Iriver IMP-1100 User Manual

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Welcome

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Thank your for your iRiver purchase. The iMP-1100 comes complete with a long list of advanced features. It is important that you read the manual to ensure that you get the most out of your new player.

Copyrights

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Certification

CE, FCC

Trademarks

Windows, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Media Player are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

Limited Liability

Neither the Manufacturer, importers nor dealers is responsible for any accidental damage including bodily injury or any damage resulting from misuse or unsuitable operation by you.

The information on this manual is prepared with the current product specifications. The manufacturer, iRiver Limited, is adding new features to the product and may persistently apply new technologies hereafter. All standards may be changed at any time without notice.

Handling Precautions for Safety Handling Precautions for Safety

Please read before using for your safety.

Electricity Product

Do not overload a single power circuit.

Overheating or fire can result.

Do not kink or crease the power cable or place heavy objects on the power cable.

Fire can result from damaged power cables.

Do not handle power plug and adapter with wet hands.

Electrical Shock may result.

Firmly plug the adapter into the wall socket.

Fire can result from improper use.

Unplug the AC adapter during electrical storms.

Electrical Shock may result.

Use only the supplied AC adapter. Use of non-authorized power adapters is not recommended.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Avoid contact with water and other liquids and dry immediately with a soft cloth should contact occur.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

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

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Do not clean with chemical or detergent. It damages the surface and scraps paint.

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

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Keep out of direct sunlight and extreme heat and cold.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Do not drop or subject the device to impact.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Unplug adapter when it s not in use.

Fire can result from improper use.

Do not place objects inside the device other than CD’s.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Do not place heavy objects on the device.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Keep away from harsh environments including humid, dusty, and smoky areas.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Immediately power off the player and unplug the AC adapter if water or other liquids are present.

Fire can result from improper use.

Immediately power off the player and unplug the AC adapter if smoke or odors emit from the player or adapter.

Fire can result from improper use.

Battery (for using external battery)

Others

Handling Precautions for Safety Handling Precautions for Safety

Do not use headphones / earphones while cycling, driving, or operating any motorized vehicle.

It is dangerous and is illegal in some areas.

Reduce volume while walking, especially at pedestrian crosswalk.

Do not use headphone / earphones at high volume.

Hearing experts advise against listening to continuous, loud and extended play.

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

Hearing experts advise against listening to continuous, loud and extended play.

Do not use at high volume for continuous listening.

Hearing experts advise against listening to continuous, loud and extended play.

Included earphones include soft covers for your comfort. They may be used with or with out covers at your preference.

Keep the player away from strong magnets.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Do not disassemble or modify the product.

Do not use a new battery and a discharged battery together. Always replace both batteries at the same time.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Use only identical batteries inside the device. Alkaline with NiMH for example. Mixing battery types will damage the player.

It can cause a damage to your player because of improper usage.

Keep headphones / earphones cords under control at all times. Cords may get caught on a variety of objects and cause damage or injury.

Welcome

Copyrights / Certification / Trademarks / Limited Liability

Handling Precautions for Safety 2

4-1 Navigation mode 28

4-2 EQ 29

4-3 Play 30

4-4 Interval Repeat / Reservation 31

4-5 Programming 32

4-6 -10 / +10 function 34

4-7 BOOKMARK feature 35

4-8 Other features 37

4-9 Menu 38

4-10 Menu operation 39

4-11 Menu setup 42

4-12 Firmware upgrade 69

5-1 Questions and Answers 70

5-2 Troubleshooting 76

5-3 Precautions 79

5-4 Product specifications 82

1-1 Features of iMP-1100 8

1-2 Components 9

2-1 Locating the Controls 10

2-2 LCD screen display 13

2-3 Connecting product 16

3-1 Detailed operation 18

Before using

Contents

Specific features

Additional Information

Using the Controls

Getting started

1-2 Components

Accessories are subject to change without notice.

iMP-1100 Remote Control Manual/Warranty form

(Quick Start Guide)

Earphones and Covers AC Adapter Carrying Case

Movie Clip CD

LCD Remote Control

External Battery Pack AV Cable

1-1 Features of iMP-1100

Before using Before using

Optional Accessory

Plays Movie files on CD! Also plays MP3 CD along with standard Audio CDs.

The iMP-1100 will play DivX encoded AVI and ASF movie files burned onto CDR and CDRW discs on the built in LCD screen. Discs with JPG and BMP pictures can be displayed. It will also play MP3, WMA, and ASF audio files burned to disc along with standard Audio CD s.

Full color menus and user interface on the 2" LCD display

As a world first MP3 CD player, iMP-1100 adopted color TFT LCD used in cellular phone, and various icon colors and colorization of menu enable easier operation. In addition, you may enjoy a movie with color LCD on the player at any time and any where.

