Cocos-Promotions Little Friend User manual

User Manual
cocos-LITTLE FRIEND MP3-Player
Before you use this product
Safety Instructions:
Read all the instructions carefully to avoid injury to yourself and to avoid damage to the equipment.
Earphones:
Follow traffic rules in your country.
Do not use the earphones while driving an automobile or riding a bicycle.
It is not only dangerous; it is against the law.
To avoid an accident, keep the volume low while walking.
Protect Your Hearing:
Do not turn up the volume too high.
Warning: prolonged exposure to high volumes may cause hearing damage.
If you detect any ringing in the ears, stop using the device and consult a doctor.
Keep the earphone-cable free of tangling with your arms or any objects while walking or exercising.
Environmental Protection:
Follow the local guidelines for waste disposal when discarding packaging materials, batteries, and other old electronic
appliances.
Your player was carefully designed and packaged to protect the environment by avoiding unnecessary materials.
Thank you for purchasing this product. Please read the User Manual before using your new MP3 Digital Player.
This USER MANUAL provides an introduction and operating instructions to help you enjoy your MP3 Digital
Player. Please read all information carefully before using this product, to assure correct operation.
Under no circumstances shall the manufacturer be liable for loss and/or damage of personal data and other
consequential damages caused by incorrect operation (software or hardware), repair of the product, replacement of
battery or other accidents. The manufacturer shall not be liable to the user or any third party for any accidental
damage as a result of using this product caused by possible misunderstanding of the USER MANUAL or mishandling of
the product.
The information contained in this USER MANUAL is subject to change without prior notice.
Features and specifications of the digital player are subject to change without prior notice.
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Delivery includes
MP3 Digital Player
Interchangeable covers
Mini CD: Installation Driver
User Manual
USB 2.0 cable
Li-ion battery
Features
Plays digital formats including: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, ASF and WAV
Upgradeable firmware
FM stereo radio (optional) with automatic/manual preset stations
Voice recording with built-in microphone
A-B replay
7-mode preset EQ: Normal, Rock, POP, Classical, Soft, Jazz and DBB
Play modes: Normal, Repeat song, Play folder, Repeat play folder, Repeat all, Random and Scan
Simultaneous song title and lyrics display
Music upload/download via high-speed USB 2.0 cable
Phone book
E-book reader
JPEG Picture Browser*
Drive-Free U Disk: Manage files on your computer
Password protection and “Private Space” data encryption
Energy saving with Power Save
Sleep timer power off
Graphical User Interface (GUI) menu operation
Settings in 15 languages
* may vary according to model
PC System Requirements
Pentium 100 MHz or faster
32 Mb RAM
20 Mb of available hard drive memory
Win 95/98/2000/NT/XP, Mac 10, Linux 2.4
USB 2.0 port (supported)
CD-Rom drive
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Controls
M3-20
MODE(MENU):
PLAY ▶∣∣:
PLAY (while player is stopped):
PREV(┃◀◀
┃◀◀)
▶▶┃):
┃◀◀ / NEXT(▶▶┃
▶▶┃
REC:
VOL:
POWER:
Press and hold to enter main menu.
Press to play. Press and hold to enter PLAY menu.
Press and hold ▶∣∣to shut down.
Press keys to advance to the next or to the previous option.
Record voice.
Adjust volume.
Power on/power off.
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Display
Software Installation
1. Insert the installation CD in your computer.
2. Follow the instructions in the window to complete installation.
3. Upon completion of software installation, connect the player via USB cable to the computer.
* Install software before connecting the player to your PC.
Downloading/Uploading Audio Files
1.
2.
Connect the player to your computer with the USB cable.
Open Windows Explorer on your computer.
• U Disk is displayed.
3. Select file to save, and drag and drop onto the U Disk icon.
• File will appear in numerical, alphabetical order.
• To play songs in a specific order, change file names in Windows Explorer to “001… 002…”
4. Disconnecting the USB cable while transferring files may cause malfunction of the player.
* The play order may differ from the music file order displayed in Windows Explorer.
Turning Power On and Off
Power On/Off: Press and hold PLAY ▶∣∣.
Battery Indicator
9-level battery-usage monitor.
Indicates that battery is fully charged
Indicates low-battery power. Charge (for Li-ion models) or replace battery (AAA models).
Battery Charging
The player can be charged when connected to a computer via USB cable, or charged directly. First time battery charge should
take approximately 10 hours. Recharge time is 4-5 hours. You must turn the player and computer POWER ON before
recharging.
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MP3 Player Operation
Main Menu
Press MODE to enter the system menu and:
1. Browse music files or menus.
2. Fast forward or rewind when playing music.
Entering Different Modes
You may enter different modes from the main menu:
Main menu
Music
Voice Record
FM Radio
Telephone Book
System Setting (USB connected to PC)
Pause/Hold
When paused, other operations will be displayed as:
When paused, USB mode will be displayed as:
When write-protect function of USB disk is on,
no data can be written to the player until turned off using PAUSE.
Play & Pause (Pause when recording)
You may press PLAY ▶∣∣ to fast exit from any menu or options.
