Acer MP-500 User Manual 2

Acer MP500

User’s Manual

Ver 1.0

Copyright

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

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

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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 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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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;

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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];

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Note: Please don’t delete manually such default directories as [video], [music], [photo],
[textbook], [VideoRecorder] and [MusicRecorder] under the root directory of disk because
the deletion of such directories will result in the abnormal operation of this product. If these
directories above have been deleted unintentionally, please re-open these directories after
this unit is shut off, and the MP500 Player will automatically establish such directories for
you.

2) Please store these files into the corresponding directories as per their types.

 Music directory: Music file
 Video directory: Video file
 Photo directory: Picture file
 Textbook directory: Electronic book
 VideoRecorder directory: Video record
 MusicRecorder directory: Music record

9. Safe Deletion from Computer

1) Select the icon of [plug and play device] in the task column, click right key and select
[safely delete hardware];

2) Select the hardware device needing to be stopped, and click [Stop] button;

3) Select the drive needing to be stopped, and click [Confirmation] button;

4) Click [Close] button to finish the entire operation;

Note: Abnormal interruption of the connection of this product with the computer may cause

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damage to this product.

10. Power on / Power off

1) Power on: Hold down the on/off key for 2 seconds, and the screen will display the power
on logo of Acer. It will enter into the interface of main menu.

2) Power off: Hold down on/off key for 2 seconds, and unit will turn off .

III Basic Functions

1. Selection of Main Menu

After the unit is turned on, the main interface will be displayed on the screen (as shown in
the below figure).
Several icons are displayed on the main interface: video, music, photo, e-book, record,
files ,resume and setup. Press “Esc” key to hide the icon of main interface, and the
background will appear clearly on the screen. If the icon of Menu key is pressed, it will be
re-displayed on the main interface. Press four-direction key to select your desired functions
(up, down, left and right), and press Enter key to confirm, and enter into the corresponding
operational interface. Press Lock key for 2-3 seconds to turn on the function of locking
keyboard, and re-press Lock key to turn off the function of locking keyboard.

2. Video Play

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1) Select video function on the main interface and press Enter key to confirm, and enter
into the interface of video file list.

2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu. The detailed operation method is
shown in the description in the file operation section.

a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” to go back to the main interface.
b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete, rename
c. File information: Open or close the file information column.

3) In the video file list interface, use ‘up” or “down” keys to select your desired video file
and press “Enter” key to start play.

4) During the playback of video, you can perform the following operations:

a. Press ‘Esc” key to stop playback and back to the video file list.
b. Press “up” or “down” keys to adjust the volume of video play.
c. Press “Enter” key to pause playback, and press “Enter” to resume playback.
d. Press “left” or “right” keys to play previous file or next file.
e. Press “left” or “right” keys and hold for over 2 seconds to fast forward or rewind and

enable a search with the playtime/progress bar, release the key to resume playback.

Note: The fast forward or rewind only works with video paused.

f. During the playback of video, press “menu” key to display the icons of function

menu.

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(Pause, ff, rewind, next, previous, repeat mode, and ratio of width and height)

(Repeat mode: single repeat, non-stop repeat)

(Ratio of width and height: 4:3, 16:9, original dimension display, ratio

of width and height)

Note: Use “right” or “left” keys to select the menus above and use “Enter” key to
confirm.

g. During selection of the functions of fast forward or rewind in the above menu, you

can use “right” or “left” keys to change the rate of fast forward or rewind (X2, X4, X8,
X16), and press “Enter” key to resume normal playback.
Note: The fast forward or rewind is performed while the video is playing. This
function will help you to select precisely your desired playing position.

h. This machine has an auto-recording function. If you quit while playing a video, the

player will record the current position. When you want to start playing the video from
where you stopped last time, you can select Resume in the main menu.

3. Music Enjoyment

1) Select “Music” function in the main interface and press “Enter” key to confirm, and to
enter into the interface of music file list.

2) Press “menu” key to call up the menu of file operation, and the detailed operation
method is stated in the description of file operation section.

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a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface.
b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete and rename: Refer to file operation

description.

c. File information: Open or close the file information column.

3) In the interface of music file list, use “up” or “down” keys to select music file, and press
“Enter” key to confirm. Unit will enter into the music play interface, and start to play
music.

4) During music playback, you can perform the following operations:

a. Press “Esc” key to stop playback and return to file directory list.
b. Press “up” or “down” keys to adjust the volume of video playback.
c. Press “Enter” key once to pause the playback, and press “Enter” again to resume

playback.

d. Press “left” or “right” keys and hold for over 2 seconds to fast forward or rewind and

enable a search with the playtime/progress bar. Release the key to resume
playback.

