Freestyle Audio Soundwave manual

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    User Guide Take Your Music There SOUN D W AV E MP3 PLAYER © ©[...]

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    PRODUCT CARE Safety First For Customer Care, please visit us online at www.freestyleaudio.co m © Freestyle Audio LLC. All rights reserved. Please read the warnings below carefully before using the product. The company is not responsible for damage, data loss, or accidents occurring from not fully following the warnings below. 1. Do not use the pro[...]

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    1 2 System Requirements - What You Need Use and Care • • • Intel Pentium II 300 MHZ or Higher Salt water and chlorinated water are highly corrosive. Failure to adequately maintain your player and waterproof headphones may significantly shorten their lifespan. After each use, rinse your waterproof headphones and player thoroughly with fresh w[...]

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    3 Player Overview 1. MENU Shows the root menus: Music, FM, Player Settings 2. PLAY/PAUSE/POWER Power On/Off, Play, Pause 3. VOL Volume Control Option Lock/Unlock all keys (when held) 4. PREV Previous Song Volume Down (Pressed after VOL button) Rewind (when held) 5. NEXT Next Song Volume Up (pressed after VOL button) Note: Length of time each butto[...]

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    4 Charging the MP3 Player by USB Cable 1. Connect USB cable into the earphone jack of your MP3 Player. 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable into a USB port on your computer. 3. A window up may appear on your screen upon connection 4. Charging will automatically begin when the Player is connected and your computer is turned on. It takes about 5[...]

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    5 Before Loading Music on Player • Your MP3 Player supports MP3, WMA, and Subscription music se rvices. • Your MP3 Player has two operating modes designed to provide specific song and file capabilities: • Portable Media Player (PMP) – designed to work with Microsoft Windows Media Player (WMP) to load and manage your music files and playl[...]

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    5 Before Loading Music on Player • To change the default mode from PMP mode to PSD mode when not connected to a computer, long press the <MENU> button and select SETTINGS. Short Press the <NEXT> button and select from the menu ONLINE DEVICE under select USB DISK (PSD) and this will change the default setting from the MEDIA DEVICE sett[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Turn On To turn the player on, long press the <PLAY> Button. Menu Selections The menu button has three options: Long press <MENU> button to select between Music, FM and Settings. Press <NEXT> OR <PREV> to view each option, and short press <MENU> to enter each option mode and view the content of each.[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Battery Indicator The battery indicator will deplete with use and show the amount of charge remaining When the battery reaches 10% charge remaining the battery light will start flashing indicating the need to recharge the battery. A fully charged battery will play up to 18 hours of continuous music. PLAY/PAUSE/STOP MUSIC Short p[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Digital Music & FM Mode Settings Digital Music Settings In MUSIC mode you can select what music you want to listen to through a options. L ong Press to return to the root menu, and select Then short press <MENU> to enter any of the subset listening options (see diagram below). Short press to enter the Playlist menu Shor[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Song Play Order Options Listen To All of Your Loaded Songs Your mp3 player stores all music of your music in a folder called: LOCAL FOLDER and will play songs in the order in which you have placed them onto the player. If you turn the player off it will restart at the song it left off on You can create individual folders in the [...]

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    6 Basic Operations Song Play Order Options (continued) While the player is playing a song simply short press <PLAY> to the song. PAUSE . Then short press <MENU> to go to PLAYLIST, ARTIST, or ALBUM . You can scroll up and down using the < NEXT> and < PREV> buttons to view all available playlists, artists or albums and when yo[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Song Play Order Options (continued) Local Folder/Delete File/Delete All . Then short press <MENU> to go to LOCAL FOLDER and you can view all of the individual artist folders, press the DELETE FILE or to delete either DELETE ALL individual folders, or all folders from the player as an alternative to 14 While the player is pl[...]

