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Model: MP-400
MP3 / WMA Player
Operating Instructions
MP3 and WMA compatible Operates with one AAA alkaline battery
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Card slot for up to 512M SD/MMC Can also be used to record and transfer
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memory card for extra storage files as a portable media device
Deluxe stereo earphones with neck strap Track, Song time, Battery, Volume and
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Preset 6 position selectable equalizer Play mode indicators
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Requires Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP/
512M built-in total storage space
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Mac OS X 10.2.6 or above
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 - Start to use 1-1 Preface………………………………………………………………………………………………….2 1-2 Features……………………………………………………………………………………………….3 1-3 Device Overview…………………………………………………………………………………….4 1-4 LCD Display Overview…………………………………………………………………………………6 1-5 Battery Installation…………………………………………………………………………………7 2 - Software Installation (for Windows 98SE) 2-1 Basic System Requirements…………………………………………………………………………7 2-2 Installing Software Driver and Utilities………………………………………………………………….7 2-3 Connecting the
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1 - Start to Use 1-1. Preface Before you use this DURABRAND digital audio player MODEL MP-400, read all the following materials carefully. You can play your favorite MP3 and WMA music files with this portable player, and we hope you will enjoy this product. Check List This package contains: DURABRAND 512 MB Audio MP3/WMA player Model MP-400 USB Cable CD disc for Drivers (for Windows 98SE) / Instructions / Demo Music 1 size “AAA” Alkaline battery Earphones with Neck Strap Quick Manual This bookl
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1-2. Features • Built-in 512MB flash memory (total space, including operating system files). • Expansion SD/MMC card slot. Accepts up to 512MB SD (Secure Digital) / MMC (MultiMedia Card) card (not included) for extra storage. • Plays MP3, WMA music format files and can store any digital file. • Upgraded stereo earphones with neck strap. • One AAA alkaline battery included. • Standard Mini USB port Plug & Play (cable included). • Supports Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP, Mac OS X 10.2.6 or above. • Blue
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1-3. Device Overview Fig. 1-3-1 Device Overview 1 EARPHONES jack - Connect earphones or a home theater etc. with a 3.5mm stereo plug. 2 LCD screen - Displays current status of the player, details on page 6. 3 Lock button - Locks controls to prevent accidental operation. 4 POWER button - Turns the player on or off. IB-MP400-WC-E-061005 4 IB-MP400-WC-E-060505.pmd 5 6/21/2005, 7:22 PM
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5 Memory selection / Play mode selection button - In STOP mode, press and hold to select between internal flash memory and external SD/MMC card (if card is inserted inside the set). Press a short time to select the 4-mode playback: normal, repeat 1, repeat all, random (details on page 15). 6 Mini-USB port - Lift the cover and connect the player to your computer using the supplied USB cable. 7 EQ button - Select the 6-Band Equalizer: normal, pop, rock, jazz, classic, bass. 8 Back cover - Remove
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1-4. LCD Display Overview Fig. 1-4-1 LCD Display Overview Indicators: 1. Playing Time - Shows song’s playing time (12 minutes and 23 seconds) also displays Power ON/OFF, PC connection, for uploading and for downloading. 2. Number - Shows current track number 19 or total number of tracks. 3. Status - Music playing status (rotates while playing music). 4. Lock - Buttons are locked when flashes in the display. . 5. Volume - Volume control with 16 levels (more bars = louder volume). 6. Play
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SD/MMC 1-5. Battery Installation 1 Slide the battery cover off as shown. 2 Insert one AAA battery, beware of correct polarities (+ and -). 3 Put the cover back. Battery Safety Slide to ä Do not dispose of any battery in fire! ä open Do not put the battery in a damp place! ä Please take out the battery if you don’t use the player for a long time! ä Battery should be installed by adults for safety. Fig. 1-5-1 Inserting the Battery 2- Software Installation 2-1. Basic System Requirements Intel P
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Fig. 2-2-1 Installing Software Driver and Utilities NOTE: No driver is required for Windows Me, XP, 2000 or Mac OS X 10.2.6 or above. 4 Install Windows Media Player 9.0. If you have not installed Windows Media Player 9.0 (or later), you will be prompted to install it or update your current version. (Details of Windows Media Player 9.0 on Pages 19-22). 5 Browse the Driver Setup disc to check out: Windows 98SE Driver • Windows Media Player 9.0 • Operating Instructions (in PDF form) • Adobe PDF R
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2-3. Connecting the Audio Player and Computer Both PC or Mac users must use the USB cable to connect the player and computer before you can download or upload music files to the computer. 1 Connect the smaller plug of the USB cable to the mini-USB port on the player as shown. Plug only fits one way, if the plug does not match the mini-USB port, don’t force it, just reverse it and try again. 2 Connect the larger plug of the USB cable to any available USB port on your computer. First time connecti
