Directed Electronics Portable Media Player manuale d’uso

3.5” P ortable Media Play er 20GB Har d Driv e O WNER ’S GUIDE INS T ALLA TION GUIDE © 2005 Directed Electronics, Inc. all rights reser ved N93520 09-05[...]

2 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED ONE YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY Directed Electronics, Inc. (Directed) promises to the original purchaser that the new automotiv e video monitor and/or source unit(s) (the Product) that is purchased and installed from a Directed authorized dealer more than ninety (90) da ys [...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 T able of Contents Safety Instru cti on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Intr oducti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 How to Use this Guid e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

4 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 V oice Recordin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 A V Recordin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 Safety Instructions Completely read th e safety instructi ons carefully . Please retain this gui de in a convenien t location for futur e r efer en ce . 1. Keep th e PMP3520 away from humi dity . 2. Keep th e PMP3520 away from long e xposure to the sunli ght. 3. Never pour an y liquid into th[...]

6 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Introduction Congr atulations f or choosing th e PMP3520, by Directed Vid eo. This high per- form ance prod uct has been desi gned and en gineered by Dir ected Electronics , the ind ustry leader in high qu ality automotive security , audi o, an d vi d eo equipmen t since 1990. The PMP3520 is a [...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7 How to Use this Guide This guid e provid es instructi ons and illustr ations on h ow to install and oper ate the PMP3520. With step-by-step in struction s, we will guid e you through the PMP3520 driver in stallation process . If you are not f amiliar with computer oper- ating system s, we sug[...]

8 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved What’ s Included NOTE: The PMP3520 battery should be charged ONL Y with the provid- ed adapter! ❍ PMP3520 ❍ USB Cable ❍ Strap ❍ U SB Cable (O T G) ❍ Stereo Earph ones ❍ Handy B a g ❍ AC A dapter ❍ Driver and Recovery CD ❍ A V-in/out Cable ❍ Battery (qty 2) ❍ Remote Con t[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9 Getting Started O VER VIEW[...]

10 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved * T ripod is not inclu ded. 1. Strap H ole Attach th e hand-strap h ere . 2. Navi gation key The 4-way N avigation k ey f or m en u selecti on s . 3.  / 2 Press to stop or g o-back from action. 4.  Press to stop an d display menu, or g o to the pr evious m en u. 5. LCD Display Show m enu[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 11 d Operating Menu Displays P ower on the PMP3520, the m ain men u on LCD will display after the boot-up animati on. Following are th e instructi ons for each m enu option. MAIN MENU 1. Functi on Icon: Visually in dicates selected functi on. 2. Men u List: List function opti ons, su ch as Video,[...]

12 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 8. Men u Title: Show the selected m enu title . 9. List: All files in a selected men u. 10. Scr oll bar: Indi cates addition al files available . FM RADIO 11. M emorized Stati ons: 8 FM station s can be set into mem ory . 12. Chann el Frequen cy: Current FM fr equency . 13. Select Scan or Fin [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 13 d 14. Recor ding Tim e: Recording elapse tim e (hh:mm:ss). 15. Recor ding Qu ality: Indicate selected an d operating r ecording qu ality . SET UP MENU 16. Scr oll bar: Mean m ore tabs are available . 17. T abs: In clu de Display , Photo, Recor d, System, an d Inf o T abs. 18. Settin g Item s: [...]

14 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Lock Switch The PMP3520 has a Lock Switch to avoi d acciden tal operation. Sli de the Lock Switch to lock position while power is on. If an y control button is pr essed the “Locked!” m essage displays to indi cate all function k eys are disabled. If the PMP3520’s power is Off, an d the l[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 15 d Remote Control The PMP3520 r emote contr ol provid es the followin g function s: ❍ OFF: press to power o ff the PMP3520. ❍ TV/LCD: press to switch th e video output d evice between TV and th e PMP3520. ❍ z REC: press to start to r ecord of each fun ction. ❍  Exit: press to stop pl[...]

