Siren Players Siren 1GB manual

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U n p a c k i n g  Siren Flash MP3 Play er  Premium Earbuds  Carrying Case  Armband  AAA Battery  USB Cable  Installation CD  Quick Start Guide  Customer Service Card  Bonus Track List C o p y r i g h t / T r a d e m a r k s © 2006 Siren, Inc.. Al l rights reserved. Marketed by Siren, Inc., San Jose, CA 95118. Siren s[...]

T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s 1 - Getting Started Welco me .................................. 4 Player Ov ervi ew .......................... 5 LCD O vervi ew ............................. 7 Inserting the Battery ..... ..... ..... ..... 8 Connecting the Earbuds .... ..... .... .... 8 Installing the Software ................... 9 2 - Loading Your Tun[...]

1 - G et t i n g S t a r te d W e l c o m e Congratulations on your pu rchase of this Sire n digital audi o player. Thi s sl eek , ele ga nt un it fi ts i n th e p al m of yo ur han d an d pl ay s al l y our fa vo ri te MP3 and WMA files. It even doubles as a recordab le FM tuner and voice recorder. C o o l F e a t u r e s  MP3 and WMA playback [...]

P l a y e r O v e r v i e w 1 S t e r e o H e a d p h o n e J a c k - Connects to the supplied earb uds or other headphon es equipped with a 1/8” (3.5mm) stereo mi ni-plug. 2 L C D S c r e e n - Displays the current status of the player; see page 7 . 5[...]

3 C o nt r ol Pa d - C ont rol s pla yback an d sele ct s me nu opt io ns:  PLA Y/P A USE - St art s and p ause s p la yba ck.  STO P - S top s play ba ck.  PRE V - S kip s t o th e pre vio us tr ack (o r t o th e sta rt of th e curre nt tr ack ). Pre ss an d h old to s can bac kwa rd.  NE XT - S ki ps t o t he nex t t rac k. Pre s s an[...]

L C D O v e r v i e w I n d i c a t o r s : 1 EQ Setting - Displays curre nt EQ mode (Norma l, Rock, etc.) 2 Shuffle - Displays curre nt Shuffle mode (On or Off ). 3 Repeat - Displays curre nt Repeat mode (Rep eat One, Repeat All, or Off). 4 Hold - Displays curre nt Hold status (On or Off). 5 Battery Level - Displays c urrent Battery status (Full, [...]

I n s e r t i n g t h e B a t t e r y 1 R e m o v e t h e b a t t e r y co v e r a s s h o w n 2 I n s e rt t he s u p p l i e d A A A b a t t e r y , p a y i n g a t t e n t i o n t o t h e c o r r e c t p ol a r it i e s ( + a n d - ) . 3 R e p l a ce t h e c o v e r. C o n n e c t i n g t h e E a r b u d s  C o n n e c t t h e s u p p l ie d [...]

S y s t e m R e q u i r e m e n t s — Intel Penti um® II 300 MHz or above — 128 MB RAM minimum — 150 MB avail able har d drive space — USB port — CD-ROM dri ve — Operating Systems — Supported: Windows 98SE/ME/200 0/XP/Mac OS X Please note: This play er does not support the playback of playlists. You will be able to transfer playlist [...]

2 - L o a d i n g Y o u r T u n e s C o n n e c t i n g t h e P l a y e r t o y o u r C o m p u t e r In ord er t o d ow nlo ad t ra ck s to th e pl ay er, y ou mus t fi rs t c on ne ct th e p lay er to y our PC or Mac using the suppli ed USB cable. 1 Con nect the smaller end of t he supplied USB ca ble to the mini-U SB port on the player as shown.[...]

U s i n g W i n d o w s M e d i a P l a y e r You c an us e Wi ndo ws Me di a Pl ay er 9 .0 a n d 1 0 to ma nage yo ur m us ic fi le s, co py t ra cks f r o m your audio CDs, transfer tracks to the play er, and more. The followin g is an o v e r v i e w of the options on the Windows Media Player taskbar : Win dow s Me dia P lay er 9 : 1 Now Playing[...]

