Avionics Innovations DMP-200 Operation Manual
DMP-200 Digital Media Player
Users Guide
Rev: C
Date: 22 June 2011
Doc Number: DMP8011-00
AVIONICS INNOVATIONS, INC.
2450 Montecito Road
Ramona, CA 92065
Revision History
Revision Date Description By
A 14-Jun-06 Initial Release SB
B 20-Jul-06 Updates per firmware V2.03 SB
C 22-Jun-11 Added Instructions for Continued Airworthiness SB
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Table of Contents
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REVISION HISTORY ....................................................................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................................3
1.0 OVERVIEW..........................................................................................................5
1.1 File Types...........................................................................................................................................................6
1.1.1
Speech Files...............................................................................................................................................6
1.1.2
Music Files................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.2 Memory Cards..................................................................................................................................................6
2.0 DISPLAY..............................................................................................................7
3.0 FRONT PANEL OPERATIONS..........................................................................7
3.1 Selecting Languages.........................................................................................................................................7
3.2 Playing a Speech File .......................................................................................................................................8
3.3 Playing a Music File.........................................................................................................................................8
3.4 Pausing Playback .............................................................................................................................................8
3.5 Canceling Playback.......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.6 Changing Volume Level..................................................................................................................................9
3.7 Changing Selections While Playing............................................................................................................... 9
4.0 EXTERNAL OPERATIONS ................................................................................9
4.1 Track Selection by External Trigger............................................................................................................. 9
4.2 Remote PAUSE/PLAY Button....................................................................................................................... 9
5.0 CREATING MP3 FILES ....................................................................................10
6.0 PREPARING A MEMORY CARD WITH DMP200 CARDPREP.....................11
6.1 Installing DMP200 CardPrep .....................................................................................................................11
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6.2 Running CardPrep ........................................................................................................................................11
6.2.1
To add Speech Files: ...............................................................................................................................11
6.2.2
To add Music Files:.................................................................................................................................12
6.2.2.1 Adding Music Files Individually........................................................................................................12
6.2.2.2 Adding a Folder of Music Files..........................................................................................................14
6.2.2.3 Adding an Exported Playlist of Music Files......................................................................................14
6.3 To Select Triggers or Attributes:.................................................................................................................15
6.3.1
Discrete Triggers .....................................................................................................................................15
6.3.2
Endless Looping......................................................................................................................................16
6.3.3
Normal vs. LOUD Volume.....................................................................................................................16
6.3.4
Resume or Cancel if Interrupted.............................................................................................................16
6.3.5
Play Automatically at Power-up or When Idle......................................................................................16
6.4 To Select Setup Items:...................................................................................................................................17
6.4.1
Default Languages Enabled....................................................................................................................17
6.4.2
Custom Card Titles..................................................................................................................................17
6.4.3
Chiming Between Speech Tracks...........................................................................................................17
6.4.4
Selecting Internal or External Chime......................................................................................................18
6.4.5
Changing System Prompts......................................................................................................................18
6.5 To Copy all Files and Settings to the Card:................................................................................................20
6.6 To Save or Open a Card File........................................................................................................................21
6.7 Notes on Interrupting and Restoring Audio Tracks.................................................................................21
7.0 TROUBLESHOOTING AND ERROR MESSAGES ........................................22
7.1 Troubleshooting..............................................................................................................................................22
7.2 Error Messages...............................................................................................................................................23
8.0 INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS................................24
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1.0 Overview
The DMP-200 Digital Media Player is a self-contained unit which stores and replays prerecorded audio tracks. The audio tracks are encoded in “Motion Picture Expert Group
(MPEG) Level 3” format, commonly referred to as “MP3”. Audio files are stored in a
removable Compact Flash™ memory card which is prepared and installed by the user.
Audio tracks are selected via a single rotary pushbutton on the front panel of the DMP-
200. Optionally, the DMP-200 may be connected to a maximum of three external discrete
trigger inputs, each of which can be configured in software to select a particular audio
track.
The DMP-200 memory card must be prepared using DMP200 CardPrep software, which
is provided with the DMP-200 and may also be downloaded from the Avionics Innovations
website at www.avionicsinnovations.com. CardPrep is a Windows application which
assembles your desired MP3 files into the DMP-200 format, and allows you to specify
attributes such as language or trigger information.
The DMP-200 memory card can contain up to 9995 individual MP3 audio files. Speech
files can be organized into as many as 16 languages, and music files can be organized
into as many as 127 music lists. Each language or music list can contain as many as 511
tracks.
Total audio capacity is determined by the memory size of each card. In general, a DMP200 memory card will hold approximately one minute of sound per megabyte of memory
at CD-quality data rates.
CardPrep gives you control over many aspects of DMP-200 operation. You can:
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All configuration data is contained on the memory card, and can be changed by simply
inserting a different card. Each card also contains the latest version of DMP-200 firmware,
which is automatically loaded by the unit if needed.
Display a custom two-line message on power up
Automatically play a selected speech track on power up, which will then play once
for each language enabled (also selectable)
Automatically play a selected music track, an entire music list, or a continuous
random mix of all music tracks on power up
Attach a discrete trigger to any audio track, music list, or “continuous mix”
Designate any music track to be played as a continuous loop
Designate, for each track, whether or not it should resume playing after it is
interrupted by a new play command
Designate, for each track, whether it is played at the normal volume level or at a
pre-determined “LOUD” setting. This allows background music to play at a quiet
volume setting, while important safety messages are played at a higher level.
