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    INS TRUCT ION M ANU AL Pl ea se rea d th i s ma nua l ca ref ul l y be fo re op er at io n. MP -C 546 Spo r t s MP3 Pl aye r wi th FM Ra di o[...]

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    Pag e 2 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 3 P RE CA UTIO NS Th e ligh tni ng a sh wi th ar row hea d sym bol w ith in an e quil ater al tr ia ngle is inte nde d to ale rt th e us er t o th e p res enc e of uni nsul ated “da nger ous vol tag e” wi thi n th e pr oduc t’s enc losu re t hat m ay be of su f ci [...]

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    Pag e 2 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 3 PROT ECT YO UR HE A RIN G: He ari ng exp er ts ad vis e aga inst t he c onst ant u se of pe rs onal s ter eos p layed a t hig h vol ume. C ons tant e xpo sure t o hig h volu mes c an le ad to h ear ing l oss . If you s hou ld exp eri enc e ri ngin g in th e ear s or he ari n[...]

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    Pag e 4 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 5 IM PORT ANT S AFE T Y INS TRUCTI ONS Rea d Ins tr uct io ns: All th e safet y and ope rat ing inst ru cti ons sho uld be rea d bef ore th e pro duc t is ope rate d. Ret ai n I nst ru ct ion s: T he saf ety a nd o per atin g i nstr uc tion s s houl d b e re - tai ned f or fu [...]

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    Pag e 4 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 5 Powe r- Co rd Prot ec tio n: Po wer supp ly cor ds shou ld be route d so t hat they are no t like ly t o be wal ked o n or pi nche d by ite ms p lac ed u pon or aga inst the m, p ayin g par t icul ar atten tio n to cor ds at plug s, conven ienc e rece ptac les , and a t the [...]

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    Pag e 6 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 7 Ob jec t a nd Liq uid En tr y: Never pu sh o bjec ts of a ny k ind into thi s pr odu ct thr oug h ope ning s as they may to uch dang erou s vol tag e po ints or s hout -o ut par t s that co uld re sult in a r e or elec tr ic shoc k. Neve r spil l liqui d of any kind on th[...]

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    Pag e 6 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 7 T ABLE OF C ONTE NTS PRE CAUT IO NS ................................................................. 2 I MPO RTAN T SAFE T Y I NS TRU C TI ON S .............................. 4 TABLE O F CON TE NT S ....................................................... 7 P ACK AGE CON TE [...]

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    Pag e 8 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 9 FM T UN ER ....................................................................... 21 FM Tun er C ont ro ls ...................................................................... 2 1 Auto ma ti cal l y Sav in g Pre set Stat io ns ........................... 22 Ma nu al l y S[...]

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    Pag e 8 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 9 P A CK A GE C ONTE NT S Plea se make sure t hat the i tems lis ted bel ow are in clud ed in the p ackag e. Shoul d an item b e miss ing, ple ase co ntac t the lo cal r etail er fro m whic h you purc hase d this pro duct . MP- C 5 46 Ster eo Ear phon es US B Cable 1 x “ A A[...]

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    Pag e 10 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 1 1 FE A TURES 256 M B Integr ated Fla sh Mem or y Hig h- C ontra st LCD Dis play wit h Back light Plays M P3 and W MA D igit al Mu sic File s Plays D igit al Mus ic fro m most o nline sto res an d subs cri ption s er vic es* ID3 and LRC support for song and synchronized lyri[...]

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    Pag e 10 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 1 1 GET TING S T ARTED MP- C5 46 a t a G la nce Top V iew LCD Di spl ay Power / M enu Joys tic k Lef t: Prev ious /R evers e Joys tic k Dow n: Volume – Joys tic k Rig ht: Nex t /Fo r ward Joys tic k Up: Volume + Joys tic k (Pre ss): OK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Le f t Si de V ie[...]

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    Pag e 12 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 13 Pl ay M ode D i sp la y Reco rd M ode D i sp la y GET TING S T ARTED[...]

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    Pag e 12 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 13 Con ne ct i ng He ad ph on es Co nnect h eadph ones /earp hones to the H eadp hone O ut jack f or pr ivate list ening. Low er the volu me le vel be fore conne cting head phone s, then grad uall y increa se the vo lume for comfo r table lis teni ng. Heari ng e xperts advise[...]

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    Pag e 14 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 15 US B Power Whe n the M P- C5 46 i s conn ecte d to a co mputer ’s powe red US B por t , it will dr aw power ove r the US B con - nec tion. Us in g t he M P - C5 4 6 Con t rol s Power O n/Of f T o tur n your player o n, pres s and ho ld . T o tur n your player of f, ho ld[...]

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    Pag e 14 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 15 Res et Fu nc ti on Y ou may reset your play er if it should freeze or other wise behave abnormally . Dis con nect yo ur player if i t is co nnec ted to a co mpute r . Remove t he bat ter y fr om the pl ayer . Wait 10 sec onds , and the n repla ce th e bat ter y . Power on [...]

