Acer MP-320 User Manual
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MusePod Unique Features Mass Portable Storage Player 1.This player can be used as the portable hard disk (the capacity is 20G). No driver is necessary under WinMe/2000/XP. 2.Unique USB Host Functions Hard disk player can read the file from the other standard USB Device 3.High speed transfer, USB2.0 standard interface, compatible with USB1.1 Hard disk player supports USB2.0 with the highest rate of transmission up to 20Mbyte/s. 4.
English Manual simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English 8.FM radio (87.5MHz~108.0MHz) Auto-scan and memorize desired channels are more convenient to listen to the FM radio. 9.Provide five types of equalizer (EQ): Normal, Classic, Jazz, Rock and user EQ, making music more abundant. 10.Supporting 3D effect, 15-level Bass Boost and 15-level Treble Boost, making music more colorful 11.Easy to use file navigation 12.
MusePod Contents Front Part and Side Part ........................................ 4-5 Top/Bottom Part and LCD ........................................ 6 Using the AC adapter .......................................... 7-11 Charging ................................................................ 7-8 Software Installation .............................................. 8-9 Connecting to the computer .............................. 10-11 Disconnecting to the Computer ..............................
English Manual Front Part LCD Menu Volume+ Play/Pause/ Power On Left Stop/Power Off Right Volume- 4
MusePod Side Part A-B/Rec Hold SRS/Mode CHARGE LED Line-In MIC Hole LCD Reset Hole USB Port Earpho DC-IN USB Host Portne 5
English Manual EQ Repeat Mode Hold Battery Indicator Current Mode Current Folder File Name Track Playing Progress ID3 Artist Sampling Rate 6 Bitrate Volume
MusePod Using the AC adapter 1. The AC adapter supplied with the player can be used only. Working voltage of the AC adapter of the player is 100/240V, 50/60Hz. 2. Connect the adapter to the DC jacks of the AC power and the player Charging 1. When the player is powered on, the status of the battery indicator shows the battery capacity of the player. When the battery is low, the icon will be twinkling. After twinkling for a while the system will be shutdown automatically.
English Manual 3. When the battery is fully charged, the battery indicator is fully filled in and the red LED will be off. Charging time: about 3 hours (after the battery is fully discharged) Discharging time (playing time): about 12 hours (the longest playing time after the battery is fully charged) Playing time is measured during playing 128Kbps Mp3 files in the fully charged status.
MusePod will setup Win98 driver for HDD player automatically.How to Use Software Managerment How to Use Software Managerment If you install software managerment, you can use it to manager your HDD player. 1.Turn on your player, then connect it to PC, while PC find device, please execute managerment software. 2.You can use this software to edit playlist function. 3.You can use this software to change language. 4.You can use this software to download file and upload file to HDD player.
English Manual Connecting to the Computer 1. Press and hold the “Play” button to turn on the player. (Warning: please make sure whether the battery of the player is sufficient. If it is not enough, please connect the adapter to the power to guarantee enough battery) 2. Connect the player and the computer properly with the USB cable. The big end of the USB cable should be connected to the USB port of the computer, and the other end should be connected to the USB Slave port of the player.
MusePod 4. After the installation is completed, a portable hard disk will be added in My Computer/Explorer. The files in the hard-disk player can be operated by the Explorer or the Manager software we supply. The hard-disk player can be used as a normal hard disk, and the files can be copied, deleted, etc. When the hard-disk player is to be connected to the computer for a long time, please connect the AC adapter. The low battery will cause improper working of the player.
English Manual Operations Operations: Basic Operations 1. Power On Press and hold the “Play/Pause/Power On” button 2. Play/Pause In the playing status, press the “Play/Pause/Power On” button. 3. Stop Playing Press the “Stop/Power OFF” button. 4. Fast Forward In Music playing status, press and hold the “Right” button. 5. Fast Reverse In Music playing status, press and hold the “Left” button. 6. Play Previous Track In Music playing status, press the “Right” button. 7.
