X-Micro XMP3E-20F, MusePod User Manual

MusePod

User Manual

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Unique Features

Mass Portable Storage Player

1.This player can be used as the portable hard disk (the capacity is 20G). No driver is necessary under WinMe/2000/XP.

2.Unique USB Host Functions Hard disk player can read the file from the other standard USB Device

3.High speed transfer, USB2.0 standard interface, compatible with USB1.1 Hard disk player supports USB2.0 with the highest rate of transmission up to 20Mbyte/s.

4.Large screen LCD with high resolution - 128 X 128 Dot Matrix 4 Gray With Backlight

5.Support multi music formats: including MP3 (MP3 of VBR format supported) and WMA

6.Convenient firmware upgrade The latest functions can be acquired through the firmware upgrade. New formats will be supported through the simple upgrading; meanwhile, the other functions will be provided constantly.

7.Support multi-languages display of ID3 Support various languages of ID3, including

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simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English

8.FM radio (87.5MHz~108.0MHz) Auto-scan and memorize desired channels are more convenient to listen to the FM radio.

9.Provide five types of equalizer (EQ): Normal, Classic, Jazz, Rock and user EQ, making music more abundant.

10.Supporting 3D effect, 15-level Bass Boost and

15-level Treble Boost, making music more colorful

11.Easy to use file navigation

12.Treeview navigation menu enables you to find the

music conveniently

13.Up to 2000 folders and 9999 files can be recognized

14.Graphical User Interface

15.Recording by Mic or Line_In

16.Supporting Bookmark Function

17.Supporting PlayList Function

18.Supporting TXT file navigation, namely, the e-book

function

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Contents

Front Part and Side Part........................................4-5

Top/Bottom Part and LCD ........................................ 6

Using the AC adapter ..........................................7-11

Charging................................................................7-8

Software Installation ..............................................8-9

Connecting to the computer .............................. 10-11

Disconnecting to the Computer .............................. 11

Operations.........................................................12-13

Playing Music.....................................................14-16

Section Repeat..................................................16-17

Browsing................................................................. 18

Mode Switch......................................................18-21

Receive FM Radio.............................................22-23

Record...............................................................24-25

Menu Function...................................................26-35

USB Host Function............................................36-38

Cautions.................................................................. 39

Troubleshooting.................................................40-43

Accessory............................................................... 44

Specification........................................................... 45

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Front Part

LCD

Stop/Power Off

Right

Play/Pause/

Power On

Left

Volume+

Volume-

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Side Part

LCD

A-B/Rec

SRS/Mode

Hold

CHARGE LED

MIC Hole

Line-In

USB Port

Reset Hole

USB Host Portne

DC-IN

Earpho

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Current Mode

Repeat Mode

Hold

Batter

Indicato

Current Folde

File Name

ID3 Artist

Track Playing Progress

Samplin

Rate Bitrate Volume

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Using the AC adapter

1. The AC adapter supplied with the player can be

used only. Working voltage of the AC adapter of the player is 100/240V, 50/60Hz.

2. Connect the adapter to the DC jacks of the AC

power and the player

Charging

1. When the player is powered on, the status of the

battery indicator shows the battery capacity of the player. When the battery is low, the icon will be twinkling. After twinkling for a while the system will be shutdown automatically. The battery must be charged immediately, otherwise the player cannot continue to work. Before connecting the player to the computer, please make sure that it is in low voltage, or the connection to the PC will fail.

2. Charging will start automatically after the adapter is

connected to the power. In the power-on status, th e power-connecting icon is shown in the position of the original battery indicator icon. It shows that the battery is being charged and the red LED is always on. When charging in the power-off status, the red LED is always on.

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3. When the battery is fully charged, the battery

indicator is fully filled in and the red LED will be off. Charging time: about 3 hours (after the battery is

fully discharged) Discharging time (playing time): about 12 hours

(the longest playing time after the battery is fully charged)

Playing time is measured during playing 128Kbps Mp3 files in the fully charged status. (It is practically measured without any operations)

Software Installation

Windows 2000 and Windows XP themselves can support USB2.0 storage device (PC must be with USB2.0 port, otherwise it will be transmitted by the USB1.1 standard), but Windows 98 requires the driver to be installed. We supply you with the manager software of the hard-disk player and the driver. After the installation is completed, you can now operate the player.

