Sigma H- F1381 manual

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    H- F1381 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER      Inst ruction manual  [...]

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    - 2 - Dear customer! T hank you f or purchasing our product. For s afety, it is strongly recom mended to read this manual carefully bef ore conn ecting, operating and/or adjusting the product and k eep the manual for reference in the future. Table of con ten ts Table of cont ent s.....................................................................[...]

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    - 3 - Im portan t safegua rds WA RN ING: T o prevent fire or sho ck hazard, Do not expose this appliance to rain or mois ture. · Keep the unit awa y from direct sunlight, storing magnetic fields, excess ive dust, humidity and electronic / electrical equipment which generate electronic noise. · Use of control, adjustments or perfo rmance of proced[...]

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    - 4 - Nam es of controls & in dicators Portable MP3 Player[...]

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    - 5 - NAMES OF DIF FERENT UNITS & CONTROLS MP3 Mode: NO Name Description 1 PLAY/PAU SE/ STOP Start Playback / Pause / Stop / Power On / Pow er Off 2 NEXT Skip fo rward to next track 3 PREV Skip backwar d to prev ious tra ck 4 VOLUME + Increase the volume level 5 VOLUME - Decrease the volume level 6 MENU Key Lock Mo de / Music / Voice /FM Ra dio[...]

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    - 6 - Era se Mode: No Name Description 1. PLAY/PAUSE/ STOP Power off 2. NEXT Skip fo rward to next mod e / track / file 3. PREV Skip backward to previo us mode / track / file 4. VOLUME + T oggle betw een  yes  or  no  mode 5. VOLUME - T oggle betwe en  yes  or  no  mode 6. MENU Quit from the selected mode / qui t to the musi[...]

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    - 7 - Accessories 1. Installation CD 2. Stereo earphone 3. Us er manua l 4. USB cable. 5. AAA alkaline battery 6. Warra nty card Remark : Ac cessories and items ar e subject to change LCD displ ay 1. Battery status. 2. Player statu s PLAY  , PAU SE  II , STOP  . 3. Track number. 4. Total number of tracks. 5. Current music / voic e fo rmat.[...]

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    - 8 - 9. Play mode setting - Repeat the current song, repeat all son gs, ra ndom, random all. 10 . Play time . 11 . T ime of the cur rent son g. 12 . Song title. Gettin g playback started 1. Pow er O N / OFF POWER ON Press  Play / Pau se  to tu rn on the power; the  MP3 log o  will be displayed on the LCD . POWER OFF Press and hold  [...]

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    - 9 - · Press  Play / Pau se  for 3 seco nds to stop playback while playing track. 4. Fast Track ing While the track is being played, press and hold  PREV  or  NEXT  fo r fast-fo rward or backward the track. 5. Sk ip / Return Tracking · Press  Next  to skip forward to the nex t track. · Press  Prev  to skip backward[...]

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    - 10 - 8. Low Battery Indicator Indicates high batt ery level. Indicates medium batt ery level. Indicates low battery level. Indicates that the batt ery level is emp ty and the player needs to replace a new battery. Gettin g voice recordin g started 1. Voice Reco rding · Press  MENU  and se lect  Record  icon with  PREV  or  N[...]

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    - 11 - Adju stin g m en u m ode 1. Entry MENU Mode · Press  MENU  to enter MENU mode. · Press  NEXT  and  PREV  to select the requir ed mode. · Press  MEN U  to conf irm the selected mode. 2. Setting Select  Setting  icon with  PREV  or  NEXT  and press  MENU  for enter the selecte d mode. 1. EQUA [...]

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    - 12 - 3. CONTRAS T SETTING · Select  Contra st  in se tting list and press  MENU  to enter. · Press  NEXT  and  PREV  to adju st the con tra st level. 4. POWER SAVING · Select  Power Saving  in setting list. · Press  NEXT  and  PREV  to se lect the power saving time. · Press  MENU  to confirm th[...]

