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  • Page 1

    English 1 MPK1041 USER’S MANUAL THIS INSTRUCTION BOOK MAY CONTAIN ERRORS AND OMISSIO NS. DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIO N ARE SUBJECT TO CHANG E WIT HOUT NOTICE. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form o r by any means, electronics or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or translated to another language for any[...]

  • Page 2

    English 2 Table of Contents Introduction----------------- --------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ---- 3 Features------------- --------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ---------------- -------------------- ------- 3 Package Contents------------------------- ---- --------[...]

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    English 3 Introduction Thank you for choosing our digital MP3 player. You can use this versatile MP3 player not only for playing MP3 and WMA s ongs, but also recording voice and serving as a USB flash disk, etc. Features z Colour 1.5-inch CSTN display z Support MP3 (MPEG1/2 La yer2) and WMA music playback z Support Game functi on z Support E-Book f[...]

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    English 4 Overv ie w Front and Right Top and Botton MENU VOL Next/ Fast For w ar d Menu/Confirm/ Dis p lay Lyric Dis play Vo l um e+ / - Previous/ Fast Ba ck wa r d Microphone Earph one Jack Play /Pau se OFF ON OFF ON On/Off USB Port[...]

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    English 5 Buttons Operation Operation EARPHONE JACK Insert the earp hone plug into t he earphone ja ck USB PORT Connect the US B cable to the USB port of the c omputer for uploading the song s MICROPHONE Microphone for v oice recording NEXT/ FAST FORWARD z In PLAYING mode, press the button and r elease immediately to jump to next song . z In PLAYIN[...]

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    English 6 Display Display Icon Function Repeat Mode Show the curr ent repeat mode us ed. Battery Level Show the batter y level. Volume increase or d ecrease Show the curr ent volume Mode of Equalizer Indicate the c urrent mod e of equali zer used. 5 different EQ setti ngs are available for selection. Bit Rate Show the bit rat e of the song The Name[...]

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    English 7 On-screen-menu Operation Main Menu English French Italian German Manual View Auto View Return Source Encode Sample Channel Return Language Power Off Set Poewer Save Mode Record Mode Set LCD contrast Return Files List EQ Set PlayM ode Set Return Normal Repeat One Repeat All Shuffle Shuffle All Intro Normal Rock Classic Pop Jazz Files List [...]

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    English 8 Power On and Off Power On Push the ON/OFF button to power on the pla yer. The "LOGO" appears on the display. Power Off Push the ON/OFF button to po wer off the player. The pla yer is off. Note: Whe n the ON/OFF b utton is locating at O N, press and hol d the P LAY/ST OP button to tur n on and turn off the player. Battery Level T[...]

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    English 9 3. Select your desired menu item and press MENU/CONFIRM button again to enter sub-menu page. Music Play 1. After entering Main Menu page, select Music and press MENU/CONFIR M button to enter Playing Son g mode. Note: Only .MP3 and .WMA format will be played under Playing Song mode. 2. The display will enter to the following screen in ST O[...]

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    English 10 Record 1. After entering Main Menu page, select Record and press MENU button to enter Recording Voice mode. Note: The recorded voice will be saved in .W AV only. 2. Following display will show once you’ve entered Recording Voice mode , and the recording will start on ce you enter. 3. Press th e PLAY/PAUSE button t o stop the recording [...]

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    English 11 2. The display will return to the following screen in ST OP mode. 3. Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select your des ired voice. 4. Press PLA Y/PAUSE button to start pla ying sele cted audi o files . If there is no recorded audio file, “No Files !” will show on the display. Skip a Voice Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button and release immediate [...]

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    English 12 2. The display will return to the following screen in ST OP mode. 3. Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select your des ired movie. 4. Press PLAY/PAUSE button to start pla ying selected .smv m ovie. If there is no .smv files, “No Movie Files” will sh ow on the display. Skip a Movie Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to jump to next or previous m [...]

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    English 13 Ebook 1. After entering Main Menu page, select Ebook and press MENU/CONF IRM button to enter E-book functio n. Note: Only .TXT format will be played under Ebook function. 2. Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select your desired articl e, then press PLAY button to start reading the article. System Set 1. After entering Main Menu page, press P[...]

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    English 14 Power Off Set 1. After entering Syste m Set Function menu pa ge, press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select Power off Set Functi on. Press MENU/CONFIRM button to confirm. 2. To set the off time in 2/5/10 minutes. In t he STOP mode, the player will be off automatically based on the duration y ou set. You may set “Disabl e” to disable this f[...]

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    English 15 LCD Contrast After entering Setting menu, s elect LCD contrast by pressing MENU/CONFIRM button to enter this menu. A s uitable contrast can be set accordingly. About After entering Setting menu page, select About ite m by pressing M ENU/CONFIRM button. The version of the firmware an d the Memory Info will be shown on the displa y for ref[...]

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    English 16 Sub-folder You may enter each folder in order to lo cate your desired su b-folder. Then press MENU button for confirmation. EQ Set In PLAYING mode, press MENU/CONFIRM button and s elect EQ Select to ente r the EQ mode. Five EQ mode are a vailable: normal, Rock, Classic, Po p and Jazz Press PREVIOUS/NEXT butto n to change the EQ mode and [...]

