Samsung YP-T4V User manual

AH68-01728B (Rev 0.0)

- MP3, WMA and ASF Playback

- Removable Storage Device

- Upgradable

- 15-Hour Continuous Play

- Voice Recording Function

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Contents

Preparations

Safety Instructions

Features

Accessories

Location of Controls

Connection to Computer

Connecting the player to a PC

Manual Installation of the USB Driver

Using the removable storage

● Downloading/Uploading files

● Disconnecting the USB cable

● Formatting

Installing Music Studio

● To View Help on Music Studio

Basic Usage

Playing Music and Turning Off the Device

Adjusting the Volume/Hold Function

Recording Voice

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Additional Usage

Loop Repeating

Using Navigation

Setting Playlist

Setting up MENU

Managing Files

● Deleting

● Formatting

Setting the Advanced Functions

Selecting the Playmode

Setting the EQ mode

Display

● Scroll Speed / Time

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Backlight

Contrast / Tag / Language

Power Off Time

● Time / Sleep

Default Volume

Appendix

MENU Table

Customer Support

Troubleshooting

Specifications

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Safety Instructions

Read and understand all the instructions to avoid injury to yourself and damage to the equipment.

Do not expose to extreme temperatures (above 95°F or below

23°F). Do not expose to moisture.

Do not apply excessive pressure to the device.

Do not let any foreign matter spill into the device.

Do not place heavy objects on top of the device.

Do not expose to chemicals such as benzene and thinners.

Remove batteries when the device is left unused for a long period of time.

Do not expose to direct sunlight or heat sources.

Do not store in dusty areas.

Do not try to disassemble and repair the device yourself.

✽ Please be aware that we disclaim all responsibility for damages from loss of saved or recorded data due to breakdown, repair or other causes.

Earphones

Follow Traffic Safety Instructions

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Do not use the earphones while driving an automobile or riding a bicycle.

It’s not only dangerous, but also against the law.

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An accident may result if you turn up the volume of the earphones too high while walking down the street, especially when crossing at intersections.

Protect your ears

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Do not turn the volume up too high.

Doctors warn against prolonged exposure to high volumes.

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Stop using the device or turn the volume down if you get ringing in your ears.

Ambient operating conditions

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Ambient temperature : 5°C ~ 35°C (41°F ~ 95°F)

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Humidity : 10% ~ 75%

Environmental Information

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Follow local guidelines for waste disposal when discarding packaging, batteries,and old electronic appliances.

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Your player is packaged with cardboard, polyethylene etc., and does not use any unnecessary materials.

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Features

MP3, WMA and ASF Playback

● MP3 is an MPEG1 Layer3 audio format.

● WMA is a Microsoft Windows Media audio format.

● ASF is an advanced streaming file format.

Removable Storage Device

● You can easily copy and paste files to the player using Windows Explorer.

Upgradable

● You can upgrade the built-in programs when available.

Please check the home page (www.samsung.com) for upgrades.

15-Hour Continuous Play

● This unit uses one AAA/LR03 alkaline battery. Operation can last up to 15hours.

Actual playing time may vary according to the type and capacity of the battery.

Voice Recording Function

● You can do a Voice Recording with high quality and use it for a conference.

Sound

● You can adjust the equalizer manually.

Accessories

Earphones USB cable User manual

Player

One Battery

(1.5V AAA/LR03 type) Neck Strap Installation CD

Model

Built-in memory

YP-T4 H

128MB

YP-T4 V

256MB

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The capacity of the useable built-in memory is less than indicated as the internal firmware uses a part of the memory as well.

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Design of accessories is subject to change, for the purposes of improvement, without notice.

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Location of Controls

Display

Neck strap Hook

MENU, Navigation button/

Move to Track/Speed Search/

Volume Button

Recording Button

Microphone

Loop Repeating Button

Play/Pause Button

Hold Switch

USB Cable

Connection Port

Earphone Jack

Battery Cover

Display

Play/Stop/Pause indicator

Equalizer indicator

Bit rate indicator

Play mode indicator

Mode indicator

Inserting a Battery

Track Number indicator

Remaining Battery Power indicator

Playtime indicator

Title (track & artist) indicator

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● Do not place heavy objects on the cover.

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Slide the cover in the direction of the arrow to open.

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Insert a battery to the right poles

+ , – and push-close the cover in the direction the arrow as indicated.

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Connecting the player to a PC

System

Requirements.

The PC system must meet the following specifications:

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Pentium 133MHz or greater.

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Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP.

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40MB of available hard disk space

● CD-ROM drive.

