Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO User Manual

Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO

USB2.0

User’s Manual

MP3/WMA Player + Digital Voice Recorder

+ USB Flash Drive

This manual applies to 1.1 or later versions of the Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO.

Copyright 2004, All Rights Reserved.

Please be aware of the following points before
using the Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO.

Copyright© 2004, Kanguru Solutions. All rights reserved.
DOS®, Windows 95
ME®, and Windows XP® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. Apple®
and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. IBM and
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Corporation. All other brand or product names are trademarks of their
respective companies or organizations.

Kanguru Solutions will not be held responsible for any illegal use of this
product nor any losses incurred while using this product. The user is
responsible for the copyright laws, and is fully responsible for any illegal
actions taken.

CUSTOMER SERVICE

To obtain service or technical support for your system, please contact
Kanguru Solutions Technical Support Department at 508-376-4245, or visit

www.Kanguru.com for web support.

®,

Windows 98®, Windows NT

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Windows 2000

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Windows

Kanguru Solutions

1360 Main St., Millis, MA 02054

508.376.4245 • Fax [phone]

www.kanguru.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WELCOME...................................................................... 5

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS..................................... 6

PACKAGE CONTENTS.................................................. 7

QUICK START ................................................................ 8

OPERATIONAL NOTES ................................................. 9

PLAYER CONTROLS ................................................... 10

FRONT VIEW ................................................................ 10

SIDE VIEW .................................................................... 11

LCD ...............................................................................12

TURNING THE POWER ON/OFF................................. 13

PLAYING MP3 MUSIC .................................................. 14

VOLUME CONTROL .................................................... 15

MENU MODE ................................................................16

VOICE RECORDING FUNCTION................................. 17

SETTINGS: EQ (EQUALIZER) ..................................... 18

SETTINGS: REPEAT.................................................... 19

SETTINGS: LCD CONTRAST ...................................... 21

SETTINGS: AUTO OFF TIME.................................... 22

SETTINGS: REC SAMPLE........................................... 23

DELETING FILES .........................................................24

REPEAT A-B MODE ..................................................... 25

MEMORY STATUS........................................................ 26

LOADING & MANAGING AUDIO FILES...................... 27

CONNECTING TO YOUR PC ....................................... 27

MP3 MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE............................... 29

DISCLAIMER ................................................................31

WARRANTY.................................................................. 32

TECH SUPPORT .......................................................... 32

Welcome

The Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO is a high quality,
portable USB flash drive AND MP3/WMA Player
rolled into one! Store and play all your favorite
digital music as well as Word, PowerPoint or any
other file you need while on the go. The Kanguru
Micro MP3 PRO will play all files with an MP3 or
WMA extension! Plug this mini MP3 player directly
into any USB port for quick, easy access! Simply
drag and drop or save your files directly to the
drive! The Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO will work with
Windows, Macintosh and Linux, and is driverless
with most Operating Systems. With one AAA
battery, you can take advantage of 17 hours
non-stop playing time.

Technical Specifications

- Supports USB specification version 2.0

- Transferring rate up to 12Mbit per second at “Full
Speed”.

- Supports Windows 2000, ME, XP, Mac OS 9.2 or above
and Linux 2.4.0 or above without device driver.

- Supports Windows 98/98SE with device driver.

- Key lock / write protect switch.

- Hot Plug & Play.

- Durable solid-state storage – data retention for at least
10 years.

- Erase Cycles: 100,000 times

- Support music format: MP3 / WMA

- LCD Display: 96x32 Dot Matrix

- Earphone jack: 3.5 mm

- Audio output: 5mW + 5mW

- Output frequency range: 20Hz – 20KHz

- Battery Life: 17 hrs of continuous playback

- EQ choices: Normal / Rock / Classic / POP / Jazz

- ID3 Tag Display

- Digital voice record in ADPCM 8kbps

- Repeat read function (A - B).

- Unit weight: approximate 30g (not including battery)

- Bit Rates Supported: Supports 8Kbps ~ 256Kbps

- S/N Ration: 85dB~90dB

- Size: 99 x 31 x 22 mm

- CE and FCC certificate of approval

Package Contents

Installation CD USB Cable

Stereo Phone Manual

Maintenance Certificate

AAA Battery

Quick Start

Please note, the following instructions are intended
to give you a brief overview, allowing you to use the
player right away. For detailed instructions please
refer to the rest of this manual.

1. Remove the back cover and insert the included AAA
battery.

2. Install the drivers if required (Win98/98SE)

3. Connect the drive to an available USB port on your PC
and the unit will appear as a “Removable Disk” under
“My Computer”.

4. Double click on the “Removable Disk” icon to view its
contents. To load audio files, simply save the desired
MP3/WMA file to this drive.

5. Remove the drive from the USB port, and press the
Play button to turn on the power.

6. Insert the headphones, and press the Play button again

to begin audio playback. Use the Mode scroll wheel on
the side of the unit to navigate through audio tracks.

