Congratulations on purchasing your Trio Personal Media Player! To get the most out of your purchase, please take the time to carefully read through this manual. Foreword If any problems occur during while using your Trio, please feel free to contact Mach Speed technical support at 580-272-0035, or sending an email to mssupport@machspeed.com.
Avoid using your Trio under extremely hot, cold, dusty or wet environments. Striking, dropping, or severe jolts to your Trio may cause physical damage, battery loosening, or other hardware damage. The following conditions indicates a low battery level and signifies that the player should be charged: o The battery icon displays in normal operation with low battery prompt. o Where there is no response when pressing keys and the battery icon displays o . The player turns off automatically.
Appearance Basic operations 1) Power on: Set the ON/OFF switch to the ON position, and press and hold the [>II] (play/stop) button for 3 seconds. 2) Power off: Press and hold the [>II] (play/stop) button for 5 seconds, until the player powers off. You can then set the ON/OFF switch to the OFF position. Note: When battery power is low, the player will automatically power off.
4) Charging the player: To charge your player, set the power switch to the ON position and connect the player to a powered USB port. As a general rule, it will take 4-6 hours to completely charge the battery on the player. Main menu The main menu allows you to access the different modes of your player. You can access the main menu at any time by pressing and holding the [MENU] button. Use the [NEXT] and [PREV] buttons to navigate, and press the [MENU] button to make a selection.
Music Music Mode allows you to play your MP3 and WMA audio files. After entering Music Mode, you will enter the Music selection screen, which allows you to select which file you wish to play. Press [PREV] or [NEXT] to select category and press the [MENU] button to enter the category. Once you have selected a file, press the [PLAY] button to begin playing the file. Briefly pressing the [NEXT] or [PREV] buttons will skip to the next or previous track.
over and over again), Repeat all (plays each file over and over), Shuffle (mix up the order of your audio files) and Shuffle + Repeat Select EQ- Select one of 6 equalizer settings Set Sound- Set up a customized equalizer setting, or one of several sound effects Replay Times- Set the number of times you will play your A-B sequence when A-B mode is activated Replay Intervals- set the amount if time (in seconds) between replays of your A-B sequence.
thumbnail of the picture suing [NEXT] or [PREV] and pressing the [MENU] button.
Video Video mode allows you to watch your favorite AVI video files. Please ensure that you convert your video files using the enclosed video conversion software to load the necessary codecs on the file, even if your file is already in AVI video format. When you first enter video mode, you will select either “Tag List” or “Dir List”. Tag list will take you to a list of bookmarks you set for your video files (see the video submenu section). Dir List allows you to select which file you would like to play.
one (plays a single file over and over again), Repeat all (plays each file over and over), and Shuffle (mix up the order of your video files) Add Bookmark- Set the current point in your video file as a bookmark which will quickly allow you to access it in the “Tag List” item on the video selection screen.
recording, pause the file and briefly press the [MENU] button. While in standby mode, you can press [MENU] to enter the Recorder submenu. Recorder Submenu (pictured below) Record Format- allows you to save your voice recordings either in .WAV or .MP3 format Record Quality- Allows you to set your recording Record Gain- Allows you to set your record gain Save Path- Allows you to select where so save your quality.
E book EBook Mode allows you to view your text files anytime. Please ensure that the files are saved in .TXT format using Unicode encoding. When you enter the EBook mode, you will select either “Tag List” or “Dir List”. Tag list will take you to a list of bookmarks you set for your text files (see the Ebook submenu section). Dir List allows you to select which file you would like to play. Once you have selected a file, the file will display automatically.
as a bookmark which will quickly allow you to access it in the “Tag List” item on the EBook selection screen. Delete the file- Delete the current file Tools The Tool mode allows you to access and use several common tools Stopwatch- When you enter stopwatch mode, press the [PLAY] button to begin the timer, and press [PLAY] again to stop. Pressing the [MENU] button allows you to clear the data Calculator- Accesses a standard calculator.
File Navigation File navigation allows you access and play that file you have a need for without having to first enter a specific play mode. use the [NEXT] or [PREV] buttons to highlight an item you would like to access, and press the [PLAY] button to access it. Audio files will play in the music mode, video files in the video mode, etc. Setting Your system setting controls the look and controls of your player.
Date & Time- To adjust the date or time you will use [NEXT] and [PREV] to adjust the value of the item, and [MENU] to change the item. When done, press [PLAY] to save the changes Display- Display allows you to change several display settings o Backlight- allows you to adjust the length of time before the backlight will power off to conserve the battery when the player is idle.
music as we fall asleep Language- Set your display language Advanced- Settings recommended for Advanced users only. COMPUTER COMMUNICATION Using Windows Media Player (Note: you must use Windows Media Player 10 or later to use this feature.) (Note: this player does not support DRM encrypted audio files, such as those downloaded from the Windows Media Player download service.
2. Once you have named your MP3 player, select Finish, and your Windows Media Player will open to the Sync tab. 3.
the list on the left. Once you have selected the music you wish to add to the player, press Sync. 3. Windows Media player will load the songs on to your MP3 player.
4. Once all the songs you have added are synced to the unit, and Windows Media Player says that is safe to disconnect your MP3 player, disconnect the device.
COPY AND PASTE 1. Connect the MP3 player to a working USB port. 2. When the unit is connected to your computer, it will create a gray and green icon in the system tray (lower right hand corner of your desktop). The icon will be called safely remove hardware. 3. Go to the “My Computer” section of your computer.
4. Locate the drive created by the unit, generally just called Removable Disk, with a letter in Parenthesis. Drive letters vary depending on your system configuration. 5. Open the drive by either double left clicking on the drive itself, or by right clicking to open the option menu then left click on the desired drive.
6. Locate the music stored on your computer. Generally this is stored in the “My Music” folder of your computer. NOTE: if you are unable to locate the music on your computer, click on start, search, files and folders, then search for “*.MP3, *.WMA”.
7. Once you have located the song files, you can right click on the song itself, and select “copy”. Open the removable disk drive, right click on in the empty space, and select Paste. This will transfer the song on to your MP3 player.
8. Repeat step 7 for as many songs as you want to copy on to the unit. NOTE: MAC Computers When connected to your MAC computer, the device will act as a removable drive. Simply drag your MP3 files to the device.
Caution Modifications not approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. NOTE- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