16 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Li-Ion Battery Recharging The PMP3520 com es with two Li-Ion rechar geable and r emovable batteries . Charg e the battery completely befor e using the PMP3520 f or the first time by followin g the steps below: 1. Connect th e supplied AC A dapter to AC outlet, an d plug in the other en d of th[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 17 d BA T TER Y CONSUMPTION REFERENCE The PMP3520 uses a 2200mAhr , 3.7V , 1 Cell rechar g eable r em ovable Li-I on bat- tery . The battery con sumin g r efer ence will vary in differ en t d epen din g on th e operatin g mode . A fully r echarg ed battery has th e f ollowin g useful playback/rec[...]

18 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Utility CD The PMP3520 pack age inclu des a Utility CD (to be used on a PC). In sert the sup- plied CD in to your CD-ROM, and the CD will auto-run th e Setup program. On your computer screen, you will see th e following display . ❍ PMPSync U tility: for PMP3520 file man ageme nt an d syn chr[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 19 d Connect & Disconnect from PC CONNECT PMP3520 T O COMPUTER 1. Press th e button to power on the PMP3520. 2. Plug the mini-en d of the suppli ed USB cable to the PMP3520, an d the other end to your computer’s U SB port. 3. Once th e PMP3520 is connected to your computer , it should be d [...]

20 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: For Windows 98SE users , a driver is required to activate the PMP3520 on your computer . Refer to Upgrading Software/Firmware section o f this manual f or installation instructions for this driver . 4. After connecti on is initialized the f ollowing wind ow will display on your computer [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 21 d 6. Y ou can th en move , copy , or delete files usin g Win d ows Explor er . Note: In the ex ample shown below the drive in the PMP3520 is iden- tified as drive F: The drive letter may be different depending upon the configuration of the computer being used.[...]

22 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7. After connecti on is initialized, if your computer oper ating system fails to recognize th e PMP3520 as a hard disk, then g o to [Device Man ager] by clickin g "Start"  "Setting"  "Contr ol P anel"  "System"  "H ar d war e", an d[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 23 d W e stron gly suggest that you d o not f orm at th e PMP3520 har d disk! Th e PMP3520 display interf aces will not functi on correctly if the har d disk is for- matted . If you do need to f ormat PMP3520 hard disk, conn ect the PMP3520 to your computer first and f ormat it with the Win dows [...]

24 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Basic Usage PO WER ON AND OFF 1. Press button once to power on th e PMP3520. After startup animation start- up, you will see the m ain menu an d can then contin ue the use of th e PMP3520. NOTE: If you lock ed the Lock Switch bef ore powering on, the power will not turn on. Unlock the Lock Swi[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 25 d with reset.[...]

26 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved V OLUME AD JUS TMENT 1. T o chan ge th e volume level, push the V olume Con trol left/righ t. The volume status icon at th e top of the LCD scr een changes while adjustin g volume . Ther e are 16 volume levels . 2. T o m ute the volum e, pr ess V olume Con tr ol button d own. V olume status i [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 27 d INS T ALL & EXECUTE T o in stall PMPSync , refer to the U tility CD section for in stallation. T o e xecute , click th e sh ortcut on the d esktop, or PMPSync, cli ck Start”  ”Progr ams”  ”PMPSync”  ”PMPSyn c” . The scr een for this utility will be shown as given b[...]

28 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1. PC: Select def ault folder cr eated by PMPSync in your PC as the file sour ce to import. 2. PMP: Select player as file source to import. ❍ Medi a T abs 1. Vid eo: Video files ar e listed. 2. Musi c: Music files ar e listed. ❍ Medi a Player Previ ew window f or media play . Select a musi[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 29 d ❍ Medi a List Pa nel Files imported to PMPSync will be listed in th e Media List P an el for cr eatin g an d editing categ ory tags. The categ ory tags will vary dependin g upon the medi a types. ❍ Ad d and Remove Button s Ad d: Press Ad d button to upload selected file(s) to Playlist. R[...]

