Curtis MPK 8230BUK Instruction Manual

MPK8230BUK

USER MANUAL

What's in the box?

Operating Unit

User Manual

Quick Start Guide

USB Cable

Earphone

Battery Charger

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Content

Buttons Location and Usages

Basic Operation

Operation of Music Mode

Operation of Video Mode

Operation of Photo Mode

Operation of eBook Mode

Operation of Explorer Mode

Operation of Record Mode

Operation of Other Mode

Operation of Settings Mode

Technical Specification

Trouble Shooting

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Buttons Location and Usages

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4567

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1.ON/OFF

2.USB PORT

3.Earphone Jack

4.HOLD

5.MICRO SD CARD SLOT

6.RESET

7.MIC

RESET

HOLD

MIC

8.SPEAKER

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Basic Operation

Power on/off and Enter function

Pres s th e Po wer button and ho ld f or 3 s econds to
swit ch o n th e device and hold f or 3 s ec onds to switch
off.

When u si ng t his device, Pow er b ut ton also act as a
ENTE R fu nc tion for select in g op tions.

Lock

Slid e th e Lo ck button towar d th e Mi cro SD card slot
posi ti on t o key-lock the pl ay er a nd slide for oppo si te
posi ti on f or unlock.

Reset

If the p la ye r encounters de ad h al t during use, pre ss
RESE T button t o re st art the player.

How to insert and pull out Micro SD card

How to i ns er t: with the front ( th e si de with charact er s)
of the M ic ro S D card up (toward s th e sc reen of the
play er ), s lightly push to i ns er t into the card hol de r of
the pl ay er t o connect. After t he c ar d is inserted, th e
play er c an p lay the files in th e Mi cr o SD card.
How to p ul l ou t: slightly pus h th e Mi cro SD card and
the Mi cr o SD c ard will partly c om e ou t, and then pull
the ca rd o ut .

Note : pl ea se insert or pull o ut t he c ard when the play er
is off, or the int er na l files of the play er w il l be lost or
dama ge d.

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Connection to PC and Data Exchange

Conn ec t th e player to PC with t he U SB c able, and the
play er w il l enter “U disk” mo de . Pr ess MENU button o r
safe ly r em ove U disk, and the p la ye r will be under
USB ch ar gi ng mode. In USB cha rg in g mode, touch the
scre en o r pr ess MENU to enter t he m ai n application s
inte rf ac e.

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The ab ov e sc reen would appe ar. ( Ap ply only to
Wind ow X P) C hoose Take n o action and clic k OK t o
clos e th e wi ndow. Double cli ck M y Co mputer on your
desk to p an d the above windo w wo ul d appear. Look for
the Re mo va ble Disk Icon.

Doub le c li ck the Removabl e Di sk i con. Note: Do not
disc on ne ct the USB cable on ce y ou c lick into the
remo va bl e disk window. Suc h ac ti on may cause data
loss o r pr ob lems to the playe r.

Drag a nd d ro p your media file s in to t he removable
disk . You ca n cr eate any folder o r di re ctory in the
remo va bl e disk. Close the r em ov able disk windo w an d
disc on ne ct the player fro m yo ur P C after the data
tran sf er.

Charging

This p la ye r has high capaci ty l it hium battery. For
char gi ng , connect the pla ye r to t he USB port of the PC
or to a ch ar ge r. When the charge r is u se d for charging,
the ba tt er y blue bar will kee p mo vi ng; when batter y is
full y ch ar ged, it will stop m ov in g.

Low Power

When b at te ry power is low, the p la ye r will prompt and
powe r off and en te r St andby mode auto ma ti cally. Do
not po we r on a nd charge the pla ye r in stead.

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Touch Calibration

Init ia l se tup or if you canno t se le ct objects accu ra te ly
with y ou r fi nger or a stylus, You m ay n ee d to
reca li br ate the touch scr ee n:

- Ente r th e ca libration set ti ng s creen by short ke y: I n
the ma in m en u interface, pr es s po wer button of the
play er t o en ter touch calib ra ti on screen direc tl y.

