is on the hour (occurs at noon, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM, etc.).