DAH-1500S User s Manual www.mobiblu.com CUBE DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER View Index Before starting Page 5 Safety Precautions/ Special Features/ Technical Specifications/ Accessories/ Part Specifications/ Buttons/ LCD/ Recharging/ Power/ Connecting to a PC/ Disconnecting the Unit View Index Menus Page 33 Menu List / Menu Buttons/ Music Set/ Display / Etc Set Basic operations Page 23 Power On-Off / Playing Music Program Page 45 Installing the Program CD/ Downloading/ Uploading Files/ Format Convenient Functions Support Navigation/ Hold/ Clock/ Auto Power-off Page 27 Page 53 Troubleshooting Warranty Card MEMO 1 Before Starting Safety Precautions Special Features Technical Specifications Accessories Part Specifications Buttons LCD Recharging Power Connecting to a PC Disconnecting the Unit 6 10 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 Safety Precautions Avoid humidity and dust. Do not disassemble or modify the product. Safety Precautions Distributing music files without authorization is against copyright law. The manufacturer is not responsible for any damage caused to data saved in the unit if caused by user. We do not guarantee that data will not be lost during service or repair. Keep unit away from heat and direct sunlight. Do not drop the unit. Listening to loud music may cause hearing loss. Do not use earphones while riding a bicycle or motorcycle, or while driving a car. Using chemical or other cleansers may damage the unit's surface. DANGER DA NG ER Do not touch with wet hands. Reset the unit immediately if you detect excessive heat is being generated by the unit. Contact an service center. 06 07 Safety Precautions Safety matters for AC Adaptor To avoid shock do not open the unit. Non-insulated parts in the AC adaptor may cause electric shock. Don t open the adaptor case. Carefully read the manual for instructions on proper use of the AC adaptor. Safety Precautions Built-in Battery Don t use a damaged built-in battery or AC adaptor. Exceeding the recommended recharging time may cause a fire. Fully recharge the battery before initial use or after a lengthy period of inactivity. When the battery no longer holds its charge despite being fully recharged; it's time to replace it. To avoid fire or electric shock do not allow metal parts on the DC converter to come in contact with conductive materials such as metals, water etc. To prevent fire and electric shock avoid contact with water. Warning! Prevent the AC adaptor from contacting water to avoid fire or electric shock. Use enclosed adaptor in the package only to ensure the safety. (Manufacturer is not responsible for any trouble caused by using other adaptors). Note! Use correct outlet socket to connect with the power plug to avoid electric shock. The power plug shall not be exposed outside when it is successfully connected into the socket. 08 09 Special Features World's smallest Mp3 Player Super compact size (24*24*24mm) and weighs only 18 grams! A fully featured MP3/audio player that fits in the palm of you hand! Special Features PC Peripheral Device By connecting the product to PC, the Windows system identifies it as a removable disk. No additional software needed. OLED Display The latest in display technology provides superior sharpness and brilliance over standard LCDs. Built-in Lithium-ion Battery No extra battery or recharger is required. This advanced battery system is easily recharged by connecting into the USB port on your PC. Six Preset EQ modes plus one User-set EQ mode Features 6 preset equalization modes; Normal / Rock / Jazz / Pop / Classic / Live and you can also customize equalization to suit your sound. Resume Function in Second Unit Settings are automatically restored when the unit is powered ON in case of sudden power down. File Navigation System and Unlimited Folder Capacity The player can play MP3 files saved in multiple folders. Those files and folders can be selected and played as if in a Windows environment. Firmware Upgradeable Firmware is easily upgradeable to new features and functions. Easy & Convenient Clock Built in clock keeps you on time. 10 11 Technical Specifications Functions Audio Items Frequency Characteristics Headset Output S/N ratio Accessories Specifications Accessories shown below may be different from purchased products. 