Mercury IXA375i Quick Start Manual

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MP3 PLAYER Ixa375i FM

US ER INST RU CTION M ANUAL

We reco mme nd that you rea d t his c hap ter c omp let ely a nd with care and foll ow

the ins tru ction s det ailed . In d oin g th is, the cor rec t fu nct ion ing and th e long

durat ion of the MP 3 p lay er are ensur ed. Pleas e k eep these instruct ion s

somew her e sa fe i n or der to b e ab le to hand them to a n ew o wner in any eve ntual

case of s ale s.
You mu st guar d aga ins t th e los s of y our import ant d ata by ma kin g ba cku p cop ies.

We d o not ass ume lia bil ity for any d ata los s or dam age t o da ta s tor age uni ts, and

no claims can be acce pte d for dam age s re sul tin g fro m the los s of data or any

conse que nti al lo sse s.

Sa fe ty C au tions

Sa fe ty C au tions

Keep t he pro duc t a way fro m d amp , p rot ect it fro m j olt s, dus t an d h eat and d on' t

expos e it to d ire ct su nli ght , in orde r to av oid a ny op era tio nal pro ble ms.

. Do not open t he pro duct cas ing : this w oul d cause the forf eit o f t he gu ara nte e

and the e ven tua l dam age /de struc tio n of th e pro duc t

. Do no t al low children to p lay wit h e lec tri cal pro ducts wit hou t th e su pervi sio n of

an adul t: ch ild ren a re no t abl e to eval uat e any p oss ibl e and real dan ger s.

. Af ter tra nsp ortation of t he pro duc t, w ait until the re i s a sui tab le enviro n-m ent al

tempe rat ure b efo re pu tti ng it in to op era tion. In c ase o f s ign ifi can t t her mal

varia tio ns or dam p, it is pos sib le tha t the for min g of cond ens ati on can oc cur

which can caus e sho rt circ uit s. Be for e tra nsp ort ati on, rep lac e the cov er of the

USB soc ket .

. Use onl y the U SB Ca ble s upp lie d with th e pro duc t.

When yo u use the p rod uct, fo llo w the dir ect ive s on e lec tro magnetic c omp ati bility

(EMV) . To avoid t he ri sk of d ama ge an d the l oss of on boa rd da ta, p osi tio n the

Sa fe ty C au tions

devic e at least one met er fro m high fre que ncy and ma gne tic so urc es of

inter fer enc e (TV, stereo lo uds pea ker s, mo bile phone , etc .)

Gener all y, the equi pme nt do es no t nee d to be cle ane d.

. C aut ion ! The p rod uct does not cont ain compo nen ts that ne ed to b e m ain tai ned

or clea ned .

Be ca ref ul tha t the prod uct does not get dirt y. D o not use any solv ent s or spr ay

corro siv e cleans ers . If abs olu tel y nec ess ary, clean the pr odu ct ca sin g with a

damp cl oth .

The M P3 Play er can o nly be use d to co py or enco de mu sic trac ks of w hich the

user o wns the c opyright (s) or for whic h he has p urcha sed or has be en g iven t he

right o f us e from th e ho lde r or t he c opy rig ht. A ny u ser w ho v iol ate s th ese rig hts is

prose cut abl e a cco rdi ng to the l aws and / o r s ubj ect to c lai ms fro m the ho lde r o f

the rig hts .

Cl ea ning

Le gal Cau ti on

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FE ATU RES

MP3, WM A play bac k

Voice an d Lin e-i n Rec ord ing

2 Color O LED d isp lay

FM tune r

Suppo rt ID 3 tag

Suppo rt A-B r epe at/ Rep eat 1 /Repe at All

6 Play Mo des : Nor mal /Re pea t One/R epe at All /Sh uff le/ Shu ffl e and R epe at/

Intro

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

USB mas s sto rag e, pl ug an d pla y under W ind ows M e and a bov e, softwar e

for Win dow s 98 on d isc .

