Acer MP400 User’s Manual Ver 1.
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Contents I Safety Declaration 2 II Product Description 2 1. Main Characteristics 2 2. Product Distribution Diagram 3 3. Packed Accessories 3 4. Battery Charge 4 5. Connection of External Interface 5 6. Use of Remote Controller 5 7. USB Drive Installation 6 8. Disk Directory Management 8 9. Safe Movement and Removal 8 III Basic Functions 9 1. Main Menu 9 2. Video Play 10 3. Music Enjoyment 11 4. View Picture 13 5. E-book 15 6.
I Safety Declaration 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Please carefully and thoroughly read this safety guide. Please keep this manual secure for future reference. Please keep the unit dry. Please avoid exposing this unit to sunlight. Don’t pour any liquid into this unit, otherwise it will cause damage or electric shock.
the unit to record video、music signals from external sources. AV Input and Output – Supports AV input function. You can enjoy television programs through the large screen of MP400. Also supports AV output function, and you can transfer video and music signals of the MP400 to external devices (such as television). USB 2.0 Interface – Supports USB 2.0 High-Speed and Full-speed operation. SD/MMC Card Slot – Supports Extended SD/MMC Card.
4. Charging of Battery This section includes: charging of battery, and the use of external power adapter. 4.1 Power Volume Indication Battery is fully charged Battery is partially drained Battery is drained Note: If the power volume indication of battery shows only one block or is empty, it indicates the power supply is obviously lacking, please charge the battery. 4.2 Charging of Battery You can use the external power adapter to charge the battery.
4) Connection of Computer Use USB cable to connect the MP400 Player with computer, for data transfer. 5) Connection of Stereo Earphones Insert the stereo earphones into the corresponding socket of MP400 Player. 6. Installation of USB Driver USB driver only needs to be installed for Windows98/se operation system. The installation steps are as follow: 1) Insert the accessory CD into the CDROM and it will work automatically. The interface shows as follows.
7. Disk Directory Management 1) When the host machine is normally connected with the computer and the storage device such as SD/MMC card has inserted in the removable disk, the removable disk icon will be displayed in [windows explorer]. There are six directories, [video]、[music].
damage to this product. 9. Power on / Power off 1) Power on: Hold down the power key for 3 seconds, and the screen will display the power on logo of Acer. It will enter into the interface of main menu. 2) Power off: Hold down power key for 3 seconds, and unit will turn off. III Basic Functions 1. Main Menu After the unit is turned on, the main interface will be displayed on the screen (as shown in the below figure).
2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu. The detailed operation method is shown in the description in the file operation section. a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” to go back to the main interface. b. New, copy, move, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. Information: Open or close the file information column. 3) In the video file list interface, use ‘up” or “down” keys to select your desired video file and press “Enter” key to start play.
screen display) Note: Use “up” or “down” keys to select the menus above and use “Enter” key to confirm. g. During selection of the functions of fast forward or rewind in the above menu, you can use “down” or “up” keys to change the rate of fast forward or rewind (X2, X4, X8, X16), and press “Enter” key to resume normal playback. Note: The fast forward or rewind is performed while the video is playing. This function will help you to select precisely your desired playing position. h.
a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. New, copy, move, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. Information: Open or close the file information column. 3) In the interface of music file list, use “up” or “down” keys to select music file, and press “Enter” key to confirm. Unit will enter into the music play interface, and start to play music. 4) During music playback, you can perform the following operations: a.
Note: Use “down” or “up” keys to select the above menu, and use “Enter” key to confirm. Press “Esc” or “Menu” keys to resume normal playback. 6) During music playback period, the LRC file of lyric shall be Unicode encoding format, and the file name of lyric shall be in conformity with the file name of song. 7) Select background music playback from the above menu, and the music will continue to play on return to the upper level window. 8) This machine has an auto-recording function.
a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. New, copy, move, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. Information: Open or close the file information column. 3) In the interface of photo file list, use “up” or “down” keys to select picture file, and press “Enter” key to confirm, and start to view photos. 4) During photo viewing, you can perform the following operations: a.
