Olympus MR-500i manual

MR-500i m:robe USER’S MANUAL HDD Motion Music Pl ayer 00MR500i_E.book Page 1 Thursday, November 4, 2004 6:22 PM[...]

2 For customers in North and South America For customers in Europe “CE” mar k indic ates th at th is prod uct co mplies wi th t he Euro pean req uiremen ts for sa fety, heal th, env iron ment and cu stom er p rotec tion . “C E” mark pla yers ar e in ten ded f or sa les i n Europe . For cus tom er s in USA Declaratio n of C onformity Tested [...]

3 Intro duc tio n Introduction Thank yo u for purchasing t he Olympu s HDD Motion Music Play er m:robe MR- 500i. The ref erence ma nuals for you r m:robe c onsist of the following three guide s. To ensure co rrect and safe use of your m:r obe, please read the manual s before us ing your m:robe and refer to them when ever nece ssary during use. QUIC[...]

4 Introduc tion Voluntary radio interferen ce control • This equipm ent is a Class B digit al device based on th e standards of the Voluntary Control Counc il for Interfe rence by Informa tion Tech nolog y Equipme nt (VC CI). This equipmen t is d esigned fo r use in a home environ ment, but i t may caus e interferen ce to radi o or televisio n re[...]

5 Intro duc tio n About stored music and photos Olympu s accepts no respo nsibility for any da mage due to loss or in ability to play back music or ph oto data result ing fr om malf unctio n of this produc t or the co mputer. About sample images, tracks and templa tes incorpora ted into this product The copyri ghts of the sample im ages, tracks, an[...]

6 How to use this manual How to u se this ma nual This ma nual conta ins a table of con tents and index whi ch allows yo u to immedi ately re fer to a fu nction you would like to use or find inform ation on. Searching from the table of contents ( g page 8) The ti tles i n thi s manual are l isted. Titl es are a rrang ed acco rding to the ta sk yo u[...]

7 Fea tures Features • With a hard disk drive of 2 0 GB, you can t ransfer and store a pproximately 5,000 musi c tracks *1 or 20,000 photos *2 to enjoy anytime, anywhere. • You can en joy three features: MUSIC, PHOT O, and REM IX *3 . • T he supplied Music/Photo Organizat ion Software “m:trip” en ables you to visit music download sto res [...]

8 Table of cont ents Table of contents Introd uction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 How to u se this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features . . . . . . . [...]

9 Table of content s Adding a track to “FAVORITES” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 PHOTO 46 Taking a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Basic operations of the “SHOOT” mode . . . . . . . . [...]

10 Table of cont ents Playin g back on a TV 93 Setting th e vide o sign al type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Connectio n and playba ck on a TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Setting your m:robe 96 Setting [...]

11 Read this fir st Safety Prec autions Read this first Safety Prec autions Before us ing this prod uct, rea d this first to ensure that you know how to ope rate it safely and correct ly. Various sym bols are used to warn of hazard s to yours elf and oth ers and prevent damage to property through misuse of t his produ ct. The symb ols and thei r me[...]

12 Read this firs t Safety Precautions • Stop u sing t his pr oduct imme diately when thunde r has occur red. Failure to do so may ca use electric shoc k. Disconn ect the AC adapter and refra in from using . • Do not use wh ile walk ing or dri ving. Doing so may cau se injury or a cciden t. Never wa tch the on screen display while driving. • [...]

13 Read this fir st Safety Prec autions • Avo id touching the metal case of the device for long periods of time. – The d evice be comes hot duri ng cont inued use. Prolong ed c ontact wi th me tal part s may result in minor burns. – If expose d to extre me low te mperat ures, the te mpera ture of the de vice ex terior will also dro p. This ma[...]

14 Read this firs t Safety Precautions • Do not appl y excessive pre ssure to the liquid c rystal display. This may cause sme ars, prevent phot os from being play ed bac k properly, or damage th e liquid crysta l display. Sho uld the liquid cr ystal displ ay break, avoid ge tting any of the liquid cr ystal in your mo uth. If it cont acts your ski[...]

15 Read this fir st Safety Prec autions Caution • Be su re to cha rge bat teries wi thin the tempe rature r ange of 5 °C - 35 °C/41 °F - 95 ° F. If not, ex plosion, fire, battery le akag e or other dama ge may resul t. • Do no t put an ythin g heavy on the cr adle or leave it in an unst able positio n or in a hum id pla ce. Th is ma y cause[...]

16 Read this firs t Safety Precautions This pr oduct i ncludes a built -in hard disk. H ard disks are sensiti ve to env ironmen tal co nditions such as j olting, vibrat ion, tem peratur e, etc. Please take n ote of the follow ing wa rnings. I f this product is not u sed i n accor dance with these w arnings, malf unction, dam age, or loss of data ma[...]

