Directed Electronics PMP3520 manual

3 3 . . 5 5 ” ” P P o o r r t t a a b b l l e e M M e e d d i i a a P P l l a a y y e e r r 2 2 0 0 G G B B H H a a r r d d D D r r i i v v e e M M O O D D E E L L P P M M P P 3 3 5 5 2 2 0 0 O O W W N N E E R R ’ ’ S S G G U U I I D D E E I I N N S S T T A A L L L L A A T T I I O O N N G G U U I I D D E E © 2005 Directed Electronics, Inc.[...]

2 2 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED ONE YEAR CONSUMER W ARRANTY Directed Electronics, Inc. (Directed) promises to the original purchaser that the new automotiv e video monitor and/or source unit(s) (the Product) that is purchased and installed from a Directed authorized dealer more than ninety (90) da y[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 3 T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s Safety Instru cti on s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Intr od u cti on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 How to Use this Gui d[...]

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d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 5 5 S S a a f f e e t t y y I I n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n s s Completely read th e safety in stru cti on s car efully . Please retain this gui d e in a convenien t locati on f or futur e r efer en ce . 1. Keep th e PMP3520 away fr om h umi dity . 2. Keep th e PMP3520 away fr om lo[...]

6 6 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved I I n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n Congr atulati on s f or ch oosin g th e PMP3520, by Dir ected Vi d eo. This hi gh per- form an ce pr od u ct has been d esi gn ed an d en gin eer ed by Dir ected Electr oni cs, th e ind ustry lead er in hi gh qu ality autom otive security , au d[...]

d © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 7 7 H H o o w w t t o o U U s s e e t t h h i i s s G G u u i i d d e e This guid e provi des in structi ons an d illustrati ons on h ow to install an d operate the PMP3520. With step-by-step in structi ons , we will guid e you through th e PMP3520 driver in stallation pr ocess. If you ar e not [...]

8 8 © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved W W h h a a t t ’ ’ s s I I n n c c l l u u d d e e d d N N O O T T E E : : The PMP3520 battery should be charged O O N N L L Y Y with the pro- vided adapter! ❍ PMP3520 ❍ USB Cable ❍ Strap ❍ U SB Cable (O T G) ❍ Stereo Earph ones ❍ Handy B ag ❍ AC A dapter ❍ Driver and Reco[...]

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1 1 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 1. Strap H ole Attach th e hand-str ap her e . 2. Navi gation k ey The 4-way N avigati on key f or men u selection s. 3.  / 2 Press to stop or g o-back from acti on. 4.  Press to stop an d display men u, or go to th e previ ous men u. 5. LCD Display Show m enus an d selection playin [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 1 1 1 1 d O O p p e e r r a a t t i i n n g g M M e e n n u u D D i i s s p p l l a a y y s s P ower on the PMP3520, th e main m enu on LCD will display after th e boot-up animati on. Following ar e the in structi ons f or each men u option. M M A A I I N N M M E E N N U U 1. Functi on Icon: Visu [...]

1 1 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 8. Men u Title: Show th e selected men u title . 9. List: All files in a selected men u. 10. Scr oll bar: Indi cates additi onal files available . F F M M R R A A D D I I O O 11. M emorized Stati ons: 8 FM stati ons can be set in to mem ory . 12. Chann el Frequen cy: Curren t FM frequen cy[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 1 1 3 3 d 14. Recor ding Tim e: Recordin g elapse time (hh:mm:ss). 15. Recor ding Qu ality: Indi cate selected and oper ating r ecordin g quality . S S E E T T U U P P M M E E N N U U 16. Scr oll bar: Mean m ore tabs ar e available . 17. T abs: In clud e Display , Photo, Recor d, System, an d Info[...]