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    - 13 - · Press  NEXT  or  PREV  to setting the backlight time. · 4 types of back light time will be sho wn on the LCD. · Press  MENU  to confirm the selection. 7.BACK LIGHT COLOR SETTING · Selec t  Ba cklight Color  in setting list. · Press  NEXT  or  PREV  to select the backlight color. · 7 backlight color[...]

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    - 14 - · Press  NEXT  or  PREV  to se lect file (s) fo r delete. · Press VOLUME  or  to toggle  Yes  or  No  icon . · Press  Pla y / Pau se  to conf irm & delete . · Press and hold  MENU  to go back to the music mode. Warning: T he era sed file(s) cannot be recovered in any condition. 5.[...]

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    - 15 - Operatin g th e FM radio · While playing in Music Mode, press  MENU  and se lect the  FM Radio  with  NEXT  or  PREV  . · Press  MENU  to enter the Ra dio Mode. 1. FM Tuning Auto Scanning the w hole FM band. · Press  MENU  and se lect  Auto Scan  with  NEXT  or  PREV  . · Press  ME[...]

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    - 16 - 2. FM Reco rdin g · In Ra dio Mode , press  MENU  to se lect  FM Recordin g  with  NEXT  or  PREV  . · Press  MENU  to enter the FM Record Mode and the start recording. · Press the  MENU  button aga in to stop recording. · T he recorded file is saved in the Pla yer mem ory · T o play a FM recorde d fi[...]

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    - 17 - Operati ng with compu ter When conn ecting the player to your com puter,  Remov able Dr iver, (H:)  is shown on  My Computer  . It represe nts the flash memory of the player. Then, you can u pload, download and manage the file(s ) in the player by computer. Firmware Download and Format are enc losed with the bundle CD RO M: Insta[...]

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    18 4. Read the following license agr eem ent carefully. If you agree, se lect  Yes  to continue. Otherwise, select  No  to exit. 5. Selec t  Next  to continue, the installa tion is C:Program Files Sigma Tel MSCN, a directory will be created. 6. Click  Next  to continue.[...]

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    19 7. Click  Finish  to continue. 3. Co mp uter Co nnection · Switch on the computer. · Switch off the player. · Connect the player and the com puter via USB cable · Press  Play / Pau se  to power on the player. ·  Ready  will be appea red on the LCD display when the connection is established.[...]

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    20 Caution: MP3 player must be POW ER OFF w hen connecting to co mpu ter . A fter finishing the USB cable connection, MP3 player can be POW ER ON safely. 4. Disconnect fr om the computer When there is no data transmiss ion, you can unplug the player from the computer. Caution: Do not u nplug the player whe n  Read  or  Write  icon is sh[...]

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    21 3. Click  OK  to con firm 4. You c an remove the player from Window  s desktop after the dialogue appear. Note: T he circuitry of the player and the computer could be seriou sly damaged if the USB cable is unplugged not following the instruction under Windows ME / 20 00 / XP. 5. Driver Installation Af ter connecting the player to comput[...]

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    22 6. File Transferring · From  My Comput er  , select the mp3 files for copying. · High-light the file. · Right Click the mouse and select  Copy  . · Open the  Removable Drive (H:)  from  My Computer  . · Right Click the mouse and select  Paste  on the  Removable Drive (H:)  fo r tra ns ferring the files in[...]

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    23 Software utili ties From the CD ROM, Installation CD . T here is a sof tware u tility bundling with the player: MSCN Firmw are Download. Warning: Some memory space in Flash Memory is reserved for Firmwar e Upgrade Featu res. T heref ore, u sable mem ory sp ace will be less than 12 8MB/2 5 6MB, where applicable. MSCN F irm ware Download It is u t[...]

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    24 · A MSCN Firmware Download box is sho wn · Press  Show Details  to se e the Cu rrent and Upgraded Firmware Ve rsion · On Download Options, there are two selections : · Click the che ckbox for fo rmat the MP3 Player Flash Memo ry. ALL DAT A WILL BE ERASED. · Unclick the checkbox for download the Firmware only. MP3 Player Flash Memory w[...]