17 Read this fir st Safety Prec autions The buil t-i n batt ery is excl usiv ely fo r use wit h the HDD Mot ion Musi c Player m:robe MR-500i . Neve r use it in other equipme nt. • Discharging The buil t-i n batt ery self -di scharg es whi le it is not in use. Be sure to ch arge it r egular ly be fore us e. We recom mend cha rging the built-in bat[...]

18 Read this firs t Con tro ls: loc ati on an d func tio n Controls: location and functio n Device Front *1 Press to turn on your m:r obe. Press and hold until the LED flashes to turn off yo ur m:robe ( g page 27 ). Press when your m:robe is turne d on to toggle HO LD on or off ( g pag e 22). *2 You can ope rate your m:robe by the t ouch pane l ( g[...]

19 Read this fir st Controls : loc ation a nd fun ction About the liquid crystal display (“HOME” screen) The liqui d crystal displ ay is used as the touch panel. Touch a n icon display ed with your finge r lightly to op erate. In bri ght area s, ima ges on the sc reen may be diff icul t to see. No. Item Explanation A MUSIC Touch to disp lay the[...]

20 Read this firs t Con tro ls: loc ati on an d func tio n About the re maining bat tery in dicati on Remote You can c ontrol certai n music functi ons with the remo te. Battery indicator Explanation The batt ery is fully charged. / Low ba ttery. The batt ery is empty. Charg e the batt ery. No. Item Explan ation A Add to FAVORITES Press and hold to[...]

21 Read this fir st Controls : loc ation a nd fun ction Connecting the remote and hea dphones Conn ect the rem ote and he adphon es to the dev ice as shown be low. Notes • Set the volume level to mini mum before w earing headphones to avoid hurting your ears. • Do not rais e the volume excessively. L oud sounds can caus e hearing loss. To Re mo[...]

22 Read this firs t Preventing unintention al operations Preventing unintentional operations – HOLD function This is us ed to prevent unintent ional opera tions when ca rrying your m:robe in a pocket or a bag. Setting the HOLD functio n of the device to ON Press HOLD when the device is turned on. The scre en d isappears a nd the touch panel becom[...]

23 Getting Starte d Setting up y our m: rob e Getting Started Setting up your m:robe Charging the battery 1 Connect th e AC cord to the AC adapte r. 2 Connec t the AC a dapter t o the DC IN 5V jack of the cradl e. 3 Plug the AC c ord into a wall ou tlet. 4 After chec king t hat yo ur m:rob e is turne d off, p lace it i n its c radle. Chargi ng star[...]

24 Getting Starte d Setting up m:tri p Setting up m:trip Operatin g system re quirements The followi ng systems are re quired for m:tri p operation. • OS: Wi ndows 2 000 Pr ofessional , Window s XP Professiona l/Home E dition • CPU: Penti um III 500 MH z or later • RAM: 128 MB or m ore (256 M B or more recomm ended) • HD spac e: at lea st 2[...]

25 Getting Starte d Settin g up m:trip Installing the Mus ic/Photo Or ganization Software “m:trip” 1 Turn on yo ur com puter a nd insert the su pplied CD-RO M into the CD- ROM dr ive. The s creen bel ow ap pears . 2 Click the [m:trip] bu tton. After the I nst all Wi zard s cr een ap pear s, f ollow the on-sc reen i nst ruct ions. 3 Click [Fi ni[...]

26 Getting Starte d Setting up m:tri p Importing music/photos to m:trip Importing music You can im port music fro m audio CDs. When i mportin g audio data fro m your au dio CD, the fil e format will be WMA. File s ca nnot b e imp orte d as MP 3 fi les w ith m: trip. 1 Insert an audio CD into your computer. m:tri p auto matic ally runs and the scree[...]

27 Getting Starte d Transferring music/photos from m:trip to your m:robe Transferring musi c/photos from m :trip to your m:robe Turning on your m:robe Press POWER. To turn off your m:rob e Press and hol d POWE R unti l the LED fl ash es. Connecting to your computer 1 Check that “USB CO NNECTION” of yo ur m:robe i s set to “PC. ” A Touch in [...]

28 Getting Starte d Transfe rring music/photo s from m: trip to y our m:robe C Check t hat “PC” i s sele cted. If “PC” i s not sel ected , touc h “PC.” D Touch “O K.” The “m :robe SET TINGS” scre en reappe ars. To return to the “H OME” screen Touch in the botto m right co rner of the scre en. 2 Connec t your m:ro be to your [...]

29 Getting Starte d Transferring music/photos from m:trip to your m:robe Starting tra nsfer After you c onnect yo ur m:robe to your compute r, m:trip auto matical ly runs. To star t tra n sferri ng, click the [Sync] bu tton in the bottom right of your m:tr ip screen. Th en, click [Start] in the display tha t pops up to beg in transfer . During tran[...]

30 Getting Starte d Abo ut syn chr oniza tion betwe en y our m: robe and m:trip About synchroni zation between your m :robe and m:trip Connec ting your m :robe and your compute r allows you to syn chronize and transfe r music/phot o/remix da ta either way b etween your m:robe and m :trip. T his func tion i s called “sync hronizati on.” For exa [...]