1 1 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved L L o o c c k k S S w w i i t t c c h h The PMP3520 has a Lock Switch to avoi d accid ental oper ation. Sli de th e Lock Switch to lock position while power is on. If an y contr ol button is pressed th e “Locked!” m essage displays to in dicate all fun ction k eys are disabled . If the[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 1 1 5 5 d R R e e m m o o t t e e C C o o n n t t r r o o l l The PMP3520 r emote con trol pr ovid es the f ollowing fun ction s: ❍ OFF: press to power o ff the PMP3520. ❍ TV/LCD: press to switch th e output devi ce between TV and th e PMP3520. ❍ z REC: press to start to r ecord o f each fun[...]

1 1 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved L L i i - - I I o o n n B B a a t t t t e e r r y y R R e e c c h h a a r r g g i i n n g g The PMP3520 com es with two Li-Ion r echarg eable and r emovable batteri es. Charg e the battery completely bef ore usin g the PMP3520 f or the first tim e by followin g the steps below: 1. Connect [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 1 1 7 7 d B B A A T T T T E E R R Y Y C C O O N N S S U U M M P P T T I I O O N N R R E E F F E E R R E E N N C C E E The PMP3520 uses a 2200mAhr , 3.7V , 1 Cell r echarg eable rem ovable Li-Ion bat- tery . The battery con suming r eferen ce will vary in differen t depen ding on th e operatin g mo[...]

1 1 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved U U t t i i l l i i t t y y C C D D The PMP3520 pack age in clud es a Utility CD (to be used on a PC). In sert the sup- plied CD in to your CD-ROM, and th e CD will auto-run the Setup pr ogram. On your computer screen, you will see th e followin g display . ❍ PMPSync U tility: for PMP352[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 1 1 9 9 d C C o o n n n n e e c c t t & & D D i i s s c c o o n n n n e e c c t t f f r r o o m m P P C C C C O O N N N N E E C C T T P P M M P P 3 3 5 5 2 2 0 0 T T O O C C O O M M P P U U T T E E R R 1. Press th e button to power on the PMP3520. 2. Plug the mini-en d of th e supplied U S[...]

2 2 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 4. After connecti on is initialized , your computer operatin g system will rec- ognize the PMP3520 as a har d disk. Go to [Device M anag er] by clickin g "Start"  "Setting"  "Con trol P anel"  "System"  "H ard ware", an d look f[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 2 2 1 1 d matted . If you do n eed to form at PMP3520 hard disk, conn ect the PMP3520 to your computer first and f ormat it with th e Wind ows form atting tool. Wh en for- mati on is completed, please r efer to the Upgr ading So ftware/Firm ware secti ons of this m anu al for pr ocedur es to recov[...]

2 2 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 2. The f ollowing win dow will display , cli ck on the U SB Mass Stor age Devi ce and then cli ck on OK. 3. When th e followin g messag e displays, th e PMP3520 can be safely discon- nected fr om the computer . B B a a s s i i c c U U s s a a g g e e P P O O W W E E R R O O N N A A N N D D[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 2 2 3 3 d N N O O T T E E : : If you locked the Lock Switch before powering on, the power will not turn on. Unlock the Lock Switch and press the power button. 2. T o power off th e PMP3520, press th e button again. The f ollowing m es- sage will display , an d the PMP3520 will sh ut down. N N o o [...]

2 2 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved P P M M P P S S Y Y N N C C The PMP3520 supports files to be sorted by categ ories , such as Title , Artist, Album, Category , or Playlist with th e bundled PMPSyn c utility . With this utility , you can defin e or edit category tags to appen d to each file and tr ansfer th em to the PMP35[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 2 2 5 5 d B B U U T T T T O O N N S S Buttons on PMPSyn c are categ orized and d escribed as followin g: ❍ T ool Bar 1. Medi a Import: Import multim edia files fr om any dir ectory in computer . 2. Export to PMP: Export imported multim edia files to th e PMP3520. 3. Cr eate New Ph oto Album: Cre[...]

