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    AH68-01775S(REV 0.0) SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CANADA, INC. HEADQUARTERS 55 Standish Court, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5R 4B2 TEL: 1-905-542-3535 www.samsung.ca SERVICE DIVISION 55 Standish Court, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5R 4B2 1-800-SAMSUNG (1-800-726-7864) T8(SECA)ENG Cover0.0 7/26/05 8:41 AM Page 1[...]

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    3 Features ENG USB 2.0 High Speed Data T ransfer ● Maximum data speed transfer of 120 Mbps DNSe Surround Sound ● The 3D surround feature adds spaciousness to the sound. 1.8-inch Colour TFT LCD ● You can enjoy high-quality image & video files. V arious Games Suppor t ● You can enjoy various games such as Dart and Hurdles by using the 3-a[...]

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    4 5 ENG Contents Contents I Chapter 1 Preparations Features ..................................................2 Safety Instructions ..................................6 Battery Charger Safety ..........................8 Charging the Battery ..............................9 Components ..........................................10 Location of Controls .[...]

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    7 Safety Instructions ENG 6 Follow Traffic Safety Instructions ● Do not use the earphones while driving an automobile or riding a bicycle. It’s not only dangerous, but also against the law. ● To avoid an accident, do not turn up the volume of the earphones too high while walking. Protect your ears ● Do not turn up the volume too high. Docto[...]

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    9 ENG Charging the Battery 8 ! ! CAUTION Opening the case may result in electric shock. The uninsulated parts inside the charger may cause electric shock. Please do not open the charger case for your safety. Read the user manual to prevent problems while using the charger. W W W W a a a a r r r r n n n n i i i i n n n n g g g g - Use the charger aw[...]

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    10 11 ENG ● The capacity of the useable built-in memory is less than indicated as the internal firmware uses a part of the memory as well. ● The accessories' design is subject to change for the purpose of improvement, without notice. Components Location of Controls Player Earphones Line-In Cable User Manual Charger USB Cable Neck Strap USB[...]

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    13 Connecting the player to your PC ENG 12 Location of Controls I Display Track display Elapsed Track Time Artist display Album display Play/Stop/Pause Indicator Play Mode Indicator EQ/DNSe Indicator Battery remaining indicator Alarm setting Indicator FM recording timer Indicator Track number indicator Volume Indicator Remaining Time Visual FM ❑ [...]

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    15 Connecting the player to your PC ENG 14 2 Follow the instructions in the window to complete the installation. ● When software installation is completed, connect the player to PC as shown in the next page. Connecting the player to your PC 1 Connect the USB cable to the USB port on your PC. 2 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB cab[...]

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    17 Manual Installation of the USB Driver ENG 16 Connecting the player to your PC How to check if USB driver is properly installed How to check if USB driver is properly installed Windows 98SE/ME: Control Panel → System → Device Manager → Disk Drives → Samsung YP-T8 Windows 2000/XP: Control Panel → System → Hardware → Device Manager ?[...]

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    19 ENG 18 Manual Installation of the USB Driver Using the Player as a Removable Disk Follow the instructions below to install the USB driver manually. I Downloading Files 1 Connect the player to your PC with the supplied USB cable. 2 Right click on the Start button, then choose Explore to Open Windows Explorer on PC. ● [Removable Disk] is display[...]

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    21 Installing Media Studio ENG Using the Player as a Removable Disk 20 I Disconnecting USB Cable After completing file transfer, you must disconnect the cable using the following way: 1 Double click the green arrow in the taskbar located at the bottom right side of the screen. 2 Select the USB device and click the [Stop] button. When the [ Stop a H[...]

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    23 Using Media Studio ENG Installing Media Studio 22 3 Follow the instruction in the window to complete the installation. ● Samsung Media Studio icon will be created on the desktop. ● Click Media Studio icon from the Desktop. I Downloading Music Files 1 Connect the player to PC. ● A device connection window will appear on the right side of th[...]