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Music Playback
1. Connect the earphones.
2. Push HOLD to off / Make sure PAUSE is off.
3. Press & hold PLAY ▶∣∣ to turn the player on and enter
MUSIC mode.
Press PLAY ▶∣∣ again to play music.
4. To select music
PREV: to select previous music
NEXT: to select next music
Turn on:
Play:
5. To adjust the volume
Note:
VOL+: to increase volume
•
VOL- : to decrease volume
•
When HOLD is ON, no other buttons will
function.
In PLAY and REC modes, the player
automatically turns off according to the
setting of “System Setting/Power Off/ Autooff”
Play Submenu options
1.
Play mode
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2.
Tempo rate
When playing music or recorded files, different tempo rates can be set (faster or slower) without changing the tone or
sound.
• Press NEXT to quicken tempo rate and press PREV to slow down tempo.
• Press MODE to confirm your desired tempo rate and to exit the current menu.
3.
A-B Replay
• Press MODE to enter the Play Submenu.
• Press NEXT to select the Replay Mode.
• Press MODE to confirm.
• “A” blinks in Replay icon .
• Press NEXT to select “A.”
• After “A” is set, the endpoint “B” must be set: press NEXT to set “B.”
• Replay icon
is set: the replay of the A-B segment begins.
• Press PREV to reset “A” and select another replay segment.
• At the end of the replay, the player will automatically exit the Replay mode.
• To set the Tempo Rate, press VOL+/VOL-.
Operation
Action
STOP mode
PLAY mode
PLAY
Press & hold
Press
Press & hold
Turn off
Play
Enter main menu
Turn off
Pause
Enter main menu
Press
Enter Stopsubmenu
Enter Playsubmenu
Push
Go to next title
Press & cont.
hold
PLAY submenu
STOP submenu
Turn off
Exit from menu
Enter main menu
Confirm current
option or enter
next submenu
Play next title
Turn off
Exit from menu
Enter main menu
Confirm current
option or enter next
submenu
Change submenus
Continuous
forward
Fast forward
Continuous forward
Continuous
forward
Push
Go to last title
Play previous title
Change submenus
Change submenus
Press & cont.
hold
Continuous
rewind
Fast rewind
Continuous rewind
Continuous rewind
VOL+
Press
Increase volume
Increase volume
VOL-
Press
Decrease volume
Decrease volume
MODE
NEXT
PREV
--
Change submenus
--
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Voice Recording
Operation
PLAY
MODE
Action
Stop Status
Record Status
Press & hold
Turn off
Stop recording
Press
Start recording
Pause recording
Press & hold
Enter main menu
--
Press
Enter REC submenu
--
The player can save up to 99 voice recording files under each directory (folder).
1.
Enter main menu.
2.
Press NEXT to select the recording mode.
3.
Press MODE to enter the Record mode.
4.
Press PLAY ▶∣∣ to start recording.
5.
Press PLAY ▶∣∣ to pause the recording (the time icon will flicker).
6.
Press PLAY ▶∣∣ to continue recording.
7.
Press & hold PLAY ▶∣∣ to stop recording.
NOTE:
The recorded file is saved in the current folder set in “Recording Stop submenu/ /Local Folder”.
If “Overflow” is displayed on the display, the player’s memory is full. Please delete other files to make some space
available.
If “over record” is displayed on the display, the current directory has already had 99 recording files. Please switch to
another directory.
Select Recording Format
Press MODE to enter the Record Submenu.
1.
Press NEXT to go to REC format.
2.
Press MODE to enter this menu.
3.
Press NEXT to select the desired recording type.
4.
Press MODE to confirm the type selected.
5.
Press PLAY to start recording.
6.
Recording formats:
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Convert ACT Files to WAV Files
ACT files can be converted to WAV format using the included installation tools.
1. Run the “Sound Converter” program, and click on “Open”.
2. Choose the ACT files for format conversion.
3. To start conversion, click on “Convert.”
4. WAV and MP3 files can also be played.
FM Radio
Operation
PLAY
MODE
NEXT
PREV
VOL+
VOL-
Action
Press & hold
FM Radio
Turn off
Turn off
--
Press
FM Radio Submenu
Exit from menu
Press & hold
Enter main menu
Press
Enter main menu
Push
Press & hold
Push
Increase 100KHz gradually or stop search
Increase 100KHz or search continuously
Enter main menu
Confirm current option or enter
next submenu
Select submenus
Continuous fast forward
Decrease 100KHz gradually or stop search
Select submenus
Press & hold
Press
Decrease 100KHz or search continuously
Continuous fast rewind
Increase volume
--
Press & hold
Press
Increase volume continuously
--
Decrease volume
--
Press & hold
Decrease volume continuously
--
Frequency Search
1. Press PREV/NEXT for manual search of stations.
2. To stop scanning and listen to a station, press PREV/NEXT.
Auto Search
The player can auto-scan frequencies between 87.5MHZ and 108MHZ and save the scanned stations.
Select FM Band
In the FM submenu, select the icon
and press MODE to enter “ Select band”.
Press NEXT to select a band, and press MODE for confirmation.
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REC type
Select the icon
and press MODE to enter the REC type menu.