31 Getting Starte d About synch ronization be tween your m:robe and m:trip About image file synchronization You can set photos take n on your m:ro be or stored on m: trip not to synch ronize by un checki ng the “Sync Checkb ox.” You ca n also dele te them on you r m:robe ( g p age 62). If you de lete ima ge files on your m:ro be, and then sync [...]

32 MUSIC Listening to the music MUSIC In “MUSI C,” the “ PLAY” m ode allow s you to perf orm music pla yback opera tions ( g page 3 2). Th e “SEARC H” mode na rrows dow n your search , using categori es ( g page 4 0). This ch apter is an i n trodu ction to the f unctions of “ MU SIC.” To display th e “MUSI C” screen Turn on you [...]

33 MUSI C Listening to the music No. Item Exp lanation A Curre ntly pla yed Indicat es the tr ack cu rrently/ to be pl ayed. B “REMIX”/“PHOTO”/ “HOME” select Touch to display the screen to s elect “ REMIX”/ “ PHOTO”/ “ HOME” and display their respective screens. C Elapse d time The elap sed pla yback time is displaye d. D Mo[...]

34 MUSIC Listening to the music To selec t the de sired trac k or albu m You ca n search an d select the tr ack or a lbum in the “SE ARCH ” mode ( g page 4 0). No. Item Exp lanation N REPE AT indic ator Indica tes that “REP EAT ” is se t to “O NE” o r “AL L” ( g page 35). O RANDOM indicator Indicate s that “RANDOM” is set to “[...]

35 MUSI C Listening to the music Playing tracks in ra ndom order/repeatedly You can set your m: robe to play back the tra cks displayed in “PLAY” mode trac k list in random order. Y ou can also set to play ba ck one t rack or all the tracks in the li st repe ated ly. 1 Touch in the bo ttom right corner o f the “MUSIC” screen. The “P LAYBA[...]

36 MUSIC Listening to the music Viewing track information –“ i n f o ” You ca n view the a lbum info rmatio n and jacke t photo of th e trac k displayed at the top of th e screen. To display th e “info” screen Touch repea tedly un til “info” a ppears be side the trac k/arti st name at the top of the “PL AY” mo de screen. * When t [...]

37 MUSI C Listening to the music Viewing lyric s –“ l y r i c s ” You ca n view th e lyrics of th e track di splayed at th e top of the scr een. To display th e “lyrics” screen Touch repea tedly un til “lyrics” ap pears be side the trac k/artist nam e at the top of the “PLAY” mode screen. * When th ere ar e no lyri cs, “NO L YRI[...]

38 MUSIC Listening to the music Using the equalizer –“ E Q ” Accordi ng to the m usic genre and w here you a re listen ing, you can ch oose one of 16 equali zer settings (excl u ding t he “FLAT” setti n g). You can also customi ze the equ alizer se ttings (USE R SETTING). Equalizer settings of your m:robe 1 Touch repeatedly until “EQ”[...]

39 MUSI C Listening to the music Customizing the equalizer level 1 Touch the equalizer l evel dis play in the l eft section of the sc reen. The lev el adjust s creen ap pears. 2 Touc h to ra ise t he l evel, or t ouch to lowe r the leve l. After ad justment, tou ch outside th e leve l adjust scree n to retur n to t h e pr evious scr een. “USER SE[...]

40 MUSIC Searching and playing the desired track Searching and playing the desired track –“ S E A R C H ” m o d e In the “SE ARCH” mode, you can search for a trac k by a categ ory, such as “PLA YLISTS, ” “ALBU MS,” etc. You ca n also narrow do wn the sea rch using m ultiple ca tegories . To switch the mode from “PLAY” to “SE[...]

41 MUSI C Searching and pl aying the desired track About “PLAYLIST S ” You can cre ate orig inal “PL AYLIST S” on m:trip, which can be transferre d to your m:robe when synchroni zing your m :robe and m:trip. For deta ils, refer to the m:tri p online Help . For details on synchroniz ation, refe r to “About synchr onization betwee n your m:[...]

42 MUSIC Searching and playing the desired track 2 Touc h th e des ired genre in t he l ist. 3 Touc h “A RTI STS. ” The list of a r tists appears. 4 Touc h th e desir ed ar tist in t he list . 12:34 3'21 0'21 Hello / B.I. F . ROCK ARTISTS ALBUMS ALL GENRES GENRES 12:34 3'21 0'21 Hello / B.I. F . ROCK B.I.F. J.Smith R’s ban[...]

43 MUSI C Searching and pl aying the desired track 5 Touc h “A LBUM S.” The li st of albums a ppear s. 6 Touc h th e des ired albu m in th e li st. The lis t of track s of the s electe d album appear s. 7 Touch the desired tr ack. The sele cted track is highli g hted . 12:34 3'21 0'21 Hello / B.I. F . ROCK J. Smith Best Concerto Time [...]

