Joybee 130 (DA130) Digital Audio Player User’s Manual Welcome
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ing the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. 2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. 3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. 4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Warnings To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock or product damage, do not expose this apparatus to rain, moisture, dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids shall be placed on the apparatus. Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. Do not open covers and do not repair yourself. Refer servicing to qualified personnel.
Table of Contents Introducing the BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player ............................. 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................1 Package Contents .......................................................................................................2 System Requirements.................................................................................................
Programming Favorite Stations............................................................................. 20 Programming a Favorite Station........................................................................ 20 Selecting a Preset Channel.................................................................................. 20 Tuning to a Favorite Station .............................................................................. 21 Recording a Radio Station ...............................................
Introducing the BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player Introduction Thank you for purchasing the BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player! The BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player offers high quality audio playback and voice recording functions at low power consumption. Joybee 130 supports MP3, WMA, and WAV music formats for your listening pleasure. Moreover, the seven built-in EQ modes of Joybee 130 allow you to enjoy music at the best sound quality.
Package Contents Check the contents of your Joybee 130 digital audio Player package. Contact your dealer immediately if any accessories are missing or appear damaged. Joybee 130 CD-ROM 2 AAA Battery USB Cable User’s Manual Warranty card 1. BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player 2. Earphones 3. USB Cable 4. An AAA Alkaline Battery (strongly recommanded) 5. CD-ROM(QMusic/ Driver etc.) 6. User’s Manual 7.
System Requirements Your PC must comply with the following requirements in order to enable data transfer to your player: • • • • • • OS: Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP (QMusic supports Windows 2000/XP) CPU: Pentium 200 MHz or faster I/O port: USB (1.
Description and Funciton of BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player The following section describes the various components of Joybee 130.
Item Description Function (1) Battery cover Switch and open the battery container. (2) USB port Connects the Joybee 130 to a PC. (3) SRS • Press to switch between modes of SRS 3-D , EQ, SRS and EQ mode, or non-SRS-EQ while playing music. (4) Mode • Press to show the preset FM stations. • Press to switch modes. • Press to enter the Main Menu. • Press and hold for 2 seconds to display options for the current mode.
Item (9) Description Earphone jack Function Connects to earphones. (10) Strap hole To attach a strap to the device (11) A-B repeat/ Lock • Follow this procedure to repeat a desired section during audio playback. i. Press once to set point A. ii. Press again to set point B and the section from point A to B repeats continuously. iii. Press again to disable the repeat function. • Press and hold for 2 seconds to lock or unlock the buttons. 6 (12) Record Press to start recording.
LCD Display The LCD screen displays information about the player mode and file information. The following table shows the icons displayed on the screen and their meanings. Item Description Indicates playback of an audio file. Indicates playback has been paused. Indicates playback has been stopped. Indicates audio file being scanned in forward direction (Forward). Indicates audio file is being scanned in reverse direction (Rewind). Indicates in FM mode. Indicates that recording has been paused.
Getting Started Changing the Battery Joybee 130 uses one AAA regular or rechargeable Alkaline battery. One battery provides at least 15 hours of power for Joybee 130. The battery icon on the screen will indicate the left power of the battery.
Connecting Joybee 130 to a PC Connect the Joybee 130 to your PC by using the USB cable provided. When the Joybee 130 is successfully connected to the PC, there are three indications as follows. 1. Two new icons JOYBEE 130 and Removable Disk appear in the My Computer window on your PC. 2. The LCD screen of the Joybee 130 also indicates that it is connected to the USB port of the PC. 3. When you upload files to the player using the USB port, the LCD screen indicates this using the data transfer icon.
Disconnecting Joybee 130 from a PC 1. Double click the USB device icon on the task bar. 2. A dialog box as shown below appears on the screen. Select USB Mass Storage Device in the dialog box and press Stop. 3. 10 Another dialog box as shown below appears on the screen. Select BenQ Joybee 130 USB Device and press OK.
