Motorola m25 User Manual

DIGITAL PLAYER AUDIO

m25

User Guide

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FCC & Industry Canada Compliance

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Changes or modification not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Declaration of Conformity

According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals; and/or CPU Boards and Power Supplies used with Class B Personal Computers, Motorola, Inc., (Motorola, Inc., Broadband Communications Sector, 101 Tournament Drive, Horsham, PA 19044, 1-877466-8646, declares under sole responsibility that the product identifies with 47 CFR Part 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules as a Class B digital device. Each product marketed is identical to the representative unit tested and founded to be compliant with the standards. Records maintained continue to reflect the equipment being produced can be expected to be within the variation accepted, due to quantity production and testing on a statistical basis as required by 47 CFR 2.909. Operation is subject to the following condition: This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The above named party is responsible for ensuring that the equipment complies with the standards of 47 CFR, Paragraphs 15.107 to 15.109.

Industry Canada

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Contents 4

Package Contents 5

Welcome 6

Tour of the m25 8

LCD Overview 11

Basic Setup 14

Software Setup 16

Basic Operations 22

Play Music 28

Advanced Features 35

Frequently Asked Questions 52

Glossary 55

Appendix A – The MP3 Format 58

Appendix B – Menu Tree 60

Limited Warranty and Software License 61

Index 69

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Package Contents

• m25 Digital Audio Player

• Installation CD

• Earphones

• AC Adapter/Charger

• Belt Clip

• Mini USB Cable

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Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of the Motorola® m25 Digital Audio Player (Model DAP025). The m25 is a portable player that provides many hours of MP3 and WMA playback. The m25 features a lighted LCD, a memory expansion slot, a stopwatch, and an FM radio tuner. It has a 256-megabyte (MB) internal memory and can accept external MMC or SD memory cards of up to 1 gigabyte (GB) in a slot in the battery compartment. The player can be controlled either by a small joystick on the side called the Thumbstick or by four pressure-sensitive symbols on the bezel of the LCD for all the basic functions.

Included with the m25 is the Motorola Digital Music Center for Windows® PCs. This easy-to-use and powerful software will allow you to extract music tracks from CDs, organize them in a variety of ways, and quickly download them to the m25 using a high-speed USB 2.0 connection. (Your computer must support USB 2.0 for the fastest transfer times; the m25 and software will also work with the older USB 1.0 format.) Help files are included in your Motorola Digital Music Center installation that guide you step-by-step through the functions of the software and your player. Just click on the icon to choose the topic for which you need information.

And, with Windows® 2000 and Windows XP™, the player’s internal memory and any installed memory card will show up on Windows Explorer as removable drives that you can easily use like any other drive.

The m25 also supports Apple iTunes® software (a free download from www.apple.com), and the firmware in the player accepts updates from both the PC and Macintosh® computers.

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The m25 supports the following digital audio formats:

• MP3 with ID3 tags

• WMA with ID3 tags

• Audible

files

• Microsoft’s DRM (Digital Rights Management) coding

It can play most VBR (Variable Bit Rate) files, although not all LCD features may be available for those tracks. The total number of songs that can be stored on the m25 will depend on the way in which they are encoded and the bitrate used; see the FAQ section of this manual for more information.

Learning More

The capabilities of the m25, as well as the power of the software and the ways in which you can work with music files in general, are considerable. You will enjoy experimenting with the software and music files as you get to know how to get the most from your m25 Digital Audio Player. Refer to the Quick Start Guide for the basics on how to set up and start using the m25.

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Tour of the m25

Main View

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Side View

Bottom View

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Inside View

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LCD Overview

Playback Mode

Menu Mode

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Play Screens

Press the Thumbstick to cycle through Date View, Time Code View, and Track Format View screens.

Date View

Time Code View

Track Format View

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FM Radio Manual

FM Radio Store Preset

FM Radio Preset

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Basic Setup

Connections

Before you can start using your new m25 player, you’ll have to install and connect a few things. This chapter describes how to install the battery and a memory card, and connect the player to the earphones and the Mini USB cable.

Battery/Memory Card

The m25 uses a single AAA battery that provides many hours of use. Either an alkaline (regular or rechargeable) or a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) battery can be used. The battery compartment cover must be removed before a battery can be installed. To remove the battery compartment cover:

1 Press in the small latch while lifting off the back cover of the player. (See the picture on page 10.)

2 If you want to install a memory card, slide it into the slot as shown on page 10.

3 Install the battery with the flat end (the negative/- end) against the curled spring.

4 Snap the cover back on. Make sure it’s lined up properly with the slots in the player body and the cutout for the

Thumbstick.

Earphones

Connect the supplied earphones to the earphone jack on the top of the player (see page 9). Any quality audio earphones with a 3.5 mm stereo plug can be used with the m25. DO NOT use an earphone from a cell or cordless phone because the wiring is different and can damage the player.

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USB Cable

The m25 communicates with your computer over a Mini USB cable using USB 2.0 protocols, with a transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps. The player must be connected using the included USB cable to the USB port on your computer to transfer music or files to and from the player and your computer. The Mini USB connector plugs into the port on the bottom of the player (see page 9). The port is covered by a soft plastic plug attached to the player; use care in opening it and do not pull too hard on the plug.

