Mercury IXA370i Quick Start Manual

MP3 PLAYER Ixa370i

US ER INST RU CTION M ANUAL

FE ATU RES

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MP3/W MA pla yba ck

Voice re cor din g

AB repe at

2-col or OL ED Di spl ay( 96* 39)

Suppo rt ID 3 & lyr ics d isp lay

6 EQ Mode s: No rma l/R ock /Ja zz/Cl ass ica l/P op/ Bas s

USB 2.0 F S

1 AAA batte ry (1 .5V )

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AP PE ARANCE

1. Insta ll th e bat ter y

Open th e batte ry co mpa rtment cov er, i nst all 1 A AA bat ter y(1.5 V) ac cor ding to t he

polar ity m ark ing s ins ide t he batt ery c omp art men t

A” ” sig n w ill f las h o n the scre en if battery pow er is lo w, t hen repl ace with a

new one .

Note: Ple ase tak e out t he b att ery if not use the MP3 playe r fo r a l ong perio d

of time .

2. Power O N/O FF

Press an d h old the butt on to power on the MP3 pla yer, the blu e b ack gro und

light w ill t urn o n. E ach t ime a fte r th e key i s pre ssed, t he ba ckg rou nd l igh t wil l sta rt

up for 3 secon ds (def aul t). If no othe r keys are pre sse d with in 3 sec ond s, the

backg rou nd li ght w ill a uto matic all y go of f.

When th e MP 3 pl aye r is Pow ere d on , pr ess and h old the a gai n fo r more th an 3

secon ds, “BY EBY E” w ill sh ow o n th e screen a nd t he M P3 pla yer wil l be power ed

off .

1.Hold k ey 2.P owe r ON/ OFF /Pl ay/Pa use /St op 3.E Q key 4 .A-B k ey

5.USB pl ug 6.M enu /VO L+/ VOL -/Nex t tra ck/ For war d 7.OL ED disp lay

8.Earp hon e jac k 9.Ne ck st rap l oop 10.Batt ery c ove r

BASI C OP ER ATION

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3. Play/ Pau se/ Sto p

1) When t he MP3 play er is pow ere d on, it will automati cal ly ente r the STOP

statu s. P res s the qui ckl y to st art pla yin g, a “ ” s ign wil l show at t he top rig ht

corne r of the scree n. The cur ren t song ti tle , trac k numb er, pla yin g time , play

mode wi ll be d isp lay ed on t he sc reen.

2) Press th e but ton qui ckl y when th e MP 3 player is u nde r play “ ” st atus to

pause pla yin g, a “ ” si gn wil l sh ow, pre ss t he but ton agai n qu ick ly to r esu me

playi ng.

3) Press and ho ld t he button for 2 sec onds wh en p lay ing to s top , a “ ■” s ign

will sh ow at t he to p rig ht co rne r of the sc ree n.

4) A-B repe at

While the MP 3 i s p lay ing , w ith dis played, b riefl y press an d r ele ase th e “ A-B ”

butto n, an “A→ ” app ear s on the top left cor ner of the di spl ay. Pres s the “A- B”

butto n br ief ly a gai n to set the end point B, a “A- B” s ign sho ws o n th e sc reen and

the con tent be tween p oint A and poi nt B wil l be r epe ated co ntinu ous ly. Pr ess the

“A-B” b utt on on ce mo re to e xit t he A-B rep eat m ode .

5) Next son g/P rev iou s Son g/N ext Trac k/F orw ard

When the MP3 play er is un der play “ ” status , d ial the “M” but ton r igh twa rd or

leftw ard t o ski p to th e nex t son g or prev iou s son g.

Dial t he “ M” b utton rig htw ard or lef twa rd a nd hol d to fas t go fo rwa rd o r b ack war d

withi n the c urr ent t rac k, re lease t he bu tto n to re sum e pla ying.

6) Adjust Vol ume

Volume can be adj ust ed und er both pla y “ ” and sto p “ ■” sta tus . P ress the “M“

butto n up or down to adju st the vo lum e, the vo lum e indi cator will increase or

decre ase a cco rdi ngl y on th e scree n.

