Acer MP-500 User Manual 2

Acer MP500

User’s Manual

Ver 1.0

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Contents

I Safety Declaration 2 II Product Description 2

1. Main Characteristics 2

2. Product Distribution Diagram 3

3. Packed Accessories 3

4. Battery Charge 4

5. Connection of External Interface 5

6. Use of Remote Controller 5

7. USB Drive Installation 6

8. Disk Directory Management 8

9. Safe Movement and Removal 8 III Basic Functions 9

1. Main Menu 9

2. Video Play 10

3. Music Enjoyment 11

4. View Picture 13

5. E-book 15

6. Viewing and Recording of External Programs 17

7. File Operation 18

8. Menu Setup 21

9. Firmware Upgrade 25 IV Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions 26 V Product Specifications 27

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 MP500 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 MP500 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 MP500 Player, please select FAT32 to format it. Please don’t carry out partition of the disk of MP500 Player.

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 MP500 product. This kind of product is a high-performance portable multimedia recorder and player with removable Li-Polymer battery. With the use of Acer MP500 product, you can play video or music files with different formats, which will bring you outstanding visual and music experience. And you can record music and video signals. This kind of product is also portable USB storage equipment and you can store and manage your personal data.

1. Main Features

 Display – Supports 3.5’’ TFT LCD large screen display. Clearly displays picture and

video files.

 Mass Storage V olume – 1.8” 20GB in-board hard disk, which can store large amounts of

data (30GB/40GB hard disk is optional)

 Video Play – Supports the playing of video files with the formats of MPEG-4 SP, Xvid,

and WMV-9 SP@ML.

Due to constant changes and the variety of encoding and compression methods for different video file format, some of the video files downloaded from Internet may not be properly displayed on MP500. Even if the file follows “MPAG4” format, the file may still not be able to display by MP500 properly due to special format characteristics.

 Music Play – Support the playing of music files with the formats of MP3 (MPE G1 Layer2,

Layer3), and WMA (WMA 9).

 Lyric Synchronization – Supports the synchronous display of sound and lyrics and

educational texts.

 Image V iewing – Support s the J PEG/BMP/GIF file format. You can copy images into the

MP500 for viewing.

 Text File Reading – Supports .txt text reading function (e-book function).  Recording – Supports the recording function of video and music. You can use the unit to

record video and music signals from external sources.

 AV Input and Output – Supports AV input interface. You can enjoy television programs

through the large screen of MP500, and you can carry out remote control via infrared. Also supports AV output interface, and you can transfer video and music signals the MP500 is playing to peripheral music and video output devices (such as television).

 USB 2.0 Interface – Supports USB 2.0 Full-Speed and Low-speed operation.  SD/MMC Card Slot – Supports Extended SD/MMC Card.  Battery – In-board chargeable Li-Polymer battery, which can repeatedly charge the

battery.

 Video Format Conversion – You can convert unplayable video files into playable format

through video format conversion software.

 Multi-Languages – Supports many languages, including nine language modes such as

simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, German, French, Italian , Spanish and Dutch.

 Firmware upgrade – Support firmware upgrade.

2. Button Location

3. Packaging / Accessories

Please confirm the packaging and accessories have the contents below:

9 Acer MP500 Player 9 Chargeable Li-Polym er battery 9 User’s Manual 9 Power Adapter 9 Installation CD 9 AV Cable 9 USB cord 9 Stereo earphones 9 Remote Controller 9 Portable leather cover

4. Charging of Battery

This section includes: installation of battery, charging of battery, and the use of external power adapter.

4.1 Installation of Battery

1) Confirm the power of MP500 player has been turned off, and open the cover of battery chamber as per the indicated direction.

2) Load the chargeable battery and close the cover of battery chamber.

4.2 Power Volume Indication

Battery is fully charged Battery is partially drained Battery is drained

Note: If the power volume indication of battery shows only one block or is empty, it indicates the power supply is obviously lacking, please charge the battery.

4.3 Charging of Battery

You can use the external power adapter to charge the battery. The charging can be performed when the power of MP500 Player is on or off. The detailed charging method is as follows:

1) Load the chargeable battery supplied with this unit.

2) Connect the power cable with the power adapter.

3) Insert the DC plugs of power adapter into the DC input port of MP500 Player.

4) Insert the power plug into the power socket.

Note: Please don’t remove the battery during the charging process.

4.4 Use of External Power Adapter

You can use external power adapter to supply directly power for MP500 Player. The operation method is the same with the battery charging method.

5. Connection of External Interface

1) Connect Television for viewing Use AV cable to connect to AV out socket of MP500 Player and input socket of signal of television.

2) Connect Television for Recording Connect the output socket of signal of television set and AV input socket of MP500 Player through AV cable.

3) Connection of Music Device Insert the AV cable into the AV input socket of MP500 Player. Connect the music signal (left/right) of AV cable through ”Y” type cable. Insert other end of Y type cable into the output socket of music device.

4) Connection of Computer Use USB cord to connect the MP500 Player with computer, for data transfer.

5) Connection of Stereo Earphones Insert the stereo earphones into the corresponding socket of MP500 Player.

6. Use of Remote Control(Optional)

This section describes how to use the remote controller to operate the MP500 Player. The key functions on the remote control correspond to the key functions of MP500 Player.

S/N Remote Controller Function

1 ESC Escape (or back to the previous level) 2 MENU Enter into the interface of menu 3 UP Direction selection (up) 4 ENTER Confirm 5 LEFT/LAST Direction selection (left)/previous file 6 RIGHT/NEXT Direction selection (right)/next file 7 DOWN Direction selection (down) 8 VOLUME－ Decrease the volume

9 VOLUME＋ Increase the volume 10 TV Toggle the screen 11 POWER OFF Power switch 12 IR Infrared sensing port 13 Battery Battery

7. Installation of USB Driver

USB driver only needs to be installed for Windows98/se operation system. The installation steps are as follow:

1) Insert the CD provided with this unit into the CD-ROM. Double click the Setup.exe file under the root directory of CD, and start the installation of driver.

2) Click <OK>, and restart computer. The installation of driver is finished;

Confirm the USB driver has been installed.

1) Turn on the power of MP500 and use USB cord to connect with computer.

2) Select [Control Panel / System / Device Manager]. The following interface is to be displayed;

3) Select the hard disk drive and the installed USB driver will be displayed;

Note: If the USB driver hasn’t been displayed as per the above, please uninstall the USB drive and reinstall it.

8. Disk Directory Management

1) When the host machine is normally connected with the computer, the disk icon will be displayed in [windows explorer]. There are six directories, [music], [video], [photo], [textbook], [VideoRecorder] and [MusicRecorder];

+ 19 hidden pages

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