4. When the following dialog box appears on the screen, close the dialog box and disconnect Joybee 130 from the PC. Do not disconnect the Joybee 130 from your PC without using the procedure described here or there may be loss of data. • The procedure described here may vary according to different operating systems. • There are two icons of BenQ Joybee 130 USB Device displayed in the dialog box. The second one refers to the SD/MMC card. Please select the first one to disconnect Joybee 130 from the PC.
The following table shows the contents and functions of the software suite on the CD. Item Description Install QMusic QMusic is an easy-to-use file manager that allows you to play an audio CD and MP3 files, convert music on an audio CD into MP3 files, create playlists, and save your MP3 files on CDs if your computer is equipped with a CD burner. With QMusic, you can save your music files on the Joybee 130, and organize and update the data stored on Joybee 130.
1. Connect Joybee 130 to the USB port of your computer using the USB cable provided. 2. The Adding New Hardware Wizard appears to install the driver. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation. Browse to select the files required for installation under the Joybee 130 directory in the BenQ folder on the disk drive where you installed the Joybee 130 Software. 3. Follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation process. 4.
2. Please insert the SD/MMC card upside down into the slot. Joybee 130 will search for the files stored in MP3, WMA and WAV formats and list the filenames automatically on OSD. However, files on SD/MMC card can only be played but not edited while being inserted in Joybee 130. If you want to read SD/MMC card on your PC, please make sure the card is inserted in Joybee 130 before connecting to the PC by USB cable.
Using the BenQ Joybee 130 Digital Audio Player Attach the earphone provided and follow the steps, you are ready to enjoy the wonderful world of BenQ Joybee 130. Turning Joybee 130 On and Off 1. Press the jog wheel down once to turn on the Joybee 130. Joybee 130 enters the last used mode automatically (default is MP3/WMA playback). If there are files on the Joybee 130, the titles of these files are displayed on the screen. 2.
• When files are being transferred to Joybee 130, do not disconnect Joybee 130 from the PC. Use the procedure described in "Disconnecting Joybee 130 from a PC" on page 10 to disconnect it. • Check if there is enough memory space on the Joybee 130 before transferring files to it. • Joybee 130 with SD/MMC card inserted are displayed on your PC at the same time. If there are more than one disk shown as Removable disk,” make sure you are transferring files to Joybee 130 or SD/MMC card.
• To have the filenames shown correctly on LCD, please select the correct language from Setup menu. For instance, you have to switch to Japanese mode in order to read the Japanese filenames. • Use QMusic to edit the playlists of audio files. • When SD/MMC card is inserted into Joybee 130, the files on SD/MMC card are displayed after those in Joybee 130. You cannot use A-B repeat or fast-forward and rewind the tracks when playing files on SD/MMC card.
1. once to set point A to mark the starting point of the section Press the button you would like to repeat. 2. Press the key again to set point B to mark the end of the section. The segment from point A to B on the track repeats continuously. The icon appears on the LCD display. 3. Press the button again to cancel the repeat function. Files on SD card cannot be set as A-B segment, and therefore cannot be used for language learning. Language Learning 1.
7. Press down the jog wheel to confirm the selection. A message of the LCD dispplay after the selection is done. will show on SRS SRS provides 3-D surround effect of music. Press the button EQ, SRS+EQ, and Non-SRS-EQ while playing music.
Listening to FM Radio The radio mode of Joybee 130 enables you to listen to FM radio as follows. 1. Press down the jog wheel to turn on Joybee 130. 2. Press the button to enter the main menu. Slide up or down the jog wheel to highlight the FM mode, then press down the jog wheel to confirm. 3. Choose a FM station by sliding up or down the jog wheel, the player searches for the next available channel. 4. Use button to increase or decrease the volume during playback.
2. Slide up or down the jog wheel to select one channel, then press down the jog wheel to confirm. Tuning to a Favorite Station 1. Under FM mode, press and hold the button to enter the submenu. Slide the jog wheel to highlight Load mode. Press down the jog wheel to enter the mode. 2. Slide the jog wheel to select the favorite preset channel, press down the jog wheel to enter.