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    25 Using Media Studio ENG Using Media Studio 24 3 When music files appear, select the file(s) you want to transfer, and then press the [Transfer] button. ● The selected file(s) are transferred to the player. N N N N o o o o t t t t e e e e - Refer to [Help] for more detailed information. ✍ I Sending Playlist 1 Connect the player to PC. 2 Press [...]

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    27 Using Media Studio ENG Using Media Studio 26 N N N N o o o o t t t t e e e e - A new Playlist is created when [Add] button on the Playlist window is pressed. A selected Playlist is deleted when [Delete] button is pressed. - Refer to [Help] for more detailed information ✍ 4 Drag & drop the desired files into the created Playlist. 5 Press th[...]

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    29 Using Media Studio ENG Using Media Studio 28 1 Insert your CD including tracks to rip into the CD-ROM drive of your PC. 2 Press the [Search Audio CD] button on the lower part of the screen. ● The tracks on the CD are displayed. 3 Select tracks to be ripped and press the [Rip a CD] button. ● The selected file is converted into an MP3 file. ?[...]

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    31 T o V iew Help on Media Studio ENG Using Media Studio 30 Press F1 after starting Media Studio. ● Help will appear. Click on [Help] at the top of the screen. ● Click on [Help] and the Help window will appear. N N N N o o o o t t t t e e e e - Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and Gracenote CDDB ® Music R[...]

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    33 Installing Multimedia Studio ENG 32 Installing Multimedia Studio 3 Follow the instructions in the window to complete the installation. 1 Insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM drive. The picture shown below appears. Select [Install Multimedia Studio] . 2 Select language. ● Multimedia Studio is a program that supports image editing, video playb[...]

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    35 ENG 34 Using Multimedia Studio Using Multimedia Studio I Sending images 1 Connect the player to PC. 2 Select the image(s) to send to the player. 3 Select [File] → [Export images to device] at the top of the Multimedia Studio menu. 4 Select the device connected to PC from the [Select device] screen, and then press the [OK] button. I Editing Ima[...]

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    37 ENG 36 Using Multimedia Studio Using Multimedia Studio I Sending Videos 1 Connect the player to PC. 2 Select the video(s) to send to the player. 3 Select [File] → [Export videos to device] at the top of Multimedia Studio. 4 Select the device connected to PC from the [Select device] screen, and then press the [OK] button. 5 Set the size and pat[...]

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    39 Using Multimedia Studio ENG 38 Using Multimedia Studio 5 Select the folder to save from the folder selection screen, and then press the [OK] button. 6 Press the [Convert] button when conversion screen appears. ● The converted file is transferred in svi format. ● The transferred video file can be viewed from [Video] . ▲ For converting and t[...]

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    40 41 ENG Using Multimedia Studio T o V iew Help on Multimedia Studio Run Multimedia Studio and press the Help button at the top of the screen. ● Help will be displayed. 3 Press the [Capture] button and then press the [Capture] button again when the image you want to capture appears. ● The selected image will be captured. 4 Press the [Save] but[...]

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    Playing Music 42 43 Searching for Music/V oice Files ENG I T o search for specific parts during play ● Press and hold the , button during playback to search for the part you want to listen to. ● Release the button to resume play normally. ● Press the button briefly during playback to play the next track. ● Press the button briefly within 5 [...]

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    44 45 ENG Recording V oice 1 Press and hold the button to start voice recording. 2 Press the button again to stop the recording and save the voice file. ● The files are recorded in the order of V **** 001,V **** 002..., and saved as MP3 files in the [RECORDED] → [VOICE] after recording. 3 When the Confirm screen appears, select [Yes] or [No]. ?[...]

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    46 47 Setting Main Functions in Music ENG 1 Press the MENU button briefly in music mode. 2 Move to [Bookmark] and press the NAVI button. 3 Move to [Move] or [Delete] and press the NAVI button. ● Move: Select the location of the bookmark you want and press the NAVI button. Then, move to the bookmark. ● Delete: Select the location of the bookmark[...]

