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MA828 | Digital MP3 Player
Instruction Manual
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ThAnk You 2 or more separate drives and encrypt these partitions to keep others from accessing Thank you for purchasing our Digital Mp3 your files and information. Player. This uniquely designed device combines an MP3 Player, voice recorder; record/replay FM radio and removable Flash Memory drive Record your voice with the built-in microphone all in one unit. You can move and store files and save in WAV or ACT formats. Playback between computers and enjoy your MP3 your recording at any tim
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uSB Connection 4. BASIC FunCTIonS Quick connection to USB port. Start up/Shutdown Built-in FM radio Start up or shutdown player by pressing and Listen to FM stations and set your favorite holding the “PLAY” button. stations by using Auto Preset or Manual Preset. The player can save 40 (20 for AM, entering Menu Modes 20 for FM) local stations. Menus: Main menu (entered by momentarily holding Mode key when not playing), Play submenu (entered by pressing Mode key 2. InTroDuCTIon while playing)
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Main menu: Enter USB mode*, display shows: *must be connected to PC Select Music mode, display shows: Adjusting Volume Decrease volume by pressing VOL - Increase volume by pressing VOL+. key lock (holD) Function Select Record mode, display shows: Move the HOLD switch to the position showing the lock. When Hold is ON, all controls are locked out. If you press any controls, you will see on the display: Select Play mode, display shows: When Hold is ON, USB mode will be Select System setup,
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5. BuTTon/ConTrol FunCTIonS Music mode and Voice mode Key Action Stop state Play state Play submenu Stop Submenu Press and hold Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown Play Press and release Play Stop Exit menu Exit menu Press and hold Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu Mode Confirm this Confirm this Press and release Enter/stop submenu Enter/play submenu option or enter option or enter the next level the next level Next song Dial Next song Move submenu Move submenu
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record mode Key Action Stop state Record state Press and hold Shutdown Stop record Play Press and release Start to record Pause record Press and hold Enter main menu X Mode Press and release Enter record submenu X
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6. PlAYInG MuSIC To delete files in (stop submenu) mode: Files can be deleted under their respective Adding and deleting files modes. To add and delete music file on your MP3 player, simply connect the unit to the USB 1). At Stop Interface (no Stop Interface port of your PC or Notebook computer, exists in FM Mode). From the “My Computer” explorer, click the “Removable Disk” drive (which is what the MP3 player looks like to your computer) and then copy/cut, paste and delete any file from 2)
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6). Press MODE to confirm and deletion To play music. starts. 4). Choose music Last: choose last song Next: choose next song “Delete all” will delete all files in the current 5). Control volume mode under the current directory. VOL+: increases volume (For example, only music files will be deleted VOL-: decreases volume if you choose Delete All under the music mode). Attention: All keys have no effect if HOLD button is in the locked position; If “Power Attention: you must remove the player Off
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4). Enter “Equalizer” by pressing MODE. Name of song: Jay-Sky.mp3 / Name of lyric file: Jay-Sky.lrc How to know whether a song has lyrics: If there is a lyric file matching the song, the icon on the upper left corner of music mode 5). Dial Next to choose, press Mode to should change to “ “ . select. How to display the lyrics: 1). Find lyric match with song: 2). Press and hold Mode to enter lyric 6). Instruction for all kinds of sound effect interface. (EQ): 3). Display lyrics. Displaying Sy
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7. VoICe reCorDer 5). Other operations use steps 1 through 3. Note: Voice recording requires significant 6). Voice recordings are saved in the current battery power. Check you batteries before directory; set in “stop record/submenu/ recording. directories of main disk” You can save ninety-nine recorded files in If “The space is full” displays, there is no each directory. more space for new files; delete other files to free up space. record mode 1). Enter main menu. If “The directory is full”
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3). Dial Next, choose the submenu “record 8. PlAYInG reCorDeD FIleS type”: 1). Enter main menu. 4). Press Mode to enter the option: 2). Dial Next to choose “Voice mode”. 3). Press Mode to enter Voice mode. 5). Dial Next to choose record type. 6). Press Mode to confirm your choice. 7). Press Play to start recording (VOR can 4). Press Play to start playing. pause recording). 5). Choose recorded file: 8). Record type: Last: choose last record file 32K/WMA: High-quality, WAV format Next: choose nex
