Acer MP-320 User Manual 2

Acer MP-320

User Manual

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MusePod

Unique Features

Mass Portable Storage Player

1.This player can be used as the portable hard disk (the
capacity is 20G). No driver is necessary under
WinMe/2000/XP.

2.Unique USB Host Functions
Hard disk player can read the file from the other
standard USB Device

3.High speed transfer, USB2.0 standard interface,
compatible with USB1.1
Hard disk player supports USB2.0 with the highest
rate of transmission up to 20Mbyte/s.

4.Large screen LCD with high resolution - 128 X 128
Dot Matrix 4 Gray With Backlight

5.Support multi music formats:
including MP3 (MP3 of VBR format supported)
and WMA

6.Convenient firmware upgrade
The latest functions can be acquired through the
firmware upgrade.
New formats will be supported through the simple
upgrading; meanwhile, the other functions will be
provided constantly.

7.Support multi-languages display of ID3
Support various languages of ID3, including

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simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese,
Korean and English

8.FM radio (87.5MHz~108.0MHz)
Auto-scan and memorize desired channels are more
convenient to listen to the FM radio.

9.Provide five types of equalizer (EQ):
Normal, Classic, Jazz, Rock and user EQ, making
music more abundant.

10.Supporting 3D effect, 15-level Bass Boost and
15-level Treble Boost, making music more colorful

11.Easy to use file navigation

12.Treeview navigation menu enables you to find the

music conveniently

13.Up to 2000 folders and 9999 files can be recognized

14.Graphical User Interface

15.Recording by Mic or Line_In

16.Supporting Bookmark Function

17.Supporting PlayList Function

18.Supporting TXT file navigation, namely, the e-book

function

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Front Part and Side Part........................................ 4-5

Top/Bottom Part and LCD ........................................ 6

Using the AC adapter .......................................... 7-11

Charging ................................................................ 7-8

Software Installation .............................................. 8-9

Connecting to the computer .............................. 10-11

Disconnecting to the Computer .............................. 11

Operations ......................................................... 12-13

Playing Music..................................................... 14-16

Section Repeat.................................................. 16-17

Browsing................................................................. 18

Mode Switch...................................................... 18-21

Receive FM Radio............................................. 22-23

Record ............................................................... 24-25

Menu Function................................................... 25-35

USB Host Function............................................ 35-37

Cautions.................................................................. 38

Troubleshooting................................................. 39-42

Accessory............................................................... 43

Specification ........................................................... 44

Contents

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Front Part

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Menu

Play/Pause/

Power On

Left

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LCD

Volume+

Stop/Power Off

Right

Volume-

Side Part

CHARGE LED

LCD

A-B/Rec

SRS/Mode

Line-In

Reset Hole

USB Port

Hold

MIC Hole

USB Host Portne

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DC-IN

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Current Mode

Current Folde

File Name

ID3 Artist

EQ

Repeat Mode

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Hold

Batter

Indicato

Track Playing
Progress

Sampling Rate Bitrate Volume

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Using the AC adapter

1. The AC adapter supplied with the player can be

used only.
Working voltage of the AC adapter of the player is
100/240V, 50/60Hz.

2. Connect the adapter to the DC jacks of the AC

power and the player

Charging

1. When the player is powered on, the status of the

battery indicator shows the battery capacity of the
player. When the battery is low, the icon will be
twinkling. After twinkling for a while the system will
be shutdown automatically. The battery must be
charged immediately, otherwise the player cannot
continue to work. Before connecting the player to
the computer, please make sure that it is in low
voltage, or the connection to the PC will fail.

2. Charging will start automatically after the adapter is

connected to the power. In the power-on status, the
power-connecting icon is shown in the position of
the original battery indicator icon. It shows that the
battery is being charged and the red LED is always
on. When charging in the power-off status, the red
LED is always on.

