MA201 | Digital MP3 Player
Instruction Manual
Table of Contents
1. Introduction...........................................................................................................1
2. Safety instructions.................................................................................................1
3. Function overview.................................................................................................2
4. Product description...............................................................................................3
5. LCD description....................................................................................................3
6. Basic operation.....................................................................................................4
7. System menu........................................................................................................5
8. Playing music........................................................................................................8
9. Telephone book...................................................................................................14
10. Recording voice................................................................................................15
11. Voice playback..................................................................................................16
12. USB disk function.............................................................................................17
13. Troubleshooting................................................................................................22
14. Specications...................................................................................................23
B
1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing our MP3 player.
Before using the unit please read this
manual carefully to obtain the best possible
performance from your player. Keep this
manual for future reference
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
The manual contains the important safety
instructions and information of the device’s
proper usage. Make sure to read carefully
and understand all the instructions to avoid
accident.
Do not expose the device to extreme
temperature (above 40°), especially in cars
with shutting windows in summer.
Do not expose to moisture. Do not store in
humid or dirty areas.
Avoid the device falling and bumping
strongly. Do not make OLED suffer from
violent shake; otherwise, OLED could be
damaged or displayed abnormally.
Choose the suitable volume. Do not turn up
the volume of the earphones too high while
using it. If you get ringing in your ears stop
using the device or turn the volume down.
Do not disassemble the device yourself
and do not wipe the surface of device with
alcohol and benzene and thinners.
Do not using the device in areas with
prohibiting electronic devices, such as in
plane.
Do not use the device while driving
an automobile or walking in the street,
otherwise, an accident may result.
Our company take partly responsibility
that memory is lost because of defective
products and repair and other reasons.
Please users comply with the manual to
operate it properly.
Our company reserves the right to improve
the product so product’s specication and
design are subject to change without further
notice.
1
3. FUNCTION OVERVIEW
Portable USB storage device with huge
memory
You can upload/download les in shortcut
way in WINDOWS EXPLORER without
other programs (WINDOUWS 98 above).
OLED display, multi-screen saver
pictures
Supports various audio formats
Supports MP1.2.3, WMA, ASF, WAV musical
les
Digital recording/repeating
Records and saves the audio les as the
WAV or ACT format; contrast and following
reading function make users experience the
real digital repeating function.
Support multi-languages
Display three languages and track
information with lyric in simplied Chinese,
English, traditional Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, French, German, Italian, Dutch,
Portuguese and Spanish
Multiple EQ modes
Switch EQ in seven types: normal, rock,
pop, classic, soft, jazz, bass
Multiple play modes
Switch play modes in seven types: normal
play, repeat one, single folder play, repeat
folder play, repeat all, random, intro
Managing disk function
Sets two partitions for USB disk by
accessorial tool. One is normal disk, the
other is security disk in which les could not
be accessed freely
2
4. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 5. LCD DESCRIPTION
3
6. BASIC OPERATION
Power on/off
The player supports auto and manual power
on function
Manual power on:
press and hold [>II] button for 3 seconds,
the player will go to working mode when the
player is turned on. Auto power off: in the
power off status, the player will automatically
go to USB mode via USB cable to connect
to PC.
Power off
a. Playing status: to press [>II] button, the
song will pause; to hold [>II] button for
three second, the player will be turned off.
Adjusting the volume
In music mode, voice playback mode and
FM mode, pressing [VOL] button briey will
enter volume adjustment interface.
Pressing [>>I] button or [I<<] button will
increase/decrease the volume one step.
Holding [>>I] button or [I<<] button will
increase/decrease continuously.
Notice: Do not turn up the volume of the
earphones too high, otherwise your hearing
will be impaired.
Reset power
You can press [Reset] button to reboot the
player if it crashes.
b. In music mode: to hold [>II] button for two
seconds, the music will stop, then to hold
[>II] button for three seconds, the player will
be turned off.
c. In other modes: to press [>II] button for
three seconds, the player will be turned off.
d. When batter power is low, system will
automatically power the player off.
Battery
The player adopts a built-in polymer
battery with a large capacity.
4
If the battery power is low, the screen will
display “low power” and the player will
automatically power off.