MusePod button. Press the “Menu” button to enter the file navigation interface, press the “Right” button to enter a folder or select a file, press the “Left” button to exit the current directory, press the “+/-” button to select the different file or folder, and press the “Menu” button to confirm. 11. Mode Switch Press and hold the “Mode” button to enter the mode switch. 12. Section Definition Press the “A-B” button. 13. Recording Press and button. hold the “A-B” 14.
English Manual Playing Music 1. Connect the earphone 2. Unlock Hold 3. Press and hold the “Play/Pause/Power On” button for 2 seconds to turn on the player, and the power-on picture displays. After the system information is read, it will enter the file list. (This procedure needs some times because the speed of scanning hard disk is much slower.) 4.
MusePod It begins to play after the track is selected. Press the “Play/Pause/Power On” button to pause, and then press it again to continue playing. The playing interface displays the information of current track.
English Manual to make fast forward, while press the “Right” button to switch to the next track; press and hold the “Left” button to make fast reverse, while press the “Left” button to switch to the previous track. 7. Press the “Stop” button to stop playing, and return to the file list. 8. Press and hold the “Stop” button to shut down the player, and then the shutdown picture will show. When “Hold” is on, the icon appears, and buttons on the player are invalid.
MusePod Section Repeat When the player is playing, you can use section repeat function to repeat one section of the music. In the playing status, press the “A-B” button to select the start position (A point). During the playing, press the “A-B” button again to select the end position (B point). The player will repeat the section from A to B.
English Manual Browsing After pressing the “Menu” button, use “Right/Left/+/ -” button to find and select the track. If the audio file is selected, the player will enter the playing interface. If the non-audio file is selected, the player will not respond. Press the “Menu” or “Right” button to enter the lower folder. Press the “Left” button to return to the upper folder. When the root directory is reached, it will stop. Mode Switch Press and hold the “Mode” button or use the menu to enter Mode Switch.
MusePod “Stop” button to exit the mode and return to the file list. USBDATA Data Browsing Mode: After entering the Backup Data mode, you can see the files in the USBData directory, which come from the Device connected to the USB Host. If you backup the peripheral USB Device by USB Host function, you can view the backup USB Data by selecting this option.
English Manual Playlist Function: You can select your favorite songs to play, which means the player can support Playlist function. Select the Playlist option in Mode status to enter the list of Playlists and see the corresponding Playlist, then you may select to play the Playlist. How to add and delete songs in BMK list of Playlist You can edit Playlist files by the manager software, and the files can be put in the Playlist folder in the hard disk so that you can manage these playlists.
MusePod As the above figure, ICON shows the two songs Flower and Yesterday are added to PlayList. You can also delete the song from Playlist: select a song which is added to the playlist, and then press and hold the “Play” button to delete it from Playlist. Now if you enter the Playlist mode and select one Playlist to play, then the songs in this Playlist will always play.
English Manual Receive FM Radio Enter FM status through the mode switch: 1. When the “Preset” button is invalid, press the “Right/Left” button to adjust the current channel in 0.05 MHz step. Press the “+/-” button to adjust the volume. Press and hold the “Right/Left” button will automatically search the next valid channel. 2. When the “Preset” button is valid, press the “Right/ Left” button to switch to the next/previous stored channel. 3.
MusePod 4. Press the “Menu” button to switch between the Preset mode and Manual Scan mode. The user can set some channels as needed or delete some disliked channels. After switching to Manual Scan mode, the “PRESET” tag will disappear. 5. Under Manual Scan mode, press the “Right/Left” button to increase/decrease 0.05MHz. Press and hold the “Right/Left” button to automatically scan the adjacent channels. If the channel that is found has not been saved, you can press the “Mode” button to save the channel.
