Emtec C230 User Manual

Thank you for purchasing this C230 portable media player, which delivers acombination of style, features and user friendliness, the best combination that you can find nowhere else – a new experience of powerful, yet intuitive control over you audio and video collection.

Highlights of the player include:

Plays MP3 and WMA files

Music library , group music files by album name, artist name, song title, genre, year and playlist. (in conjunction with Windows Media Player Software)

Playlists (WMP playlist created by PC)

Plays video files ( after using the Video Conversion software available from the "PDConverter" website )

Views photo and slideshow while enjoying your music collection

USB 2.0 high speed transfer

LIABILITY EXEMPTION STATEMENT

1. All RIthe information included in this manual was produced with our great caution, but there may still be some errors and mistakes. The supplier or retailer will not be held responsible for any operation errors caused by confusion or mis-interpretation of the information shown in this manual.

2. As we cannot control users’ understanding of this manual, Therefore the supplier or retailer will not be held responsible for any accident or other loss caused by misunderstanding of this manual. We shall not be held responsible for any loss caused by using this product.

3. The supplier reserves the right to modify software, hardware and user manual of this device without prior notice.

4. To make copies, publish, transfer, store in a traceable system, or translate to any othe r language without written authorization from the supplier is strictly prohibited.

TRADEMARKS

Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Window Media Device are the registere d trademarks of Microsoft Corp. This product is not sponsored, endorsed or approved by Microsof

Warning:

C230 is a precision device made of sensitive components. Some safety precautions and guidelines must be followed. To avoid damage, make sure that you do not drop, smash o r mis-use the device. Operate the device in acceptable temperature. Make sure that you only use the player where temperature between 0 °C ~ 40 °C.

If the product suddenly has no response or turns off :

- Turn off the device for 15s

- Turn on the device again

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SAFETY PRECAUTION

Warning:

C230 is a precision device made of sensitive components. Some safety precautions and guidelines must be followed.

Do not place heavy objects on the device. Keep away from harsh environments including humiddusty and smoky areas.

Avoid contact with water and other liquid.

Do not use water or chemicals to clean the player. Clean the surface with a soft cloth.

Do not clean with chemical or detergent.

Do not drop or subject the device to impact.

Do not use excessive force on the buttons or attempt to disassemble the device.

Keep the player away from strong magnets.

Keep out of direct sunlight, extreme heat or cold.

Do not disassemble or modify the player.

Do not dry the product with heater or microwave.

Do not use headphone/ earphone while cycling, driving, or operating any motorized vehicle.

When you upload or download files using USB cable, do not disconnect during data transfer or turn the device off.

To avoid damage, make sure you do not drop, smash, bend or crash the player.

Data can be damaged because of physical impact, lightning and power failure.

40 C

Make sure you only use the device where temperature

between 0-40 C.

Reduce volume or stop using the player if you experience a ringing in your ears.

Reduce volume while walking especially at pedestrian crosswalk.

Do not use at high volume for continuous listening.

Do not use headphone/ earphone at high volume. Hearing experts advise that do not listen to continuous, loud player for long.

Keep headphone/ earphone cords under control to avoid getting caught on various objects.

DESCRIPTION OF LCD DISPLAY

Current mode

Locked

Number of song being played / total number of songs

Song name

Album name

Status icon

Playing progress bar

PACKING LIST

User ManualMain Unit

SD card

Repeat mode

Battery indicator

Shuffle mode

Artist name

Elapsed playtime

Remaining playtime

USB cable

(for PC connection

and battery charging)

Earphone

Note:

Please keep all the packing materials for future reference or transportation.

BATTERY CHARGING

Charge the battery using the supplied USB2.0 cable. When connecting the device to PC via USB cable and it will start charging automatically. And it will take about 4 hours to charge the device fully. Note : THE COMPUTER MUST BE ON TO CHARGE THE PLAYER CORRECTLY.

Note:

1. For first time use, please charge the device for at least 4 hours.

2. If the device connects to the PC via a USB hub, the USB hub must be self-powered in order to charge the battery properly.

3. Charging time may be prolonged due to file transfer.

4. Avoid using USB extension cable but PC rear port for stable connection.

INSTALLATION OF SD CARD

Push the card in until you hear a click. Pay attention to the card direction. Push it again to eject it.

Note:

Push in or remove the card only after the player is powered off to avoid data loss or damage.

RESET

If the device freezes and has no response when operating, please shut down the device and turn it on again in 15 seconds, or insert a clip into the reset hole under the plastic cover of USB2.0 port.

MINIMUM PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

You can connect the device to PC via the provided USB2.0 cable for Charging and File Transfer purposes. Your PC system must meet the following minimum requirement:

- Windows 2000 (Service pack 3 or above) with Window Media Player 9 Series (DRM9 supported)

- Or Windows XP (Service pack 1 or above) with Window Media Player 10 Series (DRM 9, 10 supported in service pack 2)

- Pentium Class MMX 166 MHz processor or better

- 128MB RAM

- 50MB hard drive space

- Sound card

- USB port 1.1 (for faster data transfer, USB 2.0 is highly recommended)

The above minimum PC requirement allows you to connect the device to PC and perform basic features. There are some advanced features which require higher PC configuration.