Recharge your battery by connection to PC
via USBA cable or by the provided charger.
The screen displays battery icon and impulse
when recharging battery. The battery
power will indicate full when completing
recharging.
The battery will be full until it is recharged
continuously for 4hours(the rst two times
will take 10hours).
power caused by wrong operation of
buttons.
7. SYSTEM MENU
System menu
enter menu: press[MODE] button briey.
select menu: press[I<<] button or [>>I]
button to select the setting.
save setting: hold [MODE]button to save
and escape from menu.
The usable time of battery depends on high
or low of volume, playing les format, button
operation, etc.
The user could set [power off setting] to
save power.
The user could set [screen saver on] to save
power.
The user could hold [VOL] button to set
HOLD UNLOCK to avoid exhausting the
Music mode:
playing music for more details, refer to
“playing music”
Record mode:
recording voice for more details, refer to
“recording voice”
Voice mode:
playback voice for more details, refer to
“voice playback”
5
Radio mode:
listen to radio for more details, refer to “FM
radio”
The text reads originally:Can see the document
that you love to see (for example:Novel)
The telephone is thin:
Can at any time see your friend of personal
name card
System mode:
setting system or more details, refer the
following “system setting”
System setting
Press [I<<] button or [>>I] button to select
menu in [system setting], then press
[MODE] button briey to enter system
setting interface.
Record time
In [system setting] menu, set record time.
Press [VOL] button briey and the digit of year
will be blinking; Press [VOL] button briey
and the digit of month will be blinking.
Select and start the year, month, day, hour,
minute, and second.
Use [I<<] button or [>>I] button to adjust the
digit. Press [MODE] button briey to conrm
the setting and return to the previous menu.
6
Language
In [language] interface, use [I<<] button or
[>>I] button to select language, then press
[MODE] button conrm.
Backlight
The user could set OLED lightness duration
to save OLED and power. Using OLED
screen with high lightness duration will short
OLED screen life.
If 0 is selected, the high lightness is set to
off.
Adjust backlight and use [MODE] button to
conrm.
Notice: without pressing any button, OLED
screen displays low lightness when setting
time is up (the time unit is second).
Power off setting
Operation refers to “backlight” setting.
Off time mode: To set the self-power off time
when the player playback is stopped and no
button is pressed.
If “0” is selected, this function will be
disabled. The time unit is seconds.
Sleep time mode
To set self-power off time after last key
pressed, regardless of whether the player is
active or stopped. The time unit is minutes.
Use [I<<] button or [>>I] button to adjust
time time from 0 to 30seconds.
Screen saver setting
Setting screen saver to save OLED screen
and to spare battery power.
7
Press [I<<] button or [>>I] button briey to
select option, then press [MODE] button
briey to conrm the selected option.
Online mode
Refer to other mode setting. Some
operating systems Windows 98/98SEP4
cannot support USB disk with two disks
icons display in MY COMPUTER.
When disk is encrypted, select [multi driver],
[normal only] and [encrypted only] in the
player via connection to PC.
Memory information
To display the built-in memory size and used
memory percentage.
Firmware version
To display the rmware version and date.
Firmware upgrade
To enter [rmware upgrade] function,
rmware can be upgraded via connection to
PC (refer to “upgrading the player”).
8. PLAYING MUSIC
Play/Stop
Play: In music mode, connect the earphone
to the player and select songs, then press
PLAY/STOP [>II] button briey.
Stop: Press PLAY/STOP [>II] button briey.
Select music
Pressing [I<<] button briey will move to the
previous songs. Holding [I<<] button will
move backward fast.
Pressing [>>I] button briey will move to the
next songs. Holding [>>I] button will move
forward fast.
8
How to add DRM music
1). Connect player to PC, after 10 seconds
a dialog will be appear, select "Take no
action" or click "Cancel" button to continue.
2). Open "My Computer", clean up
the device as the following steps:
a). Click the MTP device icon use
the right button of the mouse,
and then select "Format";
b). Waiting for the format
processing until nish.
3). Run "WMP10"(Windows Media Player
10), the "MTP" device will be discover
Select "Sync",and then open the local
folder where your music les saved.