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    48 49 Setting Main Functions in Music Mode ENG 1 Press the MENU button briefly in music mode. 2 Move to [DNSe] and press the NAVI button. 3 Move to the equalizer mode you want and press the NAVI button. (To set, see page 74.) ● 3D-User → 3D-Studio → 3D-Stage → 3D-Club → Normal → Rock → House → Dance → Jazz → Ballad → Rhythm &a[...]

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    50 51 MENU Options ENG Press and hold the MENU button to switch to the menu mode. Use the NAVI button to select the menu you want and press the NAVI button. Press the MENU button to exit the menu mode. ● Music : To check the file currently playing ● Navigation : To move to Navigation Mode and browse files. ● Playlist : To play back only the f[...]

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    52 53 Setting Playlist ENG 1 Press the NAVI button to move to Navigation mode. 2 Move to the file you want and press the A ↔ B button. ● The selected file will be marked and added to [playlist] → [MYLIST]. Press the MENU button in the MUSIC mode and select Playlist to view [MYLIST]. ● To exit the playlist setting, move to the marked file in[...]

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    54 55 Setting Main Functions in FM Mode ENG ● You can manually preset desired FM frequencies. ● You can store up to 30 frequencies. 1 Press the MENU button in the FM mode. 2 Move to [Add to Preset] and press the NAVI button. ● The current frequency is added to preset. I Add to Preset 1 Press the MENU button in the FM mode. 2 Move to [Auto Pre[...]

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    57 Setting Main Functions in FM Mode ENG 56 1 Press the MENU button in the FM mode. 2 Move to [ FM Search Level] and press the NAVI button. 3 Move to the the desired FM Search Level and press the NAVI button. ● The higher the FM search level, the more frequencies can be received. ● High → Middle → Low I FM Search Level 1 Press the MENU butt[...]

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    59 Setting Main Functions in T ext Mode ENG 58 ● You can move and select using the NAVI button. ● Press the button to move to the previous screen. I Setting a Bookmark Press and hold the NAVI button in the Text screen. ● The current page is bookmarked. ● You can create only 1 bookmark. V iewing a T ext 1 Press and hold the MENU button to mo[...]

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    60 61 V iewing a Video ENG V iewing an Image 1 Press and hold the MENU button to move to menu and select Video. ● The Video screen appears. 2 Press the NAVI button briefly to move to the video selection screen. Move to the video you want and press the NAVI button. ● The selected video will be played. - , : To adjust the volume. - , (Pressing br[...]

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    62 63 Playing a Game ENG Playing a Game [How to Play] N N N N o o o o t t t t e e e e - For more information, refer to Help. ✍ I Hextris [How to Play] ● Hextris is a game that the player places out the blocks by completing a row, column or diagonal with over 3 common properties. ● Monster HP decreases whenever blocks are deleted. When monster[...]

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    64 65 Playing a Game ENG Playing a Game N N N N o o o o t t t t e e e e - For more information, refer to Help. ✍ I Dart [How to Play] ● Dart is a game where you throw darts at a board. ● Move the device left and right to move to the target point. Tilt the device forward to throw a dart. Number of remaining darts/Total number of darts Score Re[...]

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    66 67 Using USB Host ENG Using USB Host 1 Move to the file to transfer to the player and press the NAVI button. ● , : To move up and down. ● : To move to a subfolder. 2 When a popup window appears, move to [Copy] and then press the NAVI button. 3 Select the folder where the file is copied and press the NAVI button. ● The selected file will be[...]

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    68 69 Using USB Host ENG Using USB Host 1 When the screen of the external device appears, press and hold the NAVI button. ● The Navigation screen of the player appears. 2 Move to the file you want to transfer to the external device and press the NAVI button. ● , : To move up and down. ● : To move to a subfolder. 3 When a popup window appears,[...]

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    70 71 Using USB Host ENG Using USB Host 1 When the screen of the external device appears, press and hold the NAVI button. ● The Navigation screen of the player appears. 2 Move to the file you want to delete and press the NAVI button. ● , : To move up and down. ● : To move to a subfolder. 3 When a popup window appears, move to [Delete] and the[...]

