Digital Music Player DMP1 User Manual www.minox.com Overview Welcome! We are pleased that you have chosen the DMP1 Digital Photo & Audio Player. In order to get you familiar with the player, this user manual will explain each of the functions in detail. Please be sure to read this manual carefully before using this unit. Safety Instructions This electronic unit is of high precision. Please do not try to disassemble this unit yourself. Do not subject this unit to severe impact. Do not expose to extreme temperatures, moistures, dusty area, magnetic field or direct sunlight. Clean the unit with soft cloth. Avoid using any chemical solutions. Do not subject to water. Avoid placing this unit near objects that contain liquor, such as glasses. To avoid permanent hearing loss, please adjust the volume properly before use. Do not try to modify any part of this unit. Only use the battery, charger and accessories that are recommended by the manufacturer. Otherwise, it is dangerous and will violate the warranty terms. 9. Dispose of this unit and its accessories according to your local environmental regulations. 10. If you have any problems when using this unit, please contact your local dealer or our customer service center. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Declarations 1. 2. LA Y 3. 4. 5. assumes no responsibility for any damaged or loss data caused by accidental deletion of data as a result of malfunction, repairs or battery replacement. Backing up of all important data on other media to protect against data loss is strongly recommended. This manual is based on the first version of this unit. Should there be any changes, please see the revised manual in the supplied installation CD or the corresponding manual on our company's website. Therefore, please refer to the revised manual in the installation CD or the website if there's any discrepancy. Should there be any upgrade, please visit our website to download the latest drivers. The pictures shown in this manual may be different from the real product. Design of this unit is subject to change without notice. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesirable operation. O FCC Notice: U T i Content Introduction 1. Product Introduction 2. Package Contents 3. System Requirements 4. Connecting to your computer 5. Specifications 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 Controls Operations 1. Controls / Jacks 2. Display 3. Power 1. Playing Music b) How to use loop repeating? 2. Recording a) Start Recording b) Quick Recording c) Source Selection d) Settings 3. FM Radio T 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 a) How to set EQ modes, repeat modes and synchronized lyric display? e) Direct Recording Setting a) Searching and storing a station b) Search settings c) FM recording 4. Games d) Delete a station a) Slide pictures b) Push box c) Calculator LA Y 5. E-book 6. Browse pictures 7. System Setup 8. Memory management d) How to use online menu while you are playing a game? a) How to use bookmark list? b) How to set auto flipping, auto flipping speed, and locate page? c) How to enjoy radio or music when you are reading an E-book? Removable drive Safely removing USB device Appendix Installing, using and uninstalling MINOX DMP1 softwares Trouble shooting O U ii Introduction 1. Product Introduction This player is carefully designed by our research and design team. With this full-featured player, you can play music, record, listen to FM radio, play games, read e-books and browse pictures. This unit supports music in MP3/WMA format. The built-in EQ equalizer can be customized to ensure high sound quality. It also supports synchronized lyric display, automatic power off, bookmarks, loop repeating, FM recording, voice recording (built-in microphone) and direct recording (Line In). The built-in storage device can be recognized by most operating systems (except Win98) without installing any driver. The color LCD display supports English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. What's more, you can listen to FM radio when you are reading an E-book or playing a game. This unit also supports reading data from SD card. You definitely will experience a brand new digital life by using this elegantly designed player. 5. Specifications Model: Storage media: DMP1 256M/512M/1GB Built-in Flash memory USB 2.0 Full Speed > 600KBps MP3 MP3 (8Kbps~384Kbps) WMA (32Kbps~192Kbps) Support up to 44.1KHz PC Interface: Transmission speed: Recording format: Bit Rate: WMA sampling frequency: Recording length: 2. Package Contents O Size: Please check the accessories in the package. Contact your local dealer for any missing accessories. · · · · · · Earphone x 1 Charger x 1 USB cable x 1 LINE IN cable x 1 Installation CD x 1 Quick Start Manual x 1 LA Y 3. System Requirements · · · · · · Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP/ME USB port CPU Pentium 200MHz CD-ROM Up to 60MB of available hard-disk space 32MB of RAM 4. Connecting to your Computer Connect the smaller connector of the supplied USB cable into the USB jack on the unit, and the large connector to a USB port on your computer. ATTENTION! WINDOWS 98 USERS: To avoid installation problem, complete installing the driver from the included CD-ROM before connecting the DMP1 to the PC. U Display: Battery: Battery recharge time: Playing time: Maximum output: FM frequency range: T About 18 hours (1GB, Medium Quality) STN color LCD, 65536 colors, 160 x 28 pixels High capacity Li-polymer battery Approximately 3 hours Approximately 9 hours Earphone 4.0mw x 2 87.500~108.000MHz (normal) 76.000~108.000MHz (broad band) 75mm(length) x 2mm(width) x 5mm(height) 1 Controls 1. Controls / jacks (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (12) (7) (9) (13) (14) (15) LA Y (1) Shoulder Strap Hoop Tie a shoulder Strap to this hoop. O (6) Power ( ) / Escape (ESC) (2) Microphone When the unit is off, press and hold to turn on this unit. When the unit is on, press and hold to turn off this unit When in a menu, press to go back to the higher-level menu. Built-in microphone for voice recording. (16) U (7) Previous / Rewind ( ) Press to go to the previous track. When in play mode, press and hold to search within the current track. When setting the time, press to move the cursor. When setting EQ, press to change EQ mode. When manually searching a station, press to decrease the