2 2 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved ❍ Medi a T abs 1. Vid eo: Vid eo files are listed . 2. Musi c: Musi c files are listed . ❍ Medi a Player Previ ew wind ow for m edia play . Select a m usic/vi deo file an d press X to play . Pressin g the ❙❙ or  button, respectively pause an d stop the playback. ❍ Medi a List [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 2 2 7 7 d ❍ Playlist P anel Playlist: List all files which will be ad ded to playlist. Y ou can use S to move up, T to move d own, or X X to clear the playlist. E E D D I I T T T T A A G G S S F F O O R R F F I I L L E E S S I I N N P P C C : : 1. T o ex ecute , click th e shortcut on th e deskt[...]

2 2 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 7. In the mi ddle column, select on e or multiple files f or later editing. N N O O T T E E : : You can use Shift or CTRL key to select multiple files.[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 2 2 9 9 d 8. Press th e button to add th e selected files to File Listing P anel. Or pr ess to import all files in the dir ectory . 9. Repeat Steps 5 thru 8 if to add m ore files . T o rem ove a file from File Listin g P anel, hi ghligh t the file an d press th e button to rem ove it. 10. Pr ess b[...]

3 3 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 11. T o pr eview a vi deo or m usic file on th e editing list pr ess the button on Medi a Player at left hand si de . During playback, th e file nam e , elapsed time , and total tim e will be displayed. 12. T o edit tags , double cli ck on a category o f a file and type in a tag n ame . If[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 3 3 1 1 d 13. For Categ ory tag of Vi deo an d Genre o f Musi c, cli ck the d own arrow an d select one o f the d efault opti ons fr om the d rop-d own list. ❍ Vid eo Conversion If the imported file is n ot supported by the PMP3520 , you can ri ght cli ck on the file on the list an d select &quo[...]

3 3 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved ❍ Edit Playlist: After editing tags o f files on the PC, you can gr oup files into playlist an d play- back the list on th e PMP3520 . Only one playlist will be tr ansferr ed to and play- back on the PMP3520 . T o edit playlist: 1. Select all the files that you wan t to group in to a lis[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 3 3 3 3 d 3. Disconnect th e PMP3520 from th e PC and en ter a mod e . Select a playlist from the Playlist f older to play a list o f files organized with PMPSyn c. N N O O T T E E : : Press the Setting button and select SyncMode to Overwrite or Rename files with the same name that have been chose[...]

3 3 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 5. Refer to the Safely Remove PMP3520 from Computer section to disconn ect the PMP3520 from computer after th e files are tr ansferr ed. 6. On the m ain men u, push the N avigati on button up or down to th e Vid eo men u as shown in Fi gure 1 above . Press in on th e Navi gation button to [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 3 3 5 5 d elapse time on th e display . It will autom atically disappear in few secon ds. 10. If th e file selected to play is not supported by th e PMP3520 , th e messag e shown below will display . 11. Push th e Navi gation button to th e righ t to fast-f orward vi deo playback, each push incr e[...]

3 3 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved N N O O T T E E : : There is only one resume break stored at a time on the PMP3520. If you play another video, the resume bookmark will be erased. 15. If an y file is not n eeded , you can delete it fr om file list. Push the N avigati on button up or down to select th e file , pushing th e[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 3 3 7 7 d 2. From th e PMP3520 main m enu, use th e Navi gation button to hi ghligh t Vid eo and pr ess the N avigati on button in to enter th e Vid eo men u. 3. Select a DivX file from th e list and pr ess the N avigati on button in. If the file is purchased fr om the In ternet with DivX® DRM pr[...]

3 3 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 2. If the vi deo has embed ded m ultiple subtitle tracks , the "Please select Subtitle T rack" m essage will display on LCD wh en you press th e Navi gation button in to play the DivX® vi deo file . Use th e Navi gation button to ch oose a track an d then pr ess the N avigati on[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 3 3 9 9 d M M U U S S I I C C The PMP3520 supports MP3 (MPEG1 Layer2, Layer3), W A V (LPCM, ADPCM), and WMA (WMA-9 Layer 2a) file playback. MP3 an d WMA can be playback at up to 320 Kbps. N N O O T T E E : : Only supported files will be displayed on the list and playable on the PMP3520. Figur e 3 [...]

