Coby MP-C961 manual

Ins t r ucti on Manual Ple ase rea d th is m anu al ca refu l ly be fo re ope rat io n. 2 0GB D IGI T AL MUS IC PLA Y E R wi th COL OR SCRE E N and VI DEO PL A YBA CK MP -C9 5 1[...]

2 For Cu sto me r Use: Enter b elo w the se ria l numb er tha t is lo cate d on th e bot tom o f the un it. Ret ain t his in for mati on fo r futu re refe renc e. Mo del N o. MP - C951 Ser ial N o. CAUTI ON RI SK O F ELE CTR IC SH OC K DO N OT OPE N CAUT IO N: TO RE DUC E TH E RI SK O F FIR E AN D EL EC- TR IC SH OC K, DO N OT RE MOV E THE COV ER ([...]

3 S AFE T Y IN STRUC TIONS In a dditi on to the car eful a tten tion devoted to qual ity sta ndard s in t he ma nufac ture of th is devi ce, safet y is a maj or fac tor in the d esig n of ever y ins trum ent. H owever , sa fety is you r resp onsib ilit y , too. This sheet lists impo r tant infor mat ion t hat w ill h elp to assu re you r enjoy ment[...]

4 T ABLE OF C ONTENT S SAF E T Y I NS TRU CT I ON S ................................................................................................................... 2 TABL E OF CO NT EN TS ...................................................................................................................... 4 FE ATU RE S .........................[...]

5 MOVI E MO DE ............................................................................................................................... 21 PHOTO MO DE ............................................................................................................................... 22 FM R AD IO M OD E ...........................................[...]

6 CRE ATI N G MOVI ES W IT H VI RT UALD UB ...................................................................................... 33 Inst allin g Vir tu alDu b and Me dia Co dec s on your C ompu ter .................................................3 3 Inst allin g X vi D ..............................................................................[...]

7 FE A TURE S Plays M usic, V ide o, Photos, an d T ex t Plays di gita l music f rom mo st onli ne store s and sub scr iptio n ser vi ces . Br ight 2 ” TF T LCD co lor dis play . 20 GB har d disk fo r all your st orag e needs . Eleg ant touc hpad inte r fac e cont rol. US B 2.0 for u ltra -fa st le t ransf ers (up to 40x f aster t han US B 1 .[...]

8 P A C K A GE C ONTE NT S Plea se make s ure th at the items s hown below a re inc lude d in t he pac kage. S hould an item be mis sing, pl ease c ont act th e loc al ret ailer f rom w hich you p urch ased th is pro duct . MP-C951 No installation required for Windows ME/2K/XP or Mac OS X for Windows 98 SE[...]

9 L OCA TIO N OF C ONT ROL S Fr ont Vi ew Men u Up / Volume Up Lef t / Previ ous Dow n / V olu me Dow n Rig ht / Nex t Enter Play / Pause Rec ord / A - B T op V iew Power O n / Of f (slide r ight) Loc k / Unloc k (slide lef t) Mic rop hone Line - In Jac k Hea dphon e Jack 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Bot to m Vi ew DC 5 V Power Jac k [...]

1 0 O VERV IE W : DI SP L A Y & M AIN ME NU 1 N O R M A L 1 2 : 3 0 P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Di splay Playb ack St atus: Play; Pause; Stop Repe at Play St atus Equali zer Sta tus Clo ck Tim e AM /P M Bat ter y Level Mai n Men u Mus ic: Mus ic, Enc ode, Voic e, Playlist s, Sea rch Mov ie: Mov ie File (Fol der) Photo Imag e File (Fol der) [...]

1 1 PO WER SUPP L Y Cha rgi ng Y our Pl ayer Y our player has a rechargeable lithium-poly mer batter y that will provide up to 1 2 hours of play time. The ba tter y s hould b e char ged fu lly (mini mum 4 hour s) befor e its ini tial us e to ensur e opti mum li fetim e per fo rman ce. T o charg e your player : AC Ad ap ter : P lug one e nd of the s[...]

1 2 USB - MS C vers us USB - MT P The MP- C 95 1 come s eq uippe d wi th t wo ty pes of US B po r ts: U SB - Ma ss S tora ge Cl ass (USB - MSC) and US B- M edia T ran sfer Proto co l (USB - MT P). B oth US B conn ect ions all ow for sim ple, high -s pee d tr ansfer s of l es bet ween your player and a c ompute r , and all ow you to use your co m[...]

