Curtis MP 257 User's Guide
Portable MP3 Player MP257
User's Guide
Introduction
Installing the MP3 Player
Transfer data to and from the MP3 Player
Listening to your WMA/MP3 music
MP3 Player Controls
LCD Display
Voice Recorder
Hold Function
Navigation
Advanced Settings
Upgrade the Firmware
Removing the MP3 Player from your computer
Trouble Shootings
Specifications
Safety
Introducing the MP257 MP3 Player
The MP3 Player incorporates a portable WMA/MP3 Player, Voice Recorder and USB 2.0 Mass
Storage Device.
MP3 Player Features:
• WMA/MP3 player.
• Synchronous lyric display with WMA/MP3 music.
• Voice recorder.
• WMA DRM support.
• USB mass storage device.
• Integrated USB connector.
• Backlit display.
• Superb audio quality.
• No cable required.
• Requires 1 AAA / LR03 battery (supplied).
System support:
• Supports Windows Me/2000/XP.
Note for Windows Me/2000/XP users: Installation of the MP3 Player drivers is required only
if you wish to
upgrade the firmware
of the player.
Note for Windows 2000 users: Windows Service Pack 3 must be installed before installing
MP3 Player drivers.
• Supports Windows 98 SE after installation of drivers (see below).
• Supports Mac OS X (version 10.2.6 or above) without driver.
Note:
•
To minimize static electricity, avoid operating the player in an extremely dry environment.
•
Under the environment with electrostatic discharge, the product may malfunction and
requirement user to reset the product.
Installing the MP3 Player
Installation of drivers for computers using Windows Me/2000/XP is not necessary.
Note for Windows Me/2000/XP users: Installation of the MP3 Player drivers is required only if you
wish to upgrade the firmware
of the player.
Note for Windows 2000 users: Windows Service Pack 3 must be installed before installing MP3
Player drivers.
Windows 98 SE users will need to install the MP3 Player on their system:
1. Click on the link below to open the folder containing the MP3 Player installation program.
2. Click on the Setup
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
icon to begin the installation.
Click here to install the MP3 Player driver
Transfer data to and from the MP3 Player.
1. Make sure that the MP3 Player is turned off.
2. Remove the USB port cover & disconnect the earphone.
3. Plug the MP3 Player into the USB port of your computer. The
built-in LCD displays "READY", indicating that the MP3
Player is in USB mode. The MP3 Player is then automatically
recognized (in 'My Computer') as a removable media device.
4. Transfer files to or from the internal Flash RAM using
Windows explorer.
5. Unplug the MP3 Player from your computer (click here to see
how to do this safely), WMA/MP3 files can now be listened to
and all data stored can be transferred to another computer.
Listen to WMA/MP3 music files with the MP3 Player
1. Follow the instructions for the transfer of data to and from the MP3 Player to copy WMA/MP3
music files to the MP3 Player.
2. Install 1 AAA/LR03 battery into the battery compartment.
3. Connect the supplied headphones to the headphone socket.
4. Press the Play button.
5. Use the MP3 Player controls
music.
Note: Installing the battery:
1. Push and slide out the battery compartment door.
2. Install the battery.
to adjust playback and volume level to listen to your WMA/MP3
Lyric display function
The MP3 Player supports lyric files in LRC format.
1. Prepare a MP3 or WMA music, for example, happymusic.mp3;
2. Download a lyric file from internet. The lyric file must have to be with an extension file name LRC.
For example, happymusic-2004.lrc.
3. Rename the lyric file. For example, happymusic.lrc. It is to make sure the lyric filename is same as
the corrosponding music filename.
4. Copy the lyric file & music file to the MP3 player.
5. Disconnect the MP3 player.
6. Use Skip buttons to select the music file, for example, abc.mp3. Press Play button to play.
7. The LRC icon would appears, and the lyric would display Synchronously on LCD while the music is
being playback.
Note: The MP3 player supports LRC format only.
Note: If the lyric does not synchronize with the music, please download one better lyric file from
internet and try again.
Note: Make sure the MP3 music and LRC file is located in same directory and the filename is
same. If not, the MP3 player can not recognize the lyric file.
MP3 Player Controls
A. USB Port Cover
B. Headphone
Socket
C. A-B / Menu
Button
D. Skip Next / Fast
Forward
E. Skip Previous /
Fast Rewind
F. Power Off/Stop
G. Power
On/Play/Pause
H. Hold Switch
I. Volume Down
J. Volume Up
K. Microphone
LCD Display
a. Track Number /
Total Tracks
b. Repeat all
c. Shuffle
d. Hold
e. Play/Pause/Stop/Rec.
f. Music Type
(MP3/WMA/WAV)
g. ID3 Tag (track
name) display
h. Elapsed Time/ Track
Time
i. Music Mode/ Voice
Mode
j. Repeat one
k. Equaliser
l. Battery Indicator
m. Volume
n. A-B Repeat
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