Lasonic MP-5K User Manual

User Manual

MP3 Player / USB-Disk / Voice Recorder

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Disclaimer

Lasonic shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This document contains proprietary information, which is protected by copyright laws. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or digitally stored on or transferred through any medium without prior written permission by Lasonic. We reserve the rights to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without further obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. We also reserve the right to change the specification without notice and may therefore not coincide with the contents of this document. Lasonic assumes no responsibilities with regard to the performance or use of third party products.

Health and Safety Precautions

• This device is an electronic device; use care when handling and use.

• Do not drop the device; you might damage the device.

• Observe the local law regarding using earphones while driving a motor vehicle. Some

locale allows only one ear to be covered by an earphone.

• Do not operate the control while driving a motor vehicle; you might be distracted and cause an accident.

• Follow the instructions regarding the use of electronic device while on a commercial airplane. If you have question, please ask the flight attendant.

• Do not listen to the music at an excessive volume for an extended period of time; you might damage your hearing.

• Do not expose the device to direct sunlight. Keep away from extreme heat or cold environment.

• Keep the device free from dust and other contaminant.

• Keep liquid and moisture away from the device. Cleaning agent could damage the

surface of your device.

• Clean the exterior by wiping with soft dry cloth, do not use any cleaning liquid on it.

• Remove the battery when unused for a long period of time.

• Do not attempt to service the product yourself. Removing the cover can expose you to

high voltage and other dangerous conditions. You will also break the seal and void the warranty. Contact us to get the unit repaired.

• Please dispose of the device or the battery properly. Do not put in the trash with your regular household waste. Contact the local authority on how to recycle them.

Foreword

Please read this manual carefully before using the player to ensure a trouble-free experience. This product is a flash based digital music player capable of playing MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV music file formats.

Features

• Compact size

• USB connection to computer for music download

• Also operates as a USB flash drive for data storage

• Plays virtually all music file formats such as: MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV

• Driver-free installation for Windows 2000 or higher. Windows 98 requires installation of

driver from CD.

• Digital voice recording

• FM station reception

• 6 mode Equalizer: Normal, Pop, Classical, Jazz, Bass and Rock

• Extensive Music repeat modes: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Shuffle Repeat, Dir

Normal, Dir Repeat one, Dir Repeat all, and Dir Shuffle Repeat

Technical Specifications

Specifications

• USB interface

• USB Mass Storage Class, Bulk-only Transport standard

• Flash memory based for music and data storage

• Operates on 1 AAA battery

• MP3, WMA, and WAV

• Stores 500 Songs per 1GB, 250 songs for 512MB

Note: 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 64-Kbps wma encoding; actual capacity varies by content.

PC system requirements

• Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, or XP

• Pentium III or processor with 500MHz or faster

• 64MB RAM minimum

• 40MB minimum hard disk space for music storage

• CD/DVD-ROM drive for driver installation in Windows 98SE only

• One (1) open USB port

Macintosh system requirements

• Mac OS 9.2.2 or OS X 10.2.8 or higher

• G4, G5, or Intel processor with 500MHz processor or faster

• 64MB RAM minimum

• 40MB minimum hard disk space for music storage

• One (1) open USB port

Environmental requirements

• Operating Temperature: 32°~95° F (0°~35°C)

• Operating Humidity: 10%~70% noncondensing

• Storage Temperature: -4°~113° F (-20°C~45°C)

• Storage Humidity: 20%~90% noncondensing

Package contents

• Digital music player

• Earphone

• Manual

• Windows 98 Driver CD

• AAA battery

Location of Control

1. Headphone jack - for connection to earphones.

2. USB connector - for connection to your computer.

3. MENU - Press to enter menu or sub-menus to configure the settings of the player. Press to

confirm the selected menu option.

4. A-B/ REC - Select A-B repeat mode or start/stop voice recording.

5. Forward - Skip to next track. Press and hold to fast forward within the current track.

6. Reverse - Skip to previous track. Press and hold to fast reverse within the current track

7. Power On/ Play/ Pause/ Stop/ Power Off - Play, pause, or stop the current song. Power

on/off the unit.

8. Vol- - Decrease the volume level.

9. Vol+ - Increase the volume level

10. Hold - lock the buttons to prevent accidental press of the buttons.

11. LCD - Display song info and other status information.

12. Microphone - built-in microphone Note: Buttons used for “Menu” and “Play / Pause button” can each be controlled in 3 different ways:

1. Press - press the button then release it immediately.

2. Long press - press and hold the button for about 2 seconds then release it.

3. Press & Hold - press and keep holding the button.

Installing Battery

Before you can use the player, you need to install the battery into the unit. The unit operates on 1 AAA battery. Please use high quality Alkaline or Ultra Alkaline for longer music playing time.

1. Look at the bottom of the player. Place your thumb on the battery cover and slide out. Lift out the cover.

2. Insert an AAA battery into the player in the direction shown inside the battery compartment.

3. Place the battery cover on top of the battery and slide it back to close.

Note: If the battery is left inside this unit after they become drained they may leak and cause damage to the battery compartment terminals - please remove exhausted batteries promptly.

Installing Earphones

Be sure the device is powered off before inserting the earphone. Insert the earphone plug into the jack on the side of the player.

Connecting to Computer

Note: Before plugging into the USB port in the computer, be sure to remove the cap. Put back the cap after you are done to help protect the USB connector. To connect the device to your computer, plug in the device into the USB socket on your computer. The player will power on automatically.

Overview

Before plugging in the device, make sure your computer system have a USB port available. You need to download MP3 or WMA music files into the player before you can play back music. This player only supports unprotected music files. It does not play back music file with DRM copy protection. Most online music selling site supports DRM music files only. Those protected music files will not play back in this device. You need to transfer music files without DRM protection into the player. You can do this by encoding music file from your music CD without selecting the copy protection option. You can use Windows Media Player that comes with Windows to rip music into wma/mp3 format.

Caution:

It is illegal to distribute or share MP3 and WMA songs. You are only allowed to rip

music CD that you own and the resulting MP3 and WMA files are for personal use only.

Windows ME, 2000, XP, and Vista Setup

1. Start up the computer and boot into Windows.

2. Normally your machine will be ready to install new hardware. However, if you are using Windows 2000 or XP and are unable to install new hardware, you might not have Administrator privilege. Check with your computer manufacturer or your computer administrator on how to install new hardware device.

3. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer. Windows will start searching for driver.

4. If Windows ask you to reboot, click on

to reboot.

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Windows 98SE Setup

For Windows 98 user, please install the driver from the bundled CD and restart your computer to take effect.

Mac OS Setup

1. Start up the computer and boot into Mac OS.

2. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer.

3. The drive icon will show up on the desktop.

4. Now you can transfer your music files to the device.

5. Before removing the device, you have to drag its icon to the trash to unmount it.

After the device is connected to your computer, it will work like a removable hard disk (external drive) on your computer. You can transfer, copy, paste, and delete the data (audio files, voice recording files, etc.), which are stored on your player into your computer easily. It can also be used for storage of non-music files. The removable drive can be found under “My computer” or “Windows Explorer”. Also, open the “Device Manager” of your Windows and you will see the player is recognized as “USB mass Storage Device”’ which becomes one of the disk drives in your computer observe the diagrams for illustration.

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