Mio C520, C520t User Manual

User’s Manual

R01 (EU)

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Table of Contents

Precautions and Notices ........................................................................v

1 Getting Started..................................................................................1

1.1 Understanding Hardware Components................................................ 1

Front Components ............................................................................... 1

Back Components................................................................................ 2

Left-Side Components ......................................................................... 2

Top Components.................................................................................. 3

Bottom Components ............................................................................ 3

1.2 Performing the Initial Start Up.............................................................. 4

1.3 Connecting to AC Power and Charging the Battery............................. 6

1.4 Charging the Battery via the USB Cable.............................................. 7

1.5 Using Your Device in a Vehicle............................................................ 8

Using the Device Cradle or TMC Cradle.............................................. 8

Connecting the Car Charger ................................................................ 9

1.6 Operating Basics................................................................................ 10

Turning On and Off ............................................................................ 10

Navigating on the Screen................................................................... 10

Home Screen ..................................................................................... 11

Using the Soft Keyboard .................................................................... 12

1.7 Inserting a SD/MMC Card.................................................................. 14

2 Audio................................................................................................15

2.1 Starting and Exiting Audio.................................................................. 15

2.2 Preparing the Audio Files for Your Device......................................... 16

2.3 Playing Audio Files............................................................................. 16

2.4 Playback Controls .............................................................................. 17

2.5 Displaying Lyrics ................................................................................ 19

Preparing the Lyrics Files for your Device ......................................... 19

Playing Songs with Lyrics .................................................................. 19

2.6 Using the Play Lists............................................................................ 20

Creating a Play List ............................................................................ 20

Opening a Play List ............................................................................ 21

2.7 Equalizer ............................................................................................ 22

2.8 Settings .............................................................................................. 23

3 Pictures............................................................................................25

3.1 Starting and Exiting Pictures.............................................................. 25

3.2 Preparing the Pictures for Your Device.............................................. 25

3.3 Viewing Pictures in Thumbnail View .................................................. 26

3.4 Viewing a Picture in Full Screen ........................................................ 27

3.5 On-Screen Control Buttons ................................................................ 27

3.6 Viewing the Slideshow ....................................................................... 29

4 Contacts ..........................................................................................31

4.1 Starting and Exiting Contacts............................................................. 31

4.2 Using the Contacts List ...................................................................... 32

4.3 Using the Summary Screen ............................................................... 33

4.4 Navigating to a Contact’s Address..................................................... 33

4.5 Making a Phone Call to a Contact ..................................................... 34

4.6 Managing Contacts ............................................................................ 35

Adding a Contact................................................................................ 35

Editing a Contact................................................................................ 37

Deleting a Contact.............................................................................. 37

5 Bluetooth .........................................................................................39

5.1 About Bluetooth Profiles..................................................................... 39

5.2 Connecting a Bluetooth Mobile Phone............................................... 40

Connecting a Mobile Phone for the First Time................................... 40

Connecting a Different Mobile Phone ................................................ 43

Using the Mobile Phone Shortcut....................................................... 43

Disconnecting the Mobile Phone........................................................ 44

5.3 Phone Operations .............................................................................. 44

Placing a Call ..................................................................................... 44

Receiving a Call ................................................................................. 47

Operations during a Call .................................................................... 48

5.4 Connecting a Bluetooth Headset ....................................................... 49

Connecting a Headset for the First Time ........................................... 49

Connecting a Different Headset......................................................... 51

Using the Headset Shortcut ............................................................... 51

Disconnecting the Headset ................................................................ 51

6 Calculator ........................................................................................53

6.1 Starting and Exiting Calculator........................................................... 53

6.2 Using the Calculator Mode................................................................. 54

Calculator Memory ............................................................................. 55

6.3 Using the Currency Mode .................................................................. 55

Editing Exchange Rate....................................................................... 57

6.4 Using the Conversion Mode............................................................... 58

7 File Manager....................................................................................61

7.1 Starting and Exiting File Manager...................................................... 61

7.2 Transferring Files ............................................................................... 62

From the Storage Card to Your Device.............................................. 62

