Astone Holdings Pty Digital Audio Box manual

-1- Content s Legal Disclaimer ……………………..….….…………….………….….…… 3 W arning …………………………………..….………..………………………… 4 1. Brief Product Introduction ………….……………………….….….….…. 5 1.1 Function Overview …..…………….…………[...]

-2- 3.6 Play Recorded File .…………………………………………...……………. 33 3.7 FM Radio …………………………………………………………………….. 35 3.8 System Setting ……..………………………..…………….……................ . 37 3.9 Use USB Disk …….…………...........……?[...]

-3- Legal Disclaimer 1. A stone Ho ldings Pty Ltd known herein as ‘Astone’, does n ot guarantee the accurac y or validity of the infor mation outlined in this user manual, although all a ttempts have been made to display the most accurate information. 2. Astone will not be held liable for any loss, accident or miss u se caused by incorrectly fo[...]

-4- Wa r n i n g Battery must be removed from the unit if it is to be left unused for an extended period. Failure to do so can result in the battery leaking, and damaging the unit.[...]

-5- 1. Brief Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing th is high qua lity Astone product. The Astone Samba 1000 Digital Audio Box is a uniq ue unit capable of playing Mp3 music, FM Radi o and recording high qualit y voice or radio. This awesome little Digital Audio Box is pa cked full of features inclu ding an equalizer with seven different so[...]

-6- 1.1 Function Overvi ew ¾ Support multiple audi o frequency , such as MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV , ASF and W A V . ¾ Firmware up dating Download the latest updating software from the website for function extension. ¾ FM stereo radio Automatic broadcast station searching with storage ca pability up to 20 broadcasting channels with various frequen[...]

-7- ¾ Synchronized display of lyric (Karaoke) Support the most popular LRC lyric file on internet. ¾ Record/repeat Recording through microph one, then save it as WA V and ACT file format with the option to select section repeat or contrast repeat. This fulfills the function of digital repeat. ¾ Seven EQ Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz and[...]

-8- ¾ Animation menu Vivid animation menu comes along with the display of words, which makes it handy and easy to use. 1.2 Specifica tions  Size: 60(L)*23(W)*15(H)mm  Display screen: 32mm(L)*10 mm(W), back-lighted EL  Connection: USB2.0(FS) (read 100 0K Byte/s, write 900K Byte/s)  Memory: 128MB/256MB/512MB/1G  Power : one AAA batter[...]

-9-  MP3,WMA ： MP3’s bit rate: 32Kbps-320Kbp s WMA ’s bit rate: 5Kbps-192Kbps Frequency respons e: from 20HZ to 20KHZ Signal to Noise ratio: >85db Distortion: <0.05%  FM Radio Frequenc y response rang e: 76MHZ-90MHZ/87MHz-108M HZ  Channels storage: 20  Music format: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV , ASF , W A V  T emperature: -5 [...]

1.3 Packing List MP3 player CD S trap earphone USB connection line User manual Maintenance card 2. Appearance introduction ● Appearance and keys ① USB port ② “ ” PREV (Previous Song) ③ “ ” NEXT (Next Song) ④ “MODE“ menu key ⑤ VOL- (Volume Decrease) ⑥ VOL+ (Volume Increase) ⑦ Play/Stop/Turn on Key/ Turn Off Key ⑧ Earpho[...]

● Player Introduction (1) Display Screen (2) Battery This machine adopts the monitoring on po wer volume . z The display of electricity vol ume is full and will decrease i n use. -1 1-[...]

-12- z The icon of battery turns to blank while the v olume is used up a nd the battery need to be charged accordi ngly . 3. Operation Introduction 3.1 Simple operation 1) Connect earphone 2) Long-press PLA Y key to start player; enter “Music Mode” and short-press PLA Y key again to play music. 3) Select music: PREV key is for the last piece an[...]

(long-press to enter while in halted state), the playing submenu (short-pr ess to enter) and the S topping submenu (short-pres s to enter) 3.2.2 Browse Operation A. Press PREV and NEXT key to browse the song or browse the menu. B. Press PREV and NE XT key to select last piece/Next piece while playing song, hold the key for fast forward/fast backwar[...]

Record mode: Play mode: FM mode: System setting: USB mode: Press the MODE key to enter the main menu in the Other Modes; Enter the USB mode by connecting the PC -14-[...]