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    Pag e 16 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 17 Ma i n Me nu The M ain Me nu gives yo u acc ess t o the dif fe rent fu ncti on mod es of your p layer . T o enter t he Main M enu, pr ess . T o exit t he Mai n Menu, pr ess . T o sele ct a fu ncti on mo de in the M ain Me nu, pres s or to hi ghlight t he mo de, and the n p[...]

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    Pag e 16 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 17 Enter PL A Y M USIC m ode f rom th e Mai n Menu to p lay digit al M P3 or WM A musi c les .  PL A YMUSICmodewillplay al l c ompatibleaudioles onyourpla yer, re gardlessofdirector y . Pl ay M us ic Co nt ro ls Use t he foll[...]

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    Pag e 18 Coby E le ct ron ic s Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 19 Rep ea t A-B M od e Set a se gment of a m usic tr ack to r epeat in a c ont inuou s loo p. Duri ng playb ack: T o set the s tar ti ng poi nt “ A” of the loo p, press . T o se t th e e nd po int “B” o f th e loo p, press aga in. The loop will no w pl ay from poin t [...]

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    Pag e 18 Coby E le ct ron ic s Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 19 V OI CE Enter VOI CE mo de fro m the Ma in Men u to play your r eco rded  les ( V o ice o r FM T uner). If no rec or dings have bee n made yet, t he disp lay will read “ N o Files”. The  rst 3 let ter s of voic e rec ord ing le s are “ MI C” . The rst 2[...]

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    Pag e 20 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 21 RECORD Enter R ECOR D mode f rom t he Main Men u to rec ord f rom th e integr ated mic roph one (voic e ).  TheMP- C5 46canalsorecordfro m theFMT uner . Refertothe FMT unersectionfordetails. Reco rd Co nt ro ls Use t he fo[...]

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    Pag e 20 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 21 FM TUNE R Enter FM T UNE R mode f rom t he Mai n Menu to li sten to o r rec ord FM radi o broa dcas ts.  Earphonesorheadphonesmustbe c onnectedtothe headphonejackforradiooperation(theearphonecord isusedas anFM?[...]

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    Pag e 22 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 23 FM TUNE R Aut om at ica l ly S av in g Pre set St at i on s T o autom atic ally sc an an d save all availa ble bro adc ast fre quenc ies to Pr eset St atio n memo r y: Enter th e FM T uner men u (pres s ). Sel ect an d enter “Auto Sc an” .  The rear e30ava [...]

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    Pag e 22 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 23 De le t in g Pres et St at io ns Enter th e FM T uner men u (pres s ). Sel ect an d enter “ Del ete Stat ion”. The displ ay will ash “ D elete?” Whil e th e d ispla y i s a shing “Dele te ?” , pr ess or to sele ct a Pres et Station nu mber to dele te ( e.[...]

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    Pag e 24 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 25 FM Re cord i ng Co nt ro ls Make di gita l rec ordin gs of FM rad io bro adca sts. Use t he foll owing c ont rols in R ECOR D mod e. Reco rding will s tar t im media tely wh en RECO RD is s elec ted fr om the FM T une r Menu. Key Functi on Pre ss St ar t /Res ume rec or di[...]

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    Pag e 24 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 25 Enter S ET TIN G mode f rom t he Mai n Menu to c hange y our player ’s inter nal opt ion set ti ngs. T o sele ct an opt ion, p ress o r . T o c on rm an d enter, press . T o exit the S ett ing M enu, pre ss . Item D esc ript ion Equali zer Set a di git al equa lizer p[...]

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    Pag e 26 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 27 SET TING Item D esc ript ion Rec ord Se t Set th e Rec ordin g Qual ity l evel for Voic e or FM rec ord ings. T he opt ions ar e 32K bps (l owest quali ty), 4 4Kbp s, 64 Kbp s, and 8 8K bps (h ighes t quali ty). Hig her qua lit y rec ordin gs wil l take up mor e memo r y t[...]

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    Pag e 26 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 27 FOLDE R Enter FOL DER mo de to vi ew , pl ay , or del ete le s on your pl ayer . Y ou ca n also c onne ct your p layer to a co mpute r to easil y manage yo ur le li brar y.  Them odet hatthep layerisinu pone nter ingF OL DER mo dew[...]

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    Pag e 28 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 29 M in i mum P C Req ui re men t s Y ou ca n con nect t he MP- C 5 46 to a c ompu ter wit h a US B por t to t ransfe r les t o your player o r to manag e the le s on your pl ayer . The mi nimum re quire ments li sted bel ow will a llow you to p er for m basi c le ma[...]

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    Pag e 28 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 29 US B D ri ver I n st al l at io n (W in dow s 98 SE O nl y) It is no t nece ssa r y to inst all the U SB dr iver if yo ur co mpute r is runn ing Mi cros of t Wind ows M E/ 20 00 / XP or newe r , or Ma cintos h OS X . Com puter s runni ng the se ope ratin g systems w ill re[...]

