SanDisk Sansa SDMX1 1GB, Sansa SDMX1 256MB, Sansa SDMX1 512MB, SDMX1-1024, SDMX1-256 Quick Start Manual
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1. Quick Start 1
Features 1
What You Need to Begin 2
Installing the Battery 2
The Basic Controls 4
Play Music 5
Listen to the FM Radio 7
Record Notes and Meetings 8
2. Playing Music 9
Connecting and Disconnecting 9
Using the Music Controls 9
Listening to Music 10
Organizing and Transferring Music 11
Creating Playlists 11
Deleting Music 11
Adjusting Settings 12
Contents
3. Listening to the FM Radio 14
Using the FM Radio Controls 14
Finding a Radio Station 15
Switching Between Normal and Preset Modes 15
Setting Preset Stations Automatically 16
Setting Stereo and Mono Modes 16
Save a Radio Station as a Preset 16
Delete a Preset Radio Station 17
4. Recording Notes and Meetings 18
Using the Recording Controls 18
Start a Recording 19
Pause a Recording 19
Playback a Recording 19
Delete a Recording 20
5. Navigating the Software Menus 21
6. Tips and Troubleshooting 27
7. Learn More, Service, and Warranty Information 28
8. Safety Tips and Cleaning Instructions 30
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This chapter helps you get started quickly playing
music, listening to the FM radio, and voice
recording with your SanDisk Digital Audio Player.
Quick Start
Congratulations on your purchase of a SanDisk Digital Audio Player! This chapter will help you
to become familiar with your new purchase as quickly as possible.
Features
Your Digital Audio Player is a full-featured music and recording device that can be carried with
you anywhere.
Plays MP3, WMA and WMA with Digital Rights Management (DRM) support.
Use the built-in microphone to capture notes and meetings.
The indigo graphic LCD display supports English (the default), German, Spanish,
French, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, and Norwegian. Also supports Traditional
Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
The digital FM radio offers both area setting and sensitivity settings so you can access
radio stations around the world. The radio also allows you to preset up to 20 of your
favorite radio stations.
With 6 equalizer types for the FM radio and music player, you can play music optimized
by type of music, for example, Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pops, and User-Defined.
Allows you to store and browse your music in folders, as well as the ability to copy,
move, or delete those files. You also can browse your music while in Play mode or Stop
mode.
Onscreen menus are tabbed so that you can easily check your music settings as you
play music, listen to the FM radio, or record notes or meetings.
Select a start point and an end point within an audio file so you can play that segment
over and over. This can be helpful for learning languages, for example.
USB 2.0 support is built-in for faster connections to your computer.
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Up to 15 hours of continuous playback using one AAA battery (included).
Musicmatch software is included to help organize your music.
Includes a carrying case, earphones, and an armband.
What You Need to Begin
To use your Digital Audio Player, you must have a computer with these features:
One of these operating systems: Windows 98SE, ME, W2K, XP, Mac OS 9.2x (or
higher), or Mac OS 10.2 (or higher).
Intel Pentium PC or equivalent or a Macintosh computer.
Handles MP3, WMA, and WMA DRM music files.
CD-ROM drive.
USB 2.0 port.
In addition, confirm that you have these items in the product packaging that contained your
SanDisk Digital Audio Player:
Your new Digital Audio Player
Earphones
Armband
AAA battery
USB 2.0 cable
CD with Musicmatch Jukebox software, User Guide, and Windows 98SE driver
One page Quick Start Guide
Installing the Battery
You will need to install the AAA battery included with your player. Follow these steps as shown
in Figure 1:
1. Turn your player over, so the backside faces up, and locate the battery door.
2. Firmly push the battery cover down and out towards the outside edge of your player
until you hear a snap. There is a directional arrow on the battery cover to help you.
3. Swing back the battery cover.
4. Push the battery down into the battery area of the player, placing the smooth
bottom of the battery against the spring in the battery area. The protruded top of the
battery slips down and under. The battery should fit snugly.
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5. Swing the battery cover over the battery, and then push the cover towards the
center of the player until you hear a snap and the cover closes tight.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Figure 1. Installing the AAA Battery
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The Basic Controls
Your player has a small set of controls that provide a wide range of functionality. To get
started, however, you only need to understand the basic controls shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: The Basic Controls
The control names and their functions are described in Table 1.
