Morphy Richards 29204 User Manual

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MP3 / WMA player

Instructions

Please read and keep these instructions

Model 29204

Conventions used in text

BUTTON

Small capitals for the name of a button

Function/Mode Function or mode names in italics

Features

• Multiple file formats Supports MP3, WMA, and WAV formats

• Digital voice recording

• Stereo FM radio Frequency range 87-108 / UL band, 50KHz steps, each with 20 channels preset

• USB flash disk Player acts as flash disk for file storage and transfer via USB link

• Seven player repeat modes Normal, Repeat one, Play folder, Repeat folder, Repeat all folders, Random, Intro

• Seven preset equaliser modes Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz and Dynamic base boost

• Power off Sleep timer (0-120 mins) or Power off modes (0-60 secs)

• GUI Graphic user interface menu

• Song lyric support With associated lyric file (.LRC)

• Multiple languages for song title and band (ID3 tags) and lyrics displays

• USB power-on function The player will power on without battery when connected by USB to computer

• USB interface 2.0 full speed

• Support format The player supports FAT and FAT32 file system

• Support Variable bit rate for MP3

• Firmware upgradable Operating system upgradable

Care of your player

• Do not store or use in hot temperatures.

• Do not incinerate.

• Keep away from magnetic fields.

• Do not drop or bang.

• Do not allow to get damp.

• Do not take apart.

Helpline

Monday-Thursday 8.30-5.00 / Friday 8.30-4.00 UK 0870 060 2614, Republic of Ireland 1800 409119

Replacement parts 0870 167 6645

Keys and ports

Keys

PLAY/PAUSE Long press Power on/off / Stop

Short press Play / Pause

ENTER Long press Return to main menu

Short press Select current mode / Menu options Long press Player fast forward / FM auto scan

Short press Next track or radio station /

Navigation through menus

Long press Player fast backward Short press Last track or radio station /

Navigation through menus

VOL+ Increase volume / Up on main menu VOL- Decrease volume / Down on main menu HOLD Keys lock Slide to lock or unlock the keys

Ports

Mini USB socket type B Connect to PC Earphone Listen to music and sound Mic Records sound

Specification

Memory 256MB Frequency response 100Hz ~ 10KHz

Battery AAA File type MP3 / WMA / WAV

S/N Ratio 56dB MP3 Bit Rate 8 Kbps – 320Kbps

Dimensions 86mm x 38mm x 22mm

Headphone Output 12mW @ 32 ohm

Playtime Up to 15 hours

LCD window

Hold

Power On/Off,

Play, Pause, Stop

PLAY/

PAUS E

Fast reverse

Volume +

VOL.

ENTER

VOL.

USB

MIC

Phones

Fast forward

Volume -

Power

Battery

Slide off the back cover of the player and insert one AAA battery (Alkaline type) observing the correct polarity. Replace the cover.

Power on/off

Long press PLAY/PAUSE to turn the player on or off (when in stop in music mode).

Player starts straight away in mode selected on previous use and appropriate menu is displayed, or main menu is displayed.

USB power

To operate the player without a battery:

1 Connect the player by USB cable to your PC (which should be

switched on).

2 The player will automatically switch on in USB mode.

3 Press ENTER, the player is now in player mode.

Main menu

If main menu is not displayed, long press ENTER. Six submenus can be selected: Music, FM, Record, Voice, System and USB.

Press or (or

VOL+/VOL-) to choose a submenu and press ENTER

to select.

• USB menu only available when USB cable plugged in.

Music (MSC) mode

Key functions

• Press PLAY/PAUSE to play music.

• Press

PLAY/PAUSE to pause; long press PLAY/PAUSE to stop.

• Press to skip to the next music; long press to fast forward to the end of current track.

• Press to skip to the last music; long press to fast backward to the beginning of current track.

• Press

VOL+ / VOL- to increase/decrease the volume.

Music sub menu

Press ENTER to enter the music mode submenu. Press or to scroll through the submenus and press

ENTER to select.

Repeat

Normal, Repeat one, Play folder, Repeat folder, Repeat all folders, Random, Intro (plays first 10 seconds of each track)

Equaliser

Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz and Dynamic base boost

Tempo rate

Changes the speed (but not the pitch) of music (MP3 files only).

Replay

A-B segment repeat mode

1 In music mode during play, press

ENTER once.

2 Select replay mode and the display ‘A –’ begins to flicker.

3 Press to select begin point, ‘A –’ icon will fixed, ‘B’ icon begins

to flicker. Then press again to select end point of segment, ‘A–B’ icon will fixed, player will replay this segment again and again.

4 To select a new begin point, press , ‘A –’ icon will flicker and

music will continue to play.

