COBY electronic MP-C781 manual

INS TRUCT ION M ANU AL Pl ease re ad t hi s ma nua l care fu l ly be fo re op era ti on MP - C7 8 1 1 GB M P3 Pla yer wi t h FM T une r & SD Ca rd Sl ot[...]

2 P RE CA UTI ONS The lig htnin g a sh w ith a rr owhe ad sy mbol wit hin an eq uilat eral tr i - ang le i s int ende d to ale r t th e us er t o th e pr esen ce of u ninsu lated “dan gero us vol tage” wit hin th e pro duct ’s enc losu re tha t may be o f suf  cien t magni tude t o con stit ute a r isk of el ect ri c shoc k. The excl am[...]

3 P RE CA UTI ONS WAR NI NG: T o p reve nt re o r shoc k ha zar d, do no t expo se thi s devi ce to r ain o r mois ture . Dang ero us hig h volt age i s pre sen t insi de the e ncl osu re. Do n ot op en the c abi net. CAUT ION : T o p reve nt ele ctr ic sh ock , matc h wid e bla de of pl ug to wi de sl ot of ou tlet a nd fu lly in ser t. WAR NI [...]

4 IM PORT ANT S AFE T Y INS TRUCTI ONS Read Inst ruc tion s: Al l the safet y a nd op erati ng in stru cti ons s hould be r ead befo re the pr oduc t is ope rated. Retai n Inst ruc tion s: The s afet y and op erati ng inst ruc tio ns sho uld be r etain ed for f uture r eferenc e. Hee d Warning s: All war nings on th e produc t and in the op erati n[...]

5 Gr ounding o r Polar izat ion: T his pro duct m ay b e e quippe d with a p olar ized alte rnati ng- cu rren t li ne p lug that has one bla de w ider than the other . This plug will only t into t he power outlet in o ne dire ctio n. T his is a safet y feature. If yo u are unable to in ser t t he pl ug f ully i nto th e out let, t r y rever sing[...]

6 Obj ect an d Liq uid En tr y: Never pus h ob ject s of any k ind i nto t his p rodu ct thr ough open ings as they may to uch dange rous volt age point s o r sh out- out par ts that co uld result in a r e or elec tr ic sh ock. Never spill liqui d of any k ind on th e produ ct. Ser v icing: Do not at tempt to ser v ice thi s pr oduc t yo urse lf[...]

7 PRE CAUTI ON S ..................................................................................... 2 IM POR TANT SAF ET Y I NS TRUC T IO NS ................................................... 4 TABLE O F CONTE NT S ........................................................................... 7 P ACK A GE CON TE NT S ..............................[...]

8 RE C MOD E ......................................................................................... 2 2 Mic roph one ( Voice) Recor ding ......................................................................... 2 2 FM Radi o Rec ording ......................................................................................... 22 FM MO DE .........[...]

9 F IR MWARE UPGR AD ES ...................................................................... 37 ABO UT DI GI TAL MUS IC F IL ES (MP 3 ) ................................................ 3 8 What i s an MP 3? ............................................................................................... 38 How c an I play an M P3? .................[...]

10 Plea se make s ure that the items show n below are incl uded in the packa ge. Should an item be m issi ng, please con tact the loc al retail er from whic h yo u p urcha sed this pro duct . 5 2 6 3 4 1 P A CK A GE CONTENT S CO BY MP- C78 1 US B Cable Profe ssio nal Ster eo Ear phon es 1. 2. 3. 1 x “ A A A” Bat ter y Inst allat ion CD Manu al [...]

1 1 1 GB I ntegra ted Flash M emo r y Hig h- Co ntras t LCD Disp lay with B ackl ight SD/ MM C Card S lot for E asy Mem or y Capa cit y Upgr ades (Me mor y Car d Not Inc lude d) Plays M P3 and W MA D igit al Mus ic Files Plays D igit al Musi c from m ost onl ine stor es and sub scr iptio n ser vic es* ID3 an d LRC supp or t for s ong and sy nchro n[...]

1 2 L OCA T ION OF CONTR OL S Model No: MPC791 2GB /M E N U 3 4 5 2 6 13 14 16 1 1 8 9 7 10 11 12 15[...]

