Truly electronic Mftg MP313X manual

User’ s Manual MP 313X http://www .picnroll.com Pic ’N Roll Digital Music Player http://www .truly .net[...]

Overview 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. This electronic unit is of high precision. Please do not try to disassemble this unit yourself. Do not subject this unit to severe impact. Do not expose to extreme temperatures, moistures, dusty area, magnetic field or direct sunlight. Clean the unit with soft cloth. A void using any chemical solutions. Do not subje[...]

Declarations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. T ruly Electr onics Mfg. Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any damaged or loss data caused by accidental deletion of data as a result of malfunction, repairs or battery replacement. Making backups of important data on other media to protect against data loss is strongly recommended. This manual is based on the first ver[...]

FCC Notice: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interfer ence. This device must accept any interfer ence received, including interfer ence that may cause undesirable operation. (1) (2) 4[...]

Contents 1. 2. 3. 8 8 10 10 11 12 13 13 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 26 27 28 28 29 Intr oduction a) Pr oduct Features b) Package Contents c) System Requir ements d) Connecting to your computer e) Specifications Contr ols a) Contr ols/Jacks b) LCD Display c) Power Operations a) Playing Music (1) How to set EQ modes, repeat modes and synchronized lyric disp[...]

Contents c) FM Radio (1) Searching and storing a station (2) Search settings (3) FM recording (4) Delete a station d) Games (1) Slide pictures (2) Push box (3) Calculator (4) How to use options menu while you are playing a game? e) E-book (1) How to use bookmark list? (2) How to set auto flipping, auto flipping speed and locate page? (3) How to enj[...]

7 Contents 52 58 58 Installing, using and uninstalling TRUL Y MP313X softwar es Appendix T r ouble shooting 6. 7.[...]

1.Intr oduction 1.Intr oduction a) Pr oduct Featur es 64,000 Color LCD • 1.8” Color Display with Photo Browser • Holds 2500+ JPEG images (Based on 500KB average file size) MP3, WMA, Secur ed WMA Playback • High quality digital audio playback. • Stores up to 250 songs (128KBps) L yric Display • Edit and input lyric with the included soft[...]

9 V oice Recor der • One-touch operation. Record lectures, seminars, and personal voice memos with the one-touch recording button. V AD option will activate/deactivate recording based on the player’ s preset volume level. This option is best for recording long session with interval of silences. T ext Viewer • Use this feature to view saved te[...]

b) Package Contents Please check the accessories in the package. Contact your local dealer for any missing accessories. Earphone Charger USB Cable Line In Cable Holder Armband Installation CD Quick Start Manual ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ c) System Requir ements Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP/ME USB port CPU Pentium 200MHz CD-ROM Up to 60MB of av[...]

11 d) Connecting to your Computer Connect the smaller connector of the supplied USB cable into the USB jack on the unit, and the large connector to a USB port on your computer . WINDOWS 98 USERS: T o avoid installation pr oblem, complete installing the driver fr om the included CD-ROM before connecting the MP313X to the PC. A TTENTION![...]

12 e) Specifications Model Storage media Interface T ransmission speed Record format Bit rate WMA sampling frequency Recording length Display Battery Battery recharge time Playing time Maximum output FM frequency range Size MP313X 1GB Built-in Flash memory USB2.0 Full Speed > 600KBps MP3 MP3 (8Kbps~384Kbps) WMA (32Kbps~192Kbps) support up to 44.[...]

2. Locations of Contr ols 2. Locations of Contr ols a) Contr ols / jacks (12) (11) (10) (9) (13) (4) (6) (2) (5) (1) (7) (3) (8) 13 (17) (16) (14) (15)[...]

14 Play and Pause track. (1) Shoulder Strap Hoop Built-in microphone for voice recording. (2) Micr ophone When in play mode, press to change the EQ mode. When in E-book mode, press to place a bookmark. (3) EQ Mode / Play Mode / Bookmarks When in play mode, press to start loop repeating; When in FM mode, press to start FM recording. When in other mo[...]

When the unit is of f, press and hold to turn on this unit. When the unit is on, press and hold to turn of f this unit. When in a submenu, press to go back to the higher -level menu. (6) Power ( ) / Escape (ESC) Press to go to the next track. When in play mode, press and hold to search forward within the current track. When setting the time, press [...]

When in standby mode, press to play . When in play or recording mode, press to pause. When in pause mode, press to resume. When in a menu, press to select and enter . (11) Play ( ) / Pause ( ) / Confirm When in play mode, press to adjust volume. When setting an EQ, press to adjust the value of a selected frequency . When in a menu, press to move th[...]

