Benq Joybee 120 manual

1 Cop yright Cop yright © 200 3 by BENQ Corpor ation. All rights r eser v ed. No par t of this publication ma y be r epr oduced, transmitted, trans cribed, stor ed in a r etrieval system or tr anslated into any language or computer l anguage, in an y form or b y an y means, electronic, mec hanical, magnetic , optical, chemical, manual or otherwise[...]

2 We l c o m e Thank y ou f o r choosing BenQ J oybee 12 0 MP3 Pla y er . This pla y er is a plug'n'pla y dev ice that enhances y our digital life expe riences. It can also ser v e as y our personal MP3 pla y er and USB Flash Drive. This man ual explains ho w to use the f eatur es of the pla y er and listen to high quality MP3 m usic . Pl[...]

3 Impor tant BENQ Corporation assu mes no responsib ility for an y damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a r es ult of malfunction, r epairs, or batter y replac emen t. Be su r e to back up all y our impo r tant d ata on oth er med ia to pr otect against its loss. An y impr oper usage such as c autions stated will cause invalid warranty . Ha[...]

4 Contents Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 Accessories included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 Using the c arry bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Contents 5 5. BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 5.1 Install the driv er software in PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 5.2 Remove the driver s oftware in PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 5.3 How to use the driver software . . . . . . [...]

6 Int roduc tion 1. Intr oduction 1.1 Description The Be nQ J o ybee 120 MP3 pla y er is m ulti-functi onal with high sou nd quality and lo w po w er cons umption (batter y lif e up to 16 h ours). It suppor ts MP3 and WMA music f ormats and uses ADPCM format f or v oice r e cor ding. It also featur es FM radio (for both listening and r ecor ding), [...]

Int roduc tion 7 1.3 Using the carr y ba g Y ou can put the J oybe e 120 MP3 pla yer and its access ories in t he car r y bag as follo ws for easy access. 1.4 System r equir ements  Micr osoft Wi ndows 98/2000/ME/ XP  P entium 200MHz or higher  USB por t  CD-R OM driv e  4 0M B h ard d i s k s p ac e o r m o re  32Mb system RAM or[...]

8 Int roduc tion 1.5 Connectin g to PC Use the supplied USB c able to connect y our MP3 pla y er to y our PC . Plug the squar e end of the cable to th e MP3 pla yer an d the r ectangular end to the USB port of y our PC . Note: Check the batte r y befor e connecting y our MP3 pla yer t o the PC . The MP3 ma y not connect pr operly when the bat ter y[...]

Int roduc tion 9 1.6 Specifications Model No .: J o ybee 120 Memor y capacity: Built-in 64/128 /256MB flash memor y (optional) Connectivity: U SB Read/Wr ite Speed: Read: 900kbps Writ e: 650kbps V o ic e re co rd i ng f or m a t: ADPCM (r ecording can be pla y ed back in PC with an y pla y er supporting W A V for mat) Recor ding time: 250 min utes [...]

10 Your Joybee 120 MP3 Pla yer 2. Y our J o ybee 120 MP3 Pla y er 2.1 Buttons/P or ts Displa y USB P or t/ Charg er P or t  Plug in the USB cable to connect to PC .  Plug in the charger cable when charging the batter y . Po w e r S w i t c h Note : This power s witc h should remain in t he ON position un der normal condition . In case the uni[...]

Your Joybee 12 0 MP3 Player 11 On/O FF/Menu Whil e the pla yer is turned off, hold down this bu tton for 2 se conds t o turn it on. The start up scr een will a p pear momentarily and then will enter the MP3/ WMA mode . Song title will be disp la yed. Whil e the pla yer is turned on, hold down this b utton for 2 seconds until Po w e r Off! is displa[...]

12 Your Joybee 120 MP3 Pla yer Neck str ap ho le Ne xt track/F ast forwar d(  )  Pr ess to skip to the next track while pl a ying in MP3/WMA, Music- Ly r i c s , V o i c e m o d e .  Hold down the button for fast forwar d thr ough tracks.  In time length r epeat set-up , hold down the button to r edu ce the time length.  Mov e down t[...]

Your Joybee 12 0 MP3 Player 13 2.2 LCD DIspla y (1) P la y (2) P ause (3) V oice mode (4) Song No . (5) T otal songs (6)+(7) 1 -T rack repeat (6)+(8) Al l r ep eat (9) A-B r e peat (10) Page down (11) Page up (12) Song Title (13) MP3/W MA mode (14) Recording (15) Currr ent tr ack ela psed time (16) Curr en t track total time ?[...]