PC configuration

Features

Window Media Player playlist supported

PC connection MSC only MTP only

MTP VS MSC

Database rebuild Not require

Windows 2000 (Service pack 3 or above) and XP (no service pack) with Windows Media Player 9 Series

No Yes

MSC

The device requires database rebuild after USB connection

Windows XP (Service pack 1 or above) with Windows Media Player 10 Series

MTP

GETTING STARTED

Power ON

Press and hold the key for a few seconds to turn on the device as illustrated below:

Power OFF

Press and hold the key for a few seconds to turn off the device as illustrated below:

Volumeadjustment

Press the or key to increase or decrease the volume

Key lock

To lock the keys, slide the "Hold" button to the left side, all the keys will be disabled and there will be a “Hold” icon ( ) on the LCD display.

Hold Key

GETTING STARTED

Battery low

When the battery power level is very low, a message will be shown on the current interface as below. It is advised that you charge the player, or it may power off automatically during use.:

Low B attery••

Please Recharge••

Hotkey ( )

Pressing the Hotkey during playback provides a shortcut to users to set their preferences. Press the hot key ( ) for the first time, Shuffle mode (ON or OFF) can be set as illustrated below:

Press the hot key ( ) for the second time, it changes to Repeat mode (One, Off or All) as illustrated below:

Press the hot key ( ) for the third time, it changes to the EQ mode (Normal, Pop, Rock, Jazz or Classic) as illustrated below.

CONNECTING TO A PC

Connect C230 to PC

Connect the supplied USB cable to the USB port on player and to an available USB port on your computer.

Warning:

Please keep it connected until this player is safely removed from your PC after uploading or downloading is completed. Otherwise, the player may be subject to fatal failure or data loss.

BUILD MUSIC LIBRARY

After turning on the device, it will go through a process of building music library. It is a process of updating and reorganizing the database as illustrated below:

FORMAT THE DEVICE

(Formatting is not required unless data corruption has occurred)

Windows 2000

For

Window ME or 2000, connect the device with PC, right click the removable drive in

“My Computer” and select “Format” .

In MTP mode

Window XP, it must be done in Windows Media player 10, click the button as the figure below:

For

PD Video Converter specification

1. Input format: WMV (*.wmv), AVI (*.avi), MPEG (*.mpeg, *.dat)

2. Output format: AVI (video codec: Xvid, Aud io codec: mp3)

3. O.S. support: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Vista

Download and install the application & required library

1. Go to http://www.pdconverter.org and select th e “download” tab.

2. Select “Download PDConverter” and download the latest version of the application.

3. Execute the downloaded installer files to start the installation.

4. Follow the on-screen instruction to complete the installation.

- 4.1 Click the next step to go to the next step.

- 4.2 Select the installation path and click next.

- 4.3 Click the install to start the installation.

- 4.4 The driver is installed during the installation ( if your O.S. is Windows XP, one warning dialog will appear and please select “Continue Anyway” )

- 4.5 Click “Finish” button to complete the installation of the application.

5. Select “Download Xvid” and download the latest version of the required library.

6. Execute the downloaded installer files to start the installation.

7. Follow the on-screen instruction to perform the installation.

Launching of the application

1. After the installation, go to the “Start-> Progra ms” and find the “PDConverter”

2. Click the PDConverter to launch the application.

Configuration of the application

1. Select the conversion parameters

Bit Rate :

Frequency :

Frame rate :

Resolution :

2. Select your target location for the output file(s) by clicking the “...” (e.g. “C:\ temp”).

Way to convert a video cli p

1. Launch the application.

2. Make sure the parameters is configurated according to [Configuration of the application] section.

3. Click “Add” to add the source file(s).

4. Click the small square (with the "..." marking) to the right side of the "target Location" panel to choose the destination folder for the converted file.

5. Click “Encode Now!” to start the encoding.

6. After the encoding, you may find the converted file(s) in the target location .

7. Copy/Sync the converted file(s) into the device. ( Please refer to the section of “General and DRM File Transfer” )

Note: Actual Interface of the software will subject to the changes on software version. Please refer to the latest instructions on http://www.pdconverter.org

128Kbps

44100 HZ

30 fps

220 : 176

Windows XP (MT P mode):

1. Double click "My Computer" in Windows, you will find a new drive .

AudioPlayer

2. Drag your media files to "Media" folder and other files to "Data" folder (Windows Media Player 10 installed) or "Internal Storage" (Windows media player 11 installed).

Note:

1. You can also upload the files from the device to your PC.

2. During uploading / downloading, keep USB cable connected to your PC. Unplug it from USB port when the uploading / downloading is finished.

3. The device can store all types of data in addition to music files.

4. For definition of MTP and MSC connection, please refer to FAQ chapter.

5. Data files stored in the device cannot be browsed using the interface of the device.

DRM file transfer

By synchronization using Windows Media Player 9 (Windows 2000) under MSC mode

1.Run Windows Media Player 9

2.Connect your player to the computer

3.Select "Copy to CD or Device".

