Astone Digital Audio Box manual

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

-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. Astone Holdi ngs Pty Lt d k nown herein as ‘ Astone’, does n ot guarantee the accurac y or validity of th e information o utlined in this user manual, althou gh all attem pt s ha ve been made to displa y the most accurate information. 2. Astone will not be held liable for an y loss, accident or miss use caused b y incorr[...]

-4- Wa r n i n g Battery must be removed from the unit if it is to be lef t 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 purchas ing this high qua lity Astone pro duct. The Astone Samba 1 000 Digital Audio Box is a u nique unit capable of pla ying Mp3 music, FM Radi o and recording high quality voice or radio. This awesome little Digital Audio Bo x is pa cked full of features including an equa lizer with seven different[...]

-6- 1.1 Function Overv iew ¾ Support multiple a udio 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 capability up to 20 bro adcasting channels with various freque [...]

-7- ¾ Synchronized dis play of lyric (Karaok e) Support the most popular LRC l yric file on internet. ¾ Record/repe at Recording through micr ophone, then save it as W A V and ACT file format with the option to select section repe at or contrast repeat. This fulfills the function of digital repeat. ¾ Seven EQ Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Ja[...]

-8- ¾ Animation menu V ivid an imation menu comes along with the display of words, which makes it handy and easy to use. 1.2 S pecifications  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, w rite 900K Byte/s)  Memory: 128MB/256MB/512MB/1G  Power : one AAA ba[...]

-9-  MP3,WMA ： MP3’ s bit rate: 32Kbps-320Kbps WMA ’ s bit rate: 5Kbps-192Kbps Frequenc y response: from 20HZ to 20KH Z Signal to Noise ratio: > 85db Distortion: <0.05%  FM Radio Freq uency res ponse rang e: 76MH Z-90MHZ/87M Hz-108MHZ  Channels storage: 20  Music format: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WM V , ASF , W A V  T emperatur[...]

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

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

-12- z The icon of bat tery turns to blank while the v olume is used up and the bat tery need to be charged acc ordingl y . 3. Operation Introduction 3.1 Simple operation 1) Connect earp hone 2) Long-press PLA Y key to st art player; enter “Music Mode” and short-press PLA Y ke y again to play music. 3) Select music: PREV key is for the last pie[...]

(long-press to enter while in halted state), the playing submenu (short-press to enter) and the S topping submenu (sh ort-press to enter) 3.2.2 Browse Oper ation A. Press PREV and NEXT key to browse the song or bro wse the menu. B. Press PREV and NEXT key to select last piece/Next piece while playing song, hold the key for fast forward/fast backwar[...]

Record mode: Play mode : FM mode: S ystem 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 A c tio n Halted state Play St atus Play Sub Menu Stop Sub Menu Play Long- press Short-press Tu r n o ff Play Turn Off S top Turn Off Exit menu Turn Off Exit menu Mode Long-press Short-press Ente r Main Menu; Enter S top Su b Menu Ente r Main Menu Enter Playi ng Sub Menu Ente r Main Menu; Confirm t he Option or Move to [...]

Record mode Key A ction Halted st ate Record S t atus Play Long-press Short-p ress T urn of f; S t art Recording S top Re cording; Pause Re cording Mode Long-pr ess Short-p ress Enter Main Menu; Enter Rec ording Sub Men u X X FM mode Key A c tion Receptio n St atus of the R adio FM Sub menu Play Long-press; Short-p ress Tu r n O f f ; S toring C ha[...]

3.4 Music Mode instructions (1) Operation in halted state z Directory selection In order to manage files and pla y music easil y , users c an store the fi les in different directories (directories shoul d be made in advance and stored in the computer). This series of players support the ide nti fication of up to 99 root directories. 1) In S t op in[...]

3) Press NEXT or PREV key to s elect the option you want. 4) Press MODE key to confirm what you selected. Note: Customer can m ake indi v id ual director y for Music Mode, Record Mod e and Play Mode. These three modes can b e in different directories. z Delete Files Files and the stored chann el can be delet ed in music mode, play mode an d FM mode[...]

