JVC XA-MP51, XA-MP101 User Manual

DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER

XA-MP51A/W/S XA-MP101B/W

INSTRUCTIONS

Thank you for purchasing this JVC product.

Please read these instructions carefully before starting operation to be sure to obtain optimum performance and a longer service life from the unit.

LVT1431-002B [J, C, B, US]

CAUTIONS

Listening precautions

• Do not play your Headphones at a high volume.

• Hearing experts advise against continuous extended play.

• If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use.

• Do not use while operating a motorized vehicle. It may create traffic hazard and is illegal in many areas.

• You should use extreme caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.

• Even if your Headphones are an open-air type designed to let you hear outside sounds, do not turn up the volume so high that you cannot hear what is around you.

• Once you have established a comfortable sound level, leave the level there.

Dry cell batteries

To prevent damage to the batteries and electrolyte leakage, heed the following points.

• Align the » and á polarities properly when inserting the battery.

• Remove the battery if you do not plan to use the player for a long period of time.

• Do not throw batteries into a fire, and do not short-circuit, disassemble or subject them to excessive heat.

• Do not attempt to recharge dry cell batteries.

For U.S.A

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against hamful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

CAUTIONS

For the main unit:

Declaration of Conformity

Model Number: XA-MP51A/W

Trade Name: JVC Responsible Party: JVC Americas Corp. Address: 1700 Valley Road, Wayne

Telephone Number: 973-317-5000

This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

XA-MP101B

New Jersey 07470

Carrying dry cell batteries around

When putting dry cell batteries in a pocket or bag, ensure that no other metal objects such as a necklace are placed together with them. Contact with any metal may cause short-circuiting which may cause a fire.

Player

• No altering or remodeling

This can cause malfunctioning.

• No dropping or strong impacts

This may damage the player.

• Locations to be avoided

Avoid using the player in the following locations since they can cause malfunctioning.

1. Bathrooms and other moisture-prone places

2. Warehouses and other dusty places

3. Very hot places near heating appliances, etc.

CAUTIONS

Do not leave the player exposed to direct sunlight for long periods of time

This may deform or discolor the player and may also cause malfunctioning.

CAUTION:

• Do not place any naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, on the apparatus.

• When discarding batteries, environmental problems must be considered and local rules or laws governing the disposal of these batteries must be followed strictly.

• Do not expose this apparatus to rain, moisture, dripping or splashing.

For Canada Only:

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

For Canada Only:

INFORMATION

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the interference-causing equipment standard entitled “Digital Apparatus”, ICES-003 of the Department of Communications.

• We have no responsibility for any improper recording or playback incurred by equipment malfunction.

• It is recommended to store backup copy of your important data in your PC or the like.

CAUTIONS .............................................................................................. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................... 4

GETTING STARTED............................................................................... 5

INSTALLING BATTERY ...................................................................... 5

INSTALLING USB DRIVER (FOR WINDOWS 98SE ONLY) .............. 6

CONNECTING TO PC......................................................................... 7

CONNECTING EXTERNAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT .............................. 8

PARTS OF THE DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER ........................................ 9

TURNING POWER ON/OFF ............................................................. 10

DISPLAY OVERVIEW ....................................................................... 11

BASIC OPERATIONS........................................................................... 12

USING THE MAIN MENU.................................................................. 12

PLAYING MUSIC .............................................................................. 13

RECORDING VOICE MESSAGES.................................................... 14

PLAYING MESSAGES ...................................................................... 15

LISTENING TO FM BROADCASTS .................................................. 16

RECORDING FM BROADCASTS ..................................................... 18

DELETING FILES .............................................................................. 19

ADVANCED FEATURES ...................................................................... 20

SET MENU ITEMS ............................................................................ 20

EQUALIZER .................................................................................... 21

PLAYMODE .................................................................................... 23

SLEEP TIMER................................................................................. 24

AUTO POWER OFF........................................................................ 25

BACKLIGHT .................................................................................... 26

CONTRAST..................................................................................... 27

MENU LANGUAGES ...................................................................... 28

FONTS ............................................................................................ 29

ABOUT .............................................................................................. 30

RESETTING THE UNIT .................................................................... 31

NAVIGATE ........................................................................................ 32

LOCKING BUTTONS (HOLD) ........................................................... 34

TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................... 35

SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................. 36

ACCESSORIES ................................................................................. 37

GETTING STARTED

INSTALLING BATTERY

Remove the battery compartment cover and insert one LR03 (AAA) alkaline battery (not supplied) matching the polarities (+ and -) indicated on the rear side of the player, then replace the compartment cover.

Battery indicator

The battery indicator shows the remaining battery level. When the battery level becomes low, "Low Battery" appears on the display. In this case, you need to replace the battery with a new one.