Enjoys a movie with big screen at home Video out function!

Just connect to TV or monitor with supplied AV cable to watch DivX encoded AVI or ASF files on your system. In addtionm you can see JPG and BMP files in a full screen.

Extended battery life

Available video playback time is 6 hours when you use built-in Li-ion battery and up to 16 hours with the attached external battery pack. Maximum music playback time (MP3 and WMA) is 25 hours with the Li-ion batteriy and 68 hours with the attached battery pack.

Anti-shock to prevent skipping

The iRiver Shock Free feature allows for continuous play even under less than ideal situations.

6 built-in Equalizers

Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Ultra Bass, and Metal.

Customizable EQ

Chose your own EQ settings with the User EQ.

Firmware Upgrade

Persistent Firmware upgrade enables user to add new features or make improvements.

Built-in Li-ion Rechargeable battery

Easily recharge the internal battery with the included AC adapter.

Powerful language support supports 40 languages

Support 40 languages including unsimplified and simplified Chinese.

Using the ControlsUsing the Controls

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2-1 Locating the controls2-1 Locating the controls

Actual player may vary slightly from images shown. Functions are similar.Actual player may vary slightly from images shown. Functions are similar.

Product View - top / sides Product View - bottom

LCD Display

NAVI / MENU Button

Previous / Next Button

Volume control Button

Power ON / PLAY / PAUSE Button Power OFF / STOP Button

A-B / EQ Button

MODE Button

Open Button

Line Out / AV Out Jack

Remote Controller / Earphones Jack

DC IN 5.0V Jack / External battery jack

HOLD Switch

AV OUT / OFF / LCD Display Switch

RESET Button

RESET button : Should the player become inoperable; such as not

powering on, or appears frozen use a paperclip to press the Reset button. This will often return the player to proper functioning.

2-2 LCD screen display

2-1 Locating the controls

Actual player may vary slightly from images shown. Functions are similar.

Music mode

Remote Control

Volume Control Button

Hold Switch

NEXT Button

Clip

PREVIOUS Button

POWER ON,OFF / PLAY / PAUSE Button

Using the ControlsUsing the Controls

Track Number

iRiver Shock Free

Play mode

Battery indicator

Play time

File Format Bit Rate

Sampling Rate

Hold

Volume

Folder Name

Artist

Song Title

Next file to be played

Progress Bar

Level Meter

2. Screen icon will display the type of file being played.

1. Description of the screen display for HOLD

Remote Control set on HOLD

3. IRM (iRiver Rights Management)

iRiver Rights Management is a digital music format. Please visit our web site for details about this music format.

4. What is iRiver Shock Free?

iRiver has developed a unique algorithm to help prevent skipping during playback.

MP3

WMA

MIX

IRM

JPG

BMP

AVI

ASF M3U

Both player and Remote are set on HOLD

Main unit is set on HOLD

2-3 Connecting product

Using the Controls

Power on

Charging with AC Adaptor

1. Use the AC Power adapter supplied with product for safety.

2. Connect the AC adapter to the 5.0V DC jack on the player and into power outlet. (AC adaptor of this product is for 100~240V, 50~60Hz.)

3. The player will be charged automatically when the AC adapter is connected to the player.

If the power source is connected when the product is turned on, the battery icon ( ) is animated. After charging is finished, the icon becomes a still ( ). Charge time: Three and a half hours (after a complete discharge)

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2-2 LCD screen display

Picture mode

Using the Controls

Scroll Bar

Scale of Photo

: Rotation

: Vertical/Horizontal Symmetry

Slide mode

Video mode

Screen

Total Play Time

Play Status

Indicator

Current Played Time

2-3 Connecting product

Using the Controls

Connecting Remote control / Earphones

Connect TV

1. Set the Display switch on the back of the product to AV OUT.

2. Connect AV cable to the TV as shown below. (Yellow - Image, White - Audio/L, Red - Audio /R)

Yellow

White

Red

1. Connect Remote control cable with product as shown on below diagram.

2. Connect Remote control with earphones jack.

Remote control

Earphones jack

2-3 Connecting product

Using the Controls

Power on

External Battery pack

1. Connect the external battery pack as indicated below.

Recharging is possible with supplementary battery pack.

The player can be recharged even when powered off.

To extend the life of the batteries (rechargeable batteries) :

- Turn the Display switch to OFF when the main TFT LCD display or TV OUT is not in use.

- Set the Display Time of the main TFT LCD to a shorter time.

- Adjust the backlight brightness of the TFT LCD to a lower value.

- Disable the EQ feature.

- If you are using the remote control (sold separately), set the duration of the backlight illumination of the Remote Control LCD to a shorter time.

When the volume is set to 0, there is no sound through the AV OUT.

Playing Audio

3-1 Detailed operation

Playing Audio

Press the button to power on the player.

