Shiro MX User Manual
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MX MP3 Digital Audio Player
(USB 2.0)
User Guide
Version 1.0
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Table of Contents
1 Overview .....................................................................................5
1.1 Specifications............................................................................5
1.2 Button Function Definitions .....................................................7
1.3 Button Pressing Modes.............................................................8
1.4 Recording Function of the A-B Button.....................................8
1.5 Short-Cut Function of the MODE Button ................................8
1.6 Standard Control Interface ......................................................9
1.7 Battery Level...........................................................................11
2 Main Menu ...............................................................................11
3 Turn On/Off .............................................................................12
4 Musical File Playback .............................................................12
4.1 The Stop Interface...................................................................13
4.2 Functions in the Playing Interface .........................................17
4.3 Lyrics Show Interface .............................................................25
4.4 Auto Off...................................................................................27
5 Record .......................................................................................27
5.1 The General Interface of the Recorder ..................................27
5.2 The Stop Interface...................................................................28
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5.3 The Recording Interface .........................................................29
5.4 The Pause Interface ................................................................30
6 Voice..........................................................................................31
6.1 Functions in the Stop Interface ..............................................31
6.2 The Stop Menu Interface ........................................................32
6.3 Functions in the Playing Interface .........................................34
6.4 Disk Error...............................................................................37
7 FM .............................................................................................38
7.1 Interface..................................................................................38
7.2 Listen to the Radio..................................................................38
7.3 FM Submenus .........................................................................39
7.4 Saving Radio Station ..............................................................40
7.5 Deleting Radio Station ...........................................................40
7.6 Deleting All.............................................................................40
7.7 American Band .......................................................................40
7.8 Japanese Band ........................................................................40
8 JPEG Viewer............................................................................41
9 Settings......................................................................................42
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9.1 Clock Setting Interface ...........................................................43
9.2 LCD Set...................................................................................44
9.3 Language ................................................................................44
9.4 Power off.................................................................................45
9.5 Battery Charge .......................................................................46
9.6 Replay mode ...........................................................................46
9.7 Memory info............................................................................46
9.8 Firmware Version...................................................................47
10 UDISK.....................................................................................47
11 Upgrade ..................................................................................49
12. Notice .....................................................................................51
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1 Overview
96x64 full-color MP3 Player adopts the ATJ2085 standard
solution. In addition to the four functions of playing MP3/WMA
files, digital recording, USB Disk storage and FM radio, the
player also has the added ability of playing MTV movie files (A
special software is required to perform necessary conversions.),
as well as the added function of viewing JPEG pictures.
The common functions of the product:
Recognize up to 99-recorded files in each directory.
Delete either single or all files in the current directory of
the player.
Off Status Memorization: When turned on, the player can
return back to the last off-status, including the last
musical file played and the recording position.
Resume playing: The player can memorize the position
where it stops playing the musical file in a directory.
Once the Play button is pressed after the player is on, the
player will resume playing the last musical file where it
stopped last time.
1.1 Specifications
65,000 OLED full-color Display
Support MP3, WMA, WMV and MTV function
Support JPEG picture browsing
Play music with 16-Level Speed
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Full band FM stereo radio, with a total of 20 memory
stations.
Double-screen lyrics sync display to facilitate lyrics
learning and memorizing
Friendly volume fading playback function
Graphical operation interface, removable disk folder
management
Built-in microphone, hi-fi recording, short-cut start, 35
hours continuous recording (128M Flash)
USB 2.0 (Full-Speed) interface, with a max speed of
1000K Byte/S
Powerful expandability, online firmware upgrading
Convenient language learning features, a true digital
repeating device, segment A-B repeating, follow
speaking by contrasting with original sound, 16-level
variable-speed playback
For Windows ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 10.X and Linux
Kernel 2.4.2 or higher, no drivers are needed. For
Windows 98, driver is required
Lithium Battery
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1.2 Button Function Definitions
There are 9 buttons.
PLAY: Turn On, Turn Off, Play, Pause, and Stop
MODE: Switching Working Mode, Menu Options,
Interface Switching
NEXT: Move to Right, Forward
LAST: Move to Left, Backward
VOL+: Volume Increment, Last Item
VOL-: Volume Decrement, Next Item
A-B/REC: Special A-B / Recording Hot Button
EQ: Selection of equalizer mode of the musical file
directly without entering the option menu when
musical file is in play mode
POWER ON: Turn on or off the power
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1.3 Button Pressing Modes
There are three types of pressing mode for the button:
1.3.1 Short-Press
For button with both long and short press functions,
the button will function as a short-press once they are released
within 1.2 seconds (E.g. Play, Stop, Last, Next).
For button with short-press function only, the button
will respond once it is released.
1.3.2 Long-Press: Press and hold button for longer than 1.2
seconds. (E.g. On/Off, Forward/Backward)
1.3.3 Hold On: Press and hold button to adjust the values
sequentially. Release button when done. (E.g. Volume
Adjustment)
1.4 Recording Function of the A-B Button
A-B button functions as a hot recording button in all other
interface except in the recorded file playback, musical file
playback interface, repeat interface, upgrading interface and U
Disk interface. A short-press of the A-B button will take you to
the recording interface and start recording.
1.5 Short-Cut Function of the MODE Button
In the music playback, recorder, recorded file playback, radio,
pictures and settings interfaces, a long-press of the MODE
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button will stop the current operation and return to the main
menu.