Select whether or not a chime is sounded between each language of a speech
track
Select whether the DMP-200 sounds an external chime for speech tracks or
whether it plays a specified MP3 file (two different MP3 recordings of chime
sounds are provided).
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1.1 File Types
Each audio file contained in the DMP-200 memory card must be designated as either
“speech” or “music”. While the actual audio content is irrelevant, this designation controls
how each file is presented on the DMP-200 display.
1.1.1 Speech Files
Every “Speech” file has a title and a language, as well as trigger and display attributes.
Speech files may be selected individually for playback either from the front panel or via an
external trigger.
When a speech file is selected, it will be played once in each language currently enabled
on the DMP-200. Language selections may be changed from the front panel at any time
by selecting CHOOSE LANGUAGES (this option is not available unless the card contains
speech tracks in more than one language.) The selected languages are retained when the
DMP-200 is powered down, unless default languages have been specified for the card in
CardPrep.
1.1.2 Music Files
Every “Music” file has a title and is a member of a “music list.” Like Speech files, Music
files also have trigger and display attributes when can be set in CardPrep. Music files may
be selected individually for playback either from the front panel or via an external trigger.
When a music file is selected, it will play to completion and stop, unless the track has been
designated to “loop continuously” in CardPrep.
Music files are contained within Music Lists. A Music List could be the entire contents of a
CD or playlist, or could be a collection of similar music such as “Light Jazz”. When a
Music List is selected on the DMP-200, the first choice presented for playback is “Play
Whole List”, followed by each individual music track.
1.2 Memory Cards
The DMP-200 is supplied with a CompactFlash™ memory card which will hold
approximately one hour of CD-quality audio for every 64 MB of capacity. These cards are
widely used in portable devices such as PDAs and digital cameras, and are available
through most computer supply sources. At this writing, the largest card capacity available
is 4GB (4000MB), which would provide about 64 hours of audio.
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2.0 Display
Turning the knob CCW or CW will scroll left or right through the top-level menu. The toplevel menu consists of (from left to right):
Pressing the knob when the name of a Music List is displayed will drop down into that list
and display the name of each music file. The first and last entry in every Music List is the
choice: “RETURN TO MENU”. Clicking either will return you to the top-level menu
described above.
Pressing the knob when “CHOOSE LANGUAGES” is displayed will bring up the language
selection menu. The language choices displayed in this menu will be whatever languages
are contained in the Speech files on the card. Pressing the knob when each language is
displayed will toggle between <ON> and <OFF>. As for music lists, the first and last
entries are the choice: “RETURN TO MENU”.
Note that the default languages enabled can be set in CardPrep. If no default languages
are selected in CardPrep, the language selection will be whatever was in effect when the
unit was last turned off.
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“CHOOSE LANGUAGES” (click for language selection menu)
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(title of SPEECH FILE 1) (click to play)
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(title of SPEECH FILE 2) (click to play)
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(etc., for each speech file on the card)
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“CONTINUOUS MIX” (click to play random from all music tracks)
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(name of MUSIC LIST 1) (click to select music tracks)
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(name of MUSIC LIST 2) (click to select music tracks)
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(etc., for each music list on the card)
3.0 Front Panel Operations
The DMP-200 uses only a single rotary knob with a push-button action for all front panel
functions.
3.1 Selecting Languages
Rotate the knob fully CCW until “CHOOSE LANGUAGES” is displayed. If
“RETURN TO MENU” is displayed at the most CCW position, push the knob and
then rotate fully CCW.
Push the knob to enter the language selection menu.
Rotate the knob to scroll through the list of languages found in the memory card.
Push the knob to toggle selection of the displayed language.
When finished, rotate the knob fully CW or fully CCW until “END OF LIST –
RETURN TO MENU” is displayed, and push the knob to return to the main menu.
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3.2 Playing a Speech File
Rotate the knob CW or CCW until the title of the desired file is displayed. If
“RETURN TO MENU” is displayed at either position, push the knob and then
rotate fully CW or CCW.
Push the knob to begin playback. The file will be played once for each language
enabled, if the file exists in those languages.
The display indicates that playback is in progress. This display can either be
elapsed playback time, or can be cycling user prompts. Please see the DMP-200
Installation Manual for more information.
When playback is complete, the audio stops and the display points to the NEXT
speech file, as if the knob had been turned CW once.
3.3 Playing a Music File
Rotate the knob CW or CCW until the name of the desired music list is displayed.
If “RETURN TO MENU” is displayed at either end, push the knob and then rotate
CW or CCW to select.
Push the knob to select the music list. Then rotate the knob to select either
“PLAY WHOLE LIST” or the desired music track. Push the knob to begin
playback. The display can either be elapsed playback time, or can be cycling user
prompts. Please see the DMP-200 Installation Manual for more information.
Instead of explicitly choosing a music list and music track, you can select
“CONTINUOUS MIX” at the top-level menu. This will play a continuous random
selection of all music tracks on the card.
3.4 Pausing Playback
Press the knob. This will put the playback into “PAUSED” mode.
To resume playback, press the knob again.
3.5 Canceling Playback
Press and hold the knob for at least three seconds.
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