Curtis Guide User Manual

Your Pocket Guide

Digital Audio Player

Get Connected

Transfer Music

Plug Your Ears & Enjoy

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What’s in the blister?
System Requirement
Transfer
Know Your Player Well
Music Playback
Edit Lyrics
Repeat Mode & EQ Mode
Record & Voice Playback

Settings
Technical Data
Trouble Shooting

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What’s in the box?

Digital Audio Player

Earphone

Your Pocket Guide

USB Cable

What’s in the blister?

CD-ROM containing:
Media player driver for
Windows® 98SE

Your Pocket Guide

Digital Audio Player

Get Connected

Transfer Music

Plug Your Ears & Enjoy

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1 x AAA 1.5V Battery

ALKALINE BATTERY

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Windows® 98SE/ME 2000 XP
Pentium Class or faster Processor
CD-ROM Drive
64MB RAM
30MB free hard disk space
USB Port

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You’ll need a computer with:

System Requirement

For Windows® 98SE users, please install the driver in the CD-ROM before downloading any files to your player.

Get Your Player Connected & Transfer

Transfer

Step 1:
P

. Once the connection is successfully
made, the window would
pop up. Try re-connecting the player if it doesn't
appear.

lug the USB cable to the USB ports of your PC

and player

Removable Disk

Step 2:
Drag and drop your audio files into the
removable disk.
You can create any folder or directory in
the removable disk.
Close the removable disk window and
disconnect the player from your PC after
the data transfer.

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Back ViewFront View

Battery
compartment

Earphone jack

Play/Pause button

Plug Your Ears, and Enjoy

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Vol+ button

Vol- button

Microphone

Right View

USB port

MODE button

Rec/Hold button

Next button

Previous button

Left View

Buttons Operation

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General

To

Press

Turn On/Off
Scroll through lists
Select option
Return to Main Menu

Hold the Play/Pause button

Hold the MODE button

Previous / Next buttons
MODE button

Music

Play/Pause songs
Jump to next song
Fast forward
Move back to previous song
Fast backward
Display lyrics
Stop lyrics display
Volume up
Volume down

Hold the MODE button for 2 seconds

Hold the Next button

Hold the Previous button

Play/Pause button

Start recording

Rec/Hold button

Next button

Previous button

MODE button
Vol+ button
Vol- button

Save the recorded file Hold the Play/Pause button

A-B Repeat

Rec/Hold button

Stop A-B Repeat

Play/Pause button

Have the device hold / unhold

Hold the Rec/Hold button

Have the player hold / unhold:
If you want to have your player locked while enjoying music,
you can hold the Rec/Hold button, then all operations on buttons will be invalid.
And you can unlock your player by holding it long again.

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Music Playback

Music Playback

Display Lyrics

While enjoying music, you can press the Play/Pause
button to pause or continue the music;
Press the Previous / Next buttons to move back to
the previous song or jump to the next song;
Hold the Previous / Next buttons to move your song
forward or rewind it. If you want to adjust the volume,
please press the Vol- / Vol+ buttons .

Select on the main menu and
press the MODE button to enter the
music mode, then you can select different
songs by pressing the Previous / Next buttons,
and press the Play/Pause button to start
playing the song you select.

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The edited lyrics will be displayed synchronously

if you hold the MODE button for 2 seconds while playing music.

And you can press the MODE button to quit the lyrics display screen.

Many roads are ahead
of us

Winter in July

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002

00:00
04:32

WMA

160

T

NOR

SYS

RPLREC

MSC

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Edit Lyrics

Edit Lyrics

You can copy the synchronous lyrics from
internet, and create a new
on your PC, paste them, and then select to
save this document in the extension of

shown as below.

Text Document

.LRC

Then put both .LRC and .MP3 (or .WMA)
files of the same song into the same folder
in the removable disk. Your lyrics would be
shown when you play that song.

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Repeat Mode

Repeat Mode & EQ Mode

7 Repeat Modes are available:
Normal, Repeat One, Folder, Repeat Folder, Repeat All, Random, Intro.

Normal
All music files will be played one by one and stopped at the last music until you
disable this function.

Repeat One
The currently played song will be played repeatedly until this function is disabled.

Folder
All music in the selected folder would be played once until this function is disabled.

Repeat Folder
All music in the selected folder would be played from the beginning to the last one
repeatedly until this function is disabled.

Repeat All
All music would be played from the beginning to the last one repeatedly until this
function is disabled.

Random
All music would be played randomly until this function is disabled.

