Acer MP-120 User Manual 2

Acer MP120

User’s Manual

Ver 1.0

Copyright

Copyright 2006 by Acer Inc., All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
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Acer Computer GmbH

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Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this
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Contents

I Safety Declaration............................................................................................. 2

II Product Description .......................................................................................... 2

1. Main Features.................................................................................................. 2

2. Button Location................................................................................................ 3

3. Packaging / Accessories...................................................................................3

4. Installation of USB Driver................................................................................. 4

5. USB Connection and Safe Removal.................................................................5

III Functions ........................................................................................................... 5

1. Basic Operations..............................................................................................5

2. MUSIC Mode....................................................................................................6

3. REC Mode......................................................................................................11

4. Voice Mode.................................................................................................... 12

5. FM Radio Mode (Optional) ............................................................................ 13

6. System Setup................................................................................................ 15

IV FAQ................................................................................................................... 19

V Product Specifications.................................................................................... 19

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I Safety Declaration

1. Please carefully and thoroughly read this safety guide

2. Please keep this manual secure for future reference.

3. Please keep the unit dry

4. Please avoid exposing this unit to sunlight.

5. Don’t pour any liquid into this unit; otherwise it will cause damage or electric shock.

6. Please contact with a professional for handling this: MP120 Player if the following
situations occur:

 Liquid penetrates into this unit
 The unit is affected by damp
 The operation of this unit is not normal, or the user can’t return to normal

operational status by consulting this manual

 The unit is dropped or is damaged

7. Please don’t use MP120 Player in the following situations:

 While driving a vehicle
 Carrying out dangerous work
 Walking on the street
 Any situation that needs full concentration

8. If you want to format the disk of MP120 Player, please select FAT to format it.

9. Please don’t use liquid or spraying agent to clean this unit. Please use soft, wet cloth
to wipe this unit.

10. During listening with earphones, please adjust to suitable volume to avoid hearing
from being damaged.

11. Note: Improper use of battery may cause explosion! Please correctly use the battery
as per instruction stated in Section: Battery!

12. Don’t throw used battery into the waste bin, it should be recycled.

II Product Description

Thank you for purchasing this Acer MP120 product. This product shows the main menu,
sub-menus, song names, lyrics and ID3 information. Its perfect sound quality, high reliability
and elegant appearance all work together to make it a masterpiece. We sincerely hope that
this product will bring you the best experience you can expect in this digital era.

1. Main Features

 Display – STN LCD display, with 7 colorful backlight
 Audio play – Supports a broad range of music formats, including MP1, MP2, MP3,

WMA, and WAV, as well as WMDR10 WMA files

 FM radio stereo – Powerful automatic and manual channels searching (optional)
 Driver-free U-disk–Without any management program needed, you can perform file

operations through “Removable Disk” in “My Computer”. No driver is required on
Windows 2000 and higher.

 Record/Repeat–This unit allows you to record external audio sources through the

microphone and save them as audio files of WAV and ACT formats. In addition, you can
select segment repeat or comparison repeat to enjoy real digital repeat.

 7 EQ modes–Natural, rock, pop, classic, soft, jazz, and DBB
 Multiple playing modes–Normal, repeat one, folder, repeat folder, repeat all, random,

and Intro

 Timed shutdown–You can set the sleep mode and power saving mode for more

convenient use.

 Full animation menu–Intuitive animation menu, together with corresponding texts,

offers greatest ease of use!

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 Multi-Languages–Supports many languages, including simplified Chinese, traditional

Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Dutch and Spanish

2. Button Location

2.1 Main Menu

2.2 Keys, Switch and Ports

This player provides six keys and one switch:
z PLAY/PAUSE key: Allows you to power-on (long pressing), play, pause, stop, and

power-off (long pressing)

z PREV key: Allows you to select the previous song (short pressing) or move fast forward

(long pressing).

z NEXT key: Allows you to select the next song (short pressing) or move fast backward

(long pressing).

z VOL+ key: Allows you to increase the volume.
z VOL- key: Allows you to decrease the volume.
z MODE key: Allows you to change the mode.
z HOLD switch: Allows you to lock the keys.

Note: You can short press, long press or hold a key, where:

c Short press: You press the key and release it in less than two seconds.
d Long press: You press the key and release in more than two seconds.
e Hold: You press the key and do not release it until the desired effect is achieved.

2.3 PORT

z USB: Standard USB port
z EARPHONE: Standard earphone jack

2.4 Recording

z Mic: input

3. Packaging / Accessories

Please confirm the packaging and accessories have the contents below:

9 Acer MP120 Player

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9 Environment Friendly Card
9 Installation CD
9 AAA LR03 Battery
9 QSG
9 FM Earphone

4 . Installation of USB Drive

The installation is only needed for windows98 and windows 98 se computers. The steps are as
follows:

Insert the accessory CD into the CD drive and it will work automatically. The interface

shows as follows.

Click <Install>, and finish the installation of the drive with clues. The restart of the

computer is needed afterward.

Confirmation of the installation of USB drive

Connect MP120 by the USB cable to the computer
Choose “Control Panel”,”Syetem”, and enter “Device Manager”, it will show as follows;

Choose “Disk drives” and the installed USB drive will display

Attention: if it doesn’t show as upward, then please uninstall your USB drive and reinstall it.

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5．USB Connection and Safe Removal

5.1.1 When the MP3 Player is connected to computer, the LCD will show the
following picture:

And when the MP3 Player is writing & reading data, the LCD will show the following
graphic:

You should not disconnect the MP3 Player from the PC while it’s reading or writing, or else
it will cause your data lost.

5.1.2 Safe Removal of USB from Your Computer

1) Select the Plug-n-Play Device icon from the Windows Taskbar, right-click on it, and
select Safely Remove Hardware.

2) Select the hardware device you want to stop, and click on the Stop button.

3) Select the drive you want to stop and click OK.

4) Click Close to complete this process.

Caution: Failing to disconnect this product from your computer by the standard procedure
may damage this product.

III Functions

1. Basic Operations

1.1 Turning On/Off

Press “Power on/Play/pause/Stop/Power off “( ) button 2-3sec to turn on.
Press “Power on/Play/pause/Stop/Power off” ( ) button 3-5sec to turn off while playing.
In the standby mode, the player will shut down automatically when the machine is not being
operated for 30 seconds.

1.2 Function Selection

In the main menu, you can navigate through various modes by short pressing of the NEXT
or PREV key. Then, you can short press the MODE key to access the selected mode, after
which the appropriate contents appear on the display.

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