44 MUSIC Searching and playing the desired track 8 Touch the track again, or touch . Play back st arts, a nd the m ode sw itch es auto matic ally from “SE ARC H” to “P LAY. ” The tr acks in t h e alb um are dis playe d in the t rack list of “PLAY” mo de and pl ayed back in sequenc e. About the search records While n arrowing down the se[...]

45 MUSI C Arranging your audio files Arranging your audio files Deleting a track from your m:robe If you wa nt to delete a n audio fil e in your m:ro be, set the fi le not to be syn chronize d by unche cking the “Sync Checkb ox” besi de that m usic tra ck on m :trip. Ne xt time y ou synchro nize yo ur m:rob e and m :trip, th is file w ill not b[...]

46 PHOTO Taking a photo PHOTO “PHOT O” featur es the “SH OOT” m ode for taking a photo ( g page 46) , the “VI EW” mode to s earch fo r a photo an d view ( g pa ge 52), and the “ALBUM ” mode to add a photo to an albu m ( g page 65). This ch apter is an introduct ion to the fu n ctions of “PHOTO.” To display th e “PHOTO ” scre[...]

47 PHOTO Taking a photo No. Item Exp lanation A “MUSIC” /“REMIX”/ “HOME” select Touch to display the screen to s elect “ MUSIC”/ “ REMIX”/ “ HOM E” and display their respective screens. B Mode sel ect Touch to display the scr een to sele ct “ VI EW”/“ ALBU M ” and display their respec tive mode screens. C Disp lay on[...]

48 PHOTO Taking a photo Shooting photos 1 Switch to th e “SHOOT” mode. If th e “MUS IC” o r “REM IX” sc reen is d isplayed, touch in th e top left corner o f the scre en, then touch “ PHOTO .” If th e “VIEW” or “ALBUM ” mode screen of “PHOTO” is displ ayed, touc h in the top ri ght corne r of the screen, then touch “ S[...]

49 PHOTO Taking a photo Setting the album to store captured photos You can set an album created on you r m:robe or m:t rip to which you c an store new ph otos. You ca n also add pho tos whic h you have take n to album s in the “A LBUM ” mode ( g pa ge 65). 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “SHOOT” mode sc reen. The “PHOTO SHOOT [...]

50 PHOTO Taking a photo Setting im age size Image size can be set to “12 80×96 0 pixels” or “640×480 pi xels.” • “12 80×960 pixels”: width 1280 × height 960 p ixels This size is suit able for di splaying on the computer or pr inting. • “64 0×480 pixels”: width 640 × height 480 pixels This size is suit able for di splaying [...]

51 PHOTO Taking a photo Setting the photo light The phot o light can be used when taking phot os in a dark pl ace. •O F F Phot o light turned off. •O N Always on i n the “SHOOT” mode of “PHOTO.” 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “SHOOT” mode sc reen. The “PHOTO SHOOT SETTINGS” screen appears. 2 Touch “OFF” o r “O[...]

52 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Viewing/searching for a photo –“ V I E W ” m o d e In the “VIEW ” mod e, you can v iew a photo taken on your m:robe , or a pho to tra nsferred f rom m :trip b y synchron izing. Yo u can search for a ph oto using one of the follo wing 3 methods: “all” ( g pa ge 54) -search by t humbnai ls of all p[...]

53 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo No. Item Exp lanation A “MUSIC” /“REMIX”/ “HOME” select Touch to display the screen to s elect “ MUSIC”/ “ REMIX”/ “ HOM E” and display their respective screens. B Highli ght Indicates the select ed photo. C Mode nam e The current mod e name “V IEW” is displaye d. D Searc h met ho[...]

54 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Searching by thumbnails of all photos in your m : robe – Search method “all” 1 If the sea rch method “a ll” screen is no t displayed , touch repeat edly until “all” appears a t the top right of the screen . 2 Touch a p hoto, selecting from the thum bnail list usi ng (next) or (previous). The sel [...]

55 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo 3 Touc h th e pho to ag ain . The select ed photo is disp layed in full screen. To return to the thu mbnail list screen Touch outside the re gion of the o peratio n icons. Tips • The current position (current photo/total number of photos) is displayed on the screen. • Touch to display the next photo. Tou[...]

56 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Searching by album – Search method “album” On the search method “album” screen, only the photos in a lbums and “FAVORITES” are displayed. You can add a photo to an album or “FAVORITES” by doing one of the following: • Set an album to store newly-ca ptured photos ( g pa ge 49). • Add a ph [...]

57 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo Searching by shooting date – Search method “calendar” 1 If the sea rch method “c alendar” screen is not display ed, touch repeatedly u ntil “calenda r” appears at th e top right of t he screen. 2 Select the shooting y ear using (next ) or (previous), a nd touch the shooting month . The p hotos [...]

