IRiver PMC 100 User Manual
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FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS:
(1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND
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Contents
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION .........................................................1
Locating the Controls.......................................................2
Control Buttons on your Portable Media Center..........4
Common Tasks..................................................................5
Controls and menus..........................................................7
Menu Screen...................................................................7
Screen Icons..................................................................30
Controls ........................................................................32
Getting Started................................................................37
Running the Setup Disc................................................41
Hardware Connection...................................................58
Turning Your Portable Media Center On and Off........59
Add Digital Media Content to Your Portable Media
Center
...........................................................................60
Charging the Battery in Your Portable Media Center...69
Contents
Updating the Software Running on Your Portable Media
Center
...........................................................................70
Digital Media File Types You Can Play on Your
Portable Media Center
...................................................75
Protected Content...........................................................76
Protected and Non-Protected Content..........................76
The Licensing Process and Your Portable Media Center
......................................................................................77
Non-Protected Digital Media Content and Your Portable
Media Center
................................................................78
Finding Information About Your Portable Media
Center
..............................................................................79
To open the Information screen....................................79
To open the About Portable Media Center screen........80
To open the About Content screen................................81
Portable Media Center Help..........................................83
Help Tips and Tricks.....................................................83
Contents
II. USING PORTABLE MEDIA CENTER.................85
Playing and Viewing Digital Media Content................86
Browsing For New Content..........................................86
Browsing For and Playing TV Shows..........................86
Music on Your Portable Media Center.........................88
Pictures on Your Portable Media Center......................99
Using the Bookmark Feature......................................105
Connecting Your Portable Media Center to a TV or
Stereo
..........................................................................106
Changing the Volume.................................................109
Locking Controls and Buttons....................................109
Tips and Tricks ............................................................. 111
Adding Digital Media Content................................... 111
Changing Screen Brightness and Readability ............114
Fine -Tuning Sound Quality.......................................115
Rating Your Favorite Songs........................................ 116
Using Playlists............................................................ 117
Using Sound and Visual Effects.................................119
Contents
III. CUSTOMIZING PORTABLE MEDIA CENTER120
Setting the Equalizer Option.......................................120
To set the Equalizer option.........................................120
Setting Display Options................................................122
To set the Backlight option.........................................123
To set the Brightness option .......................................124
To set the TV Out option............................................125
Setting Effects Options.................................................126
To set the Screen Effects option.................................126
To set the Sounds option.............................................127
Setting International Options......................................128
To set the Language option.........................................128
To set the Standards option.........................................129
Restoring Original Settings .........................................130
To restore all options to their original values .............130
Contents
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INTRODUCTION
I. INTRODUCTION
Congratulation on your purchase of the Microsoft® Windows Mobile™-based
Portable Media Center.
Your Microsoft® Windows Mobile™-based Portable Media Center is a portable
media device that runs Windows Mobile Software for Portable Media Centers.
You can use your Portable Media Center to enjoy digital media files anytime and
anywhere.
You can copy music, videos, and photos from a Windows® XP-based computer to
your Portable Media Center. Then take them with you for an on-the-go media
experience.
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Common Tasks
Locating the Controls
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Common Tasks
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Common Tasks
Control Buttons on your Portable Media Center
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Common Tasks
Common Tasks
To help you get started quickly, this section highlights common activities with
your Portable Media Center.
Play music. Use your Portable Media Center to store and play your favorite
music.
Watch vide os and TV shows.
many hours of videos or recorded TV shows, and watch them anytime, anywhere.
View pictures and slide shows. Your Portable Media Center can be a portable
photo album. Use it to store and view your favorite digital pictures.
Add to or update content from a computer. With Microsoft® Windows
Media® Player 10 installed on a computer using Windows® XP (Professional or
Home Edition), Windows® XP Media Center Edition, or Windows® XP Tablet
PC Edition, you can quickly and easily update the contents of your Portable
Media Center.
Build a portable playlist. Create your own customized concert. Add songs or
entire albums to the Portable Media Center portable playlist. You can even add
other playlists to the portable playlist.