17 When used as a USB jack, connect this unit to your computer using the supplied USB cable. When used as a recharge jack, connect this unit to a charger using the supplied USB cable. (15) USB jack / recharge jack When the player is not functioning properly or down, press to restart the player . (16) RESET Insert an SD card in this slot. (17) SD ca[...]

b) LCD Display 18 Playing Lock SD card Battery status No. of songs Elapse time Current folder Title Left/right stereo channel EQ mode Paly mode or loop repeating Music icon V olume Progr ess bar of playing T otal No. of frequencies Frequency Radio status FM recor ding FM level Frequency Setting Progr ess bar of searching Radio icon Current fr equen[...]

19 c) Power There are two ways to recharge the battery: (a) connect this unit to the USB port of your computer using the supplied USB cable, press and hold REC button. (b) connect this unit to the charger using the supplied USB cable, as shown in the figure: MP3 Player Charger LED Indicator light USB Cable Note: When the battery is being r echarged[...]

20 It takes appr oximately 3 hours to fully recharge a battery . T o achieve better battery performance, we r ecommend charging the unit for an extra hour . If the battery is fully r echarged avoid keeping this unit connected to the charger for a long tome. Recharge a battery for 5 hours after its first fully discharge. 2.[...]

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a) Playing Music In the main menu, as shown in figure 1, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ Play music ” icon, press [ ] to select and enter the directory or music list, as shown in figure 2, press [+/–] to select a directory or a track and press [ ] to play . When playing, the lyric will be displayed when available, as shown in figure 3. When [...]

23 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 In play mode, press [ MENU ] to enter the music options menu. Press [+/–] to select EQ Adjust / Repeat Mode / EQ Mode (figure 4). How to set EQ modes, r epeat modes and synchr onized lyric display? (1)[...]

24 Press [+/–] to select “ EQ adjust ”, press [ ] to enter the EQ adjust submenu (figure 5), press [ ] or [+/–] to set the value of each frequency . EQ adjust : Press [+/–] to select “ r epeat mode ”, press [ ] to enter the Repeat mode submenu (figure 6), press [+/–] to select Repeat One/ Repeat All / Normal / Random. Repeat mode : [...]

Segment [ A-B ] Repeat: when in playing mode, press [ REC ] to set the start point A, “ ” will be displayed. Press [ REC ] again to set the end point B, then “ ” is shown. Press [ REC ] again to cancel loop repeating. How to use loop r epeating (2) 25 when playing a song (MP3/WMA format), the LRC file, which has the same file name and in a [...]

26 b) Recor ding This unit support FM recording, voice recording (built-in microphone), and direct recording (Line In). The recording time varies with the selected sound quality and the size of the available memory . In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ Recor ding ” (Figure 9). Press [ ] to select and enter recording submenu (figu[...]

27 Fig. 11 Fig. 13 Fig. 12 When not in play mode or recording mode, press and hold [ REC ] to enter the recording submenu. The operations are the same as those in “ start r ecording ”. Press [ ESC / ] to stop recording and a confirmation dialogue is shown. The recorded file is automatically saved in the “ V oice ” system directory . Quick r[...]

28 built-in microphone. Sour ces Selection (3) MIC : external audio signal input via LINE IN jack. LINE IN : Recording Setup includes: V AD setup and Quality (figure13). Setting (4) when “MIC” is selected as the r ecording sour ce, a “V oice” dir ectory will be automatically created. When “LINE IN” is selected as the r ecording sour ce,[...]

29 2) Press [+/–] to select “ Quality ” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the recording quality you want: low , normal and high. Press [ ] to finish setting and go back to the recording setup submenu. Connect one connector of the supplied LINE IN cable into the LINE IN jack on the unit, and the other connector to a L[...]

30 c) FM Radio In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ FM Radio ” (figure 14). Press [ ] to enter the FM radio submenu (figure 15). Press [+/–] to select the station you want to listen and press [ ] to listen (figure16). When in FM radio mode, press [+/–] to adjust the volume and press [ ] to change station. Press [ ESC / ] to ex[...]

31 Press [+/–] to select “ Sear ch for Channel ” and press [ ] to enter “ Search for Channel ” submenu (figure18). Press [ ] to manually search for a station. When a frequency is found, press [ ] to store. Press and hold [ ] will enter automatic search mode and press [ ] to save a station. TRUL Y MP313X can store up to 30 stations. If the[...]

32 Fig. 19 Fig. 21 Fig. 20 Press [+/–] to select “ Fr equency Level ” and press [ ] to enter the “ Frequency Level ” submenu. Press [+/–] to select a frequency level (Low level, Mid level or High level) and press [ ] to confirm. This setting is trying to optimize the performance of the automatic search in dif ferent geographical locatio[...]

