Transcend Information MP650 manual

MP650 Digita l Music P la y er User’s Manual[...]

2 Table of C ontents Introducti on ︱ ............................................................................................................ 5 Package C ontents ︱ ................................................................................................ . 5 Features ︱ ................................................................[...]

3 Liste ning t o the Radio ..................................................................................................... 16 Selecting a Radio Station ................................ ................................................................ 16 A djusting the Volume .....................................................................[...]

4 Partition ............................................................................................................................ 35 Log In / Log Out ............................................................................................................... 36 Chan ging your Password ......................................................[...]

5 Introducti on ︱ Thank you f or purch asing T ranscend ‟s M P65 0 , a next-generati on M P3 Pla yer that combines all the advant ages of li ghtweight portable music wit h the benefits of a USB flash d rive, and includes m any extra features such a s an FM radio, advanced digital voice recordi ng, k araoke-styl e lyrics disp l ay , A - B repeat[...]

6 Features ︱ M P3 P layer – sup ports M P3, W M A, W M A-DRM 10 (subscription m usic) and W A V m usic format s Recordable FM Radio wit h 20 statio n presets Advanced Digit al V o ic e Recorder Karaoke-style lyrics dis play Vivi d dual-color OLED scree n displays clear tex t at any angle and in any li ght V AD (V o ic e A ctivity Det ection) fo[...]

7  Do not ch arge in hig h -temperature envi ronment s or while exposed t o direct s unlight.  T o mai ntain b attery health, be sure to c omplete at least one full disch arge/charge cycle per mon th. Backing Up Data T ransc end does NOT t a ke any respons i bility f or dat a los s or d amage duri ng operati on . If you decide to store d at a[...]

8 Player Co ntrols ︱ Figure 1. MP 650 A H old Switch B Reset Butt on C A -B Repeat/Rec Button D M enu Button E H eadphone Jack F Volum e Up Bu tton G Play /P ause/ Power Button H N ext/Fa st- Forward Butt on I Volum e Down Bu tton J Previous /Rewi nd Button K Hi -Speed M ini USB 2.0 Port L Lanyard A ttachment H ole M Mi crophone N Dual-C olor OLE[...]

9 Music Pla y ba ck Scr een ︱ Figure 2. OLE D D isplay ICON INDI C A T ION A Record Source Built-in Microp hone FM Rad io B V A D Indicates V oice Activity Detecti on is e nabled C Record Quality Low Quality Me diu m Qua lity High Qu ali ty D Sleep Indicates the Sleep T imer is enabled E EQ Mode (Blank) Nor m al P op Rock Classica l Jaz z Bass US[...]

10 Basic Opera tion ︱ Charging the Battery Plug t he small e nd o f the US B c able i nto the M ini USB port on the Digit al M usic Pla yer , and p lug the large e nd of the cable into a n available U SB port on y our desktop or notebook com p uter . T he MP650 ‟s i nternal Li -ion battery will begi n charging Figure 3. Conne ct ing to a Co mpu[...]

11 Play a Son g Press to play the curre ntly selec ted MP3, W MA , or WA V t rack. Pause a Song Press to paus e and un-pa use a track during playback. Next T rack Press to skip to the next available song. Prev ious T rack Press to go back to the previ ous song. Fast Forward Press and hold the b utton to fast - forward. Rewind Press and hold the but[...]

12 mark the be ginning of the portion you wi sh to rep eat. 2. Press the bu tton again to m ark the e nd of the se ction you wish to repeat. 3. The m arked section of t he track will playback the m arked A-B se ction in a contin uous loop. 4. Press the bu tton once m ore to stop t he A- B re peat functio n . Hold W hen the switch enabled, all of th[...]

13 MUS IC Mode ︱ Before bu yi ng DRM (Digi t al Ri ght s M anage me nt) protected m usi c onl ine, please be advis ed that the MP650 only support s WMA-DRM10 fil e protec ti on. Playin g MP3, W MA , or WM A-DRM 10 Musi c 1. Press and hold the button to power ON the Digi t al Music Play er. The Main M enu will appear.  If the Di gital Music Pla[...]

14 2. Select either “ M y Playlist ” or an imp orted playlist f il e (if available) and pres s . 3. Use t he and buttons to mov e up an d down the li st of availabl e songs. Press o r to play th e hi ghlighted song. W hen t he song ends, th e rest of t he f iles in the playlist will th en be play ed. 4. To exit playlist pl ayback, simply select[...]

15 5. To remove all so ngs, highlig ht “ M y Playlist ” an d press the button, then select “ Yes ” to con f irm. Deletin g Mu sic F iles 1. In th e M USI C mode , press and hol d to enter the Fi le Navigator. 2. Navigate to th e file you w ant to delete wit h the / a nd / bu ttons. 3. W ith the file highlighted, press the button and s elect[...]

16 RADIO Mo de ︱ Liste ning t o the Radio 1. Plug in the earp hones . (Earphones must b e plugged-in to liste n to the Ra dio ) 2. Press the b utton to go to th e Main M enu. 3. Use the and b uttons to select the “ FM ” icon and press . 4. T he c urrent FM radio fr equency will be displ ayed.  The first time you use the Radi o, the Digit a[...]

