User’s Manual
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Table of Contents Precautions and Notices ........................................................................v 1 Getting Started..................................................................................1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 2 Understanding Hardware Components................................................ 1 Top Components.................................................................................. 1 Bottom Components ..........................................................
2.8 3 File Manager....................................................................................23 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 5.3 6.2 6.3 Restart and Shut Down ...................................................................... 41 Restarting Your Device ...................................................................... 41 Shutting Down Your Device ............................................................... 41 Troubleshooting ........................................................................
About Charging .................................................................................. 47 About the AC Adapter ........................................................................ 47 About the Battery ...............................................................................
Precautions and Notices z For your own safety, do not operate the controls of the product while driving. z Use this product prudently. The product is intended for use solely as a navigation aid. It is not for precise measurement of direction, distance, location or topography. z The calculated route is for reference only. It is the user’s responsibility to follow the traffic signs and local regulations along the roads.
z A device holder is needed when using the device in a car. Be sure that you place the device in an appropriate place, so as not to obstruct the driver’s view, or deployment of airbags. Do not mount where the driver’s field of vision is blocked. Do not mount in front of airbag panels. vi Do not place unsecured on the dashboard. Do not mount in front of an airbag field of deployment.
1 Getting Started 1.1 Understanding Hardware Components NOTE: Depending upon the specific model purchased, the color of your device may not exactly match the device shown in this manual. Top Components Ref Component n Power Button Description Turns on and off the device. (Pressing briefly or for a long duration makes a difference. See Sections 1.6 and 6.1 for information.) Bottom Components Ref Component Description n Mini-USB Connector Connects to the charger or USB cable.
o Cradle Connector Connects to the cradle (purchased separately). Front Components Ref n Component Touch Screen o Charge Indicator 2 Description Displays the output of your device. Tap the screen with your fingertip to select menu commands or enter information. Glows bright amber to indicate that the battery is charging, and turns green when the battery is fully charged.
Back Components Ref Component Description n External GPS This connector (under rubber dust cover) allows use of an Antenna Connector o Speaker optional external GPS antenna with magnetic mount, which may be positioned on top of the car for better signal reception in areas with poor reception. Sends out music, sounds and voice.
Ref Component n SD/SDHC/MMC Slot o Headphone Connector Description Accepts a SD (Secure Digital), SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity), or MMC (MultiMediaCard) card for accessing data such as MP3 music. Connects to stereo headphones. 1.2 Performing the Initial Start Up 1. For the initial start up, press the power button for 5 seconds to turn on your device. NOTE: For normal operation, briefly press the power button to turn on and off your device. 2. Your device turns on.
4. The “Date/Time” screen appears. Tap the appropriate arrow button to select button. the time zone, date, and time. Then, tap the 5. The Home screen appears. You can now use your device.
1.3 Connecting to AC Power and Charging the Battery When charging the battery for the very first time, you should charge it for at least 8 hours. 1. Slide and click the connector converter onto the AC adapter. 2. Connect the adapter cable to the bottom of your device. 3. Plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet. 4. The charge indicator glows amber when charging is in progress. Do not disconnect your device from AC power until the battery is fully charged, the charge indicator will turn green.
1.4 Charging the Battery via the USB Cable 1. Turn on the computer. 2. Connect the mini-USB end of the USB cable to the bottom of your device and the other end to a USB port on your computer. 3. If your device is on, the screen as shown below appears. Whenever your device is connected to a computer, you will not be able to use it. NOTE: z When the device is connected to a computer, it is recognized as an external mass storage device. Do not delete any files pre-installed in the device.
1.5 Using Your Device in a Vehicle CAUTION: z Select an appropriate location for mounting the device in a vehicle. Never place the device where the driver’s field of vision is blocked. Make sure that the GPS antenna has a clear view of the sky. z If the car’s windshield is tinted with a reflective coating, an external antenna (optional) may be needed to route the antenna to the top of the vehicle through a window. When closing the window, be careful not to pinch the antenna cable.
1.6 Operating Basics Turning On and Off For normal operation, turn off the device by briefly pressing the power button. The device enters a suspended state. When you next briefly press the power button, the system resumes. You will either be back to where you left off or see the Home screen. NOTE: z The screen you see after resuming depends on the program you were using when you suspended the device.
z Tap Touch the screen once with your fingertip to open items or select onscreen buttons or options. z Drag Hold your fingertip on the screen and drag up/down/left/right or across the screen. z Tap and hold Tap and hold your fingertip until an action is complete, or a result or menu is shown. Home Screen The first time you initialize your device, the Home screen appears. The Home screen is your starting place for various tasks. Tap a button to start a program or open another menu.