20Hz ~ 20KHz Max. 15mW (16 ) Max Volume PU SH 90dB MP3, WMA MP3 : 8~320Kbps, WMA : 32~192Kbps 6Mbps (USB Ver 1.1) 17 hours -5 ~70 24 X 24 X 24 (mm) 18 (g) Li-ion Supporting Files File format Bit rate USB / Charging Cable Program CD USB Download speed Max. Running Time Operating Temperature Size (W H D) Weight Battery (Built-in) 12 User s Manual Necklace Earphone 13 Part Specifications Front Necklace Link pin Part Specifications Sides Necklace Link pin LCD screen Power/ Play/ Pause FF/ REW/ VOL+/ VOL- Top Bottom Necklace Link pin MENU/ Navigation Earphone jack/ USB jack Hold/ Clock button Necklace Link pin 14 Reset button 15 Buttons Power ON/OFF File Play/ Pause Move to Submenu/ Menu Set-value Save LCD Display Music Mode ABCDE Searching Previous/Next File Move to Left/Right Menu Move to Navigation sub/preceding Folder I J F G H Volume Up/Down Move to Upper/lower Menu Move to Navigation sub/preceding folder or file A: Displays file format currently playing B: Displays file status (Play/ Pause) C: Displays play mode D: Displays hold status E: Displays battery status F: Displays file title G: Displays file elapsing time H: Displays current file No./ total file number I: Displays EQ J: Displays volume Move into Menu/ Navigation Mode Move to preceding Menu Hold Clock View 16 17 Recharging 1. To recharge the battery use the USB cable to connect the unit to the PC. Power 1. When the unit is turned on initially the battery icon indicates various charge levels. (Full) (Mid) (Low) 2. LCD screen shows the icon change from to when it is fully recharged. 2. Duration of continuous play. 17 hours under the following conditions: MP3: 128Kbps, 32Khz Volume is set no higher than 15 Power Volume is not in use Note! It takes approx 3 hours to completely recharge a fully discharged battery. Recharging is not interrupted while downloading/uploading files from/to PC. Recharge the product using USB cable when LCD screen is not activated. LCD screen shows when any error in recharge process occurs. Try to recharge few times more. If the error recurs, contact an Service Center. When to recharge the battery: Buttons are not functioning properly. LCD is not activated by pushing the power button. 18 19 Connecting to a PC Note! What s USB (Universal Serial Bus)? This is a new connection system between PC and peripheral devices. Connect the USB cable supplied with the product into a USB port in PC. Any unexpected error can be happened when connecting to the USB port in front of PC or USB hub. Windows version 98SE or lower will not detect the Unit as a peripheral device.To have your PC detect the player Install the Program CD supplied. Disconnecting Windows ME, 2000 and XP Operating Systems 1 Double click on the green arrow on the right-bottom part of the initial Window screen. k le Clic Doub 2 USB cable connection Connect one end of the cable into a USB port on the back of your PC and the other end to the earphone jack of the Unit. Click on "Stop" and "OK" after selecting USB High Capacity Storage Device Click Click 20 21 Disconnecting 3 Click "OK" on "Safe To Remove Hardware" window and remove the cable. 2 Basic Operations Click Disconnecting with Windows 98SE Open "My Computer" or Windows "Search". Select "Removable Disk". Using the right mouse button select "Remove". Remove the USB cable. Power ON/OFF Playing Music 24 25 Note! Removing the cable without following the instructions above will display a warning message and may cause a fatal error in PC or the product. Removing the cable while downloading or uploading files, or while formatting files may cause a fatal error in PC or the product. 22 Power ON/OFF Turn Power ON Press and hold the play/pause button to turn the power on. Playing Music Playing file Press the play/pause button once to play a selected file. Note! When the battery needs recharging the LCD will display the `Battery Low' icon. Recharge the battery when LCD is not activated. Stop Press the play/pause button once more to stop play. Turning Power OFF Press and hold the play/pause button to turn the unit off. Note! When no button manipulation in pause condition is done after the set period of time for "Auto Power Off," it automatically turns off the power. In case with no earphone connected after a certain period time, it automatically turns the power off. When you try to play a file after the restarting of the product, it completely recovers all previous setting. All track numbers, equalizer and other settings are recovered. (Resume function in second unit) Volume control Press "+" or "-" to increase or decrease the volume incrementally. Press and hold "+" or "-" to increase or decrease the volume continuously. 