5) During the video playback period, press “menu” key to pop up the icon of music function
menu:

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(Pause, fast forward, rewind, previous, next, repeat mode A-B repeat reading, ID3
information, EQ function, and background music)

(Repeat mode: Single repeat, non-stop repeat, and random play)

(Music information, and display of LRC lyric)

Note: Use “left” or “right” keys to select the above menu, and use “Enter” key to confirm.
Press “Esc” or “Menu” keys to resume normal playback.

6) During music playback period, the LRC file of lyric shall be Unicode encoding format,
and the file name of lyric shall be in conformity with the file name of song. Use notebook
of computer to open the downloaded lyric file and save as Unicode encoding.

7) Select background music playback from the above menu, and the music will continue to
play on return to the upper level window.

8) This machine has an auto-recording function. If you quit while playing music, the player
will record the current position. When you want to start playing the music from where
you stopped last time, you can select Resume in the main menu.

4. View Photos

1) Select “photo” function in the main interface and press “Enter” ke y to confirm, and to
enter into the interface of photo file list.

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2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu and the detailed operation method is
shown in description of file operation section.

a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface.
b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete and rename: Refer to file operation

description.

c. File information: Open or close the file information column.

3) In the interface of photo file list, use “up” or “down” keys to select picture file, and press
“Enter” key to confirm, and start to view photos.

4) During photo viewing, you can perform the following operations:

a. Press “Esc” key to stop photo viewing and return to file directory list.
b. Press “left” or “right” keys to display the previous photo or next photo.

5) During photo viewing, press “menu” key to pop out the picture function menu:

(Next, previous, view mode, setup as background, left rotation 90°, right rotation 90°,
zoom out, zoom in, picture display mode, and background music)

(View mode: Slide display, pause of slide display)

(Picture display mode: Four pictures, nine pictures, and one picture)

a. You can use the above menu to open or clos e the slide function. You can setup the

display interval of slide in the setup menu.

b. Desktop Background: Select “setup as background” function in the above menu, and

the current picture will be set as desktop background. In the MP500, the stored
pictures can be set as desktop background by using such function.

c. Under the condition that the picture is zoomed out, use “up”, “down”, “left” and “right”

keys to move the picture and press “Enter” key to exit the zoomed out status.

d. Select Background Music in the above menu to change background music and

continue to view the pictures.
Note: If you want to play picture and music synchronously, unit will first play music and
select background music in the menu.

5. E-book Reading

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1) Select “E-book” function in the main interface and press “Enter” key to confirm, and to
enter into the interface of E-book file list.

2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu and the detailed operation method is
shown in the description of file operation section.

a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface.
b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete and rename: Refer to file operation

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description.

c. File information: Open or close the file information column.

3) In the E-book file list interface: Use “up” or “down” keys to select E-book, and press
“Enter” key to open and display electronic book on the screen.

4) During the electronic book reading period, you can perform the following operations:

a. Press “ up”, “down” keys to page up and page down the viewing pages.
b. Press “Esc” key to quit electronic book reading and return to file list.

If the viewing pages of electronic book are over 10 pages, press “Esc” key to return
to the display of the dialogue box “Save bookmark?”. Selecting “yes” will save, and
selecting “no” will not save bookmark.

c. Press “left” or “right” keys to display previous or next file.

5) During reading of electronic book, press “Menu” key to pop up the function menu.

(Previous file, next file, background music)
Select Background Music in the above menu to change background music (if the
viewing pages are greater than 10 pages, the bookmark will be automatically saved).
Note: If you want to play the picture and music synchronously, unit will first play music
and select background music in the menu.

6) The supported file formats in the e-book are as follows: *.txt & *lrc, and the file encoding
is Unicode.

6. Viewing and Recording of External Programs

Before powering on this unit, please use AV cable to connect the AV input connector of

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MP500 Player, and AV output connector of A/V device, respectively.

1) Program Record:

a. In the main interface, select “Record” and press “Enter” key to confirm that it has

entered into the recording interface.

b. Select the “RecKind”: “Video”, “Music” (only records music) with signal input, and

speech (only recorded by microphone), and press “Enter” key to confirm.
c. Select “Quality”: HighQ, MediumQ, and LowQ, press “Enter” to confirm.
d. Press “Esc” key to stop the recording, and close MP500 and remove AV cable.
e. Press “Return” key to stop recording. Power off the MP500 and remove AV cord.
f. During recording , you can select “Preview” function (press “Enter” key) to stop the

recording, but the playback function is still active at that time. Press “Enter” key to

continue the recording. Such function will allow you to preview while nothing is

being recorded.