Suppo rt mo re th an 6 ho urs c ont inuou s pla yba ck wi th an AA A alkaline

batte ry

Sa fe ty C au tions

1.Neck S tra p Loo p 2.OL ED display

3.3.5m m ear pho ne ja ck 4.M ini USB lid

5.Menu butt on / Vol ume +/ Vo lume - / Pre vio us / Nex t

6.Batt ery c ove r 7.Po wer on / Pow er off / P lay / Pause

8.Micr oph one 9 .R e co r d b u t to n

10.Hol d but ton

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The jo g dial doe s n ot s upp ort pr ess & s lid e a t th e s ame time. Oth erw ise , t he jog

dial ma y be lo cke d/s tuc k in th e housi ng.

1. Insta ll th e bat ter y

Open th e bat ter y compa rtm ent c ove r, insta ll 1 AAA ba ttery(1. 5V) a cco rdi ng to the

polar ity mar kin gs ( +ve fac ing out sid e) i nsi de t he b att ery compartm ent ,A “ ”

sign wi ll fl ash o n the s cre en if b atter y pow er is l ow, th en re pla ce with a n ew on e.

Note: Ple ase tak e ou t th e ba tte ry i f no t use the MP3 p lay er f or a lon g pe rio d

of time .

2. Power O N/O FF

Press and ho ld the but ton to pow er on the MP3 pla yer. When the MP3

playe r i s P owe red on, pre ss and hold the unde r “ STO P■” stat us for more

than 3 se con ds, “BYE” w ill s how on t he sc ree n and the M P3 pl ayer wi ll be

power ed off.

3. Play/ Pau se/ Sto p

1) When the MP3 player is powe red on, it wi ll auto mat ica lly ent er the STOP

statu s. Pr ess the q uic kly to star t playi ng, a “ ” sign wi ll s how at the bo tto m

left c orn er o f t he s cre en. The cu rre nt s ong ti tle , tr ack nu mbe r, playing tim e, pla y

Ca ut ion

1.sto p sta tus

4.Bat ter y sta tus

7.cur ren t son g no.

10.Tota l son g tim e

2.pla y mod e

5.LCD d isp lay

8.Total n o. of s ong

11.A -B re peat

3.EQ mo de

6.Volu me le vel

9.Pla y tim e of cu rre nt so ng

12.So ng bi t rat e

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BASIC OPERATIO N

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

2) Press th e b utt on q uic kly whe n the MP3 p lay er i s und er p lay “ ” sta tus

to pause p lay ing , a ' ” s ign will appear, pres s t he but ton agai n q uic kly t o

resum e pla yin g.

3) Press and hold the b utt on for 2 se con ds whe n playin g t o s top , a “■”

sign wi ll sh ow at t he bo tto m lef t corne r of th e scr een .

4) AB repea t

While th e M P3 is pla yin g, wit h ► disp lay ed, pres s t he “ME NU” butt on bri efly to

selec t the s tar t poi nt A, an “ A→” a ppear s on th e top l eft c orn er of t he disp lay.

Press the Menu button br ief ly aga in to set the end p oint B , a “A→B” sig n s how s

on th e scre en and the con ten t betw een poin t A and poin t B will be rep eat ed

conti nuo usl y. Pre ss th e “ME NU” b utt on once m ore t o exi t the A→ B rep eat m ode.

5) Next son g/P rev iou s Son g

When t he M P3 p layer is u nde r play “ ” st atu s, d ial th e “M ENU ” button r igh twa rd

or left war d to sk ip to t he ne xt so ng or pre vio us so ng.

Dial the “ MEN U” bu tto n rightw ard or left war d and h old to fast g o forwar d or

backw ard w ith in th e cur ren t track , rel eas e the b utt on to r esume p lay ing .

