TrekStor i-Beat 300 User Manual

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User Manual

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Copyright 2004 by TrekStor GmbH & Co. KG

All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in

any form or by any mean, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,

recording or by any information storage and retrieval,

without permission in writing from Trekstor GmbH & Co. KG.

i.Beat 300 is a registered trademark of Trekstor GmbH & Co. KG.

Safety Precautions

Features

Beginning

Package Contents

1

3

6

FM Radio mode

1. Listening FM Radio

2. Manual status

3. Preset status

4. Record broadcasting

Recording mode

18

21

Name of parts

LCD display

Using i.Beat 300

Basic function

1. Power on/off

2. Volume Control

3. Hold

To change mode

Player mode

1. Play

2. Moving Track/Fast Finding

3. Playback segment

4. SRS WOW

INDEX

7

9

13

14

15

Navigator mode

IMAGE viewer mode

TEXT viewer mode

Games

Using MENU

MENU

1. Menu list

2. Menu details

22

23

24

25

27

Connecting and Disconnecting

USB connection

Driver setup

File download/upload

USB disconnection

Managing

Charging

Firmware upgrade

Trouble Shooting

Specification

Limited warranty

INDEX

Safety Precautions

The following are precautions that you should always keep in mind. Any violation of one or more of
the following precautions may cause damage to the unit and will void the warranty.

1. MP3 PLAYER

Make sure you do not use the unit with purpose which
doesn't exist on the manual.

Use the unit when the temperature is from -5° to 35°
which is able to function and do not leave it
in an excess of heat or an extremely low place.
>> Do not leave the unit inside of car
because its indoor temperature can go up to 80°.

Do not put in a heater, a microwave, kitchen utensils or a
high pressure instrument.

>> This may cause a liquid leakage, heat emission, the

ignition or become the factor of a defect.

Be careful with the heavy shock such as wrenching the
unit or placing under heavy objects.

>> It may cause damage to the cover of the unit or the

screen and break the inside of it.

Do not polish the cover with chemical materials
or detergent.

>> Clean the cover with a piece of soft cloth.

Avoid the spot of much dirt and do not place
on a steep slope.

>> Foreign substance may cause a wrong operation and

a shock may lead to a defect.

Do not convert, disassemble or repair the unit
at your discretion.

>> Make sure that repair shop of the head office is the

only place in charge for repairs.

The unit is not a waterproof product.
Leave in a dry spot.

>> Humidity or Liquid can damage parts and the circuit of the unit.
>> In case of being wet, do not turn on the unit and dry with a

clean rag. Then, request for mending in a repair shop. Service will
be charged on this occasion.
Somehow, fixing could be unable in some cases. For that reason,
beware of steeping.

Beware of sitting down with the unit in your pocket.

1 / Safety Precautions

Avoid the magnetic material and areas near the direct
magnetic force.

>> It can cause a defect.

Strongly recommend that you need to save backup
copies for the important files.

>> Save the important data separately because data can be

damaged by user's fault and deleted after repairs. The
manufacturer doesn't have responsibility for losing data.

Pay attention to the direction when you connect
USB cable to a PC and tools,

>> It can cause the damage to a PC and tools,

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Safety Precautions

2. Copyright

All rights reserved. Distributing music files without
permission of the author against the copyright.
TrekStor GmbH & Co. KG does not have responsibilities
for this act.

3. Earphones/Headphones

Do not use earphones when you are driving vehicles or
walking on a crosswalk.

>> It may cause a fatal accident.

4. Adaptor

Use AC power adaptor and USB cable which we provided
only.

>> Non licensed accessories can cause a defect and the

user have to pay for repairs.

Avoid charging when lightning flashed.

>> Beware of a fire from an electric leakage.

5. Circumstance information

When you detach the package, separate packing
materials and old electric products for recycling

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Do not use earphones with loud sound
for a long time.