5 Press

ENTER to go back to normal play.

6 ‘A–B’ segment begins to replay, if you want to make a voice

recording attachment, press , it will enter vra mode, a microphone icon will appear, then player will record the voice attachment. The record time length is the same as ‘A–B’ segment’s record time.

• If you think the voice recording is unsatisfactory, after source music play is finished, the player will return to record mode, you can read and record again. When you think the voice recording is satisfactory, when recording is finished press when source music is playing, the player will enter Compare mode.

Compare mode

7 In compare mode, player will play music first.

8 Then player will play the recorded voice.

9 It will play again and again, until you press to enter a new

process; or press

ENTER to exit A-B replay mode and into music

mode.

Replay submenu

Press ENTER to enter the Replay mode submenu. Press or to scroll through the submenus and press

ENTER to select.

Replay time

The number of times the A-B segment is replayed.

Replay gap

In 1 second increments up to 10 seconds.

Exit

Delete file

To delete music, in music mode while stopped or paused, press ENTER, select your local folder and select from Local File, Delete File, Delete All or Exit.

Press / to toggle between YES/NO and press

ENTER to confirm.

FM Radio

Listen to radio

Select FM mode in the main menu and press ENTER.

• Press

PLAY/PAUSE to listen to the saved stations in sequence.

• Press

VOL+ / VOL- to increase or decrease the volume.

Tuning

1 Long press / and the player will start auto scan (in 50KHz

increments) and stop at found stations automatically.

2 Press / again to stop auto scan.

• For manual scanning, press / once, the player will scan forward in 50KHz increments.

3 At found station, press

ENTER to enter FM submenu.

4 Press / to switch among the options of the submenu and

select save station.

5 Press

ENTER to save the current station.

Recording radio to memory

1 In FM mode, press ENTER to enter FM submenu.

2 Press / to select record mode, fine or long.

3 Press ENTER to start recording. Press PLAY/PAUSE to pause recording.

Press again to to resume recording.

4 Press

ENTER to store recording.

FM mode submenu

Press ENTER to enter the FM mode submenu. Press or to scroll through the submenus and press

ENTER to select.

Save

Channel number.

Delete

Deletes preset channel number.

Delete all

Deletes all preset channel numbers.

Fine rec

The Fine record setting is for recording radio at 32kbps in WAV - xx.wav format. This record quality is better but file size is comparatively large compared with Long record. Windows can play this format without any software support.

Long rec

The Long record setting is for recording radio at 8kbps in WAV - xx.wav format. This record quality is poor but file size is less than Fine record. Windows can play this format without any software support.

Autosearch

Starts auto scan (in 50KHz increments) and stops at found stations automatically.

Exit

Record (REC) mode

Key functions

• Press ENTER to enter record mode.

• Press

PLAY/PAUSE to start recording, press PLAY/PAUSE to pause

recording.

• Long press PLAY/PAUSE to stop and save recording.

• Long press

ENTER to return to main menu.

Key functions in stop record mode

• Press ENTER to select submenu options when in stop mode.

• Press or long press to switch to the next folder.

• Press or long press to switch to the last folder.

• Press

ENTER to confirm the selection and return to stop mode.

• Press

PLAY/PAUSE to cancel the selection and exit to stop mode.

Record types

There are four record types: Fine record, Long record, Fine vor* and Long vor*.

Fine Rec

Long Rec

Fine Vor

The Fine vor setting is for recording voice at 32kbps in ‘ACT - xx.act’ format. This record quality is better but file size is comparatively large compared with the same record time in WAV format. See note above.

Long Vor

The Long vor setting is for recording voice at 8kbps in ‘ACT - xx.act’’ format. This record quality is poor but file size is less compared with same record time in WAV format.

• *Windows cannot play this format without any software support. If you install our driver, it has a program to convert ACT format to WAV format. Therefore, to play ACT, install our driver including Windows XP.

Record time

Maximum record around 10 hours for 256Mb.

Represents microphone mode.

Record mode submenu

Press ENTER to enter the Record mode submenu. Press or to scroll through the submenus and press

ENTER to select.

Local file

Choose folder with or where to store, root or downloaded from

PC.

Record type

Fine rec, long rec, fine vor, long vor.

Exit

Voice replay

Key functions

• Select RPL mode in the main menu.

• Press

ENTER to enter.

• Press

PLAY/PAUSE to play the files in current folder.

• Press / to select the next/last recorded files.

• Press

VOL+ / VOL- to increase or decrease volume.

Delete file

To delete recorded voice, in voice mode while stopped or paused, press

ENTER, select either Delete File, Delete All or Exit.

