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    7” Dock able Media Play er 40GB Har d Driv e O WNER ’S GUIDE INS T ALLA TION GUIDE © 2005 Directed Electronics, all rights reser ved N90740 12-05 APPLICABLE FOR MODELS OHV90 1 OHV90 1A OHV1 021 OHV1 021A OHV1 202 OHD W1 7 .2 OHD90 1A OHD1 021A[...]

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    2 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED ONE YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY Directed Electronics (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 after [...]

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    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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    4 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Record T ab .....................................................................................45 System T ab.....................................................................................46 Info T ab ......................................................................................[...]

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    d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 Safety Instructions Completely read th e safety instructi on s car efully . Please retain this gui d e in a convenien t locati on f or futur e r efer en ce . 1. Keep th e unit away from humi dity . 2. Keep th e unit away from long e xposure to the sunli gh t. 3. Never pour an y liquid into th[...]

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    6 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Introduction Congr atulations f or ch oosin g th e DMP740 or DMP040, by Dir ected Vi d eo. This high perf ormance pr od u ct has been d esi gn ed an d en gin eered by Dir ected Electroni cs, the in d ustry lead er in hi gh qu ality autom otive security , audi o, and vid eo equipment sin ce 1990[...]

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    d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7 How to Use this Guide This guid e provid es in stru cti on s an d illustr ati on s on how to in stall an d oper ate the m edia player . With step-by-step instru cti on s , we will gui d e you thr ough th e medi a player driver installati on pr ocess . If you ar e n ot f amili ar with computer[...]

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    8 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved What’ s Included NOTE: The DMP740 battery should be charged ONL Y with the provided adapter! NOTE: The accessories listed above may change without notice . NOTE: The DMP040 will have 2 A V-in/out cables. ❍ DMP740 or DMP040 ❍ USB Cable ❍ Stereo Earph on es ❍ Handy B a g ❍ AC A dapter[...]

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    d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9 Getting Started O VERVIEW (DMP7 40 SHOWN) 19 20 21 22[...]

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    10 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 1. Earphon e J ack Plug-in the earph ones her e . 2. A V Lin e-Out Jack Plug-in the A V cable her e to en able A V Line-Out to th e extern al display (TV). 3. A V Lin e-In Jack Plug-In the A V cable her e to en able A V Line-In r ecor din g. 4. USB Conn ector Connect th e mini USB connector o [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 11 d NOTE: If holding the power o ff switch in the up position f or 5-seconds does not shut down the media player , carefully use a straightened paper clip at the access hole shown on the back of the media player to reset the software . The power will shut-off. Operating Menu Displays P ower on t[...]

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    12 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved VIDEO/MUSIC /PHO T O MENU 8. Men u Title: Shows selected men u. 9. List Title: Shows all files in a selected f older . 10. Scr oll Bar: Scroll d own to display ad diti on al titles . V OICE/A V RECORDING 14. Recor ding Tim e: Recor din g elapse tim e (hh:mm:ss). 15. Recor ding Qu ality: In di [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 13 d USB Hard Disk The m edia player contain s a 40GB mini-har d d rive . Y ou can operate th e m edi a player as an USB har d drive and copy person al d ata to it. Simply conn ect th e medi a player to your computer , and use Wind ows Explor er to copy an d m an ag e your data. Lock Switch The m[...]

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    14 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved SD/MMC & MS Card Slot The m edia player has an SD/MMC and a M S slot. Y ou can insert a Secur e Di gital Card , MultiMedi a Car d or a M S (M em ory Sti ck) Car d in to its d esign ated slot to allow your photos , videos , or m usi c to be played or displayed on th e DMP740 (displayed on a[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 15 d Remote Control The r em ote con tr ol pr ovi d es th e followin g fun cti on s: ❍ OFF: press to power On/Off. ❍ TV/LCD: press to switch th e video output between TV an d th e DMP740 (DMP740 only). ❍ z REC: press to start to r ecord of each fun cti on. ❍  Exit: press to stop playba[...]