Please plug CD to CD-ROM, then it will install software automatically if you did not close CD-ROM Auto function. Then execute Next step one by one, you can finish installing. During

installing, if you use Win98 operation

system, it

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will setup Win98 driver for HDD player automatically.How to Use Software Managerment

How to Use Software Managerment

If you install software managerment, you can use it to manager your HDD player.

1.Turn on your pl ayer, then connect it to PC, while PC find device, please execute managerment software.

2.You can use this software to edit playlist function.

3.You can use this software to change language.

4.You can use this software to download file and upload file to HDD player.

You can refer to online help in the software to use this software.

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Connecting to the Computer

1. Press and hold the “Play” button to turn on the

player. (Warning: please make sure whether the battery of the player is sufficient. If it is not enough, please connect the adapter to the power to guarantee enough battery)

2. Connect the player and the computer properly with

the USB cable. The big end of the USB cable should be connected to the USB port of the computer, and the other end should be connected to the USB Slave port of the player.

The LCD of the player shows:

3. The “Device connected” icon will be shown on

system bar under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. (Under Windows 98, it can be connected properly only after the installation of the driver is finished.)

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4. After the installation is completed, a portable hard

disk will be added in My Computer/Explorer. The files in the hard-disk player can be operated by the Explorer or the Manager software we supply. The hard-disk player can be used as a normal hard disk, and the files can be copied, deleted, etc.

When the hard-disk player is to be connected to the computer for a long time, please connect the AC adapter. The low battery will cause improper working of the player. (When connecting to the PC, if the battery is too low, the player cannot connect successfully)

Disconnecting to the Computer

Use “Safety Remove” to disconnect the player to the computer, namely, double-click the right corner of the task bar on PC, select “Safety Remove”. After the system displays “Removed Hardware Safely”, the USB cable connected the player to the computer can be removed.

Warning:

Do not disconnect the player to the computer when the player is working.

The player can be disconnected only after the file copying is completed.

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Operations

Operations: Basic Operations

2. Power On Press and hold the

“Play/Pause/Power On” button

3. Play/Pause In the playing status, press the

“Play/Pause/Power On” button.

4. Stop Playing Press the “Stop/Power OFF”

button.

5. Fast Forward In Music playing status, press

and hold the “Right” button.

6. Fast Reverse In Music playing status, press

and hold the “Left” button.

7. Play Previous Track In Music playing status,

press the “Right” button.

8. Play Next Track In Music playing status, press

the “Left” button.

9. Power Off Press and hold the “Stop/Power

OFF” button.

10. Volume Adjustment In Music playing or FM

status, press the “+/-” button.

11. File Selection In the file navigation status,

press the “Right/Left/+/-/ Menu”

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button. Press the “Menu” button to enter the file navigation interface, press the “Right” button to enter a folder or select a file, press the “Left” button to exit the current directory, press the “+/-” button to select the different file or folder, and press the “Menu” button to confirm.

12. Mode Switch Press and hold the “Mode”

button to enter the mode switch.

13. Section Definition Press the “A-B” button.

14. Recording Press and hold the “A-B”

button.

15. Menu Display Press and hold the “Menu”

button.

16. Hold button On/Off

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Playing Music

1. Connect the earphone

2. Unlock Hold

3. Press and hold the “Play/Pause/Power On” button

for 2 seconds to turn on the player, and the power-on picture displays. After the system information is read, it will enter the file list. (This procedure needs some times because the speed of scanning hard disk is much slower.)

4. Track selection: Press the “Menu” button to enter the

file navigation status, and select different folders or files by pressing the “Right/Left/+/-” button, then press the “Menu” to enter a folder or select a file to play. In the file navigation status, the definitions of buttons are: “Right” – select the function, “Left” – exit the current folder, “+” – select upward, “-” – select downward, “Menu” – confirm the function.

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It begins to play after the track is selected. Press the “Play/Pause/Power On” button to pause, and then press it again to continue playing. The playing interface displays the information of current track. In the playing status, the information is shown: the first line shows the folder which the current song file is in; the second line shows the name of the song (If this song has ID3 information, the title of the ID3 will display after displaying the song name once); and the third line shows the Artist of the ID3 (Refer to the LCD)

5. Volume Adjustment: Press the “+” button to increase

the volume and the “-“ button to decrease the volume. The digital number of the icon at the right corner shows the current volume.