2) Short-press MODE key to stop sub-menu. 3) Short-press NEXT or PREV key to select “Delete File” or “Delete All File s” 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 “Delet e All” will delet e all the correspondin g files under the curre nt directory in current Mode. (E.g. press “Delete All” button in the Music Mode, only the music files will be deleted, while the recor ded file will not be delet ed). The Delete interface in FM Mode is much simpl[...]

(2) Operation under PL A Y mode z Play Mode Different P lay Mode can be selected (such as Repeat and Shuffle) when playing music and recorded music file s. The first selection on th e 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 direc[...]

z Sound effect mode: 1) Music playing ( as shown in right). 2) Short-press MO DE key to enter sub menu. 3) Short-press Next ke y to select “sound effect mode” menu. 4) Short-press Mode ke y to enter “sound effect mode” menu. (as sho wn in below): Symbols represent various sound effect s (EQ): N a t u r a l Rock Pop C l a s s i c a l Soft Ja[...]

5) Short-press Next key to select ; short-press Mode key to confirm. z Synchronous display of lyric (KA L AOKE function) The player s upports *.LRC” lyric file (the us ers can do wnload the files from (http://www .51l rc.com) or obtain this kind of file by searching “LRC lyric” on intern et) and synchronizes lyric and song. A) How to use the [...]

B. Long-press MODE ke y to enter the ly ric interface, then the l yric will be displaye d: 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 S peed: Y ou can select different Play S peed (slower or faster) when you pl ay music (MP3 format only) or the recorded file. The to[...]

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 MO DE 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 P[...]

the “Repeat button ” , waiting to determine the start point “B”. 6. Note: Un der 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 an[...]

on the screen changes to “ ”. Press NEXT key to enter Compare function. Note: Press PREV key to go back to “ A -B Repeat” mode . ● Comp are 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 [...]

-28- Please refer to “Back-Ligh t time” for setting method. The interval time bet ween two pla ying is determined b y Repeat inter val (unit: second). How to study language by using automati c repeat function? Now more and more lang uage-training materials ar e made in MP3 for mat. The key feature of these materials is pure la nguage material w[...]

3.5 Sound Recording Make sure the battery comes wit h enough volume while recording, this pla yer supports the storage of 99 recordin g files under each director y . 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 menu 2. Press Next ke y to select record mode 3. Press MODE key to enter recording mode 4. Short-press PLA Y k[...]

(1) The recorded sound will be stored in the current folder set in “S top Recording Sub Menu/Mai n Disk Directory”. (2) If “space full” is show n on the screen, meaning that there is no space for recording, new file. Please d elete other files to release space. 6. If the “folder full” is sh own on the screen meaning that this folder hav[...]

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 t ype for selection interface 5. Press NEXT key to select appropriate recording t ype 6. Press MODE key to confirm selection -31-[...]

Note: Recording T ype av ailable High Qualit y Record ing, W A V format, Superior Timbre Long-pl ay Recording, ACT format, Ordinary Timbre Fine Sou nd Control, W A V format, Sound Control Recordi ng Ti me Limited Sound Control, ACT format, Sound Control Recording (5) Press PLA Y key to st art rec ording z Sound Control Recording: (1) Sound control [...]

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

3. Press MODE key to enter playing mode interface( as sho wn in below). 4. Press PLA Y ke y 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 vol ume -34-[...]

3.7 FM Radio 1. Go to main menu 2. Short-press NEXT ke y 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 search r adio 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 frequen cy Short-press NEXT key to move forward 100KHz frequency 6. Save found freque ncy Short-press MODE key to enter FM submen u Short-press MODE key again to save this broadcasting channel 7. Select and play saved broadc asting channel Press PLA Y ke y to listen dif ferent progr a[...]