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 N o w P l a y i n g - W a t c h / l i s t e n t o c u r r e n t l y p l a y i n g m e d i a . 2 L i b r a r y - C r e a t e p l a y l i s t s a n d m a n a g e y o u r m e d i a f i l e s . 3 R i p - C o p y C D A u d i o t r a c k s t o W M A f o r m a t . 4 B u r n - C o p y M P 3 / W M A t r a c k s t o a r e c o r d a b l e C D . [...]

A d d i n g T r a c k s t o y o u r M e d i a L i b r a r y Win do ws Me di a Pl ay er wi ll au tom a tic al ly ga th er al l M P3 a nd /or W MA fi les o n y ou r PC i nto a med ia li b ra ry, w her e t hey c an b e p lay ed , edi ted , bur ne d to CD , or co pi ed t o y ou r di git al a udi o pla ye r. Win dow s Me dia P lay er 9 : 1 C l i c k T o[...]

1 Click Tools > Search for M edia Files (or press F3 ). 2 In the“Look in”: dialog bo x, browse to th e drive and folder where your music files are stored. 3 Click Search. 4 Wi ndo ws Me di a Pl ay er wi ll au tom ati ca ll y ad d al l tr ac ks i n the se le cte d fol de r(s ) to your library. 5 When searching is compl ete, click Close. Win d[...]

Rip pi ng Tra ck s f r om yo ur CD s Y o u c a n a l s o u s e W i n d o w s M e d i a P l a y e r t o b u i l d y o u r m u s i c l i b r a r y b y e n c o d i n g y o u r A u d i o C D ' s t o m u s i c f i l e s . Windows Media Player 9: 1 I n s e r t a n A u d i o C D . 2 C l i c k C o p y f r o m C D . T h e c o n t e n t s o f t h e C D [...]

Tra nsf er ri ng Tr ac ks to t he Pl ay er T o c o p y f i l e s f r o m y o u r P C t o t h e p l a y e r : Windows Media Player 9: 1 M a k e s u r e t h e p l a y e r i s p o w e r e d o n a n d c o n n e c t e d t o y o u r P C u s i n g t h e s u p p l i e d U S B c a b l e . 2 C l i c k C o p y t o C D o r D e v i c e . 3 U n d e r " I t [...]

U s i n g O t h e r M u s i c M a n a g e m e n t A p p l i c a t i o n s • N OTE: Many online music stor es offer their own music managemen t applications, which may or may no t be compatible with t he player. The player sup ports playback of MP3, WMA, and WM A DRM files. WMA DRM music fil es must be copied to the player via Windows Media P laye[...]

U s i n g t h e P l a y e r a s a R e m o v a b l e D r i v e I f y ou pr e f er , yo u ca n s im p ly dr a g a n d d r op f il e s t o t h e pl a ye r , w h i ch a pp e ar s as a re m ov a b le h ar d dr i ve on y ou r P C o r M a c. U si n g t h i s m e th o d, a ny t y pe of f il e (h o m ew o rk , p re se n t at i on s, pi ct u r e s, e t c . )[...]

S a f e l y D i s c o n n e c t i n g t h e P l a y e r I f y o u a r e u s in g Wi n d ow s M E/ 2 0 00 / X P , it i s r e c om m e nd ed th a t yo u s a f el y un pl u g t h e p layer as follows: 1 Dou ble-click the “Safely Remo ve Hardware” icon in the Windo ws toolbar. 2 S e l e c t t h e p l a ye r f r o m t h e l i s t o f H a r d w ar e [...]

3 – U s i n g T h e P l a y e r B a s i c O p e r a t i o n s Powering On the Player  To turn on the player, pr ess POWER button .  To turn off the player, pr ess and hold POWER butto n . Basic Playback  To play the current track , press PLAY/PAUSE .  To pause playback, press PL AY/PAUSE again.  To stop playback, press STOP .  T[...]

M a i n M e n u O v e r v i e w Press M E N U to open the Main M enu and access thes e special features: 6[...]

