Teac MP-350 manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32

Go to page of

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Teac MP-350, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Teac MP-350 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Teac MP-350. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Teac MP-350 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Teac MP-350
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Teac MP-350 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Teac MP-350 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Teac MP-350 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Teac MP-350, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Teac service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Teac MP-350.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Teac MP-350 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    MP3 Player MP-350 User Manual T o ensure the smooth handling of your warranty please write the serial number of your de vice into the box. In the case of warranty you are e xpected to send it together with a copy of your in voice to y our nearest TEA C sales representative. ®[...]

  • Page 2

    GB – 2 | MP-350 • Copyright © 2005-2006, TEAC Eur ope GmbH . All rights reserved. Edition: January 2006 • Company and product names pr ovided herein are trademarks of their respective companies. • Changes in specifications and features may be made without notice or obligation. Disposing of the Pr oduct Y our device should no be placed in m[...]

  • Page 3

    GB – 3 | MP-350 Contents FEATURES ..................................................................................................................... 4 CONTENT OF PACKAGE ............................................................................................ 4 IMPORTANT INFORMATIONS .........................................................[...]

  • Page 4

    GB – 4 | MP-350 The TEAC MP -350 is one of the most powerful MP3 players on the market. FEA TURES  Playback of MP3/WMA files  65k COL OR OLED display  Screen saver  T ouch scr een  USB 2.0  FM tuner  FM digital recording  Line-In receptacle  High-Quality voice recording  No drivers for Win2000/XP/ME  1512MB/1GB po[...]

  • Page 5

    GB – 5 | MP-350 IMPORT ANT INFORMA TIONS  If the unit is not used for a longer period of time please turn it off with the ON/OFF switch. Please charge the unit at least once within a month, in order that the battery won’t be dis- charged.  Do not use the unit in places that are extremely hot, cold, dusty , or humid.  Avoid the unit bei[...]

  • Page 6

    GB – 6 | MP-350 INTRODUCTION OF CONTROLS 1 . Neck strap slot 2 . Earphone jack 3 . LINE-IN input jack 4 . USB jack 5 . OLED display 6 . Repeat A-B/R Recording 7. ON/OFF/Play/pause/ stop 8.V olume + ( V+ ) 9.V olume – ( V– ) 10.  : previous, Rewind RW 11.  : next, Fast Forward FF 12. M (Menu key) 1 3 .POWER ON/OFF 14. L O C K[...]

  • Page 7

    GB – 7 | MP-350 SYMBOLS ON SCREEN Repeat modes: , , , and Equalizer: , , , , USB mode INST ALLA TION Power Switch Move the power switch to the ON position to turn on the player; and move to the opposite direction to turn it off . Note : It’s unnecessary to employ the power switch unless the player will not be used for a longer period of time or[...]

  • Page 8

    GB – 8 | MP-350 Driver Software Windows98 Under Windows98 drivers have to be installed. Do not con- nect the unit to your computer before the installation of the driver is finished. Insert the provided CD into your CDROM drive or download the driver from our web site. Double click on SETUP .EXE and follow the instructions on the scr een. Con- nec[...]

  • Page 9

    GB – 9 | MP-350 Disconnecting Prior to disconnect the unit has to be detached at the operat- ing system. Otherwise data losses may occur . Proceed as fol- lows: 1 . Double click on the symbol Remove Hardware or Eject in the right lower corner of the task bar . (XP: Remove Har dware Safely“). See also the respective pictures: 2 . Click on Stop r[...]

  • Page 10

    GB – 10 | MP-350 Manual Installation of Driver Software 1. Windows 2000/XP: Click with the right mouse button on My Computer>Pr operties>Device Manager . Double click on Player Recovery Device Class. Now click on Driver>Update Driver . Click on Next in any of the following windows.[...]

  • Page 11

    GB – 11 | MP-350 2. Windows 98: After connecting the player to the PC use the right mouse button to click on My Computer>Properties>De- vice Manager . Please check if the entry of the player is shown with an exclamation mark or a question mark. Double click on the symbol of the MP -350 (Player R ecovery Device Class). Now click on Driver>[...]

  • Page 12

    GB – 12 | MP-350 BASIC OPERA TION Menus The unit is completely controlled by menus. The main menu and its sub menus are invoked with the key M . Main menu and its sub menus are left by invoking the option Exit . All menus are navigated with the keys  and  . T o select an option M has to be pressed. Switching On and Off Use to switch on. The[...]

  • Page 13

    GB – 13 | MP-350 Playback Short pressing of starts and pauses playback. A little bit longer pressing stops playback. Previous/Next Short pressing of  moves to previous files,  to the next. V olume If V+ is pressed volume increases while longer pr essing V- re - duces it. Fast Forward/Reverse Long press  key to achieve fast forward functi[...]

  • Page 14

    GB – 14 | MP-350 V oice Mode Select V oice in the main menu for the voice mode . Under voice mode the display shows W A V . In voice mode W A V files ar e used. There is no support for ID3 tags (displaying lyrics information). This functionality is available: - Playback - P ause/stop/power off - Previous/next, FF/REW - V olume adjustement - EQ mo[...]

  • Page 15

    GB – 15 | MP-350 Recording can be stopped and resumed at any time by press- ing (symbol ). If recor ding with the integrated microphone Vxxx.W A V files are stored in the directory VOICE. Deleting Files Select Erase Files in the main menu. Select the symbols for music, voice, or Exit with  or  . Confirm using the M button. At the time, the [...]

  • Page 16

    GB – 16 | MP-350 Manual searching Press M button to enter search mode. Eeach time you press  or  button the frequency will increase or decrease by 0.1 MHz. Storing Under search status, press M key to shift to storing mode (Save), press  or  button to select the channel number , then press button to confirm the storing and return to FM[...]

