Vitek VT-3796 User Manual [ru, de, en]

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PORTABLE MP3/WMA PLAYER WITH FM-RADIO

MODEL VT-3796

MANUAL INSTRUCTION

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Please read the recommendations in these instructions carefully and save them for
future use.
Design specifics and technical data may be changed without prior notice in order to
bring our consumers the best possible product.

IMPORTANT TECHNICAL SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

 Do not expose the device to extreme temperatures (above 35 or below -5) or high

levels of humidity.

 Do not place heavy objects on the device.
 Do not drop the unit from high places.
 Do not build other device into the device.
 Do not clean the device with chemical cleaners like gasoline or solvents.
 Do not expose the device to direct sunlight and do not leave it near heating units.
 Do not place the device in dusty locations.
 Do not take apart or try to repair the device yourself.
 Remove the batteries if the device will not be used for a long period of time.

Note:
We are not responsible for the loss of stored information resulting from malfunction or
repair.

SAFETY MEASURES

 If you do not plan on using the device for a long period of time, remove the batteries

to avoid damage to the device from battery leakage or corrosion.

 Do not use the device while driving a car or any other mode of transportation.
 Do not use the device in places where it is very hot, cold, where there are elevated

humidity levels or it is very dusty.

 Deactivate the HOLD button before using the device.
 Do not drop the device while using it.

Battery life

Battery MP3/WMA Playback

Alkaline battery (2EA) About 8 hours

Battery life (in accordance with EIAJ standards)

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Power level: 5mWt + 5mWt (non-stop playback of a compact disc at a frequency of 1 kHz)

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 When listening for 4 hours a day and stopping playback - total time equals 16 hours.
 Playback time can vary depending on how the device is used.

Charge the rechargeable batteries or replace the regular batteries in the following situ­ations:

 The " " symbol blinks on the display.
 The display reads “Weak batteries” and then turns off after one second.
 Operating buttons do not work.

To avoid electrostatic charges when using the device, obey the following rules:

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Whenever possible, do not use the device in extremely dry air conditions.

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If the device stops operating during normal use, change the batteries.

PLAYER FUNCTIONS AND CONTROL ELEMENTS

Accessories

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CONTROL ELEMENTS

Front / Rear panel Side panel

1. Jack for neckband

2. Liquid Crystal Display

3. Function selector (F)

(Music, Voice, FM Radio)
SPEED button

4. PLAY () button
PAUSE/STOP (/ ) button
POWER ON/OFF button

5. SKIP/SEARCH ( /)

6. Battery compartment lid

7. Volume regulator (-/+)

8. MENU button

9. Bookmark button (B.MARK)

10. Record button ( REC)

11. Control elements lock button
(HOLD)

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Top/ Bottom panel

LCD Display

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12. Microphone (MIC)

13. Headphones jack ( ): Ø 3,5 mm

14. Auxiliary device jack: Ø 3,5 mm

15. USB jack

A. Music/Voice
B. Current track/Total tracks
C. Bookmark
D. Playback time
E. Repeat mode
F. Buttons lock
G. Battery level indicator

H. File information
I. MP3/WMA format
J. Sampling frequency
K. Transfer speed in bits
L. Volume level
M.Backlight

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Installing the battery

1. Open the battery compartment lid.

2. Insert the battery.

Make sure that the + and - symbols on the

battery correspond to the same symbols
in the battery compartment.

3. Close the battery compartment lid.

Notes

 Improper battery installation can lead to battery leakage and corrosion.
 If the battery leaks, clean the battery compartment of the leakage and install a new

battery.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

In order to connect the MP3/WMA player to a computer, it should meet the following
requirements:

Operating characteristics

 Operating system: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
 Computer: at least a Pentium - 133 MHz
 Memory: no less than 32 MB (more than 32 MB is recommended)
 Hard disk space: no less than 100 MB
 Video-card: 640 x 480 mode, no less than High Color (16 bit)
 USB port
 CD-ROM drive

What is USB?

 USB stand for Universal Serial Bus.
 This is a new interface based on a new concept for connecting your PC to peripher-

al devices.

 Maximum bandwidth: 12 MB/s, up to 127 USB devices can be connected to one

PC.

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USING THE MP3/WMA PLAYER

You must have music files in the MP3/WMA on your computer, a USB cable and your
player.
You can transfer music files from your computer to the player using a USB port and
USB cable. Besides that, you can transfer data from your player to a computer.

CONNECTING THE USB CABLE

Connecting the MP3/WMA player to a computer

Connect the player to the computer using the supplied USB cable.

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COMPARE THE PLUGS ON THE USB
CABLE

Connect one end of the USB cable to the
USB port on your computer and the other
end to the data transfer jack on the
MP3/WMA player.