From Your Device to the Storage Card.............................................. 64

7.3 Managing Folders and Files............................................................... 64

8 Settings............................................................................................65

8.1 Starting and Exiting Settings.............................................................. 65

8.2 Backlight............................................................................................. 66

8.3 Volume ............................................................................................... 67

8.4 Screen ................................................................................................ 68

8.5 Power ................................................................................................. 69

8.6 Date/Time........................................................................................... 70

8.7 Language ........................................................................................... 72

8.8 Bluetooth ............................................................................................ 73

BT Preferences .................................................................................. 74

Auto-answer Preferences................................................................... 74

Delete Preferences ............................................................................ 75

8.9 Restore............................................................................................... 75

9 MioTransfer .....................................................................................77

9.1 Installing MioTransfer......................................................................... 77

9.2 Starting and Exiting MioTransfer........................................................ 78

9.3 Copying Multimedia Files to Your Device .......................................... 79

Managing Files................................................................................... 81

9.4 Copying Contacts Information to Your Device................................... 81

10 Troubleshooting and Maintenance ...............................................83

10.1 Restart and Shut Down...................................................................... 83

Restarting Your Device ...................................................................... 83

Shutting Down Your Device ............................................................... 83

10.2 Troubleshooting ................................................................................. 84

Power Problems................................................................................. 84

Screen Problems................................................................................ 84

Connection Problems......................................................................... 85

GPS Problems.................................................................................... 85

10.3 Maintaining Your Device .................................................................... 86

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11 Regulatory Information ..................................................................87

11.1 Regulations Statements..................................................................... 87

European Notice ................................................................................ 87

Bluetooth ............................................................................................ 88

11.2 Safety Precautions ............................................................................. 88

About Charging .................................................................................. 88

About the AC Adapter ........................................................................ 88

About the Battery ............................................................................... 89

Precautions and Notices

 For your own safety, do not operate the controls of the product while driving.

 Use this product prudently. The product is intended for use solely as a

navigation aid. It is not for precise measurement of direction, distance, location or topography.

 The calculated route is for reference only. It is the user’s responsibility to

follow the traffic signs and local regulations along the roads.

 When you get out of the car, do not leave your device on the dashboard

subjected to direct sunlight. Overheating of the battery can cause malfunction and/or danger.

 GPS is operated by the United States government, which is solely responsible

for the performance of GPS. Any change to the GPS system can affect the accuracy of all GPS equipments.

 GPS satellite signals cannot pass through solid materials (except glass). When

you are inside a tunnel or building, GPS positioning is not available.

 A minimum of 4 GPS satellite signals is needed to determine current GPS

position. Signal reception can be affected by situations such as bad weather or dense overhead obstacles (e.g. trees and tall buildings).

 Other wireless devices in the vehicle might interfere with the reception of

satellite signals and cause the reception to be unstable.

 A car holder is needed when using the device in a car. Be sure that you place

the device in an appropriate place, so as not to obstruct the driver’s view, or deployment of airbags.

Do not mount where the driver’s field of vision is blocked.

Do not mount in front of airbag panels.

Do not place unsecured on the dashboard.

Do not mount in front of an airbag field of deployment.

1 Getting Started

1.1 Understanding Hardware Components

NOTE: Depending upon the specific model purchased, the color of your device may not exactly match the device shown in this manual.

Front Components

Ref Component Description

Touch Screen



Bluetooth



Indicator

Charge



Indicator

Microphone For Bluetooth hands-free calling.



Displays the output of your device. Tap the screen with your fingertip to select menu commands or enter info

Flashes in blue to indicate that Bluetooth is on.

Glows bright amber to indicate that the battery is c and turns green when the battery is

rmation.

harging,

fully charged.

Back Components

Ref Component Description

External GPS



Antenna Connector

Speaker Sends out music, sounds and voice.



This connector (under rubber dust cover) allows use of an optional external GPS antenna with magnetic mount, which may be positioned on top of the car for better signal reception in areas with poor reception.

