Lenco Podo 153 User's Manual

USER’S MANUAL

PODO-153

Media Player with Pedometer

For more information: www.lenco.com

Cautions

WARNING:

When participating in the traffic listening to a

WARNING:

To prevent possible hearing damage, do not listen

• Do not place naked flames, such as lighted candles on or near the product.

• Do not place objects filled with liquids, such as vases on or near the product.

• Do not use or store this product in a place where it is subject to direct sunlight, heat, excessive dust or vibration.

• Do not use this product with wet hands.

• Do not clean this product with water or other liquids.

• Do not block or cover the slots and holes in the product.

• Do not push foreign objects into the slots or holes in the product.

• Do not attempt to open this product yourself. There are no user

serviceable parts inside.

• Do not allow children access to plastic bags.

Safety Warnings

• Before using this product, read and follow all warnings and instructions.

• This product is not intended for use by young children. Young children

should be properly supervised.

• This product is intended for household use only and not for commercial or industrial use.

• Do not expose to dripping or splashing.

• No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the

product.

• Ventilation should not be impeded by covering ventilation openings with items such as newspapers, table cloths, curtains and the like.

• Make sure the unit is adjusted to a stable position. Damage caused by using this product in an unstable position or by failure to follow any other warning or precaution contained within this user manual will not be covered by warranty.

Lenco suggest retaining the packaging in case for future transport of the product.

If at any time in the future you should need to dispose of this product please note that: All batteries and accumulators need to be removed from this product (Removal of Waste Batteries and Accumulators).

personal music player can make the listener less aware of potential dangers such as approaching cars.

at high volume levels for long periods.

1. Get to know the controls on Player

Item

Description

1 TFT LCD Display

2 M Button (

Call

Menu)

3 Center

( ) Button (On / Off, Play / Pause,

Enter

)

Button (Previous / Fast

Rewind)

Button

(

Next / Fast

Forward)

Button (Previous Menu / Exit)

7 Earphone Output Jack (3.5mm Stereo)

8 Micro SD Memory Card Slot

9 Micro USB Port (PC Connection / Charge)

10 Microphone Position (mono, inside USB port)

11 VOL

Button (Volume

Down

)

12 VOL

Button (Volume Up)

2. About Player Battery

Player has an internal, non–user-replaceable battery. For best results,

the first time you use player, let it charge for about 2 ~ 3 hours or until the battery status icon in the “Connect” screen shows that the battery is in full.

Battery is in full

Note: Player may continue use battery power after it’s been turned off. For maintain the battery life and performance, if unit isn’t used for a while, the battery need to be recharged, recharging the battery at least once per month.

a. Charging the Battery:

You can charge the player battery in two ways:

• Connect player to your computer. Or,

• Use the USB power charger. (not included)

b. Connection and Charging:

• Once you have connected player with computer / power charger, then

you will see the “Connect” screen appear on screen,

• The level bars are running in battery status icon at the “Connect” screen.

The battery is in charging.

Connect Screen

In Charging

Important: The battery does not charge when your computer is in sleep. The USB port on most keyboards does not provide enough power to charge the player. Connect player to a USB 2.0 port on your computer only to prevent charge problem.

3. Connecting and Disconnecting Player

You can connect the player with your computer to transfer those media

files and recorded voice memos when necessary, and to charge the battery.

a. To Connecting Player

• To connect player to your computer, plug the connector of USB Cable into

a USB port on your computer, and connect the other end to player, then the “Connect” screen appear for view.

• Now the player is ready for media files transfer with your computer and

the battery is charging.

• You can transfer the media files by using the computer mouse use drag

and place, or copy and paste, in between the player and your computer. Disconnect it when you’re done.

b. To Disconnecting Player

It’s important not to disconnect player while it’s syncing or transferring

files. Eject the player before disconnect it.

• To eject player, press and hold the M button for about 2 seconds, the

“Connect” screen will switch to “Main Menu” screen. And now is safe to

disconnect the player with your computer. Unplug the USB cable from

the player. Or,

Music

Movie

cord

Pedometer

Voice

Photo

• If you’re using a Windows PC, you can also eject player in My Computer

or by clicking the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon in the Windows system tray, select the correspondence name of USB Device and choose “Stop” > choose “Confirm” > choose “Confirm” follow by the pop up windows you’re your computer.

• If you’re using a Mac, you can also eject player by dragging the player

icon on the desktop to the Trash.

• Disconnect the USB cable from the player and computer, simply remove

it.

• If you accidentally disconnect player without ejecting it, reconnect it to

your computer and sync again. However, some media file may loss.

4. Getting Start the Player

Turn ON / OFF the player and use of Main Menu:

• To turn ON the player, press and hold the Center ( ) button for 3 ~ 4

seconds, then you will see any one of the following shown Main Menu screen, Music / Movie / Record /pedometer / Voice / Photo / Setup/ Games / eBook, will appear on LCD after the Loading and Opening screen have displayed.

• To turn OFF the player, press and hold the Center ( ) button for 3 ~ 4

seconds.

“Main Menu”

Setup

Game

eBook

5. Use Setup Menu

You might need to set date & time or change some default setting as you

desired in setup menu before you start to use the player.

• To go into setup menu, from main menu, choose “Setup” by using /

and Center ( ) buttons, a “Setup” menu appears to use;

• For back to previous menu or main menu, press or pressing button

during in setup menu and submenu.

Setup Menu

(Menu Page 1) (Menu Page 2)

a. To Setup “System time” (Date & Time):

• Choose “System time” by using the / button and then press Center

( ) button, a date & time setting screen appears to use.