14 Your Joybee 120 MP3 Pla yer 2.3 Po w e r S o u r c e (1) Connecting the pla y er to charger (2) C harging batter y When the batter y charging con nector is plugged into the J o ybee MP3 pla yer , the LED indica tor light on the charger wi ll light up orange . When the batter y ca pacity is near full (which tak es about 3 hours of charging time),[...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 15 3. H OW T O U SE Y OUR J OY B E E 120 MP3 P LA Y ER Caution: Do not use the po w er switch to tu rn off the pla yer . Hold down the OFF button until the run ning bar a ppears on the scr een to pu t the pla y er in the off status befor e you pus h the pow er s witch to OF F positio n. Otherwise , system dat a[...]

16 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player 3.1 Chang e mode After entering the MODE scr een, press  or  to choo se MP3/ WMA, V OICE, FM RADIO mode . And then pr ess to co nfirm. (1) MP 3/WMA mode After entering the MODE scr een, press  or  to choo se MP3/ WMA (Fig.3) , and then Pr ess to confirm (Fig.4) Select a track In the standby mod[...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 17 V olume c ontr ol While pla ying, pr ess MENU to displa y the sub menu (Fig.2). Press to enter v olume contr o l (Fig.7). Pr es s  or  to adjust the volume and then pr ess to confirm and r eturn to the pr evious scr een. Pr ess MENU again to return to the cu rr ent track scr een (Fig.5). Y ou can also [...]

18 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player Repea t While pla ying, pr ess MENU to displa y the s ub men u as shown in (Fig.2). Pr ess  or  button to select REPEA T (Fig.10). Press to enter (Fig.11) and then p r ess  or  to select NORMAL , REP ALL , REP 1 , REP RANDOM mode . The sele cted mode will be displa yed on the scr een. When norm[...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 19 A-B r epeat While pla ying, press A-B to set t he starting point. The sy mbol A will be displa ye d (Fig.14). Pr ess the button again to set the end point. Th e symbol A-B will be displa yed (Fig.15). The pla yer will star t pla ying the section repeatedl y . Pr ess A-B again to cancel the section r epeat. T[...]

20 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player Stop Same as in MP3/WMA mo de . Vo l u m e c o n t r o l Same as in MP3/WMA mo de . Hold Same as in MP3/WMA mo de . Repea t Same as in MP3/WMA mo de . A-B r epe at Same as in MP3/WMA mo de . Delete v oice r ecording file See DELETE in SETTING on pa ge 25.  ?[...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 21 (3) FM radio In standb y mode , pr ess MENU button and enter change mode . Pr ess  or  to choose RA DIO mode (Fig.19) and press to listen. The fr equency of the ch annel will be displa y ed on the scr een (Fig.20). Pr ess A-B button to r ecord the radio broadcasting (Fig.21) . Pr ess to stop re co rd i[...]

22 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player Stop While listening to a radio pr o gram, pr ess to stop (Fig.22). In the stop status, pr ess to continue listening. Vo l u m e c o n t r o l While pla ying, pr ess MENU to displa y the sub menu (Fig.23). Pr ess to enter v olume contr o l (Fig.24). Adjust the v olume and pr ess to confi r m and return to [...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 23 3.2 Recor d mode Note: 1) In or der to a v oid noise , do not turn on the backlight when re co rd i ng . 2) When recor d ing, d on't use the P ow er Switch to switch off the pow er or pull out the USB ca ble dir ectl y . 3) The recording functi on is not a vai lable when ba tter y po w er is running low[...]

24 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player 3.4 Pla y er settin g In the standb y mode , pr ess MENU to displa y the menu (Fig.1). Pr ess  or  to select SETTI NG (Fig.30) and pr ess to enter (Fig.31). Press  or  to choose VO L U M E , EQ , DELETE , BA TT ER Y , MEMOR Y , CONTRAST . Pr ess to enter . (1) V OLUME In the set ting sub men u [...]

How To Use Your Joybee 120 MP3 Player 25 (3) DELET E In the s tandb y mode , pr ess  or  to selec t the file to delete. Press MENU to enter the men u (Fig.1), pr ess  or  to sele ct SETTING (Fig.30). Press to enter (F ig.31), and pr ess  or  again to select DELETE (Fig.35), press to enter (Fig.36). The mes sage ARE Y OU SURE ? app[...]

26 How To Use Your Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Player (5) ME MOR Y In the sett ing sub menu, pr ess  or  to selec t MEMOR Y (Fig .40) and press to displa y the memor y status ( Fig.41). Pr ess an y but ton to r eturn to the pr e vious scr een. Pr ess MENU again to exit. (6) CONT RAST In the sett ing sub m en u, pr ess  or  to se lect CON TRAST (Fi[...]

