MP-C838 USER'S MANUAL DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER W/VOICE RECORDER 0 0 5/ 0 08 0 2 :2 9 /0 4 :1 6 The light of the w orld Coby Ele ctronics Co rp. 56-65 Rust Street Maspeth , NY 11378 www.co byusa.com www.ec oby.
Contents Contents O ther Functio ns Getti ng Sta rted Fea tures 3 Settings 17 Pa ckage Contents 4 A-B R epea t Mode 20 Safety In struct ions 5 Firmw are U pgrad e 21 Ba ttery Installa tion 6 C ustom er Support Loc ation of Co ntrols 7 Troub lesho oting 23 LCD Scre en Di splay 8 Spec ificati ons 25 Conn ectin g to C ompu ter USB Drive r Insta llatio n 9 Co nnecting/D iscon necting You r Play er 9 Tra nsferr ing Fil es 10 Basic Oper ation 1 Po wer O n/Off 11 Pla ying M usic
Features Package Contents 1 28 M B Integ rate d F lash Me mor y M P3 and WM A Playb ack 0 0 5/ 00 8 0 2 :2 9/ 0 4: 1 6 The l ight o f t he wor ld Integ rat ed M icrophone for Voic e Reco rding P orta ble Sto rage De vice (Music , Da ta, and Pic ture s) M p3 play er User's M anual Integ rat ed U SB P lug (no cab le r equ ired) P lug and Pla y (n o dr iver installation req uire d fo r W indows 2000/M E/X P or Ma c OS X 10.2.
Safety Instructions 1 .Read these instruction s carefully. Keep these instructions for future reference. 2 .Heed all warnings and follow all in structions. 3 .Do not exp ose to wate r or moistur e. 4 .Clean only with a dry c loth. 5 .Do not inst all near any apparatus that produc es heat suc h as stoves, radiators, a mplifiers, e tc. 6 .Remove th e battery w hen the dev ice will be u nused for lo ng periods of time. 7 .
Location o f Controls M icrophone LCD Sc reen Display LCD Scree n Play Pause Stop Play mode indicator 005 /008 02: 29/0 4/1 6 File Type/ Bit rate The light of the world Current track Play/P ause N eck S trap H ook Equalizer indicator Battery level indicator 0 05/ 008 0 2:29/04: 16 The light of the world Total time Elapsed time Number of tracks Song Title/Filename HOL D Swi tch Volu me Co ntrol PLAY MODE Record He adphone Jack Pause 06:29:20 00: 00:40 Battery Cover /VOICE/V007.
Connect to a Computer USB Driver Installation (Windows 98 SE Only) If you are using Windows 98 S E, you must install the USB driv er and update utility. 1.Plac e the Installation CD in your c omputer's CD-ROM drive. 2.In My Computer, double-cl ick the disc drive (D:) icon (where D: is your CD-ROM drive). 3.Find and d ouble-click "Win98Driver.exe " to start the insta llatio n process. A setup dialo g window will ap pear o n the screen . 4.Follo w the on-screen instructions.
Power On/Off Ho ld F unc tion The Hold s witc h lo cks/unlock s the joy stic k an d b utto ns on yo ur playe r to prevent the m fr om bein g p ress ed ac cidentally. Ho ld Off:S lide the HOLD switc h in the opp osite di rection o f the arr ow mar king on your pla yer to u nlock the p laye r. Ho ld On:S lide the HO LD switc h in the dire ctio n of the a rrow to lock your playe r. Th e sc ree n wi ll display the "l ock " symbo l sho wn belo w. Turning Power On and Off: to turn your playe r on.
MENU Overview P ress and ho ld M ODE to acc ess the Main me nu. Pre ss an d t o ch ang e the se lec tion left and righ t wi thin the menu. Pre ss M ODE to con firm a se lec tion . Pre ss Vo lum e + to c anc el o r return to a pre viou s m enu.
Voic e Rec ording Delete Files REC DE L Select REC mo de to cr eate vo ice recordings with the integrated microphone. Se lect DEL mo de t o de lete file s fro m y our player. You ma y a lso dele te files u sing a c omp ute r; se e th e De letin g F iles Thro ugh a C omp ute r se ctio n of this ma nua l fo r mo re in format ion. Start Recording Select REC fr om the Main menu. The player will start recording immediately.
Settings Menu S ET Selec t SE T mo de to a cce ss th e Settin gs m en u of your p laye r. In the Set ting s me nu, the foll owin g o ptio ns a re a vailable : M ODE, EQ , CO N, BL, C OL , PWR, R EC, LRC , L AN, and EXI T. MODE (Playm ode) Selec t Pla ym ode to s et the P lay Mod e o ptio ns. Normal: P lay trac ks in no rma l ord er. Repe at O ne: Pla y the cu rren t tra ck r epe ate dly. Repe at All: P lay a ll tr ack s rep eat edl y. Sh uff le: P lay a ll tr ack s in random order.
Settings Menu A-B Repeat Mode (Loop) LR C (L yric ) Se lec t Lyr ic to set you r pl aye r's ly ric displ ay O n o r Off. A-B Repeat mode allows you to define a segment of an audio tra ck to be played repeatedly on a loop. Ly ric disp lay r equires a ".LRC" lyric file . Ly ric files may be fo und on t he inter net or c an b e c reated with a Ly ric fil e editor . Lyr ic files s hould have the sam e n ame as its corre spo ndin g m usic file and be pla ced in the same direc tory (eg , "So ngT itle1.
Firmware Upgrade Firmware Upgrade IMPORTANT: Make sure your player has a new battery insta lled before upgrading your firm ware. Do not disconnect your pla yer from the computer or otherwise interrupt the upgrade process-doin g so could damage your player and render it inoperab le. Firmwar e upda tes may be found a t www.cobyusa .com . Check this site perio dically for new updates. Fi rmware updates may add new func tion ality to your pla yer . To upgrade your pla yer 's fir mware: 1.
Troubl eshooting This tro ub lesh ooti ng g uid e ai ms t o sa ve y ou time in ca se y ou exp erie nce any inc onvenie nce with this di gita l au dio play er. If yo u ar e still ha ving difficulty, pl eas e co nta ct Technica l Su ppo rt. M y player do es n ot work. 1.Ensure that the battery is charg ed. 2.Ensure that the battery has bee n p rope rly i nsta lled. File transfer failur e. 1.Ensure that the USB driver has b een inst alle d corr ectly on the PC . 2.
Spec ifications Power Memo ry Size 1 "AAA " Batt ery 128 MB Fl ash 3.7"x 1 .2"x0 .9"(WH D) Interfa ce US B Rev . 2.0 Full Spe ed Displa y 12 8x32 d ot-m atrix L CD Processor 65 MIPS D SP Audio Playb ack M p3 : 96-320 k bps V BR Voice Recording IM A-ADP CM e ncod ing WM A: 32-192 kb ps Signal-to-No ise Ra tio 90 dB Frequency R espo nse 20-20,000 Hz Output Total H armonic Di stortio n: 2 50mW 0.01%-0.
