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    8100 Series MP3 Player Recorder Owner’s Manual 8100 MP3 Play er/Recorder 8101 MP3 Play er/Recorder with headphone 8104 P ortable Learning Cent er MP3 Play er/Recor der with 4 headphones, jackbo x and carry case[...]

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    1 8100 MP3 Player/Recorder Owner’s Manual Thank you for choosing the Califone® (8100) MP3 Player/Recor der . The 8100 was designed to provide educators and students with a compact and por table so l u t i o n f o r p l a y i n g a u d i o  l e s ( M P 3, WM V & W A V f o r m a t s ) , listening to recorded books , lessons and music. It ca[...]

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    2 Returning your unit for service or repairs Should your unit require service, first contact your dealer or our C ustomer Service Department at (800) 722-0500 or by emai l warr anty@ca lifone .com to obtain a Return Auth orizati on (RA) number . All shipments to Califone must include an RA nu mb er on t he c art on a nd mus t sh ip ped pr epa id .[...]

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    3 Con trols and Connectors IMPOR T ANT : The 8 1 00 will only accept a 5VDC po wer supply pr oviding up to 7 00mA of current. Connecting a pow er supply of lar ger than 5VDC or 7 00mA will damage your unit and v oid your w arrant y . 16. Hold switch Sliding this switch to the ON (down) position will disable all button functionality . If a button is[...]

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    4 A t the top of the Main Screen you will not e sev eral icons which indicate current settings on the 8100. V olume Icon Shows the current v olume level Memory Indicator Shows whether the current track is being played from in ternal memory or SD card. Repeat Indicator The arrow indicates tha t playback is set to Repeat All mode. A “1” nex t to [...]

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    5 8100 Main Screens continued Play Music This menu accesses lesson or music tracks on the unit. The sub-menus allow selection of tracks using standard AMG meta-data tags. Play All Plays the entire selection of tracks loaded into the unit Artist – Lists tracks by author or artist Album – Lists tracks by lesson or album title Songs – Lists trac[...]

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    6 Settings continued Play Mode Selects from dierent playback modes: Normal – Plays back each track in succession Repea t T rack – Continually repeats the current track Repeat All – Plays the full play list in suc cession, Shuffle – Plays back tracks from the pla y list in random orde then repeats from the beginning Record Memory Selects [...]

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    7 Settings continued visit us online at califone .com Resume Playback Selects playback options on powering on. Enable – When powered on, playback will r esume Disable - When powered on, playback will start at the beginning from the previous track and position of the rst track on the current play list Playtime Setting Selects the amount of time[...]

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    8 Settings continued visit us online at califone .com L CD Contrast Controls the contrast of the L CD display . Selec ting this function displays a variable scale indicator , controlled via the P revious T rack (12) and Next Track (6) buttons. Back Light Selects the amount of time before the backlight on the display turns itself o to conserve po[...]

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    1. Headphone outputs 2. Microphone 3. Display 4. Menu button 5. OK button 6. Next T rack 7. USB Connector 8. SD/MMC Card Slot 9. V olume Down 16. Hold switch 15. A-B Loop button 14. Record button 13. V olume Up 12. Previous T rack 1 1. DC In jack 10. Play/Pause 9 Using the 8100 Playing back lessons or music T o play back music on your 8100, rst [...]

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    10 Using the 8100 contin ued visit us online at califone .com Importing lessons or music from a computer Connect the 8100 to your computer’ s USB por t using the included USB cable. The 8100 will appear as an external dr ive on your computer , allowing you to drag and drop les between the 8100 and your comput er . Deleting files • Press the[...]

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    11 T echnical Specifications visit us online at califone .com Memory Internal Memory 512 Mbytes Internal Memory-T ype Flash memory Max External Memor y 2GB External Memory-T ype MMC / SD-Card Battery Integrated Rechargeable Battery Li-Polymer rechar geable Battery Life Continuous Playing Time Up to 16 hrs (MP3, 128 kbps, CBR, EQ = normal, volume =[...]

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    12 T echnical Specifications c ontinued visit us online at califone .com Dimensions (LxWxH) 4” x 2.25” x 1” Weight of 8100 unit 3 ounces Max. Audio Output 130mVp-p - 1 KH z, 0dB sine-wave signal le, 32Ω load ) Frequency Response 20~20 KHz Signal-to-Noise Ratio ≥ 90dB(1KHz, 0dB sine) Channel Separation ≥ 60dB(1KHz, 0dB sine) T .H.D &l[...]

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    13 Replacement Headphones visit us online at califone .com Calif one recommends the follo wing over-ear ambient noise reducing headphones . 3068-AM 2924A VPS 1 10-BE 1 10-P A 1 10- TI[...]

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    14 visit us online at califone .com A TTENTION: ALL SAFETY AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE READ BEFORE OPERA TING APPLIANCE. ALL OPERA TING AND USE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED WHEN OPERA TING THE APPLIANCE. HEED AND ADHERE TO ALL W ARNINGS ON THE APPLIANCE AND IN THE OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS. RETAIN ALL SAFETY AND OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS FO[...]

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    Califone® International Inc. 1145 Arroyo A venue, # A • San F ernando, CA 91340 USA T oll Free 800.722.0500 | T oll Free F ax 877.402.2248 International Customers call 818.407.2400 or F ax 818.407.2405 califone .com August 2007 Califone is pr oud to collaborate with the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) t o promote the safe use of p[...]