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    6 Basic Operations FM Mode Setting To listen to FM radio stations, simply select FM Mode in the <MENU> setting. Short press <PREV/NEXT> to move up and down station band Short press <MENU> to perform the following functions in FM MODE • Save Save the radio station • Delete Delete the radio station • Delete All Delete all radi[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Settings While music is playing, short press <MENU> to open the music settings menu. Repeat When a song is playing, short press <MENU> Short press <NEXT> or <PREV> buttons, and select REPEAT . Other options include: Normal, Repeat One, Folder, Repeat Folder, Repeat All, Random, Intro. Folder Plays the song[...]

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    6 Basic Operations Advanced Settings (optional) Online Device Simply long press <MENU> button and select SETTINGS . Short press <NEXT> or <PREV> buttons and select Online Device. You can then change default setting to either P SD or Media Device. From time to time Freestyle Audio will offer updated software as new enhancements be[...]

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    6 Basic Operations System Settings S ystem settings are used to customiz e the way your player f unctions and SETTINGS mode in <MENU> . LCD Set 18 LCD Set Language Power Off Online Device Memory Info DRM Time Exit provdes critical information about your player. To edit them select To conserve the battery, the unit has a screen saver option. [...]

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    6 Basic Operations System Settings (continued) Language To view, go to SETTINGS mode in <MENU> . To set language select LANGUAGE mode Short press <NEXT/PREV> to select Short press <MENU> to confirm Long press <MENU> to exit Available languages include: English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, C[...]

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    7 Loading Music General Information about your player modes and folders It is best to work with only one of the two player modes to store and view your music to ensure you can see all of your music files. If you are using Windows Media Player to transfer music onto your player or a subscription music service you should use the PMP mode. If you are[...]

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    7 Loading Music Loading Music on Player Using Windows Media Player 10 & 11 (XP & Vista only) 1. Plug your MP3 Player into your computer and open Windows Media Player (WMP) on your computer. 2. Select the SYNC TAB on the top menu. 3. Drag items such as files, albums, and playlists from the (left) Library pane to the (right) Sync pane where [...]

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    7 Loading Music To add content to Media Library from your computer using Windows Media Player 9 1. In Windows Media Player 9 Series, click Media Library. 2. On the Tools menu, click Search for Media Files to add content to Media Library from your computer. Once you have all the content you want in Media Library, you're ready to copy files to [...]

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    7 Loading Music on Player using iTunes In order to copy files from iTunes you must FIRST change your default music settings. Changing your default music settings: 1. In iTunes locate the Edit tab on the top menu bar and choose Preferences tab 2. In the Preferences menu, choose Advanced tab 3. In the Advanced menu, choose Import tab and locate Impo[...]

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    7 Loading Music on Player using iTunes (continued) Copying music from iTunes onto your device. Your player has two modes, one for working within Windows Media Player (WMP) the second as a Portable Storage Device (PSD). You will need to switch out of WMP mode and into PSD mode by pressing the <play> button on your player while it is turned o?[...]

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    WARRANTY W a rr a nt y Freestyle Audio LLC LIMITED 90 Day WARRANTY This product is warranted by Freestyle Audio to the original purchaser to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period from the date of purchase of 90 days. The product will be repaired or replaced (with the same or similar model) at Freestyle Audio[...]

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    W a rr a nt y (continued) NEITHER THIS WARRANTY NOR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SHALL EXTEND BEYOND THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE REMEDY FOR THIS BREACH OF WARRANTY IS LIMITED TO SERVICING OR REPLACEMENT ONLY. IN NO EVENT SHALL FREESTYLE AUDIO BE LIABL[...]

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    N O I T A M R O F N I C C F FCC INFORMATIO N This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device does not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: Changes or modific[...]

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    . S C E P S . H C E T Technical Specifications Frequency Rang e Outpu t PC Interfac e System O S Power (Internal Battery ) (Optional AC Adapter ) Duratio n Weigh t Supported Format s Internal Memor y Temperatur e Operatio n Storag e Humidit y Operatio n Storag e TH D S/N Rati o 20Hz - 20KHz 108mW USB 2.0 Windows ME / 2000 / X P Mac OS 9.6 and abov[...]