COBY electronic MP-C838 User Manual

MP-C838

USER'SMANUAL

DIGITALAUDIOPLAYERW/VOICERECORDER

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CobyElectronicsCorp.

56-65RustStreet
Maspeth,NY11378

www.cobyusa.com
www.ecoby.com

Pleasereadmanualbeforeoperation

ContentsContents

GettingStarted

Features
PackageContents
SafetyInstructions
BatteryInstallation
LocationofControls
LCDScreenDisplay

ConnectingtoComputer

USBDriverInstallation
Connecting/DisconnectingYourPlayer
TransferringFiles

BasicOperation

PowerOn/Off
PlayingMusic
MenuOverview
VoiceRecording
DeletingFiles

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OtherFunctions

Settings
A-BRepeatMode
FirmwareUpgrade

CustomerSupport

Troubleshooting
Specifications

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FeaturesPackageContents

128MBIntegratedFlashMemory
MP3andWMAPlayback

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IntegratedMicrophoneforVoiceRecording
PortableStorageDevice(Music,Data,andPictures)

Mp3player

User'sManual

IntegratedUSBPlug(nocablerequired)
PlugandPlay(nodriverinstallationrequiredfor

Windows2000/ME/XPorMacOSX10.2.6orgreater)
7-colorLCDBacklight
DigitalPresetEqualizer
SongTitleandSynchronizedLyricSupport

Earphonesw/neckstrap

USBExtensionCable

Multi-LanguageSupport
UpgradeableFirmware

InstallationCD

(forWindows98SE)

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SafetyInstructionsBatteryInstallation

1.Readtheseinstructionscarefully.Keeptheseinstructionsforfuture
reference.

2.Heedallwarningsandfollowallinstructions.

3.Donotexposetowaterormoisture.

4.Cleanonlywithadrycloth.

5.Donotinstallnearanyapparatusthatproducesheatsuchasstoves,
radiators,amplifiers,etc.

6.Removethebatterywhenthedevicewillbeunusedforlongperiods
oftime.

7.Donotuseheadphones/earphoneswhilecycling,driving,or
operatingamotorizedvehicle.

8.Donotdroporotherwisesubjectthedevicetoimpact.Physical
impactmayresultinlossofdata.Usersareresponsibleforcreating
backupsoftheirdata.CobyElectronicscannotbeheldliableorbe
otherwiseresponsibleforlossofdata.

9.DonotdisconnecttheUSBcableorturnoffthedevicewhile
transferringfilestoorfromyourdevice.Datalossmayoccurasaresult.

10.Donotopenorattempttorepairthisdevice.Referallrepairsto

authorizedservicepersonnel.

Protectyourears:

Hearingexpertsadviseagainsttheconstantuseofpersonalstereo
equipmentplayedathighvolumes.Constanthigh-volumeusecan
leadtohearingloss.Ifyouexperienceringinginyourearsorhearing
loss,discontinueuseandseekmedicaladvice.

Forrecyclingordisposalinformationaboutthisproduct,please
contactyourlocalauthoritiesortheElectronicsIndustriesAlliance:
www.eiae.org

WARNING:

lead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocause
[cancer,and]birthdefectsorotherreproductiveharm.

Washhandsafterhandling.

Handlingthecordontheearphoneswillexposeyouto

1.RemovetheUSBcap.

2.Openthebatterycover.

3.InserttheAAAbattery.

Makesuretomatchthe+and-endsofthebatterywiththe
markingsinsidethebatterycompartment.

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LocationofControlsLCDScreenDisplay

Microphone

NeckStrapHook

HeadphoneJack

JoystickLeft

LCDScreen

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Play/Pause

HOLDSwitch

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BatteryCover

VolumeControl

USBCap

FileType/
Bitrate

Currenttrack

Numberoftracks

Record

Pause

Play

Stop

Pause

Playmodeindicator

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SongTitle/Filename

PLAYMODE

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RecordingFilename

RECORDMODE

Equalizerindicator

Batterylevelindicator

Totaltime
Elapsedtime

MODE(Pressjoystick)
JoystickRight

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ConnecttoaComputer

USBDriverInstallation(Windows98SEOnly)

IfyouareusingWindows98SE,youinstalltheUSBdriver
andupdateutility.

1.PlacetheInstallationCDinyourcomputer'sCD-ROMdrive.

2.InMyComputer,double-clickthediscdrive(D:)icon

(whereD:isyourCD-ROMdrive).

3.Findanddouble-click"Win98Driver.exe"tostartthe

installationprocess.Asetupdialogwindowwillappearon
thescreen.

4.Followtheon-screeninstructions.Whensetupiscomplete,

restartyourcomputer.