4 4 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 8. Press th e Navi gation button in to play th e song with th e Virtual M usic Player . 9. If the selected file is n ot supported by the PMP3520, th e messag e below is displayed. 1 0. Push the N avigati on button up or down to ch oose from Rand om/Repeat/EQ/Playback Status/Song. Each o f [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 4 4 1 1 d 11. Pr ess the  / 2 button on ce to stop the file playin g. 12. If an y file is not n eeded , it can be deleted fr om the file list. Push th e Navi gation button up or d own to select the file , push the N avigati on but- ton left to display the below left-han d figur e . Push Navi ga[...]

4 4 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved ❍ View Ph oto or Pictur e 1. Connect th e PMP3520 to the computer an d upload the files fr om the com- puter to the PMP3520. 2. Disconnect th e PMP3520 from th e computer after the files ar e tran sferred . 3. From th e main m enu, push th e Navi gation button up or d own to select Photo[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 4 4 3 3 d 9. While viewin g one ph oto in full screen (n ot in slid e show m ode), push th e Navi gation button left to br owse photos in 3X3 f ormat. Th en you will see 9 fram es on the display . Th e first or last photo o f a fold er will be highli ghted in red fr ame . N N O O T T E E : : The i[...]

4 4 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved F F M M R R A A D D I I O O The PMP3520 con tains an FM r adio, f ollow the dir ection s below for use: 1. Fist plug the earph ones in to the earph one jack. Th e earphon es are also used as the an tenna f or the PMP3520. A "Plug in H eadphon e!" mom entary m es- sage will appear[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 4 4 5 5 d the ri ght or left. If Fin e T une is selected , frequen cy bar will be adjusted by 0.1 MHz on each Navi gation button left or ri ght m ovemen t. 5. On scanning or tunin g, the fr equency tun ed to is shown on display . ❍ Store a FM stati on 1. T o store a FM stati on, on the Fr equenc[...]

4 4 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 3. T o stop recor ding, pr ess the z REC button again. Wh en recor ding has stopped, th e saved file inform ation will be sh own (see the f ollowing fi gure). In the M usicRecor d fold er you will find th e saved file(s). The file n ames start with [FM000000.mp3], [FM000001.mp3], and so f[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 4 4 7 7 d N N O O T T E E : : To avoid battery discharge and subsequent loss of recording, it is suggested that the AC adapter be used to power the PMP3520. N N O O T T E E : : The record quality is set in the Setting—Record/Voice section of the Setting menu. 3. Pr ess the REC z button to start [...]

4 4 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved A A V V R R E E C C O O R R D D I I N N G G PMP3520 can also recor d A V sign al from oth er devi ces. ❍ Record A V 1. Connect th e PMP3520 A V-In Jack to an A V output devi ce , such as TV or DVD player with the suppli ed A V cable . Match vi deo lin e-in componen t cable to A V sign al[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 4 4 9 9 d 5. If you select the A udi o/Vid eo option, th e messag e below will display . Y ou can choose a d urati on, and r ecordin g will stop automati cally when th e selected time has elapsed . Select an option by th e Navi gation button an d press th e Navi gation button in. If Con tinu ous i[...]

5 5 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved N O O T T E E : : The maximum length of an AV Recording file depends on hard disk free space and can not exceed 3hrs or 2GB. ❍ Play a Record ed A V File 1. T o play a recor ded A V or audi o file , go back to main m enu an d select Vid eo or Musi c mod e by referrin g to Vid eo or Musi c[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 5 5 1 1 d 2. B B e e f f o o r r e e i i n n s s e e r r t t i i n n g g a a S S D D / / M M M M C C c c a a r r d d , pr ess the button to t t u u r r n n o o f f f f the PMP3520, if power is on. 3. Insert your SD car d or MMC card in to the slot in th e correct ori entati on. 4. Press button to [...]