4). Select all music you want tosync to
player, and drag them to the"SyncList"
on the left side of WMP 10, click"Start
Sync" to began download:
5). When nish downloading, you can see
the music les on the right side of WMP 10.
9
Browser "My Computer", you can see
the les already downloaded to player.
How to play
At rst, you must enter into System
setup and setup the "DRM Time",
set it to current time, otherwise the
DRM music can't play accurately.
After setup "DRM Time", you can go back to
music mode to play and listen to music.
6). Disconnect the player, it will
make ID3 Playlist automatic, this
will cost about 8 seconds.
7). Then the player will process DRM
licence, it will cost 5~10 seconds.
Music play menu
In music play mode, pressing [MODE] button
will enter music play menu. Using [I<<]
button or [>>] button to select the mode,
then press [MODE] button to conrm.
• Repeat
• Equalizer
• Tempo
• Rate
• Replay
• Replay times
10
• Replay gap
• Exit
Equalizer mode
In music play menu, the user could enter
[equalizer] interface. Use [I<<] button and
[>>I] button to select EQ.
Folder
Play the selected folder once
Repeat Folder
Repeat all songs
Repeat mode
In music play menu, the user could enter
[repeat] interface. Use [I<<] button and [>>I]
button to select repeat mode.
Normal
Play all the songs once
Repeat One
Repeat play one
Repeat All
Repeat all songs
Random
Randomly select song to play
Intro
Play the rst part of all saved tracks for 10
seconds
11
Tempo rate
In music play menu, the user could enter
[tempo rate] interface. Use [I<<] button and
[>>I] button to select tempo rate.
Moving to positive direction will fast tempo
rate and moving to negative direction will
slow tempo rate. The digit “0” means normal
tempo rate.
Replay mode
1 A—B replay
In music play menu, pressing [MODE] button
briey will enter repeat mode. The icon
of song number in the screen will change
into the icon of repeat mode. The picture
appears as below:
When “A” in the icon blinks, press [>>I]
button briey to conrm beginning.
Then “B” in the icon blinks, press [>>I]
button briey to conrm ending. Replay icon
will not blink at this time. The player will
replay from A to B. exist from replay mode
after nishing the set replay time.
In replay mode, re-set “A” in the icon by
pressing [I<<] button briey.
2.following read function this function is
disabled in voice mode
a.In A—B replay, enter following read mode
by pressing [>>I] button briey.
b.When replay icon is turned to following
icon , voice record begins and time gap
is from A to B.
12
c. Time is up and the player resumes playing.
When icon is turned to , press [>>I]
button briey to enter contrast function.
Notice: In this mode, press button to return
to A—B replay.
3.contrast function this function is disabled
in voice mode
a.Enter this function and icon displays ,
the player will playback the following voice.
In the above three modes, press [MODE]
button briey to exit from replay mode.
Replay time
In music play menu, enter [replay time] by
using [I<<] button or [>>I] button to select
replay time. Then press [MODE] button to
conrm. User sets number of replay time
from A to B by this way.
b.Finish following voice and icon displays
, at this time, the player plays back the
former music.
c.After nishing former music the player
resumes playing recording. It won’t stop
until pressing [MODE] button to exit.
Notice: in this mode, press button briey to
return to following read mode.
Replay gap
Enter [replay gap] interface. Refer to “replay
time” setting and set replay time gap between
every replay (time unit is second).
Lyric display
User can download lyrics from website and
save them in the player with the same name
to music.
Notice: The player displays lyric whose
name is the same to MP3 le’s. For example,
13
music format’s name is “song.mp3” and LRC
le’s name must be “song.lrc”, they are also
in the same folder.
9. TELEPHONE BOOK
First time, the user can nd the le
‘Setup_enu_v1.1.exe’ in drive disc CD.
Then install this software on
the PC as following steps
Connect the mp3 with the PC,
pressing the start menu to nd
the Flary Address software:
Select the le menu to choose the
new, and then you will nd the le
‘C:\Program Files\Flary\TelAddbk.
dat’, then copy the le in your mp3
14
Select the le menu to choose the Input
Data to nd the le (TelAddbk.dat) in your
mp3, and then press the open button.
Fill in team name in the blank and
press the Append Grouping button:
Enter the main menu to select
Telephone mode and you will nd
you added Tel information.