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    72 73 Selecting the Play mode ENG 1 Select Play Mode from Music. I Play Mode 2 Use or to move to the play mode you want and press the NAVI button. ● Normal : To play all the tracks in order one time. ● Repeat Folder : To repeat the current folder. ● Repeat All : To repeat all files. ● Repeat 1 : To repeat one file. ● Shuffle Folder : To p[...]

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    74 75 Setting Sound Effect ENG [Bass Enhance ] ● Use or to move to the bass Enhance level you want and press the NAVI button. ● Bass Enhance level can be set within the range of 0 to 3. I 3D-User Set ● Use or to move to Street Mode On or Off and press the NAVI button. ● Off: Tracks are played in the setting sound mode. ● On: You can hear [...]

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    76 77 Setting Sound Effect ENG ● Use or to move to the search speed you want and press the NAVI button. ● You can select Off ➔ 10sec ➔ 30sec ➔ 1min ➔ 5min ➔ 10min . ● Skip Interval determines the interval to be skipped when you press the , button in Music mode. ● If you set the Search Speed to Off, if you press the , button, the p[...]

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    78 79 T ime/Alarm Settings ENG Press and hold the MENU button to move to menu and select [Settings] → [Time/Alarm]. You can set the current date and time. 1 Use or to set the time and press the button. 2 Use or to set the date and press the button. 3 After the setting is completed, move to [Yes] and press the NAVI button. I Date/Time Set I Alarm [...]

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    80 81 Display Settings ENG 1 Use or to set the clock type and then press the button. ● Analog: The screen saver of an analog type clock appears. ● Digital: The screen saver of a digital type clock appears. I Clock Screen Saver 2 Use or to set the wait time and press the button. ● Wait time can be set to 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 min[...]

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    82 83 System Settings ENG Press and hold the MENU button to move to menu and select [Settings] → [System]. 1 Use or to move to the file you want to delete and press the NAVI button. 2 Move to [Yes] and press the NAVI button. ● The selected file is deleted. I Deleting a File ● Use or to set the power-off time and press the NAVI button. ● Aut[...]

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    84 85 System Settings ENG ● Use or to move to [On] or [Off] and press the NAVI button. ● Off: The player does not beep. ● On: The player beeps when the buttons are pressed. I Beep ● Use the or button to move to [Yes] or [No] and press the NAVI button. ● Yes : All selected settings will be restored to the default settings. ● No : The sel[...]

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    87 T o Upgrade Firmware ENG 86 V iewing System [Firmware Version] ● Select Version to check the firmware version of the player. [Memory] ● Select Memory to check the used capacity, remaining capacity, and total capacity. [Files] ● Select Files to check the saved files. I About Press and hold the MENU button to move to menu and select [Setting[...]

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    T o Upgrade Firmware 88 89 MENU T able ENG ∏ fi¥ ∫ » ≠∏ È MENU Music Navigation Playlist FM Radio Text Photo Video Game USB Host Settings Hextris DartGame Hurdle Pipeplus Delete File Auto Power Off Scroll Speed Text Viewer Color Backlight Time Clock Screen Saver Resume Firmware Version Memory Files Beep Default set Format Date/Time Set [...]

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    90 91 T roubleshooting ENG The backlight is off. ● Check the backlight settings. ● Check the battery charge status of the player. Buttons on the player does not work. ● Make sure the Hold switch is in the off position. Play Time is not displayed correctly during playback. ● Check if you are playing a VBR (Variable Bit Rate) file. VBR files [...]

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    92 Model YP-T8 Built-in Memory capacity YP-T8 V(256MB) / YP-T8 X(512MB) / YP-T8 Z(1GB) / YP-T8Q(2GB) Built-in Rechargeable Battery Capacity 850mAh Voltage 3.7V (Li-Ion) Dimensions/Weight 1.75 ” X 3.26 ” X 0.61 ” /1.94 oz Case Plastic Maximum File Transfer Data Rate 120Mbps Noise Ratio 90dB with 20kHz LPF (based on 1kHz 0dB) Earphones Jack Out[...]