MPC941 USER'S MANUAL Please read manual before operation Coby Electronics Corp. 56-65 Rust Street Maspeth, NY 11378 www.cobyusa.com www.ecoby.com Back cover Customer Service Hours Monday- Friday 8:00AM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-681-2629 or 718-416-3197 Monday- Friday 6:30PM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592 Saturday- Sunday 9:00AM ~ 11:00PM (EST) 1-800-727-3592 Or Send E-Mail to: Customerservice@cobyusa.com / techsupport@cobyusa.
Contents Contents Advance Setup Getting Started Playback Function............................................................. 20-23 Settings..................................................................................... 24 FM-Tuner............................................................................. 25-26 Reading Textfiles..................................................................... 27 F/W Upgrade ..........................................................................
Accessories Features 20GB Built-in Hard Disk MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV Playback MP3 Files which is recorded from Line-In/FM(ENC 001-999,FM001-999) MP3 Files which is recorded from MIC(VOC001-999) Favorite: Bookmark Files (100-File) MP3 Player User's Manual Playlist: M3U Files(*.
Safety Instructions 1. Do not expose the unit to high temperature or humidity. 2. Do not subject the unit to severe impact, or place heavy objects on it. 3. Do not use strong detergent or solvent to clean the unit. 4. Remove battery when the device is left unused for a long period of time. 5. Do not try to disassemble and repair the device yourself. 6. Do not expose to direct sunlight or heat sources. 7. Do not store in dusty areas.
Location of Control LCD Display LINE-IN JACK PHONE JACK HOLD Alarm Indicator Elapsed Time DISPLAY Clock P M 11:07 SFL 1 00:02:35 MP3 Battery Indicator 00:02:35 The Light Total Time Playback Mode The Light of the world ROOT REC/A-B VOL+ JOYSTICK REW F.
MENU Table USB Driver Installation Audio Music,Encode,Voice,Playlist,Search. MENU Text TEXT FILE FM-Tuner Setting Tuner Sound-EQ Preset/User EQ/Balance Display-Backlight Time/Contrast/Language /Lyric /Auto Scroll General-Auto Play/USB Charge/Load Default Timer-Sleep/Date/Time Alarm Record-MIC Quality/Line-in Quality/Radio Quality/ Sync On/Off /Voice Detect/ Information- HDD Info/Total File/Version 10 USB Driver software Installation: If you are using Windows Me/2K/XP or Mac X (version10.2.
Connecting to PC Connecting the player to PC: 1. Make sure the player is turned off. 2. Connect the player with your computer by supplied USB cable. 3. PC will automatically detect the player as removable disk under MY COMPUTER. 4. Go to MY COMPUTER and confirm the connection. Down/uploading Files Downloading/ Uploading files: 1. Connect the player to PC. 2. Open Window Explorer on PC. 3. Select the file to save and drag-and drop it into the removable disc icon.
Power On/ Off Entering the Main Menu Hold Function: Hold Off: Set the HOLD switch to opposite direction of arrow symbol to operate the player. Hold On: Slide HOLD switch to the arrow direction to disable all the functions. The screen displays hold symbol: Turning Power On / Off: Power On: Press button to turn on the power. It shows "coby" COBY Power Off: Press/hold the button to turn off the power. 14 Enter the Main Menu Press/ hold MENU button to enter the main menu.
Recording Playing Music Playing Music 1. All music files are saved under the "ROOT". Follow below steps to get to the "ROOT". Main Menu - Audio - Music - Root 2. Press joystick up/down to select a desired file. 3. Press joystick or PLAY button for music playback. If the file is saved as favorite music under the PLAYLIST folder, there is an indicator during playback. Adjust Tracks Press joystick to the right to play next track and left to move to and play previous track.
Recording Recording Line-in Recording 1. Connect the player with external audio souce by line-in cable. To Line-In Jack External Audio Souce To PHONE jack 2. Press REC button,the screen displays Stand By... Recording from FM-Tuner. 1. Select a desired station, 2. Press REC button to start recording 3. Press STOP button to end and to save . 4. The recorded will be be saved automatically under the ENCODE folder.
Searching for Files Search desired file 1. Enter Audio menu 2. Select a desired folder, press joystick to enter. Music : Music files (ex. MP3, WMA) Encode: Line-In/FM recordign files (ex. FM-001.mp3) Voice : MIC recording files (ex. VOC001.mp3) Playlists : M3U files, My favorite music(ex.MP3.WMA) Search: Search music files. 3. Press the joystick up/down to search a desired file. 4. Press the joystick or PLAY/PAUSE button to play. Locate file via three-digit initials 1. Select "Search" from audio menu 2.
Playback Function Get to know Playback Setup Menu During music or vioce playback, press/hold joystic to enter playback setup menu. Favorite(+)/(-) EQ Playback Speed Info Exit Press joystick to enter and to exit desired item. Press joystick up/down to make adjustment. To exit, select EXIT and press joystick. Or simply press MENU. Favorite(+)/(-)- add to or remove from the collection as a favorite music. (only for currently played music file).
Playback Function Repeat A-B Function A specified section will be repeated for a number of times. 1. During playback, press A-B button briefly to set starting point "A". 2. Press A-B button for the second time to set ending point "B" . 3. The player start repeating point A to B. 4. To exit, press A-B button for the third time. 23 Settings Enter Settings menu from the main menu. Settings menu contains the following sub-menus. Please note each function of sub-menus. Sound- Setup EQ,User EQ, Balance.
FM-Tuner FM-Tuner Listening to the FM Tuner Storing Stations Manually 1. Select FM-Tuner from the main menu. 2. Press the joystick to enter. Tune to a desired station 1. Press the joystick to the left/right to decrease or increase the frequency. 2.Press and hold the joystick to the left/right for one second to seek the next station. Toggle between FREQ and PRESET mode 3. Press the joystick briefly to toggle between freqency mode and preset modes.
Reading Textfile Reading Textfile 64 KB memory for at most 100 text files and 50 folders. 1. Enter " Text " menu from the main menu. 2. Select a desire textfile from the textfile folder. 3. Press joystick to open 4. Press joystick to all direction to move between pages Get to know Text setup menu Under the text mode, press joystick to enter text setup menu. GO TO Language Info Exit GO TO: Input the desired page number by slide joystick up/down. The player will go to the specified page.
F/W Upgrade Downloading F/W Upgrade When you upgrade firmware, make sure to fully charge the battery because it take large amount of power when upgrading. If battery runs out of power during upgrading, flash memory will get damaged. 1. Make sure the player is turned off. 2. Connect USB port to the PC computer. 3. PC will automatically detect the player as "Removable disk" under MY COMPUTER. 4. Download available F/W Upgrade from our web site.
Trouble Shooting The player does not work 1. Check the battery capacity. Download failure 1. Check to see if the driver is installed correctly in the PC. 2. Check the connection. 3. Check if the memory is full. 4. Check the battery. The buttons do not work 1. Check setting of Hold switch. 2. Charge the battery 3. Press "RESET" button on ths back of the unit Poor sound quality 1. Check if the quality of music file is poor, and reformat or download it again. Something's wrong with LCD display 1.
