User Manual MP3 PLAYER / USB-Disk / Voice Recorder 0 Trademark Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands or product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Disclaimer Lasonic shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This document contains proprietary information, which is protected by copyright laws. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or digitally stored on or transferred through any medium without prior written permission by Lasonic. We reserve the rights to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without further obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. We also reserve the right to change the specification without notice and may therefore not coincide with the contents of this document. Lasonic assumes no responsibilities with regard to the performance or use of third party products. 1 Health and Safety Precautions · This device is an electronic device. It needs careful handling and use. · Do not drop the device. You might damage the device. · Observe the local law regarding using earphones while driving a motor vehicle. Some locale allows only one ear to be covered by an earphone. · Do not operate the control while driving a motor vehicle, you might be distracted and cause an accident. · Follow the instructions regarding the use of electronic equipment while on a commercial airplane. If you have question, please ask the flight crew. · Do not turn up the volume on the device too loud. You might damage your hearing from extended period of excessive volume. · Do not expose the device to direct sunlight. Keep away from extreme heat or cold environment. · Keep the device free from dust and other contaminant. · Keep liquid and moisture away from the device. Cleaning agent could damage the surface of your device. · Clean the exterior by wiping with soft dry cloth, do not use any cleaning liquid on it. Do not uses lens cleaner; they might cause damage to your device. · Remove the battery when unused for a long period of time. · Do not attempt to service the product yourself. Removing the cover can expose you to high voltage and other dangerous conditions. You will also break the seal and void the warranty. Request qualified service personnel to perform servicing. · Please dispose of the device or the battery properly. Do not put in the trash with your regular household waste. Contact the local authority on how to recycle them. 2 Foreword Please read this manual carefully before using the player to ensure a trouble-free experience. This product is a flash based digital music player capable of playing MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV music file formats. Features · Compact size · USB connection to computer for music download · Also operates as a USB flash drive for data storage · Plays virtually all music file formats such as: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV · Driver-free installation for Windows 2000 or higher. Windows 98 requires installation of driver from CD. · Digital voice recording · 6 mode Equalizer: Normal, Pop, Classical, Jazz, Bass and Rock · Extensive Music repeat modes: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Shuffle Repeat, Dir Normal, Dir Repeat one, Dir Repeat all, and Dir Shuffle Repeat Technical Specifications Specifications · USB interface · USB Mass Storage Class, Bulk-only Transport standard · Flash memory based for music storage · Operates on 1 AAA battery · MP3, WMA, and WAV · Stores 500 Songs per 1GB Note: 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 64-Kbps wma encoding; actual capacity varies by content. 3 PC system requirements · PC with USB port · 500MHz processor or faster · 64MB RAM, 128MB or higher recommended · Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, or later · CD/DVD-ROM drive for driver installation in Windows 98SE only Macintosh system requirements · Macintosh computer with USB port · G4, G5, or Intel processor with 500MHz processor or faster · 64MB RAM, 128MB or higher recommended · Mac OS 9.2.2 or OS X 10.2.8 or higher Environmental requirements · Operating Temperature: 32°~95° F (0°~35°C) · Operating Humidity: 10%~70% noncondensing · Storage Temperature: -4°~113° F (-20°C~45°C) · Storage Humidity: 20%~90% noncondensing Package contents · Digital music player · Earphone · Manual · Windows 98 Driver CD · AAA battery 4 Location of Control: 1. Headphone jack: Plug the earphone into the jack and listen to your player. 2. USB connector: You can upload/ download files via this port when connected to your computer. 5 3. MENU Press to enter menu or sub-menus to configure difference settings of the player. Press to confirm the selected menu option 4. A-B/ REC Repeat between Section A and B during music mode. Press to start or stop voice recording. 5. Backward Press to skip to previous track. Press and hold to fast reverse within the current track. 6. Forward: Press to skip to next track. Press and hold to fast forward within the current track. 7. Vol+ Press to increase the volume level. 8. VolPress to decrease the volume level. 9. Power On/ Play/ Pause/ Stop/ Power Off Press the button to power on the player. Playback or pause player of music or voice file. Press and hold to power off the player. 10. Hold 11. LCD 12. Microphone Buttons used for "Mode" and "Play / Pause button" can each be controlled in 3 different ways: 1. Press - press the button then release it immediately. 2. Long press - press and hold the button for about 2 seconds then release it. 3. Press & Hold - press and keep holding the button. 6 Installing Battery Before you can use the player, you need to install the battery into the unit. The unit operates on 1 AAA battery. Please use high quality Alkaline or Ultra Alkaline for longer music playing time. 1. Look at the bottom of the player. Place your thumb on the battery cover and slide out. Lift out the cover. 2. Insert an AAA battery into the player in the direction shown inside the battery compartment. 