58 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo 3 Touch the date, selectin g from the list u s ing (next) or (previous). The photo in the selected da te is highligh ted. 4 Touc h th e pho to. The select ed photo is disp layed in full screen. To return to the shootin g date selection screen Touch outside the re gion of the o peratio n icons. Tips • The cur[...]

59 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo Slid e show You ca n view photo s in a slide show w hen is display ed at the bott om of the scr een in the “VIE W” mode. After selec ting a photo or an item such as an album, date , etc., touch . Th e slide show begin s from the selecte d photo or the first photo of the sel ected item. You ca n also chan[...]

60 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Removing photos from albums On the sear ch me thod “a lbum” sc reen, you can remov e photo s from album s. Photos r emoved from a lbums r emain on your m:robe. Removing all photos from an album 1 Display t he album you wan t to remove on th e search me thod “album” sc reen. 2 Touc h at the bo ttom o f [...]

61 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo Removing a single photo from an album 1 Display the photo you want to remove i n full screen from the search method “albu m” scree n. 2 Touc h at the bo ttom o f th e scre en. “Rem ove photo fro m album ” and “D elete ph oto” appe ar on the scre en. 3 Touc h “Re mov e pho to fr om al bum .” 4[...]

62 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Deleting photos from your m:robe You c an delete photos fr om your m :rob e when is display ed at t he botto m of the screen in the “ VIEW” mode. If you dele te the image files on your m:ro be, and th en synch ronize you r m:robe and m :trip, the “ Sync Checkb ox” of the se files will b e unchec ked au[...]

63 PHOTO Viewing/ searching fo r a photo Deleting all photos in a shooting date You ca n delete all pho tos in a shooting da te from yo ur m:robe . 1 Touc h th e sh ootin g da te y ou wa nt to dele te on the shoot ing date sele cti ng sc reen of the searc h method “calen dar.” 2 Touc h at the bo ttom o f th e scre en. 3 Touch “O K” on the ?[...]

64 PHOTO Viewing/searching for a photo Adding a photo to “FAVORITES” You can add a photo to “FAVORITES” and cr eate a “FAVORIT ES” album. Touching adds the photo displ ayed in full screen to the “FAVORITES” album, and displa y s the message “Added to FAVORIT ES.” You can view t h e “FAVORITES” album from the se arch method ?[...]

65 PHOTO Adding a photo to an album Adding a p hoto to an album – “ALBUM” m ode In the “AL BUM” m ode, you ca n add a phot o to an album stored on your m:rob e. If the “SHOOT” or “VIEW” mode screen is displayed, t ouch in the top right corner of the sc reen, then touch “ ALBUM” to switch the m ode. 1 Display t he album to a dd[...]

66 PHOTO Adding a photo to an album Changing the cont e nts of t he thumbnail list You ca n change t he thumb nail list display ed in the up per sectio n of the scree n to show pho tos in a desired album. 1 Touc h in the b otto m righ t cor ner of the “ ALBUM ” mode scr een. The “PHOTO ALBUM SETT INGS” screen appear s. 2 Touch “ALBUM” i[...]

67 REM IX Creating a remix cube REMIX In “RE MIX,” y ou can c reate yo ur own o riginal RE MIX ‘mo ntage’ wi th a com binat ion of a son g, photos and a remix temp late, which we call a “remix cu be.” “RE MIX” featu res “SET” mode for cre ating a remix cube, and “PLAY” mode for p laying bac k a remi x cube. This ch apter is [...]

68 REMIX Creating a remix cube Preset re mix templat es in your m: robe Various te mplates ar e availa ble to use on your m:robe . Some of them are shown in the list below. Basic operations of the “SET” mode Tips • There is a limitat ion on the number of photos you can use for a re mix cube. This number dif fers depending on the templa te. ?[...]

69 REM IX Creating a remix cube No. Item Exp lanation A “MUSIC”/“PHOTO ”/ “HOME” select Touch to display the screen to s elect “ MUSIC”/ “ PHOTO”/ “ HOME” an d display their res pective s creens. B Templat e icon Touch to displa y the “-TE M PLATE- ” screen, w here you s elect the temp late ( g page 7 1). C Mode name The[...]

70 REMIX Creating a remix cube How to cre a te a re mix cube There a re two ways t o create a r emix cube: u sing either the “AUTO SET” feature, o r the defa ult (AUTO SET - OFF). • AUTO SET-OFF ( g page 71) You ca n create a remix cube with your own selecti on by setti ng a song, phot os and a templ ate. You can create a remix cube selecting[...]

71 REM IX Creating a remix cube Creating your own selection (AUTO SET- OFF) You ca n create a remix cu be by setti ng a song, phot os and a tem plate. Check whethe r “AUTO-SET” is set to “OF F” foll owin g the pro cedur e “To set “AUT O SET”” ( g page 70). 1 Select a song, p hotos and a t emplate. You ca n select from the desired it[...]