USBdriverinstallationisnotnecessaryifyouareusing
WindowsMe/2K/XPorMacOSXversion10.2.6orabove.
Simplyconnectyourplayertothecomputer;theoperating
systemwillthentakeamomenttosetupandaremovable
diskiconwillappearin"MyComputer".(ForMacOSXusers,
aremovablediskiconwillappearonthe"Desktop".)

Connecting/DisconnectingYourPlayer

Toconnectyourplayertoacomputer:

1.RemovetheUSBcaptoexposetheintegratedUSBplug.

2.Plugyourplayerdirectlyintothecomputer'sUSBportoruse

theUSBextensioncable(included).

Tosafelydisconnectyourplayerfromacomputer:

1.Double-clickthegreenarrowinthetaskbarlocatedatthe

bottom-rightofthecomputer'sscreen.A"SafelyRemove
Hardware"windowwillappear.

2.Inthelistofhardwaredevices,double-clickon"USBMass

StorageDevice".A"StopaHardwareDevice"windowwill
appear.ClicktheOKbutton.

Youmaynowsafelydisconnectyourplayerfromthecomputer.

must

TransferringFilestoYourPlayer

TransferringFiles

Totransferfilesbetweenyourplayerandacomputer:

1.Connectyourplayertothecomputer.

2.OpenWindowsExploreronthecomputer.

3.Selectthefilesyouwanttotransferfromyour
computeranddrag-and-dropthemtotheremovable
diskicon(ie,yourplayer).Youcanalsotransferfiles
fromyourplayertoacomputer.

yourplayerwhileitistransferringfiles.

corruptordamagethefirmwareand/orfilesonyour
player.Ifyourplayerisaccidentallydisconnected
whileitistransferringfilesanddoesnotworkproperly,
removeandreplacethebattery,andthenturnyour
playeronagain.

DeletingFilesthroughaComputer

Withyourplayerconnectedtoacomputer:

1.OpenWindowsExploreronthecomputer.

2.Double-clickontheremovablediskicon
(ie,yourplayer).

3.Usethemousetoselectthefilesyouwouldliketo
delete.PressdeleteonyourkeyboardandclickYes
toconfirm.

Youcanalsodeletefilesdirectlyfromyourplayer.See
"DELinthesectionofthismanualfor

"MenuOptions

moreinformation.

Donotdisconnect

Doingsomay

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PowerOn/Off

PlayingMusic

HoldFunction

TheHoldswitchlocks/unlocksthejoystickandbuttons
onyourplayertopreventthemfrombeingpressed
accidentally.

HoldOff:

SlidetheHOLDswitchintheoppositedirection
ofthearrowmarkingonyourplayertounlock
theplayer.

HoldOn:

SlidetheHOLDswitchinthedirectionofthe
arrowtolockyourplayer.Thescreenwill
displaythe"lock"symbolshownbelow.

PlayaMusicTrack

1.EntertheMusicmode(see"Music"inthe
Options

sectionofthismanualformoreinformation).

Menu

2.Presstostartplayback.

Pause/StopPlayback

1.Topauseplayback,pressonce.Pressagainto
resumeplayback.

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2.Tostopplayback,pressandholdfor2seconds
(ie,untilthescreendisplays"ContinueHoldingonTo

TurningPowerOnandOff:

PowerOn:

Pressandholdtoturnyourplayeron.
ThescreenwilldisplaytheCOBYlogofirst,andthen
theremainingstoragecapacityofyourplayer.

PowerOff").Pressagaintoresumeplayback.

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Forward/Reverse

1.Presstoselectthenexttrack.

2.Presstoselecttheprevioustrack.

PowerOff:

Pressandhold.Thescreenwilldisplay

"ContineHoldingonToPowerOff".Donot
releasethebuttonuntilthescreendisplays
"GOODBYE.

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FastForward/Reverse

1.Pressandholdtofastforwardthroughatrack
duringplayback.

2.Pressandholdtoreversethroughatrackduring
playback.

VolumeControl

1.PressVolumetodecreasethevolume.

2.PressVolumetoincreasethevolume.

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MENUOverview

MainMenuOption

PressandholdMODEtoaccesstheMainmenu.

Pressandtochangetheselectionleftand

IntheMainmenu,thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
MUSIC,VOICE,REC,SET,DEL,INF,andEXIT.

rightwithinthemenu.
PressMODEtoconfirmaselection.
PressVolume+tocancelorreturntoapreviousmenu.