1) Select “E-book” function in the main interface and press “Enter” key to confirm, and to enter into the interface of E-book file list. 2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu and the detailed operation method is shown in the description of file operation section. a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. New, copy, move, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. Information: Open or close the file information column.
4) During the electronic book reading period, you can perform the following operations: a. Press “up”, “down” keys to page up and page down the viewing pages. b. Press “Esc” key to quit electronic book reading and return to file list or long press “ESC” for 3 second to return to the main menu. If the viewing pages of electronic book are over 10 pages, press “Esc” key to return to the display of the dialogue box “Save bookmark?” Selecting “yes” will save, and selecting “no” will not save bookmark.
b. Select the “RecKind”: “Video”, “Audio” (only records music) with signal input, and speech (only recorded by microphone), and press “Enter” key to confirm. c. Select “Quality”: HighQ, MediumQ, and LowQ, press “Enter” to confirm. d. Select ”Start” ,press “Enter” to start recording and repress “Enter” to preview mode. e. Select “Preview”: Only preview the input signal, but no recording. f. Select “Time” , Use “up” or “down” to set timetable(year、month、day、hour、minute) and press “Enter” to confirm. g.
1) In the main interface, select “file” and press “Enter” key to confirm that unit has enter into the file directory list interface. You can store the data file or music or video files in storage device (such as SD/MMC card). 2) Use “up” or “down” key to select the file or folder you want to access, and then press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu. a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. View: Select “view” to enter into the selected directory.
selecting “NO”, it will not paste. (If the file is selected, such operation will appear in the menu.) e. Move: Rest the cursor on the file or folder to be moved, press “Menu” key to call up operation menu, select “move”, the hint “Do you move?” will appear at that time. Select “Yes”, and press “Menu” key under the objective directory to call up operation menu. Select paste, the hint “Do you Paste?” will appear, then select “Yes” or “No”. f. Paste: Used during the operations of copy and move. g.
Text Color: Focus Text: Focus Color: Color of unhighlighted text. Color values from 001 to 255. Color of highlighted text. Color values from 001 to 255. Color of highlight bar. Color values from 001 to 255. b. Power Setup: This menu setup item includes backlight setup and power off. Backlight Setup: No operation in non-working state, the player will automatic shut off of the LCD backlight. 0～255 seconds are available, and 000 will disable this function（default 20 sec).
d. Play Mode Setup: This menu setup item includes picture interval time and music playback mode. Picture Interval Time: To setup automatic view interval of picture, 001～255 seconds are available. Music Play Mode: To setup music play mode, three modes such as random play, all loop, and single loop. 9. Firmware Upgrade You can download the firmware with new revision, and you can upgrade this product through the following steps. 1) Visit homepage of Acer Company (Http://www.acer-euro.
IV Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions This section will provide solutions for some common problems during the use of this product. Please read this section to see if it can resolve the existing problems. If they can’t be resolved, please contact with customer service. 1. Question: The unit can’t be turned on, and the LCD doesn’t display any information. Answer: Please confirm if the battery needs to be charged. 2. Question: The keys don’t work.
V Product Specifications Category Parameter Specifications SD / MMC Card System Built-in Storage File Management Single file copy & paste, File/ Folder deletion, Rename and Folder Creation FAT 16/32 File System Power, TV/Hold, VOL+, VOL-, Menu, Esc, User Interface Key Definition three-direction key(up, down, enter) Multi-language Menu and Filename Display Language List View & Icon File View Mode AC 100-240V in, DC 5V, 2A output Power Supply Switching Adapter Rechargeable Li-Polymer 3.
Supported File Types And Functions File Type Description MPEG-4 Simple Profile 720*480 @ 30fps 2-channels MPEG-1 & 2 Layer3(MP3) Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps MPEG-4 Simple Profile 720*480 @ 30fps MPEG-4(*.MP4) 2-channels MPEG-4 AAC-LC Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps Up to 640*352 @ 30fps, MPEG-1&2 Layer XVID (*.AVI) III Video Bit rate Up to 3.5Mbps WMV9 SP@ML 352*288 @ 30fps, WMA9 WMV9 (*.WMV or L2 *.ASF) Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps Minimum Support 10fps MPEG-1&2 Layer III, sample rate up to MP3 (*.
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