Voice Playback Module, PEMENOL DC 9-24V 30W Voice Broadcast Device 9 Trigger Interfaces 8 I/O Trigger Modes Music Player Built-in 64Mbit Flash Storage for Easter Present DIY

This playback module was added to a board I built along with other relays for Halloween that controlled various different effects like; flood lights, black lights, strobe lights, fog machine, etc. It was activated with an IR sensor when someone walked into my haunted house.Tripping the sensor started the custom audio I edited and loaded onto the playback module and various lights and effects were triggered at key moments during the audio playback. I found that it had great audio (basically uses mono + & - or "tip and sleeve"). Works best if you route the audio to a passive speaker (even without an amp, it produces great volume. I first tested it with a small, passive speaker meant for a mobile two-way radio) and was blown away by the clarity and volume (easily adjusted with the philips head pot. When connecting to a powered speaker, there will be a pretty loud buzz/hum through the amp. Don't fret. I found a couple ways to deal with this. 1). Get a simple in-line audio noise filter device and put it between the playback module and the amp or 2). route the audio to a device without an amp, like an audio switcher, that will filter it first, then out to a powered system.I used professional radio broadcast studio equipment (because I had it sitting around from my broadcast days) to switch the audio for my setup. My background music was input to channel 1 and the playback module to channel 2. The audio switcher played my background music on channel 1 by default. When the IR sensor was tripped, the audio switcher changed to channel two at the same time the playback module was tripped and played the custom audio in sync with my other effects. After the custom audio and effects timed out, the system reset, the switcher defaulted back to channel one playing the background music until the IR sensor was tripped again.You can program this playback module with the dip switches to behave in different ways when it is activated. I chose to have it play file 1 all the way through before it can be tripped again. However, you can program it to start over when it is tripped again - regardless if it has finished playing the entire file, or jump to the next file (if you loaded more than 1). I only loaded 1 MP3 file (since all effects were timed to that specific file) but you could load multiple files and cycle through them if you wanted to.Easy to load files as well. When a micro SD card is installed and the device is connected to a computer with a USB, the playback module will show up like a flash drive would with a drive letter. Rename whatever files you want to use per the manufacturer's instructions; 5 numerical digits, 00001, 00002, etc. Drag and drop that file into the sound card drive letter and done.Great little device. I was constantly modifying my audio file to get is just right and transferring the modified file back to the device, after which there would be MANY times it would get triggered for the purpose of testing it with the other effects to program everything to fire at the right time. All of this testing happened over the course of a month leading up to Halloween (and sometimes I'd trigger it multiple times just because it was cool to watch).On Halloween night, the whole setup was triggered many times as groups entered the haunted house all night. It performed exactly as it was supposed to with great audio every time it was triggered in testing and the night-of.I used a 12VDC system to power the unit and installed a freshly formatted 32G micro SD card I already had. Very impressed with this playback module and it aided in making my Halloween shenanigans EXTRA fun and creepy!

On a whim, after neighbours complained that our sliding gate beeping was too annoying, I thought I would try a voice module that would say something like "Gate is in motion, please stand clear". Never having used one of these before, I was a bit hesitant, but took the plunge. And I am quite pleased that I did. This unit is wonderful, needing no other components to work.I went online, found a text-to-speech service and downloaded the audio into the module as an mp3 file. The result was crystal clear speech.The only issue I have is that I am trying to control it with an Arduino. I wish there was a busy signal to indicate when a file is playing. There is a light output at 12V that activates during a file play but for some reason this is a bit troublesome to use since the negative line does not appear to be tied to ground. But I am using a workaround. All in all, I think this is a very capable and well built device. Well worth the cost.

Pheeew. Let me start off my saying I love this thing. When you figure it out it works great. If you are using it at an audio play back for a small prop or a simple mp3, this is your thing. I am an artist and was trying to use it in a work of art. I needed it to be triggered by a motion detector to play different stories. Getting that all set up was difficult because the directions did not go into that much detail. After having numerous conversations with Chatgpt, I was able to get it to do what I needed it to do.

Installed with weatherproof speaker in parking lot.It reduced unwanted cars pulling in middle of the night. Using with an motion sensor.Clear voice, able to change sd card out easy.Great price, simple wiring, cheap security. Found txt to spech free site. Downloaded and installed no problem.

Very easy to use, about as close to plug and play as it gets. Includes a little screwdriver for the terminals. The images here show the pinout but it is also silk-screened on the bottom of the board which is nice. My source file is a WAV and not that it's hard to convert I just wanted to see if it would play it and it does! My application involves rapid triggering and this unit responds reasonably well to that, adds a small (less than half a second) fade out and fade in but still replays quickly enough without any sample popping or anything uncomfortable. Gets very loud!

Has a lot of functions, very good quality and the sound is good. To much power for my DIY but works great with a speaker.

The power led lights up, but the card isn't recognized when connected to my computer - verified that the card is FAT32 formatted. When I flip the switch no audio is played and the playing indicator led doesn't light up. I've tried two different speakers - same result. Tried powering via micro USB and direct 12V - same result. Don't know why it's not working as I've followed the instructions on how to connect everything.

I was a little skeptical, but this thing is great. Super easy to use, 5 digit audio files were no problem. I am using it along with a little remote relay to trigger sound effects which play over the hailer horn on my boat. It's SUPER loud at 30 watts.