Personalize your Portable Media Center experience. Make your Portable
Media Center experience your own by customizing the audio, display, and
language settings, and customizing effects like visual transitions and button
sounds.
With your Portable Media Center you can store
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Common Tasks
Watch or listen at home or on the road. With an audio-video or audio cable
you can connect your Portable Media Center to a home or car stereo. Using the
TV Out option and an audio-video cable, you can connect your Portable Media
Center to a TV.
Lock controls. You can keep your Portable Media Center from being
accidentally turned on or off by temporarily locking its controls.
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Screen and Controls
Controls and menus
The iRiver Portable Media Center has a series of easy to navigate menus to help
you find the music, pictures, or videos you want to play. There are also menus to
help you set various options and to troubleshoot any issues encountered during
use.
Menu Screen
Start Menu
The Start Menu is the main menu for your Portable Media Center.
It has the following items:
• My TV
• My Music
• My Pictures
• My Video
• Settings
Use the Select buttons to highlight My TV, My Music, My Pictures, or My
Video and press the OK button to view the content for that item. Or highlight
Settings and press OK to adjust the PMC settings.
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Screen and Controls
Library Screens
After selecting one of the top level functions, you will be taken set of “Library
Screens”. These Library screens allow you to use your content in different ways
depending on the type (TV, Music, etc.).
My Music
You can use the Right and Left buttons to select the screen view on the top (New,
Albums, Artists, Playlists, Songs, Genres.)
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Screen and Controls
Screen V iew Description
New Alphabetically lists all albums most recently copied to your
Portable Media Center.
The Play All selection is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Albums Alphabetically lists all albums in the music collection stored on
Artists Alphabetically lists all artists in the music collection stored on
Playlists Lists all playlists in your music collection.
Songs Alphabetically lists all songs stored on your Portable Media
Genres Alphabetically lists all music genres in your music collection.
your Portable Media Center.
The Play All selection is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
your Portable Media Center.
The Play All selection is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Portable Playlist is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no playlists are available.
Center, including songs not in albums.
The Play All selection is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
The Play All selection is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
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Screen and Controls
My Pictures
You can use the Right and Left buttons to select the screen view on the top (New,
Sort by name, Sort by date.)
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Screen and Controls
Screen V iew Description
New
Sort By Name
Sort by Date
Lists all pictures most recently copied to your Portable Media
Center, sorted alphabetically by name.
The Play Slide Show option is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Lists all pictures, sorted alphabetically by name.
The Play Slide Show option is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Lists all pictures, sorted by the date of the file (newest content
first).
The Play Slide Show option is at the top of the list.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
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Screen and Controls
My TV
Screen V iew Description
New
Sort by Date
Sort By Name
Sort by Genre
Program
Name
Lists TV shows most recently copied to your Portable Media
Center, sorted alphabetically.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Lists all TV content, sorted by recording date (most recent
content first).
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Lists all TV content, sorted alphabetically.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Lists all TV content, sorted into Media Center TV categories.
No Items Available appears if no content is available.
Appears when selecting a TV show with a saved bookmark.
Displays Resume and Play From Beginning selections.
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Screen and Controls
My Videos
You can use the Right and Left buttons to select the screen view on the top (New,
Sort by name, Sort by date.)
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Screen and Controls
Screen V iew Description
New
Sort By Name
Sort by Date
Lists all videos most recently copied to your Portable Media
Center. Sorted alphabetically by name.
Lists all videos in your collection, sorted alphabetically by video
name or file name.
Lists all videos, sorted by recording date (oldest content first).
Now Playing Screens
After you select a video, TV show, picture, or song, the Now Playing screens help
you enhance your Portable Media Center experience.
Use the Left and Right buttons on your Portable Media Center to move through
the screens for each video, TV show, picture, or song you select to play or watch.
The following tables list the Now Playing screens for each digital media file type
on your Portable Media Center.
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Screen and Controls
Music
Screen V iew Description
Default
Song
Shows track number, song name, elapsed/remaining time for
the current track, an elapsed time status bar, artist name,
album name, play/pause indicator, and battery status
indicator.