24 25 Playing Music File Selection While playing music file Press the file selection buttons once to skip to the next or previous file and the file will play. 3 Common Functions When music is paused Press the file selection buttons to skip to the next /previous file without playing the file. File Navigation Hold Time Auto Power OFF 28 29 30 31 26 File Navigation Example) play file "bye bye" : Press and hold the "Menu" button to access the player's main menus. Hold Hold Mode Functions Press and hold the hold button to pause all functions. Press the button once again to resume normal functioning. Choose Hyun Folder and press the "Fast Forward" button. Note! Press the "Rewind" button to move to upper-level folders. Press to exit Navigation mode. Folder icon File icon Note! All buttons and functions are deactivated in Hold Mode. is changed to when it is in Hold. Select bye bye.mp3 to play bye bye file. Press 28 29 Time Time verification Auto Power OFF Press to exit. once to view the current time. Press the button again Auto Power OFF Auto Power OFF When the earphone has not been connected for a certain period of time (1minute), LCD displays Earphone jack unplugged! and it turns the power off. Note! If you reconnect the earphone, the power will not turn off. Note! Set the time by pressing the "Menu" button until you reach "Etc Set". Then select the "Set Time" option. (See page 43 for more details) 30 31 MEMO 4 Menu List Menu Buttons Music Set Display Etc Set Menus 34 36 38 41 43 Menu List Menu List Menus available in the product are as follows Menu List Menu List Main menu There are five main menus. Each menu contains sub menus. Sub menu Set menu There are sub menus, Set menu under each main menu. 34 35 Menu Buttons Menu Button Functions 1. View Menus Press 2. Searching Menus or Menu Buttons Menu Button Functions 5. Returning to preceding Menus (Main or Sub) Press Press and hold to exit Menu Mode. Press Example) Set brightness to 7 in `Contrast' 3. Entering Sub Menus, Set menu Press 4. Modifying & Saving Set Value Press Press or Press Press Press Press 36 37 Music Set Select " Music Set " from the main menu. Music Set Play Mode In `Play Mode' you can select how you want to play your files (i.e. Repeat all files, Repeat files in the folder, Random play in sequence, Random play in the folder). Equalizer Select "Equalizer" to select an equalization mode suited to the genre of music you want to play (i.e. Normal, Rock, Jazz, Pop, Classic, Live, User Set). ALL All Repeat : all music files are repeatedly played in sequence. Folder Repeat : music files in current folder are repeatedly played in sequence. User Equalizer Customize the equalization by selecting Music Set>User Equ>Base/Treble. You can set the base and treble ranges between -7 and +7. FLD ALR All Random : all files are randomly played. FLR Folder Random : files in current folder are randomly played. 38 39 Music Set Audio Boost With Audio Boost you can enjoy enhanced sound with increased power output. Display Choose Display from the main menu Backlight On Time It enables you set backlighting periods of LCD among 5, 15, 30 seconds and always ON. Off : Files play at normal volume and power output. On : Files play at higher volume with higher power output. Contrast This function let you set the brightness of LCD from 1 to 10 levels. Note! Since Audio Boost uses more power it consumes battery life quicker than normal mode. Language You can select preferable language of English, Korean or Chinese. 40 41 Display Use ID3 The function enables you set music file information (File name, ID3 info) displayed on LCD. `USE ID3' allows you to enter additional information about your saved files. Etc Set Select Etc Set from the main menu OS Ver The function shows unit firmware information (`OS'). File Name : Displays file names ID3 Tag : Displays ID3 ...