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    English 17 The setting of Repeat mode is able to a pply in Playing Song and Pla ying Recorded Voice mode. Delete files In STOP mode, press MENU/ CONFIRM button and select D elete files to enter the deletion function. Select “ YES” or “No” by pressing MENU/CO NFIRM button, then press PLAY/PAUSE button to conf irm your selection. The wording [...]

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    English 18 z CD-ROM drive for software installati on z 30MB free hard disk space z Windows® 98SE Format the MTP Player Step 1: Click the MTP Player in My Computer by pressing t he right button of the mouse and select “Format…” Step 2: A dialog box will app ear to guide how to format. Click OK to proceed. Then the MTP Player will be f ormat a[...]

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    English 19 Synchronize MP3 and WMA Files to the Player Please operate the follo wing procedure in licensed Windows® XP operation syste m with Wind ows® Media Play er 10 . Noted: MAC OS and Windo ws® 98/98SE/ Me are not supported f or WMDRM son gs playback. Note: The player wi th WMDRM10 is onl y allowed for user to download m usic legally and va[...]

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    English 20 Step 3. The Media Player will find device automatically as follows Step 4. Soon a dialog bo x will appear, Choose Manual and click Finish to pro ceed.[...]

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    English 21 Step 5.The Media Player will enter the operation status as follows. Step 6.Select your desired s ongs into the Media Pla yer and press Start Sync.[...]

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    English 22 Step 7.The song you selected will be synchronized into the Soft ware of Media Player and the MP3 Pla yer. Step 8.Once the song has b een synchronized, it will app ear as follows.[...]

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    English 23 Step 9. click + on th e right hand side to expand “Music”, the same song name of “My Wish For You” should appear on the right hand sid e. it will appear as follo ws: Step 10. Click Now Playing and sta rt to play your desired son g.[...]

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    English 24 Tips: Each W MDRM song is limited by an expiry date or number of times for synchronization from the compu ter to the play er. This limitation of the expi ry dates the synchronizati on times depend on different di stribution licensee s and different s ongs when you purchase. The WMDRM songs should be sy nchronized from the co mputer to th[...]

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    English 25 Step 2. A dialog box will appears as follows, Click the license for checking the song is expired or not. MTP Function being c hanged into USB Storage Function MTP function is the d efault one for the MP3 player with W MDRM10. It could be used as a Portable U SB also. The following steps could be guided to finish t his transferation Step [...]

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    English 26 Step 2 : Select Device Manager and pick up MT P Player on the sub-menu of Windows Portable Devices. Step 3 : Click MTP Player b y pressi ng rig ht Butto n of t he mo us e and choos e Dri ve r menu.[...]

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    English 27 Step 4 : Click “Update Dri ver …” to proceed. Step 5 :Fo llow the t ips of Dial og Box by cl icking the “Next >” bu tton to f inish updating. The procedure should be : Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) － Don’t search. I will choose the driver t o install － USB Mass Stor age Device － Finish . The Rem[...]

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    English 28 USB Storage Function being c hanged into MT P Function Step 1 : Click My Computer by pressing the right bottom of th e mouse, choose the Hardware menu. Step 2 : Select Devic e Manager and pick up MTP Player on the sub-menu of Universal Serial Bus controllers.[...]

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    English 29 Step 3 : Click MTP Player b y pressi ng rig ht Butto n of t he mo us e and choos e Dri ve r menu. Step 4 : Click “Update Dri ver …” to proceed. Step 5 :Follow the tips of Dialog Box by clicki ng the “Next >” button to finish updating. The procedure should be : Install fro m a list or specifi c location (Advanced) － Don’t[...]

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    English 30 Trouble Shooting Symptom Reasons Solution Press the PO WER button, the display does not turn on The battery has run out z Replace battery with a new one. The software utilities (included in CD) has not yet installed on Windows® 98/98SE z Insert the CD z Click the setup to install the software utilities z Follow the on- screen instructio[...]

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    English 31 Delete those files which can’t be play ed in the play er LAYER1 and MPE G1 LAYER2. Please note our player doesn’t sup port MPEG1 LAYER1, MPEG1 LAYER2 or an mp3 compressed in more than one compression stan dards. Change the compr ession standard of a mp3 music file in MPEG1 LAYE R3 The player does n’t support such compression standa[...]

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    English 32 Technical Specifications Capacity 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2 GB internal flash memory Display Colour STN display Interface USB 2.0 full speed Power 250 MA Lithium battery File type .MP3 (32kbps – 384kbps), .W MA (64kbps – 128kbps) for music at Constant Bit Rate .WAV for recorded audio files .TXT for E-Book files .JPG and .BMP for photo [...]

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    English 33 How to convert video format z Video format The player can only pla y movies after con verting other video formats to SMV format. The player supports the following video for mats to be con verted to SMV format: AVI, WMV, MPG. z Converting video format Accessory disk has been provided with video converting tool. It is unnecessary to instal[...]

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    English 34 3. Setting: z Click “ ” to select the video source file you want to convert in “In put” z Click “ ” to selec t the po sition y ou want to prese rve and f ile name after converting in “Output” . z Select the level of video quality you would like the output to be converted to: Generally, they are 3 le vels of video quality:[...]

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    English 35 z Dimension: Choose resolution 128*1 28, b est suited for your screen size of 1.5” z Choose start point of the video you want to convert. z Choose ending point of the video you want to co nvert. 4. After s ettin g , click “Co n v ert” to start co n verti n g. 5. After converting, connect t he MP3 player to your PC by USB cable. 6. [...]