Operational Notes

1. Please remove the battery if you do not plan to

use the MP3 player for extended periods of time.

2. The MP3 player should be kept in areas free

from extreme temperature changes, moisture, and
dust.

3. The MP3 player cannot be turned on if the HOLD

switch is in the ON position.

4. Please change the battery when the

indicator
displayed.

5. The Mode/FF/RW button on the side of the

player can be scrolled to the left or right and also
pushed to make selections in the menus.

6. The MP3 player must be formatted FAT or

FAT16 to playback audio files. FAT32, NTFS, or
Mac files systems cannot be used.

appears and “Low Battery” is

Player Controls

Front View

A-B Repeat

LCD

USB port

Play/pause/power

FF/Mode/Rew

Side View

Volume+

Volume-

Hold button

Earphone

LCD

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Play repeat mode

A-B Repeat

Battery indicato

Hold icon

Playback time

Current operation

Repeat modes: Repeat, Repeat All, Random,
Preview and Normal.

Equalizer modes: Jazz, Classic, Rock, Pop and
Normal.

Song Name

Type of the son

Turning the power on/off

To turn on the MP3 player, press and hold the PLAY
button for 2 seconds. “Power On” will be displayed
on the LCD screen.

To turn off the MP3 player, press and hold the PLAY
button for 2 seconds. “Power Off” will be displayed
on the LCD screen.

Playing MP3 music

1. Turning on the power by pressing Play/Stop

button momentarily, you could see the following
interface:

The 001-022 means there are 22 songs loaded on
this particular MP3 player, and it’s currently on song

1.

2. When you press Play/Stop button again, the

current track will be played as shown above. The
top left corner is the playback time indicator.

3. If you want to select previous/next song, turn the

rolling wheel up and down to get the track. The
music will stop if you press Play/Stop.

4. By pressing the Play/Stop button for 3 seconds, you

can turn the power off.

Volume Control

The volume steps (see illustration) will increase or
decrease when the VOL+/VOL- button is pressed
correspondingly. There are 32 volume steps and
the volume level ranges from 0 to 31.

Menu Mode

1. To enter the Menu mode, press down on the

Mode button (in the middle of the rolling wheel).
The LCD will display the following:

Here are the 7 options available to select from:

Music Enter Music Mode
Voice Enter Voice Mode
Settings Set Parameter
Memory Info Show Memory Info
Delete Delete audio files
Record Recording Function
Return Return

2. To select an option, use the FF/RW wheel to

scroll to the desired option. Then press down on
the Mode button to enter that selection. Each
screen has a Return option as the last item, which
can be used to return to the previous screen.

Voice Recording Function

There are two ways you can enter the Voice
Recording function.

1. Press down on the Mode button to enter the

Menu Mode, and scroll to the Record function.
Press down on the mode button to begin recording.
(See illustration).

2. Or you can press down on the A-B button for

three seconds and it will begin to record
immediately.

3. To stop recording, simply press the Play button.

The .wav files can now be played back in the same
manner as MP3 files.

Settings: EQ (Equalizer)

There are 5 Equalizer modes to select from: Jazz,
Classic, Rock, Pop, and Normal.

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Settings

option.

2. Select the EQ (Equalizer) option.

3. Scroll to the desired EQ setting (Jazz, Classic,

Rock, Pop, or Normal) and press down on the
Mode button to select that setting.

4. After selecting the EQ setting you will be

returned to the Settings menu where you can return
to the Main Menu.

5 The EQ setting will appear in the LCD, as show
below.

Settings: Repeat

You can adjust the way files are played on your
MP3 player to one of 5 modes:

Normal: Plays the MP3s in order and stops after
the last file has been played. This is the default
playback setting.
Preview: Plays the first 10 seconds of all MP3s in
order and stops after the last file has been played.
Repeat Track: Plays the current MP3 file
repeatedly.
Repeat All: Plays all MP3s in order repeatedly until
another operation is performed.
Shuffle: Plays all MP3s at random and then stops.

To change the playback setting, please follow
these steps:

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Settings

option.

2. Select the REPEAT option.

3. Scroll to the desired REPEAT setting (Normal,

Preview, Repeat Track, Repeat All, or Shuffle) and
press down on the Mode button to select that
setting. (shown in illustrations)

Repeat Track Repeat All

Shuffle Normal

Settings: LCD contrast

You can adjust the contrast of the LCD screen to
work best in your surrounding environment.

1. Enter the Mode Menu and enter the Settings

option.

2. Select the LCD Contrast option.

3. Scroll to the desired REPEAT setting. You can

now adjust the contrast level by using the FF/RW
scroll wheel as show below.

The LCD contrast can be adjusted from 0 to 32.
Adjust the level according to the surrounding
environment.

