R U SER'S MANUAL DIGITAL AUDIO/VIDEO PLAYER C oby Ele ctronic s Corp. 5 6-65 Ru st Stree t M aspeth , NY 11 378 w ww.co byusa.c om w ww.ecoby.com Please read manual before operation Techn ical Support Hours Mond ay-Friday 8:3 0 AM - 8:30 PM EST, 1-8 00-681-2629 or 718-416-3197 Saturd ay-Sunday 9:00 AM - 5:3 0 PM EST, 1 -800-727-35 92 Or Send E-Mail to: techsupport @cobyusa.
CONTENTS FEATURES F EATURE S PACKAGE CONTENTS SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CHARGING YOU R PLAYER U SB DRIVER INSTALLATION LOCATION OF CONTROL S Mp3 P LAYER Display BASIC O PERATION Powering You r Player On or Off Connecting/Disconnecting Your Play er Transferring Files Deleting Files Main Menu/Navigation Chang ing Directories Volume Adjustment PLAYER MODES Mp3 Music Player AMV Video Player RECORD PHOTO FM Ra dio SETUP E-BOOK F IRMWARE UPGRADE SOFTWARE UTILITIES SPECIFICATION TROUBLESHOOTING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9
PACKAGE CONTENTS Mp3 player SAFETY INSTRUCITONS User's Man ual A/C Adapter Earpho nes w/neck strap 1.Read these instructions carefully. 2.Keep these instructions for future reference. 3.Heed all warnings. 4.Follow all instructions. 5.Do not expose device to wate r or moisture. 6.Clean only with a dry cloth. 7.Do not place device near any heat so urces su ch as st oves, radiators, amplifiers or any apparatus that produces heat. 8.Do not force t he power plug into the w all outl et.
CHARGING YOUR PLAYER USB DRIVER INSTALLATION(Windows 98 SE only) You r player operate s on a b uilt-in recharge able lit hium-io n batter y. Whe n charg ing you r player , make sure tha t the PO WER ON /OFF switch is set to the ON posit ion and that the autom atic Pow er off opti on in the Setup menu is set to "0 ". See the Setup section for instr uctions on how to set the autom atic Po wer off option. If you ar e using Window s 98 SE, you mu st install the USB driver and upd ate util ity. 1.
LOCATION OF CONTROLS RECORD butto n LOCATION OF CONTROLS LCD s creen LCD Displ a y (MP3 Music Player) Battery level icon Current track # Joystick S elect / Se lect Ke y Time Elap s ed File Format Joy stick UP / Volume Up Key ON/OF F switch Bit Rate Equalizer Setting Joystick RIGHT/ forward key REPEA T button Volume level Recording Mo de PLAY/S TOP button Stereo Speake r Track Title/Filename Progress bar Recordin g Indicat or Joystick LEFT/Re verse Ke y Mic rophon e J oystick DOWN/ v olume
BASIC OPERATION BASIC OPERATION Powe ring You r Player On or O ff To Po wer On :Set the P OWER ON/OFF switch to the ON position, then p ress an d hold t he b utton u ntil your player turns on. To Po wer Off : Press an d hold t he bu tton un til your player t urns off. If you r player 's softwa re freez es, you may set the POWER ON /OFF switch to the OFF pos ition.
BASIC OPERATION PLAYER MODES Main Me nu/Nav igation When yo ur play er is pow ered o n, it will enter th e Main menu directly. To return to the Main menu at a ny time, press a nd hold the JOYSTIC K SELEC T key. The Mai n menu consists of eight items: MP3, AM V, REC ORD, VO ICE, PHOTO, SETUP, a nd E-BO OK. Fo r a deta iled des cription of each item, se e the Player Mo des sec tion in th is manu al. Mp3 AMV RECORD VOICE FM Radio PHOTO SETUP E-BOOK To chang e which item is highlighted, pre ss or .
