COBY electronic MP-C841 manual

INS TRUCT ION M ANU AL Pl ease re ad t hi s ma nua l care fu l ly be fo re op era ti on MP - C84 1 25 6MB US B-St ick MP3 Pl aye r[...]

2 P RE CA UTI ONS The lig htnin g a sh w ith a rr owhe ad sy mbol wit hin an eq uilat eral tr i - ang le i s int ende d to ale r t th e us er t o th e pr esen ce of u ninsu lated “dan gero us vol tage” wit hin th e pro duct ’s enc losu re tha t may be o f suf  cien t magni tude t o con stit ute a r isk of el ect ri c shoc k. The excl am[...]

3 P RE CA UTI ONS WAR NI NG: T o p reve nt re o r shoc k ha zar d, do no t expo se thi s devi ce to r ain o r mois ture . Dang ero us hig h volt age i s pre sen t insi de the e ncl osu re. Do n ot op en the c abi net. CAUT ION : T o p reve nt ele ctr ic sh ock , matc h wid e bla de of pl ug to wi de sl ot of ou tlet a nd fu lly in ser t. WAR NI [...]

4 IM PORT ANT S AFE T Y INS TRUCTI ONS Read Inst ruc tion s: Al l the safet y a nd op erati ng in stru cti ons s hould be r ead befo re the pr oduc t is ope rated. Retai n Inst ruc tion s: The s afet y and op erati ng inst ruc tio ns sho uld be r etain ed for f uture r eferenc e. Hee d Warning s: All war nings on th e produc t and in the op erati n[...]

5 Gr ounding o r Polar izat ion: T his pro duct m ay b e e quippe d with a p olar ized alte rnati ng- cu rren t li ne p lug that has one blad e w ider than the other . This plug will only t into t he power outlet in o ne direc tio n. T his is a safet y feature. If yo u are unable to in ser t t he pl ug f ully i nto th e out let, t r y rever sing[...]

6 Obj ect an d Liq uid En tr y: Never pus h ob ject s of any k ind i nto t his p rodu ct thr ough open ings as they may to uch dange rous volt age point s o r sh out- out par ts that co uld result in a r e or elec tr ic sh ock. Never spill liqui d of any k ind on th e produ ct. Ser v icing: Do not at tempt to ser v ice thi s pr oduc t yo urse lf[...]

7 PRE CAUTI ON S ..................................................................................... 2 IM POR TANT SAF ET Y I NS TRUC T IO NS ................................................... 4 TABLE O F CONTE NT S ........................................................................... 7 P ACK A GE CON TE NT S ..............................[...]

8 SE T TI NG M ODE .................................................................................. 21 Set ting s Menu ................................................................................................... 21 Repe at Mod e............................................................................................. 21 Co ntrast ......[...]

9 What i s Encr ypt ion? .................................................................................. 37 Crea ting M P3/ W MA Fi les ......................................................................... 37 How D o I Rip M y Music C Ds Usin g Wind ows Me dia Player 10? ............. 37 How D o I T rans fer MP 3/ W MA M usic File s to my MP[...]

10 Plea se make s ure that the items show n below are incl uded in the packa ge. Should an item be m issi ng, please con tact the loc al retail er from whic h yo u p urcha sed this pro duct . 5 2 6 3 4 1 P A CK A GE CONTENT S CO BY MP- C8 4 1 US B Ex tensi on Cabl e Profe ssio nal Ster eo Ear phon es 1. 2. 3. 1 x “ A A A” Bat ter y Inst allat i[...]

1 1 256 M B Integr ated Flas h Memo r y Hig h- Co ntras t LCD Disp lay with 7-C olo r Back light Plays M P3 and W MA D igit al Mus ic Files Plays D igit al Musi c from m ost onl ine stor es and sub scr iptio n ser vic es* ID3 an d LRC supp or t for s ong and sy nchro nized ly ric i nfor matio n displ ay Integ rated M icr ophon e for Di gital Voic e[...]