English Manual Record Enter the record screen through mode switch or pressing and holding the “A-B” button. The screen shows as below. 1. Press and hold the “A-B” button to enter the record screen directly. (In this case, if “Line-In” is connected, then the “Line-In” content will be recorded as MP3 sound files, otherwise the sound source will be the MIC). Press the “Rec” button to halt the record, press again to resume the record.
MusePod 4. To record from other sources, connect the LINE_IN jack with the LINE_OUT jack or earphone jack of the external sound source by using the auxiliary input/output cable supplied with the player, press and hold the “A-B” button to start the recording. If the “Synchronous” is set to “On” in the “Rec Setting”, then 2 successive songs will be separated automatically in between when recording them in MP3 files. Before the recording starts, the player will check if the left space is enough.
English Manual Press and hold the “Menu” button to enter the menu. There are 5 main menus and 3 sub menus. Press the “+/-” button to shift among the menu items. Press the “Right” or “Menu” button to select or enter the sub menu. Press the “Left” button to return to the upper menu and press the “Stop” button to exit the menu operation. You can make the settings after entering the menu. Main menu Sub menu The menu items of “Mode” are the same as that after pressing and holding the “Mode” button.
MusePod the “Left/Right” button to select among “off/5 sec/10 sec/15 sec/20 sec/all”. “Off” means backlight off, all means backlight always on. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. Use “Display/Contrast” to set the contrast of the LCD screen. Use the scroll bar to display the current value, which is between 0 and 32. Press the “Left/Right” button to increase or decrease the value. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu.
English Manual menu. Use “Display/ID3 language” to set the display language of ID3, which can be specified to simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English. Press “Left/Right” button to make the selection, press ”Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. If you select Sim Chinese, the user interface will change to Sim Chinese, others will not change. Use “Setting/Auto Off” to set the auto off time when the player is idle.
MusePod the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. Use “Setting/Speed” to set the ID3 scroll display speed. Press the “Left/Right” button to select among “1x/2x/3x/4x”. If the length of the ID3 information of a music file exceeds the LCD screen display, then it will be scrolled and displayed in 1x/2x/3x/4x. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. Use “Setting/Fast Charge” to set fast charge or normal charge.
English Manual Use “Setting/EQ” to set the EQ mode. Press the “Left/Right” to select among “Normal/Rock/Classic/Jazz/User EQ”. When the User EQ is selected, the vertical scroll bar at the bottom will be highlighted in 1~5 parts. Press the “Left/Right” button to switch among different diapason. Press the “+/-” button to adjust the value of different diapason. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. The user can set the playback EQ according to the music type or your preference.
MusePod Use “Setting/Repeat” to set the playback repeat mode. There are following 9 types of repeat mode. In Normal mode, “One Song” means to stop after ; playing one song. The icon is In Normal mode, “One Folder” means to stop after ; playing all songs under one folder. The icon is In Normal mode, “All Songs” means to stop after ; playing all songs in the disk (by default). The icon is In All mode, “One Song” means to play one song repeatedly.
English Manual “Normal/All/Shuffle”. Press the “+/-“ button to switch among “One Song/One Folder/All Songs”. Different icon displays when different playback mode is set, press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. 26 Use “Setting/Bass Boost” to set the bass boost, which is classified into 15 levels. After entering the setting menu, press the “Right/Left” button to adjust the bass boost level. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and exit the setting menu.
MusePod setting menu, press the “Right/Left” button to adjust the treble boost level. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and exit the setting menu. 27 Use “Setting/3D Effect” to set the 3D surrounding effects. After entering the setting menu, press the “Right/Left” button to set the surrounding or cancel. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and exit the setting menu. Use “Rec Setting/Enc Bitrate” to set the bitrate of encoding, which ranges from 64Kpbs to 320Kbps and is displayed by scroll bar.