10. RECORDING VOICE
Recording voice
Enter record mode in system menu
Press [>II] button briey to begin to record
Select the team you added, and then key
in the Name and the TEL you want to add.
Press the New Card button and you can
see the name and Tel No. in the right blank.
Add the whole information
as the above steps:
Press the Save button and Quit.
Disconnect the mp3 to PC.
Press [>II] button briey again to pause to
record
Hold [>II] button to stop recording
Hold [MODE] again button to exit record
mode and save record les
1.Press [REC] shortcut button briey to
enter record mode( stop playing les before
enter record mode).
2.Make sure battery power and disk memory
are sufcient.
15
3.The player support 99 record les in one
folder.
4.Record les are saved in the current folder
in “record stop submenu/local folder”
5.When the memory is used up, the screen
will show “over ow”. Please delete some
les to release memory.
Fine recoding, WAV format, good voice
quality, Long recording, ACT format, fair
quality and longer recording time
Fine VOR, WAV format, good voice quality,
will pause recording automatically when
there is no sound detected
6.The screen will show “over ow” if the
folder contains over 99 les; please open a
new folder to store further recording.
7.During recording, only [>II] button &
[MODE] button will function.
Voice recording type
In stop recording status, press [MODE]
button briey to enter record setting menu.
Select [RECORING TYPE] and press
[MODE] button briey to enter.
Long VOR, ACT format, quality, will pause
recording automatically when there is no
sound detected
1.VOR is that voice controls recording on/
off. Recording will stop without voice in order
to save memory.
2.For ne recording, please record in little
noise background.
3.Please do not talk before recording and
start recording in 5~ 6 seconds.
11. VOICE PLAYBACK
16
Play record les
Enter voice mode in system menu
Press [>II] button briey to begin playback
Press [>II] button briey to pause playback
Hold [>II] button to stop playback
Press [I<<] button or [>>I] button briey to
select play record les
Hold [MODE] button to exist from voice mode
Press [VOL] button to enter mode for
adjustment of volume
Voice play menu
In voice mode, press [MODE] button briey
to enter [voice play] while playing record
les.
• Repeat
• Tempo Rate
• Replay
• Exit
for more details, please refer to “playing
music” in music mode. But this mode has no
following reading and contrast functions.
12. USB DISK FUNCTION
USB display mode
The player can be a large mobile storage
device. For Windows 2000, Mac OS 10.3 or
Linux Redhat 8.0 pro, no driver is required.
For Windows 98, driver is required.
The player supports USB bus-powered and
began to charge up when connecting to PC.
In suspending mode, press [MODE] button
briey to escape from USB mode, then re-
select the mode you want to go.
The player supports Suspend mode and
user can create 99 les in one folder.
When connected to a computer, the
OLED will indicate three different modes:
suspending mode, data downloading , data
uploading
17
Encrypt disk function
User can use the attached tool to set
partitions for USB disk. One is normal disk,
other is encrypted disk. (User can see two
disk icons in computer. WINDOWS 2K
need install SP4, otherwise, user only see
one disk icon and selecting [normal only] or
[encrypt only]of[online mode]of [system set]
[will see other icon]. Encrypted disk would
hide all private data, other cannot access
data without password.
1. Connect the player to PC and run attached
procedure: MP3 PLAYER DISK TOOL.
2. Choose [partition and encrypt] option
and decide available size of each disk. Set
username and password, put username
in [new user] and new password in [new
password], then conrm them. After clicking
[start] button, dividing disk begins. Click
[OK] to reboot computer.
Disk partition steps:
3. After rebooting computer, users will see
18
two disk icons (SP4 installation is a must).
Click the encrypted disk and three les is
in the encrypted disk. Two are hidden les
and one is executive le. Disk capacity is
only 300K.
4. Run executive le: RDISK DECRYPT.
EXE, put username and password in dialog
window. If correct, user can access disk.
Notice: Data in encrypted disk cannot be
read by the player.
It is necessary for access encrypted disk
to input username and password when
connecting to computer.
Setting partitions will erase data, please
backup data. Combination disks would also
erase data.
Please do not lose username and password.