17 2. Use the and b uttons to select th e channel you want to listen t o. 3. Press to listen to th e selec ted c hannel. Recording the Radio 1. Select a radio stati on that you wa nt to record. 2. Press and hold the button for 2 secon ds to begin recording the st ation. 3. An automatically generate d file name for y our recording will a ppear.  [...]

18 RECORD M ode ︱ The MP650 can r ecord f rom 2 dif ferent sources: the FM Ra dio or the built-in micropho ne. The RE CORD mode is f or creati ng vo ic e recordings and playing back both FM a nd voice re cordin gs. T o record f rom the FM Radio , please s ee the previous s ection on “ R ecordi ng the Radio . ” Making Voice Reco rdings with th[...]

19 2. The “ M I CIN.DI R ” o r “ FMIN .D IR ” fo lder will appear, and a list of a vailabl e r ecordings will be s hown. Use the and bu ttons to mov e up and down t he list. 3. Press to play the selecte d recording. 4. To switc h between the M ICI N.DIR and FMI N.DIR f olders, p ress or select the ico n and press to go up to t he “ Root ?[...]

20 Settings ︱ T he Settings Men u 1. Press the b utton to enter the M ain Menu. 2. Use the or buttons to select t he “ Settings ” icon a nd press . Equalizer (EQ) There are seven e qualizer modes to choose f r om: Normal , Pop , Rock , Classic al, Jazz, Bass, and User EQ 1. In the SETTINGS me nu , use the and b uttons to select “ EQ ” and[...]

21 4. Press or t o increase or decrease levels in 1. 0dB st eps ( Adjustment ra nge: -7dB to +8 dB ) 5. Press to save the n ew User EQ s ettings and r eturn to the SETTI NGS men u . Repeat Mo de There are seven Repeat modes t o choose from: N ormal (p lays all music files availa ble one time, in consecutive ord er) Repeat O ne (co ntinuously r epea[...]

22 Record Settings Record Quality The quality of a n au dio rec ording c an be s et t o Low (8,0 00Hz) , M edium ( 16 ,000Hz) , or H i gh ( 32 , 000Hz ). Higher recordi ng quality setti ngs require m ore mem ory sp a ce to s ave the record ed W A V files. 1. I n the SETTIN GS me nu , u se or to se lect the “ Record Settings ” icon and press . 2[...]

23 VAD (Voice Activity Detection) V AD allows the M P6 50 to mak e gapl ess v oice r ecordin gs. T his m eans during voice r ecording with the intern al microphone, the play er will only record when it detect s vo ic es. I f t he perso n(s) pa uses or stops s pea king , the M P650 will temporari ly stop rec ording u ntil th e per son(s) st arts spe[...]

24 2. Use or to se lect a Screen S aver de l ay and press . The screen s aver will commenc e whenever this amount of time passes with no but ton activity. Availa ble delay timers are: “ Di sabl e ” , “ 10 S ec onds ” , “ 20 Seconds ” , and ” 60 Seconds ” 3. Afte r you select a Screen Sav er time delay, a list of available scree n sa[...]

25 Date / Time Settings Set Date / Time Th is setting lets you adjust t he time and dat e, choose betwe en 12Hr or 2 4Hr form at, and set th e time zone. 1. I n the SETTI NGS m enu , us e or to select the “ D ate/Time Setti ngs ” ic on and pres s . 2. Use or t o select t he ” Set Date/Tim e “ icon and press . 3. Use and t o move b etwe en 1[...]

26 4. Use and to select th e time zone for your co untry and press . Daylight Sav i ng Time ( DS T ) If your region uses DST , the Digit al Music Playe r ca n autom atically a djust t he clock f or Summ er and W inte r time. 1. I n the SETTI NGS m enu , us e or to select the “ D ate/Time Setti ngs ” ic on and pres s . 2. Use or t o select t he [...]

27 Mu sic T ransfe r Pr oto col (M T P) If y ou own W MA-DR M 10 music f iles o r i f you want to use W indows M edia P l ayer 10 to synchr onize mu sic between your com puter a nd the Digit a l M usic Player , the Music T ra nsfer Pr otocol (MTP) must be enabled. This setting lets yo u switch betw een MTP or U SB tran sfer mo des. U SB (Use this m[...]

28 Driver I nstallatio n ︱ Driv er Install ation for Windows ® Me , 2000 , XP and Vista No drivers a re re quired. Th ese W indows ® Operati ng Syst ems have b uilt-in dri vers to sup port the M P650. Pl ug your M P650 into a n availa ble USB p ort a nd W i ndows ® will in stall th e necessary files. A Remov able Dis k drive with a newly assi [...]

29 Connectin g to a C omputer ︱ If you a re using Windows M edia Player 10 a nd want to pl ay W MA -DRM 10 music f iles, you mus t set the Digit al Musi c Player ’ s Music T ransfer Mode to MTP to transfer and sy nchronize musi c files betw een the c ompu ter and your MP650. T ransferrin g Fil es t o the Digital Music Play er If you w ant to us[...]

