Nextar MA593 manual

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    M A 5 93 D i g i t a l M P 3 P l a y e r Instruction Manual[...]

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    T able of Content s Precauti ons ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Product Features ................................................................................................................................[...]

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    Sub Menu of Music .............................................................................................................................................. 20 Recordin gs ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 LC[...]

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    Load defaults ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 Memory/FW ......................................................................................................................................................... 33 Exit ........[...]

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    Precautions In order to safely use this player , please follow the pre cautions depicted in this ma nual. Before using this player , please thoroughly read and keep it for future r eference.  Never use the play er during driving or operating other vehicles to avoid traffic accident, w hich also be written in the law in some district s. Even in w[...]

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     In o rder to provide the best acce ss performance, it w ill be unable to format in F A T -32 in PC if your mp3 flash memory capacity is 128MB.  Attentio n: Because of the di fferent memory calculating method and the player software (firmware) i s stored in the device flash memory and, it will ca use the differ en ce between flash memory mark[...]

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    We make no represent ation for the e rrors , omissions or updat es of this document . We also make no represent ation for the dat a or music fi les lost of the play er . Microsoft W i ndows Media and W ind ows are trademarks o f Microsoft Corporatio n. T rad emarks of other produc ts mention ed in this us er's manual are ow ned by their respec[...]

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    FM T uner This player provides a high -performance FM T uner that allows users to perform automatic channel sear ch, set “favorite” channels and reco rd “fav orite” programs. Pedometer/Stop watch This player provides pedomete r and stopwatch function s. Built-in 128*64 FSTN screen There is a build-in 128*64 FSTN screen. Supports multilingua[...]

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    Easy and quick battery charging The player’s battery can be charged via USB port from a computer or an USB in terface adapter . It can be fully charged in 4 hours approximately and 80% charged in 2 hours. System Requirement System requirement o f this player: 1. Microsoft ® Windows 98SE/2000/Me/XP 2. Pentium 200MHz CPU or higher level CPU 3. USB[...]

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    Basic Operation Controls and Functions (12) REC Button (11) V olume Down Button (-) (10) USB Port (8) V olume Up Button (+) (9) Microphone (6) Menu Button (M) (7) Earphone Jack (5) Rewind Button (  ) (4) Reset Button (3) Display Area (2) Forward Button (  ) (1) Play/Pause Button (  ) R eset : Reset the player (accessed by a pointed obje[...]

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    Key in structio n: Function Action Power On/Off Long press the Play/Pause/ Power [  ] button A-B Replay Function P re s s [ R E C] b u tt o n 1 st : Select starting point A Press [REC] button 2 nd : Select ending point B and replay AB section. Press [REC] button 3 rd : Exit replaying Play or pause or resume playback P re s s t h e [  ] [...]

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    Connecting to PC Inst all De vice Driver for Windows 98SE 1. Execute setup.exe in driver CD and complete the driver instal lation. 2. Reboot the PC. 3. Connect the MP3 player to the USB port o f PC Operation Procedure T o upgrade firmware or copy music to the player , please fi rst to power the player of f and connect the player to the PC by using [...]

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    Removing Hardw are Use the lef t button on the mouse to double-cli ck on the icon for remov ing hardware that is located on the lower right corner of the scree n. Please refer to th e right picture: When the following screen appears, click “S top” and then “O K” button to remove the hardw are safely . The USB cable can then be removed from [...]

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    Battery Charging Be sure to charge the player before init ial use for at least 2 hours. Th is p ro d uc t adopts build-in rechargeable Li-Ion battery . Connect this player to a PC. Please refer to “Connecting to a PC” on previous se ction for instructions. The battery indicator on th e right top of the display show s the battery level. When the[...]

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    Note: y The mp3 player only accept s the st andard USB 2.0 output v oltage and current to charge the built-in Li-Ion battery .If the charging vo ltage and current are out of the compass, it will damage the battery and the mp3 player . It will be no w arranty in this case. Plea se make sure to check the output volt age and current of the USB por t o[...]

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    WMA (Support WMA-DRM) Download operation of WMA music with DRM9 (PD-DRM) On Windows 98SE / Windows ME / Windows 2000 / Windows XP , music with DRM should be transferred by Windows Media Play er version 9.0 or 10.0 (version 10 .0 is for Windows XP only) to MP3 player . Other download operation probably will cause the MP3 player can not read the musi[...]

