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    PORT ABLE MEDIA PLA YER MPixx 4100[...]

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    2 CONTENTS _____________________________________________________________________ 4 MPixx 4100 Supplied accessories Special features Safety Environmental note 5 Overview Controls Displays in music playback mode Displays in FM radio mode Menu pages in the main menu 10 Connection and Preparation Power supply Connecting to the computer Disconnecting fr[...]

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    ENGLISH 3 CONTENTS _____________________________________________________________________ 24 Preference settings Selecting the »Settings« menu Display settings System settings 26 Operating with a computer System requirements Installing the player Connecting to the computer MP3/WMA data transfers T ransferring DRM-protected WMA data Synchronising m[...]

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    4 MPixx 4100 ________________________________________________________________ Supplied accessories 1 Installation CD 3 Power supply unit 2 Stereo earphones 4 USB cable 5 Brief instructions Note: The accessor y components supplied can change. Special features MP3/WMA player , player for picture and video files, voice and text files, recording device[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 OVER VIEW _____________________________________________________________________ Controls 1V + Increases the volume. In menu mode: moves cursor down. 2 s II Starts and pauses playback. Opens the menu options. 3V – Decreases the volume. In menu mode: moves cursor up. 4 Integrated microphone for voice recordings. 5 9 Selects the next track[...]

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    6 OVER VIEW _____________________________________________________________________ 11 DC 5V Socket for the mains cable. 12 TFT display . 13 RESET Resets the player . 14 POWER Switches the player on and off. 15 REC Starts the recording, switches to pause, stops and saves the recording. T o repeat a selected passage (A-B). 16 SD/MMC Slot for an SD/MMC[...]

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    ENGLISH 7 OVER VIEW _____________________________________________________________________ Displays in music playback mode 1 Operating status (play s , pause II ) . 2 V olume display . 3 Name of file or track (ID 3 tag). 4 Level display . 5 Playback progress display with the elapsed playing time of track and the remaining playing time of the track. [...]

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    8 OVER VIEW _____________________________________________________________________ Displays in FM radio mode 1 Frequency scale. 2 V olume display . 3 Current FM frequency . 4 Number of the current preset and total number of presets. 5 FM menu display: manual frequency search, selecting presets, storing radio stations, deleting radio stations, automa[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 OVER VIEW _____________________________________________________________________ Menu pages in the main menu Music Video Radio Photo E-Book Record Explorer Settings[...]

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    10 CONNECTION AND PREP ARA TION _____ Power supply The player operates with the integrated lithium-polymer batter y 1 x 3.7 V , 1,000 mA. Charging the batter y Charge the batter y using the power supply unit supplied or on the computer . Y ou can also charge the player by connecting it to a USB compatible hi-fi system using a USB cable. Note: When [...]

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    ENGLISH 11 CONNECTION AND PREP ARA TION _____ Disconnecting from the computer If there is no data transfer in progress, you can disconnect the player from the computer . Before you disconnect the player’ s cable connection to the computer , you must remove the player from the Windows desktop by following the Windows instruc- tions for “Removing[...]

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    12 GENERAL FUNCTIONS _______________________________________ Switching on/off 1 Switch the player on by pressing » POWER « down until the logo appears in the display . – The player then switches to the »Music« operating mode. 2 Switch the player off by pressing » POWER « down until the logo appears in the display . Note: The player will not[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 GENERAL FUNCTIONS _______________________________________ Menu navigation 1 T o open the main menu, press and hold down » MENU « in the selected operating mode. – The main menu appears. 2 Select the option, such as »Settings« with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to open. 3 Select the option in the submenu, by pressing » V [...]

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    14 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Memor y navigation In the navigation mode, all the folders and files in the internal memor y are dis- played. 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. – The main menu appears. 2 Press » 8 « or » 9 « to select the »Explorer« option and press » s II « to[...]

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    ENGLISH 15 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Fast forward and reverse search 1 T o search for a particular passage of a track, press and hold down » 8 « or » 9 « during playback. – Fast for ward or reverse search begins. Release » 8 « or » 9 « at the posi- tion you want. Repeating a selected passage (A-B) 1 [...]