4.Drag the desired songs, photos or converted video clips in PC to the left panel.

5.Select "Removable Disk"

6.Click "Copy"

By synchronization using Windows Media Player 10 (Windows XP) under MTP mode

Follow the steps below to transfer files using Windows Media Player 10

1.Run Windows Media Player 10

2.Connect your player to the computer

3.Window of "MTP Media Player" window pop up, choose "Synchronize media

files to the device using Windows Media Player", then click "ok" to confirm.

4.Choose "Manual" and click "Finish" for the new pop up window.

5.Select "Sync", you can sync your files to your player in 2 ways:

i. Drag your files to the sync list on the left hand side. Click "Start Sync" and the

synchronization starts.

ii. Select playlist from the drop down menu of "Sync List", then click "Start Sync".

Files in the list will be transferred to your device.

Hint: Windows Media Player should be used to alter the Music Library Information and files. For more information on how to use Windows Media Player 10 correctly, open Windows Media Player 10 and press the "GUIDE" selection at the top of the screen.

CREA TE PLAYLIST USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 10 (Windows XP only)

1. Run Windows Media Player 10

2. Choose "Library", then drag the desired song(s) to the "Now Playing List" on the right hand side.

3. Select all songs in the playlist and right click the mouse. Choose "Add to" and "Additional Playlist..." then a window will appear.

4.Select "New" and enter the playlist name, then click "OK" then a new playlist will be created.

Add Playlist through Windows Media Device 10 to C230

Sync option for your device with WMP10 is set to "Manual Transfer". You can sync your playlist to your device by changing "Synchronization Settings" on WMP10.

Please follow the below steps.

1.Connect your device with the computer.

2.Run Window Media Device 10

3.Go to SYNC menu and click "Set up Sync" button. "Synchronization Settings" window will

appear.

4.Check "Synchronize device automatically" and check the playlist(s) you want to sync.

5.After choosing your playlist(s) to sync, click "OK" and the synchronization starts.

6.When the synchronization finished, disconnect your device from computer properly.

7.Turn on your device and select "Music".

8.Your playlist(s) from WMP is added under the "Playlist" menu.

FAQ

What is DRM ?

Short for digital rights management, a system for protecting the copyrights of data circulated via the Internet or other digital media by enabling secure distribution and/or disabling illegal distribution of the data. Typically, a DRM system protects intellectual property by either encrypting the data so that it can only be accessed by authorized users or marking the content with a digital watermark or similar method so that the content can not be freely distributed.

What is MTP ?

MTP stands for 'Media Transfer Protocol' and it has been developed by Microsoft based on WMP10. Here is the related content referred from Microsoft website.

Media Transfer Protocol Specification Microsoft has developed the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) to manage content on any portable device with storage. It is based upon an existing protocol, Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP), and can be implemented to be fully compatible with that protocol. The primary purpose of MTP is to facilitate communication between devices that connect to a computer or other host, exchange data, and then disconnect for standalone use. A secondary purpose of MTP is to enable command and control of a connected device. This includes remote control of device functionality, monitoring of device-initiated events, and reading and setting of device properties.

What is MSC ?

MSC stands for Mass Storage Class. It doesn't require separate drive installation when It's first connected to PC and it can be used as an external mass storage device using 'drag and drop' method with 'Windows Explorer'.

TROUBLE SHOOTING

Symptom Possible Solution

The device cannot be turned on

No sound during playback

Keys do not work

WMP or PC does not recognize

There is noise during playback

The file cannot be played

Cannot download / upload

Characters and symbols on the LCD display are corrupted

The battery is exhausted. Please charge the device via USB cable.

Check if volume setting is too low. Make sure to plug the earphone firmly.

Check if the HOLD switch is ON. Move the slide switch to OFF position (to the right side) and try again.

Make sure you have Windows XP and Windows Service Pack 1 installed on your computer before proceeding. Windows Media Player 10 is recommended. You can download Windows Media Player 10 at www.windowsmedia.com .

Check if the earphone plug is connected firmly. Check if the earphone plug is dirty. The songs maybe corrupted, please download other songs and try again.

The file may not be compatible with the device. Check the supported formats in the chapter “Technical Specification”.

Check if the USB cable is inserted firmly. Check if your PC meets the minimum PC system requirement.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Category Specification

Dimensions (H x W x D) 87.5 X 37 X 22 MM

Net Weight 38G

Internal Flash Memory 2GB

Power Supply Via USB cable

PC Interface High speed USB 2.0

Distortion < 0.5%

Frequency Response 60 ~ 20,000 HZ

Operating temperature 0 to 40 °C

Storage temperature -10 to 60 °C

Relative humidity 5~95%

Operating altitude Up to 20,000 ft

Audio format supported MP3, WMA, WAV

Photo Format Supported JPG

Note:

The above specifications are subject to change without prior notice.

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