33 Press [+/–] to select “ Step Setting ” and press [ ] to enter the “Step Setting” submenu. Press [+/–] to select search step (0.010MHz, 0.050MHz or 0.100MHz) and press [ ] to confirm. Sear ch step: Press [+/–] to select “ Band Setting ” and press [ ] to enter the “ Band Setting ” submenu. Press [+/–] to select “ US Band [...]

34 In the station list, press [+/–] to select the station you want to delete, press [ EQ ] button and a “ deleting a station ” dialogue will pop up (figure21). Press [ ] to delete. If you want to cancel the operation, press [ ESC / ]. Deleting a station (4) Fig. 22 Fig. 24 Fig. 23 Fig. 25[...]

35 d) Games In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ Games ” (figure 22). Press [ ] to enter the “ Games ” submenu (figure23). Press [+/–] to select [ Slide Pictur e ] / [ Push Box ] / [ Calculator ] and press [ ] to enter the selected game. Press [ ESC / ] to quit. Press [ MENU ] to enter the game options menu (figure 24, 25). [...]

36 Slide Pictur e (figure 26) (1) The selected piece can and only can be moved to an ar ea where a palm icon is shown. Note: Operations: Press [ ] to start the game. Y ou are allowed to move one step at a time. Y ou can press [ EQ ] to browse the original picture. Press [ ESC / ] to resume the game. Press [ ] or [+/–] to move up, down, left, and [...]

37 Push Box (figure 27) (2) Operations: Help the worker to push all boxes to the green dot areas. The worker is able to push one box at a time. The worker can enter the green dot areas when necessary . Calculator (figure 28) (3) Operations: Press [ ] to enter the calculator interface. Press [ ] or [+/–] to select 0-9, operators, decimal point and[...]

38 In the options menu, press [+/–] to select “ Level ” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the level and press [ ] to confirm. (b) Level: In the options menu, press [+/–] to select “ Reset ” and press [ ] to confirm. (c) Reset: In the options menu, press [+/–] to select “ Play Music ” and press [ ] to ente[...]

39 e) E-Books In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ E-Book ” (figure29). Press [ ] to enter the “ E-Book ” submenu (figure30) and press [ ] to enter the directory and file list (figure30). Press [+/–] to select the directory or file you want to read and press [ ] to start reading (figure31). Press [ ] to go to the previous or[...]

40 Fig. 33 Fig. 35 Fig. 34 In the E-book mode, press [ EQ ] to place a bookmark. A “ ” will be displayed (figure31). A file can have at most one bookmark and up to 4 bookmarks are allowed in the same directory . In the e-book options menu, press [+/–] to select “ bookmark list ” and press [ ] to enter the submenu (figure34). Press [ ] to [...]

41 How to set Auto Flipping, Auto Flipping Speed and Locate Page (2) In the e-book options menu (figure32), press [+/–] to select “ Auto Page On ” and press [ ] to enable or disable auto flipping. (a) Fig. 36 Fig. 37 In the e-book options menu (figure32), press [+/–] to select “ Auto Flipping Speed ” and press [ ] to enter (figure36). P[...]

42 How to enjoy radio or music when you ar e r eading an E-book? (3) When in the E-book mode, press [ MENU ] to enter the options menu. Press [+/–] to select “ Enable FM radio ” and press [ ] to enter the station list. Press [+/–] to select the station you want to listen. Press [ ] to confirm and go back to the options menu. Press [ ESC / ][...]

43 f) Br owsing pictur es In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “ Photo Br owser ” (figure38). Press [ ] to enter directory and photo list (figure39). Press [+/–] to select a directory or a file and press to confirm and enter the photo browser mode (figure40). Press [+/–] to change pictures. In the photo browser mode, press [ MEN[...]

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45 g) System Setup In the main menu, pres [ ] or [+/–] to select “ System Setup ” (figure 42). Press [ ] to enter the “ System Setup ” submenu (figure43, 44). There are seven options: Language, Backlight Timer , Adjust Contrast, System Reset, Power Of f Time, Auto Sleep, and V ersion Info . Language (1) Press [+/–] to select “ Languag[...]

46 System Reset (4) Press [+/–] to select “ System Reset ”, press [ ] to enter the submenu. A “ system r eset ” confirmation dialogue will pop up and press [ ] to confirm. The unit will be reset. If you want to cancel the operation, press [ ESC / ] . System Reset (5) The unit will automatically turn of f at the time you set. Press [+/–][...]