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    A. Connect player to PC. B. Choose the desired WMA music with DRM. C. Click right button of the mouse and choose “Add to Sync list”. D. On the open w indow , choose “Syn c” option. 13[...]

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    E. On “Sync” window , choose the de sired WMA music with DRM as step B and choose “Removable Disk”. F. Click “S tart Sync” to transfer th e WMA music with DRM to the player . 14[...]

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    Copy Music Files to the Player If the connection is successful, a remov able driv e icon will appear in “My Computer” . First, find out y our favorite MP3 or WMA audio files in “My Computer” . Second, use the m ouse to select those audio files and click those files with the right but ton of the mouse to select “Copy”. Third, find Remova[...]

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    Start-up/down Procedure T o power on the player , press the  button while the player is off. Press and hold the  button to power o ff the player while th e player is on to ensure the settings are sav ed. (The setting will only be saved if the player is pow er off properly by the user or time up regardin g to timer setting) . Main Menu W[...]

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    Activate and Deactivate Key Loc k Act iva te Ke y Lo ck In Music, Recordin gs and FM Radio functi ons, activate key lock under su b menu o f Music, Recordings and FM Radio. Key lock is i mmediately activated by pressing  butto n to confirm the selection. Deactivate Ke y Lock T o deactivate the key lock, hold dow n the  button unti l the[...]

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    Music LCD Display ID3 tag Vo l um e Key lock Batte ry level EQ Play mode Playback status Current function File type/Bit rate Current track / T otal track Elapse time/ T otal duration 18[...]

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    Operation procedure 1. Select “Music” Music function is a default function when pow er on the player . Y ou also can open the music function by select the Music in the main menu. 2. Play and Pause Music playback stop s first when power on or switching to Music playback functio n from other function. While the music is stop or pau sed, press [...]

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    again to select the ending point B. Press REC button the third time to stop the playback o f AB section. 8. Back to Main Menu Press and hold Menu bu tton will leave music func tion and open the Main Me nu. Sub Menu of Music During music mode, you ca n press the Menu button to enter the sub menu of “Music”. Press the  or  bu tton to naviga[...]

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    Recordings LCD Display File name Vo l um e Key lock Batte ry level Play mode Playback status Current function File type/Bit rate Elapse time/ T otal duration Current track / T otal track 21[...]

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    Operation Procedure Select “Recordings” Function Select Recordings in main menu to enter Recordings playback functio n and press  button to start playing. Please refer to the Music function for the recording s play back and operation. Please note that there i s no Shuffle and Shuffle re peat play mode in the Recordings playback function. [...]

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    MIC. Record LCD Display Operation Procedure 1. St art MIC. Record Press and hold REC button to start MI C. Record from the microphone from whatever function except FM Radio function. When the recording icon is flashing , the recording begins. 2. Pause Recording Press the REC button to p ause recording and press i t again to resume recordi ng. Key l[...]

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    3. Stop Recording Press Menu button to stop recording and the play er turn to the Recording s function. Pres s  button to play the recorded file V###.W A V . 4. Recorded Files The recorded file is defi ned automatically as V### .WA V in Recordings directory of the player , ### is a figure composed of three numbers starting w ith 001 for the f[...]

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    FM radio LCD Display Current function FM mode / Current S tation FM band MONO/STEREO Vo l um e Batte ry level Current Frequency Key lock Frequency step Operation Procedure 1. Select “FM rad io” Select FM radio in main menu to listen to the FM radio programs. The dev ice will search for freq uencies automatically when fir st time entering or no [...]

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    S tation memory mode Manual scan mo de 3. Switch radio st ation Press  button or  button to sw itch between the sav ed radio stations u nder S tation memory Mode. 4. Fine-tune the frequency Press  or  button to fine-tune the frequency backw ard or forward by 0.1MHz unde r Manual scan Mode. It will quickly adjust the frequency backward o[...]

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    FM Submenu Select and enter th e FM mode, press the  button to enter the appo inted subm enu. Here in cludes five options: Key lock, FM band, Auto scan, FM radio and Ex it. FM band There are three options of FM band: Europe ba nd, USA band, Japan band. Select Exit to return to the upper menu. Auto scan In the pop-up dialo g box, choose “Y e[...]