>> Audition can be injured.
>> Turn the volume down or stop using earphones

when buzzing in the ears take place.

Do not touch with wet hands.

>> You may receive an electronic shock.

Do not connect the plugs in to the multi outlet
when using AC power adaptor.

>> This may cause a fire hazard

Packing materials consist of cardboard and polyethylene.
We don't use unnecessary materials for wrapping.

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Features

1. Multi codec support

MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG

2. FM tuner/synchronous recording

Hearing FM tuner and convenient recording with the one button.

3. FM Frequency auto set function.

Auto Preset function which finds channels automatically according to the user's location.

4. MP3 format support for voice recording.

It provides high quality sound of voice recording with a built-in microphone (MP3, 16Kbps, 1.5GB - recording time over

200 hours)

5. Direct Encoding

All kinds of sound facilities can create MP3 format even without PC.

6. Various functions for language studies

Support with rewind, fast-forward, repeat section, scan during playback

7. 6 types Equalizer and SRS WOW

9 kinds of various sound effect including Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop, User EQ (5 bands), SRS, TruBASS, WOW

8. Navigator

It manages file folders like window exploring for example Pop-music, Documents, Images, etc.

9. Image Viewer

It shows image files such as JPEG format.

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Features

10. Text Viewer

- It shows document files such as TEXT format.

11. USB version 2.0

- It's possible to transmit high-speed by USB version 2.0 (480Mbps)

12. Built-in rechargeable battery

- You don't need extra batteries. Use the built-in Li-polymer battery.

13. Portable mass storage device

- PC recognizes the local disk automatically and immediately without the installation driver.

(With the exception of using Windows 98/98SE, drivers are required)

14. Graphic LCD with wide 8 lines.

- 8 line, 65,000 colored LCD. From now on, watch with the colorful LCD.

15. Multi-language support

- For using easily anywhere in the world, it supports multi-language.

16. Firmware upgrades

- Elevation of efficiency with easy upgrades

17. Play list (coming soon)

18. Lyrics scrolling during playback(coming soon)

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Beginning

Package Contents

Name of Parts

LCD Display

Package Contents

It changes options at will for product feature improvement.
It can be different with the actual object.

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Manual

User Manual

USB extension cable

Line-in cable

Driver CD

Carrying case

i.Beat 300

Earphones

Mini B

Hand strap

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Name of Parts

A
B

C

a

b
c

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7 / Name of Parts

1

4

6

5

9

2

3

8

7

10

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Name of Parts

1. Front/Back side

1

2

3

4

5

Encoding Jack

Earphone Jack

LCD Display

Volume (

+) Button

Volume (

-) Button

6

7

8

9

10

REW (<<) Button

FF (>>) Button

Play/Pause Button

USB Connector

Reset Button

2. Left side 3. Right side

A

B

C

Microphone

REC Button

HOLD Button

a

b

c

MENU Button

A-B Button

MODE Button

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LCD Display

1. Player mode

A B C D E F

G

Taker

H

I

J

M N O P

K
L

Player mode display

A

EQ icon

B

Hold icon

C

Mark of playing back

D

selected segment

Repeat icon

E

Battery icon

F

File name and ID3 Tag information

G

Visualization

H

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Play progress bar

I

Play/Pause icon

J

Volume

K

Bitrate/Sample rate

L

Played time

M

Current Track number

N

Total number of tracks

O

File format

P

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LCD Display

2. FM Radio mode

A B C

E

D

F

FM Radio mode display

A

Stereo/Mono icon

B

Manual/Preset mode icon

C

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Mute icon

D

Frequency

E

Preset channel

F

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LCD Display

3. Recording mode

Line in recording Voice recording FM recording

A

B

Recording mode display

A

Recording File name

B

Recording time

C

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E

Possible time to record

D

Recording bitrate/Sample rate

E

DC

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Using i.Beat 300

Basic Function

To change mode

Player mode

FM Radio mode

Record mode

Navigator mode

IMAGE viewer

TEXT viewer

Games

Basic Function

1. Power on/off

Power on/off

Press Play/Pause button over 3 sec

when Power on/off.