6. During the playing, press and hold the “Right” button

Folder name Song name or ID3 Title

Song ID3 Artist Playing progress

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to make fast forward, while press the “Right” button to switch to the next track; press and hold the “Left” button to make fast reverse, while press the “Left” button to switch to the previous track.

7. Press the “Stop” button to stop playing, and return to

the file list.

8. Press and hold the “Stop” button to shut down the

player, and then the shutdown picture will show.

When “Hold” is on, the icon appears, and buttons on the player are invalid.

In the stop status, you can set the “Auto Off” time in the setting menu, the player will be shut down automatically according to the setting time.

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Section Repeat

When the player is playing, you can use section repeat function to repeat one section of the music. In the playing status, press the “A-B” button to select the start position (A point).

During the playing, press the “A-B” button again to select the end position (B point).

The player will repeat the section from A to B.

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Browsing

After pressing the “Menu” button, use “Right/Left/+/ -” button to find and select the track. If the audio file is selected, the player will enter the playing interface. If the non-audio file is selected, the player will not respond.

Press the “Menu” or “Right” button to enter the lower folder. Press the “Left” button to return to the upper folder. When the root directory is reached, it will stop.

Mode Switch

Press and hold the “Mode” button or use the menu to enter Mode Switch.

Press the “+/-” button to switch among the six modes such as MP3 status, FM status, Recording status, Data Backup Browsing status, Playlist status and e-book. Press the “Left” button to exit the mode interface. After selecting the corresponding mode, press the “Menu” or “Right” button to confirm the mode switch. Press the

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“Stop” button to exit the mode and return to the file list.

USBDATA Data Browsing Mode:

After entering the Backup Data mode, you can see the files in the USBData directory, which come from the Device connected to the USB Host. If you backup the peripheral USB Device by USB Host function, you can view the backup USB Data by selecting this option. Refer to the below figure: (Note: At present it only supports the connection to standard Mass Storage USB devices which must use FAT or FAT16 file storage format, otherwise the system will display “Device Error”).

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Playlist Function:

You can select your favorite songs to play, which means the player can support Playlist function. Select the Playlist option in Mode status to enter the list of Playlists and see the corresponding Playlist, then you may select to play the Playlist.

How to add and delete songs in BMK list of Playlist You can edit Playlist files by the manager software, and

the files can be put in the Playlist folder in the hard disk so that you can manage these playlists. Also, you can set Playlist function in the player port, namely, there is one default Playlist (BMK List) in the player. In the file navigation status (press the “Menu” button to enter File Navi mode), you can select the song to be added to BMK List, and press and hold the “Play” button to finish. The song added to Playlist will be shown as below:

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As the above figure, ICON shows the two songs Flower and Yesterday are added to PlayList. You can also delete the song from Playlist: select a song which is added to the playlist, and then press and hold the “Play” button to delete it from Playlist. Now if you enter the Playlist mode and select one Playlist to play, then the songs in this Playlist will always play.

E-Book Function:

You can save the TXT files in the TEXTFILE folder in the root directory of hard disk, then you may read the e-book by selecting “Text viewer” option (Note: the e-book can be directly copied to the TextFile directory in HDD, but the capacity should not be more t han 64K bytes). After entering the Mode, you can select the “Text Viewer” mode, then press the “+/-” to select the Text document you want to read, press the “Menu” button to enter the Browse status, and press the “+/-/Right/Left” button to page up or page down the e-book. To return to the Text document browse status, press the “Menu” button.

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Receive FM Radio

Enter FM status through the mode switch:

1. When the “Preset” button is invalid, press the

“Right/Left” button to adjust the current channel in 0.05 MHz step. Press the “+/-” button to adjust the volume. Press and hold the “Right/Left” button will automatically search the next valid channel.

2. When the “Preset” button is valid, press the “Right/

Left” button to switch to the next/previous stored channel.

3. Auto scan function: Press and hold the “Pla y” butt on

in FM status to enter the Auto Scan mode, the player will automatically save the top 20 channels as CH01 to CH20. “PRESET” tag will change to “Auto Scan” tag and the channels will scroll automatically. After the scan is over, “Auto Scan” tag will automatically switch to “PRESET” tag. (Please plug the earphone when automatically scanning the channels. The earphone works as the antenna in FM status.)

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4. Press the “Menu” button to switch between the

Preset mode and Manual Scan mode. The user can set some channels as needed or delete some disliked channels. After switching to Manual Scan mode, the “PRESET” tag will disappear.

