Kaser BW User Manual

MAMBO BW MP3 Player

User’s Guide

v1.1

Features

Smart design

Stylish, comfortable and lightweight with easy to use buttons

Supports various formats

MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV

FM stereo radio

The powerful search function helps you store 40 different stations (20 station of

each mode).

Built-in recording

You can record you favorite radio station to a recording file while listening to a radio

station.

U disc (driver free) function

You can operate in the portable disc directly with no drivers (WIN2000 or more

advanced systems no driving)

“Secure-disk” mode

You can divide the player’s storage disk into two separate disks and encode one of

them to be hidden.

Recording / repeating

You can record voice with microphone and store it in format WMA and ACT;

moreover, you can set repeating sections.

7 EQ modes

Normal, rock, pop, classic, soft, jazz, DBB

7 color backlights

Select from seven different color backlights.

Set power off time

Two convenient modes: sleeping mode and power saving mode

All flash menu

Menu with word display gives you important feedback.

Upgradeable hardware

Upgrade the player’s reprogrammable memory with new drivers (Please check the

Kaser website for latest driver releases.)

Quick Start Guide

Loading your MP3 Player

1) If you are using Windows 2000 or Windows 98 SE or Windows ME, please

insert the Driver CD into your computer’s CD drive and run the installation

application. If you are using Windows XP, proceed to Step 2 as no driver

installation is required.

2) Connect the Mambo to small end of the USB cable included in the package.

3) Connect the other end of the USB cable to your computer.

4) The MP3 player will automatically appear as a new Removable Disk.

5) Copy your music files to the Removable Disk icon as you normally copy any

files on your computer.

Disconnecting your MP3 Player

1) Right-click the Remove Hardware icon in the System Tray (next to the clock)

and select Safely Remove Hardware.

2) In the Remove Hardware dialog, click on the appropriate USB drive or mass

storage device and click Stop.

3) In the resulting dialog, click OK to confirm your selection. Click Close to close

the Remove Hardware dialog.

Quick Reference Guide

Buttons

Button Summary

Play: Power on or off / play/ pause/ stop

Mode: Enter the menu or escape to the previous menu

VOL+, VOL-: Increase or decrease volume.

Next: select the next item

Prev: select the previous item

REC: Enter the recording mode

Power on / off

Press and hold “Play” button to power on or power off

LCD Display – music mode

Power Display

The player shows a 9-level power indicator. It will show full power if the battery is

1.5V. The indicator will decrease over time as the battery is depleted. The indicator

will be empty if the battery’s charge is used up.

Main menu

You can enter a menu by pressing the “Mode” (M) button. Each menu has further

submenus that allow you to perform various operations (play music, record, change

system setting, etc).

To escape to the Main menu from any submenu, press and hold the Mode button.

Submenus

Music mode

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Recording mode

FM mode

System setting

Playing mode

USB mode (connecting with PC)

Play Button functions

The Play button can play or stop (it can pause when recording).

In the System, Phone Book and Text submenus, pressing the play button takes you

up to the Main menu.

In music mode, press “Play” to play music. When playing, quickly press “Play” to

pause playing. Pressing “Play” and holding it slightly longer will stop playback.

In recording mode, press “Play” to record music. When playing, quickly press “Play”

to pause the recording. Pressing “Play” and holding it slightly longer will stop the

recording and save the file.

Button Actions Note

Button functions can vary with the length of time that the button is held. There are

regular presses, short or quick presses like clicking a mouse button, and presses

where you hold the button until the desired action occurs.

Player Functions

Music Playback

1) Select the Music mode menu and press the “Mode” button.

2) To play the selected file, press the “Play” button.

3) To browse other files, press the “Prev” or “Next” buttons. If a file is already

playing, pressing “Prev” or “Next” will start the next music file. However,

pressing and holding these buttons will fast forward or reverse.

4) When playing, quickly press “Play” to pause playing. Pressing “Play” and

holding it slightly longer will stop playback.

5) To add more music to your MP3, connect the player to your computer with a

USB cable. The player will appear as a removable disk icon. Copy and delete

files as normally done with USB disks or floppy disks.

If using Windows 98, please install the USB driver from the driver CD. This driver

is not needed for Windows 2000/XP users.

Lyrics Display

This player supports simultaneous lyric display using the .LRC text format. To use

this feature, keep the song word name consistent with the music.

For example:

Name of the music: My_Song.mp3

Name of the song word: My_Song.lrc

If your music file has a matching lyric file, the music mode “ ”will become “ ”.

1) Play a music file with a lyric file.

2) Press “Mode” and hold until the lyrics are displayed.

3) Press “Mode” to turn off the lyrics display.

Playing Mode submenu

You can choose different playing mode while playing music or music files such as

repeating and shuffling, or set Equalizer settings, or playback tempo.

Repeat

1) Start the Music mode and play a music file.

2) Press “Mode” to open the Playing Mode submenu.

3) Press “Mode” to open the Repeat submenu. From here you can select the

following options

○ REPEAT

（Normal） Play songs in normal mode。

Repeat One）

（

Folder）

（

（Repeat Folder）

（Repeat All）

SHUFFLE

○

（Random）

○ INTRO

（Intro）

Equalizer

1) Play a music file

2) Press “Mode” to enter Playing Mode submenu.

3) Press “Next” to highlight the Equalizer item and press “Mode.”

Repeat one song

Play all songs in a folder/directory

Play and repeat all songs in

folder/directory

Play and repeat all the songs

Play the songs in random order

Play the first 10 seconds of all songs in

order.

4) Press “Next” to select from Natural/Normal, Rock, Pop, Classical, Soft, Jazz

and DBB.

5) Press “Mode” to confirm your selection.

Tempo

1) Play a music file

2) Press “Mode” to enter Playing Mode submenu.

3) Press “Next” to highlight the Tempo item and press “Mode.”

4) Press “Prev” or “Next” to adjust the Tempo slider.

5) Press “Mode” to confirm your selection.

Replay (A-B)

This function lets you set and repeat a particular section of a music file or recording.

1) Play a music file

2) Press “Mode” to enter Playing Mode submenu.

3) Press “Next” to highlight the Replay item and press “Mode.”

4) The display will Music mode and the A in the A-B icon ( ) will be flashing.

5) Press “Next” to set the start point of the repeating section.

6) The B in the A-B icon will start flashing.

7) Press “Next” to set the end point of the repeating section.

8) The section will be repeated the number of times specified in the Replay

Times setting.

9) After repeating the section, normal play will continue.

10) Use the Volume buttons to adjust the playback tempo of an A-B section.

Replay Time

Use this slider to set the number of times an A-B section replays.

Replay Gap

Use this slider to set amount of pause between repeating playback.