P l a y i n g A l b u m s , A r t i s t s & G e n r e s T h e P l ay M u s i c me nu i n c l u d e s a v a r i e t y o f w a ys t o b r o w s e a n d p l a y y o u r m u s i c . 1 P r e s s M E N U 2 S e l e c t M u s i c a n d p r e s s E N T E R . 3 S e l e c t f r o m t h e f o l l o w i n g o p t i o n s : A l l S o n g s - P l a y s a l l [...]

U s i n g t h e F M T u n e r S w i t c h i n g t o F M T u n e r M o d e 1 Press MENU . 2 Select F M Tuner and press ENTER. 3 T h e F M T u n e r L C D i s d i s p l a y e d : I n d i c a t o r s : 1 FM Frequency Slider - Graphically d isplays FM radio band. 2 Current Frequency - Displays current radio s tation frequency. 3 Volume Level - Displays[...]

U s i n g t h e F M T u n e r ( co n ti n ue d ) While you are in FM Tun er mode , you can sear ch for station s, s ave Pre sets and sele ct Pr e se t s . Please n ote, wh en a new battery is in serted and th e pl ayer i s plac ed in FM Tuner mo de, th e pl a ye r wi l l sc an a ll st a t io n s a n d co m pi l e a li s t o f cu rre n t ly a v a il[...]

F M R a d i o R e c o r d i n g & P l a y b a c k Enter FM Tuner mode Not on ly can yo u li sten to th e r adi o, you c an reco r d yo u r f a v o ri t e b ro a d c as t s a n d l i st en to t he m l ate r. 1 pr e s s ME NU an d s el ec t F M T u ne r . 2 U se t he / b ut to ns s el ec t t h e d es ir ed r ad i o st a ti on . 3 P re ss P OW ER [...]

V o i c e R e c o r d i n g & P l a y b a c k R e c o r d i n g Y o u r V o i c e Re c o r d y ou r n e xt le c t u re , o r ju s t rec or d y ou r f r i e n d s w i t h t h e b u i l t - i n v o i c e r e c o r d e r . 1 Press MENU . 2 Select Record and press E NTER. 3 Press POWER/PLAY/PAUSE to start recording. 4 P r e s s P O W E R / P L A Y [...]

A d j u s t i n g E q u a l i z e r S e t t i n g s S e t t i n g t h e 5 - B a n d E q u a l i z e r You ca n manu al ly adj ust the 5- Ban d Equ al izer to pe r s on a l iz e yo u r l i st e n in g e x pe ri e nc e . 1 P r es s M E N U . 2 S el e c t Se tt i n gs . 3 S el e c t E q u al i ze r . 4 S el e c t 5 - B an d E Q . 5 S et ea ch o f th e[...]

4 - C u s t o m i z i n g Y o u r P l a y e r I n s i d e t h e S e t t i n g s M e n u S h u f f l e / R e p e a t O p t i o n s k 1 Press MENU . 2 Select Settings and p ress ENTER. 3 Select Play Mode and pr ess ENTER. 4 Select from the following op tions:  Normal no repeat, no sh uffle  Repeat One repeats the selected song  Repeat All re[...]

P ow er Sa v i ng s O pt i on s S e t s t h e t i m e t h e p l a y e r w i l l s t a y i d l e b e f o r e a u t o m a t i c a l l y t u r n i n g o f f t o c o n s e r v e b a t t e r y l if e . 1 P r e s s M E N U . 2 S e l e ct Se t t i n g s an d p re s s E N T E R. 3 S e l e ct Po w e r S a v i n g s a n d p r e s s E N T E R. 4 S e l e ct f [...]

Q M y c o m pu t e r i s u n ab l e t o d e t e c t m y p l a y e r . A If yo ur co mpu te r i s un abl e t o d ete ct the p lay er , pl ea s e ch ec k the fo llo wi ng :  Ch ec k the s c r ee n o n y ou r p la y er to en s ur e th e d i sp la y rea ds “US B C on ne c te d” . If it do es n' t, re mov e a nd r eat tac h th e ca bl e to o[...]

