1686:0045 — Handy Recorder stereo mix

This is the USB identifier for a Handy Recorder stereo mix manufactured by ZOOM Corporation. The vendor ID 1686 is registered to ZOOM Corporation with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0045 is the product ID that ZOOM Corporation assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1686:0045 ZOOM Corporation Handy Recorder stereo mix.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1686:0045 ZOOM Corporation Handy Recorder stereo mix

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1686:0045, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1686:0045. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1686, idProduct=0045.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_1686&PID_0045
USB\VID_1686&PID_0045&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1686&PID_0045"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Handy Recorder stereo mix:
      Product ID: 0x0045
      Vendor ID: 0x1686  (ZOOM Corporation)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

1686  ZOOM Corporation
	0045  Handy Recorder stereo mix

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