COBY electronic MP-C945 manual

Ins t r ucti on Manual Ple ase rea d th is m anu al ca refu l ly be fo re ope rat io n. 4GB M ICRO HARD DI SK MP3 PL A YER w it h VID EO PLA YBA CK MP - C 94 5[...]

2 For Cu sto me r Use: Enter b elo w the se ria l numb er tha t is lo cate d on th e bot tom o f the un it. Ret ain t his in for mati on fo r futu re refe renc e. Mo del N o. MP - C9 45 Ser ial N o. CAUTI ON RI SK O F ELE CTR IC SH OC K DO N OT OPE N CAUT IO N: TO RE DUC E TH E RI SK O F FIR E AN D EL EC- TR IC SH OC K, DO N OT RE MOV E THE COV ER [...]

3 P RE CA UTI ONS Re gulat or y I nfo rm atio n This de vice c om plies with pa r t 1 5 of FCC rules . Opera tion is sub ject to the fo llowi ng two cond itions : This d evic e may not c ause har mfu l inter fer enc e, and This d evic e must ac cept a ny inter fer ence r ece ived, inc ludin g inter fer enc e that may c ause unde sired o pera tion. [...]

4 IM PORT ANT S AFE T Y I NSTRUC TION S In a dditi on to the car eful a tten tion devoted to qual ity sta ndard s in t he ma nufac ture of th is devi ce, safet y is a maj or fac tor in the d esig n of ever y ins trum ent. H owever , saf ety i s your re spon sibili ty, too. This sheet lists impo r tant infor mat ion t hat w ill h elp to assu re you [...]

5 FE A TURE S Integ rated 4 GB 1” Mic ro Ha rd Dr ive T ouc hpad c ontr ol wi th LED bac kli ght 1 .5 ” advanc ed O LED co lor dis play Plays M P3, W MA , an d WA V dig ital a udio l es Mus ic libr ar y grou ps musi c les by album n ame, ar ti st name, s ong t itle, g enre, year and playl ist Playli st supp or t ( WM P for mat) Qui ck Pla[...]

6 T ABLE OF C ONTE NTS PRE CAUT I ON S ................................................................................................................................. 2 IM PO RTAN T SAF ET Y I NS TRU CT I ON S ............................................................................................. 4 FE ATU RE S ..............................[...]

7 RE COR D MOD E ............................................................................................................................ 21 Voice Rec or ding ..................................................................................................................... 21 SE T T I NG M OD E ...............................................[...]

8 P A CK A GE C ONTE NT S Plea se make s ure th at the items s hown below a re inc lude d in t he pac kage. S hould an item be mis sing, pl ease c ont act th e loc al ret ailer f rom w hich you p urch ased th is pro duct . CO BY MP- C9 45 4 GB M P3 Player Profe ssio nal Ste reo Ear pho nes US B Cable AC Adapte r Inst allat ion C D Inst ruc tio n Ma[...]

9 PO WE RING Y OUR P L A YER Cha rgi ng th e Bat t er y Y our play er has an i ntegra ted recha rgeable batte ry th at will provi de up to 20 h ours o f musi c pla y t ime . The ba tter y s hould b e char ged fu lly (mini mum 4 hour s) befor e its ini tial us e to ensur e opti mum li fetim e per fo rman ce. T o c har ge your p layer : AC Char ge: P[...]

1 0 PO WE RING Y OUR P L A YER Loc kin g/ Unl ock ing Y o ur Pla yer ’s K eys (H old ) Whe n engag ed, the Key Loc k f eature di sabl es your playe r’s co ntro ls t o p revent acc ident al ke y pres ses wh en it i s i n yo ur poc ket or bag. T o lo ck t he player, s lide t he Power/ Key L ock s witc h t o the lef t (it will cli ck into pla ce )[...]

1 1 L OCA TION OF C ONTR OL S T op V iew Power / Key L ock S wi tch Power : Slide s witch t o the r ight Key Lock : Slide sw itch t o the lef t Reset : Slide s witc h to the r ight and h old for 15 sec onds Front V iew Lef t A rr ow Navi gatio n Lef t Revers e / Previo us T rac k Previ ous Page Canc el Dow n Ar row Navi gatio n Dow n Volume Adj ust[...]