5. Under Manual Scan mode, press the “Right/Left”

button to increase/decrease 0.05MHz. Press and hold the “Right/Left” button to automatically scan the adjacent channels. If the channel that is found has not been saved, you can press the “Mode” button to save the channel. In this case, after pressing “Mode” button, “Memory” tag will show at the location of “Preset” tag, and then press the “Right/Left” button to select the saved destination, such as CH01 to CH20. Press the “Mode” button to finally confirm. “Memory” tag then disappears and the saving process is completed.

In the FM status, you can press and hold the “A-B” button to record the FM radio. The screen shows as below.

To stop the record, press the “Stop” button and return to the FM status.

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Record

Enter the record screen through mode switch or pressing and holding the “A-B” button. The screen shows as below.

1. Press and hold the “A-B” button to enter the record

screen directly. (In this case, if “Line-In” is connected, then the “Line-In” content will be recorded as MP3 sound files, otherwise the sound source will be the MIC). Press the “Rec” button to halt the record, press again to resume the record. Press the “Stop” butt on to stop the record, and the screen will display “Waiting…” and the player is generating the recorded file. After returning to the file list, the current recorded file will be displayed. If the recorded file is in MP3 format, the recorded file will be saved under the directory of “RECORD\ENCODE”. If the recorded file is in WAV format, the recorded file will be saved under the directory of “RECORD\VOICERECORD”.

2. The operation of playing recorded file is the same as

that of playing music file. Change to “REC” mode through mode switch, and select the specific recorded file or music file to play.

3. In the FM status, press and hold the “A-B/Rec”

button to enter the record mode. Then the current FM radio program can be recorded. Press the “Stop” button to return to the FM status.

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4. To record from other sources, connect the LINE_IN

jack with the LINE_OUT jack or earphone jack of the external sound source by using the auxiliary input/output cable supplied with the player, press and hold the “A-B” button to start the recording. If the “Synchronous” is set to “On” in the “Rec Setting”, then 2 successive songs will be separated automatically in between when recording them in MP3 files.

Before the recording starts, the player will check if the left space is enough. If not, the player will display “No Enough Space”. When the “Memory” displays as “100%”, the recording will not be available.

Please refer to the “Rec Setting” item of the menu for the detailed recording settings.

Through the LINE_IN interface, you can record from the CD or MP3 player. Please make sure the external audio source is in playback mode before the record starts. (It is recommended to use the maximum volume when making the record.)

Menu Function

Current Folde

File Name

Record Time

acity Utilization

Sampling rate, Bitrate and Output

File Format (MP3, VOC)

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Press and hold the “Menu” button to enter the menu. There are 5 main menus and 3 sub menus. Press the “+/-” button to shift among the menu items. Press the “Right” or “Menu” button to select or enter the sub menu. Press the “Left” button to return to the upper menu and press the “Stop” button to exit the menu operation. You can make the settings after entering the menu.

Main menu

Sub menu

The menu items of “Mode” are the same as that after pressing and holding the “Mode” button. Please refer to the mode switch as above. Use “Display/Backlight” to set the backlight on time. When the player is idle, the backlight will be off after the preset time duration. Press

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the “Left/Right” button to select among “off/5 sec/10 sec/15 sec/20 sec/all”. “Off” means backlight off, all means backlight always on. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu.

Use “Display/Contrast” to set the contrast of the LCD screen. Use the scroll bar to display the current value, which is between 0 and 32. Press the “Left/Right” button to increase or decrease the value. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu.

Use “Display/Time” to set the display method of the playback time of the playback interface. “Normal” means the time duration that has already elapsed in playback. “Remain” means the remaining time in playback. Press the “Left/Right” button to select. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main

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menu.

Use “Display/ID3 language” to set the display language of ID3, which can be specified to simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English. Press “Left/Right” button to make the selection, press ”Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. If you select Sim Chinese, the user interface will change to Sim Chinese, others will not change.

Use “Setting/Auto Off” to set the auto off time whe n the player is idle. Press the “Left/Right” button to select among “OFF/1 min/2 min/5 min/10 min”. When “OFF” is selected, the player will never be automatically turned off. “1 min/2 min/5 min/10 min” means the player will be automatically turned off after 1 min/2 min/5 min/10 min when the player is in “Stop” or “Pause” status. Press

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