T w o types of frequenc y can be sel ected, “Regular F requenc y” (from FM87 t o 108MHZ) and “Japan Frequency”(from FM76 to 90MHZ)). (Short-press MODE ke y to enter FM submenu, then s hort-press NE XT key to se lect appropriate frequenc y). (1) Symbol “ ” w il l show on the screen if current broadcasting is stereo. (2) Up to 20 broadcas[...]

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

Relative Parameter Introduc tion ： Record T ime Set date and time when recording files are s aved Backlight time The lasting shinin g time (second) after backlight function is induced without any following oper ation. Language Selection Set different Languages Closedown Sett ing Set a count do wn time (minutes) at which the player will be shut do[...]

Set “Record Time” ： 1) System setting interface 2) Short-press MODE key to enter Record T ime 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 T ime” ： 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 “Shut down Setup” Refer to “Backlig[...]

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

-43- z “Online Mode ” Refer to “Music Mode” setting for setup proce dure. Certain systems (Window2K SP4 previous version) cannot support one USB with two modules. Hence, when running “As ync hron ous S pace” function, you need to indicate which modul e is the current disk, which is named “Mono-regul ar Disk” or “Mono-encrypt ed Di[...]

z “Firmware Update” The firmware of this pla yer 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 a nd applicatio n so ftware in the PC platform, which is going to be updating. (Please refer to installation procedure in the f ourth secti on of the following part) 4) Connect the player to PC with USB[...]

6) Select *.bin firmware updating file. 7) Click “S t art Updating” key to update the system 8) Updating Success -46-[...]

9) It will show information as follo w: Wa r n i n g ： (1) Firmware updating is used to impr ove and optimize performances of this player , of which normal opera tion won’t be influenc ed if not in this way . (2) F irmware might result in the player trouble due to error operati on. Please read the instruction carefully befor e update. It is rec[...]

3.9 Use USB disk This player is installed with standard USB disk an d supports Windo ws98 (driver program installation required), Windo ws 2K system or above (driver program installation not required), Mac OS X10.3 or above, and Linux2.4 or above. This player supports “Suspend” mode. How to connect the player to PC? T urn on t he player and con[...]

through the e arphones. New folder: T he player can id entify 99 first-route folders set u p in the mobile d isk by the users. 3.10 Convert ACT to W A V The ACT format files recorded by the play er can be con verted to W A V format by the installation tool package setting up in the player . The procedures are as fol lows: A. Run “So und Converter[...]

can play W A V and MP3 format files. 4. Inst allation Program Installation program includes: driver progra m, formatting tool and recor d converting tool. z Install driver and applications The MP3 player does not ne ed to install driver under Windo ws Me/2000/XP system except Windo ws98SE. Please run the W indows/setup.exe fil e under the disk dir [...]

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

Find the “MP3 Player Utilities 1.43” suite under the progr am item in the start menu, including: MP3 Player Disk T ool, MP3 Player Update tool a nd Sound Conv ert. 5. Import ant Recommendations z “My Domain” Function Because beset generall y by “data disclosure”, each MP3 user doesn’t l ike to make personal data seen by others, these [...]

Mode” to select “Single Normal Disk” or “Single E ncryption Disk”) and encr ypt one of them (not necessary to encr ypt disk an d these t wo disks can be use separately), therefore the information can be hidden. The information can not be accessed without password. This is the powerful “My Domain” Functi on connecting the pla yer t o t[...]

Input user name and pass word corresp ondentl y . Confirm your new password by entering the same password, click “S ta rt” button and start p artitioni ng disk. (3) T he information belo w appears after p artition finish. (4) After pressing “OK” button, a tip come s up for restarting computer , please confirm and restart computer . (5) Y ou[...]

(6) Run executable file “RdiskDecr ypt.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 need to input us er name and pass word to open the encrypted disk each time. ● The 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 correctl y inserted. z Check whether the player is turned o n. Unable to hear sound through earphone z Make sure that the connecti on of earphone is correct and the sound volume status is not at 0 point. z Keep the earphon e clean. z T he damaged MP3 may caus e noise or even can [...]