1 3 USB C ONNE C TION S USB D ri ver In st alla ti on (Re quir ed f or Wi ndow s 98 S E Onl y) It is no t n ece ssar y to i nsta ll the US B dri ver if your c omp uter is r unnin g M icr osof t Wi ndows ME /2 00 0 /X P or n ewer , or Maci ntosh O S X. Comp uter s runn ing th ese op erat ing syste ms wi ll rec - ogni ze your pl ayer automat ic ally [...]

1 4 Ma cin tosh O S X On the lef t sid e of t he Fi nder win dow, ident if y t he app ropr iate Removab le Dis k ico n. Click on the “Eject ” arrow on the right of the Removable Disk icon. Dis con nect t he US B cabl e fro m the pl ayer and your c ompu ter . T ran sfe rr in g File s US B c onne cti ons makes it easy to tran sfer musi c, vide o,[...]

1 5 The USB HO ST c onn ect ion allows you to transfe r d ata from oth er U SB dri ves direct ly to yo ur player - - w itho ut the us e of a co mpute r . This make s it e asy to use the M P- C951 to s ave photo s fro m a digit al c amer a or doc ument s fro m a thumb - dri ve whil e you’re on the go. The USB Hos t conn ect ion wil l work with mo [...]

1 6 B ASI C OP ER A TIONS Usi ng th e T ouch pad C ont ro ls Y our p layer c ome s eq uippe d wi th a to uch -se nsiti ve c ontr ol p ad. Th e ac tive key ar eas g low r ed; touc h the se are as ligh tly to u se the cont rols as you wo uld a b utt on. If you touc h and ho ld a key , it will r egis ter as a c ontinu ous but ton p ress . Ba sic Nav i[...]

1 7 B ASI C OP ER A TIONS Play M od e Opt io ns Play Mod e opt ions ch ange the ord er i n wh ich music tr acks are played. The cu rrent Play Mo de i s indi cate d at the top o f the sc reen. Not e: Play Mo de opt ion s can be u sed f or musi c or voi ce pl aybac k onl y . T o chang e the Play M ode opt ions: Enter M usic mo de and p lay a trac k. [...]

1 8 MUSI C MODE Enter M usic mo de to play yo ur MP 3, WM A , OGG , or WA V audi o les. T o e nter Musi c m ode, se lect an d con rm M USIC in t he Main m enu. Upon en terin g Music m ode, you wi ll have the fo llowi ng opti ons: Mus ic, Enc ode, Voic e, Playlis ts, and S earc h. Mu sic Sel ect and c on rm M USI C in t he M usic M ode menu[...]

1 9 MUSI C MODE Enc od e Sel ect and con rm ENC ODE in the Music Mod e me nu to acc ess the File Brows er to loo k fo r Line - In an d FM R adio r eco rding le s in t he EN COD E fo lder of your player. This i s whe re your player stor es Line - in and FM R adio re cor dings; re fer to the Re cor ding se cti on for m ore det ails). Use the Na[...]

20 Adva nc ed Func tio ns: Mu sic Favori te (+/-) Use the Favori te f unc tion to quic kly add a son g to your Favor ites Playli st. Favorite tr acks c an b e foun d in by selec tin g Mus ic > Playl ist s > Favor ite . If a trac k has not been sto red as a Favorite, th e F avor ite opti on will have a ( + ) symbol nex t to it. S elec t and c [...]

21 MO VIE MODE En ter Mo vie mode to pl ay yo ur X viD- en coded A VI vid eo les. The MP-C95 1 sup ports pl ayb ack of X viD- en coded A VI les . P lease se e t he C reat ing Movi es with Vir tua lDub section for detail s on ho w to crea te vid eo les that are compa tible with the MP-C95 1 . T o ent er M ovie mo de, selec t and con rm M[...]

22 P HO TO M ODE Enter Pho to mode t o play your J PEG and BM P photo  les. T o ente r Phot o mo de, s elec t an d c onr m P HOTO in the Main menu. Upo n ent erin g Phot o mo de, you c an use t he File Br owser t o look f or photo  les in t he IM AGE FIL E folde r of your pl ayer . Use t he Navig atio n keys to selec t fol ders an d photo [...]

23 FM RADI O MODE Enter FM R adio mo de to play tu ne into FM Ra dio bro adc asts. Y ou must have a pair of headp hones co nnecte d to the headphon e jack to rec eive FM bro adcas ts; your player wi ll ut ilize the head phone c ord as a n FM antenna . T o enter FM Ra dio mo de, sele ct and c on rm FM R A DI O in the M ain men u. Ba sic FM Ra dio[...]