1．Start r eco rdi ng

Under stop sta tus , brie fly pr ess an d rele ase th e “M” but ton to en ter th e main

menu, dia l the “M” but ton ri ght war d or le ftw ard to sel ect “R ECO RD” ca teg ory,

press t he “M ” but ton t o sta rt re cordi ng.

VOICE RE CO RD IN G

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2．Save a vo ice f ile

Press bu tton to sto p rec ord ing . T he voice file reco rde d will b e s ave d und er

the “VO ICE ” cat ego ry of t he MP 3 playe r as a .WAV f ile

3．Play a vo ice f ile

Press the “M” but ton to ret urn to t he mai n me nu, dia l the “ M” b utt on r igh tward or

leftw ard to selec t “VOICE” , pres s the “M” button to en ter th e “ VOI CE” cate gor y,

press button to pl ay th e voi ce fi le.

1. EQ SET

Brief ly pres s and rele ase the “M” butto n to ent er the main men u, dia l the “M ”

butto n righ twa rd or lef twa rd to selec t “Set tin gs” ca teg ory, dial the “M ” butt on

again to s ele ct “ EQ ” . Di al and the n pr ess the “M” butto n ri ght war d or leftward to

selec t No rma l/R ock /Ja zz/ Class ica l/P op/ Bas s, Pre ss the “M ” butt on to conf irm

and ret urn t o the u p one l eve l cat egory, di al the “M ” but ton a nd se lec t “Ex it”.

2. Play Mo de

Brief ly press and rel eas e the “M” butto n to ent er the ma in men u, dia l th e “M ”

butto n righ tward or left war d to sel ect “Set tin gs” cate gor y, dial the “M” b utt on

right war d or left war d aga in to sel ect “Play Mo de” . the n pre ss the “M” butto n to

selec t Nor mal/R epe at One/ Repea t A ll/ Rando m/S huf fle All/ In tro , press the “M”

butto n to con firm a nd r etu rn to t he up o ne l eve l c ate gor y, di al the “M” but ton an d

selec t “Ex it” .

Repea t One : the c urr ent t rac k will be r epe ate d con tin uou sly;

Repea t All : After all track s ar e play ed, the MP 3 pl aye r w ill sta rt to p lay fr om

the fir st t rac k ag ain and wil l ne ver stop un less th e po wer is f ini shed or be

manua lly s top ped .

Rando m: All tra cks saved in the MP3 play er' s me mor y wil l be pla yed in a

rando m ord er.

Intro : eac h trac k will be played for 10 sec ond s an d ski p to the ne xt trac k

autom ati cal ly.

3. Scree n Sav ing s

Brief ly pr ess and rele ase the “M” button to ent er the main menu, dial and t hen

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press the “M ” b utt on rig htw ard or left war d to se lect “ Set tings ” categor y, di al the

“M” bu tto n up or dow n agai n to sel ect “S cre en S aving s”. Pre ss the “M” but ton to

selec t 5/ 10/ 20/ 30/40/50 /60 scr een li ght ing tim e. Pre ss t he “M” but ton to con fir m

and ret urn t o the u p one l eve l cat egory, di al the “M ” but ton a nd se lec t “Ex it”.

4. Power s et

Brief ly pre ss and rel ease the “M” butt on to ente r t he main menu , dia l a nd then

press the “M ” b utt on rig htw ard or left war d to se lect “ Set tings ” categor y, di al the

“M” but ton up o r do wn a gai n to sel ect “Po wer set ”. P res s th e “M ” butto n to s elect

Disab le/ 1 Min/ 2 Min/5 Mi n/10 M in. Pres s t he “ M” but ton ri ght ward o r l eft war d t o

confi rm and return to the up on e lev el categ ory, dial the “M” butt on and sele ct

“Exit ”.

If there i s no ope rat ion aft er t he aut o po wer off tim e cu sto miz ed, the MP3 playe r

will be p owe r off a uto mat ica lly. This f unc tio n hel ps to s ave the batt ery p owe r.

5. Langu age

Enter the mai n me nu, di al a nd t hen press the “M” but ton ri ght war d or lef tward to

selec t “S ettin gs” ca teg ory, di al the “M ” b utt on up or dow n a gai n t o sele ct

“Lang uag e”. s ele ct yo ur de sired l ang uag e and p res s the “M” key to c onf irm .