3. Place the battery cover on top of the battery and slide it back to close. Note: If the battery is left inside this unit after they become drained they may leak and cause damage to the battery compartment terminals - please remove exhausted batteries promptly. Installing Earphones Be sure the device is powered off before inserting the earphone. Insert the earphone plug into the jack on the side of the player. Connecting to Computer Note: Before plugging into the USB port in the computer, be sure to remove the cap. Put back the cap after you done to help protect the USB connector. To connect the device to your computer, plug in the device into the USB socket on your computer. The player will power on automatically. When "Ready" appears on the LCD of the player, the connection with the computer has completed successfully. Overview Before plugging in the device, make sure your computer system have a USB port available. You need to download MP3 or WMA music files into the player before you can play back music. This player only supports unprotected music files. It does not play back music file with DRM copy protection. Most online music selling site supports DRM music files only. Those 7 protected music files will not play back in this device. You need to transfer music files without DRM protection into the player. You can do this by encoding music file from your music CD without selecting the copy protection option. You can use Windows Media Player that comes with Windows to rip music into wma/mp3 format. Caution: It is illegal to distribute or share MP3 and WMA songs. You are only allowed to rip music CD that you own and the resulting MP3 and WMA files are for personal use only. Windows ME, 2000, XP, and Vista Setup 1. Start up the computer and boot into Windows. 2. Normally your machine will be ready to install new hardware. However, if you are using Windows 2000 or XP and are unable to install new hardware, you might not have Administrator privilege. Check with your computer manufacturer or your computer administrator to receive advice on how to install new hardware device. 3. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer. Windows will start searching for driver. 4. If Windows ask you to reboot, click on yes to reboot. Windows 98SE Setup For Windows 98 user, please install the driver from the bundled CD and restart your computer to take effect. Mac Setup 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Start up the computer and boot into Mac OS. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer. The drive icon will show up on the desktop. Now you can transfer your music files to the device. Before removing the device, you have to drag its icon to the trash to unmount it. 8 When your MD217 is connected to your computer, it starts working as a removable hard disk (external drive) on your computer. You can transfer, copy, paste, and delete the data (audio files, voice recording files, etc.), which stored on your player into your computer very conveniently. It can also be used for storage of non-music files. ! Attention: The removable drive (MD217) can be found under "My computer" or "Windows Explorer". Also, open the "Device Manager" of your Windows and you will see the player is recognized as "USB mass Storage Device"' which becomes one of the disk drives in your computer observe the diagrams for illustration. 9 Downloading music to your MD217 The player can be used as a mobile data storage device. No special software is required to upload, download and manage the music and data files. All you need is using the copy, paste, delete and other commands of your operation system and it is very easy and efficient by just clicking on the mouse. To download music to the player, connect the player with PC first, then: Step 1. Select the track you want to download to the player by clicking on the icon (If you want to choose more than one music, press and hold the Ctrl or Shift key of the computer keyboard when you clicking) Step 2. Right-click on the files, a menu appears. Click Copy Step 3. Under My Computer or Windows Explorer, double-click Removable Disk to open the drive. The Removable Disk window appears Step 4. Right-click on the Removable Disk windows and click Paste in the menu Step 5. Start copying the files. The LCD of the player displays The above message and diagram represent the USB connection in-between the player and your PC is currently busy in transferring data. Please do not disconnect your player until you see "Ready" comes up on the LCD again, or else it may cause severe damage to the player, and the data being transferred will be lost too. 10 For users of Windows Me / 2000 / XP, please follow the instruction below prior disconnecting the player from your computer. a. b. c. d. e. Double-click on the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon (green arrow) on the system tray of your Windows (see diagrams below for illustration). Click stop in the "Remove Hardware Device" dialog window. You will be asked about which device to stop. Click OK to continue. The "Safely Remove Hardware" window appears to confirm that it safe to remove the player. Click OK to continue. Now you can disconnect the player from the computer. 11 MD217 Function & Keys Instructions a. Power On/ Play / Pause / Stop/ Power Off Press shortly >Power on the player >Start / Resume playback, when the player is in status of pause or stop >Pause playback, when the player is in status of play Press and hold >Stop playback, when the player is in status of play. >Power off the play b / c. forward / backward Forward Press shortly >Skip to next track during playback of music or voice file >Search forward for next track when the player is in status of stop >Move forward to next available options within MENU or sub-menu Press and hold >Fast forward within the current track during playback of music or voice file >Search forward within the current track when player is in status of stop >Fast forward to next available options within MENU or sub-menu Backward Press shortly >Skip to previous track during playback of music or voice file >Search backward for previous track when the player is in status of stop >Move backward to previous available options within MENU or sub-menu Press and hold >Fast reverse within the current track during playback of music or voice file 12 Comment [11]: PLAY >Search backward within the current track when player is in status of stop >Fast reverse to previous available options within MENU or sub-menu d / e. Volume+ / Volume Volume+ Press shortly >Increase the volume by one level up Press and hold >Increase the volume continuously to the loudest level Volume ­ Press shortly ...