Press OK button to switch between elapsed time and
remaining time.
Displays medium-size album art, artist name, album name,
track number, song name, an elapsed time status ba r,
elapsed/remaining time for the current track, play/pause
indicator, and battery status indicator.
Press OK button to switch between elapsed time and
remaining time.
A default cover art image is used for albums that are missing
album cover art.
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Screen and Controls
Big Album Cover
Displays large-size album art, track number,
elapsed/remaining time for the current track, play/pause
indicator, and battery status indicator.
Press OK button to switch between elapsed time and
remaining time.
A default cover art image is used for albums that are missing
album cover art.
Track
Displays a portion of the album art, a list of tracks for the
current album or playlist, play/pause indicator, and battery
status indicator.
The current track is highlighted and elapsed time status is
displayed at the right.
You can scroll through the list using the Up and Down
buttons, and select a track using the OK button.
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Screen and Controls
Music Settings
Displays a portion of the album art, elapsed time of the
current track, play/pause indicator, battery status indicator,
the album's star rating, and a list with check boxes for the
Shuffle, Repeat, Equalizer, and Purchase Info settings.
Selecting or clearing the Equalizer check box enables or
disables the selection on the Equalizer Settings screen.
You can move through the list using the Up and Down
buttons, switch a setting on or off, and change the star
ratings using the OK button.
Elapsed time status for the current track is displayed in the
lower right, next to the battery status indicator.
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Screen and Controls
Pictures and Slide Shows
Screen V iew Description
Full Screen Picture
Picture Overlay
Picture Settings
Displays current picture and briefly displays the slide show
play/pause indicator and battery status indicator.
Displays picture name and date across the top of the picture,
slide show play/pause indicator, and battery status indicator.
If listening to music while viewing the picture or a slide
show, displays information on the currently playing song.
Displays the Shuffle and Transitions settings for displaying
pictures and slide shows, slide show play/pause indicator,
and battery status indicator.
You can select a setting using the Up and Down buttons,
switch the Shuffle setting on or off using the OK button,
and choose one of several Transition settings using the OK
button.
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Screen and Controls
TV
Screen V iew Description
Full Screen TV
File Info
Episode
Information
Videos
Screen V iew Description
Full Screen Video
Video File I nfo
Displays the show on the screen with no other information.
Displays the show on the screen; also displays the show
name and date across the bottom of the video image, the
play/pause indicator, and the battery status indicator.
Shows a screen displaying the title, length, original air date,
TV Parental Guideline Rating when available, synopsis,
play/pause indicator, and battery status indicator.
Displays the video on the screen.
Displays the video name and date across the bottom of the
video image; also displays the play/pause indicator and the
battery status indicator.
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Screen and Controls
Settings
Use the Settings screens to customize your player, adjust language and player
settings, reset to default settings, and view information about the PMC player.
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Screen and Controls
Screen V iew
Settings
Description
Displays the following:
• Equalizer. Optimizes audio
playback on your Portable Media
Center for different music genres,
such as Classical, Hip Hop, or Jazz.
• Display. Settings for screen
backlighting, screen brightness, and
using the TV Out plug.
• Effects. Screen effects such as
fading and sliding, and sounds that
occur when you press a button on
your Portable Media Center.
• International. Languages in which
information is displayed on your
Portable Media Center, and formats
for displaying dates, times, and
numbers.
• Restore Original Settings. Return
all settings to their default values.
• Information. Find information
about your Portable Media Center
and the digital media files it
contains.
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Screen and Controls
Equalizer
Displays the following options:
• Acoustic
• Classical
• Electronic
• Hip Hop
• Jazz
• Pop
• Rock
Display
Displays the following options:
• Backlight
• Brightness
• TV Out
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Screen and Controls
Backlight
Brightness
TV Out
Displays the following options:
• Off
• 1 second
• 5 seconds
• 15 seconds
• 1 minutes
• Always on
Set the amount of time that the backlight will
remain on. This setting is ignored when
playing video or pictures.
Displays the following options:
• 1 Dim
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5 Bright
Displays the following options:
• On
• Off
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