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    16 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Selecting sound settings Y ou can choose between various preset sound settings. 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Settings« menu with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Press » V + « or » V – « in the submenu to se[...]

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    ENGLISH 17 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Playback from recordings Starting playback from recordings 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. – The main menu appears. 2 Select the »Explorer« mode with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Select »V oice« (voice recordings) [...]

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    18 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ T uning to radio stations Manual tuning The player must be in »Manual« mode for the manual station search. 1 T o set the frequency you want, press » 8 « or » 9 « as often as necessar y . – The frequency changes up or down in 100 kHz steps or begin the search by pressing » [...]

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    ENGLISH 19 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Opening presets The »Preset« mode must be activated. The number of the current preset and the total number of presets are shown in the display . 1 T o select the preset, press » 8 « or » 9 « as often as necessar y . Note: Unassigned presets are skipped over . Deleting[...]

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    20 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Picture playback Starting picture playback 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Photo« mode with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. – Display: »Internal Memor y«. The player is in the navigation mode. 3 Open the internal [...]

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    ENGLISH 21 BASIC FUNCTIONS ________________________________________________ Setting the time interval for the automatic page turner 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Settings« menu with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Press » V + « or » V – « in the submenu to select »Auto slid[...]

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    22 RECORDING __________________________________________________________________ V oice recordings Starting voice recording 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Record« mode with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Press » REC « to start recording. 4 Press » REC « to pause recording. Pres[...]

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    ENGLISH 23 RECORDING __________________________________________________________________ Recording settings Setting the recording quality 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Settings« menu with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Press » V + « or » V – « in the submenu to select »Reco[...]

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    24 PREFERENCE SETTINGS _____________________________________ Selecting the »Settings« menu 1 T o open the main menu, press » MENU « and hold it down. 2 Select the »Settings« menu with » 8 « or » 9 « and press » s II « to confirm. Display settings Setting the backlight display switch-off time 1 In the »Settings« menu, press » V + « o[...]

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    ENGLISH 25 PREFERENCE SETTINGS _____________________________________ 2 Press » V + « or » V – « to select the »Language« option and press » s II « to confirm. 3 Select the language (seven languages), by pressing » V + « or » V – « and press » s II « to confirm. Note: If you change the menu language (default setting »English«), t[...]

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    26 OPERA TING WITH A COMPUTER ___________ System requirements When connected to the computer , the player appears as a removable disc drive. This corresponds to the player’ s flash memor y . Y our computer should meet the following requirements: – Windows 98 SE / 2000 / ME / XP / V ista – Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher – Microsoft Media Pl[...]

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    ENGLISH 27 OPERA TING WITH A COMPUTER ___________ MP3/WMA data transfers 1 Select the MP3/WMA files on your computer for copying. 2 Highlight the files. 3 Right-click the mouse to select »Copy«. 4 Open a removable disc drive (e.g. H:) on your computer . 5 Right-click the mouse to transfer the files onto the removable disc drive (e.g. H:) Note: DR[...]

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    28 OPERA TING WITH A COMPUTER ___________ Synchronising music and text files The player supports music files that have been synchronised with corresponding music text (LRC files). In this way you have the music playback via the earphones and simultaneously the synchronous text playback on the display . Notes: If you wish to create LRC files, use a [...]

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    ENGLISH 29 OPERA TING WITH A COMPUTER ___________ T ext data transfers 1 Select the text files on your computer for copying. 2 Open the text files by clicking on »Start« ɮ »Programme« ɮ »Accessories« ɮ »W ordPad«. 3 Save the text files with the extension .TXT . 4 Right-click the mouse to select »Copy«. 5 Open a removable disc drive (e.[...]

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    30 INFORMA TION __________________________________________________________ T echnical data This product fulfils the European directives 89/336/EEC, 2006/42/EC and 93/68/EEC. The type plate is located on the back of the device. T echnical and design modifications reser ved. Power supply Rechargeable batter y: 1 x 3.7 V lithium polymer 1,000 mA Outpu[...]

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    Grundig Multimedia B.V . • Atrium, Strawinskylaan 3105 • NL-1077 ZX Amsterdam • http://www .grundig.com[...]