Settings: Auto OFF time

You can use this setting to automatically shut down
the unit after a selected period of idle time.

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Settings

option.

2. Select the Auto OFF option.

3. Scroll to the desired Auto OFF setting (Disable,

1Min, 2Min, 5Min, or 10Min).

If you select the “Disable” option, then your player
will not shut down automatically during idle periods.

If you select one of the 4 time periods, then you
player will automatically shut down after it’s been
idle for the selected amount of time.

Settings: Rec Sample

You adjust the sampling rate of your voice
recordings to improve the playback quality. Please
note that recording at higher sample rates
increases the file size of the recording. To change
the sample rate, please do the following:

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Settings

option.

2. Select the Rec Sample option.

3. Scroll to the desired Rec Sample setting

(8000Hz, 11025Hz, 16000Hz, 22050Hz, 35000Hz,
44100Hz, or 48000Hz)

Deleting Files

You can delete files from your MP3 player in 3
different ways:

1. Directly from the player.

2. Use the MP3 management software.

3. Use Windows Explorer.

To delete files directly from the player, please
follow these steps:

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Delete

option.

2. Select the type of file to delete: Music or Voice.

3. After selecting the file type the first file in that

category will appear on the LCD. You will have the
option to save or delete this file.

4. Select YES to delete the file, or NO to save it and

move the next file on the player.

5. If you do not want to delete any of the files you

can hold down the Mode button for 3 seconds to
return to the main screen.

The option of deleting files using the MP3
management software is detailed in the software
section of this manual.

Repeat A-B Mode

The MP3 player has a built in feature that allows
you to repeat a certain part of an audio track. This
can be a useful tool for things such as language
learning or memorization. Please follow these steps
to repeat a portion of a file:

1. Play the desired track. When you reach the

section you want to repeat; press the A-B button to
mark the beginning of the section. (shown below).

2. Continue playing the track until you reach the

end of the section you want repeated. Press the
A-B button to mark the end of the section. (shown
below). Now you can repeat the selected part (A-B)
of the track continuously by pressing play.

To cancel the function or move on to the next track,
select the “Repeat A-B” function again or adjust the
rolling wheel to reach the next designated track.

Memory Status

You could examine the memory usage of the MP3
player without being connected to the PC.

1. Enter the Mode Menu and select the Memory

Info option.

The internal memory info will be displayed on the
LCD screen showing the total capacity as well as
the amount of free memory. (shown below)

Loading & Managing Audio Files

Connecting to your PC

To load audio files or data onto your MP3 player
you must connect the drive to a PC. If you are on
Windows 98/98SE you will need to load drivers
before connecting the drive. To install the Win98
drivers you must run the MP3 management
software (setup.exe) from the Drivers CD included
with your drive. All other supported operating
systems already have the drivers loaded on the
system. To transfer files to your MP3 player, please
follow these steps:

1.Connect the MP3 player to an available USB port

on your PC.

2.Your OS will recognize the player as a

Removable Drive and it will assign the next
available drive letter to the drive. The drive can be
accessed in the same manner as any other drive
through Windows Explorer.

3.The LCD on the player will display a “connection”

picture if the connection successful. (shown below)

4. You can now transfer audio files to this drive

manually, but we recommend using the MP3
Management Software included with your drive.

MP3 Management Software

The Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO drive includes a MP3
Management utility to help you transfer audio files
to the player. To install this program, simply double
click on the setup.exe file located in the Drivers
folder for this product. A shortcut name “MP3
Player” will be added to your desktop.

Please note that you must have the MP3 player
connected to your PC to run the MP3 Management
utility. When the program opens it will look for the
MP3 player on your PC, and open the screen
shown below.

There are 5 basic tasks you can perform with the
MP3 Management Utility:

1. Upload files

2. Download files

3. Delete files

4. Format the drive

5. Play audio files

Once you have the drive connected and the MP3
Management utility is running, you can perform any
of these tasks by clicking on the appropriate button.

Please refer to the help menu built into the program
for further instructions.

Disclaimer

All the information in this document is subject to
change without prior notice. The manufacturer
does not make any representations or any
warranties (implied or otherwise) regarding the
accuracy and completeness of this document and
shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit or
any other commercial damage, including but not
limited to special, incidental, consequential, or
other damages.

No part of this document may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form by any means without the
express written permission of the manufacturer.

All brand names and product names used in this
document are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.

Warranty

This product carries a 1-year limited warranty from
the date of purchase. 1 Year for the Flash Memory,
90 days labor.

Tech Support

If you experience any problems installing your
Kanguru Micro MP3 PRO player or have any
technical questions regarding any of our products,
please call our tech support department. Our tech
support is free and available Monday thru Friday,
9am to 5pm EST

Call 1-508-376-4245 or visit our website at

www.kanguru.com

Kanguru Solutions

1360 Main St.

Millis, MA 02054