Coby MP-C941 User's Manual

Coby Electronics Corp.

56-65 Rust Street
Maspeth, NY 11378

www.cobyusa.com
www.ecoby.com

USER'S MANUAL

Please read manual before operation

Customer Service Hours

Monday- Friday 8:00AM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-681-2629 or 718-416-3197
Monday- Friday 6:30PM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592
Saturday- Sunday 9:00AM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592
Or Send E-Mail to: [e-mail] / [e-mail]

MPC941

Back cover Front cover

Contents

Contents

Getting Started

Features .....................................................................................

Accessories................................................................................

Safty Instructions .......................................................................

Power Supply........ ....................................................................

Location of Control ..................................................................

LCD Display ...............................................................................

MENU Table ..............................................................................

Connection to Computer

USB Driver Installation ..............................................................

Connecting the player to PC ................................................

Downloading/ Uploading files ...............................................

Disconnection the USB ...........................................................

Basic Operations

Power On/ Off .........................................................................

Entering the Main Menu .........................................................

Playing Music ...........................................................................

Mic Recording..........................................................................

Line-in Recording.....................................................................

FM Recording.............................. ............................................

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Advance Setup

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Playback Function.............................................................

Settings.....................................................................................

FM-Tuner.............................................................................

Reading Textfiles.....................................................................

F/W Upgrade ..........................................................................

Customer Support

Troubleshooting .....................................................................

Specifications ........................................................................

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Features

20GB Built-in Hard Disk

MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV Playback
MP3 Files which is recorded from Line-In/FM(ENC
001-999,FM001-999)
MP3 Files which is recorded from MIC(VOC001-999)

Favorite: Bookmark Files (100-File)

Playlist: M3U Files(*.m3u(100-File) which has contained up to 100
files in one file)

Music File Search

Text Files Reading

FM-Receiver (20-Preset Channel)

Plug and Play (No installation software require for
Window 2000 / Window ME / Window XP)

Voice Recording

Displays Song Title, Album and Artist

Upgradable Firmware (You can upgrade the programs
when available. Please check the home page
www.cobyusa.com for upgrades.

Accessories

MP3 Player User's Manual

Earphone   USB Cable Line-in Cable

AC Adaptor

Installation CD

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Safety Instructions

Power Supply

1. Do not expose the unit to high temperature or humidity.

2. Do not subject the unit to severe impact, or place heavy

objects on it.

3. Do not use strong detergent or solvent to clean the unit.

4. Remove battery when the device is left unused for a
long period of time.

5. Do not try to disassemble and repair the device yourself.

6. Do not expose to direct sunlight or heat sources.

7. Do not store in dusty areas.

Protect your ears:

Hearing experts advise against the constant use of
personal stereo played at high volume. Constant high
volume use can lead to hearing loss. If you experience
ringing in the ears or hearing loss, discontinue use
and seek medical advice.

Battery (included):
This unit operates on one 3.7V Li-ion Battery.

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Power Supply

Power is supplied through the provided appropriative
power adapter.
one end of which is connected to the DC IN jack
on the unit, another to wall outlet with AC100-240V.

Charging the Battery

The player is being under charging the same time as it is
powered by supplied adaptor.

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Location of Control

LCD Display

PHONE JACK

VOL+

REW

STOP

VOL -

DC IN JACK

LINE-IN JACK

HOLD

Alarm
Indicator

P

11:07

M

SFL 1

The Light

The Light of the world

ROOT

COBY

128Kbps

Bit Rate Sample

DISPLAY

REC/A-B

JOYSTICK

F.FWD

POWER ON/OFF
PLAY/PAUSE

MENU

USB PORT

Elapsed
Time

EQ
Indicator

00:02:35

MP3

NORMAL

8

44KHz

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Clock

00:02:35

0012

0011

Frequency

Battery Indicator

Total Time
Playback
Mode

Total Tracks
Current Track

MENU Table

USB Driver Installation

MENU

Music,Encode,Voice,Playlist,Search.

Audio

Text TEXT FILE

FM-Tuner Tuner

Setting

Sound-EQ Preset/User EQ/Balance
Display-Backlight Time/Contrast/Language

/Lyric /Auto Scroll

General-Auto Play/USB Charge/Load Default
Timer-Sleep/Date/Time Alarm
Record-MIC Quality/Line-in Quality/Radio Quality/

Sync On/Off /Voice Detect/
Information- HDD Info/Total File/Version

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USB Driver software Installation:

If you are using Windows Me/2K/XP or Mac X
(version10.2.6 or above), there is no installation require,
just connect the player to the computer. OS will setup for
one moment and then removable disk icon will show in
"My Computer" (For Mac OS user, it'll show on the "Desktop").