English Manual to increase and decrease. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. Use “Rec Setting/Voc Bitrate” to set the sampling rate of recording, which ranges from 32Kpbs to 128Kbps and is displayed by scroll bar. Press the “Left/Right” button to increase and decrease. Press the “Menu” button to confirm and return to the main menu. Rec Setting/Synchonrous Use “Rec Setting/Synchronous” to set the synchronous.
MusePod “ON” is selected, then different songs will be recorded to different files when using Line-In. If “OFF” is selected, then all songs will be recorded to one file. Use “Information” to display the information of the hard drive, such as the total disk capacity, used space, remaining space and the version of player. Press the “Left” button to return to the main menu. USB Host Function With USB Host function, you can use the HDD MP3 player to read the files in other USB devices.
English Manual After the connection is established, the player will display the file lists of the external USB Device. In the first line, “Host” will display to replace the previous MP3 (REC, FM). In the list, the first line shows the name of the device, followed by the directory and files in the device. Press the “Left/Right” button to enter or exit the directory. Press the “+/-” button to select the directory or files under the current directory.
MusePod After the copy is completed, it will return to the file list. Before the copy starts, the player will check if the remaining space is enough to contain the files to be copied. If not, then “No Enough Space” will display. If the player finds the folder to be copied is blank, then “Error, No File” will display for 2 seconds and then disappear. If there is a file with the same name in the player, then “Overwrite? Yes No” will display. Use the “Vol+/Vol-“ button to select “Yes/No”.
English Manual Cautions Avoid using the player in the following condition: Excessive heat (above 40Degree); Direct sunlight or heating appliances; Humid environment such as bathroom; Environment with too much dust; Protection of the player: Avoid falling off or shock; The player can be used when you are walking or running. However, falling off or shocking may cause damage to the player. Do not disassemble the player. Hardware damage may be caused. Do not plug into any foreign objects.
MusePod riding a bike. Accident may be caused. Stay cautious or stop using the player in the danger condition. Troubleshooting 1. Buttons don’t work Check if the “Hold” button is “On”. If yes, switch to “Off” and try again. 2. LCD display error Check if the proper language is selected in the “ID3 Language”. 3. Files cannot be downloaded after the player connects to computer. Check if the computer mainboard supports USB2.0 device. System upgrade may be needed.
English Manual 5. The player cannot be powered on. Check if the batter is charged. 6. There is noise in playback Plug the earphone firmly. Check if the earphone pin is dirty (clean with soft dry cloth). Or the MP3 file is damaged. 7. File transfer to the player fails Check the connection between the player and PC Check the battery capacity. 8. The PC doesn’t work well sometimes when connecting and disconnecting the player.
MusePod that are not supported, please take one of the following two measures: Delete the music files that are not supported. Select the MPEG Layer 3 coding when compressing. 10. “USB Device Error” displays when the USB Host connects to USB device sometimes. Currently, the USB Host function only supports the standard USB Mass Storage devices. More specifically, only the FAT/FAT16 Mass Storage devices are supported. Otherwise, the system will display the error message. 11.
English Manual folder, now there is 6 folders in default and also the folder can not delete(if you delete, it will create aumotically next times.) Firmware folder is for existing firmware when you want to update your player. ENCODE folder for existing Encoding file from Line In or FM radio. Playlist folder for existing Playlist file. USBDATA folder for existing USB host copying file. VOISE RECORD folder for existing recording file by MIC. TEXTFILE folder for exsiting TXT file to view e-book.
MusePod Accessory Installation CD User manual Standard earphone AC adapter Line_IN cable USB cable USB Device adapter USB adapter for connecting to computer 43
English Manual Specification Memory capacity 20G 1.8 inch Toshiba hard drive (built-in) Battery 1300 MAH/3.7 V rechargeable lithium battery LCD 128*128 4 gray scale display with blue backlight USB port USB2.0 high speed transfer (16 Mbyte/s) USB Host USB1.1 port (USB2.0 device compatible) FM channel range 87.5MHz-108.
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