Grundig LED manual

Manual Software L.E.D. Windows 95/98/NT **mpaxx_e_win_3.00.qxp 16.05.2000 21:12 Uhr Seite 1[...]

W elcome! W e are happy that you have chosen a Grundig MP AXX MP3 Player , which is supplied with the L.E.D. (Load. Encode. Decode.) software. The W indows version of this software enables you to load MP3 music files from your PC to a MultiMediaCard and to transfer music from audio CDs to the hard disk of your PC. The integral encoder , which allow[...]

T rademarks W indows ® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Intel ® Pentium ® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks are trademarks of the respective owners. Grundig AG D-90748 Fürth Internet: http://www .grundig.com **mpaxx_e_win_3.00.qxp 16.05.2000 21:12 Uhr Seite 3[...]

T able of contents 1. System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 2. Installing L.E.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 3. Using L.E.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1. System requirements L.E.D. runs on any W indows PC with 1 6 MB RAM and 5 MB free hard disk space. However , to ensure comfortable working, we recommend the following minimum equipment: PC ......................................with Intel Pentium ® processor (with at least 1 00 MHz clock frequency). For the use of the Encoder software, we recomme[...]

2. Installing L.E.D. Please terminate all active applications before you begin with the installation. Insert the software CD in your CD ROM drive. If the “Autostart” function of your CD ROM drive is activated, the installation program will start automatically . If it is not activa- ted, proceed as follows: Start W indows ® Explorer and change [...]

3. Using L.E.D. software W ith the L.E.D. software, you can load MP3 files onto MultiMediaCards. These files can either be downloaded from the Internet, or created by converting the music off your audio CDs. In order to create files from your audio CD’ s, the music has to be read and stored on the hard disk of your computer in a PC compa- tible f[...]

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3.1.1. Making your own settings The first thing you should do is adapt the software to your own personal require- ments. In the “Settings” menu, under the option “General,” you need to choose the device you are using under the “Device” menu: a) MP AXX 1 50 (USB) b) MP AXX 1 0 0 (serial) c) Card station SR52 PP A d) Card station SR54 USB[...]

that you want to copy onto the MultiMediaCard by means of “drag and drop” or by double-clicking the file name. HINT : T o drag and drop an item, simply click the item and “drag” it into the Playlist W indow , and then click again. In the Playlist W indow , you can also change the sequence of the tracks (also by means of drag and drop), as w[...]

3.1.4. Creating and processing programs (MP AXX 150 only) The MP3 player normally plays pieces of music in the physical order in which they are stored on the MultiMediaCard. The “Program” function allows you to store additional information on the MultiMediaCard, which tells the MP AXX 150 in what order to play the music. Y ou can also repeat in[...]

3.1.5. The menus and the icon bar in the Download/Play list window ● Menu: File - New Play list Creates a new Play list - Open Play list Opens a saved Play list - Open recent Play lists Opens one of the last Play lists saved - Save Play list Saves the current Play list - Save Play list as Saves the current Play list under a different name - Print[...]

- Display program Display “Program” menu (see below) instead of “Playlist” menu - Download overwrite Loads the files in the Play list onto the MultiMediaCard and deletes all existing files - Download append Loads the files in the Play list onto the MultMediaCard without overwrit- ing existing files - Download title Downloads a selected file[...]

Port type Select type of port (COM1 to COM4 or LPT1 to LPT3) (only available if you have selected either “MP AXX 100 serial” or “card station parallel” at “Device”. Show only MP3 files Only shows files in the Selection window with the extension .MP3 Accept all files for the Play list Accepts other files for the Play list than just .MP3 [...]

Icon bar By clicking the appropriate icon you can trigger the most important functions directly without having to make a detour through the menus. 3.1.6. Player/Decoder Y ou can also listen to MP3 music tracks on your computer if you have a sound card with loudspeakers or headphones. It works in the same way as a HiFi device with Play , Start, Stop[...]

3.2. Ripper/Encoder window Y ou can gain access to the Ripper/Encoder window by clicking the appropriate icon on the icon bar , or via the “Start Ripper/Encoder” option in the “File” menu. A new window will open. By means of the “Start Ripper” function, music files can be read from an audio CD and converted into a PC compatible format. [...]

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If all the tracks you want to rip/encode are listed in the lower window , you can begin ripping. The “Start Ripping only” command in the “Encoder” menu only converts the files form your audio CD into .W A V files. These will be saved in the directory of your choice. Y ou also have the possibility of ripping and encoding the files at the sam[...]

3.2.3.The menus and the icon bar in the Ripper/Encoder window Y ou can make a variety of settings using the menus. ● Menu: File - Go to Download Switches to Download/Play list window . - Exit Closes the Encoder/Ripper window . ● Menu: Encoder - Delete all Deletes all entries in the current Rip/Encode list. - Delete selected Deletes the selected[...]

Directory to store Determines the directory in which the Wave files are saved ripped [W AV] files - Encoder Determines the settings for the encoding: Select encoder Select desired encoder software; you can choose between the Lame Encoder (a good, fast encoder) and the Dialog Medien Encoder (you should only use this if you have problems with Lame) Y[...]

Select ripping mode Here you can select the ripping mode; generally speaking you should always choose the “Burst” mode because this is the fastest method. If difficulties arise during ripping, you can change over to another mode in an attempt to solve the problem. Further information Y ou can also check here whether an ASPI driver (see glossary[...]

4. T roubleshooting Known problems: MP AXX interrupts download. . . . . . . .Reason: This can occur as a result of a communication problem with Windows ® . Solution: Switch the MP AXX into the download mode again. The MultiMediaCard is not . . . . . . . . .Reason: There are various possible causes. being recognized although Solution: Check whether[...]

23 Appendix Remarks about copyright laws Intellectual property – and this includes music – is protected worldwide by copyright. In most countries it is permitted to make a copy of legally acquired sound carriers (e.g. CDs, prerecorded MCs) or music files (e.g. from the Internet) for personal use. The following is certain: It is not permitted to[...]

W arranty The manuals and the enclosed software programs are protected by copyright. The manuals and the software programs are, in the present form, the subject matter of a license contract and may only be used in accordance with the contract conditions of the license contract. The licensee alone carries the risk for any dangers or impairments of q[...]

Glossary ASPI driver ..................(= Advanced SCSI Programming Interface) A driver which is used to control the CD ROM drive (also for A T API drives). Bit rate ........................The data transmission rate which is necessary for a continual music playback. This is defi- ned when the music files are converted into MP3 format. The higher t[...]