(double speed or greater)

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USB port (1.1) supported.

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DirectX 8.0 or above.

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● Install the operating system in

Administrator Account mode for Windows

2000 or XP. Otherwise, installation will not be completed.

● Windows ME, 2000 and XP can recognize the driver without installing the provided program. However, you must install the program in order to format the player and upgrade firmware.

● If the YP-T4 program has not been installed in Windows 98, then it will not communicate with your removable disk.

You must install the USB driver file first.

Before connecting the player to PC, make sure to install

USB driver. If “Add New Hardware Wizard”appears, press the [Cancel] button and install the USB driver.

Installing software

1 Insert the Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive.

Select [Install Player USB Driver].

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Follow the instructions in the window to complete the installation.

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Connecting the player to a PC

Connecting the player to a PC with a USB cable

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Connect a USB cable to the USB port on the computer.

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Connect the other end of a USB cable to the USB cable connection port on the bottom of the player, and press the button on the main unit.

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If you disconnect the USB cable from your PC while implementing a command or initializing during USB driver installation, your PC may not function correctly.

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The USB driver is installed with a message saying that it is searching for a new device. You may not see the display screen during installation.

Go to the device manager to check that installation has been successfully completed.

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Upon installation of the USB driver

"Samsung YP-T4 USB Device" will appear in the

[System Properties] → [Device Manager].

How to check the USB driver

● Windows 98/ME:

Control Panel → System → Device Manager →

Disk Drives → Samsung YP-T4

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Windows 2000:

Control Panel → System → Hardware →

Device Manager → Disk Drives →

Samsung YP-T4 USB Device

● Windows XP:


Device Manage → Disk Drives →

Samsung YP-T4 USB Device

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When the USB driver is not installed automatically, refer to the next page.

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Manual Installation of the USB Driver

Go to “Downloading/Uploading files” on page 18 if the USB driver is in place.

Follow these steps if the USB driver is not in place :

When an error occurs during installation of the USB driver

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Check the device manager.

● Windows 98/ME:

Control Panel → System → Device Manager

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Windows 2000 (Professional):


Device Manager

● Windows XP (Professional):


Device Manager

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Check if there is a device listed with an exclamation point or a question mark

(displayed as unknown device or USB device).

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Double click on the device listed with an exclamation point or a question mark.

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● If you are using Windows 2000 and your version of Windows does not recognize the USB driver

● please download and install the latest service pack from windowsupdate.microsoft.com

The installation method may vary depending on the type of PC or operating system.

Contact your PC dealer or service center for installation information.

● If errors occur continuously when you install the USB driver, reconnect the USB cable after rebooting your system.

4 After selecting the driver, click [Update Driver].

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Click [Next].

6 Select [Search for a suitable driver for my device] and then click [Next].

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Click [Next] to finish.

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Manual Installation of the USB Driver

In Windows 98


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You must reboot your computer to complete the installation.

USB driver location

[CD ROM]\setup\Drivers

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● You cannot use it as a removable disk in Windows 98 if the YP-T4 program is not installed.

Make sure to install the USB driver file first.

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Using the removable storage

Downloading/Uploading files

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Connect the player to your PC and turn it on.

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Open Windows Explorer on PC.

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Select the file to save and drag-and-drop it into the removable disk icon.

(In numerical, alphabetical order)

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● The “WRITING/READING” message will appear during file download or upload. Disconnecting the USB cable while

“WRITING/READING” is displayed may cause malfunction of the unit.

● The order of music files is not relative to the replay order when you select a Removable Disk in Windows Explorer.

Disconnecting the USB cable

After completing the file transmission, you must disconnect the cable in the following way:

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Double-click on the green arrow in the taskbar on the bottom right of the window.

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When the [ Stop a Hardware device ] message appears, press the [OK] button and disconnect the USB cable.

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● The green arrow is not displayed on the Task Bar in Windows 98 system.

If “READY” message is shown in Display window, please disconnect the USB cable.

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Using the removable storage

Formatting

1 Select the removable disk icon and click the right mouse button to select [Format].

2 Press the [Start] button.

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All saved files will be formatted.

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You can change the name of removable disk by selecting

[Volume label] .

Installing Music Studio

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Insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM drive.

Select [Install Samsung Music Studio].

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Select language

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● By formatting, all previously preset menus will be initialized.

● Care must be taken as formatted files can not be recovered.

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Installing Music Studio

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● Please refer to Help for more information on how to use Music Studio.

To View Help on Music Studio

Run Music Studio and press F1.

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Help will appear.