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    16 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Li-Ion Battery Recharging (DMP740 only) The DMP740 com es with a Li-Ion rechar g eable battery . Charg e th e battery com- pletely befor e using the DMP740 f or th e first tim e by f ollowin g th e steps below: 1. Connect th e supplied AC A d apter to A C outlet, an d plug in th e oth er en d [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 17 d the internal clock and IR sensor operation there is a continuous battery drain even while the unit is off. The battery will dis- charge when not being used. BA T TER Y CONSUMPTION REFERENCE (DMP7 40 ONL Y) The m edia player uses a 2200 mAhr 11.1 V 3-Cell rechar g eable Li-I on battery . The [...]

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    18 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Utility CD Inclu ded is a Utility CD (to be used on a PC). In sert th e suppli ed CD in to your CD-ROM, and th e CD will auto-run the Setup progr am. On your computer scr een, you will see the f ollowing display . ❍ Vid eo Format Converter: Vid eo converter utility f or convertin g th e f or[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 19 d Connect & Disconnect from PC CONNECT THE MEDIA PLA YER T O COMPUTER 1 . Slid e th e power/lock switch up to power on the m edi a player . W ait un til th e main scr een displays. The DMP040 will r equir e use o f th e A C P ower Ad apter . 2. Plug the mini-en d of the suppli ed U SB cabl[...]

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    20 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NOTE: For Windows 98SE users , a driver is required to activate the media player 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 ollowin g win d ow will display on your c[...]

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    © 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 media player is identified as drive F: The drive letter may be different depend- ing upon the configuration of the computer being used.[...]

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    22 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 4. After connecti on is initialized, if your computer oper atin g system f ails to recognize th e media player as a har d disk, th en g o to [Devi ce M an ag er] by clickin g "Start"  "Settin g"  "Con tr ol P anel"  "System"  "H ar d war[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 23 d W e strongly sugg est that you do not form at the medi a player’s hard disk! The display interf aces will not functi on corr ectly if th e har d disk is f orm atted . If you do n eed to format har d disk, conn ect th e m edi a player to your computer first and f ormat it with the Win d ows[...]

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    24 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Basic Usage PO WER ON AND OFF 1. Slid e th e switch up once to power on th e medi a player . After startup ani- mati on, you will see the main m en u an d can th en con tin ue usin g th e m edia player . The DMP040 m ust be d ock ed or utilize th e A C P ower Ad apter . 2. T o power off the m [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 25 d tus icon at th e top of the LCD scr een chan g es while adjustin g volum e . Ther e ar e 16 steps of volum e levels. The display is n ot appli cable f or th e DMP040 (can be viewed only on e xtern al scr een). V OLUME CONTROL—REMO TE CONTROL 1. T o change th e volum e level, push th e VOL [...]

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    26 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved VIDEO The m edi a player supports playback of MPEG-4 SP , DivX 3.11/4/5, M oti on JPEG, and WMV-9 SP@ML vi deo files. Vi d eo can be playback at up to 30fps . Only sup- ported file form ats are shown on th e list that ar e playable . NOTE: T o view videos, the DMP040 must be connected to an e [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 27 d 4. Refer to the Safely Remove media player from Computer secti on to discon- nect th e media player from computer after th e files ar e tr an sferr ed . 5. On the m ain menu, push th e Navigati on button up or d own to th e Vi d eo men u as shown in Figur e 1 above . Press in on th e N avi g[...]

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    28 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9. Push the N avigation button to th e ri gh t to f ast-f orwar d vi d eo playback, each push incr ements fr om FFx2, x4, x8, x16, an d x1. (Push on ce to f ast- forwar d by 2x, twice to fast-f orwar d 4x, etc .) Pr ess in on th e N avi gati on button to playback the vi deo at norm al speed . [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 29 d NOTE: There is only one resume break stored at a time on the media player . If you play another video, the resume bookmark will be erased. The resume break does not apply to video played from memory cards. 13. If an y file is not n eed ed , you can d elete it fr om file list. Push th e N avi[...]