Press / to toggle between YES/NO and press

ENTER to confirm.

System

After selecting system from the main menu you will see a sub menu containing the following options, Record time, Backlight, Language, Power off, Contrast, Mem info, F/W Ver and Exit. Press

ENTER to select

the option you require.

Record Time (date and time set)

1 Press ENTER, display shows date and time.

2 Press + to edit year, adjust with / .

3 Press + or - to step through year, month, day, hour, minutes and

seconds adjusting with / .

4 Press ENTER once complete.

Backlight

Illumination time can be adjusted in 3 second increments from 0 to approximately 30 seconds, adjust with / .

Language

English or traditional Chinese.

Power off

The power-off timer will countdown to switch off the system when the MP3 player is working. The sleep-time timer operates in any mode when the MP3 has finished playing, then the timer will start to count down to switch off the system to save battery power.

Choose Off timer or Sleep timer with / then press

ENTER to

select. Power-off adjustable from 0 - 60 seconds and sleep timer adjustable from 0 - 120 minutes, adjust with / .

Contrast

Adjustable from 1 (low) to 16 (high), adjust with / .

Mem info

Shows total memory and percentage used.

F/w Ver

Shows firmware version - this may be required for service queries.

USB: Up and down loading music

Any track on a CD or uploaded from the internet cannot be sent directly to your player, but has first to go via the computer’s hard drive. This is a safety precaution so that you do not lose any music.

Loading music onto your PC

From CD (with player not connected)

1 Insert CD into D:Drive and open in Windows Media Player or other

compatible software.

2 Select

COPY from CD option and copy CD onto C:Drive > my

documents > my music.

From CD (with player connected)

1 Insert CD into D:Drive and open in Windows Media Player or other

compatible software.

2 Select

COPY from CD option and copy to media library.

3 Select

COPY to CD or device and select chosen music from music

library, select player to be copied to and press

COPY.

From the internet

1 Go to any website to download tracks in MP3, WMA or WAV

formats following the web sites instructions.

2 Download track into C:Drive > my documents > my music.

Transferring music between computer and player

1 Connect the player to the computer via USB cable supplied.

2 The PC will probe your device and install it as a removable drive in

my computer, usually E:Drive.

3 Open C:Drive > my documents > my music.

4 Highlight individual tracks you want and drag them into the

removable hard drive which is your player, or transfer them the other way.

5 Ensure you disconnect your player from the computer using the

operating systems software before disconnecting the USB cable.

Organising your files

To organise the music on your player create the folders in it from your PC.

1 Open the player on the PC. 2 Create a new folder (File > New

folder), then name the new folder as desired. 3 Drag and drop the files in the player into the new folder.

Firmware upgrade

If a new operating system (firmware) becomes available, proceed as follows.

Insert CD into drive. Go to

START menu and click on MP3 Player Update

and the upgrade tool will pop up. The start menu will appear the first time the program is run. Click on Select new firmware file to load the new FW (*.bin). Press

BEGIN UPGRADING to perform the

upgrade.

Caution

• Don’t cut off the power supply when the system is upgrading.

• Format the drive only at FAT 16. • Support for FAT 32 and FAT 16.

Note: Format should be carried out in FAT 16 for Firmware upgrades.

Music file conversion software sources

Please note that Morphy Richards has no liability for these possible third party software downloads.

CD to MP3 conversion Download CDex or other freeware for CD to MP3 conversion from: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ OR http://www.download.com/CDex/3000-2140_4-10226370.html?tag=lst-0-1

CD to WMA conversion Please use Microsoft Windows Media encoder to convert CD to WMA.

Interference

This unit may function incorrectly if subjected to radio-frequency interference. To resume normal operation, the source of the interference must be removed. It may be necessary to turn the power off and on or to remove and reinstall the batteries to resume the normal operation.

2-year guarantee

Morphy Richards products are manufactured to internationally accepted quality standards. In addition to your statutory rights, Morphy Richards guarantee your product to be free from manufacturing and component defects for a period of two years from date of purchase.

If your product proves to be defective within 28 days of purchase, your Morphy Richards dealer from whom the product was purchased will be pleased to replace it free of charge.

Should your product develop a defect within the guarantee period but after the replacement period, please return the product to the After Sales Division at the address below, together with the proof of purchase, brief details of the symptoms and your own name and address.

Your post office will provide a certificate of posting. The product will be repaired and returned to you promptly.

Morphy Richards Ltd., Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8AJ

29204MUK Rev 1 3/05

Morphy Richards products are intended for household use only.

Morphy Richards has a policy of continuous improvement in product quality and design. The company, therefore reserves the right to change the specification of its models at any time.

www.morphyrichards.com

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