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    FM Record LCD Display FM mode Battery File name Remain time Key lock Recording icon Elapsed ti me Operation Procedure 1. Open “F M Record” During FM listening, press and hold REC button to st art FM Recordi ng. When the recording ico n is flashing, the recording begins. 2. Pause Recording Press the REC button to p ause and repress to re sume re[...]

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    3. Stop Recording Press Menu button to stop recording and the play er will remain in FM Radio function. If you want to liste n to the recorded FM program, y ou can go to the Reco rdings mode and select the recorded file. 4. Recorded Files The recorded file is defi ned automatically as F###.W A V in FM directory of the player , ### is a figure compo[...]

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    Utility Select and enter the Utility mode. It in cludes Pedometer , S topwatch and exit. Press  button to enter . Select Ex it to return to the upper menu. Pedometer Select and enter the Pedometer option, a dialog box of pedometer setting s appears, you can press the  or  button to switch between the ”stride ” a nd “sex” option [...]

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    this button to re set to zero and pres s t he MENU button to return the utility submenu. Y ou can listen to th e music while using this function . Delete From the main menu, press the  or  button to select the Delete mode. It includes Dele te one, Delete all and Ex it. Press  button to enter . The music w ill be stop after you enter thi[...]

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    Settings Select and enter the Settings mode. It include s Language, Contrast, T imer se ttings, Music resume, Load default s, Memory/FW , and Ex it. Press the  button to enter th e appointed submenu. Language Here includes Engli sh, French, S panish, Itali an, German and Hungary . Af ter selecting your desired languag e, press the  butt[...]

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    save. 3. Backlight Press the  or  button to select the backlight ti me after which the player will shut dow n the backlight and press the  button to s ave. Music resume Select YES to use this function. Sel ect NO to exit. If y ou select YES, The player will play the tra ck from the point stopped at last time . Or select NO to star t pla[...]

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    References Ly ric Synchroni zation The player o nly supports the L yric Synchronous Di splay that the fi le shares the same name as LRC file o f MP3 format, e.g., music file is named as “Angel.mp3”, the LRC fi le must be named as “Angel.Irc ”, what's more, they have to be in the same directory Reset Function If the player can’ t use [...]

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    Technical Specification s MP3 bit rate 32~320Kbps (Mp3) 32~192Kbps (WMA) Music format M P3 , WM A Sampling rate 8/1 1/16/22/3 2/ 4 4/ 48 kHz (optional) Frequency response 20Hz~20KHz Record format WAV ( AD PC M ) SNR >90db Dynamic range >80db (1KHZ) Distortion: <0.05% (REFERENCE LEVEL:0dB ( MP3 ) 1 m W, 4m W -52dB/-62dB ( VOICE, REFER[...]

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    Note: The options may vary upon the firmw are version. Trouble Shooting If you have problem s in operating your player , please check the trouble shooting guide below before sending it to service. Problem : If there is no picture displayed af ter the player is conne cted to PC and can not serve as a storage device or can not be pow ered on after th[...]

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    5. The upgrade of softw are may format the player , so please copy the music or files in the player to PC first. Problem : If you find th ere is weak signals for FM channels. Check Items : 1. Remove or turn of f interference source s from the player . Interference sources may incl ude a PC and other electronic devices. 2. Adjust the angle o f earph[...]

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    Listening caution Do not play your headphones or earphones at a high volume. Hearing experts advise against continuous ex tended play. If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use. Do not use while operating a motorized vehicle . It may create a traffic hazard and is illegal in many areas. You should use extreme cautio[...]

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    Precautions: 1). When not using the player for an extended peri od of time, remove the batteries to avoid damage due to leakage. ( Apply to Models tha t come with AAA or AA battery) 2). Do not use the player in extremel y hot, cold, dusty or damp environments. 3). Make sure the HOLD key is in the unlock pos i tion before using the player (otherwise[...]

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    CAUTION: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to provide reasonable protection a gainst harmful interference in a residential insta llation. This equipment generat es uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not i[...]

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    This device complie s with Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operation is subjected to the follow ing two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interf erence that may cause undesired ope ration. This product may receive rad io interference caused by mobile telep[...]

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    No part of this manual may be copied, repub lish ed, reproduced, transmitted or distributed in any way without prior written consent of Nextar, In c. Any unauthorized distribution o f this manual is expressly forbidden. Nextar may find it necessary to modify, amend or otherwise change or update this manua l. We reserve the right to do this at any t[...]