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    30 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2. From th e m edi a player main m enu, use the N avigation button to hi ghli gh t Vid eo and press th e N avi gati on button in to en ter th e Vi d eo m enu. 3. Select a DivX file from th e list and press th e N avi gati on button in. If th e file is purchased fr om the Intern et with DivX® [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 31 d 2. If the vi deo has embedd ed m ultiple subtitle tr acks , th e "Please select Subtitle T rack" messag e will display on LCD when you press th e Navigati on button in to play the DivX® vi deo file . Use the N avi gati on button to ch oose a track an d then press th e N avi gati o[...]

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    32 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved MUSIC The m edia player supports MP3 (MPEG1 Layer2, Layer3), W A V (LPCM, ADPCM), and WMA (WMA -9 Layer 2a) file playback. MP3 and WMA can be played back at up to 320 Kbps. NOTE: The DMP040 must have an e xternal video monitor connected to view the file lists. NOTE: Only supported files are di[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 33 d to the ri ght to previ ew a file . 6 . Press th e N avi gati on button in to play the son g with th e Virtu al M usi c Player . 7. If the selected file is n ot supported by the medi a player , the m essag e below is displayed. 8 . Push the N avigation button up or d own to choose from Rand o[...]

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    34 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9. Press th e "E" button on the medi a player or  /EXIT button on th e r em ote once to stop th e file playing. 10. If an y file is not n eed ed , it can be d eleted fr om th e file list. Push th e Navi gation button up or down to select th e file , push the N avi gati on but- ton[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 35 d 3. From th e main men u, push the Navi gati on button up or d own to select Photo as sh own on the above left-hand fi gur e . When Ph oto is selected , press th e Navigati on button in to en ter th e Ph oto m en u as sh own in th e above righ t-hand figur e . 4. Push the N avigation button u[...]

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    36 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9. While viewin g one photo in full scr een (n ot in sli d e sh ow m od e), push th e Navi gation button left to browse ph otos in 3X3 f orm at. 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 hi ghli gh ted in a red fr ame . NOTE: The icon with th[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 37 d V OICE RECORDING The m edia player provi d es a voi ce r ecor d er fun cti on. ❍ Record V oice 1 . Push Navi gation button up or down to select V oice Recor d as shown above . Press th e Navigati on button in to en ter th e V oice Recor d scr een as sh own above . 2. On V oice Record , pre[...]

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    38 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved ❍ Play a Record ed Voi ce File 1. T o play a record ed voi ce file , use the n avi gati on button to g o to M usi c mod e, Recor ded fold er . 2. Find r ecorded file n am e on th e file list o f M usi c m od e . 3. Select a file and pr ess the Navi gati on button in to play or pr ess to th e[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 39 d ❍ Record A V 1. Connect th e media player A V-In Jack to an A V output devi ce (an alog au di o and vi deo, not Di gital, RGB, or S vi d eo), su ch as TV , M ovi e cam era, VCR, or DVD player with the suppli ed A V cable . Match vi d eo lin e-in compon en t cable to A V si gnal conn ectors[...]

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    40 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5. If you select the A udio/Vi d eo opti on an d pr ess th e “R” button or th e REC button on the r emote contr ol, th e m essag e below will display . Y ou can choose a d uration, an d r ecor din g will stop autom ati cally wh en th e selected time has elapsed . Select an option by the N [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 41 d ❍ Play a Record ed A V File 1. T o play a record ed A V or audi o file , go back to m ain m en u an d select Vi d eo or Musi c mode by r eferrin g to Vi d eo or M usi c secti on. 2 . Find th e r ecor d ed file nam e in Vi d eoRecor d ed f old er or M usi cRecord ed f old er . 3. Select a[...]

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    42 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3. Insert your SD car d , MMC car d , or Mem ory Sti ck in to its slot in th e cor- rect ori entation. 4. Press button to turn on medi a player . 5. If your SD/MMC card or M emory Stick has vi d eo, au di o, or ph oto files in th e inserted car d, chang e to appr opri ate m od e , open the M e[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 43 d Au dio in either vi d eo f orm at or MP3 can be played thr ough your h om e soun d sys- tem the sam e way . Setting The m edia player Setting m en u in clu d es Display , Photo, Recor d , System, and Inf o tabs . 1. Select Setting m enu by pushing th e Navigati on button up or d own as sh ow[...]

