Gateway 3-IN-1 Digital Music Player manual

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    Gateway digital music player 2 Gateway digital music player 3 Preparing to Use Features 6 Pac kage content 6 Product overview 7 LCD Panel 7 Button function table 8 Using Installing the battery 12 Listening to music quick start steps 12 T urning the power On/Off 13 Digital music play er modes 13 Playing digital music tr acks or voice files 13 Adjust[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 8 Gateway digital music player 9 Button function table Button Curren t status Push time Result P ower off Press and hold P ower on Music / V oice playbac k Briefly Stop Music / V oice playbac k / V oice recording / Stop Press and hold P ower off Stop (Music / V oice mode) Briefly Playbac k / recording Stop (Record mode)[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 10 Gateway digital music player 11 Using • Installing the battery 12 • Listening to music quick start steps 12 • T urning the power On/Off 13 • Digital music play er modes 13 • Playing digital music tr acks or voice files 13 • Adjusting the volume 14 • Navigating music trac ks or voice files 14 • Setting[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 12 Gateway digital music player 13 Installing the battery • Insert one AAA batter y into the play er. Match the + and - symbols on the batteries with the + and - symbols inside the battery compar tment . Digital music play er modes • T o play music trac ks or voice files - Press the Play / Stop button . The music tr[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 14 Gateway digital music player 15 • T o change to another music track or v oice file - In the playbac k or stop mode, press the rewind b utton to move to the pre vious music track or v oice file. Press the rewind b utton within five seconds after a song has started playing to repeat the pre vious music track or v oic[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 16 Gateway digital music player 17 Menu Settings • Men u table 18 • Using the Men u mode 20 • Setting the Repeat mode 20 • Setting the equaliz er (EQ) function 22 • Managing files 23 • Setting the logo options 24 • Setting the displa y options 25 • Displa ying file information 26 • Selecting the displa[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 20 Gateway digital music player 21 • T o use the Menu mode 1. Press and hold the Mode button f or more than one second. The Menu appears. 2. Press the + or - button to scroll through the menu options and highlight an option: - Repeat - to adjust playbac k repeat options. - EQ - to adjust equalizer settings. - File - t[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 22 Gateway digital music player 23 Managing files • T o use the EQ menu 1. Use the Menu mode to select the EQ menu. For more information, see “Using the Men u mode” on page 20. The EQ menu appears . Setting the equalizer (EQ) function 2. Press the + or - button to scroll through the EQ menu options and highlight a[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 24 Gateway digital music player 25 • T o use the Logo menu 1. Use the Menu mode to select the Logo menu. For more information, see “Using the Menu mode” on page 20. The Logo men u appears. Setting the logo options 2. Press the + or - button to scroll through the Logo menu options and highlight an option: - Default[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 26 Gateway digital music player 27 Selecting the display language • T o use the Language menu 1. Use the Menu mode to select the Language menu. For more information, see “Using the Menu mode” on page 20. The File men u appears. 2. Press the + or - button to scroll through the Language menu options and highlight an[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 28 Gateway digital music player 29 Connecting • Installing softw are 30 • Connecting to y our computer 34 • Managing files 35[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 30 Gateway digital music player 31 3 Click Next . The What do you want Windows to do? screen opens. When you connect your pla yer to y our computer’s USB port, the play er appears as a removab le drive on your computer . If your computer uses Windows XP , Windows Me , or Windows 2000, you do not hav e to install the d[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 32 Gateway digital music player 33 5 Click to select the CD-ROM drive chec k box , then click Next . The Windows driver file search results screen opens. 6 Click Next , then clic k Finished . 4. Clic k Search for the best driver f or your device , then clic k Next . The dr ivers search screen opens. 8509324.indd 32-33 7[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 34 Gateway digital music player 35 • T o connect the digital music play er to a computer with Windows XP 1. T urn on your computer . 2. Plug the play er into a USB por t on y our computer. - OR - Plug the USB extension cab le into the computer’s USB port, then connect the play er to the extension cab le. The Removab[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 36 Gateway digital music player 37 • T o load custom logo files on the digital music pla yer 1. Use the Logo Editor program to create a custom logo . For more inf ormation, see “Using the Logo Editor program” on page 42. 2. Connect the play er to your computer . For more inf ormation, see “Connecting to your com[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 38 Gateway digital music player 39 Using Programs[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 40 Gateway digital music player 41 Using the V oiceC onv erter program • T o install the V oiceConverter program 1. Insert the player’ s programs / driver CD into the computer’ s CD dr iv e. The player softw are install program opens. 2. Click V oice File Converter , then follo w the program installation instructi[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 42 Gateway digital music player 43 Using the Logo E ditor program • T o install the Logo Editor 1. Insert the player’ s programs / driver CD into the computer’ s CD dr iv e. The player softw are install program opens. 2. Click Logo Editor Install , then f ollow the program installation instructions. •[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 44 Gateway digital music player 45 6. Adjust the image size with the horizontal and v er tical zoom settings and adjust the brightness and contrast. P osition the image inside the rectangular box to define how y ou want to crop the image f or display on the pla yer . 7. Click T ransfer . The ne w file appears in the Log[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 46 Gateway digital music player 47 4. Draw the second frame of the logo picture . 5. In the Image Frame area, click Add . A new blank frame opens. 6. Draw the third fr ame of the logo picture, then click Add . 7. Continue adding new frames . 8. Click File , then click Sa ve . The Save Logo File dialog bo x opens. 9. Bro[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 48 Gateway digital music player 49 Support and Produc t Information • Contacting Gate wa y 50 • Product specifications 52 • Saf ety , regulatory , and legal information 53[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 50 Gateway digital music player 51 Contacting Gatewa y Y ou can access the f ollowing services through your telephone to get answers to y our questions: Resource Service description How to reach Gatewa y support Web site Get the latest F AQs, information, and other help for y our Gatewa y product. www .support.gateway .[...]

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    Gateway digital music player 52 Gateway digital music player 53 • Memory capacity: 128 / 256 MB • Communication method: USB 1.1 (Plug & Play) • Earphone output power: 5.0mW / 16 • S/N, THD : 80dB / 0.1% (with ‘A’ filter) • Output frequency range: 20 Hz - 20 KHz • Operating temperature: 32 - 104° F / 0 - 40° C • Battery: 1 x [...]

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    Gateway digital music player 54 Gateway digital music player 55 Notes Canada Industry Canada (IC) Unintentional emitter per ICES-003 This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits f or radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interf erence regulations of Industry Canada. Le présent appareil numérique n’ém[...]

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