Power may turn off automatically depending on the setup of Auto shutdown or Sleep timer.

2. Volume Control

You can control volume by using Volume button.

increasing volume level

decreasing volume level

When you press the button briefly, volume changes step by step. If you press the button continuously,

volume changes sequentially. Volume level: 00(min) ~ 40(max)

3. Hold

If you slide up Hold button on , all buttons will be locked.

icon appears at LCD.

PLAY/PAUSE

HOLD

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To change mode

There are 7 modes (Player, FM Radio, Record, Navigator, Image viewer, Text

viewer, Game).

1) Press the MODE button long enough to go other mode.

2) Select the mode by using button and press button.

MODE

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FM Radio mode

2. MANUAL status

Moving frequency manually

By pressing the button shortly to RW or FF in MANUAL status,

you can manually move down or up 0.1 MHz frequency.

By pressing the button long enough to RW or FF,

the player searches the lower or upper frequency able to receive.

Save a frequency

By pressing the button shortly, search a specific frequency.

Press A-B button shortly then select one channel by pressing the button.

Then press A-B button shortly again, saves a frequency received to specified channel.

Auto preset

Press A-B button long enough, the player finds frequencies able to receive and saves each

frequency to 10 preset channels automatically.

If you press REC button, it stops the Auto preset function.

19 / FM Radio mode

A-B

MODE

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FM Radio mode

3. Preset status

Moving preset channels

By pressing the button shortly to RW or FF in PRESET status,

you can move backward or forward preset channel.

By pressing the button shortly,

you can move backward preset channel

By pressing the button shortly,

you can move forward preset channel.

To delete preset channel

A-B

By pressing the button shortly,

select a specific preset channel.

Press A-B button long enough, then delete a frequency of a

preset channel

4. Record broadcasting

Press the REC button over 2 seconds for recording FM Radio at the FM Radio mode.

If you press REC button for a long time when you stand by on the stop position,

sound recording starts.

Press the REC button long enough to stop recording.

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Record mode

Press the MODE button long enough.

Select the Record mode by using button and press button.

Select recording menu between Voice recording and Line-in recording by using

button.

Press the REC button shortly in stand by Voice(or Line-in) recording to start recording.

Press the REC button shortly to stop recording.

Voice recording Line-in recording

MICROPHONE LINE IN

Format of recorded file is MP3.

You can control volume by using VOLUME button for recording.

If you press the REC button long enough in Player mode, Navigator mode, IMAGE viewer, TEXT

viewer mode, then returning to the stand by Voice recording mode.

You can setup the bit rate depending on the device of recording.

(For more details about EQ setup, refer to the Record Quality setup Menu details p.31)

REC

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Navigator mode

Press the MENU button in Player mode, FM Radio mode, Recording mode.

Press the MODE button long enough. Select the Recording mode by using button and press

button.

Exit Folder Navigator mode : Press the MENU button shortly or press button in Root folder.

Cursor moves up

Cursor moves down

Move up level folder or Return to the player mode in Root folder

Open folder or play a specific file

Open folder or play a specific file

REC

File delete

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MODE

REC

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IMAGE viewer

Press the MODE button long enough.

Select the IMAGE viewer mode by using button

and press button

-Cursor moves up

-Cursor moves down

-Full size image or return to the image list

-Open backward or forward image directly

MODE

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TEXT viewer

Press the MODE button long enough.

Select the TEXT viewer mode by using button

and press button

-Cursor moves up, text page up

-Cursor moves down, text page down

-Full size image or return to the text file list

-Open backward or forward text file

MODE

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Games

Bejeweled

Building over three blocks in a row with exchanging neighboring blocks and eliminating them.