- Or pre ss “ Se tt ings” optio n on t he m ain menu, enter
into s ub me nu. Choose “Touch P an el C alibration” t o
ente r th e se tting mode.

- Afte r th e pl ayer enters thi s mo de , touch the cente r
of cal ib ra tion sign + three t im es b y stylus (optio na l)
or you r fi ng er to calibrate .

Note s: N ev er use sharp, har d, o r ab rasive tools on t he
touc h sc re en, they will dam ag e th e screen. If the to uc h
scre en h as b een contamina te d by c hemicals, it mu st
be cle an ed i mmediately wi th a s of t and clean cloth .
The cl ot h ca n be dry or dampene d wi th n eutral
dete rg en t or alcohol.

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Main interface

Once y ou s wi tch the player on y ou 'l l reach to the main
inte rf ac e as below.

Operation of Music Mode

Doub le c li ck the Music icon o n th e ma in menu to enter
the mu si c mo de. Once you've e nt er ed the music
mode , th e fo llowing scree n wo ul d show up.

Current play

Doub le c li ck the Current Pl ay i co n to resume playi ng
the cu rr en t song.

All Music

Doub le C li ck the All Music ic on t o sh ow your library o f
musi c, d ou ble click any par ti cu lar song to start
play in g.

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Artist

Doub le C li ck the Artist ico n to s ho w all of your artis ts ,
doub le c li ck any particul ar a rt ist to show the son gs o f
that a rt is t. Double click a s on g to s tart playing.

Album

Doub le C li ck the Album icon t o br ow se all of your
albu ms , do uble click any pa rt ic ular album to bro ws e
the so ng s of t hat album. Doub le c li ck a song to start
play in g.

Genre

Doub le C li ck the Genre icon t o br ow se all of your
genr es , do uble click any pa rt ic ular genres to br ow se
the so ng s of t hat album. Doub le c li ck a song to start
play in g.

My Favorite

Doub le C li ck the My Favorit e ic on t o browse all song s
that y ou 'v e added to be your fa vo ri te. Double clic k a
song t o st ar t playing.

Record

Doub le C li ck the Record ico n to b ro wse all recorde d
file s. D ou ble click a file to s ta rt p laying.

Dir List

Doub le C li ck the Dir List ico n to b ro wse all folders o f
the di re ct ory. Do ub le click a folder f or s el ect file to
open .
Medi aL ib U pdate
Doub le C li ck the MediaLib U pd at e icon to update al l
song s in fo rmation and det ai ls .

Clic k to j um p back to the main me nu .

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Music Player interface

When ev er y ou start playin g a so ng y ou'll reach the
Musi c Pl ay er Interface as b el ow.

Play Music

Clic k th e Pl ay button to star t pl ay ing, click agai n to
paus e. D ra g the horizonta l ba r to a djust playing
prog re ss w ith specified t im e sl ot.

Volume

Clic k or t o ad just the volume .

Previous / Next

Clic k ju mp t o the next song, an d cl ic k to jump
back t o th e pr evious song.

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Add songs into Favorite List

Open a p la yl ist and choose th e se le cted song and
then c li ck t o add song into fav or it e list. Click
Yes to c on firm once the win do w po p-up.

Play Option

Clic k th e to e nter the Play Opt io n Me nu. You
can se t yo ur p reference in Re pe at M ode / Play Mode /

MSEQ / E Q Se tt in g / User EQ Setup.

Repeat Mode
Doub le c li ck Repeat Mode to c ho os e from Repeat /
All / All R epeat / Intro. Do ub le c lick selected o pt io ns

to con fi rm s etting. Once yo u' ve s elected, clic k
retu rn t o su b-menu.