Left-Side Components

Ref Component Description

SD/MMC Slot Accepts a SD (Secure Digital) or MMC (MultiMediaCard)





Headphone Connector

card for accessing data such as MP3 music.

Connects to stereo headphones.

Top Components

Ref Component Description

Power Button Turns on and off the device. (Pressing briefly or for a long



duration makes a difference. See sections 1.6 and 10.1 for information.)

Bottom Components

Ref Component Description

Mini-USB Connector Connects to the charger or USB cable.



Cradle Connector Connects to the cradle. (The cradle supplied with your



device depends on the model you purchased.)

1.2 Performing the Initial Start Up

1. For the initial start up, press the power button for 5 seconds to turn on your device.

NOTE: For normal operation, briefly press the power button to turn on and off your device.

2. Your device turns on. Immediately charge your device as described in the next section.

3. The “Switch Language” screen appears. Tap the arrow button to select the

desired language. Then, tap the

button.

4. The “Date/Time” screen appears. Tap the appropriate arrow button to select

the time zone, date, and time. Then, tap the

button.

5. The Home screen appears. You can now use your device.

1.3 Connecting to AC Power and Charging the

Battery

When charging the battery for the very first time, you should charge it for at least 8 hours.

1. Slide and click the connector converter onto the AC adapter.

2. Connect the adapter cable to the bottom of your device.

3. Plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet.

4. The charge indicator glows amber when charging is in progress. Do not disconnect your device from AC power until the battery is fully charged, the charge indicator will turn green. This will take a couple of hours.

NOTE:

 Do not immediately turn on your device after connecting the AC adapter to charge a

power-depleted battery. If you need to turn on the device again, wait for at least one minute.

 Depending on your region of purchase, the connector converter may not look exactly the

same as the picture shown.

CAUTION: For optimal performance of the lithium battery:

 Do not charge the battery where the temperature is high (e.g. in direct sunlight).  There is no need to fully discharge the battery before charging. You can charge the battery

before it is discharged.

 When storing the product for a long period of time, be sure to fully charge the battery at

least once every two weeks. Over discharge of the battery can affect the charging performance.

1.4 Charging the Battery via the USB Cable

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Connect the mini-USB end of the USB cable to the bottom of your device and the other end to a USB port on your computer.

3. If your device is on, the screen as shown below appears. Whenever your device is connected to a computer, you will not be able to use it.

NOTE:

 When the device is connected to a computer, it is recognized as an external mass storage

device. Do not delete any files pre-installed in the device. Deleting files of which the function is unknown can cause programs or features to malfunction.

 If you intend to charge your device in this way, turn off your device so that it takes less time

to charge the battery.

1.5 Using Your Device in a Vehicle

CAUTION:

 Select an appropriate location for mounting the device in a vehicle. Never place the device

where the driver’s field of vision is blocked. Make sure that the GPS antenna has a clear view of the sky.

 If the car’s windshield is tinted with a reflective coating, an external antenna (optional) may

be needed to route the antenna to the top of the vehicle through a window. When closing the window, be careful not to pinch the antenna cable.

Using the Device Cradle or TMC Cradle

Depending on the model you purchased, a device cradle or a TMC cradle is supplied. Use the cradle and the stand to fix your device in a vehicle. (See a separate document for the installation instruction.)

With the TMC cradle (for select models only), you can connect the TMC antenna to receive radio transmissions that are used to inform drivers of traffic conditions. TMC information is monitored by the navigation software. Once the information is received, you can view it on your device and traffic icons will appear in the map view. Certain roads with reported traffic will be highlighted and you can choose to avoid those roads and an alternate route will be automatically calculated. (See the navigation software manual for detailed information.)

Connecting the Car Charger

The car charger supplies power to your device when you are using the device in a car.

CAUTION: To protect your device against sudden surges in current, connect the car charger only after the car engine has been started.

1. Connect one end of the car charger to the power connector of the cradle.

2. Connect the other end to the cigarette lighter in the car to power and charge your device. The indicator on the car charger lights in green to indicate that power is being supplied to your device.