2. Press the button to pause recording and press it again to resume recording. 3. Press the button to stop recording. • Note that recorder function is only available in voice recording (by built-in microphone) and FM radio recording (in FM radio mode). • To distinguish the files recorded from FM radio and from MIC, recorded files are divided as FM0001.wav for FM recording and MIC0001.wav for MICIN recording. However, both files cannot be stored in SD/MMC card but Joybee 130 only.
Use the delete function provided in the Setup menu to delete any unneeded music or voice files. 1. Press down the jog wheel and turn on the Joybee 130. 2. Press the button . Slide the jog wheel up or down to select DELETE mode. Press the jog wheel and enter the submenu. 3. The submenu provides you with four options: Music, Voice, All Music, and All Voice. 4. Use the jog wheel to select the desired option as follows: • • • • 5.
System Setup The system setup menu provides additional functions to enable you to customize the Joybee 130. Press the button , then slide the jog wheel to select the SETUP mode. Press down the jog wheel to enter it. You can exit from the menu at any time without making changes by pressing and hold the button . Setting the Power Save Interval The purpose of Power Saving is to shut down and save power when the player is not working for some time. To set the power save interval, do the following: 1.
3. Use jog wheel to select the desired language. 4. The language of your choice is selected for the menus. Press down the jog wheel to confirm your setting. A message of will show on the LCD dispplay after the selection is done. Setting the Backlight This function allows you to choose for how long the backlight to be on. To set the backlight, do the following: 1. Enter SETUP mode from the main menu, slide jog wheel to select Backlight. 2. Press down the jog wheel and enter the submenu.
2. 3. 4. Press down the jog wheel and enter the submenu. The LCD display shows 3 options. • Brightness: High/Medium/Low • Trubass: From level 1 to level 10 • WOW Volume: from level 1 to level 10 Use the jog wheel to select the desired WOW SRS. Press down the jog wheel to confirm your setting. A message of the LCD dispplay after the selection is done. will show on Setting the FM Radio Frequency To set the FM radio frequency, do the following: 1.
3. Press down the jog wheel to toggle between each options. 4. to confirm the setting. A message of Press down the button on the LCD dispplay after the selection is done. will show Setting the Playlist To set the audio tracks be played in the sequence of the playlist you edit with QMusic. 1. Enter SETUP mode from the main menu, slide the jog wheel to select Playlist. Press down the jog wheel and enter the submenu. 2. Use the jog wheel to select the desired option.
Advanced Operations Using QMusic QMusic is a software provided to help you to organize your music collection. You can use it to play audio CDs or MP3s on your PC, convert audio CD tracks into MP3 format, create playlists, transfer music to your Joybee 130, burn music CDs and create your own music album. For more details, please refer Help in QMusic. The QMusic icon appears on your Desktop after it is successfully installed. Double click the icon to launch QMusic.
Overview of QMusic The user interface of the QMusic program is shown in the illustration below.
Features Description Action buttons Provide specific functions of QMusic. Left panel Displays all files supported by QMusic. There are two default folders in your hard disk: Music Library and My Joybee. You can save and organize your audio files here. Music Library: All your MP3 audio files transferred from audio CD would be saved in the folders under this root data base. QMusic can auto-search CD album title and CD tracks data base when your PC is connected to the internet.
MP3: Joybee 130 default folder. You can directly drag and drop your audio files saved under the Music Library to this folder, or you can just right click the folder and select to copy audio files saved in your hard disk to this folder. FMRadio: Joybee 130 default folder. All your recorded FM audio files will be saved in this folder. MicIn: Joybee 130 default folder. All your recorded voice files will be saved in this folder.
Search window Provides searching function. Type in a file name and press the magnifier icon to search for a particular file. System buttons Control QMusic window. Display Displays progress of an action. For example, when an audio file is being played, the name, elapsed playing time and other information of the file is displayed here. Adding Music to the Joybee 130 Using QMusic Connect the Joybee 130 to the PC.