72 REMIX Creating a remix cube • Selecting photos Select a phot o albu m. A Touch t he albu m icon in the m iddle of t he “SET ” mode screen to display the phot o selec tion screen . The “- PHOT O-” scre en appe ars. B Touch an album, sele cting from th e list using (nex t) or (previous). The “S ET” mode s creen rea ppears, and th e a[...]

73 REM IX Creating a remix cube • S electing a song A Touch the song icon on the ri ght of the “SE T” mode scre en to display the song select ion screen . The “- MUSIC-” s creen appe ars. B Touch a song , selectin g from the list using (next) or (previo us). The “S ET” mode s creen rea ppears, and th e song is set. Tips • Only the s[...]

74 REMIX Creating a remix cube 2 Set the photo selec tion method. There is a limitat ion on the number of p hotos you can u se for a r emix cube pl ayba ck. You can set to select pho tos from an al bum rando mly, or from the fi rst photo in the a lbum. A Touch in the bottom ri ght of the “R EMIX” screen. The “R EMIX SETTINGS” screen appe ar[...]

75 REM IX Creating a remix cube 3 Save the r emix cu be. Touch at the bottom of the scree n, then touch “OK ” in the displ ayed “SAV E” message screen. The “SAVI NG” screen is display ed, and the r emix cube is saved. Th e mode switch es automati cally from “SET” to “PLAY .” For de tails on how t o play back a remix cu be, refer[...]

76 REMIX Creating a remix cube Creating a remix cube with the song currently playing or photos curr ently displaye d (AUTO SET-ON) You can c reate a re mix cub e with the son g current ly playi ng in “MUS IC,” or the photos currently d isplayed in the “VI EW” mode of “PHOTO.” • Switch ing the “MU SIC” scre en to the “REMIX” sc[...]

77 REM IX Creating a remix cube Switch t o the “REM IX” screen while displayi ng an album with the search method “album” s creen in t he “V IEW” mode of “PHOTO.” Touch in the t op left c orner of the “PHOT O” sc reen, then t ouch “ REMIX .” The “SET” mode scree n appears. The name of the album which has be en displayed ([...]

78 REMIX Playing a remix cube Playing a remix cube – “PLAY” mode To switch the mode fro m “SET” to “PLAY” Touch in the top righ t corner of th e screen, the n touch “ PLAY.” How to play a remix cube 1 Select the remix cube tha t you want to p lay on the “PLAY” mode screen. Display th e remix cube u sing (nex t) or (previous). [...]

79 REM IX Playing a remix cube Playing a remix cube repeatedly You ca n set to play bac k a remix cube or all rem ix cubes in your m :robe repe atedly. 1 Touc h in the bo tt om rig ht co rner of th e scr een. The “REMIX S ETTINGS” scree n appears. 2 Touch “ONE” or “A LL” in “REPEAT.” • “ONE” : play back on e remix cub e repe a[...]

80 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Printing photos You can pri nt photos by c onnecting yo ur m:robe and a PictBr idge-comp atible prin ter using the supp lied dedic ated USB cable. You can pri nt phot os in t he “VIE W” m ode of “PHO TO.” This chapt er explains how to print phot os. Printing with a PictBr i[...]

81 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Connecting to your printer 1 Check that “USB CO NNECTION” of your m:robe i s set to “PRINT ER.” A Touch in the bottom right corn er of the “HO ME” scre en. The “m: robe S ETTIN GS” s creen appears . B Touch “USB CONNECTION.” The “ USB CON NEC TIO N” scr een [...]

82 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer 2 Connec t your m:ro be to the Pict Bridge-compatibl e printer usin g the sup plied dedicate d USB cable. A Turn on the printer, and connec t the suppli ed dedic ated US B cable t o the USB jac k of the prin ter. For deta ils on how to turn o n your printer, a nd the l ocation o f [...]

83 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer C Connec t the d edicated USB c able to the USB jack of the cradle, with the ar row mark s on the connect or facing down, the n place your m:robe (already turned on) in the cra dle. The “CONNECTING” screen a p pears on your m:robe afte r connecting to the prin ter. After a whil[...]

84 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Printing photos After c onnecti ng to t he prin ter, if t he “PHO TO” scre en is n ot displa yed, touc h on the “ HOM E” screen, or touch in the to p left co rner of t he “MUSIC”/ “REMIX” sc reen, then touch “ PHOTO.” If th e “VI EW” mo de s creen of “PHOT[...]

85 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Printing in the “PRINT”/“MULTI PR INT” mode 1 Select the photo to prin t. • Printing the photo highlight ed on the search method “all” sc reen A If t h e se arch method “all” scr een is not displayed, touch repeate dly u ntil “ all” appe ars at the top right o[...]

86 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer 2 Touch at the bottom of the screen. The “SELE CT PRINT MODE ” screen appears. 3 Touc h “P RINT ” or “MUL TI PR INT .” The “PRIN T INFO” screen appea rs. 4 Set the num ber of copies i n “# OF PRINTS” using (increase) or (decrease). 5 Touch “NONE,” “DATE”[...]