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    25 · Click  Start  to proce ss the firmware u pgrade. · Wait until the status bar is full · Click on  Close  button whe n dow nload is finis hed · Download is completed. Warning: All data will be erased after click the che ckbox. Please back up the data before downloading the firmware. 2. Emergency M ode: When the player does not fu[...]

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    26 · Af ter click  Firmware Download  , the following box will appear . · Press and hold  PLAY/PAU SE/ST OP  butt on u ntil the computer find the new har dware wizard. · Click  Next  to con tinue and waiting for the installation[...]

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    27 · Af ter installa tion, click  Finish  to clos e the box Af ter installing the sof tware fo r Player Recove ry Device, you are required to upgrade the Firmware. T he procedure is same as the Firmware Download (please refe r to page).[...]

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    28 Electronic Fea tures Files Su pport WMA & MP3 (Music) / ADPCM (Voice ) Digital Volume Control 30 Leve ls Audio Frequency 20-20KHz Head Phone Ou tput Pow er 5mW + 5mW (22 OHM) Signal to Noise Ratio >80dB T otal Ha rmonic Distortion <0.1% Audio Output One 3.6 mm Jack Internal Mem ory Ca pacity 32MB / 64MB / 12 8MB / 25 6MB Battery Type O[...]

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    29 Troub lesh ootin g guid e The player does not w ork Check the capacity of the battery. One 1.5V AAA size battery is required. Check the polarity (  and  ) of the battery. Note: You may use any 1 .5V AAA siz e battery, but alk aline battery tends to last longer. You can also u se a rechargeable AAA size 1.2 V Ni-Cid or Ni-MH bat[...]

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    30 Play er is not r ecog niz ed by the PC Check if the USB cable is connected properly, and if the player is on. Check that the USB driver is installed. Player is not responding an d not functioning Refe r to MSCN Firmware Download in Software Utilities Regulatory in form ation Federal Communications Commission (FCC ) T his device has been tested a[...]

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    31 For the customers in Europe T he CE mark on the Audio Player is valid only for the products marketed in the Eu ropean Union. Note: All specifications and des ign are subject to change without further notice or obligation.[...]

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    32  !        .       ?[...]

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    33     !     ?[...]

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    34       MP3  [...]

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    35    3    1  /  /  [...]

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    36  :    1   /  /     2     FM 3 ?[...]

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    37     1.  CD 2.   . 3.  . 4.  USB. 5.     ?[...]

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    38 1.   . 2.  PLAY  (  ), PA USE  II (  ), STOP  (  ). 3.   . 4.     . 5. [...]

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    39   1.      «   /  ».    ?[...]

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    40 4.        ,   «  »  «  »   ?[...]

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    41 8.   -  . -     . -  . [...]

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    42  1.  ·   «  »     «   »   »  [...]

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    43      1.  ·   «  »,  . ·  «  »  « ?[...]

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    44 ·      5    ,   . ·  «  ». 3[...]

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    45 5.   (RECORD SETT INGS). ·   «Rec ord Settin gs »    «  ». ·  «   »  « [...]

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    46 ·  «  »     3  ,     . 3.  (Record) · ?[...]

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    47  :    . 5.  ·  «   »  « ?[...]

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    48     F M     «  »,    »  « ?[...]

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    49 ·     «  ». ·     «  »  «  ?[...]

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    50 ·        ,      .   8 00 0      , [...]

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    51         ,  «  »   [...]

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    52 3.    «    ». 4.   .   , ?[...]

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    53 6.   ,    «  ». 7.  «   ».[...]

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    54 3.   ·      . ·  . ·       US[...]

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    55 2.    «Stop ». 3.    «OK»   .[...]

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    56 4.        .  : ?[...]

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    57  :  VOICE. 7.         W indows ?[...]

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    58      ,  ,     [...]

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    59 ·       «Show Details» (  ).  Download Options (  [...]

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    60 ·  ,    «Start»  ). ·    [...]

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    61 2.      ,     [...]

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    62 ·     ,  «   /  /  »  ?[...]

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    63 ·     «  »    .   , [...]

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    64        WMA  MP3 (  ) / ADPCM (  )  30 - ?[...]

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