Introduce
All music would be played for 10 seconds from the beginning until this function is
disabled.

Procedure:
While playing music, press the MODE button to enter
the selection menu screen. Choose and press the
MODE button again to enter the menu screen.

You can p to select your
desired repeat mode, and press the MODE button to confirm
your setting.

Repeat

Repeat

ress the Previous / Next buttons

7 EQ Modes are available: Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz, DBB.

EQ Mode

Procedure:
While playing music, press the MODE button to enter
the selection menu screen. Press the Next button to select

, and press the MODE button to enter

the menu screen.

You can p to select your
desired EQ mode, and press the MODE button to confirm
your setting.

Equalizer

Equalizer

ress the Previous / Next buttons

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Record & Voice Playback

P select
on the Main Menu. Then press the MODE button to
enter the voice recording mode.

You can press the Play/Pause button to start recording,
and save the recorded voice by holding the MODE button.

You can also have a quick access to the Voice Recording Mode:
In the STOP mode, press the Rec/Hold button to enter the
Voice Recording Mode and start recording.

ress the Previous / Next buttons to REC

on the Main Menu.

Then press the MODE button to enter the Voice Playback Mode.

You can press the Previous / Next buttons to select a recorded voice
file, and then press the Play/Pause button to start voice playing.

If you want to delete the selected voice file, you can press
the MODE button to enter the sub-menu. Press the Next button to
select , and press the MODE button to confirm.
Then a dialog box of “ ” will be shown.
Press the Previous / Next buttons to choose , and press
the MODE button to confirm.

Press the Previous / Next buttons to select RPL

Delete

Delete file

YES

Voice Playback

MSC REC

SYS

RPL

Voice Recording

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SYS

RPL

REC

Step 1:
Press the Next button to select on the Main Menu,
then press the MODE button to enter its sub-menu.

Step 2:
Press the Next button to select , then press
the MODE button to confirm.

Step 3:
You can select your preferred language by pressing
the Previous / Next buttons, and then press the MODE button
to confirm your setting.

SYS

Language

After finishing system settings, press the Next button to look for

on the sub-menu of ,and then press the MODE button

to quit the SYS screen.

Exit SYS

Setting Clock

Step 1: Select on the sub-menu of , and press
the MODE button to enter the clock setting screen.

Step 2: You can press the Vol- / Vol+ buttons to move among
Year : Month : Day : Hour : Minute : Second.
And press the Previous / Next buttons to adjust them.

Step 3: At last, press the MODE button to confirm your setting.

Clock SYS

Setting Language

12 languages are available:

Simple Chinese
English
Trad Chinese
Japanese
Korean
French

German
Italian
Dutch
Portuguese
Spanish
Polish

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SYS

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Settings

Checking Memory Status

Auto-Power Off Setup

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21%971M

Press the Next button to select on
the sub-menu of , and press the MODE button to
enter its sub-menu.
Select , and press the MODE button to confirm.

Step 2:
You can adjust the off time by pressing the Previous / Next
buttons, and then press the MODE button to confirm
your setting.

In the IDLE mode (no button is pressed), the player will be
turned off automatically based on the duration you set.
You may set it as “0” to disable this function.

Step 1:

Power off

SYS

Off time

Press the Next button on the sub-menu
of , and press the MODE button to confirm.

Then the used memory status can be shown.

to select Memory info

SYS

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Settings

Power Supply

Dimensions

Weight

Display

Capacity

Operating System

Interface

1 x AAA 1.5V Battery

40mm x 76mm x 24mm

29g

LCD with backlight

128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB
internal flash memory

Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP

USB 2.0 Full Speed

General Information

Technical Data

.ACT and .WAV files

Supported File Types

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.M P3 (8kbps ~ 320kbps)
.WMA (5kbps ~ 384kbps)

Audio Playback

Compression Formats

>50dB

S/N ratio

85dB

Earphone Output Power

9mWx, 32ohm

THD+N

<0.6

Crosstalk

Voice Recording

Trouble Shooting

What should I do if …

Q: I cannot enter the MUSIC mode after using the player for a period of time.

A: You should format the memory of the player under connection to PC.
(Be sure you remember to backup the data in your player before performing the above action.)

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More

Disposal of your old product

Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) contains materials, parts and
substances which can be dangerous to the environment and harmful to
human health if wastes of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are
not disposed correctly.

Equipments which are marked with the WEEE logo (as shown on the right),
should not be thrown away with your household waste. Contact your
local Authority Waste Disposal Department as they will be able to provide
details of the recycling options available in your area.