Table 1: Control Names and Functions
Control Name Function
◄◄ Left Button Press to Rewind or Move Backward
►► Right Button Press to Fast Forward or Move Forward
▲ Up Button Press to move up, for example, to increase the volume or
move the selector to a music file up higher in a list
▼ Down Button Press to move down, for example, to lower the volume or
move the selector to a music file lower down in a list
Select Button Press down to select a choice or to access screen menus
Play/Stop Play/Stop Button Press to play, stop, or turn your player on
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Control Name Function
Rec Record Button Press to record from the built-in microphone
A-B Change Mode Button Press to change modes, for example, between music, FM
radio, and record modes
Hold Lock/Unlock Button Slide to lock or unlock the player
USB USB Port Connect USB cable from player to your computer
Microphone Built-in Microphone Built-in microphone for recording
Earphone Earphone Port Connect earphones to listen to the player
To learn advanced information about what onscreen menus appear when you select these
controls, see the Navigating the Software Menus chapter that begins on Page 21.
Play Music
To play music files in MP3 and WMA formats, you need to upload music to your player then
use the controls to play your music files.
Upload Music
The first step to playing music is to upload files from your computer to your player. Follow
these steps:
1. Use the USB connector cable provided with your player to connect the USB port on
your player to an open USB port on your computer. The player will appear as a new
hard drive on your computer. (Can’t find the USB port on your player? See The Basic
Controls section on page 4.)
2. Drag your music files to the player or save music files to your player with software
tools like Musicmatch, the same way you save files on your hard drive from
Microsoft Word or other applications.
TIP: Because it appears and acts like a hard drive connected to your computer, you can
use your computer file browser to create folders and move music files on your player.
This can help make it easier to organize and find music on your player.
Play Music Files
Once you have uploaded music files, follow these steps:
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1. Press the Play/Stop button for two seconds. The SanDisk Welcome message will
appear onscreen for a moment then disappear. (Can’t find the Play/Stop button on
your player? See The Basic Controls section on page 4.)
WARNING: If the onscreen message says “Key Hold” and then shuts off, you
need to locate the Hold button on the side of your player. Slide that button
towards the Play/Stop button to unlock your device. Then repeat Step 1 above.
See The Basic Controls section on page 4 if you cannot find the Hold button.
NOTE: If you do not see music files onscreen, press the A-B Change Mode button
on the side of your player. (See The Basic Controls section on page 4 to find the
Change Mode button.) The Mode Menu will appear. Use the Left or Right buttons
to move left or right to highlight the Audio Play mode. Press the Select button once
to select Audio Play mode.
2. A list of your music files will display onscreen. Press down once on the Select
button. The file selector will highlight your first music file. (Can’t find the Select
button on your player? See The Basic Controls section on page 4.)
3. Press the Up or Down buttons to move the selector up or down in your list of files.
Press the Left or Right buttons to move between folders.
4. Press down once on the Select button to select a music file to play.
5. Briefly press the Play/Stop button to play your selected song. To stop the music,
briefly press the Play/Stop button again. Once your selected music has played, your
player will play each music file below that music file, one after another.
6. To change the volume of your music as it plays, press the Up or Down buttons.
7. To stop playing music, you have three choices:
Press the Play/Stop button until the SanDisk Goodbye screen appears
Navigate to another song, select it, then start to play that song
Press the A-B Change Mode button to switch to FM Radio or Record mode.
Once your music starts to play, you can use the player buttons to:
Skip backwards or forwards to the next song by pressing once on the Left button
(backwards) or Right button (forwards).
Want to switch to another song while music is playing? Press the Play/Stop button to
pause your current song. Press the Up or Down buttons to move up or down through
your music files. Press the Left button or Right button to move up or down file folders.
When your new song is highlighted, press the Select button to choose it. Then press
the Play/Stop button to play your newly selected music file.
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To learn more about how to play music with your player, see the Playing Music chapter that
begins on Page 9.
Listen to the FM Radio
Follow these steps:
1. Press the Play/Stop button for two seconds. The SanDisk Welcome message will
appear onscreen for a moment and then disappear. (Can’t find the Play/Stop button
on your player? See The Basic Controls section on page 4.)
WARNING: If the onscreen message says “Key Hold” and then shuts off, you
need to locate the Hold button on the side of your player. Slide that button
towards the Play/Stop button to unlock your device. Then repeat Step 1 above.