  • Page 17

    GB – 17 | MP-350 Recording of FM Transmissions If a transmission should be recorded from the internal FM radio the A-B/R button has to be pressed. Source is set to FM . Set the respective values (see next section). After selecting Record re- cording of the actual transmission starts by pressing M . Pressing A-B/R stops recording. Recording can be[...]

  • Page 18

    GB – 18 | MP-350 Edit ID3 T ags 1 . Open Winamp, load the MP3 file you want to edit and then open the LRC editor . Y ou can key in the informations to the LRC editor ’s text frame or click Document/open and move the edited text to the editor , as follows: – While the respective music title is reproduced, please click add tag . Note that the t[...]

  • Page 19

    GB – 19 | MP-350 3 . The ID3 tag information of each song cannot exceed 1.4 Kbytes. Otherwise the exceeding characters are truncated. Copying Files to MP-350 Seen from PCs side the MP -350 is a normal mass storage de- vice. File transfer therefore is possible in the common way in Windows Explor er . Important Do not disconnect the unit while file[...]

  • Page 20

    GB – 20 | MP-350 Note: If screen protection mode is activated, it might also save the power and increase the service life of battery , in addition to protect the screen. It’s recommended. Memory Information Select About in main menu. The screen shows the total ( IntTotal ) and the free ( IntRemain ) available memory capacity . Press any key to [...]

  • Page 21

    GB – 21 | MP-350 Picture Browse Setup Select Settings in main menu and then Pic Browser . Y ou can select ∞ (no slide show , pictur es have to be browsed manually), 2 Sec, 5 Sec, and 10 Sec. Navigate with  and  and con- firm with M . Note: The picture has to be saved into the IMAGES menu, other- wise, it would be unable to browse them. Us[...]

  • Page 22

    GB – 22 | MP-350 Please view the Corel Photo Paint example Loading the picture Set the new picture size Set the new width of the picture to 96 pixels. The height must not ex- ceed 96 pixels. Set the measure- ment unit to pixel. Keep the width/height relation (aspect ratio). It is mandatory to save the ed- ited picture in BMP format. Copy the resi[...]

  • Page 23

    GB – 23 | MP-350 Videos Look at Video Files Select Motion Video in main menu. P ress  k ey or  k ey to select the video file you want to play . In browsing, press M key to return to the main menu. Press the key to start, pause and stop the video. Select previous or next file by  or  . Delete video files Select Erase Files in main menu[...]

  • Page 24

    GB – 24 | MP-350 Usage of convert tool: 1. Run the program: video2smv .exe. 2 . Click the button on the right side of Input V ideo , and select the file you want to play . In the window enter the desired File extension at Open . The unit support .avi / .mpg / .wmv files. 3 . Click the button on the right side of Output File , and select the outpu[...]

  • Page 25

    GB – 25 | MP-350 UPGRADING THE FIRMW ARE Normally it is not necessary to upgrade the firmware. It should be carried out if the unit cannot be operated without prob- lems. 1 . Connect the unit to the PC 2 . Press ,to switch the unit on. In My Computer a mass stor- age device is shown. 3 . F urther proceeding: Start>Pr ograms>SigmaT el MSCN A[...]

  • Page 26

    GB – 26 | MP-350 If the flash memory shall be formated while upgrading firmware Format Data Are a has to be selected. Click on Ye s in the window . 4 . Click on Start and start the upgrading software as shown in the following. 5 . After upgrading click on Close .[...]

  • Page 27

    GB – 27 | MP-350 FAT FORMA TTING THE MEMORY 1 . Press after connecting the player to the PC. 2 . Click with the right mouse button on My Computer and select Formating . 3 . The formatting windows opens. 4 . Click on Start followed by OK . Formatting of the flash memory is started. 5 . After formatting click on OK .[...]

  • Page 28

    GB – 28 | MP-350 DEINST ALLING DRIVER SOFTW ARE 1 . Disconnect the unit from the PC. 2 . Click on Start>Pr ograms>SigmaT el MSCN A udio Player>Uninstall or use Control Panel>Explorer>Software . Now the following window appears. 3 . Click on Cancel if the driver should not be deinstalled. 4 . Click on OK to start the deinstallation [...]

  • Page 29

    GB – 29 | MP-350 TROUBLE SHOOTING Why can’t some MP3 files be played? MP3 Standard only includes: the songs in layer 3 of MPEG1, layer 3 of MPEG2 and layer 3 of MPEG2.5. Otherwise, songs won’t be played in the player except they are transformed by the corresponding software. Why doesn’t the memory size displayed under the operation system m[...]

  • Page 30

    GB – 30 | MP-350 What if after a long non-use period the player cannot be turned on? T o enlar ge the life of the built-in battery , when the battery level is too low or in some abnormal situation (shut off), the lithium batter y will be protected, so it cannot be turned on . Y ou need to connect the MP3 player to a computer or the charger . It c[...]

  • Page 31

    WARRANTY Warranty Period TEAC Europe GmbH, hereinafter called TEAC, warrants this product against any defect in material and workmanship for two (2) years from the date of purchase by the original retail purchaser. According to the following terms this TEAC product will be repaired without charge of labor and materials by the authorized TEAC servic[...]

  • Page 32

    TEAC Europe GmbH , DSPD: Bahnstraße 12, 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany Internet: www.teac.de TEAC Service Center: TEAC Service Centre Europe Hessenring 25 64546 Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany www.teac.de/rma Hotline: +49 1805 55 83 79 TEAC Europe GmbH DSPD Bahnstraße 12 65205 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim Germany[...]