30 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4. Pr ess button to bring up th e Import Window to import files fr om the PC. 5. Select the or , tab on Listing P anel f or the types o f files that you will edit. 6. Click on f older to navi gate and locate medi a files. If the tab is select- ed, only th e music files in th e folder will be d[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 31 d 7. In the mi ddle column, select one or m ultiple files for later editing. NOTE: Y ou can use Shift or CTRL key to select multiple files . 8. Press th e button to add th e selected files to File Listing P anel. Or pr ess to import all files in the dir ectory . 9. Repeat Steps 5 thru 8 if to [...]

32 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: If a MP3 file is predefined with ID3 T ags , the tags will be shown under each category. The ✔ mark on the Supported Media col- umn denotes the checked files can be playback without convert- ing. Although, sometimes a file may not play correctly. The max- imum file name length of an ID[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 33 d 13. For Categ ory tag of Vi deo and Genr e of Musi c, cli ck the d own arr ow an d select one o f the def ault options fr om the dr op-down list.[...]

34 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved ❍ Vid eo Conversion If the imported file is n ot supported by the PMP3520 , you can righ t click on the file on the list an d select "Video Convert" to convert th e video file in to sup- ported form at for play on the PMP3520 . ❍ Edit T ags o f a File in PMP3520 : Y ou can also e[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 35 d 2. A progr ess bar will be displayed, as shown below , durin g tran sfer . Wh en it vanishes , the selected files are tr ansferred to th e PMP3520 . 3. Disconnect th e PMP3520 fr om th e PC and en ter a m od e . Select a playlist from the Playlist f older to play a list of files or ganized w[...]

36 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3. Conn ect your PC to th e PMP3520 vi a the U SB port. 4 . After connecti on is initialized the f ollowing wind ow will display on your computer . 5. Click on Can cel. 6. Click on th e Music tab . 2. Select all the files that you wan t to group into a list. Cli ck the button to add th em to P[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 37 d 2. A progr ess bar will be displayed, as shown below , durin g tran sfer . Wh en it vanishes , the selected files are tr ansferred to th e PMP3520 . 3. Disconnect th e PMP3520 fr om th e PC. The playlist is f ound und er the Playlist fold er (refer to the Music discussion later in this man u[...]

38 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1. Execute PMPSyn c to edit video file tags . 2 . Conn ect th e PMP3520 to th e computer , refer to Connect and Disconnect from PC . 3. Upload the files with tags fr om the computer to the PMP3520 using PMPSync . 4. If the uploadin g video file is n ot supported by the PMP3520 , you can use th[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 39 d 9. Press in on th e N avi gati on button to play/pause th e selected vi d eo. When pressed to pause , you will see the display below sh owing playback status and elapse time on th e display . I t will automati cally disappear in few seconds. 10. If th e file selected to play is not supported[...]

40 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 12. Push th e Navi gation button left to rewin d the playback, each push incr e- men ts from RWx2, x4, x8, x16, and x1. (Push on ce to rewind by 2x, push twice to r ewind 4x, etc.) Pr ess in on the Navi gation button to playback the vid eo at normal speed . When pressin g to fast-forwar d or r[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 41 d 15. If an y file is not n eeded, you can d elete it from file list. Push the N avigation button up or down to select th e file, pushin g the Navi gation button left dis- plays the left fi gure below . Push the N avi gati on button left/ri ght to select Y es , and pr ess the Navi gation butto[...]

42 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4. With DivX DRM protecti on, video playin g may be limited by the n umber of views . The vid eo will no long er be able to be played after the ren tal is expir ed, and you will see th e message below wh en you try to play it again. Press th e Navigati on button to acknowledg e . ❍ Select Au[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 43 d 2. If the vi deo has embedd ed multiple subtitle tracks , the "Please select Subtitle T rack" m essage will display on LCD wh en you pr ess th e N avi gati on button in to play the DivX® vi deo file . Use the N avigation button to ch oose a track an d then press th e Navigati on b[...]

