Imation 3503 User Manual

MP3

Player

Model: 3503

• User’s Manual

• Manual del Usuario

• Manual do Usuário

Contents

Contents 2 Congratulations! 4 Box Contents 5 System Minimum Requirements 5 Windows 98SE Driver Installation 6 Know your Digital Player 9 General Recommendations 10 Charging 11 Connection to the USB port 12 Disconnection from the USB port 12 Basic Operations 13 Main Menu 14 Music Mode 16 Playing music ﬁles 16 Equalizer Settings 21 A-B Feature 22 Voice Mode 23 Voice Recorder 23 Playing Voice Recordings 24

FM Tuner Mode 25 FM Radio Tuner 25 Presetting FM Stations 26 Changing from one preset to another 26 FM Radio Recorder 27 Settings Mode 28 Equalizer 28 Play Mode 29 Auto Power Off 29 Backlight Settings 30 Record Quality 31 Exit 31 Delete Files Mode 32 Language Mode 33

System Info. Mode 34

Updating the Firmware 34 Troubleshooting 37 Speciﬁcations 41 Español 42

Congratulations!

Box Contents

Congratulations for buying the new Imation MP3 3503 Digital Player!

The Imation MP3 3503 Digital Player is a compact and stylish device that plays MP3, WMA, WAV ﬁles thanks to its advanced audio decoder chip. It offers high quality sound and other features such as voice and radio internal recording, FM tuner and memory positions for saving your favorite radio stations. All these features are accessible from a convenient dynamic menu system.

We encourage you to read carefully this guide before using the device. Herein you will ﬁnd useful information and detailed instructions on each and every feature of your new Imation MP3 3503 Digital Player. Please keep in mind that the information on these pages is subject to corrections without prior notice and so are the features of Imation future models.

Inside the product packaging you will ﬁnd the following items:

1. Digital Player

2. Earphones

3. USB cable

4. Warranty Card

5. Instruction Manual

System Minimum Requirements

When connecting the MP3 3503 Digital Player to your computer, make sure your system complies with the following minimum requirements:

1. Intel Pentium 133 MHz processor or higher.

2. Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000/XP or Windows Vista operating systems.

3. Hard drive with at least 20 MB of free space.

4. Available 2.0 or 1.1 USB port.

Windows 98SE Driver Installation

If you are using a Windows 98SE-based PC, you will need to install a device driver. This driver can be downloaded from the Imation website at the following address:

http://latinamerica.imation.com/es/support/index.html

Note: Unzip the downloaded ﬁle to a folder of your choice using

WinZip® program. If the WinZip® is not installed, a trial

version is available at www.winzip.com.

Use the following steps to install the Win98SE driver:

1. Plug in the Digital Player to an available USB port.

2. The device will be detected; then click Next to proceed.

3. Let the computer search for the best driver for your device; then click Next to proceed.

4. Select “Specify a location:” and point to the Win98SE driver folder; then click Next to proceed.

5. The correct Win98SE driver will be detected; then click Next to

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install the driver.

Know your Digital Player

6. Click “Finish” to complete the driver installation.

1. ON-OFF / Play / Pause

2. EQ Button

3. REC button/A-B Button

4. USB port cap

5. Strap Eyelet

6. Volume / Next / Last / FFW / FRW / Enter

7. LCD display

8. Hi-Fi earphones jack

9. LOCK slider (HOLD)

General Recommendations

Charging

• Read carefully and fully understand all instructions in this manual to avoid damaging the unit.

• Do not try to open the product. There are no user-serviceable parts inside.

• This product is not waterproof. Keep it away from the water or any other liquid. If it becomes damaged as a result from

exposure to water or other liquid, stop using it and disconnect

it immediately from the PC. Otherwise it could cause a ﬁre or a short circuit.

• The device should not be connected to nor disconnected from the USB port with wet hands. This may damage the player or the PC.

• Do not expose the product to an open ﬂame or a heating source.

• Do not expose the product to any form of electromagnetic ﬁeld. The player could be damaged or the data saved therein could be lost.

• Please avoid using this Digital Player in highly humid or dusty areas, at extremely high or low temperatures or in an environment that could cause an electrostatic discharge.