Music mode and Play mode Key Action Halted state Play St atus Play Sub Menu Stop Sub Menu Play Long-press Short-press Tur n of f Play Turn Off S top Turn Off Exit menu Turn Off Exit menu Mode Long-press Short-press Enter Main Me nu; Enter S top Sub Men u Enter Main Me nu Enter Playing Sub Menu Enter Main Me nu; Confirm the Option or Move to Further[...]

Record mode Key A ction Halted sta te Record St atus Play Long- press Short-pre ss T urn off; S tart Re cording S top Record ing; Pause Reco rding Mode Long-pres s Short-pre ss Enter Main Menu; Enter Recordin g Sub Menu X X FM mode Key Action Reception S ta tus of the R adio FM Sub men u Play Long- press; Short-pre ss Tu r n O f f ; S toring Cha nn[...]

3.4 Music Mode instructions (1) Operation in halted state z Directory selection In order to manage files an d play music eas ily , users can s tore the files in different directories (directories should be made in adva nce and stored in the computer). This series of players support the identi fication of up to 99 root directories. 1) In S top inter[...]

3) Press NEXT or PREV key to select the option you want. 4) Press MODE key to confirm what you selected. Note: Customer can make ind ividual directory for Music Mode, Record Mo de and Play Mode. These three modes can be in different d irectories. z Delete Files Files and the stored channel can be d eleted in music mode, play mode an d FM mode. 1) I[...]

2) Short-press MODE key to stop sub-menu. 3) Short-press N EXT or PREV key to select “Delete File” or “Delete All Files” on the menu. 4) Short-press MODE key to enter Delet e interface. 5) Short-press NEXT key to “YES” position. -19-[...]

6) Short-press MODE key to start deleting files. Pressing “Delete All” will delete all the correspon ding files under the current director y in current Mode. (E.g. press “Delete All” button in the Music Mode, only the music files will be deleted, while the recorded file will not be deleted). The Delete interface in FM Mode is much simpler. [...]

(2) Operation unde r PLA Y mode z Play Mode Different Play Mode can be selected (such as Repeat and Shuffle) when playing music and recorded music file s. The first selection on the PLA Y sub-menu is “Play Mode”. After confirming selection, the player will run as the setting Repeat: Normal After finishing the music files in the cu rrent directo[...]

z Sound effect mode: 1) Music playing (as shown in right). 2) Short-press MODE key to enter sub menu. 3) Short-press Next key to select “sound effect mode” menu. 4) Short-press Mode key to enter “sound effect mode” menu. (as shown in belo w): Symbols represent various sound effects (EQ): N a t u r a l Rock Pop C l a s s i c a l Soft Jazz DB[...]

5) Short-press Next key to select ; short-press Mode key to confirm. z Synchronous display of lyric (KALAOKE function) The player supports *.LRC” l yric file (the users can do wnload the files from (http://www . 51lrc.com) or obtain this kind of file by searching “LRC lyric” on internet) and synchronizes lyric and song. A) How to use the lyri[...]

B. Long-press MODE key to enter the l y ric interface, then the lyric will be displayed: C. Short-press MODE key to return to the music mode. D. Short-press VOL KEY to read the lyric back and forth manually . z Play Speed: Y ou ca n select different Play S peed (slower or faster) when you play music (MP3 format only) or the recorded file. The tone [...]

1. Music playing (as shown in right) 2. Short-press MODE key to enter Play sub-menu. 3. Short-press NEXT key to enter “Play S peed” menu. 4. Short-press MODE key to enter “Play S peed” selection menu. 5. Short-press NEXT key to select faster speed. Short-press PREV key to select slower speed. ● Repeat Mode 1. Enter this status through Pla[...]

the “Repeat button ” , waiting to determine the start point “B”. 6. Note: Under Repeat Mode, you can press VOL+ or VOL- directly to set “Play S peed”. Short-press Next key to confirm t he start point B. The Repeat button is set. The player is starting to play repeatedly from point A and point B until reaching the set repeating times and[...]

on the screen changes to “ ”. Press NEXT key to enter Compare function. Note: Press PREV key to go back to “ A-B Repeat” mode. ● Compa re function ( Play mode does not support this function) ： 1. After selecting Compare functi on, the icon on the screen is “ ”. Now MP3 player plays user ’s echo voice. 2. After finishing playing th[...]