44 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Figur e 3 Figur e 4 ❍ Play Musi c on PMP3520: 1. Use th e bundled PMPSync so ftware to edit vid eo file tags. 2. Connect th e PMP3520 to the computer , refer to Connect & Disconnect from PC . 3. Upload the files with tags fr om your computer to the PMP3520 using PMPSync . 4. After the fi[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 45 d 8. Press th e Navigati on button in to play the song with th e Virtual Musi c Player . 9. If the selected file is n ot supported by the PMP3520, the m essage below is displayed. 1 0 . Push th e Navi gati on button up or d own to ch oose fr om Rand om/Repeat/EQ/Playback Status/Song. Each of t[...]

46 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 12. If an y file is not n eeded, it can be d eleted from the file list. Push th e Navi gation button up or down to select th e file , push the N avi gati on but- ton left to display the below left-han d figure . Push N avigati on k ey left/ri gh t to select Y es , and pr ess Navigati on key do[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 47 d 4. Push the N avigation button up or d own to select a category and pr ess the Navi gation button in to enter . Push the N avigati on button up or d own to select a file from list. Y ou can previ ew selected file by pushin g N avigati on button to the ri ght (see figur e below). Press the N [...]

48 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9. While viewin g one photo in full scr een (not in slid e show mod e), push the Navi gation button left to browse ph otos in 3X3 format. Th en you will see 9 fram es on the display . The first or last ph oto o f a f old er will be highli gh ted in red fr ame . NOTE: The icon with the e x clam[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 49 d FM Radio The PMP3520 con tains an FM radi o, follow the dir ections below f or use: 1. Fist plug the earph ones into th e earphone jack. Th e earphones ar e also used as the an tenna for th e PMP3520. A "Plug in Headphon e!" momen tary mes- sage will appear , in step 2 below if the[...]

50 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved ❍ Store a FM stati on 1. T o stor e a FM station, on th e Frequency Bar , press d own the N avi gator but- ton after a desir ed radio stati on has been tuned in, station n umber 1 will be flashing. 2. Select station n umber from 1 to 8 by pushing th e Navigati on button to left or righ t, an[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 51 d ❍ Delete a Record ed FM File T o d elete a recor ded FM file , use the Navi gation button to go to M usic mod e , Browse HDD, Recor ded fold er . Select th e file to be deleted an d press the Navi gation to the left, select yes , and press th e Navigati on button in. V oice Recording The P[...]

52 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: The record quality is set in the Setting—Record/V oice section of the Setting menu. 3. Pr ess th e REC z button to start r ecor din g, the Recor d LED will stay illumi- nated an d the Start Recordin g messag e will display . 3 . T o stop recordin g, press REC z button again. Y ou will [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 53 d A V Recording PMP3520 can also recor d A V sign al from oth er devices . ❍ Record A V 1. Connect th e PMP3520 A V-In Jack to an A V output d evi ce , such as TV or DVD player with the suppli ed A V cable . Match vi deo line-in compon ent cable to A V si gnal conn ectors on the same r ow by[...]

54 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5. If you select the A udio/Vi deo option, th e message below will display . Y ou can choose a d uration, an d recordin g will stop automatically wh en the selected time has elapsed . Select an option by the N avigation button an d press th e Navigati on button in. If Continu ous is selected, [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 55 d N OTE : The maximum length of an A V Recording file depends on hard disk free space and can not ex ceed 3hrs or 2GB . ❍ Play a Record ed A V File 1. T o play a r ecord ed A V or audi o file , go back to main m enu and select Vi deo or Musi c mode by r eferring to Vid eo or Music secti on. [...]

56 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2. Befor e inserting a SD/MMC card , pr ess the button to turn off th e PMP3520, if power is on. 3. Insert your SD car d or MMC card into th e slot in the correct ori entation. 4. Push down on th e SD/MMC car d to r elease th e lock an d car d will com e up about 1/4" to allow easy rem ov[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 57 ❍ Output PMP3520 Sign als to a TV: 1. Connect th e PMP3520 A V-Out Jack to a TV with th e supplied A V cable . N ote the A V cable should be conn ected corr espon dingly in color or te xt to TV A V- In Jack. 2. T urn on your TV and switch it to Vi deo (A V sign al) m od e . 3. Chang e Settin[...]