1.6 Operating Basics

Turning On and Off

For normal operation, turn off the device by briefly pressing the power button. The device enters a suspended state.

When you next briefly press the power button, the system resumes. You will either be back to where you left off or see the Home screen.

NOTE:

 The screen you see after resuming depends on the program you were using when you

suspended the device. Some programs will be closed when you suspend the device, meaning you can only see the Home screen after resuming.

 Pressing the power button for a longer duration has a different effect. See section 10.1 for

more information.

Navigating on the Screen

To operate your device, touch the screen with your fingertip. You can perform the following actions:

 Tap

Touch the screen once with your fingertip to open items or select onscreen buttons or options.

 Drag

Hold your fingertip on the screen and drag up/down/left/right or across the screen.

 Tap and hold

Tap and hold your fingertip until an action is complete, or a result or menu is shown.

Home Screen

The first time you initialize your device, the Home screen appears. The Home screen is your starting place for various tasks. Tap a button to start a program or open another menu. When you exit a program, you are back to the Home screen.

   

   

No. Button Name Description

MioMap Starts the navigation software. See the MioMap



Audio Plays audio files. Chapter 2



Pictures Displays picture files. Chapter 3



Contacts Keeps a list of names, addresses, and phone



Mobile Phone Searches for Bluetooth mobile phones for a



Stereo Searches for Bluetooth headsets for a



numbers.

connection.

For Detailed

Information

manual

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

connection.

Tools



Settings Customizes the system settings. Chapter 8



Calculator provides basic arithmetic, currency conversion, and measure conversion functions.

File Manager transfers multimedia files between a storage card and the device’s flash memory.

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Using the Soft Keyboard

There are occasions when you input text or numbers to your device. For example, you have to enter names, addresses, and phone numbers in the Contacts program. On such occasions, the soft keyboard as shown below will appear on the screen. Depending on the current operation, either the alphabet keypad or the number/symbol keypad appears.

Alphabet Keypad

Spaceba

Switch to lower case or

upper case.

Backspace

Enable umlaut.

Switch to the number/symbol keypad.

Number/symbol Keypad

Switch to the alphabet keypad.

When you tap

to enable umlaut, you can tap a vowel letter repeatedly to

input a different form of the letter. Alternatively, you can tap the letter in the pop-up window as shown below.

Umlaut enabled. Tap the button again to disable it.

After you complete an input, tap .

1.7 Inserting a SD/MMC Card

Your device has a SD/MMC slot where you can insert an optional Secure Digital or MultiMediaCard storage card. It supports up to 2GB storage card.

To use a SD/MMC card, insert it into the slot, with the connector pointing to the slot and its label facing the front of the device.

To remove a card, first make sure that no application is accessing the card, then slightly push the top edge of the card to release it and pull it out of the slot.

NOTE:

 Make sure that no foreign objects enter the slot.  Keep a SD or MMC card in a well-protected box to avoid dust and humidity when you are

not using it.

2 Audio

2.1 Starting and Exiting Audio

Audio features:



Playback of MP3/WAV/WMA files

Basic playback controls such as play, pause, stop, next and previous



Playback includes single selection playback, repeat, single repeat, sampling



playback, normal sequence and random sequence.

11 preset equalizer audio profiles



Play list support

Background playback



Lyrics display

Audio

Tap on the Home screen to start the program.

The control panel appears on the screen where you can easily control the player by tapping the control buttons.

To exit the program, tap

2.2 Preparing the Audio Files for Your Device

Before using the program, have the files (.mp3, .wav, or .wma) ready on either your device’s My Flash Disk\My Audio folder or on a storage card.

A tool called MioTransfer is supplied for you to easily copy the files from your computer to the correct location. (See section 9.3 for information.)

2.3 Playing Audio Files

1. If your files are in a storage card, insert the card into your device.

2. Tap

3. The program will search for the supported audio files in your device and in the

4. To start the playback, tap . To control the playback, use the control

Audio on the Home screen to start the program.

storage card. When files are detected, they will be added to the play list.

NOTE: You can create your own play lists for future playback. (See section 2.6 for details.)

buttons as described later.

