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RX128/256
User’s Guide
Arc2.5/5.0
Hard Drive MP3 Player
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Unpacking • Rave-MP 2.5GB or 5GB Player • Carrying Case with Arm Band • Premium Earbuds • USB Cable • AC Adapter/Battery Charger • Installation CD • Quick Start Guide • Customer Service Card • Bonus Track List Copyright/Trademarks © 2004 Rave-MP. All rights reserved. Rave-MP shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the information contained herein, even if Rave-MP has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Th
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Table of Contents Using the FM Tuner ...................... 20 1 - Getting Started Switching to FM Tuner Mode ..............20 Welcome ................................... 4 Searching for FM Stations ..................21 Player Overview .......................... 5 Saving Presets ...............................21 LCD Overview ............................. 7 Selecting Presets ............................21 Charging the Battery ..................... 8 FM Radio Recording & Playback ....... 22 Connec
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1 - Getting Started Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of this high performance Rave-MP portable MP3 player. Inside its polished, sexy design is a virtual music warehouse, with room for 2.5~5.0 GB worth of storage. For a change of pace, check out the recordable FM tuner or voice recorder. Cool Features • MP3 and WMA playback • PC & Mac support • Polished, thin design • Large 128x64 Mono backlit LCD • Arc5.0 holds 2,500 WMAs (166 hours of music); Arc2.5 holds 1,250 WMAs (83 hours of mu
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Player Overview 1 2 9 3 8 4 5 7 6 1 Mini-USB Port - Connects the player to your computer using the supplied USB cable. 2 LCD Screen - Displays the current status of the player; see page 7. 5
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3 VOLUME +/- Buttons - Adjust the volume. 4 MENU Button - Displays the player’s main menu. While in Menu mode, press to return to Play mode. 5 Control Pad - Controls playback and selects menu options: • PLAY/PAUSE - Starts and pauses playback. • STOP - Stops playback. • PREV - Skips to the previous track (or to the start of the current track). Press and hold to scan backwards. • NEXT - Skips to the next track. Press and hold to scan forwards. • ENTER - Makes selections in the menu system. 6
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LCD Overview 1 2 3 4 5 ROCK Alien Crime Syn 6 Forever is Rock Ten Songs in the Key Of 7 8 02:23 VOL18 6/77 Indicators: 1 EQ Setting - Displays current EQ mode (Normal, Rock, etc.) 2 Shuffle - Displays current Shuffle mode (On or Off). 3 Repeat - Displays current Repeat mode (Repeat One, Repeat All, or Off). 4 Hold - Displays current Hold status (On or Off). 5 Battery Level - Displays current Battery status (Full, Medium or Low). 6 Track Info - Displays current Title, Artist, and Album. 7 Progress
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Charging the Battery The first time you use the Rave-MP, be sure to charge the built-in LiON battery for at least five hours for maximum battery life. You can use the player (including loading and playing music files) while it is charging. 1 Connect the supplied AC adapter to the DC IN jack as shown. 2 Plug the AC adapter into an electrical AC Adapter Plug outlet. 3 Turn the player on to check the status of the battery. • The battery icon on the LCD screen indicates current battery strengt
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Installing the Software 1 Turn on your computer and insert the System Requirements Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. • Intel Pentium® II 300 MHz 2 The Welcome screen is displayed. or above 3 Install the driver (Windows 98SE only). • 128 MB RAM minimum • No driver is required for Windows ME, XP, • 150 MB available hard 2000 or Mac OSX. drive space 4 Install Windows Media Player 9. • USB port • If you do not already have Windows Media • CD-ROM drive Player 9, you will be prompted to ins
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2 - Loading Your Tunes Connecting the Player to your Computer In order to download tracks to the player, you must first connect the player to your PC or Mac using the supplied USB cable. 1 Connect the smaller end of the supplied USB cable to the mini-USB port on the player as shown. 2 Connect the larger end of this cable to any available USB port on your computer. • The player will power on automatically. • If this is the first time you have connected the player to a PC running Windows ME, 2000
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Using Windows Media Player You can use Windows Media Player 9.0 to manage your music files, copy tracks from your audio CDs, transfer tracks to the player, and more. The following is an overview of the options on the Windows Media Player taskbar: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Now Playing - Watch/listen to currently playing media. 2 Media Guide - Search for media (music, movies, etc.) online. 3 Copy from CD - Burn CD Audio tracks to WMA format. 4 Media Library - Create playlists and manage your media files.