5 5 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved ❍ Input Other Vi deo Devi ce Sign als to the PMP3520: 1. Connect PMP3520 A V-In Jack to a vi deo d evice , such as TV set or DVD Player , with the suppli ed A V cable . Note th e A V cable should be conn ected corre- spondin gly in color or cable text m arkings to th e vid eo devi ce A V[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 5 5 3 3 d 4. Files from th e USB d evice will be saved to a f older un der U SB O T G fold er of PMP3520, fold er nam e will be USB00001, U SB00002, etc. 5. If the conn ected USB d evice supports O T G, the f ollowing m essage will dis- play . N N O O T T E E : : The PMP3520 supports limited USB d[...]

5 5 4 4 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved N N O O T T E E : : Exit the Setting Menu by pressing the  / 2 button, any new settings will be saved and applied. D D I I S S P P L L A A Y Y T T A A B B The Display tab in clud es Brigh tness , TV Stand ard , and Display item s. 1. Enter Settin g men u, the Display tab is th e def aul[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 5 5 5 5 d 1. From Settin g Men u, push the N avigati on button righ t or left to go to Ph oto as shown above . 2. Push the N avigati on button up or down to select am ong Sli de M usic , Slid e Repeat, and Sli de In terval. Refer to the table below f or the settin gs avail- able . N N O O T T E E [...]

5 5 6 6 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved N N O O T T E E : : The file size will be larger when higher resolution and/or qual- ity are selected. PMP3520 can recor d vid eo at up to 30 fps. Select th e settings f or your prefer- ences . S S Y Y S S T T E E M M T T A A B B Y ou can adjust various system settin gs within the System t[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 5 5 7 7 Setting M ethod an d Purpose Option s Display Off Push Navi gation ri ght or left to set Display shut d own on idlin g to save battery consumin g. Off/3 sec/5 sec/10 sec /15 sec/30 sec/1 min. P ower Off Push N avigati on righ t or left to set power off autom atically . Off/15 sec/30 sec/1/[...]

5 5 8 8 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved I I N N F F O O T T A A B B Y ou can display inform ation r egardin g Storag e Free Space , Softwar e V ersion, MCU Firmwar e V ersion, DivX (R) VOD, Upd ate Softwar e , Update MCU Firm ware , and Update U SB Firmwar e in Info tab . T o chang e inform ation settin gs: 1. In Setting M enu, [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 5 5 9 9 NOTE: Updating Software, Update MCU Firmware, and Update USB Firmware are advanced operations! Only advanced users should perform these actions! Refer to the website www.directedmo- bilemedia.com for additional information. Setting I tem Meth od and Purpose Option s Storag e Free Space Sho[...]

6 6 0 0 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s Battery life test is und er the con dition s of T emperatur e/Humi dity 25ºC, 50%RH, System Setting: Bri ghtn ess: 10 /16 Level, V olume: 50%, A udi o Output: Headph one , T est File: Resolution: 240x180, Vi deo bit-r ate: 800Kbps, A[...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 6 6 1 1 U U p p g g r r a a d d e e S S o o f f t t w w a a r r e e PMP3520 softwar e can be upgrad ed. I t requir es a computer and th e supplied U SB cable for th e followin g proced ures: N N O O T T E E : : To prevent battery discharging while upgrading, we recom- mend that the AC Adapter be u[...]

6 6 2 2 © 2005 Directed Electronics—all ri ghts reserved 9. Push the N avigati on button righ t or left to select Y es and pr ess the Navi gation button in to start to upgr ade so ftware . Or , select N o to cancel the upgr ade . 10. Wh en the so ftware upgr ade completes , the system will r estart. U U p p g g r r a a d d e e F F i i r r m m w [...]

© 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all rights reserved 6 6 3 3 4. Safely disconnect th e PMP3520 from your computer . 5. Select Setting fr om main m enu an d press X /En ter button to enter . 6. Push the N avigati on button left or righ t to select Info tab . 7. Push the N avigati on button up or down to select Upd ate Firmwar e . 8. Push the N avigat[...]

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