The information area displays the current status including the play/pause/stop status, the elapsed time, the power status, the playback mode, the volume level, and the properties of the current song such as the artist (if available with the file), filename, total length, and stereo/mono information.

NOTE:

 During the playback, the screen backlight will automatically shut off if you haven’t tapped

the screen within the preset time (30 seconds by default).The backlight will restore when you press the power button or when the playback of the current play list has ended.

 If the total length of a song exceeds 99 minutes and 59 seconds, the information area

cannot correctly display the length because the maximum number allowed is 99:59. However, the playback of the song is not affected.

2.4 Playback Controls

Control Button Name Description

Play/Pause Plays or pauses the playback.

Stop Stops the playback.

Previous/

Volume Increase or decrease the volume.

Track Bar You can tap on a point along the track bar to move

Plays the previous or next file.

The indicator on the panel shows the current volume level.

directly to a different location for the playback.

Control Button Name Description

Playback Mode

Lyrics

Minimize Minimizes the control panel and play the music in

Play List Opens the play list. (See section 2.6 for more

Equalizer Opens the equalizer panel.

Settings Opens the Settings screen for setting up power

Exit Closes the program and returns to the Home

Switches to the next mode:

Repeated playback of the current file.

Repeated playback of all files in the current play list in sequence.

Playback of all files in the current play list in random order.

Sampling (10 seconds) playback of all files in the current play list in random order.

Playback of all files in the current play list in sequence.

Opens the lyrics display. Available only if the current song is with lyrics. (See section 2.5 for more information.)

the background.

information.)

(See section 2.7 for more information.)

saving mode and accessing help. (See section 2.8 for more information.)

screen.

2.5 Displaying Lyrics

The program allows you to display the real-time lyrics on the screen while playing songs. This feature is especially handy for you to sing along with the songs.

Preparing the Lyrics Files for your Device

To display the lyrics, you need to have the lyrics files (.lrc) ready on your device’s \My Flash Disk\My Audio\Lyric\ folder or the \Lyric\ folder on your storage card.

NOTE: You can search and download these .lrc files from the Internet.

Use MioTransfer to copy the lyrics to the correct location of your device. (See section 9.3 for information.) When copying a lyric file to your device, be sure to use the same filename as the audio file. For example, if a MP3 file is named My Love.mp3, the lyrics filename must be My Love.lrc.

NOTE: When playing songs with lyrics, the 30s backlight shut off feature will be disabled.

Playing Songs with Lyrics

The button is available when you’re playing a song with lyrics. Tap this button to view the lyrics.

As the song plays, the lyrics scroll line by line on the screen, with the current line highlighted by a different color. The background image changes in turn at a specific time interval.

To close the lyrics screen and go back to the control panel, tap anywhere on the screen.

2.6 Using the Play Lists

You can create your own play lists for future use.

Creating a Play List

1. Tap on the control panel to open the play list screen. The screen shows the current play list.

Play the

selected file.

Add song

Remove the selected

song from the list or from

the storage media.

Clear all songs from the current play list. (No files are deleted.)

Save the play list.

Open the list of play lists.

Back

2. To add a song to the play list, tap

3. A screen appears displaying all the audio files. Tap the song(s) you wish to

add and then tap

Back

Add the selected song(s)

to the play list.

dd all songs to the

play list.

4. To save the play list, tap

5. The keyboard screen appears where you can change the default name of the play list. Rename the play list if you want. Tap

when finished.

6. To return to the control panel, tap

Opening a Play List

To open one of the play lists that you have created:

1. Tap

on the control panel.

2. Tap

to display all the play lists you have created.

3. Tap the play list you want to open and tap .

Rename the

selected play list.

Delete the

selected play list.

Delete all play lists.

Back

Open the selected play list.

4. To return to the control panel, tap

2.7 Equalizer

The program provides 11 preset audio profiles. Tap to open the equalizer panel.

Tap Jazz, Classical, Dance, Heavy, Disco, Soft, 3D and Hall.

or to cycle through the available options: Default, Rock, Pop,

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