1 2 DI SP L A Y O VER VIE W[...]

1 3 B AS IC OP E R A TI ONS Usi ng th e T ou chp ad Co ntr ols Y our pl ayer com es equip ped wit h a touch -s ensit ive co ntrol p ad. T o use the c ontr ols, touc h the ar - row keys on t he f ront o f the player light ly jus t as y ou wou ld a but ton an d th e co ntro ls wi ll li ght up. If you to uch and h old a key , i t will re giste r as a [...]

1 4 B AS IC OP E R A TI ONS Play bac k Cont ro ls Sel ect a trac k and pres s RIG HT to star t play back (see the Mu sic Mo de or Vide o Mode se cti on for mor e infor mati on ). Whi le the t rack is p laying: Pres s RIG HT to pl ay the nex t trac k. Pres s LEF T to play the p revio us trac k. Pres s and ho ld RIG HT to fa st for wa rd thr ough t h[...]

1 5 Volum e Dis play the Volum e Bar to adj ust the vo lume level. Sel ect Volume f rom t he Smar t M enu. Th e V o lume Ba r will ap pear o n the sc reen. Whi le the Volume B ar is on -s cree n: T o rai se the vo lume level, p ress U P . T o lowe r the volu me level, pr ess D OWN. Whe n you have nis hed adj ustin g the volu me, pres s LEF T to [...]

1 6 Shu f e The S huf e o ptions c an set yo ur player to p lay trac ks in a ran dom or der . T o ch ange th e Shuf  e optio ns Hig hlight S huf e in t he Sma r t Menu. Pres s RIG HT to c hange t he Shuf  e set ting (Of f, On). Bac kli ght The B ackl ight opt ions s ets the durati on of ti me your pl ayer will kee p the di splay bac [...]

1 7 MUSI C MODE Ent er M usic mo de to p lay your M P3 , WM A, o r WA V a udio  le s. T o ente r Music m ode, se lec t and co nr m MUS IC in th e Main m enu. Bro wsin g Y ou r Musi c Lib rar y Upo n enter ing Mus ic mode, yo u will be ab le to brow se your mus ic libra r y by the f ollow ing c atego - ri es: Ar t ist, A lbum, S ong, G enre, Y[...]

1 8 Ent er Q uick Pl ay mod e to pl ay your 20 m ost r ec ent ly ad ded M P3 , WM A, o r WA V audi o le s . T o ente r Q uick Pl ay mo de, sel ect an d c on rm QU ICK P L A Y i n t he M ain me nu. Y our p layer w ill imme diatel y star t p laybac k. Qu ick Pl ay Con tro ls Qui ck Play con trol s are the sam e as in Music Mo de. Pleas e refer [...]

1 9 P HOT O MODE Ent er Ph oto mo de to d isp lay your J PEG p hot o le s. T o ente r Photo mo de, sele ct and c on rm PH OT O in th e Main m enu. Bro wsin g Y ou r Photo L ibr ar y Upo n enter ing P hoto m ode, you wi ll see a li st of a ll JPEG photo s on your p layer . Pres s th e UP/D OWN keys to h ighli ght a p hoto an d pre ss RIG HT to[...]

20 VIDE O MODE Ent er V ide o mod e to pl ay your Xvi D - en cod ed AVI vi deo  le s. The MP-C945 supp orts pla ybac k of Xv iD- encode d A VI les. Plea se see the Video Con ver - sion sectio n for de tails on h ow to c reat e vid eo les that are comp atible with yo ur pl ay er . T o ente r Vide o mod e, selec t and c onr m VI DEO in th[...]

21 RECORD M ODE Ent er R eco rd mo de to m ake voic e re cor di ngs th rou gh the i nte gr ate d mic rop hone l ocat ed on th e top o f your pl ayer. T o ente r Reco rd mo de, sele ct and c on rm R ECOR D in the M ain menu. Voice R eco rdi ng Upo n enter ing REC ORD m ode, you w ill see a l ist of prev iousl y rec orde d les ( if availab le )[...]