2) Video Output Function:
a. Please use AV cable t o connect the AV output connector of MP500 Player and AV

input connector of A/V device, respectively, to enjoy the large-screen video and
stereo music. (For the connection, please refer to the User’s Manual of AV device).

b. Turn on the MP500 Player and TV or stereo music device, and set up the MP500 for

normal video or music playback. Eventually press “Suspend” key (don’t press it for a
long time), the video will convert into TV display, and music will convert into stereo
music device output. Pressing “Suspend” key again will stop AV output, and resume

the display of MP500 Player.
Note: The setup of MP500 TV device shall be in conformity with the setup of TV during
video output period. (The MP500 TV Setup is shown in setup menu, and TV Setup of
TV is shown in User’s Manual of TV device.)

7. File Operation

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1) In the main interface, select “file” and press “Enter” key to confirm that unit has entered
into the selection interface of storage device. You can store the data file or music or
video files in the hard disk or extended storage device (such as SD/MMC card).

2) If your data file or music file or video file is stored in the hard drive, select C drive, and
press “Enter” key to enter into the file directory list interface.

3) Use “up” or “down” key to select the file or folder you want to access, and then press
“menu” key to call up the file operation menu.

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a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface.
b. View: Select “view” to enter into the selected directory . (i f the folder is selected, such

operation will appear in the menu).

c. Copy: Select the file or folder you want to copy, press “menu” key to call up the

operation menu, select “copy”, then press “Menu” key under the objective directory
to call up the operation menu, select “paste”, the window “Paste?” will appear,
selecting “YES” will start the pasting, and selecting “NO”, it will not paste. (If the file
is selected, such operation will appear in the menu.)

d. New Folder: Press “Menu” to call up the operation menu, and select “new” option.

The name character list will appear after selection. Press “Menu” key to store after
the folder is named, and the new folder is OK.

e. Move: Rest the cursor on the file or folder to be moved, press “Menu” key to call up

operation menu, select “move”, the hint “Move?” will appear at that time. Select
“Yes”, and press “Menu” key under the objective directory to call up operation menu.

Select paste, the hint “Paste?” will appear, then select “Yes” or “No”.
f. Paste: Used during the operations of copy and move.
g. Delete: Rest the cursor on the file or folder to be deleted, press “Menu” key to call

up operation menu, select “delete”, and hint “Delete?” will appear at that time.

Select “Yes” or “No”.
h. Rename: Rest the cursor on the file or folder to be renamed, press “Menu” key to

call up operation menu, select “rename”, and the name character list will appear at

that time. Use direction key to select character, and the middle button of square key

will confirm the input. Press “Menu” key to store name, and pressing “Esc” key will

exit and will not perform rename operation.
i. File Information: Open or close file information column.

8. Setup Menu

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1) Select “Setup” in the main interface, and press “Enter” key to confirm, and to enter
system setup interface.

2) System setup menu includes the following content:
a. Display: This menu setup item includes backlight brightness, text color, focus text

color and focus color.

Backlight Brightness: To setup the backlight brightness: 10% (10% of full

brightness), 20% (20% of full brightness)…100% (full

brightness).
Text Color: Color of unhighlighted text. Color values from 001 to 255.
Focus Text : Color of highlighted text. Color values from 001 to 255.
Focus Color: Color of highlight bar. Color values from 001 to 255.

b. Power Setup: This menu setup item includes backlight setup and power off.

Backlight Setup: For automatic shut off of the LCD backlight: 0～255 seconds are
available, and 000 is power off (Disable this function).
Power Off: For automatic shut off: 0～255 min are available, and 000 is power off
(Disable this function)

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c. System Setup: This menu setup item includes setups of language, television,

system information and factory defaults.
Language: To setup the interface language as eight languages such as simplified
Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, German, French, Italian , Spanish and Dutch.
Television: To setup the formats of television: PAL/NTSC.
System Information: To check the company information, production description,
revision time, remaining volume, and used volume.
Factory Defaults: To reset to original factory settings.

d. Playback Mode Setup: This menu setup item includes picture interval time and

music playback mode.
Picture Interval Time: To setup automatic view interval of picture, 001～255 seconds
are available.
Music Play Mode: To setup music playback mode, three modes such as random
play, play all, and single cycle.

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9. Firmware Upgrade

You can download the firmware with new revision, and you can upgrade this product
through the following steps.

1) Visit homepage of Acer Company (Http://www.acer-euro.com) and download the
latest firmware file of this product.

2) Connect this product with the computer through USB cord.

3) Copy the latest firmware file to the root directory in the in-board hard disk of MP500
Player.

4) Normally disconnect the connection between this product and the USE cord of
computer.

5) Restart this unit and the upgrade of this product will finish automatically.

Note: Please ensure the power capacity is enough before upgrade. If the power is
interrupted during the upgrade process, this product may suffer serious damage. So,
connect the power adapter before upgrade to ensure a continuous power supply.

IV Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions

This section will provide solutions for some common problems during the use of this
product. Please read this section to see if it can resolve the existing problems. If they can’t
be resolved, please contact with customer service.