<<

move left

>>

move right

move up

move down

select the block

hint

A-B

menu board

MENU

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MENU

MENU

1. Menu List

Basic set

Basic set

Display set

Display set

Effect set

Effect set

27 / MENU

Language

Initialize

Information

Background

Backlight

Contrast

Scroll Speed

LCD Pwr mode

Preset set

SRS set

USER EQ set

Playmode

Playmode

Record Quality

Record Quality

Shutdown set

Shutdown set

Normal

Repeat all

Repeat track

Shuffle once

Shuffle repeat

Normal folder

Repeat folder

Shuffle folder

Microphone

Record FM

Line in

Sleep timer

Auto shutdown

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MENU

2. Menu details

Enter Menu mode

Press the MENU button long enough in Player mode, FM Radio mode, Record mode, Image viewer

and Text viewer mode.

Exit Menu mode

Select the IMAGE viewer mode by using button and press button

Shortly press the MENU button on the sub-menu then it moves to the upper-menu.

Shortly press the MENU button on the upper-menu then it moves back to the previous mode.

Select Menu

By pressing the button, select a menu.

And press button.

Basic set

Language

Setup the language display. (English, Korean, Japanese, French, German)

Initialize

Initialize all menu details

Information

Display firmware version and system information.

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MENU

2. Menu details

Display set

Background

Setup the background during music playback.

If you want to abandon the background setup, press A-B button for long during music

playback. If you want to reset up the background,

press A-B button for long and it will show up.

Backlight

You can control backlight timer as 3, 5, 10, 20 sec, always on including light disable.

Contrast

Control the brightness of LCD (level : 00~100)

Scroll Speed

You can control Text Scroll speed within the level between 00~08.

LCD Power mode

After backlight setup time goes by, LCD is definitely out.

Therefore, power saving mode spares the consumption of battery.

In case of key input during LCD is off, LCD screen appears.

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MENU

2. Menu details

Effect set

Preset set

Preset set has 6 EQ modes (normal, rock, jazz, classical, pop, user EQ

SRS set

SRS Focus - Low, Middle, High

TruBASS set - 00, 21, 43, 64, 85

WOW set - 00, 21, 43, 64, 85

SRS size - Earphone, Headphone, Small speaker, Middle speaker, Big speaker

USER EQ set

1) By pressing the button to move each band (5 bands)

then by pressing the button to adjust level.

2) After setting the EQ value press button,

then it returns to the Player mode.

Playmode

Normal : Play all tracks once in order.
Repeat all : Play all tracks repeatedly in order.
Repeat track : Play one track repeatedly.
Shuffle once : Play all tracks once without the order.
Shuffle repeat : Play all tracks repeatedly without the order.
Normal folder : Play all tracks in a specific folder once in order.
Repeat folder : Play all tracks in a specific folder repeatedly in order.
Shuffle folder : Play all tracks in a specific folder without the order.

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MENU

2. Menu details

Record Quality

Microphone

Recording quality control can be setup bit rate and sample rate of voice

(using microphone).

Higher numerical value means better sound quality but recording time becomes shorter.

Record FM

Recording quality control can be setup bit rate and sample rate of FM Radio.

Higher numerical value means better sound quality but recording time becomes shorter.

Line in

Recording quality control can be setup bit rate and sample rate of Recording using Line in.

Higher numerical value means better sound quality but recording time becomes shorter.

Shutdown set

Sleep timer

Sleep Timer has 6 modes, 15, 30, 45, 90, 120, disable. After being chosen time, power the unit off

even if you listen music or radio.

Auto shutdown

When music is paused or stopped, System turns off power after 1, 2, 5, 10min automatically.

Disable mode does not apply to Auto Power saving.

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Connecting and

Disconnecting

USB connection

Driver setup

File download/upload

USB disconnection

USB Connection

When you connect this player into PC, you have to use the USB extension cable or Mini B
included in package contents. Foreign USB extension or Mini B may cause a wrong
operation and a shock may lead to a defect.