6) Adjust Vol ume

Volume can b e ad jus ted under b oth play “ ” a nd s top “■” sta tus . Pr ess the “+” o r

“- “ b utt on t o adj ust the v olume , the volum e lev el i ndi cat or will i ncr eas e or

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

Befor e rec ord ing

Press and hol d the “M” but ton to ente r the mai n men u, pres s th e “ ” or “ ”

butto n to selec t “S ett ing ” c ate gor y, pr ess the “ M” b utton to enter. P res s the “ ”

or “ ”t o m ove Menu cont rol butto n d own to select “Re cor d S et” by push ing in

Menu bu tto n. W hen o ne o f the ite ms is hig hli ght ed, pre ss the “M ” bu tto n to s ele ct

a desir ed op tio n. Aft er se tti ng, sel ect “ exi t” to r etu rn to t he up one l eve l cat ego ry.

RE CORDI NG

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Remar ks: The hig her the Sa mpl e ra te, th e la rge r wi ll be t he s ize of the rec ord ed

file and sh ort er wil l b e t he tot al ava ila ble reco rdi ng tim e. The reco rde d f ile is i n

WAV forma t.

To set Mod e at “Song” o ption , only on e re cor ded fil e wi ll b e cr eat ed. To s et M ode

at “A lbum” op tion, a co nti nual line-in recor din g c an be perform ed to save

differ ent songs as d iffere nt re cor ded f ile s.

War nin g: If the sil enc e betwee n 2 song s is too shor t, th e e nco der might rec ord

both so ngs o n one u nique f ile . If th e silence wi thi n a son g is t oo lo ng, t he en coder

might brea k t he so ng int o diff erent file s. In th at cas e, yo u w oul d bet ter use the

Song Mo de to r eco rd ea ch so ng in divid ual ly.

1. VOI CE R ECORD IN G

1) Start vo ice r eco rdi ng

Selec t “MI C” a s recor d source and sel ect a des ire d en cod er t ype , press a nd h old

the “ M” butto n t o enter the main m enu , press the “ ” o r “ ” b utt on to sele ct

“Reco rd” cat egory, pre ss t he “M” button to st art rec ording. O r star tin g re cordi ng

direc tly by press ing “REC” bu tto n. Pres s the but ton to paus e rec ord ing ,

press b utton a gai n to re sum e rec ord ing.

2) Save a rec ord ed vo ice f ile

Press the “RE C” butt on for 3 sec ond s and rel eas e to termin ate rec ord ing and

creat e a rec ord ed fi le.

The re corded fi le wil l b e s ave d u nde r the “ VOICE ” categor y as a “wa v” fil e, e.g .

V001. wav.

3) Play a rec ord ed vo ice f ile

Press the “M” bu tto n to re tur n to th e main menu, press the “ ” or “ ”

butto n to se lec t “VO ICE ”, pr ess but ton to pl ay th e rec ord ed fi le.

For Mic r eco rdi ng, o nly M ono o utput c an be s ele cte d.

Source: MIC LINE IN

Encoder: IMADPCM MSADPCM PCM

Sample 8000Hz 11025Hz 16000Hz 22050Hz 32000Hz

Bitrate Not

available

Mode Song Album

Exit

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2. LI NE IN MUS IC R ECO RD ING

1) Start LI NE IN r eco rdi ng

Selec t “ LIN E IN” as rec ord source and selec t a desire d e ncoder t ype . Con nec t

the MP 3 pl ayer w ith exter nal aud io dev ice by the LIN E I N ca ble pr ovi ded . Pr ess

and ho ld t he “M” but ton to ent er t he mai n me nu, press the “ ” o r “ ” button to

selec t “Rec ord ” category, press the “M ” button to st art re cording. Or st art ing

recor din g dir ectly by pres sin g “REC ” but ton. Pres s the button to paus e

recor din g, pr ess butto n aga in to r esu me re cor ding.

Remar ks: If screensa ver is ac tivated during recor din g, use r n eed s t o pres s any

key fir st to d eac tiv ate t he sc reens ave r bef ore r eco rdi ng can be s top ped .

2) Save a rec ord ed LI NE IN f ile

Press the “RE C” butt on for 3 sec ond s and rel eas e to termin ate rec ord ing and

creat e a rec ord ed fi le.

The r eco rde d f ile will be sav ed und er the “VOI CE” c ate gor y a s a “wav” fil e, eg.