22 SE T TI NG MODE Ent er t he Se tt ing mo de to s et your p laye r’s syst em o ptio ns. T o ente r Sett ing mo de, sel ect an d con rm S ET TI NG in th e Main me nu. Pres s UP/D OWN to s elec t a set ting an d pres s RIG HT to ch ange th e set ting opt ion. The S ett ing Mo de opti ons ar e: Br igh tn ess Co ntrol s the br ight ness of t he [...]

23 Min imu m PC Req uir em ent s Y ou c an c onne ct t he MP - C9 45 to a c omput er wit h the USB 2 .0 c able p rovide d to t ransf er le s to y our p layer o r to c harge it s b atte r y . The mi nimum re quirem ents lis ted b elow w ill a llow you to per f orm basic  le m anage ment f unc tion s; advan ced feature s wi ll re quire a f aste[...]

24 USB C ON NEC T IONS In gener al, USB - MS C mode enjoys wid er comp atibil ity wi th dif fere nt c omp uter s a nd operat ing system s, w hile USB - M TP mode enable s a dvanc ed feature s (e.g., play list synchr oniz atio n ), but requ ires W indow s XP SP1 an d Wind ows Me dia Player 10 or newe r . Y ou may se t the M P - C94 5 to al ways use [...]

25 Con nec ti ng to a C omp ut er Co nnect t he player t o your co mpute r with t he supp lied US B ca ble. Perception Digi tal USB - MT P Mod e Whe n the M P- C9 45 is c onne cte d under US B - MTP m ode: Y our com puter will automat ic ally reco gnize the player as an MTP Devic e. An icon repre sent - ing you r player wi ll appe ar under “Audio[...]

26 MP-C951 USB - MS C Mod e Whe n the M P- C9 45 is c onne cte d under US B - MSC m ode: Y our com puter will automat ic ally reco gnize the player as an MTP Devic e. An icon repre sent - ing you r player wi ll appe ar as a “ Removabl e Disk ” whe n you ope n “M y Com puter ” . It may t ake W indow s sever al mi nutes to rec ogni ze an d se[...]

27 USB - MT P Mod e Files t ransf err ed unde r USB - M TP mo de wil l not be avail able whe n using a U SB - MS C con nec - tion (and v ice ver sa). Whe n the M P- C9 45 is c onne cte d under US B - MTP m ode: Dou ble - clic k the “ My C ompu ter ” ico n on your d esk top and t hen dou ble - clic k the M P- C9 45 ic on (MT P HD M ultim edia Pl[...]

28 Di scon ne ct ing f rom a Co mp ute r Dis con nect yo ur player as in str ucte d belo w to prevent dat a los s or le / rmwar e co rr uptio n. USB - MT P Mod e If you ar e using a U SB - MT P conn ect ion, you c an sim ply dis con nect t he ca ble fr om your p layer . USB - MS C Mod e Dou ble - clic k the gr een ar row in t he task bar lo c[...]

29 VIDE O C ONV E RSION Use t he vi deo c onver sion s of t ware ut ilit y inc lude d on t he Inst alla tion CD to c reate vide o le s that are sui tabl e for pl ayback o n the M P- C9 45. Y our p layer suppo r ts XviD - enc ode d A V I les w ith t he foll owing s pec ic atio ns: 1 28 x 128 reso luti on at 15 frame s per se con d (fps ) No[...]

30 Sel ect t he dest inati on fol der that t he co nver ted l e will be s aved to. Y ou may al so cho ose to pre ser ve the o rig inal asp ect r atio. St ar t the c onvers ion. Whe n the c onvers ion is c ompl ete, co py the co nver ted l es to your p layer for pl aybac k. 3. 4. VIDE O C ONV E RSION[...]

3 1 WI NDO WS ME D IA P L A YER Wi ndow s Me dia Pl ayer 9 ( WM P9) Y ou c an use Wi ndows Me dia Pl ayer 9 ( W MP 9 ) an d a U SB - MSC conne cti on to mana ge you r musi c med ia libra r y with M icr osof t W indows 9 8S E /M E/ 20 00 . Mu sic Fil e T ra nsf er s T o tr ansfer  les us ing WM P9: Run Wi ndow M edia Player 9 Co nnect yo ur playe[...]