58 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2. Connect your U SB device , such as di gital camer a or USB m em ory sti ck, to the oth er end of th e USB host cable . NOTE: The USB device and the PMP3520 should be turned on bef ore making the USB connections. 3. The m essage below will display when th e connection is initi alized. T o co[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 59 Setting PMP3520 Setting m enu inclu des Display , Photo, Recor d , System, an d Inf o tabs. 1. Select Setting m enu by pushing th e Navigati on button up or down as shown above on the left. Pr ess the Navi gation button in, the scr een will display as shown above on th e right. 2. Push the N a[...]

60 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved PHO T O T AB The f ollowing photo settin gs, Slid e Music , Slide Repeat, an d Slide Interval ar e foun d under th e Photo tab . 1. From Settin g Menu, push th e Navigati on button right or left to g o to Photo as shown above . 2. Push the N avigation button up or d own to select among Sli de [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 61 NOTE: The slide music depends upon a previously saved mp3 playlist (using the PMPSync program only discussed previously). RECORD T AB Y ou can adjust Resoluti on, A V Qu ality , and V oice Qu ality in Recor d tab . 1. In Setting M enu, push the N avigation button ri ght or left to Record tab .[...]

62 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: The file size will be larger when higher resolution and/or quali- ty are selected. PMP3520 can recor d video at up to 30 fps . Select the settings f or your prefer- ences . S Y S TEM T AB Y ou can adjust vari ous system settings within th e System tab. T o chan ge system settin gs: 1. In[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 63 Setting M ethod and Purpose Option s Display Off Push Navi gation righ t or left to set Display shut d own on idling to save battery consumin g. Off/3 sec/5 sec/10 sec /15 sec/30 sec/1 min. P ower Off Push Navi gation righ t or left to set power off autom atically . Off/15 sec/30 sec/1/2/5/10 [...]

64 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved INFO T AB Y ou can display inf ormati on regardin g Storage Fr ee Space, So ftware V ersion, MCU Firmwar e Versi on, DivX (R) VOD, Update Softwar e , Update MCU Firm war e , and Update U SB Firmware in Inf o tab. T o chan ge inf orm ati on settin gs: 1. In Setting M enu, push the N avigation b[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 65 NOTE: Updating Software , Update MCU Firmware , and Update USB Firmware are advanced operations! Only advanced users should perform these actions! Refer to the website www .directedmo- bilemedia.com for additional inf ormation. Setting I tem Meth od an d Purpose Option s Storag e Free Space Sh[...]

66 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Specifications Battery life test is und er the conditi ons of T emperatur e/H umi dity 25ºC, 50%RH, System Setting: Bri ghtness: 10 /16 Level, V olume: 50%, A udi o Output: Headph one , T est File: Resolution: 240x180, Vi deo bit-r ate: 800Kbps, Au dio bit- rate: 64Kbps , File size: 1.1GI, MP[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 67 Firmware/Software Download/Upgrade Use th e following pr ocedure to d ownload the firmwar e and softwar e to upgrade your PMP3520. 1. Usin g your computer connect to www .directedmultimedia.com . Download and save th e upgrade file f or the PMP3520 to your desktop. Th e file will be nam ed PMP[...]

68 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: T o prevent battery discharging while upgrading, we recommend that the A C A dapter be used. NOTE: If you need to update both firmware and so ftware , update the firmware first. 1. Select Setting fr om main men u and press X /Enter button to en ter . 2. Push the N avigation button left o[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 69 NOTE: T o prevent battery discharging while upgrading, we recommend that the A C A dapter be used. NOTE: If you need to update both firmware and so ftware , update firmware first. 1. Select Setting fr om main men u on your PMP3520 and press th e Navigati on button in to enter . 2. Push the N a[...]

Directed Electr onics Vista, CA 92081 www .directed .com © 2005 Directed Electr onics—All ri ghts r eserved N93520 09-05 The company behind this s y stem is Dir ected Electr onics. Since its in ception, Dir ected has had on e purpose , to pr ovid e consum ers with th e finest vehi cle security , car stereo prod ucts , r ear seat entertainm en t,[...]