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2-4. Using the Audio Player as a Removable Drive (USB Disk) The Audio Player can also be used as a removable drive (or known as a USB flash drive). You can drag and drop files into the player. (Up to the limit of about 512 MB for internal memory or external card.) 1 Connect the USB cable to the computer and MP-400. 2 Click “My Computer” icon on your Windows desktop, and it will show up as a “Removable Disk” on the Desktop of the Windows. Storage of SD/MMC memory card Storage of MP-400 built-in
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3 Click the “Removable Disk” icon to browse for content. Fig. 2-4-2 Using the Player as a Removable Drive 4. Select the folders or songs or files you want to copy to your MP-400. 5. After you have highlighted the files you want to copy, click on “edit” (next to file on top), click on “copy to folder” (below edit). 6. Find the removable disc (such as E:) and click on it to highlight it for copying. 7. The file that is copying to your MP-400 will show. 8. When you finished copying files, see next
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Click on this icon to disconnect the USB cable safely. NOTE: Usually a small icon will appear, clicking this icon will show the “safely remove hardware” screen. Fig. 2-5-1 Safely Disconnecting the Player 3 - Basic Operation of the Audio Player 3-1. Hanging the Earphones and Neck Strap Connection 4. Insert the lock-pin 1. Slide the thin part of the 2. After it is through, 3. Pull to close loop loop the lock through it correctly. neck strap into the hole R L R L 8. Hang the 5. Plug the earphones
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3-2. Player Power On/Off POWER ON/OFF To turn on the player, press and hold the POWER button, the set will start to play. To turn the player off, press and hold the POWER button again. Shows when you press It will show if the battery is very low and hold the Power ON/ or if the battery is almost empty, OFF button To turn on please insert a fresh battery. (If the the player. battery is completely dead, nothing will show in the display). Shows when you press It will show the full battery if the
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NOTE: The Player has an Auto-Power Off function to economize STOP your battery (it will automatically power off after 60 seconds in STOP status and 120 seconds in PAUSE status if you don’t press the play button). It will display the “NO SO” (NO SONG) if the Flash memory or SD/ MMC card has no music files, simply transfer files into your player. Fig. 3-3-1 Music Playback NOTE: Your player comes with a few demo songs, you may keep these or delete them. PREV/NEXT To skip to the previous track (or t
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3-6. Adjusting Equalizer and Play Modes The 6-band equalizer can let you personalize your favorite sound effect of the player during play. When you play the music: 1. Press the Equalizer button to select from the 6-band EQ: normal (no dislay), pop, rock, jazz, classic, bass EQ SET POP EQ SET ROCK EQ SET Fig. 3-6-1 Pressing the EQ-button to select from the 6-band EQ 2. Press the M-button a short time to select from the 4-mode playback sequence: Normal: Plays all the songs in sequence, and the p
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3-7 Using an External SD/MMC Memory Card (Optional - not included) 1. Turn off the player. Open the back cover, see (1) in diagram. 2. Confirm the card is SD/MMC type (maximum size 512 MB) and insert the card with correct direction, see (2) in diagram. 3. Turn on the player. In the stop mode, press and hold the Memory selection button (See Fig. 1-3-1 Device Overview - (5) on page 4) to select the SD/MMC card. 4. To remove the SD/MMC card, first turn off the player, then press and remove the SD
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4. Select the songs or files you want to delete, this can be 1 file (highlighted in a darker color), or many files (many are highlighted). To highlight many files, hold down the shift button while pressing the down arrow on your computer. To select all the files in a directory, press and hold down the Ctrl button then press the A button, this will highlight (darken all the files). 5. After you have highlighted the files you want to delete, press the DELETE button on the keyboard of the computer,
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3-10 Storage Information of the Player To check the storage of the player, first connect the player to the computer. Two “Removable Disk” icons will show up in Windows Desktop. MP-400 is the internal flash memory disk, Removable Disk is the SD/MMC disk. Highlight the disc you want to check. Right click on the mouse (press the mouse right button) and then click on “Properties”, then you can see the storage information of this player. Fig. 3-10-1 Storage Information of the Player 18 IB-MP400-WC-E
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4 - Using Microsoft’s Windows Media Player 4-1. Basic Information You can install Windows Media Player 9.0 from the supplied Driver Setup disc (or it may already be on you computer). Details of the Taskbar of Windows Media Player as below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fig. 4-1-1 Using the Windows Media Player 1. Now Playing - Check / listen to currently playing media tracks. 2. Media Guide - Search of media files (music, movies, etc.) online. 3. Copy from CD - Copy and convert CD Audio tracks to WMA format.