1.6 Standard Control Interface
Standard Menu
Note: For each functional module interface, the standard submenu will appear. Below is one of standard sub-menu for the
settings interface of the player.
The Settings menu
Able to display up to 4options in one screen.
The option with the blue background is the one currently
selected.
Press the Mode button to enter the main or sub-menu
Press either “Vol-”, “Vol+”, “Next” or “Last” for option
selection
A short-press of the PLAY button will exit out of the sub-
menu.
A short-press of A-B will enter the recording mode
interface and start recording.
A short-press of PLAY will exit the menu.
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Note: The player will auto exit to the main menu if player is
idling for more than 5 seconds.
The Standard Slide Bar
Note: The standard slide bar offers a choice for adjustment of
the specific option either through increment or decrement of the
slide bar.
Below is a picture how the Standard Slide Bar looks like
Brightness Adjustment
The slide block can be moved to left or right.
The number on top of the slide bar indicates the position
of the slide block.
A short-press or long-press of NEXT will move the slide
block a step to right. The corresponding number will be
displayed step by step till the max number.
A short-press or long-press of LAST will move the slide
block a step to left. The corresponding number will be
displayed step by step till the min number.
A short-press of MODE will save the setting and exit to
the sub-menu.
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A short-press of A-B will enter the recording mode
interface and start recording.
1.7 Battery Level
There are all together 9 levels for measuring the battery
energy.
represents full battery. represents low battery.
2 Main Menu
There are 6 functions available: music, recorder, voice, radio,
jpg and settings. Each round icon represents a function mode in
the main menu. The main menu interface is shown in the Fig
below.
The Musical File Playback
Button Function in the Main Interface
A short-press or long-press of NEXT will shift the
selection position to right.
A short-press or long-press of LAST will shift the
selection position to left.
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A short-press of MODE will enter the function module. A
Long-press will return to the main menu interface.
A short-press of A-B will enter the recording mode
function and start recording.
A long-press of PLAY will turn the player off.
3 Turn On/Off
3.1 Turn Off
A long-press of PLAY will turn off the player.
The player can be automatically turned off depending on the
user specification of power mode for the player, however this
function will be overridden if the USB port of the player is
connected to a PC.
3.2 Turn On
A long-press of PLAY will turn on the player.
3.3 Low Battery
If the battery is low, the player will automatically go into the
Stand-By mode.
4 Musical File Playback
The Musical File Playback function allows the playback of
musical files in MP3 and WMA formats along with additional
features like Lyrics Display, Tempo rate, Equalizer mode, etc.
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To play the MTV files, the file must be converted using a
special type of software.
4.1 The Stop Interface
In the Stop interface, the current music will stop at the current
playback position. If the user turns off the player, it will save
the setting of last previous state. When the player is turn on, the
player will restore back to last previous state of the player.
The music file interface is shown in the Fig below.
Musical File Playback
indicates that the current musical file is in the WMA
format with a bit rate of 64Kbit.
represents that the current play mode is Repeat 1.
indicates that the current musical file is the first
music file and the total number of the musical files is fifteen.
The total number refers to the number of musical files in the
current directory.
indicates that the current EQ is Rock.
shows that the current play back position is at 00:03
and the total length of the song is 05:17.
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represents that the current song has lyric display
function mode
The title and singer of the song will be displayed in the
screen.
Button Function in the Stop Interface
Long-Press of MODE: Enter into the main menu.
Short-Press of MODE: Enter into the sub-menu
Short-Press of PLAY: Play musical files.
Long-Press of PLAY: Turn the player off.
Hold-On of NEXT: Shift to the next song in the current
directory
Hold-On of LAST: Shift to the previous song in the
current directory
Short-Press of “Vol+” or ”Vol-”: Adjust the volume.
Short-Press of A-B: Switch to the recording mode
interface and start recording.
Short-Press of EQ: Selection of equalizer mode of the
musical file
4.1.1 The Stop Menu Interface
The stop menu interface is shown in the Fig below.
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The Stop Menu of the Musical File Playback Interface
The option with the blue background is the one currently
selected.
“Delete”: This is the name of the current selected option.
4.1.2 The Deleting Interface
Note: You can either delete a single file or all files in this
interface. The File Selection Interface is shown in the Fig
below.
The deleting selection of the Musical File Playback Interface
In this interface, press MODE to select the desire options of the
Deleting interface. See the Fig below.
The deleting ways of the Musical File Playback Interface
Button Function in the Deleting Interface
Long-Press of PLAY: Turn the player off.
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Short-Press of PLAY: Return to the Stop Interface.
Short-Press of A-B: Switch to the recording mode
interface and start recording
4.1.3 Directory Selection Interface
Beside the root directory, only valid directory that contains the
musical files is displayed. The directory selection interface is
shown in the Fig below.
The directory selection of the Musical File Playback Interface
Button Function in the Directory Selection Interface
• Short-Press or Long-Press of “Vol-”: The selection strip
switches to the next directory one by one. The selection
strip scrolls in a way of two lines.
• Short-Press or Long-Press of “Vol+”: The selection strip
switches to the last directory one by one. The selection
strip scrolls in a way of two lines.
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A short-press of MODE will select the directory and
return to the Stop interface.
• A long-press of PLAY will turn the player off.
• A short-press of PLAY will return to the Stop Interface.
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