• Do not expose the unit directly to sunlight or to extreme

temperatures (above 55ºC or below -5ºC).

Charging of the Digital Player battery occurs when the device is connected to the USB port of the computer. As the charging procedure completes, the display will show an icon indicating communication with the PC.

In the upper right corner the battery charge indicator will be displayed ﬁlling itself up continuously. When the charging process is completed, the icon changes to a fully charged battery.

To extend battery life, the battery must be charged for 8 hours or more the ﬁrst times of usage and be recharged only when it is fully depleted. With time, the charging procedure will get quicker.

indicates a fully charged battery.

indicates a depleted battery.

Connection to the USB port

Basic Operations

All it takes to connect the device to the PC is plugging the suitable end of the included cable into the USB port of the computer and the connector into the device input jack. The operating system will recognize it immediately and will add a graphic icon to the system tray:

Disconnection from the USB port

To disconnect the unit in Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows Vista, make sure all dialog boxes indicating active transfers between the PC and the Digital Player have been closed. Then, double click the icon to open the Safely Remove Hardware dialog box. Select the USB device you want to unplug and then click the Stop button. Only then you can remove the unit safely.

CAUTION!

Please close all related active programs before disconnecting the unit. Do not unplug the connector if there are still active data transfers to or from the PC; otherwise, the data saved to the ﬂash drive may be lost permanently.

Turning the Digital Player on

To turn on the Digital Player press the PLAY The logo will appear on the screen.

Turning off the Digital Player

To turn the Digital Player off, press and hold the PLAY until the logo appears on the screen. Then, the unit will turn off automatically.

Adjusting the volume

Press the + key in the front control panel to increase volume and the – key to decrease it.

Locking the player controls

To lock the unit buttons and the front control panel, move the HOLD slider to the locking position indicated by the arrow. In this position, all unit buttons and the front control panel will not work and you will be able to carry the unit around safely in your pocket without worrying of pressing buttons accidentally.

button.

button

Main Menu

From the main menu you can access all features of your Imation Digital Player, each represented by a graphic icon. To enter the main menu, press the central button of the front control panel and navigate through the different options using the LAST and NEXT

keys. Press the central button of the front control panel once

again to activate the respective mode.

Music Mode

Includes options for playing MP3, WMA and WAV ﬁles.

Voice Mode

Plays voice ﬁles recorded with the built-in microphone and activates the voice recording feature.

FM Radio Mode

Allows you to use the iMP3 Digital Player as a radio FM tuner.

Settings Mode

Includes options to set up and customize the MP3 Digital Player.

Delete Mode

Includes ﬁle management options. This mode allows you to delete music and voice ﬁles.

Language Mode

Allows you to select the onscreen language for the iMP3 Digital Player.

System Info. Mode

Informs the available and used space in the player memory and the device ﬁrmware version.

Exit

Returns to the play screen.

Music Mode

In the Music Mode you can play MP3, WMA, WAV ﬁles and voice recordings generated with the FM Radio internal recording feature of the Digital Player. When you turn on the Digital Player the Music Mode is initialized automatically. If another mode is active, go to the main menu and select .

Playing music ﬁles

There are two different Modes for playing music ﬁles and FM radio recordings:

Direct Play: plays the ﬁle displayed on the play screen and the ﬁles after that one. You only have to press the PLAY button. If you want to play a particular ﬁle, you should use the and buttons.

Select By Folder: All audio ﬁles saved in one given folder (or subfolder) of the Digital Player memory will be played.

To play a folder with music ﬁles

1. Press the central button of the front control panel to enter the main menu.

2. Select Music Mode and press the central button once again to view the mode options.

3. Select for direct play or for playing ﬁles by folder. If you select folder play, a list of the folders saved in the Digital Player

memory will be shown on the screen. To go to the next folder or go back to the previous, press the + or – buttons respectively.

To view the contents of one folder, press the button when

it is selected. On screen a list of ﬁles saved in that folder will be presented. To select the following ﬁle or the previous one, press the + or – buttons respectively. To go up one level in the folder tree, press .