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    44 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved DISPLA Y T AB The Display tab in cludes Bri gh tn ess , TV Stan d ar d , an d Display items . Th e Brigh tness and Display ar e n ot appli cable to th e DMP040. NOTE: Brightness settings selected in the settings menu will be record- ed and kept. Brightness settings selected while watching a mo[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 45 d Un der Musi c there is a f older called Slid esh ow . MP3s placed in that fold er will play in the back ground wh en "sli d e m usi c" is turn ed on d urin g a sli de sh ow o f ph otos . 1. From Settin g Menu, push th e Navigati on button ri gh t or left to g o to Ph oto as shown a[...]

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    46 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 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 gh t or left to Recor d tab . The display will appear as shown above . 2. Push the N avigation button up or d own to select a settin g item. Refer to[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 47 d S Y STEM T AB Y ou can adjust vari ous system settings within th e System tab . T o change system settin gs: 1. In Setting M enu, push the N avigation button ri gh t or left to System tab . The display will be as shown above . 2. Push the N avi gati on button up or d own to select Display Of[...]

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    48 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 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 [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 49 d INFO T AB Y ou can display inf ormati on r egar din g Stor ag e Fr ee Space , Softwar e V ersion, MCU Firmwar e Versi on, DivX (R) VOD, Update Softwar e , Update MCU Firm war e , and Update U SB Firmware fr om Inf o tab . T o chan ge inf orm ati on settin gs: 1. In Setting M enu, push the N [...]

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    50 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NO TE: Updating Software and Update Firmware are advanced opera- tions! Only advanced users should perform these actions! Refer to the website www .directedmobilemedia.com for addi- tional information. Specifications Battery life test is und er the conditi on s o f T emperatur e/H umi dity 25?[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 51 d Headph one , T est File: Resolution: 240x180, Vi deo bit-r ate: 800Kbps , A u di o bit- rate: 64Kbps , File size: 1.1GB, MP4+MP3, Power Sour ces: Battery , T est Durati on: 4 hours . NOTE: Specifications are subject to change without notice . Upgrade Software The m edia player softwar e can [...]

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    52 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 8. Push the N avigation button to th e ri gh t. M essag e "Confirm? Y es No" will show on th e display . 9. Push the N avigation button ri gh t or left to select Y es and pr ess th e Navi gation button in to start to upgrad e so ftwar e . Or , select No to can cel the upgr ad e . 10 [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 53 d 1. Connect th e media player to your computer with th e U SB cable . 2. P ower on the medi a player to initialize it on your computer . 3. Download a medi a player upgrade file fr om website an d save it in to th e medi a player root directory . Double click to run th e upgr ad e file , and [...]

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    54 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Dockable Media Player— Installation 1. Be sure th e media player is o ff, en sur e power to th e OHD con sole is o ff, an d that the i gniti on k ey is o ff. 2. Align th e notches in th e si d e o f th e m edi a player with th e tabs in th e sid es of th e monitor POD moun tin g ar ea an d s[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 55 Remote Usage when Docked The r emote contr ol pr ovi d ed with th e m edi a player will n ot oper ate the unit when th e media player is d ock ed . Th e r em ote con tr ol used with th e overhead console n ow controls th e m edi a player . The cr oss r efer en ce table below lists the rem ote [...]

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    56 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Dockable Media Player—Removal 1. While holdin g and supporting th e player . 2. Move an d hold the lock/unlock button to th e ri gh t. 3. Slid e the player away from th e scr een an d car efully r em ove . NOTE: Install the rubber protective cover over the electrical connector at the bottom [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 57 d[...]

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    Directed Electr onics Vista, CA 92081 www .directed .com © 2005 Directed Electr onics—All ri ghts r eserved N90740 12-05 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,[...]