1 3 Lef t V iew Power / M enu Volume + Volume - T op V iew Hea dphon e Out Nec kstr ap Hoo k US B Por t Front V iew LCD Dis play Joyst ick Lef t Previ ous / Revers e Joyst ick D own Stop 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Joyst ick Up Play / Pause Joyst ick R ight Nex t / For ward Joyst ick OK Ri ght V iew Mic roph one Rec ord Rea r Vi ew Ho ld Swi tch Bat[...]

1 4 DI SP L A Y O VE R VI EW Mu sic Mo de S cre en Rec ord M od e Scr een[...]

1 5 MODE S O VE R VIE W NAV MSC (Music) FM (Tuner) REC (Recording) SYS Music / Voice / SD/MMC Card(Internal) Equalizer- Repeat - Power Quality- Delete Format Reset System Infor. Language- Contrast Backlight No Repeat, One, All, Random All, Dir Repeat, Dir All Repeat, Dir Random All and Intro. English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese(Si[...]

1 6 Power in g Y o ur Playe r Y our play er ru ns on 1 x “AA A ” ba t te ry fo r music pl ayback . Rem ov e th e battery com partmen t cov er locat ed on the re ar o f the pla yer . Inse r t o ne “ A A A ” b atte ry , taki ng c ar e to ma tch th e pola rity o f the battery w ith th e marki ngs on the i nside o f the co mpa rtment. Rep lace [...]

1 7 Res et tin g Y our Pl ayer Reset yo ur player if i t shoul d free ze and not re spon d or other wise m alfun cti on. If the p layer is c onnec ted to a c ompu ter , di sco nnect i t. Remove the bat ter y f rom the p layer . Wait 3 0 s eco nds b efore repl acing the bat ter y . In sta llin g an SD/ MM C Me mor y Ca rd (opt io nal) Y ou can upgr [...]

18 M AIN ME NU O VE R VIE W The Main Menu gives you ac cess to the different function modes of your play er . T o selec t a mo de, p ress o r to hi ghlig ht th e m ode with the Se lect ion Curs or and th en pre ss . T o retur n to t he M ain M enu, pre ss . T o exi t th e M ain M enu, pre ss agai n. NAV : N avig at ion M od e Vie w your med ia libr[...]

1 9 Me nu In ter f ac e Navi gat ion T o sel ect t he dif fere nt menu opt ions a nd les o n your player : Use t he Navi gatio n J oysti ck to move t he sele cti on cur sor . The c urso r high - light s the c urre nt selec tio n. T o move th e curs or up, pres s T o move th e curs or dow n, pres s T o move th e curs or lef t, pr ess T o move th [...]

2 0 NA V MODE Ent er N aviga tion m ode t o view yo ur med ia li bra r y . Fil e Sea rch T o sea rch fo r a le in Nav igati on Mo de: Sel ect N A V f rom th e main me nu and pre ss to con rm . Sel ect M usic, Voic e or SD/ MM C Card Mus ic: View M P3 an d WM A music  les Voice: Vi ew micr ophon e or FM rad io rec ordin gs. SD/ MM C Card: V[...]

21 MSC MODE Ent er Mu sic mo de to p lay your M P3 or W MA aud io file s. Mus ic Mode will disp lay all compat ible audi o le s on your player regar dles s of dire ctor y Mu sic Co ntr ols Sel ect M SC fro m the main m enu and p ress to c onr m T o sel ect a t rack fo r playba ck, pr ess th e Joysti ck or . T o play a t rack , pres s the Joy[...]

2 2 REC MOD E Ent er Re co rd mo de to r eco rd fr om th e inte gr ate d micr oph one or F M Ra dio. Mic rop hon e ( V o ice) Re cor din g Make digi tal voic e rec ordin gs t hrou gh t he integr ated mic ropho ne. Reco rdings ar e saved to t he fold er “M ICI N.D IR ” . Pres s the R EC key w hile t he player i s in MS C or REC m ode. Rec ordi n[...]

23 FM MODE Ent er F M Rad io mo de to li ste n to FM R adi o bro adc ast s. Ear phones (or head phones) mus t be con nected t o the player ’s Head phone j ack for R adio op erati on for us e as an anten na. FM Rad io Co ntr ols Liste n to FM Radi o broad cast s. Sel ect FM f rom th e main men u and pre ss to con rm T o tune t o a stati on, pre[...]