BEFORE USING

Turning the unit On/Off

 Press and hold the POWER ON/OFF (4) button for more than 1 second to turn the

player on.

 Press and hold the POWER ON/OFF (4) button for more than 1.5 seconds in pause

or stop mode to turn the player off.

Listening with Headphones

Connect the headphones to the headphones jack. (13).

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Hold function

 This function locks the buttons on the player so that they cannot be accidentally

pressed.

 Before using the player
 With the player on, press the HOLD button (HOLD); the " " symbol will appear

on the display.

 With the player off, press the HOLD button; the words ""HOLD ON !!!" will blink on

the display for two seconds.

Volume adjustment

 You can adjust the volume using the (+/-) buttons.
 There are 35 volume levels.

For your reference

Depending on the volume level, the display will show the following information:

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USING THE PLAYER

PLAYING FILES

1. Press the Power On/Off button to turn the player on.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) buttons to choose the desired file.

3. Press the Play ( ) button to begin playback of the chosen file.

Pausing file playback

Press the Pause/Stop (/ ) button during playback of a file.

Stopping file playback

Press and hold the Pause/Stop (/ ) button for more than 2 seconds during play­back.

Notes

 You can playback WMA files with speeds of 32KB/s (or less).
 During playback of MP3 format files at low data transfer speeds (64 KB/s or less),

you may notice a delay when pressing buttons.

Skipping to the next or previous file

Skipping to the next file
Use the Skip/Search ( ) button to choose the next file.

Skipping to the pr

evious file

Press the Skip/Search ( ) button twice to skip to the previous file.
Returning to the beginning of the curr

ent file

Press the Skip/Search ( ) button once.

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Fast skip or file search
Press and hold the Skip/Search ( / ) button for 2 seconds during playback.

Choosing a function mode

Press the FUNCTION (F) button for more than 1 second.

 You can choose one of the following modes: Music, Voice, or FM radio, by using the

Skip/Search ( /) button and then press the () button to confirm the chosen
mode.

 During recording you cannot choose a function mode.

Playback speed

Press the SPEED button several times repeatedly.

 You can choose a playback speed (-30%, -15% or +15% of the normal playback of

the file)

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS

Bookmarks

If, during playback of a file, you activate the Bookmark function, you can automatically
find the desired moment in the composition.

1. Choose the desired moment in the composition during playback and then press
and hold the Bookmark (B.MARK) button for 2 seconds. The " " symbol will
appear on the display.

2. Press the Bookmark button once during playback of another file. The player auto­matically searches for the saved spot and begins playing the composition from the
exact spot that you programmed the Bookmark.

3. To cancel the Bookmark function, press the (B.MARK) and hold buttons for 2 sec­onds. The " " symbol will disappear from the display.

Repeating a specific segment of a composition

You can repeat a specific segment of a composition using the Bookmark button

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(B.MARK). This function is designed to repeat parts of compositions lasting more than
three seconds. To choose the starting point of the specific segment of a composition,
press the Bookmark button once during playback of a file.

1. The “A " symbol will appear on the display.

2. To choose the ending point of the segment, press the button again during playback
of a file. The "A B" symbol will appear on the display.

3. To cancel the segment repeat function, press the Bookmark button. The “A B”

symbol will disappear from the display.

Note

In radio mode (FM band), the Bookmark function and segment repeat function will not
work.

Equalizer

You can choose from one of these five sound modes.

1. Press and hold the MENU button for
two seconds and then select the
EQUALIZER function using the func­tion selector.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) buttons
to find the desired sound mode (normal, classical, rock, jazz, pop)

3. Choose the desired sound mode by pressing the Play ( ) button and then press
the MENU button again to exit the equalizer mode.

Note

 The equalizer function is not available in radio mode (FM band).

Language

You can choose from four different display languages.

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two
seconds and then use the function selector
to choose the “Language” function.

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2. Use the Skip/Search ( / ) buttons to find the desired language and choose it by

pressing the Play () button.

-"ITA" - Italian

-"NLD" - Dutch

-"ESP" - Spanish

-"ENG" - English

-"FRA" - French

3. Press the Menu button to exit the language mode
Note

 This function is not available when listening to FM band radio stations.

ID3 Language (MP3 text: name of album, song and artist)

You can choose from five different ID3 languages.

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two

seconds and then use the function selector
to choose the “ID3 Language” function.

2. Use the Skip/Search ( / ) buttons to

find the desired language and choose it by
pressing the Play () button.

-"ITA" - Italian

-"NLD" - Dutch

-"ESP" - Spanish

-"ENG" - English

-"FRA" - French

3. Press the Menu button to exit the language mode

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Notes

 This function is not available when listening to FM band radio stations.
 If the file does not contain ID3 information, only the filename will be displayed.