4. If you want to play all ﬁles in a folder, highlight that folder and

press the button.

5. When a ﬁle is being played in the Digital Player, press the

button to pause it. The play icon will change to to indicate

that the ﬁle is currently paused.

6. When a ﬁle is being played in the Digital Player, press the button for one second to stop it. The play icon will change to

to indicate that the ﬁle is currently stopped.

7. To play the next audio track, press the button on the front control panel.

8. To play the previous audio track, press the button in the front control panel.

9. Press and hold the button to fast forward the audio track

being played.

10. Press and hold the button to fast rewind the ﬁle being

played.

Play screen

Play Mode Icon: Indicates if the current audio track will or will not be repeated.

Equalizer Mode: Indicates the equalizer current setting (available options are NORMAL, ROCK, JAZZ, CLASSIC, POP, BASS, TREBLE).

Volume Level Icon: Indicates the volume level from 0 up to 28.

Play Status Icon: Indicates if the ﬁle is being played, is paused or

stopped.

Battery Charge Icon: Indicates the battery remaining power.

Play screen Equalizer Settings

If you want to set up the Digital Player equalizer to enhance the

sound of your music or voice ﬁles, follow the steps below:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel and select Settings.

2. Select the equalizer icon to display the equalizer setting screen.

3. Use the buttons NEXT or LAST to navigate through the equalizer presets and press the central button of the front

File Type Icon: indicates the audio track being played is a MP3 or WMA ﬁle and indicates it is a voice recording.

Artist/Track name: Indicates the name of the artist and the name of the song being played.

control panel to select the preset of your choice.

You can also choose an equalizer preset by pressing the button repeatedly to try the different settings while the unit is playing a music or a voice ﬁle.

EQ PRESETS

File Sequence: The first number corresponds to the audio track

being played. The second indicates the total number of ﬁles saved in the player memory.

Time Indicators: The ﬁrst chronograph corresponds to the elapsed time of the audio track being played. The second corresponds to the total duration of that audio track.

NOR

ROK

JAZ

CLA

Normal

Rock

Jazz

Classic

POP

BAS

TRE

Pop

Bass Boost

Treble Boost

A-B Feature Voice Mode

With the A-B feature it is possible to repeat a music ﬁle or a voice ﬁle segment. If you want to listen part of the audio ﬁle repeatedly, follow the steps below:

1. When you are listening to a ﬁle in

Music Mode, press the button

to select the start point “A” of the segment.

The A- icon will appear on the screen.

2. Press the

button again to select the end point “B” of the

segment.

The A-B icon will appear on the screen.

The segment A-B will be repeated continuously. Press the

or the

II button once again to return to the normal play mode.

In the Voice Mode you can record ﬁles with the Digital Player built in microphone and play voice ﬁles generated with the recorder feature.

Voice Recorder

To use the Digital Player as a voice recorder:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel to enter

the main menu.

2. Select the Voice Mode and press the central button .

3. The ﬁle name of the ﬁrst recording will show up on the screen,

if there is any.

4. Press the REC

5. Press the REC

6. Press the

ing in the Digital Player memory.

Voice ﬁles recorded with this feature will be saved in the VOICE/ folder with the WAV extension and the VXXX.WAV name format.

Note: You can also activate the voice recorder immediately after turning

on the unit by pressing the REC

button to begin recording. button again to pause the recording.

button or the central button to save the record

button.

Playing Voice Recordings

From the Voice Mode you can also play the files generated with the built-in recorder:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel to enter the main menu.

2. Select the Voice Mode and press the central button .

3. The ﬁrst voice recording saved in the memory will show up on the screen. Press to play the recording and the LAST or NEXT buttons to play other ﬁles.

Note: You can also apply EQ presets to voice recordings. Press the

button while listening to voice ﬁles.

FM Tuner Mode

The unit includes also a FM tuner feature.

FM Radio Tuner

To activate the FM Tuner:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel and then select the FM Radio icon.

2. Press the central button again to activate the FM radio tuner.

3. Use the NEXT or LAST button to tune up or down the frequency. Press and hold one of these buttons for a second to make the tuner detect the following or the previous broadcasting station.