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    Pag e 30 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 31 USB - MS C USB - MTP Simp le p lug-and-pla y s upport for all maj or op eratin g s ystem s ( Mi - croso f t Windo ws 98SE/ME/2000, Macin tosh OS X, L inux ) Simp le plu g- and -pl ay suppo rt for M icr osof t Wi ndows X P wit h Ser v ice Pac k 1 and W indow s Me dia Player[...]

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    Pag e 30 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 31  WM D RM 9maybeuse dformu sicpu rch ases ,only. WM D RM10isnec essa ryf orsub scr ipt ion - based ser v ices .  Co ntento wner suseW ind owsMed iadig ita lrig hts man agem enttec hno logy( W MD RM )[...]

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    Pag e 32 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 3 3 Con ne ct i ng to a C om put e r Make sur e the pl ayer is tur ned of f. Use t he suppl ied US B cab le to c onnec t the M P- C5 46 t o your c ompute r’s USB p or t. Y ou ca n switc h bet ween US B mo des quic kly af te r your pl ayer has bee n con nect ed to the c omp u[...]

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    Pag e 32 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 3 3 Tra ns fe r ri n g Fi le s The U SB 2. 0 High - Spee d co nnec tion ma kes it easy to tr ansfer m usic l es (or any other dat a le s ) quic kly bet ween t he player an d your c omput er . Simp ly use t he player as yo u would a  oppy dis k using ba sic op erati ng[...]

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    Pag e 3 4 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 3 5 Y our player c ont ains t wo fo lder s: Data an d Medi a. Dra g your me dia le s to the M edia fo lder (e.g., MP 3, AVI, JPG , WA V , WM A le s ). Drag all other types of les t o the Data folder for storage ( e. g., TXT , DOC, XLS, etc ). Data les are only vis[...]

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    Pag e 3 4 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 3 5 US B- M SC Mo de File s trans fer red und er USB - M SC mod e will n ot be availab le whe n using a U SB - MTP c onn ecti on (and vic e vers a ). When the MP-C5 46 is connected under USB - MSC mode : Dou ble - clic k the “ My C ompu ter ” ico n on your desk top a nd t[...]

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    Pag e 36 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 37 Saf el y Rem ove Ha rdw are: Se lec t “ USB M ass St orage Devi ce” fr om the l ist that a ppear s and then c lic k on “S top” . Sto p a Ha rdw are Devi ce: Se lec t “ USB M ass St orage Devi ce” fr om the l ist that a ppear s and then c lic k on “O K”. Sel[...]

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    Pag e 36 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 37 FI RMW ARE UPGRADE S Up g rad in g th e Fi r mwa re From tim e to tim e, COBY may rel ease r mwar e upgra des to imp rove the pe r for manc e of the M P- C5 4 6 or to add addi tiona l featur es. Ple ase ch eck th e COBY webs ite per iod ical ly at w w w .c obyus a.co m [...]

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    Pag e 38 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 39 ABOUT MP3 /WM A MUS IC FI LES For mor e infor mat ion abo ut digi tal M P3 an d WM A les, ple ase vis it our web site at w w w.cobyus a.co m.[...]

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    Pag e 38 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pag e 39 TROUBLESHOOTING If you have a pr oble m with t his devi ce, pl ease re ad the tro uble shoot ing gui de belo w and che ck our we bsite at w w w .c obyus a.co m for Frequen tly As ked Que stio ns (F AQ s ) and r mwar e update s. If the se res ourc es do n ot res olve th [...]

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    Pag e 40 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 41 I can not tr ans fe r le s to t he pl ayer. Ensure t hat your c omp uter is r unnin g a suppo r ted ope ratin g system. If you ar e runn ing Mic ros of t Wind ows 98 S E, ens ure that t he US B drive r has bee n prop erly i nsta lled. If usi ng the sup plie d USB ex ten[...]

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    Pag e 40 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Pa ge 41 T r y lower ing th e volume o f the player. Ensure t hat the h eadph ones ar e att ach ed sec urely to the p layer . The p layer w ill n ot play my mus ic le . Ensure t hat the  le is in a c omp atibl e for mat. The  le may be c opy- protec ted an d you no lo nger[...]

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    Pag e 42 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 4 3 SPECIF ICA TION S Dis play T yp e 128 x 32 Dot- Mat ri x LCD with B ack light Mem or y 256 M B Integr ated Fl ash Me mor y Audi o Form at Supp or t MP3 , WM A DR M Supp or t WM DRM10 Son g Info S uppor t ID3 , LRC Rec ordi ng Form at IM A- AD PCM En co ding FM Frequ ency R[...]

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    Pag e 42 Coby E le ct ron i cs Co rp o rat io n w ww.co byu sa .com Page 4 3 NOTES[...]

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    COBY E le ct ro n ics C or p. 56 - 6 5 Ru st St reet Ma sp eth , NY 1 1 378 w w w.coby us a.co m w w w.eco by .c om[...]