• Press the VOL + button, the year is highlighted then adjusting to current

year by pressing the / button. And repeating the adjusting methods by using the VOL + / VOL - and / button again for finished those items; Month, Date, Hour, Minute and seconds setting adjustment.

• Finally, you need to press the Center ( ) button to confirm the

adjustment and back to Setup menu, if not the date & time will not to memorize and you need to adjust them again.

Note: the set date & time will be losses if internal rechargeable battery is fully emptied in protection mode. Adjust the clock again if you want it to use.

b. To change “LCD set”

You can set the backlight to illuminate the screen for a certain amount of time as you desired or make the backlight to always ON when every time you turn ON the player.

• To change LCD backlight, choose “LCD set” > choose “Dark mode”, a level

bar with number appear then chose “0 (always On) / 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25

/ 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 seconds” as you desired by using the Center ( )

and / buttons. Choose “0” to prevent the LCD backlight from

turning to off. (choosing this option decrease battery performance)

c. To Change “Language”

This player can use difference OSD languages.

• To set the language, choose “Language”, and then choose which

language as you desired by using the Center ( ) and / buttons.

d. To Set “Power Off”

The Power Off setting can extend the time between battery charges by turning OFF the player when you are not using the controls or no operation. Also, Sleep function provided for more choice.

• To set power off time, choose “Power off”, then choose “Off time”, a

levels bar with number menu appear, then choose “0 - 200 seconds” as

you want by using the Center ( ) and / buttons.

• To set sleep time, choose “Power off”, then choose “Sleep time”, a levels

bar with number menu appear, choose “0 / 10 / 20 /30 / 40 / 50 / 60 / 70

/ 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 minutes” as you want by using the Center

( ) and / buttons.

e. To View “Memory info”

You can view about the memory status of player, such as the numbers of remaining memory space available and the percentage of memory have used.

• To view the status, choose “Memory info” by using the Center ( ) and

/ buttons. An information screen, remaining memory space

available and percentage of memory used, appear for view.

• To return to setup menu or main menu press the button or press and

hold the button

f. To View “Firmware Version”

You might need to view the details about firmware information inside the Player.

• Choose “Firmware version” by using Center ( ) and / buttons,

an information screen appear for view.

• To return to setup menu or main menu press the button or press and

hold the button

g. To “Exit”

• Select Exit to back to main menu. Or, press and hole the button.

6. Use Music Menu

You can use music player to playback with supported music file format of audio coding; WMA and MP3 are supported by the player. To open the music player in Main Menu:

• From main menu, choose “Music” by using the / and Center ( )

button, a “Music Now Playing” screen appears to use.

Music Now Playing

a. To Play Music

• In Music Now Playing screen, press the Center ( ) button to start the

play.

• Press the Center ( ) button to pause the playing music.

• Press it again to resume.

b. Play Previous or Next Music

• Press the button to play next music.

• Press the button to play previous music.

c. Use Fast-Forward or Fast-Backward

• Press and hold the button to use fast-forward

• Press and hold the button to use fast-backward.

d. Adjust volume level

• Press the VOL+ / VOL- button to adjust volume levels to up / down and a

volume control screen appears to viewing;

• Wait for 6 ~ 8 seconds or press the / Center ( ) button to return

to music now playing screen.

• For hearing protection; a beep warning will be heard from earphone, or

display warning pop-up on TFT screen, when every time you increase the

volume level and reach to the default setting level which may exceed

85dB. Press the M button to accept the warning and enter into the

volume control for increase the level and until to maximum level.

e. Use Lyric Display

This player supports “*.LRC” lyric files and lyrics can synchronous displayed while playing music if you music has lyric included. How to know whether the lyrics exist? If the current song has matching lyric files, the color dot beside the Lyric Message icon will be turned to green color from red in Music Now Playing screen.

• Playing the music with lyrics, and then press and hold the M button to

enter the lyric display mode and the lyrics is displaying and moving up accordingly with the playing music.

• Press the M button to cancel the lyrics display and go back to Music Now

Play screen if you want.

7. Use Music Submenu in Music Stop Mode

You might need to selecting folders for music play and delete music files. To do this:

• In Music Now Playing screen, press the Center ( ) button to stop the

playing music if player is in playing. Then,

• Press the M button to pop-up the Music Submenu.

a. Local Folder

• In Music Submenu screen, choose “Local folder” a list menu appear, and

then select folder and / or choose a music file by using the / and Center ( ) button.

• It will go back to music now playing screen once a music file is selected.

Then press Center ( ) button to play.

b. Artists

• Choose “Artists” to enter folder(s) list menu grouping by Artist name,

then choose who name of Artist folder > choose a song file in list where start the play.

c. Album

• Choose “Album” to enter folder(s) list menu grouping by Album name,

then choose who name of Album folder > choose a song file in list where start the play.

d. Genre

• Choose “Genre” to enter folder(s) list menu grouping by Genres name,

then choose who name of Genres folder > choose a song file in list where start the play.

e. Update playlist

• Choose “Update playlist” to update the playlist when you found it show

incorrect; actually, it is normal due to some media files could be manual deleted in player’s memory by user in some case. However, update the playlist when necessary.

f. Delete file

• Choose “Delete file”, a list menu appear, and then choose which music

file that you want to delete by using the / and Center ( ) buttons.

• Once file is selected, press the Center ( ) button and choose Yes to

confirm or No to cancel.

g. Delete All

• Choose “Delete all”, a dialog appear to choose, then selects “Yes / No”

by using the / and Center ( ) buttons.

• Once “YES” or “NO” appear then press the Center ( ) button to

confirm.

• All music files will be deleted once YES is selected and confirmed, a

“Deleting” screen appear for a while and deleting process is in progress, then “Empty disk!” message will shown on screen for few seconds.

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