BenQ MP3 Play er as US B Flas h Drive 27 4. BenQ MP3 Pla y er as USB Flash Driv e The BenQ J o ybee 120 MP3 Pla y er can be used as a USB Flash Driv e . Y ou can do wnload/upload an y files betw een yo ur PC and y our pla y er . How ev er , files not in MP3/WMA/W A V format will not be displa y e d in the pla yer . Please see Cha pter 6 "Using[...]

28 BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software 5. BenQ J o ybee 120 MP3 Pla y er Installation Softwar e Cau tion: If y ou ar e using Windows 98 as th e operating system of y o u r computer , y ou need to install the driv er software to enable y our PC to connect to and communicate with th e Jo ybee MP3 pla y er . If y ou ar e using other opera[...]

BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software 29 5.1 I nstall the driv er softwar e in PC Note: The follo wing installation pr ocedures ar e illustrat e d based on Windows 98. If y ou are usin g other op erating systems, p lease follo w s imilar steps. 1. Inser t the installation CD into your CD R O M driv e , the welcome scr een (Fig.44) appear[...]

30 BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software 5.2 Remo v e the driv er softwar e in PC In Cont r ol Panel, open Add/Remo v e Pr ogra m (Fig.45). I n the Ad d/ Remo ve tab , selec t BenQ J o ybee 120 MP3 P la y er . Clic k Add/ Remo v e and follo w the on scr een instruction to r emov e the softwar e . (Fig.4 5) ?[...]

BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software 31 5.3 Ho w to use the driv er softwar e Note: The MP3 pla yer will not connect to the PC while it is in FM Radio mode . T u r n on the MP3 pla y er , connect the pla y er to PC with the USB cabl e . The message PC Link… will appear on the screen of the MP3 pla y er . Double click My Computer in th[...]

32 BenQ Joybee 120 MP3 Player Installation Software 5.4 Ho w to format y our MP 3 pla y er Sele ct BenQ J o ybee 120 MP3 Pla y erMP3 Fo r m a t in the Star tPr ogram files men u. Click Star t to st art formatting your MP3 pla y er in the MP3 F ormat windo w (Fig. 46 ). Cli ck Close when finished. (Fig.46 )  ?[...]

Using USB To Conn ect Your MP3 Player to PC 33 6. Using USB T o Connect Y our MP3 Pla y er to PC 6.1 Connect to PC Note: 1) The MP3 Pla y er will not connect with the PC while it is in FM Radio mode . 2) If y ou are using W indows 98 as the operating system of y our computer , y ou need to install the driv er s oftwar e to enable y our PC to con ne[...]

34 Using USB To Connect Yo u r MP3 Player to PC 6.3 Remo v e fr om P C in Windo ws X P When y ou want to r emov e J oybee fr om your c omputer , please follo w the steps below to a void data loss: 1. When y ou plug J o ybee MP3 pla yer into y our computer , y ou will see the cir c led icon appear in the tool ba r . If y ou wish to r emov e J oyb ee[...]

Firmwa re Recovery 35 7. Firmwar e Reco v er y 1. T urn off the MP3 pla y er . 2. Push the pow er switch to OFF positio n. 3. Connect t he MP3 pla yer to PC with the USB cable . 4. Push the pow er switch to ON posit ion. 5. In the computer , run Star tPr ogram Files BenQ J o yb ee 120 MP3 Pla y erJ o ybee Firmwar e Update while holding do wn the[...]

36 Firmwar e Recovery In Win 98 Syst em: After the abov e window disappear ed, a remo vabl e driv e will appear in the compu ter . Run Star tPr ogram FilesBenQ Jo ybee 120 MP 3 Pla y er J o ybe e F ormat Utility , MP3 F ormat (Fig.46) will appear , uncheck the box Quick F ormat , and click Start to f o rmat. Click Close after it is done . Run St[...]

Firmwa re Recovery 37 In Win 2000 System: Windows as Fig.48 ap pears auto matically , uncheck the bo x Quick Fo r m a t , and c lick Start to update , Click Close after it is done . Run Star tPr ogram Files BenQ Jo ybee 120 MP3 P la y er J o yb ee F ormat Utility and Fig.49 appears, and click Star t to f ormat. Click Close after it is done . Not[...]

38 Firmwar e Recovery 3) In some case s, the J o ybee F ormat Ut ility windo w (Fig.47) ma y not a ppear or Jo y be e F ir m wa re Up d at e windo w (Fig.48) ma y not auto matically a ppear in abov e operations. It is because the ne w firmwar e is not installed pr operly . Please check the firmwar e list in the De vi ce M ana ger and reinstall the [...]