While playing press the button to pause the song. Press the to continue playback.

Press the , button to control the volume.

Insert a disc, label facing up and close the lid.

Connect the Remote controller and earphone.

Release the Hold switch on the Remote controller.

Getting started

Playing Audio

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Navigating to find and play another song

Press the or button to select another track.

: Plays previous track

: Plays next track

Press the or button, release immediately, then

press and hold the same button again to skip one

folder at a time.

: Plays previous folder : Plays next folder

Press the button to play the selected song.

Press and hold the

or to scan within a

track.

: Reward within a song

: Fast-forward within a song

Press NAVI/MENU button while playing to display a list of the songs on the disc.

Use the NAVI/MENU button to navigate through the folders and files on the disc.

: Selects previous title : Selects next title

NAVI / MENU

: Move to lower

folder

: Move to upper folder

Click

Long Click

Click+Long

Click

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Viewing images

View Image Information

+ / - button will switch pages during detailed information display.

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Viewing images

Displaying an image file

Insert a disc, label facing up and close the lid.

Press the button to power on the player.

The first image on the disc will automatically display on the LCD screen.

Scale of Photo

Slide mode

previous/next

Press the or button to view another image.

: Displays previous image

: Displays next image

If the Picture Slideshow feature is enabled in the menu, the next image on the disc will be displayed after a few seconds.

(See page 57)

Press the NAVI/MENU button to display a list of the files on the disc.

: Selects previous image : Selects next image

NAVI/MENU : Move to

lower folder

: Move to upper folder

Press and Hold the A-B / EQ button.

A short list of information about the image will be displayed.

Press and hold the A-B / EQ button again to display a more detailed list of image information.

Press and hold the A-B / EQ button again to return to the image view.

Long Click

Click

It may take longer to load the image if the image resolution is higher and the file size is larger.

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Viewing images

Reversing image

Reverses vertically

Reverses horizontally

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Viewing images

ZOOM

Rotating image

90° degree counterclockwise rotation

90° degree clockwise rotation

Press the + or - button to rotate the displayed image on the LCD screen.

Press the A-B / EQ button to Zoom in on the displayed image.

Enlargement: 200% - 400%- 800%

Use the NAVI/MENU to scroll the image to see sections not visible on the LCD screen.

You can rotate image as you want.

: 90° degree

clockwise

rotation.

: 90° degree

counterclockwise rotation.

Press and hold the + or button to reverse the image.

You can reverse an image horizontally/vertically.

: Reverses vertically

: Reverses horizontally

Click

Long Click

Getting started

Playing Video file

Playing video file

Insert a disc, label facing up and close the lid.

Press

button for

volume control.

Getting started

Viewing images

Viewing thumnail images

Press and hold the button to display thumbnail images on the disc.

The following icon will appear if a JPG or BMP image can not be displayed. The file maybe corrupt, improperly formatted, or too large to display.

Progressive JPG files are not supported.

What is Progressive JPG?

Progressive JPG is a JPG image that is displayed getting focused on gradually.

3-1 Detailed operation3-1 Detailed operation

Press the + or -, or button to move the cursor and scroll through all the images on the disc.

Move the cursor Up / Down.

Move the cursor to Previous / Next image.

Press the button to exit the Thumbnail view and display the selected image.

Press the button to power on the player.

Once powered on, video playback will begin automatically.

While playing video, press the button for pause and

press it again to resume play.

: plays previous file

: plays next file

Press the or button to select another file.

Click

Long Click

Click

Getting started

Playing Video file

Fast Forward and Rewind do not work if the index table of the AVI/ASF file being played is missing or damaged.

Due to the characteristics of video files, there may be a lag between the high speed fast forward/backward time and the playback starting time after the movement, and the sound may be briefly out of sync.

During video playback, when you play after stopping, the player resumes from where the previous file stopped. At this time, there may be a lag

between the time the player starts the playback and the time when the player stopped, and the sound may be briefly out of sync.

During the video playback with the TFT LCD of this player, a part of the screen may be cropped depending on the resolution of the motion picture.

During the video playback, when you switch to the Display switch, the screen may briefly appear distorted on TV or TFT LCD.

3-1 Detailed operation

Getting started

Playing Video file

Display Video Information

Press and hold the A-B / EQ button again to return to the video.

Use the Volume +/- buttons to page forward/backward during Detailed Information Display on the TFT LCD display.

3-1 Detailed operation

A short list of information about the video will be displayed.

Press and Hold the A-B / EQ button.

Press and hold the A-B / EQ button again to display a more detailed list of video information.

Long Click

: Reward : Fast-forward

Press and hold or .

: plays previous folder : plays next folder

Press the or button, release immediately, then press and hold the same button again to skip one folder at a time.

Click+Long

Long Click

Playing video file

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