Brief ly press and rel eas e the “M” butto n to ent er the ma in men u, dia l th e “M ”

butto n to sele ct “Del ete “ cat ego ry, pres s th e “M” but ton to select thi s fea tur e.

Dial an d Pre ss th e “M” b utt on ri ghtwa rd or l eft war d to se lec t Music /Voi ce/ Exi t

1. Delet e a mus ic fi le

1) I f Mu sic is se lec ted in th e st ep ab ove, “Yes N o” is sho wn on the b ottom r igh t

of the sc ree n and a s ong t itl e is di splay ed.

2) Pr ess “M“ lef tward or l eft war d to scr oll thou gh the s ong titl es and s ele ct the

song to b e era sed .

3) D ial t he “M” bu tto n to se lect Yes or N o. I f Yes is se lected, pr ess t he “ ” b utt on

and the song will be del eat ed. If No is selected, pre ssi ng the “ ” button wil l

retur n to pl ay mo de.

2. Delet e a Voice file

1) If Vo ice is s ele cte d in the ste p ab ove, “ Yes No” is s how n on the bot tom right

ER AS E FILES

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of the sc ree n and a v oic e tit le is d ispla yed .

2) P res s “M“ l eft ward o r l eft war d t o scro ll t hough the titl es and sel ect th e v oic e

file to b e era sed .

3) Dia l th e “M” but ton to sele ct Yes or No. If Yes is sele cte d, press the “ ”

butto n and t he fi le will b e del eat ed. If No i s sel ected , pre ssi ng th e “ ” butt on wi ll

retur n to pl ay mo de.

Brief ly pres s and rele ase the “M” butto n to ent er the main men u, dia l the “M ”

butto n to sele ct “A bout” c ate gor y, press t he “ M” bu tto n to e nter an d view me mor y

space i nfo rma tio n.

INT: Tota l bui lt- in me mor y capacity

FREE: C urr ent f ree m emo ry sp ace lef t

When t he MP3 play er is powere d on, p ress t he “ “ butt ons at the same time to

lock th e but ton s. A hold “ ” sign wi ll sh ow on t he sc ree n.

Press the “ “ b utt ons at th e s ame time t o u nlo ck the but tons. The hold “ ” s ign

disap pea rs.

Note: The hold func tio n is not ava ilable w hen the MP3 play er is r eco rding

voice o r era sin g fil es.

1. This MP3 pla yer su ppo rts ly ric s sync hro niz ati on. For every MP3 or WM A

song s aved in t his MP 3 p lay er, if sav ed tog ether with a n “ .lrc” file w ith sa me fil e

name, then the lyri c t ext w ill be dis pla yed o n the LCD sc ree n w hen t he MP3 or

WMA song i s bei ng pl aye d.

2. Tur n on Lyri cs s ync hroni zat ion : Wh en a cap ita l le tte r “Y ” is dis pla yed on the

scree n, i t m ean s t he l rc fil e i s avai lab le. Under “Pl ay” st atu s, pre ss and hold t he

“M” key t o tur n on Lyr ics s ynchr oni zat ion .

*Lrc fi le: I t is text f ile w ith t ime cod e. It c an be c re ate d by ly ric s ed it so ftw are

or can be d own loa ded f rom I nte rnet.

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Sa fe ty C au tions

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1. Tra nsf err ing f iles from yo ur PC

If y our c omput er is run nin g Win dows Me o r la ter t he M P3 Pl ayer do es not re qui re

any s pec ial soft war e. When it is con necte d t o y our PC i t wil l a ppe ar as a mas s

stora ge dev ice and as su ch can be u sed t o s tor e a ny PC file s a nd fol ders. The

follo win g pr oce dur e is an exa mpl e base d on a co mputer ru nni ng W ind ows XP. It

assum es th at yo ur PC i s alr ead y power ed on .

1) Plug the MP3 Pla yer int o on e of you r PC s US B po rts eit her dir ect ly o r us ing

the USB ext ens ion cabl e s upp lie d. Pre ss the b utton to po wer on and the LC D

scree n wil l sho w “Re ady ” whe n it is suc ces sfu lly c onn ect ed with P C.