If you are using Windows 98 SE, you must install the driver
which will setup the update utility and driver to computer.

1. Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM driver.

2. Click to open the disc D: (Where D:\is your CD-ROM
drive) and find out "Win98Driver.exe", click to run the
program.

3. Setup dialogue Window will be displayed on the screen.

4. Operate following the instructions on the screen until get
the suggestion that restart your computer now or restart
it later.

5. Select one option and then click FINISH .

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Connecting to PC

Down/uploading Files

Connecting the player to PC:

1. Make sure the player is turned off.

2. Connect the player with your computer by supplied
USB cable.

3. PC will automatically detect the player as removable
disk under MY COMPUTER.

4. Go to MY COMPUTER and confirm the connection.

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Downloading/ Uploading files:

1. Connect the player to PC.

2. Open Window Explorer on PC.

3. Select the file to save and drag-and drop it into the
removable disc icon. You can also transfer file from the
player to your PC.

Note: Do not remove the player while it's transfering files.

It might currupt or damage the firmware and or files
on the player. If the player is accidentley removed
while transfering and does not work properly, remove
battery for 3 seconds and replace it.

Disconnecting the Player:

After completing the file transfer, you must disconnect the
player as following direction:

1. Double-click on the green arrow in the taskbar on the
bottom right of the window.

2. When the [Stop a Hardware device] message appears,
press the [OK] button and disconnect the USB port.

3. Now you can remove the player safely.

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Power On/ Off

Entering the Main Menu

Hold Function:

Hold Off: Set the HOLD switch to opposite direction of

arrow symbol to operate the player.
Hold On: Slide HOLD switch to the arrow direction to
disable all the functions.
The screen displays
 hold symbol:

Turning Power On / Off:

Power On: Press button to turn on the power.

It shows "coby"

COBY

Power Off: Press/hold the button to turn off the power.

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Enter the Main Menu

Press/ hold MENU button to enter the main menu.
In the main menu, it will diplay Audio,Text,FM-Tuner,Settings.

05:40

Audio
Text
FM-Tuner
Settings

Audio - music/record voice playback

Music : Music files (ex. MP3, WMA)
Encode: Line-In/FM tuner recording files (ex. FM-001.mp3)
Voice : MIC recording files (ex. VOC001.mp3)
Playlists : M3U Files, My favorite music(ex.MP3.WMA)
Search: Search music files.

TEXT- (TEXT FILE)
FM-Tuner (FM Tuner)
Settings- (System Setup)

Note: Refer to the MENU Table for detal list.

Exit the Menu

Press the MENU button to exit the menu.

Note: While working with MENU:

1. Slide joystick to make selection.

2. Press joystick to confirm.

3. Press MENU button to exit menu.

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Playing Music

Recording

Playing Music

1. All music files are saved under the "ROOT".
Follow below steps to get to the "ROOT".
 Main Menu - Audio - Music - Root

2. Press joystick up/down to select a desired file.

3. Press joystick or PLAY button for music playback.

If the file is saved as favorite music under the PLAYLIST folder,
there is an indicator during playback.

Adjust Tracks

Press joystick to the right to play next track and left to
move to and play previous track.
Press and hold joystick to the right to move fast forward .
Press and hold joystick to the left to move fast backward.

Adjust Volume

Press joystick up or down to adjust the volume.

Pause Playback

1. Press the button to pause playback.
Note: If no buttons are pressed within custom settings,
the player automatically powers off.

2. Press the again to resume playback.

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MIC Recording:

1. Press REC button to start recording.

The player will start recording immediately.
REC symbol will appear on the screen:

Mic

Stop Record:

2. Press STOP button to end and to save recording.
The recorded voice will be saved automatically into the
voice folder. It will get to the Voice foler after saving.
If recording from the FM- Tuner or Line-in, the recorded voice will
be saved under the ENCODE folder.

Pause Recording

Press PLAY/PAUSE button to pause recording.
Press it again to continue.

Note: The RECORDING function is unavailable in
playing mode.