32 WI NDO WS ME D IA P L A YER Wi ndow s Me dia Pl ayer 10 ( WMP10) Y ou c an use W indo ws Me dia Player 10 ( WM P1 0) an d a U SB - MT P c onne cti on to man age your musi c media l ibrar y w ith M icro sof t Win dows X P or newer. Mu sic Fil e T ra nsf er s T o tr ansfer  les us ing WM P10: Run Wi ndow M edia Player 10 Co nnect yo ur player t[...]

33 Se lec t a pl ayli st fr om th e “Sy nc Li st ” dro p- dow n me nu. Cli ck “ Star t S ync ” to star t tra nsfer rin g the l es in th e selec ted p laylist . Fo r mor e inf or mati on and su ppo r t re gar din g music t ran sfe r and sy nchr oni zati on wit h Wi ndow s Med ia Play er ( WM P), ple ase s ee th e hel p sec tio n incl ude [...]

34 T o cr eate play lists u sing W MP10: Run Wi ndow M edia Player 10 Select “Librar y ” and then drag the desired song( s) to the “Now Playing List” on the right side. Highlight al l of the songs i n the “Now Pla y ing List” and then use the mouse to right-click the list. Choose “ Add to ” and then “ Additional Playlis ts... ” [...]

35 Sel ect “ New ” an d enter the p laylis t name, th en cli ck “O K”. A new playli st wil l be cre ated. Aut oma ti c Win dow s Med ia Pla ylis t Syn chr oni zat io n By defau lt, WM P is set to tran sfer and sync hro nize le s m anually. Y o u c an ch oose to have Wi n - dows Me dia Pl ayer aut omati call y syn chro nize yo ur p laylis[...]

36 Clic k “O K” to s tar t th e synch roniz atio n. Whe n synch roniz atio n is co mplete, di sco nnec t your player f rom t he co mputer. T ur n on your pl ayer and sel ect “ Mu sic”. The sy nchro nized p laylist ( s ) f rom W MP w ill have bee n adde d under th e “P laylist ” c ateg or y . 4. 5. 6. 7.[...]

37 F IR M W ARE UP D A TE S From t ime to t ime, C OBY m ay rel ease r mware update s to impr ove M P- C9 45 per fo rma nce or to add addit iona l f eature s. Please chec k the CO BY web site at ww w.cobyus a.co m per iod ica lly to s ee if new  rmwa re ( and up date inst ruc tio ns ) h ave been re lease d for your p layer . If you are exp er[...]

38 COBY El ec tro nic s T e chn ica l Sup por t Hou rs: Mo nday to Friday , 8:30 A M –1 1:00 PM EST Satur day to Sund ay , 9:0 0 AM –1 1 :0 0 PM EST Email: tec hsuppo r t@c obyus a.co m Phon e: 80 0 - 6 81-2629 o r 7 18 - 4 16 - 31 97 Web: w w w .co byusa.c om TR OUBLE SHOO T ING If you have a pr oble m with t his playe r , ple ase re ad the t [...]

39 TR OUBLE SHOO T ING The p layer w ill n ot play my vi deo  le . Ensure t hat the vid eo le wil l p lay o n yo ur com puter usin g W indo ws Medi a Pl ayer 10. If the le wo rks on t he c ompute r , us e the sam e co mputer to c onver t t he vide o. I can not tr ans fe r le s to t he pl ayer. Ensure t hat your c omp uter is r unnin g a[...]

40 SP E CIF ICA TION S Dis play T ype 1 .5 ” T r ue - Co lor O LED Dis play Res oluti on 1 28 x 128 Mem or y 4G B 1” Micr o- H DD 250 0 l e/ folde r system lim it Audi o Forma t Suppo r t MP 3, WM A , WA V Vi deo For mat Supp or t MPEG - 4 (XviD): 1 28 x 128, 15fps Photo For mat Su ppor t JPEG Son g Info Sup por t ID3 , Wind ows Me dia PC In[...]

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