24 E-BOOK MODE Enter E- Bo ok mo de to rea d TX T E- boo k les . T o enter E- Bo ok m ode, selec t an d c onr m E -B OOK fr om t he M ain m enu. Upon enter ing E- Boo k mod e, you ca n use the Fi le Bro wser to l ook fo r text l es in th e TE XT FI LE fol der of your p layer . Use t he Navig atio n keys to selec t fol ders an d text  le[...]

25 RECORDING Y our player c an rec ord f rom 3 t yp es of sou rce s: Micr opho ne, Line - In, or FM Ra dio. (See th e SE TUP s ect ion for d etail s about c hang ing your pl ayer’s rec ordi ng opti ons. ) Voice R eco rdi ng Make voi ce re cor dings t hrou gh the inte grate d micr opho ne loc ated o n the top of yo ur player. Plac e the pl ayer in[...]

26 FM Rec ord ing Make re cor dings o f FM Radio b roadc ast s. Plac e the pl ayer in FM R A DIO m ode. T une to the FM b roadc ast st ati on you woul d like to rec ord. T ouch an d hold to st ar t rec ordi ng the FM R adio br oadc ast. T ouch t o pause re cor ding; pre ss ag ain to re sume re cor ding. T ouch t o stop and s ave the rec or ding. Th[...]

27 EXP L ORE R MODE Enter E xpl orer mo de to vi ew and man age the f older s and  les on yo ur player . T o enter E xp lorer mo de, sel ect and c on rm E XPLOR ER fro m the Ma in menu. Up on enter ing Ex plor er m ode, yo u wi ll se e a “ T ree View ” w hich will disp lay all of t he fo lder s on your player (see gu re belo w ). Use t[...]

28 Cut (M ove) From “ T ree View ”, use the Nav igati on keys to sel ect a fo lder an d touch to vi ew its co ntents. Use t he Navig atio n keys to selec t a le /fo lder to d elete. T ouch a nd hold , and t hen sel ect and c onr m CU T . Sel ect an d con rm N O to ca nce l, or YES to m ove the le /fo lder. The player w ill pro mpt y[...]

29 SE TUP MODE En ter Se tup mod e to set the sys tem op tion s of your pla y er . T o enter SET UP mo de, sele ct and c onr m SE TUP in t he Mai n menu. Upo n enter ing Setu p mode, yo u will have th e foll owing o ption s: S ound, D isplay, G ener al, Tim er , Rec ord, an d Infor mati on. Sou nd Sel ect and c onr m S OUN D in t he Set up M [...]

30 Br igh tn ess Set th e bri ghtne ss of the LCD s cre en. T ouch to de cre ase th e scr een’ s b righ tnes s; touc h to inc reas e the sc reen’s b rig htnes s. A set ting o f 0 is dar kest; a set tin g of 10 is bri ghtest . T ouch when yo u are ni shed to s ave. La ngu age Set the langu age of the player ’ s on- scr een menu. The langu a[...]

3 1 Loa d Def aul t Resto re all of t he player ’s sett ings to t heir fac tor y- de fault st ate. Tim er Sel ect and con rm TIM ER in the Setup Mo de menu to set optio ns relatin g to your player ’ s inter nal cl ock fe atures . The Tim er opti ons ar e: Sleep, Date / T ime, and A lar m. Sl eep Set t he S leep T imer (in mi nutes). Th e p l[...]

32 Rec ord Sel ect and c on rm RECO RD in th e Setup Mo de menu to set opt ions rel ating to you r player ’ s rec ordi ng featu res. Th e Reco rd opti ons are: MI C Quali ty, L ine -I n Quali ty, R adio Qu alit y , Sync On /Of f, and Voic e Detec t. MI C Qu ali ty Set the qual ity of rec ord ings made th rough th e int egrate d m icr ophon e. [...]

33 C RE A TI NG MO VIE S WITH VIRTU AL DU B Use the Vir tu alDu b vide o conver sion sof twa re util ity inclu ded on th e Inst allati on CD to create mov - ies t hat are sui tab le for pl ayback o n the M P- C9 5 1 . Y our player sup por t s X vi D -e nco ded AVI les w ith t he foll owing s peci c atio ns: QCI F+ reso lutio n (220x176 ), 1 2[...]