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Recording

Recording

Line-in Recording

1. Connect the player with external audio souce by line-in cable.

To Line-In
Jack

External Audio Souce

To PHONE jack

2. Press REC button,the screen displays

3.Press PLAY/PAUSE button to start recording.

4. Press STOP button to end and to save.

5. The recorded will be be saved
automatically under the ENCODE folder.

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Stand By...

Line-In

ENC005.MP3

Recording...

Line-In

ENC005.MP3

Recording from FM-Tuner.

1. Select a desired station,

2. Press REC button to start recording

3. Press STOP button to end and to save .

4. The recorded will be be saved automatically under
the ENCODE folder.
It will get back to the tuner mode after recording

Get to know record setup menu

During recording, press /hold joystick to enter
record setup menu.

Sync Ctrl
Voice Detect
Exit

Sync Ctrl- Setup sync control as Low/middle/high.
Voice Detect- Setup voice detect capability.

Play Recorded Voice:

1. MIC recorded files are saved under "Voice" folder.

2. FM-Tuner/Line in recorded files are saved under "Encode" folder.

3. Locate the file first and then press the joystick or PLAY button
to start playing.
Please refer to other playback mode for detail.

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Searching for Files

Search desired file

1. Enter Audio menu

2. Select a desired folder, press joystick to enter.

Music : Music files (ex. MP3, WMA)
Encode: Line-In/FM recordign files (ex. FM-001.mp3)
Voice : MIC recording files (ex. VOC001.mp3)
Playlists : M3U files, My favorite music(ex.MP3.WMA)
Search: Search music files.

3. Press the joystick up/down to search a desired file.

4. Press the joystick or PLAY/PAUSE button to play.

Locate file via three-digit initials

1. Select "Search" from audio menu

2. Press joystick to enter.

3. Slide joystick up/down to search through files

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Playback Function

Playback Function

Get to know Playback Setup Menu

During music or vioce playback, press/hold joystic to enter
playback setup menu.

Favorite(+)/(-)
EQ
Playback Speed
Info
Exit

Press joystick to enter and to exit desired item.
Press joystick up/down to make adjustment.
To exit, select EXIT and press joystick. Or simply press MENU.

Favorite(+)/(-)- add to or remove from the collection as a
favorite music.
(only for currently played music file).

EQ- Change equalizer settings (Normal,Rock,Classic, Jazz,,U-Bass, User)
Playback Speed- 70%, 100%, 120%.
Info- show memory info.

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Playback Mode

Repeat/Shuffle/Random

During music/voice playback, press MENU button briefly,

following symbols will appear on the screen in sequence.

A - Repeat All

1 - Repeat one

D- Repeat current directory excluding sub-directory.

S- Repeat current directory including sub-directory.

1- playback current file only

D- Playback current directory only

S- Playback current sub-directory only

A- Playback all files.

SFL1- Repeatedly playback one file in random

SFLD- Playback files in current directory randomly

excluding sub-directory

SFL S - Playback files in current directory randomly

including sub-directory

SFL A- Playback all files in an random order.

INTRO- Playback each file for a few seconds as an introductory.

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Playback Function

Settings

Repeat A-B Function

A specified section will be repeated for a number of times.

1. During playback, press A-B button briefly to
set starting point "A".

2. Press A-B button for the second time to set
ending point "B" .

3. The player start repeating point A to B.

4. To exit, press A-B button for the third time.

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Enter Settings menu from the main menu.
Settings menu contains the following sub-menus.
Please note each function of sub-menus.

Sound- Setup EQ,User EQ, Balance.
Display- Setup Backlight Time, Contrast, Language,

Lyric, Auto Scroll.
 Backlight- Adjust backlight illumination time.
 Contrast- screen color contrast
 Language- setup screen language
 Lyric- Displays lyric when playing.
 Auto Scroll- Setup automatic scroll.

General- Setup auto play, USB Charge Load Default.
Timer- Setup sleep time , Date/Time, Alarm
Sleep Time: Select to shut off the player automatically

when it runs out of the preset time.
Record- Setup MIC Quality, Line-in Quality, Radio Quality,
Sync On/Off, Voice Detect.

Information- Select to view HDD Info, Total File, Version.
NOTE: Working with menu setup,

Press joystick to all directions to make selection and
adjustment. Press joystick to confirm.
Press MENU button to back-up and to exit.