1 2 T o p Vie w Ho ld Sw itch Power / M enu Front V iew US B Plug Ca p LCD Di splay Joys tic k Play / Paus e Joys tic k Up Volume + Joys tic k Lef t Previ ous / Rever se 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Joys tic k Down Volume - Joys tic k Right Nex t / For war d Mic rop hone Nec kstr ap Ho ok Bot to m Vi ew Bat ter y C ompar t ment Hea dpho ne Out 8. 9. 10. 11[...]

1 3 DI SP L A Y O VE R VIE W Mu sic Mo de S cre en Rec ord M od e Scr een Song T itle / File Name V olume Level R ec o r d Pause File T ype[...]

1 4 Power in g Y o ur Playe r Y our play er ru ns on 1 x “AA A ” ba t te r y for musi c playb ack. Rem ov e th e USB pl ug cap . Rem ov e th e battery com par tme nt co ver located on the r ear of th e pla yer . Inse r t o ne “ A A A ” b attery , taki ng c ar e to ma tch th e pola rity o f the battery w ith the marki ngs on the i nside o f [...]

1 5 Ho ld Sw itc h (Key Loc k) The H old fea ture dis ables yo ur player ’s co ntrol s to prevent ac cide ntal key pres ses whe n it is in your p ocket or ba g. T o loc k t he p layer , sli de t he H old sw itch up to the loc k posi tion. A L ock ic on wi ll appe ar on- scr een. T o unlo ck th e player , s lide th e Hold s witch d own. Res et tin[...]

1 6 M AIN ME NU O VE R VIE W The Main Menu gives you access to the different function modes of your player . T o selec t a mo de, p ress o r t o hi ghlight the mo de with the Sel ect ion Curs or and th en pre ss . T o retur n to t he M ain M enu, pre ss . T o exi t th e M ain M enu, pre ss agai n. Play M usic Play your di git al music  les (M P3[...]

1 7 Me nu In ter f ac e Navi gat ion T o sel ect t he dif fere nt menu opt ions a nd les o n your player : Use t he Navi gatio n J oysti ck to move t he sele cti on cur sor . The c urso r high - light s the c urre nt selec tio n. T o move th e curs or up, pres s T o move th e curs or dow n, pres s T o move th e curs or lef t, pr ess T o move th [...]

18 P L A Y MUSI C MODE Ent er “ Play Mus ic” mod e to pl ay your di git al M P3 or W MA audi o file s. Play Mus ic mod e will di splay al l compa tible au dio  les on your player re gard less of di rect or y Mu sic Co ntr ols Sel ect “ Play Mu sic” f rom th e main men u and pre ss to c on rm T o sel ect a t rack fo r playba ck, pr es[...]

1 9 V OI CE MODE Ent er “ Voic e” mode t o play yo ur dig ita l voic e rec ord ing fi les . Voice mo de wil l displ ay all voic e reco rdin g les on yo ur player reg ardl ess of dir ecto ry. Voice C ont rol s Sel ect “ Voice” f rom t he main me nu and pre ss t o con rm. T o sel ect a t rack fo r playba ck, pr ess th e Joysti ck o r .[...]

2 0 RECORD MODE Ent er “ Re cor d” mod e to r eco rd fr om th e inte gr ate d micr oph one. Mic rop hon e Voice Re co rdin g Make di gital vo ice r eco rdings t hrou gh the inte grate d micr ophon e. Sel ect “ Rec ord ” fr om th e main menu an d pre ss to c on rm. Re cor ding w ill sta r t immed iately. Durin g rec ordin g: T o paus e re[...]

21 Ent er “ Set ti ng” mo de to ad just t he int er nal se tt ings o f your pl ayer. Se tt ing s Men u T o ac ce ss the Set tings menu, s elec t “S etti ng” fr om th e main m enu and p ress to c onr m. The Set tin gs M enu co ntains 8 opti ons: R epeat Mo de, C ontr ast, Bac kligh t, B ack - light C olo r , Power S et, Rec ord Set , and [...]

2 2 Backlig ht Set t he Bac kli ght opt ion to chang e the durati on of time ( in sec ond s ) t hat th e back - light will remai n o n a fte r a key pr ess. A s ett ing of “ A lways Of f ” will disa ble the back - light c omp letely. A sett ing of “Always O n” will keep t hat bac klight o n cont inuou sly . Pres s or to s elect a Back lig h[...]