24 Ent er S yste m mod e to ad just th e int ern al set ti ngs of y our play er . Sys tem M enu The Sy stem Me nu c ont ains 1 1 opti ons: Equalize r , Repe at, Lan guage, C ontra st, Bac klight , Power , Rec Qu alit y , De l File, For mat, Sys tem Info, an d Reset. Pres s or to select a sys tem opt ion and pr ess t o c on rm. Pre ss to e xit th[...]

25 Language Set the langu age tha t the menu s appea r in. The lan gua ge opti ons are : Engli sh , Fr ench , German , P ortugue se , Spa nis h, Chi nese (T rad ), and Chi nese ( Simp ). Pres s or to select a Langu age o ption and press to con rm. Pre ss to return to the System M enu. Contrast Set the Co ntrast level of the disp lay . A sett ing[...]

26 Delete Use t he Delet e func tion to r emove le s fro m your player. T o del ete a le: Sel ect De lFile f rom th e System M enu. A D irec tor y T r ee will appe ar . Pres s th e joy stick o r to se lect a fold er o r le to d elete and p ress to con rm. A D el ete C on r mat io n s cr een wi ll ap pe ar. Se le ct “ Y e s” o r ?[...]

27 C OMPUTER C ONNE C TION (USB ) Conn ect the MP-C7 8 1 to a compu te r with the USB 2.0 cable provid ed t o : T ran sfer l es to and f rom your p layer Per for m basi c le man ageme nt func tion s. USB D ri ver In sta lla tio n (Req uire d for W ind ows 9 8 SE On ly) It i s not n ece ssar y to inst all t he US B dr iver i f your com puter i[...]

2 8 Con nec ti ng to a Co mp ute r Conn ect th e pla yer to yo ur comput er with the supp lied USB cable. Upon conne ction : Y our c ompu ter will a utomat ica lly rec - ogni ze the pl ayer . An i con r epres entin g your pl ayer will ap pear as a “ Rem ovable Dis k” wh en you ope n “M y Com puter ” . It may t ake Wi ndows severa l min utes[...]

29 Mic ros of t Win dow s Dou ble -c lic k the “ My Co mputer ” i con on y our desk top a nd then d ouble - cli ck the M P- C781 icon (M TP Mul time dia Player). Y our pl ayer cont ains t wo fo lder s: Data an d Media . Dra g your me dia le s to the Me dia fol der (e.g. , M P3 , WM A les). Dra g all othe r ty pes of l es to the D ata f[...]

3 0 Di scon nec ti ng fr om a Co mpu ter Dis conn ect your player as in str ucte d bel ow to prevent dat a lo ss o r l e/ rmwa re co rr uptio n. Mic ros of t Win dow s Dou ble -c lic k the gre en arr ow in the t askb ar loc ated o n the lowe r -r ight si de of the c om - puter s cree n (Safely Rem ove Hard ware ). Saf el y Remove H ard war e:[...]

31 WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER 1 0 Wi ndow s Me dia Pl ayer 10 (W MP10) Y ou c an use W indow s Media Player 10 (W MP10 ) and a U SB - MTP c onne cti on to mana ge your mus ic medi a librar y w ith M icro sof t Wind ows XP o r newer . Mu sic Fil e T ra nsf er s T o tr ansfer  les usi ng WM P1 0: Run Wi ndow Me dia Player 10 Co nnect yo ur player [...]

32 Se lec t a pl aylis t fro m th e “Syn c List ” d rop - dow n me nu. Cli ck “S tar t Syn c” to st ar t trans ferr ing t he le s in the se lecte d playli st. WM P1 0 can be set to synchronize with your player automatically upon connection ( see Step 3: Device Setup) . T o stop auto -synchroni - zation with WMP10 during connection, press[...]

3 3 Cre ati ng Play list s Playli sts are an e asy way to organ ize and sto re your favor ite mus ic mixes s o y ou ca n listen to t hem whe never you want . Whe n a p laylis t is tra nsfer red using W indow s M edia Player , ever y song i n the playl - ist w ill be tr ansfer red a s well. WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER 1 0[...]

3 4 T o cr eate play lists us ing WM P10: Run Wi ndow Me dia Player 10 Select “ Library ” and then drag the desired song( s) to the “Now Pla ying List” on the right s ide. 1. 2. WIN DO WS ME DIA P L A YER 1 0[...]