87 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer 6 Touc h . The “P RINT” screen a p pear s. 7 Touc h “P RINT .” Print ing s tarts, an d the “N OW PR INTI NG” s creen ap pears . If you wa nt to cancel printing mid -way, touc h “SUSPE ND,” then touc h “CAN CEL.” The scr een disp layed in step 1 reappears a f ter[...]

88 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Printing in the “PRINT ALL”/“I NDEX PRINT” mode 1 Select the item to print . • Printing all photos i n an album A If the searc h method “al bum” screen is not displa yed, touc h re peatedly un til “album ” appea rs at the top right of the sc reen. B Select t he de[...]

89 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer • Printing all photos i n a shooting date A If the searc h method “ca lendar” scre en is not displa yed, touch repeat edly until “ calendar” appears at the to p right of the sc reen. B Select the shoot ing year usi ng (next) or (previ ous), and touc h the shooting m onth.[...]

90 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer 2 Touch at the bottom of the screen. The “SELE CT PRINT MODE ” screen appears. 3 Touch “PRINT ALL” o r “INDEX PRINT.” The “PRIN T INFO” screen appea rs. 4 Set the num ber of copies i n “# OF PRINTS” using (increase) or (decrease). 5 Touch “NONE,” “DATE” [...]

91 Printing photos Printi ng with a PictBridge -compat ible printer 6 Touc h . The “P RINT” screen a p pear s. 7 Touc h “P RINT .” Print ing s tarts, an d the “N OW PR INTI NG” s creen ap pears . If you wa nt to cancel printing mid -way, touc h “SUSPE ND,” then touc h “CAN CEL.” The screen displayed in step 1 reappea rs after pr[...]

92 Printing photos Printin g with a PictBridge -compat ible printer Changing the paper settings You ca n change t he settin gs of the print ing paper. No rmal ly, th e se tting s of th e pri ntin g pap er fo llo w the STAN DA RD se tting s of your prin ter. • SIZE The paper size setting value dif fers depending on the printer. • BORDE R – STA[...]

93 Playing back on a TV Setti ng t he vide o signal type Playing back on a TV You ca n enjoy pla yback of mu sic, photos or re mix by con necting to you r TV using t he supplied A V cable. Setting the video signal type Set the vide o signal to NTSC or PAL according to your TV vi deo signal typ e. About vide o signals • NTSC (Nati onal Television [...]

94 Playing back on a TV Connection and playback on a TV Connection and playback on a TV 1 Connec t the cradl e and the TV us ing the s upplied AV ca ble, and c onnect the AC adapter to the cra dle. 2 Place yo ur m:robe in it s cradle. Notes • Set the TV volume to minimum when connecting the AV cable to the TV. • Adjust your m :robe volume obs e[...]

95 Playing back on a TV Connection and playback on a TV 3 Play bac k the mus ic, photo (incl uding slide sh ow), or remix c ube that you w ant to output to the TV, then adj ust the volume of your m:rob e and your TV. 4 Pre ss H OLD on y our m:r obe . The sc reen b eing di splayed is ou tput to the TV. To stop the TV output Press HOLD. Tip You can p[...]

96 Setting your m:robe Settin g the di splay language Setting yo ur m:robe Setting the display language You can set a desired display la nguage. If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e top l eft co rner of t he scre en, the n touc h “ HOME. ” 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “HOME” screen to display the “m[...]

97 Setting your m:robe Setting t he date and t ime Setting the date and time You can se t the date an d time. (The time is displ ayed at the b otto m left o f the sc reen.) If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e top l eft co rner of t he scre en, the n touc h “ HOME. ” 1 Touch in t he bottom right c orner of the “HO ME?[...]

98 Setting your m:robe Setting the date and time 4 Set the hour and minute using (forward) or (back). Touc h to select 24 h our in dication . 5 Touc h “OK .” The “ m:robe SETT INGS” sc reen reappe ars, an d th e setti ng is c omplet e. To return to the “HOM E” screen Touch in the bottom ri ght corne r of the screen. Tip To cancel the s [...]

99 Setting your m:robe Turnin g the beep s ound on/ off Turning the beep sound on/off You ca n turn the beep sound of your m :robe on or of f. If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e top l eft co rner of t he scre en, the n touc h “ HOME. ” 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “HOME” screen to display the “m :[...]

100 Setting your m:robe Setting the brightness an d the back light time o f the LCD screen Setting the brightness and the backlight time of the LCD screen You c an adjust the bri ghtness of the screen, and set the dur ation fo r the ba ckligh t to turn o n aft er opera ting yo ur m:robe. If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e[...]

101 Setting your m:robe Settin g the Off Timer Setting the Off Timer You ca n set your m: robe to turn off after a spec ified tim e. If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e top l eft co rner of t he scre en, the n touc h “ HOME. ” 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “HOME” screen to display the “m :robe SETTI[...]

