Acer MP500 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.
educational texts. Image Viewing – Supports the JPEG/BMP/GIF file format. You can copy images into the MP500 for viewing. Text File Reading – Supports .txt text reading function (e-book function). Recording – Supports the recording function of video and music. You can use the unit to record video and music signals from external sources. AV Input and Output – Supports AV input interface.
4.2 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. 4.3 Charging of Battery You can use the external power adapter to charge the battery. The charging can be performed when the power of MP500 Player is on or off.
1) Connect Television for viewing Use AV cable to connect to AV out socket of MP500 Player and input socket of signal of television. 2) Connect Television for Recording Connect the output socket of signal of television set and AV input socket of MP500 Player through AV cable. 3) Connection of Music Device Insert the AV cable into the AV input socket of MP500 Player. Connect the music signal (left/right) of AV cable through ”Y” type cable.
S/N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Remote Controller ESC MENU UP ENTER LEFT/LAST RIGHT/NEXT DOWN VOLUME－ VOLUME＋ TV POWER OFF IR Battery Function Escape (or back to the previous level) Enter into the interface of menu Direction selection (up) Confirm Direction selection (left)/previous file Direction selection (right)/next file Direction selection (down) Decrease the volume Increase the volume Toggle the screen Power switch Infrared sensing port Battery 7.
Confirm the USB driver has been installed. 1) Turn on the power of MP500 and use USB cord to connect with computer. 2) Select [Control Panel / System / Device Manager]. The following interface is to be displayed; 3) Select the hard disk drive and the installed USB driver will be displayed; Note: If the USB driver hasn’t been displayed as per the above, please uninstall the drive and reinstall it. USB 8.
Note: Please don’t delete manually such default directories as [video], [music], [photo], [textbook], [VideoRecorder] and [MusicRecorder] under the root directory of disk because the deletion of such directories will result in the abnormal operation of this product. If these directories above have been deleted unintentionally, please re-open these directories after this unit is shut off, and the MP500 Player will automatically establish such directories for you.
damage to this product. 10. Power on / Power off 1) Power on: Hold down the on/off key for 2 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 on/off key for 2 seconds, and unit will turn off . III Basic Functions 1. Selection of Main Menu After the unit is turned on, the main interface will be displayed on the screen (as shown in the below figure).
1) Select video function on the main interface and press Enter key to confirm, and enter into the interface of video file list. 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. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete, rename c. File information: Open or close the file information column.
(Pause, ff, rewind, next, previous, repeat mode, and ratio of width and height) (Repeat mode: single repeat, non-stop repeat) (Ratio of width and height: 4:3, 16:9, original dimension display, ratio of width and height) Note: Use “right” or “left” keys to select the menus above and use “Enter” key to confirm. g.
a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. File 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.
(Pause, fast forward, rewind, previous, next, repeat mode A-B repeat reading, ID3 information, EQ function, and background music) (Repeat mode: Single repeat, non-stop repeat, and random play) (Music information, and display of LRC lyric) Note: Use “left” or “right” keys to select the above menu, and use “Enter” key to confirm. Press “Esc” or “Menu” keys to resume normal playback.
2) Press “menu” key to call up the file operation menu and the detailed operation method is shown in description of file operation section. a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. View, new, copy, move, paste, delete and rename: Refer to file operation description. c. File 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.
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.
description. c. File information: Open or close the file information column. 3) In the E-book file list interface: Use “up” or “down” keys to select E-book, and press “Enter” key to open and display electronic book on the screen. 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.
MP500 Player, and AV output connector of A/V device, respectively. 1) Program Record: a. In the main interface, select “Record” and press “Enter” key to confirm that it has entered into the recording interface. b. Select the “RecKind”: “Video”, “Music” (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.
1) In the main interface, select “file” and press “Enter” key to confirm that unit has entered into the selection interface of storage device. You can store the data file or music or video files in the hard disk or extended storage device (such as SD/MMC card). 2) If your data file or music file or video file is stored in the hard drive, select C drive, and press “Enter” key to enter into the file directory list interface.
a. Desktop: Select “Desktop” and return to the main interface. b. View: Select “view” to enter into the selected directory. (if the folder is selected, such operation will appear in the menu). c.
1) Select “Setup” in the main interface, and press “Enter” key to confirm, and to enter system setup interface. 2) System setup menu includes the following content: a. Display: This menu setup item includes backlight brightness, text color, focus text color and focus color. Backlight Brightness: To setup the backlight brightness: 10% (10% of full brightness), 20% (20% of full brightness)…100% (full brightness). Text Color: Color of unhighlighted text. Color values from 001 to 255.
c. System Setup: This menu setup item includes setups of language, television, system information and factory defaults. Language: To setup the interface language as eight languages such as simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, English, German, French, Italian , Spanish and Dutch. Television: To setup the formats of television: PAL/NTSC. System Information: To check the company information, production description, revision time, remaining volume, and used volume.
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.com) and download the latest firmware file of this product. 2) Connect this product with the computer through USB cord. 3) Copy the latest firmware file to the root directory in the in-board hard disk of MP500 Player. 4) Normally disconnect the connection between this product and the USE cord of computer.
Answer: 1) Please check the [power off] setup in the [system set] of main menu interface; 2) Please check if the battery power is low, if so it should be charged. 5. Question: LCD screen suddenly powers off Answer: Please check if Pause key is pressed and screen conversion has begun. 6. Question: Doesn’t play video, music and picture files.
V Product Specifications Category Built-in Storage Parameter Specifications 1.8” 20GB Hard Disk System SD / MMC Card File Management Single file copy & paste, File/ Folder deletion, Rename and Folder Creation FAT 16/32 File System Power, Suspend, Up, Down, Left, Right, Esc, User Interface Key Definition Mode, Lock Remote Control Infrared sensor Multi-language Menu and Filename Display Language List View & Icon File View Mode AC 100-240V in, DC 5V, 2.
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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