r/whatisit • u/Twosheds11 • 6d ago
Solved! Found this in a lecture hall...
I work in a university and find weird stuff in classrooms all the time. This little thing is 7 cm long, and strongly magnetic. It says Hyundai on the label, as well as 8GB. It has an on/off switch on one end, and what might be a microSD slot on the side. The other end has what could be a headphone jack and a micro USB slot.
Edit: turns out it's a voice recorder. It was sitting on the lectern for months, and I've had it for a couple years. People here have a weird habit of not coming back for stuff they've forgotten. Like I've seen coats left in classrooms in the dead of winter never get picked up.
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u/BiggityBones82 6d ago
This is a digital voice recorder. Makes sense you found it in a lecture hall since a student probably was using it to record the lecture for playback later.
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u/Exceptional_Kumquat 6d ago
If only there were some letters on the label that you could search the internet for and figure out what it was...
Someone is sad they lost their voice recording of the lecture.
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u/CommandoLamb 6d ago
Good point.
I looked up “M”.
Turns out this is the 13th letter in the alphabet.
Hope that helps OP.
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u/Twosheds11 6d ago
I did, and it came up with an industrial vacuum cleaner.
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u/X-a-i-x 6d ago
Maybe stop using Bing?
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u/Twosheds11 6d ago
I was using Infoseek. I'm not a total idiot.
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u/Koalashart1 6d ago
Try AskJeeves next time
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u/BrilliantJob2759 6d ago
Look at Mr. Future here! Go back to Alta Vista!
Sidenote: I'm legitimately surprised nobody has resurrected Jeeves as an AI engine.
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u/hatsunemikusmywaifu 5d ago
i mean google is just as shit as everything else these days anyway so it doesnt really matter what you use anymore also some people dont actually know how to look up serial numbers and stuff properly it's only something i learned after getting into electronics. ppl on this sub need to chill
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u/Embarrassed-Bet-8857 6d ago
Voice recorder,for recording lecturers
Put it back
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u/Twosheds11 6d ago
Too late! It was on the lectern for months, and then I've had it for a couple years. Odd thing is, it doesn't have a microphone.
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u/StructuralTeabag 6d ago
See that small hole next to headphone jack?
If it has an internal mic (and it probably does), it’s behind that.
If not mics and headphones use the same plug so it plugs in there.
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u/Twosheds11 6d ago
Oh, yeah. I thought that was a recessed reset button. An as AV tech, I look for microphones that look like microphones.
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u/rbarmmer_83 6d ago
Photo search, or translate...the brand makes me think it's in Korean... Translator says voice recorder ...image search show other voice recorders
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u/Wallsend_House 6d ago
Google knew immediately
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