L001. wav.

3) Play a rec ord ed LI NE IN f ile

Press the “M” bu tto n to re tur n to th e main menu, press the “ ” or “ ”

butto n to se lec t “VO ICE ”, pr ess but ton to pl ay th e rec ord ed fi le.

Press a nd ho ld th e “Me nu” button t o ent er th e mai n menu, d ial t he “M ENU ” butto n

to s ele ct “ FM R adi o” c ate gor y, press t he “ MEN U” b utt on t o enter F M tu ner mod e.

Selec t FM Radio /Sc an/ S tor e/ Ex it by p res sin g the “ Men u” bu tton under FM

mode.

1. FM rece ivi ng:

When a “Ra dio” s ign appea rs o n the S CRE EN, th e bu ilt -in FM tu ner is rec eiv ing

progr am fr om pr e-s tor ed radi o sta tio n: Di al the “M enu ” but ton t o scr oll thr oug h all

pre-s tor ed ra dio c han nel s.

2. FM sca n an d Stor e: P res s the “ Men u” b utt on to s wit ch to F M sc an sta tus , a

“Scan ” sig n app ear s on th e SCR EEN.

1) Automa tic sc an and St ore : D ial an d h old th e ”Men u” b utt on to st art

autom ati c sc ann ing . Aut o sc ann ing will stop whe n a radi o fr equ enc y is sea rch ed

clear ly, then pre ss t he “ Men u” b utton to s wit ch t o FM sto re sta tus , a “ Sto re” sig n

will ap pear on the scr een . Di al t he “ Men u” b utt on t o se lec t a ch annel y ou w ant to

save the freq uen cy sear che d and pres s the b utt on to conf irm sav ing . A

“YES” s ign w ill a ppe ar on t he sc reen af ter s ucc ess ful ly st ored.

2) Inchin g sc an and Sto re: Di al t he “Me nu” but ton br ief ly to s tar t the i nch ing

scan to se arc h th e de sir ed f req uency, e ver y ti me you dia l th e “M enu ” bu tto n, t he

FM R ad io

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FM t une r skip 0. 1 MH z fre que ncy for war d or b ack war d. Af ter a des ire d fr equ enc y

is sea rch ed, pre ss t he “ Menu” but ton to s wit ch t o FM store sta tus , a “ Sto re” sig n

will ap pear on the scr een . Di al t he “ Men u” b utt on t o se lec t a ch annel y ou w ant to

save the f req uen cy se arc hed a nd press th e but ton t o con fir m saving .

A“YES ” sig n wil l app ear o n the s creen a fte r suc ces sfu lly s aving .

3. FM reco rdi ng.

Press ing RE C button c an s tart F M re cor ding o n cu rrent ch ann el. St op FM

recor din g by pr ess ing R EC bu tton ag ain .

4. Exit FM

Press t he “ Menu” b utton t ill an “ Exi t” s ign app ear s on the scr een , pr ess the

to conf irm e xit ing .

1. EQ SET

Press a nd ho ld th e “Me nu” button t o ent er th e mai n menu, d ial t he “M ENU ” butto n

to sel ect “S etting” c atego ry, d ial the “ME NU” bu tto n a gai n t o sele ct “EQ”. P ress

and dia l the “ME NU” bu tto n to s ele ct No rmal/ Roc k/J azz /Cl ass ical/ Pop /Ba ss,

Press the “ME NU” button to con fir m an d retu rn t o th e up one le vel cat ego ry, d ial

the “ME NU” b utt on an d sel ect “ Exit” .

2. Play Mo de Se t

Press a nd ho ld th e “Me nu” button t o ent er th e mai n menu, d ial t he “M ENU ” butto n

to select “Se tti ng” cat ego ry, d ial the “ME NU” butto n ag ain to s ele ct “ Pla y Mo de” .

Press an d dia l the “MENU” but ton t o sel ect N orm al/ Rep eat o ne/Re pea t

All/R and om/ Shu ffl e All/ Int ro.