23 VERSI ON AND INFO MOD E Ent er “ Ver sion” m ode t o view yo ur playe r’s fi rmwa re in fo rmat ion. Sel ect “ Versio n” fro m the main m enu and p ress to co nr m. Ent er “ In fo” mod e to vi ew your p layer ’s mem or y in for mat ion. Sel ect “ Info” f rom the m ain menu a nd pre ss to c on rm. • •[...]

24 FOLDE R MODE Ent er “ Fol der ” mo de to p lay , vie w , or d elet e file s your m ed ia lib rar y. Fold er Co nt rols Sel ect “ Folder ” f rom the m ain menu an d pres s to co nr m. A direc tor y tre e will a ppear o n scre en. If you wer e previo usly in Pl ay Music m ode, onl y music  les wi ll be disp layed. If you wer e previ[...]

25 C OMPUTER C ONNE C TION (USB ) Conn ect the MP-C8 4 1 t o a com put er wi th the USB 2.0 cable pro vide d to: T ran sfer l es to and f rom your p layer Per for m basi c le man ageme nt func tion s. USB D ri ver In sta lla tio n (Req uire d for W ind ows 9 8 SE On ly) It i s not n ece ssar y to inst all t he US B dr iver i f your com puter [...]

26 T ra nsf er ri ng File s The USB 2.0 Hig h-Speed conn ectio n ma k es it eas y to tra nsf er musi c, vi deo , phot o, and te xt les ( or an y oth er data ) quickl y betwe en the pla yer an d you r comput er . Simply use the play er a s yo u would a  opp y di sk u sin g basic o pera ting sy stem command s. If you nee d fur ther as sist ance[...]

27 Mic ros of t Win dow s Dou ble -c lic k the “ My Co mputer ” i con on y our desk top a nd then d ouble - cli ck the M P- C8 4 1 ic on (M TP Mul time dia Player). Y our pl ayer cont ains t wo fo lder s: Data an d Media . Dra g your me dia le s to the Me dia fol der (e.g. , M P3 , WM A les). Dra g all othe r ty pes of l es to the D at[...]

2 8 Di scon nec ti ng fr om a Co mpu ter Dis conn ect your player as in str ucte d bel ow to prevent dat a lo ss o r l e/ rmwa re co rr uptio n. Mic ros of t Win dow s Dou ble -c lic k the gre en arr ow in the t askb ar loc ated o n the lowe r -r ight si de of the c om - puter s cree n (Safely Rem ove Hard ware ). Saf el y Remove H ard war e:[...]

29 WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER 1 0 Wi ndow s Me dia Pl ayer 10 (W MP10) Y ou c an use W indow s Media Player 10 (W MP10 ) and a U SB - MTP c onne ctio n to mana ge yo ur m usic medi a lib rar y with Mi cros of t W indow s X P or newe r . Wind ows Me dia Player 10 may be dow nload ed fre e of char ge fro m w w w .m icro sof t.co m. Mu sic Fil e T ra [...]

3 0 Se lec t a pl aylis t fro m th e “Syn c List ” d rop - dow n me nu. Cli ck “S tar t Syn c” to st ar t trans ferr ing t he le s in the se lecte d playli st. For m ore in form ation an d supp or t reg ardi ng musi c trans fer and synch roniza tion wi th Wi ndows Me dia Player ( WM P), please s ee the hel p sect ion inc lude d with W MP[...]

31 T o cr eate play lists us ing WM P10: Run Wi ndow Me dia Player 10 Select “ Library ” and then drag the desired song( s) to the “N ow P laying List” on the right s ide. 1. 2. WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER 1 0[...]

32 Highlight all of the songs in the “ Now Playing List ” and then use the mouse to right-c lick the list. Choose “Add to” and then “ Additional Playlists. .. ” An “ Add to Pla ylist ” window will appear . Sel ect “ New ” and enter the pl aylist nam e, t hen clic k “OK ” . A n ew p laylist w ill be cr eated. 3. 4. WIN DO WS [...]