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Adding Tracks to your Media Library Windows Media Player will automatically gather all MP3 and/or WMA files on your PC into a media library, where they can be played, edited, burned to CD, or copied to your Rave-MP player: 1 Click Tools > Search for Media Files (or press F3). 2 In the “Add to Media Library by Searching Computer” dialog box, browse to the drive and folder where your music files are stored. 3 Click Search. 4 Windows Media Player will automatically add all tracks in the selected
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Transferring Tracks to the Player To copy files from your PC to the player: 1 Make sure the player is powered on and connected to your PC using the supplied USB cable. 2 Click Copy to CD or Device. 3 Under “Items on Device,” select “Removable Disk” to view the contents of the player. 4 Under “Items to Copy”, browse to the folder containing the tracks you want to add to the player. 5 Click the checkbox(es) next to the desired track name(s). 6 Click Copy. 7 The selected track(s) are copied to th
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Using Other Music Management Applications In addition to Windows Media Player 9.0, the Rave-MP player is compatible with other music management applications. If you prefer, you can use these applications to manage your music files, burn your CDs, load your music, etc. • NOTE: Many online music stores offer their own music management applications, which may or may not be compatible with the player. The player is NOT compatible with iTunes. 14
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Using the Player as a Removable Drive If you prefer, you can simply drag and drop files to the player, which appears as a removable hard drive on your PC or Mac. • NOTE: The player will not play DRM-protected files (such as those purchased from online music stores) unless they are copied to the player via Windows Media Player or the music management software compatible with your online music store. 1 Make sure the player is powered on and connected to your computer using the supplied USB cabl
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Safely Disconnecting the Player If you are using Windows ME/2000/XP, it is recommended that you safely unplug the player as follows: 1 Double-click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in the Windows toolbar. 2 Select the player from the list of Hardware Devices. 3 Click Stop. 4 Click OK to confirm. 5 Click Close. 6 It is now safe to unplug the player from your PC. • NOTE: Make sure all file transfers are complete before disconnecting the player. 16
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3 - Using the Player Basic Operations Powering On the Player • To turn on the player, press POWER . • To turn off the player, press and hold POWER . Basic Playback • To play the current track, press PLAY/PAUSE . • To pause playback, press PLAY/PAUSE again. • To stop playback, press STOP . • To skip to the previous track (or to the start of the current track), press PREV . • To skip to the next track, press NEXT . • To scan backward within a track, press and hold PREV . • To scan forward wi
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Main Menu Overview Press MENU to open the Main Menu and access these special features: Play Music Play All FM Tuner Albums Tuner Artists Recordings... Genre Tracks p.19 p.20-22 Voice Recordings Record Recordings... p.23 Main Menu Play Music Tuner Voice Equalizer Equalizer Normal Settings 5-Band EQ p.24 Rock Jazz Classical Pop p.25-26 Settings p.27 Playback About Power PlayerCal Tjader Contrast Storage Resume 18 About
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Playing Albums, Artists & Genres Play Music The Play Music menu includes a variety of ways to Play All browse and play your music. Albums 1 Press MENU . Artists 2 Select Play Music and press ENTER. Genre 3 Select from the following options: T racks • Play All - Plays all tracks on the player in order. • Albums - Lists all albums on the player. - Select an album and press ENTER. - Select Play All to play the entire album, or select a track and press ENTER to play only that track. • Artists - L
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Using the FM Tuner Switching to FM Tuner Mode 1 Press MENU . 2 Select Tuner and press ENTER. 3 Select Tuner again and press ENTER. 4 The FM Tuner LCD is displayed: 1 2 90 95 100 105 3 100.30MHz 5 MANUAL VOL18 4 Indicators: 1 Strong Signal - Appears if a strong FM radio signal is received. 2 FM Frequency Slider - Graphically displays FM radio band. 3 Current Frequency - Displays current radio station frequency. 4 Volume Level - Displays current volume level. 5 FM Tuner Mode - Displays current Tun