Press NEXT to select “Fine REC” or “Long REC”
Press MODE to confirm your selection.
EQUALIZER mode
Music playback
Press MODE to enter the PLAY-submenu
Press NEXT to select the EQUALIZER-menu
Press MODE to enter the EQUALIZER-menu
Equalizer options:
Press NEXT to select:
Normal
Rock
POP
Classical
Press MODE to confirm:
Soft
Jazz
DBB
LYRICS DISPLAY mode
This player supports *.LRC lyric files to display lyrics simultaneously while playing MP3 songs.
1. Setting up lyric files:
• Save the lyric file with the same name as that of the corresponding MP3 file.
• e.g.: Music file name: Andy-Water.mp3 / Lyric file name: Andy-Water.mp3.
2. Confirm the lyrics files:
• If no lyric matches the current song, the icon
, top left of the display in music mode, will change to
.
1 The lyric file matches the song, but lyrics are not
displayed.
2. Press & hold MODE to enter the Lyric interface.
3. Press MODE to return to Music play mode.
4. Press VOL to browse lyrics manually.
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USB Flash Memory (U-Disk)
The player can be used to store other data files.
To transfer files, connect the player to a PC via included USB cable.
The player displays 3 modes after connection to PC:
Standby
Downloading
Uploading
Folders
The player can store up to 99 files in one folder.
1. Set up folders in advance on PC.
2. Press MODE to enter the Stop-submenu.
3. Press MODE again to enter Select Folder menu.
4. Press PREV/NEXT to select folders.
5. Press MODE to confirm the folders selected.
6. To delete files, enter Stop-submenu and select “Delete.”
• Press MODE to confirm and start deleting.
Note: When deleting files on PC, please turn off the player first before pulling out the USB cable, otherwise files may not be
deleted or files will be damaged.
Password Protection/Data Encryption “Private Space” mode
Users may partition the USB disk of this player using the accessory tools (SP4 must be installed on WIN 2000, otherwise only
one drive letter will be seen. Without such installation, you must choose “single ordinary disk” or “single encrypted disk.”)
One partof the partitioned USB disk can be encrypted as “Private Space,” and be protected by a password.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Connect the player to the PC.
Run the accessory installation tools “MP3 Player Disk Tool.”
Select “Partition and encrypt”, and set the desired capacity for the encrypted disk.
Set username/password.
Click on “Start” to start the partitioning process.
Click on “OK” after partition finishes to restart your PC.
Two drive letters will be displayed (except for the WIN 2000 operating system).
Click to access the encrypted disk. Three files will be displayed: Two private + one executable (300Kb).
Run the executable file “RdiskDecrypt.exe,” and write username and password in the dialog box. If they are correct, the disk
can be accessed and files can be copied.
10. Username and password are required to access the encrypted disk.
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Note: Partitioning or merging disks may result in accidental data loss. Always backup all data before partitioning.
Warning: Lost usernames and passwords will require the deletion of the encrypted disk (merging the two disks) and may
result in loss of data.
Individual Player Settings
1. To set player parameters, enter the main menu, and select the System Setting icon.
2. Press MODE) to enter the submenu.
Options may vary according to firmware upgrades.
Player Settings
Record time
Set time & date of recorded files
Backlight
Set the automatic backlight turn-off time
Language
Set your desired language
Power off
Power off auto-set
Replay mode
Set your desired Replay mode
Contrast
Set screen contrast level
Backlight
Set different backlights (may vary according to model)
Data encryption
“Private Space” function
Memory
Displays memory capacity & percentage used
Animation
Different animation pictures can be set, when the player is turned on
Firmware version
Displays current firmware version
Firmware
upgrade
Exit
Firmware upgrade
Exit from current menu
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Trouble Shooting
Check whether the battery has been inserted properly and is fully charged.
Check whether the player is turned ON.
Check whether Volume is set on “0” and connect the earphone plug firmly.
No sound is heard from
Check whether the earphone plug is dirty.
headphones.
Corrupted MP3 may make a static noise and the sound may stop. Make sure, that
No Power
the music files are not corrupted.
Characters in display are
corrupted
Poor FM Reception.
Download of music files fails.
Check whether the right language has been selected.
Adjust the position of the earphones and player.
Turn off other nearby electronic devices.
The earphones can be used as antenna.
Check whether the USB cable is damaged and is connected properly.
Check whether the driver was installed correctly.
Check whether the player’s memory is full.
Technical Details
Record
MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF
FM radio
Music formats
Working temperature
Operating Systems
Sample rate
Recording rates
8KHz
WAV 32 Kbps, ACT 8 Kbps
MP3 bit rate
8 Kbps – 320 Kbps
WMA, WMV, ASF bit rate
5 Kbps – 384 Kbps
Frequency response
20Hz - 20KHz
SNR
85 dB
Receiving frequency range
76MHz – 96MHz / 87MHz – 108MHz
Stations saved
20+20
Max output of earphones
L 10mW R 10mW 32 Ohm
SNR
45 dB
MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV
-5º to +40º C
Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP, Mac OS 10, Linux 2.4
Note: Product design and specifications may change without notice.
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