frequency. When in game mode, press to move left. (3) EQ Mode / Play Mode / Bookmarks When in play mode, press to change the EQ mode. When in E-book mode, press to place a bookmark. (4) REC (loop repeating) When in play mode, press to start loop repeating; When in FM mode, press to start FM recording. When in other modes except play and FM, press to start quick recording. (8) Next / Forward ( (5) MENU / HOLD When in working modes, press to show the online menu. When in play mode, recording or listening to a radio program, press and hold to lock all buttons. When all buttons are locked, press and hold to unlock. When in file management mode, press to delete the selected file. Press to go to the next track. When in play mode, press and hold to search forward within the current track. When setting the time, press to move the cursor. When setting EQ, press to change EQ mode. When manually searching a station, press to increase the frequency. When in game mode, press to move right. T (11) (8) (10) (17) ) 2 (9) Volume Up ( + ) / (10) Volume Down ( ­ ) When in play mode, press to adjust volume. When setting an EQ, press to adjust the value of a selected frequency. When in a menu, press to move the cursor. When in game mode, press to move up/down. 2. LCD Display Playing Music icon Volume Progress bar of playing EQ mode Lock SD card Battery status No. of songs Elapse time Current folder Title Left/right stereo channel (11) Play ( ) / Pause ( ) / Confirm When in standby mode, press to play. When in play or recording mode, press to pause. When in pause mode, press to resume. When in a menu, press to select and enter. Paly mode or loop repeating (12) LCD Display Display the current status of DMP1, for example, the title and total time of the music being played. (Note: an entry of a menu will scroll when the length of the entry exceeds the width of the display) Current frequency no. Radio icon U Progress bar of searching Frequency Setting FM level Current page number (13) Earphone jack Plug an earphone in this jack. Plug a LINE IN cable in this jack. (15) USB jack / recharge jack O (14) LINE IN jack LA Y (16) RESET (17) SD card slot Insert an SD card in this slot. When used as a USB jack, connect this unit to your computer using the supplied USB cable. When used as a recharge jack, connect this unit to a charger using the supplied USB cable. When the system is abnormal or down, press to restart the system. T Frequency FM recording SD card Volume Radio icon Content Total No. of frequencies Radio status Page up/down 3 3. Power There are two ways of recharging the battery: (a) connect this unit to the USB port of your computer using the supplied USB cable, press and hold REC button. (b) connect this unit to the charger using the supplied USB cable, as shown in the figure: 1. Playing Music In the main menu, as shown in figure 1, press [ ] or [ +/­ ] to select "Play Music" icon, press [ ] to select and enter the directory or music list, as shown in figure 2, press [ +/­ ] to select a directory or a track and press [ ] to play. When playing, the lyric will be displayed when available, as shown in figure 3. When in play mode, " "as well as the volume levels of the left / right stereo channels are shown on ] to pause and the icon will change to the display, press [ " ". Press [ ] again to resume. Press [ ESC / ] to stop playing and change to standby mode. Charger LED Indicator light MP3 Player USB Cable LA Y Operations Turn on: When the unit is off, press [ ESC / ] to turn on the unit. 3. It takes approximately 3 hours to fully recharge a battery. To achieve better battery performance, it is recommended that the unit should be recharged for an extra 1 hour. If the battery is fully recharged please avoid keeping this unit connected to the charger for a long tome. Recharge a battery for 5 hours after its first fully discharge. O ] to turn off the unit. 2. When the battery is being recharged using the charger, the battery icon stops flashing and a full battery icon is displayed, when the battery is fully recharged. Turn off: U Figure 3 Note: 1. When the battery is being recharged using the USB port of a computer, the battery icon in the display will flash. When the battery is fully recharged, the battery icon stops flashing and a full battery icon is displayed. a) EQ mode, play mode and synchronized lyric display In play mode, press [ MENU ] to enter the music options menu. Press [ +/­ ] to select EQ Adjust / Repeat Mode / EQ Mode (figure 4). EQ adjust : Press [ +/­ ] to select "EQ adjust", press [ the EQ adjust submenu (figure 5), press [ [ +/­ ] to set the value of each frequency. ] to enter ] or When the unit is on, long press [ ESC / f When Auto Sleep is enabled, if the unit is in standby mode and there's no operation after the time you set, DMP1 will automatically turn off in order to save battery. The Auto Sleep is disabled when the unit is in working modes (playing music or game, browsing photo or texts, receiving radio or recording) or is connected to your computer. If the Power Off Timer is enabled, the unit will automatically turn off at the time you set in any mode except when the unit is connected to your computer. T Figure 1 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 2 4 Repeat mode : Press [ +/­ ] to select "Repeat Mode", press [ ] to enter the Repeat mode submenu (figure 6), press [ +/­ ] to select Repeat One / Repeat All / Normal / Random. 2. Recording This unit support FM recording, voice recording (built-in microphone), and direct recording (Line In). The recording time varies with the selected sound quality and the size of the available memory. ] or [ +/­ ] to select In the main menu, press [ "Recording" (Figure 9). Press [ ] to select and enter recording submenu (figure 10). There are three options: Start recording, select source and set up. Figure 6 EQ mode : Shortcuts : LA Y Synchronized lyric display : In the play mode, press and hold [ EQ ] to change the repeat mode: Repeat one , Repeat all , Normal , Random . Press [ EQ ] to change the EQ mode: Normal , Rock , Bass , Classic , Pop , Live , Customized EQ . O Figure 7 Figure 8 U Figure 11 a) Start recording Press [ +/­ ] to select "Start Recording" and press [ ] to enter the recording submenu. When in recording mode, a working gear icon is displayed (figure 11). Press [ ] to pause recording and the gear icon becomes idle ...