-28- Please refer to “Back-Ligh t time” for setting method. The interval time bet ween two playing is determin ed by Repeat interval (unit: second). How to study language by using automatic re peat function? Now more and more language-train ing materials are made in MP3 for mat. The key feature of these materials is pure languag e material with[...]

3.5 Sound Recording Make sure the battery comes with enoug h volume while recording, this pla yer supports the storage of 99 recording files und er each directory . z R e c o r d i n g i n “ r e c o r d i n g m o d e ” : 1. Enter main me nu 2. Press Next key to select record mode 3. Press MODE key to enter recording mode 4. Short-press PLA Y ke[...]

(1) The recorded sound will be stored in the current folder set in “Stop Recording Sub Menu/Main Disk Director y”. (2) If “space full” is shown on the screen, meaning that there is no space for recording, new file. Please delete other files t o release space. 6. If the “folder full” is sh o wn on the screen meaning that this folder have[...]

2. Press MODE key to enter recording submenu to record. 3. Press NEXT key to select “RECORDING TYPE” submenu 4. Short-press MODE key to enter the recording type for select ion interface 5. Press NEXT key to select appropriate recording type 6. Press MODE key to confirm selection -31-[...]

Note: Recording T ype av ailable High Quality Recording, WA V format, Superior Ti mbre Long-pla y Recording, ACT format, Ordinary Timbre Fine Sound Control, WA V format, Sound Control Recording Time Limited Sound Control, ACT format, Sound Control Recording (5) Press PLA Y key to start recording z Sound Control Recording: (1) Sound control recordin[...]

(2) It’s suggested to record sounds in an environment with little noise for better result. (3) Do not speak when the recording is starting. In order to achieve the best result, leave 5-6 seconds for t he player to be familiar with audio surroundings, then start to speak. 3.6 Play recorded file 1. Enter main menu 2. Short-press NEXT key to select [...]

3. Press MODE key to enter playing mode interface( as shown in belo w). 4. Press PLA Y key again to play 5. Select recording files 6. PREV key: Select PREV recording file 7. NEXT key: Select next recording file 8. V olume Control 9. VOL+: Increase volume, VOL-: Decrease volume -34-[...]

3.7 FM Radio 1. Go to main menu 2. Short-press NEXT key to select FM Mode 3. Press MODE key to enter “FM mode” 4. Automatic Search Press PREV OR NEXT key for 2 seconds, the player will s earch radio channel based on every 100KHz and will stop w hen a channel is found. Press PREV or NEXT key again to stop searching. -35-[...]

5. Small Adjustment Short-press PREV key to move backward 100KHz frequenc y Short-press NEXT key to move forward 100KHz frequency 6. Save found frequenc y Short-press MODE key to enter FM submenu Short-press MODE key again to save this broadc asting channel 7. Select and play saved broadcasting ch annel Press PLA Y key to listen different progr ams[...]

T wo types of frequency can be selected, “Regular Frequenc y” (from FM87 to 108MHZ) and “Japan Frequency”(from FM76 to 90MHZ)). (Short-press MODE key to enter FM submenu, then short -press NEXT key to select appropriate frequency). (1) Symbol “ ” will show on the screen if current broadcasting is stereo. (2) Up to 20 bro adcasting chann[...]

2) Short-press NEXT key to select “System Setting” 3) Press MODE key to enter “System Setting” -38-[...]

Relative Parameter Introduction ： Record T ime Set date and time when recording files are saved Backlight time The lasting shining time (sec ond) after backlight function is induced without any follo wing operation. Language Selection Set dif ferent Languages Closedown Setting Set a count down time (minutes) at which the player will be shut down [...]

Set “Record Time” ： 1) System setting interface 2) Short-press MODE key to enter Record Time setting screen 3) Short-press VOL+ to set time starti ng with year (VOL- to set from opposite direction) 4) Short-press NEXT key to increase value (PREV key to decrease) 5) Press MODE key to exit after finishing adjustment -40-[...]

Set “Backlight Time” ： 1) System setting interface 2) Short-press NEXT key to select “Backlight T ime” 3) Short-press NEXT/PREV ke y to adjust time 4) Press MODE key to exit after finishing adjustment 5) Set “Language Selectio n” Note: Refer to “Music Mode” setting for operation guides. z “Shutd own Setup” Refer to “Backligh[...]