Q S o m e f i l e s I h a v e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e p l a y e r d o n o t p l a y b a c k . T h e p l a y e r s i m p l y s k i p s t h e t r a c k s . A P l e a s e c h e c k t h e f o r m a t o f t h e s e f i l e s . I f t h e y a r e W M A D R M - p r o t e c t e d f i l e s t h e y w i l l on l y p l a y c or r e c t l y i f y o u t [...]

Q T h e b u t t o n s o n m y p l a y e r a r e n o t o p e r a t i n g c o r r e c t l y . A Check the Hold switch locate d on the side of the player . If i t is in the “Lock” p osition, all keys on the player ar e locked to prevent accid ental operation. Sl iding the switch back to the unlocked position wi ll restore normal functionality. Q H[...]

Q I hav e lo st or mi sp la c ed m y US B c ab l e. W he re ca n I p ur cha se a r ep lac eme nt? A You r p l ay er us es a s ta nd ar d U SB 2.0 A to m i ni -B U S B cab le . Th es e c ab les ca n b e f oun d a t ma ny c om pu te r or c o ns ume r el ec tr o ni cs st o r e. F o r ass is ta n c e lo c a ti ng a r ep lac em en t, pl ea se c on tac t[...]

T e c h n i c a l S p e c i fic a t i o n s Mo de l Na me ......................... Sir en 1GB M P3 De c o di ng F o rm a t .. .... ..... .. Co nstant or Variable bit ra te (32~320kbps), Sampling frequencies 8-48 Khz WM A De c o di ng F o rm a t ........ .... Constant bitrate (48~192kbp s), Sampling frequencies 8-48 Khz In t e rn a l M e mo r y ...[...]

C o n t a c t i n g C u s t o m e r C a r e We hope that you find usi ng your Siren digita l audio player to be in tuitive and trouble-free. However, i f you should ever need a ny assistance with using yo ur product, please feel fre e to contact our friendly c ustomer care staf f. O n l i n e For the Latest Updates and Prod uct Information, Please [...]

S i r e n L i m i t e d W a r r a n t y Who Provides the Limit ed Warranty? During the warranty period , the Siren Warranty Administrator will honor service for 90 days parts and labor from the original date of cons umer purchase. See b elow for Commercial, Industrial or Ed ucational use coverag e. Who is Protected? This warranty protects t he orig[...]

Other Warranty Cove rage Commercial, Industrial or Ed ucational use has th e same warranty c overage as stated in this warranty. What are the Exceptions? This warranty does not cover: (1) No rmal maintenance service, such as cleaning. (2) Damage from misuse, abuse neglect or accident, natural disasters or A cts of God. ( 3) Cabinetry, decorative pa[...]

I m p o r t a n t S a f e t y I n s t r u c t i o n s  Read and keep these i nstructions. Follow a ll instructions. Heed all warnings.  To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not use or operate this app aratus in or near water or wet loca tions. Do not spill liq uid on this apparat us.  Apparatus should not be exposed to drippin [...]

P r o d u c t C a r e  Exposure to extreme hot or co ld temperatures may cause damage to the play er or cause it to malfunctio n. Do not expose th e player to direct sunli ght continuously or leave it in a v ehicle with the doors and wi ndows closed. Th e case may become deform ed or discolored or t he player may malfunction. Do not use the play[...]

F C C C o m p l i a n c e Thi s dev ic e co mpl ies with Part 15 o f t he FC C Rul es. O per ation i s sub ject to the following two conditions : 1 This device may not ca use harmful interfer ence, and 2 This device must acc ept any interferenc e received, including inte rference that may cause undesired op eration. This equipment has bee n tested [...]

Content providers are using the digital rights mana gement technology for Windows Media contained in this devic e (“WM-DRM”) to pro tect the integrity of their cont ent (“Secure Content”) so that th eir intellectual proper ty, including copyright, in suc h content is not misappropriated. This device uses WM-DRM s oftware to play Secure Cont[...]

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