Move the arrow to the top of Music Studio and right click on the mouse.

The following selection window will appear.

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Click on Help and the Help window will appear.

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● Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and Gracenote

CDDB® Music Recognition ServiceSM.

● CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, the Gracenote CDDB logo and logotype, and the "Powered by Gracenote CDDB" logo are trademarks of Gracenote. Music Recognition Service and MRS are service marks of Gracenote.

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Playing Music and Turning Off the Device

Turning Power On and Off

● Power On : Press the button to turn on the power.

● Power Off : Press and hold the button to turn off the power.

Playing Music

Press the button.

● Playback starts.

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Pausing Music

Press the button to pause playback.

● If no buttons are pressed within 10 seconds

(changes depending on settings), the player automatically powers off.

● While in Pause mode, press the button again to resume playback.

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● WMA files can be played only as music files with a compression rate of 48Kbps-192Kbps, that can be created in Windows Media Player (Version 8.0).

● The power off time can be set in the menu.

Adjusting the Volume/Hold Function

Adjusting the Volume

Press the , key during playback to adjust the volume.

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● Volume ranges from 00 to 30.

HOLD Function

In Hold mode, all buttons are disabled.

Slide the switch on the player in the direction of the arrow.

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When the button is pressed, the “ HOLD!” message will appear on the display.

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Recording Voice

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Press the REC button to start voice recording.

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If the REC button is pressed again, the recording stops and a voice file is created.

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● Recording is performed in order (V001, V002, etc.) and files are saved in the WAV format after recording.

● If the Memory is full, the Voice Recording is stopped automatically.

Loop Repeating

Starting Point

While playing music files, press the

A↔B button briefly at the beginning of the loop you want to set.

A↔ appears in the display.

Ending Point

Press the A↔B button briefly again to set the end of the loop.

A↔B appears in the display.

The loop is played repeatedly.

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● Press the A ↔ B button briefly to cancel the loop.

● Loop Repeat is automatically released if you Speed Search with the , buttons.

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Using Navigation

You can easily search for files or switch modes using the Navigation function.

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Press and hold the button to move to Navigation mode.

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When the folder is in play or stop status. When the file is in play or stop status.

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Select the file or folder that you want to play.

● : When moving to a higher-level folder. ● : When moving to a lower-level folder.

, : When moving to a file or folder in the same directory.

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● : Move to the next folder down. When there is not a lower folder, the selected file will be designated as part of the playlist.

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Press the button.

● The selected file will be played.

● If you select a folder, all the files in the selected folder will be played.

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● Press and hold the key in Navigation mode to exit Navigation mode.

Setting Playlist

Setting Playlist

- Move to the file you want in Navigation mode and press the key.

● The selected file will be marked.

● To release the playlist setting, move to the marked file in Navigation mode and press the key again.

Playing Playlist

1 Press and hold the A↔B button in Music mode.

● The Playlist you set will be displayed.

2 Move to the file you want to play and press the button.

● The selected file will be played.

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● Select PLAYLIST in File Delete (see “Deleting”) to release all the playlists you set.

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Setting up MENU

Press the key to switch to MENU mode.

Use the , key to move and press the key briefly to select the menu you want.

Press and hold the key to exit the MENU mode.

● Now playing : To check the track currently played.

● File : To delete or format files.

● Settings : To set the detailed function of the play.

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● In MENU mode, no input for 15 seconds will cancel the MENU mode.

Managing Files

Deleting

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Select File in the MENU. (refer to “Setting up MENU”)

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In File, select File Delete and the mode the target file is in.

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Use the , key to move to the file you want to delete, press the key and select CONFIRM.

Press the key briefly to exit the setting.

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Managing Files

Formatting

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Select File in the MENU. (refer to “Setting up MENU”)

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Select Format in File.

● Formatting is performed if CONFIRM is selected.

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● All files will be deleted when formatting the built-in memory.

● It is recommended that formatting be carried out on a PC that has the provided program installed as formatting in the Menu may take a long time.

Setting the Advanced Functions

Settings

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Select Settings in the MENU. (refer to “Setting up MENU”)

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In Settings, use the , key to move to the function you want and press the key to select.

● Use key to move to upper menu.

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Selecting the Playmode

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Select Playmode in Settings.

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In Play mode, use the , key to move to the mode you want and press the key to select.

● Normal: To play all the tracks in order one time.

● Repeat one: To repeat one track.

● Repeat all: To repeat all tracks.

● Shuffle: To play tracks at random.

● Intro: To listen to the first part of all saved tracks for 10 seconds.