2) A window wil l open on you r PC s task bar sta tin g th at new har dwa re has

been fou nd an d that i t is a mass storage de vic e. This wil l the n chan ge to a

messa ge st ati ng th at th e new h ardwa re is r ead y to us e.

3) Open “ My Comp ute r” on your PC. You shou ld se e t he new device l ist ed in

your di sk dr ive s.

NOTE: If the new driv e is not li ste d it may b e nece ssary to rest art yo ur

compu ter .

4) You can sim ply cop y files t o th e new dri ve a s you wou ld a ny ot her dis k dr ive .

Simil arl y files can be del ete d from the new dr ive as you would any ot her dis k

drive . When fi les ar e b ein g tran sfe rre d, the sc reen w ill show “R ead ing ” o r

“Wr iti ng”.

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NOTES : Do not d isc onn ect yo ur MP3 pla yer wh ile file s ar e b ein g tran sfe rre d as

this wil l c orr upt t he dat a. The file stru cture will be p res erv ed. W hen play ing for

the fir st ti me any fi les i n the roo t dir ect ory wil l be pl ayed fi rst f oll owed by a ny fi les

store d in fo lde rs.

5) Once th e fi les hav e be en t ransf err ed c lic k on the “remo ve h ard war e sa fel y”

icon o n t he PCs tas k b ar. A w indow wil l o pen and t he USB ma ss s torag e de vice

will be l ist ed. Cli ck on the U SB mass s tor age dev ice . The P C wi ll th en s tat e whe n

it is saf e to re mov e the h ard war e.

6) Discon nec t the M P3 pl aye r and r eplac e the U SB co ver.

2. Mass st ora ge

As s tat ed p reviousl y yo ur Mp3 player can be use d to sto re a ny t ype of f ile . It can,

for exa mpl e, be use d to s imp ly tran sfe r fil es f rom o ne c omp ute r to a not her or as a

backu p dev ice . Whe n tra nsf errin g fil es th e fol der s tru cture w ill b e pre ser ved .

NOTE: If your com put er is runn ing Win dow s 98 you wi ll need to loa d th e

softw are sup pli ed on the CD, the sof twa re suppli ed with you r MP3 pla yer

works as a d riv er to e nable compu ter s ru nning Win dows 9 8 o per ati ng

syste m t o tran sfe r f ile s. Loa d t he dr ive r s oft war e i f y our comp ute r i s

runni ng Windo ws 98 .

Note: Unles s ther e is anyt hin g abno rma l with th e MP3 pla yer (f or exa mple, it

canno t be st art ed up ), do n ot tr y to upgr ade t he so ftw are .

1. Insta ll th e SET UP.ex e in yo ur PC .

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2. Plug the MP 3 Pl ayer in to o ne o f yo ur P Cs U SB p ort s ei the r di rec tly or u sin g

the US B e xtension cab le sup pli ed. Ri ght cl ick “My co mpu ter ”>“ Attri but e”

>“Dev ice m ana ger ”.

3. Press a nd h old the butt on until “Pl ayer Re cov ery Dev ice Cla ss” app ear s

on the De vic e man age r (Se e bel ow left f igu re) ; rel eas e the bu tto n;

4. Execu te the followin g proc edu res : Star t>P rog ram>Sigm aTel MSC N Aud io

Playe r>f irm war e dow nload ,(a s sho wn in the upp er righ t figur e) and a p rog res s

bar wil l pop u p as sh own i n the f oll owing f igu re.

5. After the di alo g box shown in the fig ure above is aut oma tic ally clos ed, a

dialo g box will pop up as shown in th e fig ure on the r igh t; Tic k the“ form at

datas hee t” op tio n. T hen start form att ing by pres sin g “ STAR T”, and press “

CLOSE” t o clo se th e pro gra m.

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6. A win dow wi ll open on you r PCs task ba r stati ng that ne w ha rdw are has

been fou nd an d that i t is a mass storage de vic e. This wil l the n chan ge to a

messa ge st ati ng th at th e new h ardwa re is r ead y to us e.

Note: P lea se ba cku p the fil es on y our M P3 pl ayer be for e for mat tin g. Al l dat a

on your M P3 pl aye r wil l be de let ed afte r for mat tin g.