3 5 Highlight all of the songs in the “ Now Playing List ” and then use the mouse to right-c lick the list. Choose “Add to” and then “ Additional Playlists. .. ” An “ Add to Pla ylist ” window will appear . Sel ect “ New ” and enter the pl aylist nam e, t hen clic k “OK ” . A n ew p laylist w ill be cr eated. Aut oma tic W i[...]

36 In the SYN C me nu, c lick th e “ Set up S ync” but ton. A “S ynch roniz atio n Set - tin gs” wind ow will ap pear. Chec k “ Sync hroni ze devic e au tomati call y” and c heck the p laylis t( s) you w ant to sync . Clic k “O K” to st ar t the sy nchr oniza tion. Whe n sync hroni zati on is c ompl ete, dis conn ect your pl ayer fr[...]

37 FI RMW ARE UPGRADE S From tim e to t ime, CO BY may re lease r mware up dates to im prove the pe r for - manc e of the MP- C781 or to add additi onal feature s. P lease chec k t he CO B Y web - site per iodic all y at w w w .c obyus a.com to see if new  rmwar e h as b een relea sed for your pl ayer . If you a re exper ienc ing abn orm al b[...]

3 8 Wh at is a n MP3? MP 3 ( sho rt for MPEG -1 Au dio Layer 3) is a co mpres sed digit al audio le. MP3 les ca n deli ver audi o at a qu alit y tha t near ly ma tches com pact disc s (CDs), but ar e abo ut one -tent h the si ze of CD -au dio. How c an I pl ay an M P3? MP 3s m ay b e playe d on a wide var iet y of d evice s. Dev ice s that ma[...]

39 Wh at is E ncr y pti on? Encr y ption is a way of protec tin g m edia wit h a un ique Cont ent ID for the pur po se of d ata s ecur it y . In o rder to ac ce ss t he en cr ypte d me dia, En d Use rs must a cquir e a licen se k ey and that allo ws for decr ypt ion and playbac k. With out this lic ense key , enc r ypted me dia wil l not play Cre a[...]

4 0 Plea se visi t w ww.mic rosof t .com fo r more W indow s Medi a Player info r - mati on and sup por t. How D o I T ra nsf er MP 3/ W MA Mu sic Fil es to m y MP3 Pla yer ? Whe n your MP 3 P layer is c onn ecte d t o a c ompute r , you may t ransf er music les to your M P3 p layer usin g your op erat ing syste m’ s ba sic l e manag ement [...]

41 Why i s my MP3 p layer s kip pin g a le? The  le may be c orr upt. D ownlo ad or tr ansfer t he le t o your player ag ain. The le t hat is b eing skipp ed may b e DR M -e ncr ypte d. If yo ur lic ense has expi red, you wi ll not be ab le to play t his le. If you believe your lic ense has expire d p rematu rely , p leas e c ontac t[...]

42 If you have a pr oble m with t his player, please r ead the t roub lesho oting g uide be - low an d chec k our webs ite at w w w .c obyus a.co m for Frequen tly As ked Ques tions (F AQs ) and r mwar e updates . If thes e reso urce s do not re solve t he pro blem, ple ase co ntac t T e chnic al Sup por t. The p layer d oe s not tur n on. The b[...]

4 3 The p layer w ill no t play my musi c file . Ensure t hat the  le is in a c ompat ible f orma t (MP 3, WM A). The le may b e c opy- protec ted and you n o lo nger have au thor izat ion to p lay this l e. If you fee l t his is in e rro r , plea se cont act the se rv ice fr om whic h yo u down loade d the l e. The LC D char act ers a[...]

4 4 Dis play T ype 1 28x 64 D ot- Mat rix LCD Mem or y 1 GB I ntegra ted Flash M emo r y SD/ MM C Card S lot for E xpa nded M emor y Capa cit y Audi o Format S uppor t MP 3, WM A DR M Suppo r t WM DR M 10 Son g Info Sup por t ID3 , LRC Rec ordin g Forma t IM A- A DPC M enco ding FM Frequen cy Rang e 87 . 5 - 1 08 .0M Hz PC Inte r fac e US B 2.0 Hi [...]

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