Play Mode
Doub le c li ck Play Mode to cho os e fr om In Order or
Shuf fl e. D ou ble click sel ec te d options to conf ir m

sett in g. O nc e you've sele ct ed y our choice, cli ck
to ret ur n to s ub-menu.

MSEQ

Doub le c li ck MSEQ to choose d iffere nt s ou nd eff ect
from 3 D / Ba ss / L EQ . Double clic k se le cted options to
conf ir m se tting. Once you 'v e se lected your cho ic e,
clic k to r et urn to sub-menu .

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EQ Sel
Doub le c li ck EQ Sel to choose d iffere nt E Q fr om
Norm al / M SE Q / Ro ck / Pop / Classic / Ba ss / J az z /
User EQ . Do uble click sele ct ed o ptions to confi rm

sett in g. O nce you've sele ct ed y our choice, cli ck
to ret ur n to s ub-menu.

USER EQ Setup

Doub le c li ck User EQ Setup to a dj us t your own EQ
Sett in g. D ouble click sel ec te d options to conf ir m
sett in g. O nce you've sele ct ed y our choice, cli ck
to ret ur n to s ub-menu.

A – B Repeat
Clic k on ce t o se t the starting po in t of t he A-B
Repe at , th en click again to s et t he e nd ing point.

The A-B r ep ea t setting is done . To cancel A-B r ep ea t
mode , cl ic k ag ain.

Lyrics

Clic k to c ho os e to display ly ri cs .
*The p la ye r only supports . LR C ly ric.

Operation of Video Mode

Doub le c li ck the Vid eo icon on the main m en u to e nter
the Video mode . On ce y ou've entered t he v id eo mode,
the fo ll ow ing screen woul d sh ow u p.

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Clic k an y pa rticular movi e in t he l ist to start play in g.

Basic Video Control

The fo ll ow ing control pan el w il l show up when a vide o
star t pl ay ing.

Clic k to c ho ose previous mo vi e, h old to rewind.
Clic k to c ho ose next movie, h ol d to f ast-forward .
Clic k / to a dj us t the volume. C li ck t o re sume
play in g fr om where the vide o st op ped last time.

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Operation of Photo Mode

Doub le c li ck the Photo icon o n th e ma in menu to enter
the Ph ot o mo de. Once you've e nt er ed the photo
mode , th e fo llowing scree n wo ul d show up.

Basic photo control

Doub le c li ck on a particula r ph ot o to open it. Click
to rot at e 90 d egree clockwi se , an d click to rotate
90 deg re e an ti-clockwis e. C li ck to zoom in and
clic k to z oo m ou t the photo. Cl ic k to p la y
phot o in s li de show.

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Operation of eBook

Doub le c li ck the eBook icon o n th e ma in menu to enter
the Re co rd m ode. Once you'v e en te red the e-book
menu , th e fo llowing scree n wo ul d show up.

Basic eBook control

Doub le c li ck on a particula r .t xt f ile to open the eBo ok .
When o pe ne d an eBook file, cl ic k to g o back to
prev io us p age, click to ski p to t he n ext page.

Clic k to e nt er t he E-book Optio n Me nu . You can
set yo ur p re ference with fo ll ow ings:

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E-book Option Menu

Page J um p: I nput the page num be r th at you'd like to
jump t o.

Save Ma rk : Choose any empt y sl ot t o save your
book ma rk t o.

Load Ma rk : Load any previo us ly s aved bookmark s.

DelM ar k: D elete any unwan te d bo okmark from slo ts .

SetF on t: S et t he font size fr om S ma ll, Middle to Big

SetC ol or : Set the font colo r

Brow se r Mo de: Choose from a ut om atic flipping a nd
manu al f li pping

Flip Time: Choose fro m th e ti me interval b et we en
ever y au to f lip, from 10 sec to 3 0 se c.