Press the “ME NU” button to con fir m an d retu rn t o th e up one le vel cat ego ry, d ial

the “ME NU” b utt on an d sel ect “ Exit” .

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

Repea t All : Aft er a ll t rac ks a re pla yed , th e MP 3 pl aye r will sta rt t o pl ay f rom

the fir st trac k aga in a nd wi ll n eve r st op un les s th e power i s finis hed o r be

manua lly s top ped .

Rando m: All t he tra cks save d in th e M P3 pla yer will be pla yed in a random

order, a fte r all t rac ks ar e pla yed, th e MP3 p lay er wi ll st op.

Shuffl e A ll: All track s sav ed in the MP3 player will be pl aye d in a r and om

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order. Aft er all trac ks are p lay ed, the MP3 play er wi ll sta rt to play fro m t he fir st

track ag ain and wi ll ne ver s top u nle ss th e pow er is fi nishe d or be ma nua lly

stopp ed.

Intro : eac h tra ck will be play ed for 10 sec onds and skip to the next tra ck

autom ati cal ly.

3. Power s et

Press an d h old the “ME NU” butt on to ent er the main menu , d ial and the n p ress

the “M ENU ” b utt on to s ele ct “Se tti ng” ca teg ory, dia l t he “ MENU” but ton agai n to

selec t “Powe r set”. Press and di al t he “ MEN U” b utt on t o se lec t Di sab le / 2 Mi ns/ 5

Mins/ 10 Mins . Press the “MENU” but ton to confirm and r eturn to th e up one lev el

categ ory, dial the “M ENU ” but ton a nd se lect “Exit ”.

If the re i s no ope rat ion after the aut o po wer off tim e cu stomized , th e MP 3 pl aye 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.

4. Recor d Set

Pleas e ref er to R eco rdi ng Se ction a bov e.

5. Langu age s ele cti on

Selec t the a ppr opr iat e On- Scree n-D isp lay i n sui tab le lang uag e.

6. Scree n Sav ing s

Selec t t he scre en save r (mo vin g mus ic codes) appea ran ce ti me (5s, 10s, 20s ,

30s, 40 s, 50 s, al l on) w hil e the re is no to uch o n any b utt on.

Press a nd ho ld th e “Me nu” button t o ent er th e mai n menu, d ial t he “M ENU ” butto n

to s ele ct “D ele te “ c ate gor y, pre ss t he “M ENU ” butto n to en ter. D ia l and P ress th e

“MENU ” but ton t o sel ect D ele te Musi c/D ele te Voi ce/ Del ete Exi t.

Press an d hold th e “MEN U” but ton to ente r the mai n menu , dial the “ME NU”

butto n to select “Info” cate gor y, press the “MENU” button to en ter and vi ew

memor y spa ce in for mat ion .

VER: Fi rmw are v ers ion

INT: Total b uilt- in me mor y cap aci ty

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

Use the “ Hol d” bu tto n lef t or ri ght to lo ck an d unl ock t he MP 3 pla yer.

ER AS E FI LES.

ME MO RY SPACE QUERY

HO LD

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If the MP3 pla yer is l ock ed and in o ff stat us, it c ann ot b e powered on. If t he M P3

playe r is lo cke d a nd i n on stat us, pr ess ing any k ey w ill ha ve n ot function

(show ing L OCK ED) o n dis pla y.

1. Transf err ing f ile s fro m you r PC

If y our comput er is run nin g Windo ws Me or la ter the M P3 P lay er does n ot r equ ire

any s pec ial soft war e. Wh en it is co nne cte d t o your P C i t w ill a ppe ar as a mas s

stora ge dev ice and as such can be used to sto re any P C f ile s and fold ers . T he

follo win g pr oce dure i s an exa mple b ase d on a c omp ute r ru nning Win dow s XP. I t

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

1) Plug the MP3 Player into one of your PCs USB po rts eithe r di rec tly or u sin g

the U SB ext ens ion cabl e sup pli ed. Pres s t he b utton to p owe r o n a nd the

LCD scr een w ill s how “ Rea dy” w hen it is s ucc ess ful ly co nnected wi th PC .