1. Question: The unit can’t be turned on, and the LCD doesn’t display any information.
Answer: Please confirm if the battery needs to be charged.

2. Question: The keys don’t work.
Answer: 1) Check if LCD will display “hold” message;

2) If the “hold” message is displayed, please press “Lock” key for 2 seconds to
turn-off Lock function.

3. Question: When selecting the television as output mode, the television picture shakes or
the picture can’t be normally displayed.
Answer: When using television to view, please firstly setup correctly the [tv standard]. (In

China and Europe, please use [pal], and in Korea, please use [ntsc].

4. Question: Sudden power off

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Answer: 1) Please check the [power off] setup in the [system set] of main menu
interface;

2) Please check if the battery power is low, if so it should be charged.

5. Question: LCD screen suddenly powers off
Answer: Please check if Pause key is pressed and screen conversion has begun.

6. Question: Doesn’t play video, music and picture files.
Answer: 1) The file format shall be within the supporting scope of this product;

2) Please confirm if the file format belongs to the format supported by this
product, and if the correct play mode is selected.

3) If the file format is not within the supported scope, please use the format
conversion software described in this manual to convert the file format into the
supporting format.

7. Question: There is no sound, or volume is too low during the playback of video and
music.
Answer: Please confirm if the volume is too low. Change the volume through the volume

adjusting key.

8. Question: The menu is too small during video playback or picture view.
Answer: 1) The menu of recorded video file is too small.

2) The self-dimension of picture file is too small.

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V Product Specifications

Category Parameter Specifications
System

Built-in Storage

File Management

File System

User Interface

Key Definition

Remote Control
Language
File View Mode

Power Supply

Switching
Adapter
Battery
Playback Time
Power Saving

Display

Interface
Resolution
Brightness
View Angle

AV Input /
Recording

Video
Music
Speech

AV Output

Video
Music
Earphone

Firmware

DSP
Upgrade
USB 2.0 Device

General

Dimensions

Weight

Operation

Temperature

1.8” 20GB Hard Disk
SD / MMC Card
Single file copy & paste, File/ Folder deletion,
Rename and Folder Creation
FAT 16/32
Power, Suspend, Up, Down, Left, Right, Esc,
Mode, Lock
Infrared sensor
Multi-language Menu and Filename Display
List View & Icon
AC 100-240V in, DC 5V, 2.4A output

Rechargeable Li-Polymer 3.7V/1800mAh
Video: 4 hours, Music: 8 hours (average)
Auto Power off, Screen saver and Hard Disk
spin down

3.5” TFT LCD
320×240 (RGB) Pixels
Backlight Adjustable
Up: 10deg, Down: 30deg
Left: 45deg, Right: 45deg
CVBS (PAL/NTSC)
Line in Stereo
Built-in Microphone
TV Line out (PAL/NTSC)
Line out Stereo
30mW, 320hm, 1 outlet
System Auto Upgrade when Update File
available
USB 2.0 /USB 1.1 interface
Operation System:

Windows98/98SE/ME/2000XP

Mac OS 9.0 and Later
126×82×24 mm
220g wtth battery
0℃ to 40℃

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Supported File Types And Functions

File Type Description
MPEG-4(*.ASF,

*.AVI)

MPEG-4(*.MP4)

Video

XVID (*.AVI)

WMV9 (*.WMV or
*.ASF)

Decoding

MP3 (*.MP3)

Music

WMA (*.WMA)

JPEG (*.JPG)

MPEG-4 Simple Profile 720*480 @ 30fps
2-channels MPEG-1 & 2 Layer3(MP3)
Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps
MPEG-4 Simple Profile 720*480 @ 30fps
2-channels MPEG-4 AAC-LC
Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps
Up to 640*352 @ 30fps, MPEG-1&2 Layer
III
Video Bit rate Up to 3.5Mbps
WMV9 SP@ML 352*288 @ 30fps, WMA9
L2
Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps
Minimum Support 10fps
MPEG-1&2 Layer III, sample rate up to
48KHz , Bit rate:24-320Kbps , CBR&VBR,
2-channels
WMA8/9 ,sample Rate up to 48KHz ,Bit
rate :32-384Kbps,CBR , 2-channels
Baseline YUV and Grayscale (No
progressive)
Up to 3264*2448 Pixels for HDD

Encoding

Image

Video

Music

GIF (*.GIF) Static; Up to 1000*1000

Monchrome,8-bit

BMP (*.BMP)

Indexed-Color ,RGB ,RLE8

Up to 1400*1050
ISO MPEG-4
(*.ASF)

320*240 @ 30 fps, MP3 Stereo

2 Channels : 16KHz ,32Kbps
MP3 (*.MP3)

24KHz , 64Kbps

32KHz , 96Kbps

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