Setting the EQ mode

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Select Sound in Settings.

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In Sound, use the , key to move to the sound mode you want and press the key.

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If you want bass boost, select DBB.

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Select User and set the Bass/Treble if you want to set the tone yourself, apart from the specified tone.

, key. ● Bass/Treble can be adjusted from 0 to 10 with the

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Display

Select Display in Settings.

Scroll Speed

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Use the , key to set the scroll speed.

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The setting range for the scroll speed, which adjusts the speed of the track title flow, is 0 to 10.

Time

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Play time: Displays the current play time

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Remain time: Displays the remaining play time

● Used size: Displays the size of memory used.

● Free size: Displays the remaining memory

Backlight

[ Light Time - LCD ]

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Use the , key to set the LCD Light-Off time.

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The setting range for Light-On Time is 0 to 10 seconds.

● When set to On, the Light stays on continuously.

[ LCD color ]

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Use the , key to select the LCD color you want, out of 7 colors.

Green N Red N Blue N

Violet N Orange N Sky-Blue N

Lilac N Random

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● The light does not illuminate when the residual battery level is insufficient.

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Display

Contrast

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Use the , key to set the contrast.

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The setting range for the contrast, which adjusts the brightness of the screen, is from 0 to 10.

Tag

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Use the , key to select Tag On or Off.

● On: Display the Tag information if the music file has Tag information. Display the file name if the music file has no

Tag information.

● Off: Display the name of music file.

Language

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Use the , key to select the language for displaying Tag information.

● Chinese(S) → Chinese(T) → English → French → German → Hungarian

Italian → Japanese → Korean → Russian → Spanish

Power Off Time

Select Power off in Settings.

Time

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Use the , key to set the Power-Off time.

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You can set the time from 0 to 1 minute. If no key is pressed after play stops, the unit will automatically turn off after the time you set.

● When set to OFF, the power does not turn off automatically.

Sleep

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Use the , key to set the Sleep time.

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30, 60, 90 and 120 minutes are available for sleep time, and it will automatically turn off after the time you set.

● When set to OFF, the power does not turn off automatically.

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Default Volume

Select Default vol in Settings.

Default vol

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Use the , key to set the default volume value.

● It is possible to set the default volume to a value between 0 and 25(MAX).

If the power is turned on again after having adjusted the volume above the default value, music is played at the default volume.

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If the power is turned on again after the volume was set to within the default value, the music is replayed at the previously played volume.

MENU Table

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Use the key to move and select.

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Troubleshooting

The software doesn’t work

● Refer to the recommended PC specifications.

The player does not work and the LCD displays nothing.

● Check the battery capacity

● Check to see if the battery is inserted to the right poles ( + , – )

In PLAY mode, music is not played after pressing the button

● Check to see if MP3 or WMA files are saved in the built-in memory.

● Check to see if the HOLD button is locked.

Files cannot be downloaded.

● Check to see if the driver is installed correctly in the computer.

● Check the connection between player and computer.

● Check and/or replace the battery, turn on the player's power.

● Operating system limits the number of files you can save.

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Please save your music files by creating a subfolder.

Check if the memory is full.

Backlight does not work.

● Check the backlight setup.

● When the battery power is low, the backlight will go out.

The buttons do not work.

● Check setting of Hold switch.

● Remove the battery once and then insert it again.

The player keeps being turned off.

● In Stop mode, the power is automatically turned off after ten seconds

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(changes depending on settings).

Check to see if there are files saved in it.

Something’s wrong with play time displayed during Play mode.

● “VBR SONG” message is displayed while VBR (Variable Bit Rate) file is playing.

LCD window is dark

● Check Contrast

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Specifications

Model

Built-in Memory capacity

Voltage

Playing time

YP-T4

128MB(YP-T4 H), 256MB(YP-T4 V)

1.5V X 1 (AAA/LR03 size alkaline battery) lasts up to 15hours (Alkaline battery, MP3 128Kbps, Vol level 20)

Dimensions/Weight

Case

23 X 54 X23 mm / 23 g (without battery)

Plastic/Aluminum

Noise Ratio 80dB with 20KHz LPF

Earphones Jack Output Power 5mW / CH (16 Ω)

Output Frequency Range 20Hz~20KHz

Operating Temperature Range -5 ~ +35°C(23~95°F)

File Support MPEG1/2/2.5 Layer3(8Kbps ~ 320Kbps, 8KHz ~ 48KHz)

WMA, ASF(48Kbps ~ 192Kbps, 8KHz ~ 48KHz)

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