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES Repeat mode options may be set by pressing the button d uring playb ack. See Repea t in the MP3 Mu sic Player Optio ns secti on for mo re information. A-B Repeat m ode ma y be set by pressing the RECOR D butto n during playba ck . See Replay in the M P3 Music Playe r Option s sectio n for more infor mation. To exit A-B Repeat mo de and return t o normal playb ack, press the JOYSTICK SELECT key.
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES 2.S et the end of the track segment to be repeated by pres sing the RECOR D button again. The segment you have selected will then play in a loop for the nu mber of times specified in "Replay times" (see Replay times below for more info rmation). You can also set how much ti me ela pses be tween loops in "Replay gap" (see Replay gap below for more informatio n). No te: It is possible to appe nd a vo ice reco rding t o the end of an A-B Repea t loop.
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES REC ORD Record To enter the RECOR D mode : From the Main menu, highligh t and selec t the ite m RECO RD. (To access the Ma in menu at any time, pres s and ho ld the J OYSTICK SELECT key.) The v oice re corder a llows you to record sou nd from the micr ophone located on the top of y our pla yer. To start rec ording , press th e bu tton. To pause/ stop rec ording, press th e bu tton while your player is r ecordin g. To save the record ing, pre ss and hold the but ton.
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES PHOTO Viewer FM Radio To enter th e PHOTO mode : From th e Main menu, h ighligh t and select the item PHO TO. (To access the Ma in menu at any time, pre ss and h old the JOYSTIC K SELEC T key.) The PHOTO viewer will find and dis play an y JPG, G IF, or BM P files loa ded on your player. The viewer can dis play photos wit h ma nual co ntrol or automa tically a s a slide show (a ll photo s in the current folder are disp layed se quentially).
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES SETU P To access the SE TUP menu: From the Main menu , highlight and select the item S ETUP. (To access the Main menu at any time, press and hold the JOYSTICK SELECT key.) In the SETUP menu, highlight and select one of the following items to set its options: Clock, LCD set, Language, Power off, R eplay mode, Online mode, Memory info, Firmw are version, or Firmware upgrade. Sys S etu p LCD se t LCD se t allows you to s et the b rightness and b lack lev el of the LCD sc reen.
PLAYER MODES PLAYER MODES La nguage Language setup allows you to set the language of your player. Supported langu ages are Simple Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, Danish, and Russian. Power off Power off setu p allow s you to set the power-s aving fe atures of your p layer. O ff Time specifie s the am ount of time (in second s) your p layer ca n be le ft idle before it a utoma tically shuts off.
FIRMWARE UPGRADE SOFTWARE UTILITIES IM PORTANT: Make sure your player is e ither attached to a power sou rce or has been fully charged b efore upgrading your f irmware . Do not disconnect your player from you r PC or o therwis e interru pt the upgrade process a s doing so could damage your pla yer and render it inopera ble. The softw are utilities allo w you to conve rt sound and vid eo files to format s recog nized by your p layer.
SOFTWARE UTILITIES 1.R un the M ovie C onvert T ool utili ty from t he STAR T menu on your c ompute r. 2.F ind and select t he vide o file tha t you w ould lik e to convert in the INPUT field. 3.F ind and select t he direc tory loc ation that you would li ke to save the conver ted file t o. 4.C lick the bu tton to run the c onversion process. SPECIFICATION Te chn ical Specifi cations External size 76×42× 18mm Weight 28g Display screen OLED 65K colo r Conne ction to PC USB 1.
TROUBLESHOOTING Thi s troublesho oting guide aims to sav e you time in case you exp erience an y inconveni ence with th is digital a udio player. If yo u are still h aving difficulty, please contact Co nsumer Serv ice/ Tec hnical Supp ort. My player doe s not work. 1.Ensure that th e ON/OFF s witch is set to the ON p osition. 2.Ensure that th e battery is charged. File transfer fai lure. 1.Ensure that th e USB drive r has been i nstalled co rrectly on th e PC. 2.