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What is the difference between the PTR1 and PTR2?
A.1-1
PTR2 has a separate menu key, Separate volume up and down keys and a relocated eject key.
PTR2 has a modified body shape in durable plastic.
The recording level, speed and tone control switches have been moved to the right side of the unit The power switch has been moved to the right side of the unit and can now be locked with the use of the key lock/key describer switch.
The card slot has been moved to the front of the unit under the CD drive and is now a CF card slot rather than a PCMCIA slot. A CF card is provided with the unit.
The microphone socket is now stereo rather than mono.
PTR2 accepts the plug-in power type of external microphone.
Automatic gain control (AGC) is now available, if selected, for use with the external microphone and the Line in options as well as the built in microphone.
The USB interface with a computer can now be used to directly access not only the CD drive but also the CF card.
PTR2 has 2 modes of operation. These are Normal mode and Book Creator mode. Normal mode provides a simplified method of producing a DAISY recording. Book Creator mode gives the user access to more advanced editing functions.
Heading and page markers can now be positioned using 0.1 second adjustments rather than ‘attaching’ them to specific phrases.

About other differences, see the following table.

Item	PTR2	PTR1
External Microphone Jack	3.5mm in diameter stereo mini-jack	3.5mm in diameter monaural mini-jack
USB Card drive (reader) function	Available	Not available
USB CD drive function	Available	Available
Externally connected terminal	USB1.1	USB1.1
CF Card	64MB media is attached.	-
Card slot	CF card Type I / Type II	PCMCIA
Playable audio file format for Audio file CD/Card	MP3, Wave(PCM), Ogg Vorbis	MP3
Operating time with battery	DAISYCD: 6 hours Music CD: 2.5 hours CF card: 8 hours	DAISYCD: 4 hours Music CD: 2.5 hours CF card: 6 hours
Dimensions (Width x Length x Height)	167mm x 205mm x 50mm	150mm x 180mm x 38mm
Weight	940g	860g

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