MUSIC
VOICE

REC

MENU

SET

PLAYMODE-

EQ-

Normal,Rock,Jazz,Classic,
Pop,Bass

CONTRAST
BACKLIGHT
LIGHTCOLOR
POWER(off)-

RECSET­LYRIC
LANGUAGES

EXIT

DeleteMusicorVoicefile

DEL

INF

EXIT

Normal,RepeatOne,
RepeatAll,Shuffle,Preview

Disable,1Mins,2Mins,
5Mins,10Mins,

Normal,Middle,High

-English,Spanish,German,
French,Portuguese

Music

SelectMUSICmodetoplayyourdigitalaudiotracks
(ie,Mp3andWMAfiles).Seethesection

PlayingMusic

ofthismanualformoreinformation.

Voice

SelectVOICEmodetoplayyourvoicerecordingfiles.
PlaybackoperationisthesameasinMUSICmode.
Seethesectionofthismanualforinformationon

REC

howtorecordfromtheintegratedmicrophone.

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VoiceRecordingDeleteFiles

REC

SelectRECmodetocreatevoicerecordingswiththe
integratedmicrophone.

StartRecording

SelectRECfromtheMainmenu.Theplayerwillstart
recordingimmediately.Thescreenwilldisplaya
Recordingsymboltoindicatethatrecordingisin
progress.

Pause/StopRecording

Presstopauserecording.Thescreenwilldisplaya
RecordingPausedsymboltoindicatethat
recordinghasbeenpaused.Pressagaintoresume
recording.
PresstheMODEkeytostoprecording.Therecorded
filewillbenamed"VXXX.WAV"whereXXXcorresponds
tothenumericalsequenceinwhichtherecording
wasmade.(Numberingstartsfrom001.)

Toplayyourrecordings,selectVOICEfromtheMain
menu.See"Voice"inthesectionfor
moreinformation.

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MenuOptions

DEL

SelectDELmodetodeletefilesfromyourplayer.You
mayalsodeletefilesusingacomputer;seethe
DeletingFilesThroughaComputer
manualformoreinformation.

IntheDeleteMenu,thefollowingoptionsare
available:MUSIC,VOICE,orEXIT.SelectMUSICto
deleteyourmusicfiles;selectVOICEtodeleteyour
voicerecordingfiles.

Onceyouhavemadeyourselection,yourplayerwill
listeachmusicorvoicefiletobedeletedone-by-one.

SelectYEStodeletethecurrentfilebeingdisplayed.
Thescreenwilldisplayaquickconfirmationthatthe
filehasbeendeletedandthenmovetothenextfile.

SelectNOtoskipthecurrentfilebeingdisplayedand
movetothenextfile.
SelectExittoreturntothepreviousDeletemenu.

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SettingsMenu

SettingsMenu

SET

SelectSETmodetoaccesstheSettingsmenuofyour
player.IntheSettingsmenu,thefollowingoptionsare
available:MODE,EQ,CON,BL,COL,PWR,REC,LRC,
LAN,andEXIT.

MODE(Playmode)

SelectPlaymodetosetthePlayModeoptions.

Normal:Playtracksinnormalorder.
RepeatOne:Playthecurrenttrackrepeatedly.
RepeatAll:Playalltracksrepeatedly.
Shuffle:Playalltracksinrandomorder.
Preview:Playthefirstfewsecondsofeachtrack.

Note:

Playmodeoptionsmayalsobesetbypressing

theMODEkeywhileplaybackhasbeenstopped.

EQ(Equalizer)

SelectEqualizertosettheEqualizeroptions.Theoptions
areNormal,Rock,Jazz,Classic,Pop,orBass.

CON(Contrast)

SelectContrasttosetthecontrastleveloftheLCD
screen.Asettingof0islightest;asettingof10isdarkest.

BL(Backlight)

SelectBacklighttosetthedurationoftime(inseconds)
thatthebacklightwillremainon.Theoptionsare5,10,
30,Always,orOff.

COL(Lightcolor)

SelectLightcolortosetthecolorofthebacklight:
Color1,Color2,Color3,Color4,Color5,Color6,
Color7orAuto.TheAutosettingwillchangethe
backlightcoloreachtimeabuttonispressed.

PWR(Power)

SelectPowertosettheamountoftime(inminutes)
yourplayercanbeidlebeforeitturnsoffautomatically.
Theoptionsare1,2,5,10,orDisable.

REC(RecSet)

SelectRecordSettosettherecordingqualityoptionof
yourplayer.

Normal:Lowerquality,smallfilesize.
Middle:Mediumquality,mediumfilesize.
High:Highquality,largestfilesize.

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SettingsMenuA-BRepeatMode(Loop)

LRC(Lyric)

SelectLyrictosetyourplayer'slyricdisplayOnorOff.
Lyricdisplayrequiresa".LRC"lyricfile.Lyricfilesmay

befoundontheinternetorcanbecreatedwithaLyric
fileeditor.Lyricfilesshouldhavethesamenameasits
correspondingmusicfileandbeplacedinthesame
directory(eg,"SongTitle1.lrc"and"SongTitle1.mp3").