-42- from the halted state, which is no oper at ion on the player . Figure 0 represents that this function is closed. “Sleeping Mode” means to automatically p ower off player at any status by counting the setting time (Unit: Sec) from the latest operation on player . It’ s designed for listening music before sleep. Please notice that this “[...]

-43- z “Online Mode” Refer to “Music Mode” setting for setup procedure. Certain systems (Window2K SP4 previous version) cannot support one USB with two modules. Hence, when r unning “Async hronous S pace” function, you need to indicate which module is the current disk, which is named “Mono-regular Disk” or “Mono-encrypted Disk”,[...]

z “Firmware Update” The firmware of this player can be updated or maintained by software tools installed in computers. 1 ) E n t e r m a i n m e n u 2) Short-press NEXT key to select “System Setup” 3) Short-press MODE key to enter “System Setting” -44-[...]

4) Short-press NEXT key to select “Firmware Updating” 5) Short-press MODE key to enter “Firm ware Updating” menu 6) Install driving program and applic ation so ftware in the PC platform, which is going to be updating. (Please refer to installation procedure in t he f ourth section of the following part) 4) Connect the player to PC with USB [...]

6) Select *.bin firmware updatin g file. 7) Click “S tart Updating” key to update the system 8) Updating Succ ess -46-[...]

9) It will show information as follow: Wa r n i n g ： (1) Firm ware updating is used to impr ove and optimize performances of this player , of which normal operation won’t be influenced if not in this way . (2) Firmware might result in th e player trouble due to error operation. Ple ase read the instruction carefully before upd ate. It is recom[...]

3.9 Use USB disk This player is installed with standard USB disk and supp orts Windows98 (driver program installation required), Windows 2K system or above (driver progr am installation not required), Mac OS X10.3 or above, and Linu x2.4 or above. This player supports “Suspend” mode. How to connect the player to PC? T urn on t he player and con[...]

through the earphone s. New folder: The pl ayer can identify 99 first-route folders set u p in the mobile disk by the users. 3.10 Convert ACT to W A V The ACT format files recorded by the play er can be converted to WA V format by the installation tool package setting up in the player . The procedures are as follo ws: A. Run “Sound Converter” p[...]

can play W A V and MP3 form at files. 4. Inst allation Program Installation program includes: driver progra m, formatting tool and record converting tool. z Install driver and applications The MP3 player does not need to install driver und er Windows Me/2000/XP system except Windo ws98SE. Please run the Windo ws/setup.exe file under the disk direct[...]

Click "next" button to confirm installation Click "next" button to start installation Click "close" button to finish the installati on, the computer would need to be re-booted. -51-[...]

Find the “MP3 Player Utilities 1.43” suite u nder the program item in the start menu, including: MP3 Player Disk Tool, MP3 Player Update tool and Sound Conv ert. 5. Import ant Recommendations z “My Domain” Function Because beset gen erally by “data disclosure”, each MP3 user doesn’t like to make personal data seen by others, these “[...]

Mode” to select “Single Normal Disk” or “Single Encryption Disk”) and encr ypt one of them (not necessary to encrypt disk an d these t wo disks can be use separately), therefore the information can be hi dden. The informatio n can not be accessed without password. This is the powerful “My Domain” Function connecti ng the player t o t [...]

Input user name and password corresp ondently . Confirm your new password by entering the same password, click “S ta rt” button and start partitioning disk. (3) T he information below appears after partition finish. (4) After pressing “OK” button, a tip come s up for restarting computer , please confirm and restart computer . (5) Y ou can f[...]

(6) Run executable file “RdiskDecrypt.exe”. Please input user name and password in the window coming up. If the password is correct, you can open the disk and copy file. (7) Y ou nee d to input user name and pass word to open the encrypted disk each time. ● T he player can not identify th e files in the enc rypted disk. ● Please back up you[...]

-56- 6. T rouble Shooting No Power z Make sure that the batteries are correctly inserted. z Check whether the player is turned on. Unable to hear sound through earphone z Make sure that the connection of earphone is correct and the sound volume status is not at 0 point. z Keep the earphone clean. z The damaged MP3 may cause noise or even can not pl[...]