4. When you use the FM Radio Mode, make sure to use the included Hi-Fi earphones, they work as an antenna.

Note: The FM Mode volume setting is independent from the Music

Mode setting. You can adjust different volume settings for each mode that the unit will memorize.

Presetting FM Stations FM Radio Recorder

1. Press PLAY II to choose a memory position to add the preset to. The tag PRESET will appear on the screen along with the memory position (from P01 to P20). Change the memory position with the LAST or the NEXT button. Make sure the memory position is free.

2. Press the PLAY II button again to enter the station frequency. The tag MEMORY will appear on the screen. Use the LAST or the NEXT buttons to tune up to the station you want to add to your presets.

3. Press the REC memory position. You can save up to 20 radio stations.

button to save the station to the chosen

Changing from one preset to another

1. Press the PLAY II button to activate the PRESET Mode.

2. Press the LAST or the NEXT button to go from one preset to the other.

To use the FM radio recording feature:

1. With the FM radio mode active, press the REC button to activate the recorder.

2. Press the REC button again to pause the recording.

3. Press the central button of the front control panel or the PLAY II button to end the recording and save it to a ﬁle.

Files generated with the Digital Player internal FM radio recorder will be saved in the FM/ folder with the WAV extension and the FXXX.WAV name format.

Settings Mode

In the Settings Mode, you will ﬁnd a wide range of options to customize your Digital Player. To activate this mode, press the central button of the front control panel to enter the main menu and then select Settings. A series of options will be displayed:

Equalizer

It includes several equalizer presets to enhance the sound of music and voice ﬁles with the Digital Player. The options are Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop, Bass, and Treble.

Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different options and the central button of the front control panel to

conﬁrm your choice.

Play Mode

Select the play sequence for music or voice ﬁles saved in the Digital Player memory.

Normal

Repeat Track

Repeat All

Shufﬂe

Repeat Track

Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different options and the central button of the front control panel to

conﬁrm your choice.

Plays all ﬁles in the ﬂash memory in the order from the ﬁrst to the last.

Repeats the audio track one time.

Plays all files in order and then repeats them.

Plays the ﬁles in the ﬂash memory in random order.

Plays the ﬁles in the ﬂash memory in random order and then repeats them.

Auto Power Off

Allows programming the Digital Player to turn off automatically after a given time of inactivity. The options are:

1 min. 2 min.

5 min.

The unit turns off after 1 minute of inactivity.

The unit turns off after 2 minutes. The unit turns off after 3 minutes.

Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different options and the central button of the front control panel to conﬁrm your choice.

10 min.

OFF

Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different options and the central button of the front control panel to conﬁrm your choice.

The unit turns off after 10 minutes.

Feature deactivated.

Backlight Settings

Turns off the display backlight after a given time to take better advantage of the remaining battery power. There are four options to program this feature:

10S

20S

The Digital Player screen turns off after 5 seconds of inactivity.

The Digital Player screen turns off after 10 seconds of inactivity.

The unit turns off after 3 minutes.

Power saving feature deactivated. The screen stays lit permanently.

Record Quality

In this menu option you can ﬁnd three recording quality settings (sample rate) for the built-in voice recorder or the internal FM radio recording feature. These are:

8 KBPS

11 KBPS

22 KBPS

Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different options and the central button of the front control panel to conﬁrm your choice. Remember, the higher the recording sample rate, the larger the ﬁle size of the generated recording.

Low quality (8 KBPS)

Regular quality (11 KBPS) High quality (22 KBPS)

Exit

Select this option and press the central button of the front control panel to return to the main menu.

Delete Files Mode

You can delete music ﬁles and voice recordings from the computer when you connect the Digital Player to the USB port or you can delete ﬁles from the player itself. To delete a music ﬁle or voice

recording from the player:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel to enter the main menu.

2. Select the Delete ﬁles Mode and press the central button .

3. Select if you are going to delete music ﬁles or if you are going to delete voice recordings, the press the central button .

4. Press the LAST or the NEXT to display all possible alternatives and press the central button to conﬁrm them.

Select Yes if you want to delete the file displayed on the screen; No if you do not want to; ALL if you want to delete all music ﬁles or voice recordings; or EXIT if you want to exit

the Delete Files Mode.