3 3 Aut oma tic W ind ows M edi a Playl ist S ync hron iz ati on By defaul t, WM P is set to transf er and synchr onize l es manual ly . Y ou c an choo se to have Wind ows M edia Player au tomat ical ly syn chro nize you r play lists when you co nnec t your player to t he co mputer. T o cha nge the sy nchr oniz ation s etti ngs: Co nnect yo ur p[...]

3 4 Clic k “O K” to st ar t the sy nchr oniza tion. Whe n sync hroni zati on is c ompl ete, dis conn ect your pl ayer fr om th e c om - puter. T urn o n your player a nd sele ct “ Mus ic” . The synchr onize d p laylist ( s) fr om WM P w ill have be en a dded under the “ Play - list ” c atego r y . 4. 5. 6. 7. WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER [...]

3 5 FI RMW ARE UPGRADE S From tim e to t ime, CO BY may re lease r mware up dates to im prove the pe r for - manc e of t he MP- C 8 4 1 o r to add additi onal feature s. Pl ease check the COBY we b - site per iodic all y at w w w .c obyus a.com to see if new  rmwar e h as b een releas ed for your pl ayer . If you a re exper ienc ing abn orm a[...]

36 Wh at is a n MP3? MP 3 ( shor t for MPEG -1 Aud io Layer 3) is a co mpre ssed digit al audio le. MP3 les ca n deli ver audi o at a qu alit y tha t near ly ma tches com pact disc s (CDs), but ar e abo ut one -tent h the si ze of CD -au dio. How c an I pl ay an M P3? MP 3s m ay b e playe d on a wide var iet y of d evice s. Dev ice s that may[...]

37 Wh at is E ncr y pti on? Encr y ption is a way of protec tin g m edia wit h a un ique Cont ent ID for the pur po se of d ata s ecur it y . In o rder to ac ce ss t he en cr ypte d me dia, En d Use rs must a cquir e a licen se k ey and that allo ws for decr ypt ion and playbac k. With out this lic ense key , enc r ypted me dia wil l not play Cre a[...]

3 8 Plea se visi t w ww.mic rosof t .com fo r more W indow s Medi a Player info r - mati on and sup por t. How D o I T ra nsf er MP 3/ W MA Mu sic Fil es to m y MP3 Pla yer ? Whe n your MP 3 P layer is c onne cted to a co mputer, yo u may trans fer music les to your M P3 p layer usin g your op erat ing syste m’ s ba sic l e manag ement c om[...]

39 Why i s my MP3 p layer s kip pin g a le? The  le may be c orr upt. D ownlo ad or tr ansfer t he le t o your player ag ain. The le t hat is b eing skipp ed may b e DR M -e ncr ypte d. If yo ur lic ense has expi red, you wi ll not be ab le to play t his le. If you believe your lic ense has expire d p rematu rely , p lease c ontac t [...]

4 0 If you have a pr oble m with t his player, please r ead the t roub lesho oting g uide be - low an d chec k our webs ite at w w w .c obyus a.co m for Frequen tly As ked Ques tions (F AQs ) and r mware u pdates . If thes e reso urce s do not re solve t he pro blem, ple ase co ntac t T e chnic al Sup por t. The p layer d oe s not tur n on. The [...]

41 The p layer w ill no t play my musi c file . Ensure t hat the  le is in a c ompat ible f orma t (MP 3, WM A). The le may b e c opy- protec ted and you n o lo nger have au thor izat ion to p lay this l e. If you fee l t his is in e rro r , plea se cont act the se rv ice fr om whic h yo u down loade d the l e. The LC D char act ers a [...]

42 Dis play T ype 1 28 x 32 D ot- Matr ix LCD Mem or y 256 M B Integr ated Flas h Memo r y SD/ MM C Card S lot for E xpa nded M emor y Capa cit y Audi o Format S uppor t MP 3, WM A DR M Suppo r t WM DR M 10 Son g Info Sup por t ID3 , LRC Rec ordin g Forma t IM A- A DPC M enco ding PC Inte r fac e US B 2.0 Hi gh- Sp eed Plug an d Play Supp or t Win [...]

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