33 / USB Connection

i.Beat 300

Driver setup

1. PC system requirements (minimum)

Microsoft Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP(Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.x, Linux)

1) CD-ROM Drive

2) Pentium 200MHz

3) RAM 32MB (Windows ME, 2000) or 64MB (Windows XP)

4) 20MB HDD space (more HDD for storing music file)

5) USB port

1. Microsoft Windows 98(se) and Mac OS X/Mac OS 9.x do not provide a USB mass storage feature.

Therefore you should install this functionality using the 'Driver installation CD'.

2. If you use Microsoft Windows 2000 and it has been patched with Service Pack 3, or Windows ME/XP,

PC recognizes as a "Local disk" directly.

2. Driver setup guide

1. Insert the 'Driver installation CD' in the

CD-Rom of your PC.

2. When you connect your player to your

PC

3. You can see 'New Hardware Found'

message.

Click!

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Driver setup

2. Driver setup guide

4. Check the menu 'Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)' and then click Next.

Click!

5. Check the menu 'Specify a location' and then click the button [Browse].

Click!

35 / Driver setup

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Driver setup

2. Driver setup guide

6. At the window of 'Browse for Folder', choose the [MS_mass_storage_601] in the drive which has

CD driver.

Click!

7. At the window of 'Add New Hardware Wizard', 'USB Storage Adapter AT2(CY)' appears then click

Next.

Click!

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Driver setup

2. Driver setup guide

8. Copying requested driver files from driver CD and installing finishes and end screen

appears.

Click!

9. If you can see the 'CORNICE Inc. Storage Ele' in Control Panel -> System -> Device Manager

-> Disk drives, then completely done setup

When driver is not installed correctly and computer recognizes the unit as the other device,

delete the device from Device Manager. And separate the unit from the computer and

reconnect the unit again. If the message 'New Hardware Found' shows up, start from 4.

'driver setup' which you can see above and set up completely.

37 / Driver setup

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File download/upload

1) Connect the player into your PC.

2) Select any files what you want transfer

your player.

3) In local disk, paste files.

You do the previous process in reverse when you want to upload files from the unit to PC

Click!

Click!

PC recognizes as a "Local disk" which is a subordinate of "My computer" when the unit is connected

to PC.

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USB Disconnection

If you don't follow steps of disconnection by OS, It may cause a fatal damage of the player and

also data may be lost.

You can't remove the local disk device when the local disk window opened.

1) Click "Stop USB Mass Storage Device-Driver", where your PC screen's bottom

taskbar.

2) Click OK as shown below then disconnect the player from your PC.

39 / USB Disconnection

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Managing

Charging

Firmware upgrade

Trouble Shooting

Specification

Limited warranty

Charging

If you connect the unit to the USB

port of PC, it charges

automatically.

An electric charging is available

with a portable adaptor.

41/ Charging

There is a demerit that charging speed becomes very slow

due to the electric power consumption from internal equipments,

(approx. 5~6 hours)

1. If the unit is turned on, press for a long time to turn

it off.

2. Button up the left side of to direction.

3. Start charging through the connection to an adaptor.

However, playback is available during charging with an adaptor.

HOLD

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Firmware upgrade

1. Firmware

Many functions are operated by the program built-in Hardware.

You can improve the function of the unit and correct bugs by firmware upgrade.

2. Firmware download and upgrade guide

Go to TrekStor website www.trekstor.de and download latest F/W version.

1) Connect the player into the USB port.

2) Copy and paste the Firmware file (filename.rom) as Root folder in local disk.

3) Disconnect the player from your PC as following the steps of disconnection.

4) Press long enough then power on. Then you can see the 'Firmware upgrade' message and

upgraded automatically.

3.Recovery

When computer recognizes the unit as a local disc but power is not on or it doesn't operate normally, you

can restore it by using Recovery function.