102 Setting your m:robe Resetting the settings Resetting the setti ngs You can res et all m:ro b e setti ngs to the def ault setting s. If the “HOME ” scree n is n ot displaye d, tou ch in th e top l eft co rner of t he scre en, the n touc h “ HOME. ” 1 Touch in the bot tom right corner o f the “HOME” screen to display the “m :robe SE[...]

103 Additional Information Using your m : robe as an ex ternal har d disk dri ve Additional Information Using your m:robe as an external hard di sk drive The comp uter can re cogni ze your m: robe as an ext ernal hard di sk drive. You ca n store non-a udio/ima ge data an d carry it wi th you. Cleaning Exter ior Wipe gently with a sof t cloth. If th[...]

104 Additional Information Notes when you dispose of your m:robe Notes when you dispose of your m:robe Remov e the built-i n batter y when you dispose of this pro duct. Nev er disassem ble this pro duct exc ept when disp osing of it. Warning • Keep the built-in battery out of the reach of children. Failure to do so may cau se acci dent or injury [...]

105 Additional Information Notes when you dispose of your m:robe 3 Remove th e rear cabinet. 4 Lift the ha rd disk. 5 Remove th e built-in battery. Remov e the two-side d tape from t he bat tery, li ft it ou t, and disconn ect th e conn ector. Two-side d tape 00MR500i_E.book Page 105 Thursday, November 4, 2004 6:22 PM[...]

106 Additional Information Troubles hooti ng 6 Tape the c able to the batte ry body, and put the battery in a plastic b ag, etc. Cover th e connec tor with tape before you put the bat tery in a plast ic bag. Troubleshooti ng Before sending the p roduct f or re pair, refer to the f ollowing check list to re solve t he prob lem. If the problem persis[...]

107 Additional Information Troubl eshooting Touch Panel do es not work. The HOLD fu n ction i s set to ON. Press HOLD to release th e H OLD function. 22 The devi ce beco mes hot. The temp erature of th e device incr eases afte r exte nd ed per iod s of operat ion. This is not a malfun ction. – The ba ttery discharges so on after c harging. The ba[...]

108 Additional Information Troubles hooti ng Rebooting your m:robe If a problem persists afte r trying the sugge sted solution , rebooting yo ur m:robe ma y solve the pr oblem. To reboo t your m:robe, pre ss , and MODE on the remote for 3 sec onds simultane ously. If the probl em persists ev en after re booting yo ur m:robe, co ntac t your neares t[...]

109 Additional Information Error message l ist Error m essage list Error mes sages of the devi ce Error messages Cause Soluti on BATTERY E M PTY The ba ttery is empty. Cha rge the ba ttery. REMAINING STORAGE CAPAC ITY IS 0 The fil e you are tr ying to store is beyond the re maining capaci ty, or there is no t enough space on the hard disk. Delete u[...]

110 Additional Information Error message list Error mes sages w hen settin g for dir ect prin ting Error messages Cause Soluti on FAILED TO CONNECT CHECK YOUR CONNECTION AND TRY AGAIN This prod uct is no t connect ed cor rectl y to the pri nte r. Reconne ct this prod uct an d the printer corre ctly. NO PAPER There is no paper in t he printe r. Load[...]

111 Additional Information Servic e and maint enanc e Service and maintenance • The prod uct will c ome with a warranty ca rd. Make sur e that the dea ler name an d purch ase date are w ritten or stamped on the warrant y. If any of the ne cessary info rmation is m issing, conta ct the dealer. Please read through t he warrant y and store it in a s[...]

112 Additional Information Specifications Specificati o ns Product name DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER Model name MR-500i Built- in batter y Lithiu m-polymer r echargeable battery Weight Approx . 210 g (8 oz.) (body only) Dimen sions Approx . 109 × 73 × 21 m m (4 3 / 8 × 3 × 27 / 32 in.) (W × H × D Prot ruding pa rts exclude d) Monitor 3. 7" TFT c[...]

113 Additional Information Specifications Camera sp ecificatio ns Numb er of e ffecti ve pixe ls 1,220,000 pixe ls (1280 × 960) Image p ickup d evice 1/4" MOS (prima ry color filter) Shutter sh ooting distance 40 cm (1 5 / 8 in .) to ) AC adapter speci fication s Type Switching re gulator Input 100 - 240 V AC , 50/60 Hz Output DC 5V, 2A Cradl[...]

114 Additional Information Index Index A AC adapter ..... ............... ............ ........... ......... ....... 15 Adding ........ ............ ............... ........... ....... 45, 64, 65 Album ... ............ ............ ......... ........... ....... 56, 60, 65 ALBUM mode ........... ............ ........... ......... .......... 65 Album[...]

115 Additional Information Index R RANDOM ......... ............ ......... ........... ............ . 20, 35 Rebooting . ............ ......... ............ ........... .............. 108 REMIX ........ ............ ............ ........ ............ ............ . 67 Remix cu be .......... ............ .............. ............ .... 67, 78 Remix[...]

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