QMusi c 39 8. QMusic If y ou are using Windo w ® XP operating system , BenQ ’ s pow erful medi a software - QMusic can help yo u manage y our music . This software is now included in y our CD-R OM. 8.1 Install QMusic T o install QMusi c, please inser t the CD-R OM i n y our CD-R OM drive. The CD-R OM will run automatically . It is v er y simple [...]

40 QMusic 8.2 Ad d Songs to J o ybee T o add songs to Jo ybee , first y ou ha v e to plug the device into your computer's USB po r t. Y ou will then see the de vice show up on QMusic . Now y ou can add songs to Jo ybee . Please follow the steps below: 1. Select My J o ybee . 2. Select Add Song . 3. A dialo gue box will th en pop u p . Choose a[...]

QMusi c 41 4. Now you can see songs in J oybee. 5. T o arrange the order of the song(s), simpl y click on the song(s) y ou wa nt to r e-arrange , and dra g it/the m to the desir ed position on the list. 6. T o delete a s ong, clic k on it a nd pr ess Delete key o n t h e ke y - board. Y ou can delete as many songs as y ou want at on e time . Simply[...]

42 QMusic 1. Select Music Librar y first. Ther e is also anothe r wa y to add songs to Jo ybee: 2. Click Add L ist . N ext y ou wi ll be asked to k ey in a list name. T ype whate ve r name y ou wan t.    ?[...]

QMusi c 43 3. After a li st is cr eated, y ou can add songs y ou want to p ut in J oybee o n this li st. Sele ct the list and pr ess Add Song to do so . 4. A dialogue box will pop up . Choose as man y songs (MP3 format only) as y o u want to ad d to the list. Click Open when re a dy .  [...]

44 QMusic 6. T o arrange the songs on the list, click on the song(s) y ou want, and drag it/them to the desired position on the list. T o delete songs, select the ones y ou want to delete a nd pr ess Delet e ke y o n t h e ke y b o a r d . 5. Now y ou can see songs on the list. Y ou can also use the same wa y to cr eate lists in MP3 Disc Pla ylists[...]

QMusi c 45 8. Click on J oybee and y ou will see the songs. 7. After the list is r eady , y ou can select all son gs on the list , and d rag th em to J oybee .    [...]

46 QMusic Ther e is still a third wa y to add songs to Jo ybee: 1. Click th is icon 2. Click the J oybe e tab. Se lect the cir cled item if yo u want the songs into y our Jo ybee updated automatic all y ev er ytim e y ou plug the de vice to y our comp uter . Then from the pull-down menu select the source list for J oybee update . The sour ce l ist [...]

QMusi c 47 3. Now if y o u want to ha ve J oybee updated, first mak e sure yo u ha v e put all son gs y ou want in the sour ce list (see page 42), then disconnect the J oybee, and pl ug it back. The songs in J o ybee will get updated automaticall y . 4. If y ou w ould lik e to update J oybee manually , please choose the cir cled option shown abov e[...]

48 QMusic 6. During update , the status bar wi ll show y ou the pr oc- ess. If y ou wish to stop at any mome nt, just click on the ST OP butt on. When y ou use the means of update to add songs to Jo ybee , the s ongs in Jo yb ee will get del eted first, and then the co mputer will expor t the songs on the sour ce list to J oybee. 5. Now y ou should[...]

Troubleshooting 49 9. T r oubleshooting Pr o b lem Solution I canno t do wnload files to my M P 3 p l ay e r ? Ensur e the USB cable is connected to the PC and the MP3 la yer secur ely , and the MP3 pla y er is pow ere d on. Ensur e the USB drive r has been installed Check the mem or y capacity and the size of the file. Ensur e the batt er y is ful[...]

50 Troubleshooting Wh y m y MP3 pla ye r does not displa y an ything? Check if the batter y is empty . Check if the pow er switch is in ON position. Ther e ma y be system data loss due to impr oper operation. Pr oceed with firmwar e reco v er y .   ?[...]

Frequently As ked Questions 51 10.F r equently Ask ed Questions Ho w man y MP3 songs can be stor ed in m y MP3 pla y er? Depends on the memor y ca pacity of y our pla y er . One minut e of MP3 file tak es up abo ut 1MB of memor y . I f y our pla yer has 128MB/256 Mb of memor y , it can stor e about 128/256 m inute s of MP3 m usic. Wh y do differ en[...]

52 Frequently Asked Questions    [...]