Hi Julie, I've written a little guide to the layout of the H1. Hope it helps. John. layout of Zoom H1 from top, recorder facing you. front 1 display. 2 record/stop button. 3 speaker. left edge 1 headphone jack. 2 level up. 3 level down. 4 card slot. right edge 1 mic/line in jack. 2 level up. 3 level down. 4 skip back. 5 play. 6 skip forward. 7 file erase. 8 power switch. 9 mini USB. back From left to right, unit still facing you. left: format select. MP3 up, wav down. middle: auto gain. up on, down off. right: low cut. up on, down off. It is important to remember that the skip buttons also change recording frequency. If there is more than one recording skip will operate as skip, but if there's only one pressing either skip button will change frequency.