5. To delete a particular music ﬁle, search for it in the Music Mode using the LAST or the NEXT button and then go to the main menu to enter the Delete ﬁles Mode. Then follow the instructions of the previous paragraphs.

Note: When you select ALL in the Delete Files Mode after having

selected Music Files, all ﬁles will be deleted except those saved in the /VOICE folder. When you select ALL in the Delete Files Mode after having selected Voice Files, only ﬁles saved in the /VOICE folder will be erased, excluding those saved in the /FM folder.

Language Mode

Allows setting the onscreen language for all menus of the Digital Player.

To change the menu language:

1. Press the central button to enter the main menu.

2. Select Language and press the central button of the front control panel again.

3. Press the LAST or the NEXT button to display the different three language options (English, Spanish, Portuguese) and the central button of the front control panel to conﬁrm your choice.

4. Press the central button again to exit to the main menu.

System Info. Mode

Gives information on the remaining free space available in the Digital Player memory and the ﬁrmware version installed.

To display this information:

1. Press the central button of the front control panel to enter

the main menu.

2. Select System Info and press the central button again.

3. The About screen will show up information on the used

and available space in the Digital Player memory and the ﬁrmware revision installed.

Updating the Firmware

Note: If your device is working properly, there is no need to update

your ﬁrmware.

The ﬁrmware is the device operating system. If you need to update the ﬁrmware, download the corresponding ﬁle from the Imation website:

http://latinamerica.imation.com/es/support/index.html

Once you have downloaded the device ﬁrmware ﬁle and installed the ﬁrmware updater application, follow the steps below:

1. Run the ﬁrmware updater application.

2. When the dialog box above appears on screen, press and hold the II button of the Digital Player and, without releasing, connect the device to an available USB port.

3. Do not release the II button until the updater application has recognized the device.

4. After the Digital Player is ready, click on Start to begin ﬁrmware update.

Note: Do Not disconnect the device or run any programs during

the ﬁrmware update.

Troubleshooting

Problem Solution

Device does not turn on

The battery may be uncharged. Charge it following the instructions. A problem may exist with the rechargeable battery. Contact the service center.

5. Once the ﬁrmware update is completed, click Close to exit the program.

Buttons don’t work

The computer does not recognize the Digital Player

There is no sound

Strange characters on screen

Maybe you have moved the HOLD slider to the locking position and all controls have been deactivated. Move it again to unlock the controls.

Check the USB connection to the PC USB port. Turn the Digital Player off and on again and retry.

Check the volume setting is not set to 0 and make sure the earphones are plugged properly in the earphone jack.

Make sure you have selected the correct language.

Problem Solution

Bad FM reception

Files can not be uploaded to the device memory

The Digital Player turns off by itself

Music ﬁles are not being played

Adjust the position of earphones (they work as an antenna). Turn off the device and turn it on again to reset it.

Make sure the USB cable is properly connected to the device and the PC. Check there is enough space left in the Digital Player ﬂash memory. Windows 98SE requires a driver to recognize the device. (This driver is to be downloaded from the Imation website.)

Check the settings of the auto power off feature.

Make sure you have not press the PLAY button twice (the ﬁle is paused). Make sure the MP3/WMA ﬁle is saved in the Digital Player memory, not in the PC. Make sure the Music Mode is activated. Make sure the recording feature is deactivated. Make sure FAT is the ﬁle system.

The device can not play a WMA ﬁle

Files missing or corrupted

Some WMA ﬁles include the DRM copyright license protection. If you want to obtain a license to play this ﬁle, you will have to use Windows Media Player. To obtain the license, follow these steps to play the ﬁle in the Digital Player: Open Windows Media Player and go the ‘File’ menu. Open the DRM copy-protected ﬁles and wait until WMP obtains the license automatically. Connect the Digital Player to the PC. In WMP click the Synchronize button. An interface will show up that allows transferring ﬁles from the computer to the removable device. Files copied from this interface can be played in the unit.

Data may be lost when the power source is unstable. The manufacturer disclaims all responsibility in this case.

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