Backlight

Press and hold the Menu button for two sec­onds and then choose the “Backlight” menu.
Using this function you can change the color
of the display's backlight.

1. Choose the desired color (red, blue, cyan, green, violet, white, yellow) for the dis­play backlight using the Skip/Search (/ ) buttons.

2. Press the Play () button to program the desired color and then press Menu to exit
the “Backlight” menu.

3. Turn on the backlight by pressing and holding the "VOL +" button for 2 seconds.

Dictaphone Function

Before recording anything to the MP3/WMA player, you can install the Voice Activated
Dictaphone (VAD) function.

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two
seconds and then use the function selec­tor to choose the “MIC VAD" function.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) button to
choose the “On” or “Off” position and

then press the Play () button to program the chosen position.

3. Press the Menu button to exit the "MIC VAD" menu.

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Repeat Function
Press the ( REC) (10) button, to choose one of the five repeat modes.

Mode Display Symbol Description

Normal Plays each song one time in order.

Intro Plays the first 10 seconds of each song in order

to acquaint you with the music

Random Random playback of all songs

Repeat All Repeat playback of all song files

Repeat One Repeat playback of the currently chosen song

Notes

 The repeat function is not available when listening to FM radio stations.
 After playing the first 10 seconds of each song file in Introduction mode, the device

automatically turns off.

 You can only choose one of the above listed repeat modes during playback

Data transfer speed in bits

Before recording anything to the MP3/WMA player; choose the speed of voice data
transfer in bits.

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two

seconds and then use function selector to
choose the (VOICE B/R) menu.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) button to

select the needed speed and choose it
with the Play () button.

3. Press the menu button to exit the “Voice transfer data speed in bits” menu.

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Speed of data recording from line input

Before recording anything on the MP3/WMA player, choose the line data transfer
speed in bits.

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two
seconds and then use function selector to
choose the (LINE IN B/R) menu.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) button to
select the needed speed and choose it

with the Play () button .

3. Press the Menu button to exit the “Line in data transfer» menu.

Deleting files from the MP3/WMA player

1. Press and hold the menu button for two

seconds and then use the function selector
to choose the “Erase” function.

2. Use the Skip/Search ( /) buttons to
choose ”YES” and then press the Play ( )
button.

3. Use the (+/-) button to choose the files that you want to delete.

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4. Press the Play () button to delete the chosen files and then the “F” button and

Menu to exit the Delete menu.

Notes

 This function is only available in stop or pause modes.
 Files cannot be deleted while listening to FM radio stations or MP3 format files.

Formatting files on the MP3/WMA player

1. Press and hold the menu button for two
seconds and then use the function selec­tor to choose the “Format menu.”

2. The display will show you the “Normal”
and “Quick” formats; use the Skip/Search
(/) buttons, choose the desired format and then pres Play ( ) to set the
desired format and the (F) button to exit the menu.

“Normal” Format

”Quick” Format

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Choosing the Voice Data Recording Speed

1. Before recording voice data to the MP3 player, choose the recording speed.

Checking the memory level and the operating system version

 Press and hold the memory button for two seconds and then use the function

selector to display the following information:

FM Band

1. Press and hold the Menu button for two

seconds and then use the function
selector to choose the FM BAND menu.

2. Use the Skip/Search (/ ) buttons to

choose the desired position and then press Play ().

3. In order to exit the FM BAND mode, press and hold the function selector (F) for two

seconds and then use the Skip/Search (/ ) buttons to choose another mode.

RECORDING VOICE DATA

1. Press and hold the function selector for more than 1 second and then choose the

RECORD menu and press the Play ( ) button.

2. Set the sound recording speed in bits . The sound settings are finished.

3. Press the ( REC) button once in play/stop mode.

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4. Record voice data using the microphone (MIC) on the main unit.

5. PRESS STOP TO END VOICE DATA RECORDING

Notes

 Recording files are saved with names like VORC001.MP3, VORC002.MP3,

VORC003.MP3....and so forth.

 If the “FULL!!!" symbol appears on the display, delete some files in order to create

more recording time on the player.

 Enter the "Voice" mode in order to play back recorded files.

Recording from auxiliary devices

1. Set the line in data transfer speed in bits.

2. Choose the record mode by pressing and holding the function selector (F) button

for more than one second. The player will then be ready to record from an auxiliary
device.

3. Connect a line audio cable from the line out on the auxiliary audio device to the line
in jack on the player.

4. Press the ( REC) button momentarily in idle mode and start playback on the aux­iliary device. Recording of data from the auxiliary device will begin.

5. Press the Play ( ) button to pause recording. To stop recording, press the Record
( REC) button; line in recording will end.

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