47 Auto Sleep (6) Press [+/–] to select “ Auto Sleep ” press [ ] to set the time. Press [ ] to move the cursor between hour , minute and second and press [+/–] to adjust the values. Press [ ] to confirm. When in standby mode, if there is no operation after the time period you set, the system will automatically turn of f. The default auto sl[...]

48 Fig. 45 Fig. 47 Fig. 46 Display the total size of the memory and the size of the available memory at the moment. Memory management: (1) Press [ ] to browse all directories and files in the root directory . Select a file and press [ ] to see the folder information. Press [ MENU ] to delete the selected file. Select a directory and press [ ] to en[...]

49 A “ Quick Format ” confirmation dialogue will pop up (figure47). Press [ ] to confirm. If you would like to cancel the operation, press [ ESC / ]. ( Note: ALL DA T A WILL BE ERASED AFTER FORMA TTING ) Quick format: (3) What is the dif ference between quick format and low level format? Low level format: (same operation as that of quick format[...]

50 Press [+/–] to select “ Disk Select ” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the disks, which include local disk and SD card. Press [ ] to finish setting and go back to the System Setup submenu. When an SD card is inserted, you can choose either of the two disks as the active disk. When the SD card is selected as activ[...]

51 4. Removable Drive 4. Removable Drive When Auto Sleep is enabled, if the unit is in standby and there is no operation after the set time, MP313X will automatically turn of f to save battery . The Auto Sleep is disabled when the unit is in working modes (playing music or game, browsing photo or texts, receiving radio or recording) or is connected[...]

52 6. Installing, using and uninstalling TRUL Y MP313X softwar es 6. Installing, using and uninstalling TRUL Y MP313X softwar es a) Installation Insert the supplied installation CD in a CD-ROM in your computer . Y ou will see the welcome screen shortly . (figure 48) Fig. 48 the following operations ar e performed in a Win2000 system. The scr eensho[...]

53 Y ou can find some useful information on how to use this unit by clicking “ Read MP313X User Manual ”. This manual is in PDF format. If you can not read PDF files, please click “ Install Adobe Acr obat Reader ” and follow the instructions. (1) Y ou do not need to install any drives in Win2000/ME/XP . If you are using Win98, please click [...]

54 b) Driver for MP313X Win98 Connect this unit to your computer using the supplied USB cable. If the unit is successfully connected, “ CONNECTED ” will be displayed. At the same time, you will see two Removable Disks in the “ My Computer ” directory (say disk J and disk K ). in Win98, this unit may not be r ecognized by the operating syste[...]

55 Right click on disk J and select “ format ” (figure 49). Choose “ F A T ” (Do NOT select F A T32 or NTFS) in the “ File System ” drop down menu and click “ Start ” to start formatting. Format (4) Fig. 49 c) Using T -Music Music Manager Please see the help files for LRC lyric editor for details. LRC lyric editor (1) Please see the[...]

56 If T -Music can not find the player , use U Disk Detector to help the system identifying the Removable Drive. U disk detector (3) This software will convert files in JPG, BMP , and GIF to T ruly’ s LGO format that can be best displayed by this player . Please see the help files for Image2Lgo for details. Using Image2Lgo (4) Double click “ ad[...]

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58 7. Appendix 7. Appendix T rouble shooting Why can some WMA format songs on the digital player not be played? Q: There are many dif ferent music formats for songs on the Internet and many of them are in WMA format. Some of these WMA format songs are subject to DRM (license) copyright protection, which may cause unauthorized copies of some songs t[...]

59 If you have WMA format songs with the corresponding license protection, you still cannot just copy the songs from your PC to the digital player . Y ou need to open Windows Media Player first. From its menu select “ document ”, “ open ” and open all the WMA songs you want to copy (if all of them can be played, you can transfer them to you[...]

60 Lost data? Q: Some data loss can be caused by an unstable power supply during the transfer process. Our company does take responsibility for any files that are lost or damaged. W e strongly recommend that our customers keep back-up copies of all important files. A: Why do dif ferent songs play at dif ferent volumes? Q: Depending on how a song is[...]

61 Why can some files, which ar e smaller in size than the available space on the player , still not be transferr ed? Q: The CMOS chip inside the player allocates 16KB or 32KB to one memory track. A one Byte file will take one track. Therefore some files are smaller than the available memory but still cannot be transferred to the player . A: Why my[...]

62 Why I can only download a limited quantity of files into my player while ther e is plenty of space on it? Q: The number of files you can store in the ROOT directory of a local disk largely depends on the length of file names. The longer the file name is, the fewer files. A maximum number of 512 files are allowed to be stored in the ROOT director[...]

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