APACER AU231 User Manual

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Important Notice

If you buy the player with inside flash, although the operations of it is

almost the same as that without flash, following statements you should

know:

1. In case that SD/MMC card doesn’t insert, all functions still can

be executed because of its inside flash. But if you purchase the

player without flash inside, you must insert SD/MMC card before

using it.

2. The playback will start from the tracks on the internal flash then

external SD/MMC card.

3. Connected the player to the computer, two new disk symbols

with two disk number will appear on “My Computer”, one is for

internal flash disk, the other is for external SD/MMC card. User

can drag and drop the files on both of them randomly.

4. Other operations with inside flash and operations without

internal flash are the same.

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Package Content

•

AU231 - Digital Audio Player*1

• USB extension cable*1 (mini USB to standard USB)

• Stereo Earphone*1

• User Manual*1

• AAA battery *1

Product Overview

Features:

• MP3/WMA digital audio player

• USB 2.0 high speed flash disk (0MB~1GB)

• SD/MMC card reader (up to 2GB)

• 7 segment display with Blue LED backlight

• Five preset EQ modes for user choose: Popular, Classic, Normal,

Rock & Jazz

• Four play modes to select: Random, Normal, Repeat 1 & Repeat

all

• Support OS: Window 98SE/2K/XP/ME, Mac 9.2 and above.

(Note: For Windows 98SE user, please download driver from our

website: http://www.apacer.com)

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Locating controls

Note: Actual player may differ slightly from image below.

Button Description

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Screen display

Display description (the black frame is not the part of the LCD display):

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Main function and basic operation

z Turning on/off the player :

Press and hold

LED backlight will be lit on. After “HELLO ” displays it will enter into

music idle mode, in which displays the total track number and total

play-time of the final track before last power off with “

key 2 seconds, the player will be power on and the

” displaying.

z If turn on the player without inserting SD card, “no-sd” prompts:

z Press and hold key 2 seconds in music mode to turn off the player

(except PC-Link mode).

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Music mode

 Play/Pause:

z Press key once to start playing in idle/pause mode, “ ” appears

and elapsed playtime start counting time.

Note: “003” is the previous track before last power off.

z Press key once to pause current track during playing, “ ”

disappears and elapsed playtime stops counting. Then press it once

again to resume playing from the pause point.

 Search the tracks:

z Next track and last track search

Press

or key to select next track or previous track one by one

in music mode idle/play/pause/stop status. Hold

music idle/stop mode to fast search previous or next track continuously,

and track number displayed will change quickly.

or key in

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z Fast-forward and backward

In music play or pause mode, hold

or rewind the current track until reach your desired stage then release.

key or key to fast-forward

 EQ mode selection:

z five EQ modes provided, and select desired one to meet your personal

taste.

z In music pause, stop or idle mode, press and hold key to cycle

through all the EQ selections, then release when you reach desired

one, also can hold

mode one by one in the following sequential loop :

'Normal →Jazz → Pop → Rock → Classic

z System default EQ is Normal mode, which doesn’t appear icon on the

LCD.

key 2 seconds then release to change EQ

 Play mode setting:

z Four play modes are available for user. And system default play mode

is Normal, which doesn’t appear icon on the LCD.

z In music idle, stop or pause mode, hold key to cycle through all

play modes, then release when you reach desired one, also can hold

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key 2 seconds then release to change play mode one by one in

the following sequential loop:

Normal -

 Play mode explanation:

Normal: Play all tracks sequentially one time.

(Repeat 1) - (Repeat all)- (Random) -

(Repeat 1): Play one selected track repeatedly all the time.

(Repeat all): Repeatedly play all tracks in sequence.

(Random): Play all tracks at random.

Adjusting the volume

z When the player is in music mode, press or key to

increase or decrease volume, meanwhile the volume icon changes

correspondingly.

Bookmark function

z Auto Reload Playback Settings:

Auto reloads the previous playback settings after power on the device.

Such as volume, play mode and track number. You don’t have to

reconfigure your preferred settings.

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SD/MMC Card

Please insert or eject the SD/MMC card when the device is in off status.

z If the memory card were in LOCK status, the data inside would be

read-only. You could make no changes to the data, but all buttons are

still effective.

z Our player supports major original SD/MMC card of original factory. If

be incompatible with SD/MMC card or can’t be detected by the

computer etc., please negotiate with original SD/MMC card

manufacturers.

LED Backlight

z The display will light up each time a key is pressed and last for 10

seconds. If none key is pressed within 10 seconds, backlight will turn

off automatically.

Connecting to the PC

z Connect the player to the PC, the player display changes as following

sequence with backlight lighting: HELLO - PC-LK – Usbby - PC-LK.

And a new disk symbol with new disk number appears on the My

Computer of the PC.

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z Take data transferring or deleting on the PC port, and “USbby”

displays on the player screen. And during this process, don’t eject the

player.

z Safely remove from the PC after transferring, and player will auto

power off.

z Note: Below flow chart is the LCD display of the player when

connected to PC.

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Auto power off

z The player will be auto power off if none key is pressed within 3

minutes in pause, stop or idle mode.

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