34 In sta lli ng L AM E The L A ME aud io c ode c mus t be in stal led on your c omp uter in ord er to pr oper ly enc ode v ideo s usin g Vir tu alDub. Inse r t the In stall ation C D into you r com puter ’s CD or DVD dr ive. Make su re to plac e the mini - CD in t he ce nter , rec ess ed well o f the dr ive tray. Navi gate to M Y COM PUT ER and [...]

35 In sta lli ng Vi r tua lDu b Vir t ualD ub is a st andal one app lic ation a nd doe s not nee d to be “ inst alled ” like a re gular pr ogra m. Simp ly c opy the folde r to a locat ion on your comp uter an d doubl e- c lick the applic atio n ic on to star t Vir t ualD ub. Inse r t the In stall ation C D into you r com puter ’s CD or DVD dr[...]

36 Use t he dialo g box that a ppear s to n d and sel ect t he sour ce vi deo l e and the n clic k the O PEN but ton. Load a Pr oc essi ng Set ting p reset . From the to p menu ba r , sele ct Fil e > Loa d Proc ess ing S et tin gs . Al tern ately , you m ay pre ss Ct rl +L on t he keyboar d. • 3. • C RE A TI NG MO VIE S WITH VIRTU AL D[...]

37 Sel ect “ QCI F .vcf ” for s malle r ( 1 76x1 4 4 ) vid eo le s; selec t “Q CIF- plus.vcf ” for l arger (220 x1 76 ) vi deo le s. Clic k the O PEN but ton to l oad the s elec ted pr eset. Not e: The Q CIF pr eset c onta ins the fo llow ing set tin gs: Vi deo > Filt ers > Ad d > Resize (N ew Wi dth: 1 76; New Hei ght: 144) [...]

38 Co nver t the so urce  le to an XviD - enc ode d A VI ou tput  le. From the to p menu ba r , sele ct File > S ave as A VI. A lter natel y , you may pre ss F7 o n the keyb oard. Use t he dialo g box that a ppear s to se lect a d estin ation f olde r to save the c onver ted out put le t o. T yp e a le nam e for t he le in t he ?[...]

39 RE STO RE & F IR MW ARE UP D A TES From time to time, CO BY may rele ase rm ware update s to imp rove M P- C9 5 1 p er for manc e or to add addit iona l feat ures. Pleas e ch eck the COBY website at ww w.cobyu sa.co m pe rio dic ally to see if a new  rmwa re has be en rele ase for yo ur player. If you are exp eri enci ng abno rmal b eh[...]

40 Up dat ing Y ou r Player ’s Fir mwar e Fir mware updat es may b e fo und on the COBY Elec tron ics web site at ww w.coby usa.c om. Chec k this site p eri odic ally f or new up dates. Fi rmwa re u pdate s may i mprove pe r for manc e o r a dd new func tio nalit y to you r player . I MPO RT ANT : Do n ot dis conn ect yo ur playe r fr om th e com[...]

4 1 COBY El ec tro nic s T ech nic al Su ppo r t Hou rs: Mo nday to Friday , 8:30 A M –1 1:00 PM EST Satur day to Sund ay , 9:00 A M –1 1 :0 0 PM EST Email: tec hsupp or t@c obyu sa.c om Phon e: 8 0 0 - 6 8 1-262 9 or 71 8 - 4 16 -31 97 Web: w w w .co byusa .com TR OUBLE SHOO TI NG If you have a pr oble m with t his playe r , pleas e read t he [...]

42 TR OUBLE SHOO TI NG The re is s ome thin g wro ng wit h the LC D disp lay. Ensure t hat bat ter y is c harg ed or th at the pl ayer is ope ratin g on AC power. T ry rebo oting t he player by s liding a nd hol ding th e Power/ Lock sw itch t o the r ight fo r several sec onds , or tr y usi ng a pin to p ress t he Reset b utt on on the r ear of th[...]

43 SP ECI FI CA TI ONS Dis play T ype 2 ” F ull - Co lor T FT LCD Dis play Res oluti on 22 0 x 1 76 Mem or y 20 GB H DD Audi o Forma t Suppo r t MP 3, WM A , OG G, WA V Vi deo For mat Supp or t A VI ( XviD): 2 20 x 17 6 (QCI F+ ) 13fp s 1 76 x 1 20 (QCI F) 15fps Photo For mat Su ppor t JPEG, B MP E- Bo ok Form at Suppo r t T XT Son g Info Sup por[...]

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