2) A wind ow wil l open on you r PC s task bar sta tin g that new ha rdw are ha s

been fou nd an d that i t is a mass s tor age devi ce. Th is will the n cha nge 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 Com put er” o n y our PC. You sho uld see the new device lis ted in

your di sk dr ive s.

NOTE: If th e new dri ve is no t list ed it may be nece ssa ry to res tar t you r

compu ter.

4) You can s imply c opy f ile s to t he ne w drive a s you w ou ld an y other d isk d riv e.

Simil arl y fil es can be dele ted fro m the new driv e as you wou ld any other disk

drive . Wh en files ar e be ing tran sfe rre d, the sc ree n wi ll sh ow “ Rea ding” or

“Wr iti ng”.

NO TES: Do n ot d isc on ne ct yo ur M P3 play er w hile fi le s are be ing

trans fer red a s thi s will co rru pt th e dat a. Th e file st ruc tur e wil l be pres erv ed.

CO MM UN ICATION WITH PC

When p lay ing for t he first t ime an y fi les in th e root dir ect ory wi ll b e p lay ed

first f oll owe d by an y fil es st ored in fold ers .

5) Once the fil es ha ve be en tr ans fer red cli ck on the “rem ove h ardwa re sa fel y”

icon o n t he PCs task b ar. A win dow will o pen an d t he USB mass s tor age de vic e

will be l isted . Cli ck on the U SB m ass s torag e dev ice . The PC wi ll t hen s tat e wh en

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.

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2. Mass st ora ge

As s tat ed p rev iou sly you r Mp3 pla yer can b e us ed to sto re a ny type o f fi le. I t ca n,

for exa mpl e, be u sed t o simply tra nsf er fi les f rom one c omp ute r to an oth er 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 running Wind ows 98 you will nee d to load the

softw are suppli ed on the CD, the so ftw are sup pli ed with your MP3 pla yer

works as a d riv er t o en abl e co mpute rs r unn ing Wi ndo ws 9 8 op erating

syste m to t ran sfe r file s. L oad t he d river so ftw are i f your co mpu ter i s

runni ng Windo ws 98 .

Note: Unl ess ther e is anyt hin g abno rma l with the MP 3 pl ayer ( for example ,

it cann ot be s tar ted u p), d o not t ry to upgrad e the s oft war e.

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

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2. Plug the MP3 Player into one of your PCs USB p orts eith er d ire ctl y or usi ng

t h e U S B e x t e n s i o n c a b l e s u p p l i e d . R i g h t c l i c k “ M y

compu ter ”>“ Att rib ute ”>“De vic e man age r”.

3. Press a nd hold t he bu tto n until “ Pla yer Rec ove ry D evi ce Cl ass”

appea rs on t he De vic e man age r (See be low l eft f igu re) ; rel ease th e butto n;

4. Execu te the foll owi ng proc edure s: Star t>P rog ram >Sigm aTel MSCN Audi o

Playe r>f irm war e dow nlo ad, (as sho wn in the uppe r r ight fig ure) and a p rogress

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

5. After the dia log bo x sho wn in the figu re abo ve is au tom ati cal ly closed , a

dialo g box wil l po p up a s sh own in the fig ure on the rig ht; Tick th e“f orm at

datas hee t” o pti on. Then s tar t fo rma tting by p res sin g “START ”, a nd press

“CLOS E” to c los e the p rog ram .

6. A win dow wi ll ope n on you r PCs task bar st ati ng tha t ne w hardw are has

been fou nd an d that i t is a mass s tor age devi ce. Th is will the n cha nge to a

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

Note: Ple ase ba cku p t he fil es o n y our MP3 p lay er bef ore form att ing . Al l da ta on

your MP 3 pla yer w ill b e del ete d after f orm att ing .

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Note: P lea se ba cku p the fil es on y our M P3 p lay er be for e fo rma tti ng. All da ta

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

DRM

DRM prot ect ed so ngs w ill be s kip ped i n the pl ayl ist and can not b e

playe d bac k