30 *Note : “ ( F: ) ” is an e x ample d rive letter – yo ur “ My Co mpu ter" window m ay d if fer 3. To trans fer normal M P3 and WMA music f iles to the Digi tal M usic Player, t he M TP (see M usi c Transfer Proto col ) mod e in the Settings menu must be se t to “ USB. ” You can trans fer music and data files to the Digital Music[...]

31 Removi ng the MP650 in M ac ® OS 1 0.0 or Later 1. Drag the Disk icon t hat corresponds t o your MP650 into the tras hcan. 2. Unplug your MP650 fr om the USB port Removi ng the MP650 in Linu x ® Kernel 2.4 or Later 1. Execute unm ount /m nt/MP650 to un-mount the device. 2. Unplug your MP650 fr om the USB port. Transcend Di gital M usic Pl ayer[...]

32 Figure 10 . T ranscen d Dig ita l Mus ic P layer U tility Insta llSh ield Wiz ard 4. W hen the Tra nscend Di gital M usic Player U tility is finish ed installing , click t he “Fini s h” button to exit the wizard. Figure 1 1. Inst alla tion co mple te The Transcen d Digital M us ic Player Utili ty can b e found in: “ - > Program s - >[...]

33 PC -Lo ck W ith PC - Lock, y ou can use y our D igital M u sic Pl ay er as a k ey to temp orarily lock y our compu ter while yo u are away . 1. Start the Digit al M usic Player Utili ty ( - > P rogram s - > Transcend - > Transcend Digi tal M usic Player U ti lity ) 2. Click on the “ PC -Lo ck ” button in t he Transcend Di gital Musi[...]

34 Figure 14. PC -Lo ck Scree n Save r te x t 5. You ca n adjust th e peri od o f tim e t hat yo ur comp uter will be lock ed for wit h the “ Ena ble Timer ” option . Set the Unlock Timer in Hours and Mi nutes . W hen this time elapses, your computer will automatically unlock and be av ailable for use. Figure 15. PC -Un lock T im er 6. Click th[...]

35 Figure 16. S tart PC -Loc k  When PC -L ock is enabled, your co mput er will be locked when the Digit al Music Player is unplugged  While yo ur computer is l ocked, th e screen will dis play the “ Screen Saver Messa ge ” tex t T o unl ock th e com puter , you m ust reconnect y our Di git a l M usic Player to your comput er . T he PC -L[...]

36 Figure 18. Cre ate a Partit ion 5. Click the “ Start ” button to complet e Partition & Security setup. The proc ess may take a few mi nutes. 6. Click the “ Sta rt ” butt on to com plete the P artition & Security setup. Log In / Log Out This function let s yo u acc ess the fil es stored on t he Private partitio n of your Digital M[...]

37 Figure 20. Ente r you r pas sw ord 5. W hen success fully lo gged in, the “ Pu blic Area ” message will change t o “ Pr iv ate A rea. ” The f iles in your Private Are a will no lon ger be hid den and can be accessed norm ally. 6. W hen you are f i nished using the Sec ure Area a nd no data is being t rans fe rre d between the Digital M u[...]

38 Figure 23 . Change Pas swo rd 4. Click on the “ OK ” b utton to com plete the New Password s etup. Forgotten Passwords If you forget y our p asswor d , u se t he p a ssword h int to help yo u rem ember your passw ord. I f y ou are stil l unab le to rememb er yo ur p assword, you will h ave to use t he Partit ion f u nctio n to res et the P u[...]

39 Troublesh ooting ︱ If a prob lem occurs with y our M P650, pl ease f irst c heck the i nformation li sted below before t aking y our M P650 for rep air . I f y ou are unable to remedy a p roblem from the following hints, p leas e consult your dea ler , service center , or local T ra nscend b ranch of fice. W e a lso ha ve F AQ and Sup port ser[...]

40 Plug the earpho nes into the earp hone s jack again to make s ure they are p roperly conn ected. Digita l Mu sic Player Powers OFF automatically The Digit al M usic Player features a S LEEP M ode , which a cts as a Po wer Saving featur e. Y ou c an preset yo ur Digit al M usic Player to P ower OFF a utomatically after 1 5, 3 0, or 60 min utes . [...]

41 Specifica tions ︱  Size (L x W x H ): 75 mm × 31 mm × 13 mm  Wei ght: 30g (with Li-i on battery)  M usic Form ats: M P3 W M A and W MA-DRM 10 (Subscription music)  Recording Form at: IM A_A DPCM ( W AV )  Estim ated Battery Life: 15 hours ( fully ch arged battery)  Com pression Rate s: 32Kbps to 320Kbps  Data Retenti on:[...]

42 Re cycling & E n v ir onmental C onside rations ︱ Recycli ng the Product (WE EE): Y our product is designed a nd manu factured wit h high quality m ate rials and components, which can be recycl ed and r eus ed. W he n you s ee the cr ossed -out w h eel bi n sym b ol att ached to a product, it me ans the product is covere d b y the European[...]

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