COBY electronic MPC941 manual

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    Coby Electronics Corp. 56-65 Rust Street Maspeth, NY 11378 www.cobyusa.com www.ecoby.com MPC941 Back cover Front cover USER'S MANUAL Customer Service Hours Monday- Friday 8:00AM ~ 1 1:00PM (EST) 1-800-681-2629 or 718-416-3197 Monday- Friday 6:30PM ~ 1 1:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592 Saturday- Sunday 9:00AM ~ 1 1:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592 Or Send E[...]

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    Advance Setup Playback Function............................................................. Settings..................................................................................... FM-Tuner............................................................................. Reading Textfiles............................................................[...]

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    20GB Built-in Hard Disk MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV Playback MP3 Files which is recorded from Line-In/FM(ENC 001-999,FM001-999) MP3 Files which is recorded from MIC(VOC001-999) Favorite: Bookmark Files (100-File) Playlist: M3U Files(*.m3u(100-File) which has contained up to 100 files in one file) Music File Search Text Files Reading FM-Receiver (20-Preset C[...]

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    1. Do not expose the unit to high temperature or humidity. 2. Do not subject the unit to severe impact, or place heavy objects on it. 3. Do not use strong detergent or solvent to clean the unit. 4. Re mo ve b at te ry w he n th e de vi ce i s le ft u nused for a long period of time. 5. Do not try to disassemble and repair the device yourself. 6. Do[...]

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    LCD Display 9 Location of Control 8 Total Tracks Current Track EQ Indicator Bit Rate Sample Frequency Playback Mode Total Time Elapsed Time Alarm Indicator Battery Indicator Clock MP3 NORMAL 128Kbps 44KHz 001 1 0012 1 1:07 P M 00:02:35 00:02:35 SFL 1 COBY ROOT The Light of the world The Light REC/A-B DISPLAY JOYSTICK REW F.FWD POWER ON/OFF PLAY/PAU[...]

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    MENU Audio Text TEXT FILE FM-Tuner Tuner Setting Music,Encode,Voice,Playlist,Search. Sound- EQ Preset/User EQ/Balance Display- Backlight Time/Contrast/Language /Lyric /Auto Scroll General- Auto Play/USB Charge/Load Default Timer- Sleep/Date/Time Alarm Record- MIC Quality/Line-in Quality/Radio Quality/ Sync On/Off /Voice Detect/ Information- HDD [...]

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    Downloading/ Uploading files: 1. Connect the player to PC. 2. Open Window Explorer on PC. 3. Select the file to save and drag-and drop it into the removable disc icon. You can also transfer file from the player to your PC. Note: Do not remove the player while it's transfering files. It might currupt or damage the firmware and or files on the p[...]

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    Enter the Main Menu Press/ hold MENU button to enter the main menu. In the main menu, it will diplay Audio,Text,FM-Tuner,Settings. Audio - music/record voice playback Music : Music files (ex. MP3, WMA) Encode: Line-In/FM tuner recording files (ex. FM-001.mp3) Voice : MIC recording files (ex. VOC001.mp3) Playlists : M3U Files, My favorite music(ex.M[...]

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    Playing Music 1. All music files are saved under the "ROOT". Follow below steps to get to the "ROOT".    Main Menu - Audio - Music - Root 2. Press joystick up/down to select a desired file. 3. Press joystick or PLAY button for music playback. If the file is saved as favorite music under the PLAYLIST folder, there is an [...]

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    Line-in Recording 1. Connect the player with external audio souce by line-in cable. 2. Press REC button,the screen displays 3.Press PLAY/PAUSE button to start recording. 4. Press STOP button to end and to save. 5. The recorded will be be saved automatically under the ENCODE folder. Recording 18 Recording from FM-Tuner. 1. Select a desired station, [...]

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    Search desired file 1. Enter Audio menu 2. Select a desired folder, press joystick to enter. Music : Music files (ex. MP3, WMA) Encode: Line-In/FM recordign files (ex. FM-001.mp3) Voice : MIC recording files (ex. VOC001.mp3) Playlists : M3U files , My favorite music(ex.MP3.WMA) Search: Search music files. 3. Press the joystick up/down to search a d[...]

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    Get to know Playback Setup Menu During music or vioce playback, press/hold joystic to enter playback setup menu. Press joystick to enter and to exit desired item. Press joystick up/down to make adjustment. To exit, select EXIT and press joystick. Or simply press MENU. Favorite(+)/(-) - add to or remove from the collection as a favorite music. (only[...]

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    Enter Settings menu from the main menu. Settings menu contains the following sub-menus. Please note each function of sub-menus. Sound- Setup EQ,User EQ, Balance. Display- Setup Backlight Time, Contrast, Language, Lyric, Auto Scroll.  Backlight- Adjust backlight illumination time.  Contrast- screen color contrast  Language- setup screen lan[...]

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    Listening to the FM Tuner 1. Select FM-Tuner from the main menu. 2. Press the joystick to enter. Tune to a desired station 1. Press the joystick to the left/right to decrease or increase the frequency. 2.Press and hold the joystick to the left/right for one second to seek the next station. Toggle between FREQ and PRESET mode 3. Press the joystick b[...]

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    Reading Textfile 64 KB memory for at most 100 text files and 50 folders. 1. Enter " Text " menu from the main menu. 2. Select a desire textfile from the textfile folder. 3. Press joystick to open 4. Press joystick to all direction to move between pages Get to know Text setup menu Under the text mode, press joystick to enter text setup men[...]

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    Downloading F/W Upgrade When you upgrade firmware, make sure to fully charge the battery because it take large amount of power when upgrading. If battery runs out of power during upgrading, flash memory will get damaged. 1. Make sure the player is turned off. 2. Connect USB port to the PC computer. 3. PC will automatically detect the player as &quo[...]

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    Power -------------------------------------------------------3.7V Li Battery Memory-----------------------------------------------------------------20GB Size(WXHXD)-------------------------------------------------29x91x17mm Interface---------------------------------------------------------USB Rev.2.0 Display-----------------------------------------[...]