LAN(Languages)

SelectLanguagestosetthelanguagethatyourplayer's
menuswillbedisplayedin.OptionsareEnglish,Spanish,

German,FrenchandPortuguese

.

A-BRepeatmodeallowsyoutodefineasegmentofan
audiotracktobeplayedrepeatedlyonaloop.

StartPoint"A"

Duringmusicorvoicefileplayback,presstheMODE
keybrieflytosetthestartpointoftheaudiosegment
loop.Thescreenwilldisplay"A-".

EndPoint"B"

PresstheMODEkeybrieflyagaintosettheendpoint
oftheaudiosegmentloop.Thescreenwilldisplay
"A-B".

Thisaudiosegmentwillnowplayrepeatedlyinaloop.
PresstheMODEkeybrieflyagaintoresumenormal

playback.

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FirmwareUpgrade

IMPORTANT: Makesureyourplayerhasanewbattery

installedbeforeupgradingyourfirmware.Donot
disconnectyourplayerfromthecomputerorotherwise
interrupttheupgradeprocess-doingsocoulddamage
yourplayerandrenderitinoperable.

FirmwareUpgrade

Firmwareupdatesmaybefoundat.
Checkthissiteperiodicallyfornewupdates.Firmware
updatesmayaddnewfunctionalitytoyourplayer.

Toupgradeyourplayer'sfirmware:

1.Downloadthelatestfirmwareforyourplayerfrom
www.cobyusa.com

2.Connectyourplayertothecomputer.

3.Double-clickthedownloadedfile*.Inthewindow
thatappears,double-clickthefile"stupdaterapp.exe".
Thiswilllaunchthefirmwareupdateapplication.

4.Adialogboxwillappear.Click"OK".

5.Theupdaterwillcommencesearchingforyour
connectedplayer.Whenithasdetectedyourplayer,
youwillseethescreenbelow.

.Savethisfiletothecomputer.

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6.Click"Start"tobeginthefirmwareupdate.

DoNOTdisconnectyourplayerwhileitisupdating.

7.Theupdateiscompletewhenthegreenstatusbar
hasbeenfilled.Click"Close".

8.Disconnectyourplayerfromthecomputer.

Yourplayerwillturnonautomaticallyandupdateits
firmware.

Formoreinformationonhowtosafelyconnecttoand
disconnectfromacomputer,refertothe
ConnecttoaComputer

*Youmusthaveafilecompressionutilityinstalledon
yourcomputer.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

Thistroubleshootingguideaimstosaveyoutimein
caseyouexperienceanyinconveniencewiththis
digitalaudioplayer.Ifyouarestillhavingdifficulty,
pleasecontactTechnicalSupport.

Myplayerdoesnotwork.

1.Ensurethatthebatteryischarged.

2.Ensurethatthebatteryhasbeenproperlyinstalled.

Filetransferfailure.

1.EnsurethattheUSBdriverhasbeeninstalled
correctlyonthePC.

2.EnsurethattheUSBcableisattachedsecurelyto
boththePCandyourplayer.

3.Ensurethatyourplayer'smemorycapacitylimithas
notbeenreached.

4.Ensurethatthebatteryischarged.

Poorsoundqualityornosound.

1.Ensurethatthevolumelevelisnotsetto"0".

2.Ensurethatyourheadphonesareattachedsecurely
totheheadphonejack.

3.Poorsoundqualitymayresultfromcorruptorpoorly
encodedmusicfiles.Trydownloadingthemusicfile
againorencodingthefileatahigherbitrate.The
recommendedminimumbitrateforthisplayeris128
kbpsforMp3filesand64kbpsforWMAfiles.

There'ssomethingwrongwiththeLCDscreen.

1.Remove,andthenreplacethebattery.

2.PleasecallTechnicalSupportforaHot-keyreboot.

TechnicalSupport

MondaytoFriday:8:30AM-8:30PMEST
SaturdayandSunday:9:00AM-5:30PMEST

Telephone:[phone]or718-416-3197
Youcanalsoreachusonlineator

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[e-mail]

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Specifications

Power
Memory
Size
Interface
Display
Processor
AudioPlayback

VoiceRecording
Signal-to-NoiseRatio
FrequencyResponse
Output
TotalHarmonicDistortion:

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1"AAA"Battery

128MBFlash

1.2"x0.9"(WHD)

3.7"x
USBRev.2.0FullSpeed
128x32dot-matrixLCD

65MIPSDSP

Mp3:96-320kbpsVBR

WMA:32-192kbps

IMA-ADPCMencoding

90dB

20-20,000Hz

50mW

0.01%-0.1%