Whenever you plug the player into the cable and the computer is running, the player turns on and establishes a link with the computer. You can then use your music software or file manager to transfer songs and data to and from the player.

When you are done, be sure to stop the link to the player to avoid corrupting files. In Windows, an icon is displayed on the taskbar like the one shown below. Click on it and a dialog box will appear asking you which device you want to stop. Click on the line for USB Mass Storage Device that has a removable drive listed below it, because that is how the player appears to Windows. For a Mac, follow the procedures specified by your operating system to stop or eject a USB device.

Additional Accessories

Get the most out of your m25 with additional accessories that can make the player easier and more flexible to use. Shop the Motorola web site at http://www.motorola.com/mp3players.

Basic Operations

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Software Setup

Overview

To enable your computer to work most effectively with the m25 and access the full potential of the player, the appropriate software for your computer’s operating system must be installed:

• Motorola Digital Music Center must be installed on computers that use the Windows operating system.

Motorola Digital Music Center is the provided program you use in Windows to manage your audio files.

• iTunes must be installed on computers that use the Macintosh operating system.

• Gracenote® CDDB© Music Recognition Service is a free service you can register with that automatically

provides details of audio CDs such as Title, Artist, and Track names.

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Windows

Follow these instructions to load the installation software, which enables your PC to recognize the m25. The installation also loads the Motorola Digital Music Center. If you are using Windows 98 Second Edition, you may have to install drivers for the player from the CD; refer to your system documentation and Help files for details on doing this. You can also click on the Add New Hardware icon in Control Panel and follow the prompts.

1 Place the installation CD label-side up into your computer’s CD-ROM drive. The installation software should

launch automatically.

If installation software does not launch automatically, follow these steps to start installing manually:

a. Double-click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop.

b. Double-click the CD-ROM icon.

c. Double-click the Install icon.

2 Click

Motorola Digital Music Center Software and Drivers and follow the on-screen instructions.

3 If prompted, reboot the computer when the installation is complete.

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USB

To transfer music or files to and from your computer to the m25, connect the player to your computer using the supplied Mini USB cable.

USB Detection with the Windows Device Driver

USB connectivity is ready to work immediately after Motorola Digital Music Center has been installed. Motorola Digital Music Center is the provided program you use in Windows to manage your audio files.

If the Windows Device Driver Wizard is displayed after the USB cable has been plugged into both the m25 and the computer, please follow these steps:

1 Confirm that the installation CD is in the computer’s CD-ROM drive.

Check the CD-ROM Drives box when the Device Driver Wizard requests the location of the m25 drivers.

Click Next and follow the Device Driver Wizard instructions.

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Motorola Digital Music Center

Motorola Digital Music Center is an all-in-one solution that is simple to use and can save and manage entire collections of digital audio tracks. Motorola Digital Music Center provides the capabilities listed below; refer to the program Help files for specific information.

• Copy (rip) audio CDs into compressed (encoded) digital audio formats. Motorola Digital Music Center encodes

WMA files by default and MP3 via an optional upgrade pack.

• Automatically synchronize

the music collection on your computer with your m25.

• Edit ID3 Tag and WMA tags on digital audio tracks.

• Organize and manage digital audio tracks on your computer and the m25.

• Search for tracks on your computer and the m25.

• Create custom playlists.

• Transfer tracks from your computer to the m25.

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Macintosh

iTunes

The iTunes plug-in is required for the Mac Operating System, 10.3 or higher.

Your m25 audio player is compatible with Apple’s iTunes, which runs under the Macintosh operating system and is free and available at www.apple.com. Support for iTunes also can be found there and in the Help files of the program. iTunes offers the following features:

• Copy (rip) your audio CDs into compressed (encoded) digital formats including MP3s.

• Organize digital audio tracks on your computer.

• Search for tracks on your computer.

• Create custom CDs.

The m25 doesn’t support the AAC codec used for music files obtained from the iTunes Music Store at this time. However, there are many quality conversion programs to change music file formats available online for little or no cost.

The m25 does not support iTunes playlists.

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The Gracenote CDDB© Music Recognition Service can be used to automatically lookup details of audio CDs such as Title, Artist, and Track names. There is no charge to register and use the service. You have the option during the installation of Motorola Digital Music Center to register with Gracenote, but if you do not, you can register later by following these instructions. To register, your PC must be connected to the Internet and must also be connected to the Internet when ripping CDs so Gracenote can retrieve and provide the music details of the CD being ripped.

In Digital Music Center:

1 Click Tools.

2 Click Options.

3 Click Copy CD.

4 Click Advanced.

5 Click Register to register or re-register with the Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service.

6 Click Next.

7 Check the box that reads “I have read and agree to these Terms of Use.”

8 Click Finish.

9 Click Done.

10 Click OK.

If you have not registered with Gracenote, a ripped CD will have ID3 tag data of “Unknown Artist” and “Track X” (where X is the track number of the CD) both in the player’s information screen and in Motorola Digital Music Center.

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