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FM-Tuner

FM-Tuner

Listening to the FM Tuner

1. Select FM-Tuner from the main menu.

2. Press the joystick to enter.

Tune to a desired station

1. Press the joystick to the left/right to decrease or
increase the frequency.

2.Press and hold the joystick to the left/right for one
second to seek the next station.

Toggle between FREQ and PRESET mode

3. Press the joystick briefly to toggle between freqency
mode and preset modes.
A CHxx will appear near the middle right corner
in preset mode, where xx is the preset number.

Storing Stations Automatically

1. Press PLAY/PAUSE button to start auto search.

2. The player will scan the entire band and save located
stations into the twenty preset memory channels, overwriting
the previously stored channels.

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Storing Stations Manually

1. Press joystick to get to the FRED mode.

2. Tune to the station you wish to store.

3. Press /hold joystick to enter FM setup menu.

4. Select "presetting" and press joystick to enter.

5. Press joystick to left/right to select preset number.

6. Press joystick to store the station to the chosen channel.

Get to know FM-Tuner setup menu

Under the tuner mode, press/hold joystick to
enter tuner setup menu.

Presetting
Scan-Level
Area
Exit

Presetting : Preset station manually.
Scan-level: Select scan level from low middle high.
Area-Select broadcasting system from US,JAPAN, EUROPE.

NOTE: Working with menu setup,

Press joystick to all directions to make selection and
adjustment. Press joystick to confirm.
Press MENU button to back-up and to exit.

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Reading Textfile

Reading Textfile

64 KB memory for at most 100 text files and 50 folders.

1. Enter " Text " menu from the main menu.

2. Select a desire textfile from the textfile folder.

3. Press joystick to open

4. Press joystick to all direction to move between pages

Get to know Text setup menu

Under the text mode, press joystick to enter text setup menu.

GO TO
Language
Info
Exit

GO TO: Input the desired page number by slide joystick up/down.
The player will go to the specified page.
Language: Setup text language.
Info: Press to show text file info.

Note : the screen display language will be changed also as you  
change text language.

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F/W Upgrade

Downloading F/W Upgrade

When you upgrade firmware, make sure to fully charge the
battery because it take large amount of power when
upgrading. If battery runs out of power during upgrading,
flash memory will get damaged.

1. Make sure the player is turned off.

2. Connect USB port to the PC computer.

3. PC will automatically detect the player as "Removable
disk" under MY COMPUTER.

4. Download available F/W Upgrade from our web site.
5 Select new F/W upgrade and drag and drop it into the
"Firmware" folder of removable disc icon.

Note: After completing the file transfer, disconnect the
player using [Stop a Hardware device]. Refer to
page 13 for detail note "Disconnecting the player".

6. After remove the player, turn on the power.

Note: Player will automatically update it when the player
is turned on.

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Trouble Shooting

Specification

The player does not work

1. Check the battery capacity.

Download failure

1. Check to see if the driver is installed correctly in the PC.

2. Check the connection.

3. Check if the memory is full.

4. Check the battery.

The buttons do not work

1. Check setting of Hold switch.

2. Charge the battery

3. Press "RESET" button on ths back of the unit

Poor sound quality

1. Check if the quality of music file is poor, and
reformat or download it again.

Something's wrong with LCD display

1. Check if the battery power is too lower.

The LCD displays nothing

1. Check if the battery power is too lower.

2. Call customer service for Hot-key reboot.
Tel, 1-718-416-3197, 1-800-681-2629

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Power -------------------------------------------------------3.7V Li Battery
Memory-----------------------------------------------------------------20GB
Size(WXHXD)-------------------------------------------------29x91x17mm
Interface---------------------------------------------------------USB Rev.2.0
Display------------------------------------------------------------2"LCD
Processor---------------------------------------------------------65MIPS DSP
Audio Playback---------------------------------------------MP3 decode
Voice Recording-----------------------------IMA-ADPCM encoding
   18 hours recording
Signal to Noise Ratio------------------------------------------------90dB
Frequency Response---------------------------------------20Hz~20KHz
Output (16 OHM)------------------------------->10mW(each output)
Distortin Output-----------------------------------------------0.01%~0.1%
Ports--------------------------------------------------------------------------USB
WMA Format---------------------------------------32-192Kbps,8-48KHz
MP3 Format-----------------------------------------8-320Kbps, 8-48KHz
WAV Format----------------------------16bit, mono/stereo,44.1KHz
OGG Format----------------------45-500 kbps(Q-1-Q-10), 8-48KHz

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