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3. When the battery is fully charged, the battery

indicator is fully filled in and the red LED will be off.
Charging time: about 3 hours (after the battery is

fully discharged)
Discharging time (playing time): about 12 hours

(the longest playing time after the battery is fully
charged)

Playing time is measured during playing 128Kbps
Mp3 files in the fully charged status. (It is practically
measured without any operations)

Software Installation

Windows 2000 and Windows XP themselves can
support USB2.0 storage device (PC must be with
USB2.0 port, otherwise it will be transmitted by the
USB1.1 standard), but Windows 98 requires the
driver to be installed. We supply you with the
manager software of the hard-disk player and the
driver. After the installation is completed, you can
now operate the player.
Please plug CD to CD-ROM, then it will install
software automatically if you did not close
CD-ROM Auto function. Then execute Next step
one by one, you can finish installing. During

installing, if you use Win98 operation

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will setup Win98 driver for HDD player
automatically.How to Use Software Managerment

How to Use Software Managerment

If you install software managerment, you can use it
to manager your HDD player.

1.Turn on your player, then connect it to PC, while
PC find device, please execute managerment
software.

2.You can use this software to edit playlist function.

3.You can use this software to change language.

4.You can use this software to download file and
upload file to HDD player.

You can refer to online help in the software to use
this software.

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Connecting to the Computer

1. Press and hold the “Play” button to turn on the

player. (Warning: please make sure whether the
battery of the player is sufficient. If it is not enough,
please connect the adapter to the power to
guarantee enough battery)

2. Connect the player and the computer properly with

the USB cable. The big end of the USB cable should
be connected to the USB port of the computer, and
the other end should be connected to the USB Slave
port of the player.

The LCD of the player shows:

3. The “Device connected” icon will be shown on

system bar under Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
(Under Windows 98, it can be connected properly
only after the installation of the driver is finished.)

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4. After the installation is completed, a portable hard

disk will be added in My Computer/Explorer. The
files in the hard-disk player can be operated by the
Explorer or the Manager software we supply. The
hard-disk player can be used as a normal hard disk,
and the files can be copied, deleted, etc.

When the hard-disk player is to be connected to the
computer for a long time, please connect the AC
adapter. The low battery will cause improper working of
the player. (When connecting to the PC, if the battery is
too low, the player cannot connect successfully)

Disconnecting to the Computer

Use “Safety Remove” to disconnect the player to the
computer, namely, double-click the right corner of the
task bar on PC, select “Safety Remove”. After the
system displays “Removed Hardware Safely”, the USB
cable connected the player to the computer can be
removed.

Warning:

Do not disconnect the player to the computer when the
player is working.

The player can be disconnected only after the
file copying is completed.

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Operations

Operations:
Basic Operations

1. Power On Press and hold the

“Play/Pause/Power On” button

2. Play/Pause In the playing status, press the

“Play/Pause/Power On” button.

3. Stop Playing Press the “Stop/Power OFF”

button.

4. Fast Forward In Music playing status, press

and hold the “Right” button.

5. Fast Reverse In Music playing status, press

and hold the “Left” button.

6. Play Previous Track In Music playing status,

press the “Right” button.

7. Play Next Track In Music playing status, press

the “Left” button.

8. Power Off Press and hold the “Stop/Power

OFF” button.

8. Volume Adjustment In Music playing or FM

status, press the “+/-” button.

10. File Selection In the file navigation status,

press the “Right/Left/+/-/ Menu”

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button. Press the “Menu” button
to enter the file navigation
interface, press the “Right”
button to enter a folder or select
a file, press the “Left” button to
exit the current directory, press
the “+/-” button to select the
different file or folder, and press
the “Menu” button to confirm.

11. Mode Switch Press and hold the “Mode”

12. Section Definition Press the “A-B” button.

13. Recording Press and hold the “A-B”

14. Menu Display Press and hold the “Menu”

15. Hold button On/Off

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button to enter the mode switch.

button.

button.

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