See The Basic Controls section on page 4 if you cannot find the Hold button.
NOTE: If you do not see the radio onscreen, press the A-B Change Mode button
on the side of your player. (Can’t find the Change Mode button on your player?
See The Basic Controls section on page 4.) The Mode Menu will appear. Use the
Left or Right buttons to move left or right until the FM Radio mode is highlighted.
Press the Select button once to select the FM Radio mode.
2. The radio has two modes to access stations: Normal and Preset. To change
modes, press the Select button briefly. The Preset mode allows you to store up to
20 of your favorite radio stations in the player’s memory.
3. To change stations, press the Left button or Right button to move up or down the
radio dial. Hold down either of these buttons to scan radio stations. In Preset mode,
you scan preset stations. In Normal mode, you scan by increments in the radio
spectrum.
4. To raise or lower the volume of the radio, press the Up or Down buttons.
5. To stop playing the FM radio, you have two choices:
Press the Play/Stop button until the SanDisk Goodbye screen appears
Press the A-B Change Mode button to switch to Audio Play or Record mode.
Once your radio starts to play, you can use the player buttons as follows:
To store only stations with strong signals as preset channels, press the A-B Change
Mode button for two seconds.
Press the Play/Stop button to switch between stereo and mono.
In Preset mode, press the Record button for two seconds to delete a preset channel.
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For more information about how to use the FM radio, see the Listening to the FM Radio
chapter that begins on Page 14.
Record Notes and Meetings
Follow these steps:
1. Press the Play/Stop button for two seconds. The SanDisk Welcome message will
appear onscreen for a moment then disappear
WARNING: If the onscreen message says “Key Hold” and then shuts off, you
need to locate the Hold button on the side of your player. Slide that button
towards the Play/Stop button to unlock your device. Then repeat Step 1 above.
See The Basic Controls section on page 4 if you cannot find the Hold button.
NOTE: If you do not see the Voice Record interface onscreen, press the A-B
Change Mode button on the side of your player. (See The Basic Controls section
on page 4 to find the Change Mode button.) The Mode Menu will appear. Use the
Left or Right buttons to move left or right to highlight the Voice Record mode.
Press the Select button once to select the Voice Record mode.
2. Press the Record button once on the side of your player to start recoding. Point the
built-in microphone towards you or the source you want to record.
3. To pause your recording, press the Play/Stop button once. To resume recording,
press the Play/Stop button again.
4. To stop recording, press the Record button.
In addition to recording, in Voice Record mode you can do as follows:
To access a recording, press the Select button. Use the Up button or Down button to
move from file to file until the file you want is highlighted. Press the Play/Stop button to
play the selected recording.
To play your current recording while it is paused, press the Play/Stop button. When you
have finished listening, press the Record button to start recording again.
Save your recordings to your computer, connect to your computer with the USB
connector cable and use your computer file browser to move your recordings to your
hard drive. You can delete recordings on your player and free up space the same way.
For more information about how to use the recording features, see the Recording Notes and
Meetings chapter that begins on Page 18.
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This chapter helps you get started playing music
on your SanDisk Digital Audio Player.
Playing Music
Your player can play music files stored in MP3 and WMA formats. This chapter shows you how
to upload and play your music files.
Connecting and Disconnecting
Your player includes a USB connection cable so that you can transfer music files from your
computer to your player. The small end fits into the USB port at one end of your player. The
larger flat end connects to the USB port on your computer.
To play music, first upload files from your computer to your player. Follow these steps:
1. Use the USB connector cable provided your player to connect the USB port on your
player to an open USB port on your computer. The player will appear as a new hard
drive on your computer. (Can’t find the USB port on your player? See The Basic
Controls section on page 4.)
2. Drag your music files to the player or save music files to your player with software
tools like Musicmatch, the same as you save files on your hard drive from Microsoft
Word or other applications.
Using the Music Controls
Your player has three modes of operation: Audio Play for music, FM Radio for radio, and Voice
Record to record notes and meetings. To play your MP3 and WMA files, you need to be in
Audio Play mode. Follow these steps:
1. Press the Play/Stop button for two seconds. The SanDisk Welcome message will
appear onscreen for a moment then disappear. See The Basic Controls section
on page 4 to find the Play/Stop button.
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