1) Connect the player into the USB port.

2) Insert Installation CD into CD-Rom.

3) Double click Recovery.exe in the directory of installation CD.

4) After confirming the drive name of Local drive which is connected to computer, then press Recovery

button

5) Separate the unit for using 'Stop USB Mass Storage Device-Driver' and have it on your hand.

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Trouble Shooting

In case of trouble shooting, please first verify the contents below .

Condition

Power does not turn on.

Sound does not come out
from the unit.

It does not receive
FM radio.

Impossible to find 'Local
disk' of 'My computer'
when the unit connects to
the computer.

Screen is stopped.

Even it is empty, the full
capacity is not 1.5GB.

Connect to an AC adaptor or Computer USB port and
charge for 3~5 hours.

Check the hold button if it is on or not.

1) Check the numerical value of sound volume
if it is "0" or not.

2) Check the earphone jack if there is dust or not and if
earphone plug connects to the unit well or not.

3) Check the function of earphones if it works well with
other audio devices.

4) Verify the music file if it is damaged or not
by using other audio devices.

FM reception conditions can be bad inside of building,
subway, moving car, etc. Use FM radio
except the places above.

In case of using Windows 98(se), need to install
the driver for recognizing the unit.

Press the reset button on the back and press
for long to turn on.

This unit shares hard drive about 150MB for the System territory. Therefore excluding the essential system

territory, the full using capacity is smaller than the actual capacity.

43 / Trouble Shooting

Solution Action following

If it still does not work after separating the unit
from the charging equipment, need to ask for
After-sales service.
Even if the hold button is off and still does not
turn on, ask for After-sales service.

If it still does not work after checking all four cases, ask
for After-sales service.

If it still does not work wherever you go and
try to receive FM frequency,
ask for After-sales service.

If the same problem happens after following t
he part of manual related with Driver setup,
circumstances of computer can be the factor.
Please contact the customer service.

If it does not turn on after checking the content above
'Power does not turn on.',
ask for After-sales service.

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Specification

General

AUDIO

FM RADIO

Recording

Power

Computer Interface

Item

Memory

Size(mm)

Weight

Display

File format

Earphone output

SNR

Frequency band

Recording Format

Recording time

Battery

Playtime

Recharging time

OS

USB

Transmission speed

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Specification

1.5GB (1" Hard Disk)

93.0mm x 42mm x 17.9mm

80g (included battery)

Full Graphic LCD, 65536 color

MPEG1 Audio Layer2 (.MP2)

MPEG1/2/2.5 Audio Layer3 (.MP3)

Window Media Audio (.WMA)

Ogg Vorbis (.OGG)

(L)18mW + (R)18mW (16O )

90dB

76.0 MHz ~ 108 MHz

MP3

Over 200 Hours (MP3, 16Kbps, 1.5GB)

Rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery built-in

10 hours (Continuous)

3~5 hours

Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP

Mac OS X

Mac OS 9.x

Linux

USB Version 2.0

28Mbps (Download)/37Mbps (Upload)

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Limited warranty

This i.Beat brand product, as configured and distributed by TrekStor GmbH & Co. KG.

and delivered, in the original carton to the original consumer purchaser,

is warranted by TrekStor against manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship for

following limited warranty period: One (1) year.

Contents of Product Guarantee

If the product should fail during normal operation within the guarantee term, TrekStor GmbH & Co. KG will

1.

repair the product free of charge or provide compensations in accordance with the compensation rule for

consumer damages.

The following cases are charged for service regardless of the term of guarantee.

2.

-Damage caused by careless handling of product.

-Disassembling or altering of product for other purposes.

-Damage caused by fire, earthquake, flood or other natural disasters.

-Damage caused by shock.

-Damage due to improper repairing services received from other service centers.

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MEMO

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TrekStor GmbH & Co. KG

Kastanienallee 8-10

64653 Lorsch

www.trekstor.de