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9. ConVerTInG ACT FIleS T o w AV 10. SYSTeM SeTuP Files recorded into the player in ACT format how To enter Player Setup Mode can be changed into WAV format with the Set system parameters here. These will need program that was installed from the included to be reset after every firmware upgrade CD: 1). Enter main menu. 1). Run “Sound Converter”, click “open” 2). Choose the ACT files you want to change 2). Dial Next to choose “System setup”. 3). Click “Transform” to start transforming to WAV f
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overview of Settings 11. DeTAIleD oPerATInG Set save time and date Record time InSTruCTIon for recorded files Set “record time” Set the amount of time the Backlight 1). Interface for system setup. backlight remains on Languages Sets different language Sets the automatic shut off timer Power Off 2). Press Mode to enter the record time (set minutes until shutdown) interface. Replay mode Sets the playback parameters Sets the contrast of Contrast display screen Sets Dream Space Online mode
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Set Backlight time Set language 1). Interface for setting system. See “Backlight time” - operations are the same. Set Power off See “Backlight time”- operations are the same 2). Dial Next to choose “Backlight”. Power-save mode shuts it down automatically if no buttons are pressed during the set time and the unit is not playing 3). Press Mode to enter interface. “0” denotes that this function has been disabled; “Sleep mode” shuts the unit down automatically no key is pressed during the
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“AUTO mode” denotes that it will pause Firmware upgrade automatically in replay. Enter this interface to upgrade your firmware. Adjust Contrast See “Backlight time”- operations are the Advanced Tip: Exit menus rapidly by same. pressing Play after setting options. This function works on any menu. online Mode Operating systems prior to Windows 2000 12. uSB reMoVABle DISk oPerATIon Service Pack 4 cannot support two drive partitions. To display chosen partition after This player supports stand
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1). Standby State 2). Dial Next to choose “system setup”. 2). Downloading/uploading state 3). Press Mode to enter “system Setup”. 4). Dial Next to choose “firmware upgrade”. new folder This player supports up to ninety-nine one- level folders created by the user. 5). Press Mode to enter “firmware 13. uPGrADInG The PlAYer upgrade”. Upgrade this player or service the system firmware with the software tool that was installed on your PC from the installation CD. 6). Connect player to PC. 1). E
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8). Choose new firmware from the CD, or 14. MISCellAneouS SeTTInGS select the firmware file previously downloaded form the Nextar homepage 9). Click the “begin Choosing Different Directories (stop upgrade” button to start the upgrade. submenu) In order to play and manage sorted 10). Follow all prompts on the unit display. files, users can put files into directories Once the upgrade is complete and successful (directories need to be created beforehand). the following is displayed on player:
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4). Dial Next or Last to choose directories. 1). Playing music. To select a chosen directory press Mode. 2). Press Mode to enter submenu. Attention: Directories within a mode are independent of the other modes’ directories. They may be given the same name and same settings as directories in other modes, but they will not affect other the other directories under other modes. 3). Dial Next to choose “Tempo rate”. Play Mode (play submenu) You can choose different play modes while playing mus
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replay Mode (Play submenu) 5). Dial Next to confirm starting point A. Enter by pressing “REC/A-B” directly or from submenu. A-B replay 1). Play music or record. 6). Dial Next to confirm starting point B Repeat play between A-B, exit Reread after setting times; Set point A again (see “Replay times” below for play time) Under Replay mode, set “Tempo Rate” 2). Press Mode shortly to enter submenu. directly by pressing VOL+ or VOL-. Follow read Function (play mode does not have this function) 1
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3). It begins to record the voice of user when Replay icon changes to follow-read icon Dial Last to go back to “Follow-read function”. , length is the same as the time of the A-B replay. Replay Time (Play submenu) The replay time determines how many times 4). Play original voice if the time ends and the unit should replay A-B before exiting. the icon changes to , dial next to enter this function at this time. replay Separation (Play submenu) Replay separation determines the number Return