Otherwise, you cannot access encrypted
disk. You can combine disks to cancel
encrypted disk at risk of damaging data in
encrypted one.
Converting ACT recording les to WAV
The player can convert ACT les to WAV by
attached installation tool.
1. Run “Sound Converter” and click “open”
button. The picture will appear as below:
19
2. Select ACT les that is converted and
click [open]
3. Click [convert] button and begin to convert
to WAV format
Notice: Besides this function, the tool can
play WAV and MP3 formats.
Upgrading the player
Utilize update tool installed in your computer
to update and repair the damaged driver.
1. Enter [system setting] interface and
select [rmware upgrade]; press [MODE]
button briey to enter [rmware upgrade].
(Enter directly USB mode via USB cable
and upgrade as the following steps)
2. Run upgrade tool [MP3 PLAYER UPDATE]
then click [choose new version rmware] button.
3. Select the new rmware driver (in the installation
CD). Click [start] button to begin upgrading.
4. When upgrading is successful, the display
will indicate as below:
20
5. Connect the player to PC via USB
cable and nd the icon of removable
disk in [my computer].
Click the right button of mouse
to select [format].
In formatting interface, select FAT
system in [le system], then click
[star] button to format disk.
Notice: formatting disk would
erase data in disk and please
backup data before formatting.
Notice : Firmware upgrading can
improve and optimize the player’
s function. But it would not affect the
player even without upgrading.
An improper upgrading may cause
the player to work abnormally! Please
read carefully manual before operation.
Suggest that when formatting, make sure
to select “FAT le system”, otherwise,
the player would display “disk error”.
Finishing upgrading, please upgrade again
if the player still cannot work normally.
21
13. TROUBLESHOOTING
If the player couldn’t play normally, please use trouble shooting guide to help you.
Symptom
The player cannot be turned on
The player crashes Press RESET button to start the player.
The player cannot work
The player cannot upload /download
les; no disk icon in computer
The player cannot record
Strange characters are displayed on
screen
Please check the battery capacity.
Please check if the device’s procedure is damaged.
Please check the battery capacity.
Please check if HOLD mode is set.
Please check volume is set to “0” and make sure that earphones are
connected properly and clean.
Corrupted music data will make noise in some extent even be played
abnormally; make sure the les are full.
Please choose FAT le system in dialogue box when formatting disk.
Please check USB cable is correctly connected.
Please re-install properly driver.
Please check if memory is sufcient.
Please check the battery capacity.
Please check if the correct language is selected.
If you encounter other difculties in warranty, please contact our company.
22
14. SPECIFICATIONS
Item Specication
Product number MA201
Dimension 30 X 65 X 20mm(W*H*D)
Weight 33g
Dual color OLED screen two color OLED display
Operating language
Transferring data rate USB2.0 FS (reading 1000K Byte/s, writing 750K Byte/s)
File formats supported Music: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV; Record: ACT, WAV
S/N rate 85dB
The max output power (L) 10mW+(R) 10mW (320hm)
Built-in memory 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB/2GB
Power 3.7 V polymer battery
Power usable time Play time: 7hs; record time: 8hs;
Operating temperature -5°C - +40°C
Operating System WIN98SE/ME/2K/XP, Mac OS 10, Linux2.4.2 (Only WIN98 needs the driver)
Accessories User’s Manual, Earphone,USB cable, Installation CD
Specication and appearance are subject to change and improvement without further notice.
Simplied Chinese, English, traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, German,
Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish
23
No part of this manual may be copied, republished, reproduced, transmitted
or distributed in any way without prior written consent of Nextar, Inc. Any
unauthorized distribution of this manual is expressly forbidden.
Nextar is a registered tradernark of Tofasco,Inc.
Nextar may nd it necessary to modify, amend or otherwise or update this manual.
We reserve the right to do this at any time, without any prior notice. All specications
and features are subject to change without notice. All specications and features
are subject to change without notice. All screen shots shown are sinulated and
may not represent the actual screen on production units sold to consumers.
For instruction manuals, updated drivers or other
information, be sure to visit our website at:
WWW.Nextar.com
or write us at:
Nextar
1661 Fairplex Dn
LaVerne, CA USA 91750
copyright © 2006
24
Loading...