Important Battery Information

• Dispose of batteries in the proper manner, according to federal, state, and local regulations.

• Discard leaky batteries immediately. They can cause skin burn or other personal injury.

• Use only alkaline batteries. Do not use manganese dioxide batteries or a charger since the battery life becomes extremely short or the player may malfunction.

GETTING STARTED

INSTALLING USB DRIVER (FOR WINDOWS 98SE ONLY)

Follow these instructions to load software that enables a computer to recognize the Digital Audio Player.

Make sure that no programs, such as games or anti-virus software, are running on the PC. If programs are open, close and exit from the programs before proceeding.

1. Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your PC.

2. Turn off the Digital Audio Player and connect it to your PC with the

USB connector.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the driver from the CD-

ROM. On a screen to search for the location of the Digital Audio Player‘s driver, click the [Browse] button and select the XA-MP51-101 folder from the CD-ROM drive (If drive is "D", the folder path will be "D:\_XA-MP51-101") and then proceed to the next screen:

4. Be sure that the installation completion screen appears.

5. Reboot the PC.

GETTING STARTED

CONNECTING TO PC

You can transfer MP3 and WMA format music files from the PC to your Digital Audio Player through USB port. USB2.0 (480Mbps speed is not supported.)

For Windows 98SE user:

Before connecting your player to the computer for the first time, you need to install the USB driver from the supplied CD-ROM into your computer. For details, see "INSTALLING USB DRIVER" on page 6.

Connecting Digital Audio Player to PC

1. Open the rubber cap of the USB connector.

2. Connect the player to the USB port on your PC using USB cable.

USB cable (supplied)

Transferring music files from PC to Digital Audio Player

1. Open the player’s folder (removable disk or device) from My

Computer or Explorer.

2. Copy and paste or drag and drop the music files from the PC to the

player’s folder. During copying files, "WRITING" appears on the player's display. After completion, "READY" continuously appears.

GETTING STARTED

NOTE

• When you transfer a WMA-DRM file from the PC, use Windows Media© Player 9 or later. If you transfer it by drag and drop, it cannot be played with the player.

Disconnecting from PC

For Windows 2000/Me/XP users:

Left-click the icon in the task bar, and follow the on-screen instructions.

For Windows 98SE users

Open “My Computer” and select “Removable Disk”, then right-click to select “EJECT”.

• Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

• Other names of systems and products mentioned in these instructions are usually registered trademarks of the manufacturers who developed the system or product concerned.

NOTES

• The player supports MP3 ID3 V1.0, 1.1 tags, ID3 V2.3 tags and WMA tags. ID3 tags and WMA tags are the data including music names and artist names recorded in MP3 files and WMA files.

• When the player is connected to the PC, it is recognized as an external USB memory (removal disk) and shown on the PC. You can treat the player as an external USB memory.

CONNECTING EXTERNAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT

You can listen to the music output from the player with external audio equipment. Before listening, connect an audio cable with stereo mini jack (not supplied) between the Line output jack of the player and the external audio equipment.

NOTES

• For operation of the external audio equipment, refer to its Instructions.

• When you connect an audio cable to the Line output jack of the player, no sound will come out of the earphones.

GETTING STARTED

PARTS OF THE DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER

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1 Headphone jack 2 VOL+/- (Volume) buttons 3 MIC 4 Display 5 6 (Play/Pause) button 6 ¢ (Forward) button 7 7 (Stop) button

8 4 (Reverse) button 9 REC button 0 MENU button

- Hold switch = Battery compartment cover ~ Line output jack ! USB connector

GETTING STARTED

Connect the headhones to the (headphones) jack on the player.

You can use the neck strap for easy carrying.

TURNING POWER ON/OFF

To turn power ON

Press and hold 6 button till "welcome" appears. After a while, the following screen appears.

DIGITAL

AUDIO

PLAYER

To turn power OFF

Press and hold 7 (Stop) button.

NOTES

• When the player is turned on, it resumes the mode it was in when it was last turned off.

• The settings you have made and preset FM stations are stored in the player when you turn off the player. (If you remove the battery before turning off the player, these settings are not stored.) It is recommended to turn off the player once when you change the setting or preset FM stations.

GETTING STARTED

DISPLAY OVERVIEW

MUSIC mode/ VOICE mode

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FM mode

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∗ If the file information is long and displayed over two lines, it scrolls.

During scrolling, the file name may not be correctly displayed.

1 Play indicator 2 Volume level 3 Play mode indicator 4 EQ (sound mode) 5 Lock icon 6 Sleep Timer icon 7 Battery indicator 8 Track number/Total number of

tracks

9 File information∗ 0 Mode indicator

- Track time = FM mode indicator ~ Antenna icon ! Mono/Stereo indicator @ Preset number # Current status of the FM mode $ Frequency

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