You can now add files to your Joybee 130 from an audio CD using the file conversion facility provided by QMusic or you can directly copy your audio music files from the PC to the Joybee 130.
Adding music from an audio CD to Joybee 130 1. Put an audio CD in the CD-ROM on your PC. The icon appears in the left panel of QMusic, and the files on the CD appear in the right panel.
2. Select the files to be added to Joybee 130 by clicking the checkboxes in front of the files. 3. Click the icon, and QMusic starts converting the selected files into MP3 files.
36 4. After the conversion is completed, the icon is added to the left panel. All the converted files are placed in this album. Click to display the details of files in the right panel. 5. Click to select the file to be added to Joybee 130. To select more than one file, press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while selecting the files. To select all files, click the first file, press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard, and then click the last file.
6. Drag to copy the selected files from the right panel to the MP3 directory under the icon. • When files are being transferred to Joybee 130, do not disconnect the Joybee 130 from the PC. • Check if there is enough memory space on Joybee 130 before transferring files to Joybee 130.
Adding files from a PC to Joybee 130 1. Click in the left panel.
2. Press and a dialog box opens to help you to select the desired files. Browse and select MP3, WAV or WMA files to be added to Joybee 130 from the PC. Press Open to add the selected files to My Joybee. 3. Click 4. Press under icon on the QMusic interface. and QMusic starts transferring the files in My Joybee folder to . Before transferring the selected files to Joybee 130, QMusic shows a dialog box to ask if you want to delete the existing files in the My Joybee folder.
you want to keep them, abort the transfer and back up these files, before starting file transfer again. 40 • When files are being transferred to Joybee 130, do not disconnect Joybee 130 from the PC. • Check if there is enough memory space on Joybee 130 before transferring files to Joybee 130.
Updating Joybee 130 Automatically with QMusic You can set up Joybee 130 to be updated with the music from the My Joybee folder automatically when it is connected to the PC. 1. Click in the left panel. 2. Press and a dialog box opens to help you to select the desired files. Browse and select MP3, WAV or WMA files to be added to the Joybee 130 from the PC. Press Open to add the selected files to My Joybee.
42 3. Press on the right panel of QMusic in the function button area. 4. In the Option dialog box shown, click the Joybee tab.
5. Select Automatically launch QMusic when Joybee added under Launch Settings and Automatically transfer MP3 files to Joybee when added under Update Settings. Click the button to save your settings. 6. Connect Joybee 130 to the PC and QMusic automatically updates the files on Joybee 130 with the files in My Joybee folder. From now on, if you want to automatically update files on Joybee 130, you only need to save files in the My Joybee folder and connect Joybee 130 to your PC.
44 3. Locate the files to be deleted by clicking on the MicIn, FMRadio or MP3 subdirectory under the the icon in the left panel of QMusic. 4. The files in the selected directory are displayed in the right panel. Click to select the file to be deleted. To select more than one file, press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while selecting the files. To select all files, click the first file, press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard, and then click the last file. 5.
Troubleshooting Unable to transfer files to Joybee 130. Check the following: • The USB cable has been securely connected to the PC and Joybee 130, and the Joybee 130 is turned on. • The USB driver has been installed on your PC. Data stored in Joybee 130 is lost. If the power supply is unstable when the Joybee 130 is connected to a PC, it may cause data loss. Hence, we strongly recommend you to back up all the data stored on the Joybee 130.
Service Information If you cannot solve the problems encountered while using the Joybee 130 with the troubleshooting guide, please contact our worldwide service locations to obtain the latest drivers and online support services. Area Asia Country Telephone Number E-mail Address China +86-512-68092520 service@benq.com.cn Hong Kong +852-23306188 service@benq.com.cn Taiwan 0800-027-427 support@benq.com.tw Singapore +65-6777-2229 servicesg@benq.com Thailand +66-2-6700310-1 serviceth@benq.
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