Operation of Explorer Mode

Clic k on “ Ex plorer” to ente r th e fi le managing mod e.
An add it io nal folder “TF Ca rd ” wi ll be shown after
inse rt in g a SD card. To delete a file, clic k a fi le t o
high li gh t it, and then clic k to d el ete it.

Operation of Record Mode

Doub le c li ck the Record ico n on t he m ain menu to
ente r th e Re cord mode. Once y ou 'v e entered the
reco rd m od e, the followin g sc re en would show up.

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Basic record control

Clic k to s ta rt r ecording. C li ck t o pa use
reco rd in g, click again to r es um e recording. Cl ic k

to sto p re co rding and then cl ic k “Yes” to save t he

reco rd f il e.

Doub le c li ck the to enter the R ec or d Option
Menu . You ca n se t your preferen ce i n qu ality of record
file . There ar e tw o op tions : Low rate an d Hi gh r ate.
Once y ou 'v e selected, cli ck t o re tu rn to sub­menu .

Operation of Other Mode

Doub le c li ck the Other icon o n th e ma in menu to enter
the Ot he r mo de. Once you've e nt er ed the Other mode ,
the St op wa tch option coul d be d ou ble clicked to
sele ct .

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Stopwatch

Clic k on t he “ Stopwatch” to e nt er t he stopwatch mo de .
Pres s th e po wer button or cli ck o nc e to s tart
coun ti ng t ime, click to pau se i t an d cl ick once
agai n to r es ume counting. P re ss t he power button o r
clic k on ce a ga in to finish th e ti me c ounting. Clic k

to res et t he c ur rent time cou nt t o be z ero.

Operation of Settings Mode

Doub le c li ck the Settings i co n on t he main menu to
ente r th e Se ttings mode. On ce y ou 've entered the
sett in gs m enu, the follow in g sc reen would show u p.

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Display Setting

Clic k in t o ad just Light Time, B ri gh tness, Light Mo de .

System Setting

Clic k in t o up grade firmwar e, t o re store to defaul t
sett in g or t o calibrate you r sc re en.

Language

Clic k in t o ch oose your desir ed l an guage.

System Information

Clic k in to s ystem informa ti on t o check the firmw ar e
vers io n, t he memory size an d ca rd m emory size.

Slide Show

Clic k in to s elect from 5 to 20 se c fo r th e slideshow for
revi ew in g photo.

AutoShut Time

Clic k in to Au toShut Time to set t he a ut o shut down
time o f th e pl ayer, from 3 minut es t o No Au tomatic
Shut do wn .

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Technical Specification

Flas h Me mo ry

MP3 Fo rm at S upported

Video Format S up po rted

Phot o Fo rm at
Supp or te d

Batt er y

Inte rf ac e

Disp la y

Spea ke r Ou tput

Weight

Dime ns io ns

128M B / 25 6M B / 512MB
/ 1GB / 2GB / 4G B / 8G B

MP3/ WM A/ FL AC/WAV

RM/R MV B/ AVI /W MV

JPG/ BM P/ GI F

Lith iu m Re chargeable
Batt er y

USB2 .0 H ig h Speed

3.6” C ol or TFT Touch
Scre en

8ohm 1W

75g

96(W ) x 63 .6 (D) x

12.7 (H ) mm

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Trouble Shooting

What shou ld I d o if t he re's no sound w he n pl ay ing?
You s ho uld check the v ol um e fi rst. If the vol um e ha s be en
turned up , ma yb e th e me mory form at o f th e de vi ce is
incorre ct ..

Cannot se le ct o bj ec ts accurate ly w it h yo ur finger o r a
stylus (opt io na l)
You m ay n eed to recali br at e th e touch scree n.

Specifica ti on s ar e subject to ch an ge w it hout notice .
No part of th is d oc um en t may be reprod uc ed o r tr ansmitted i n
any form or by an y me an , el ectronics o r me ch an ical includ in g
photocopy in g an d re cording
or translat ed t o an ot her languag e fo r an y pu rpose

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