1.7 Inserting a SD/SDHC/MMC Card Your device has a slot where you can insert an optional SD/SDHC/MMC storage card. To use a storage card, insert it into the slot, with the connector pointing to the slot and its label facing the front of the device. To remove a card, first make sure that no application is accessing the card, then slightly push the top edge of the card to release it and pull it out of the slot. NOTE: Make sure that no foreign objects enter the slot.
2 Audio 2.1 Starting and Exiting Audio Audio features: z Playback of MP3/WAV/WMA files z Basic playback controls such as play, pause, stop, next and previous z Playback includes single selection playback, repeat, single repeat, sampling playback, normal sequence and random sequence. z 11 preset equalizer audio profiles z Play list support z Background playback z Lyrics display Tap Audio on the Home screen to start the program.
The control panel appears on the screen where you can easily control the player by tapping the control buttons. To exit the program, tap . 2.2 Preparing the Audio Files for Your Device Before using the program, have the files (.mp3, .wav, or .wma) ready on either your device’s My Flash Disk\My Audio folder or on a storage card. 2.3 Playing Audio Files 1. If your files are in a storage card, insert the card into your device. 2. Tap Audio on the Home screen to start the program. 3.
The information area displays the current status including the play/pause/stop status, the elapsed time, the power status, the playback mode, the volume level, and the properties of the current song such as the artist (if available with the file), filename, total length, and stereo/mono information. NOTE: z During the playback, the screen will automatically blank out if you haven’t tapped the screen within the preset time (30 seconds by default).
Control Button Name Playback Mode Description Switches to the next mode: Repeated playback of the current file. Repeated playback of all files in the current play list in sequence. Playback of all files in the current play list in random order. Sampling (10 seconds) playback of all files in the current play list in random order. Playback of all files in the current play list in sequence. Lyrics Minimize Play List Opens the play list. (See section 2.6 for more information.
2.5 Displaying Lyrics The program allows you to display the real-time lyrics on the screen while playing songs. This feature is especially handy for you to sing along with the songs. Preparing the Lyrics Files for your Device To display the lyrics, you need to have the lyrics files (.lrc) ready on your device’s \My Flash Disk\My Audio\Lyric\ folder or the \My Audio\Lyric\ folder on your storage card. NOTE: You can search and download these .lrc files from the Internet.
2.6 Using the Play Lists You can create your own play lists for future use. Creating a Play List 1. Tap on the control panel to open the play list screen. The screen shows the current play list. Back Play the selected file. Save the play list. Add song Remove the selected song from the list or from the storage media. 2. To add a song to the play list, tap Open the list of play lists. Clear all songs from the current play list. (No files are deleted.) . 3.
Back Add the selected song(s) to the play list. 4. To save the play list, tap Add all songs to the play list. . 5. The keyboard screen appears where you can change the default name of the when finished. play list. Rename the play list if you want. Tap 6. To return to the control panel, tap . Opening a Play List To open one of the play lists that you have created: 1. Tap 2. Tap on the control panel. to display all the play lists you have created.
3. Tap the play list you want to open and tap . Back Rename the selected play list. Open the selected play list. Delete the selected play list. 4. To return to the control panel, tap Delete all play lists. . 2.7 Equalizer The program provides 11 preset audio profiles. Tap panel. to open the equalizer or to cycle through the available options: Default, Rock, Pop, Tap Jazz, Classical, Dance, Heavy, Disco, Soft, 3D and Hall.
Tap to save your selection and return to the control panel. To select the Default profile, tap . 2.8 Settings Tap on the control panel. The Settings screen appears. Help NOTE: To know the function of each button, you can tap . Then tap the button on the list to display a description line on the right side of the screen. Tap the check box (√) to turn on the power saving mode. Tap the up/down button to set the timer to 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, or 5 minutes.
3 File Manager 3.1 Starting and Exiting File Manager File Manager allows you to transfer multimedia files between your device and a storage card. Tap File Manager on the Home screen to start the program. The File Manager screen shows specific folders of your device in the left column and the folder(s)/file(s) of the storage card, if inserted, in the right column.
NOTE: The left column shows only “specific” folders in the My Flash Disk of your device. “Specific” folders refer to pre-defined data folders for multimedia programs (such as My Audio folder for the Audio program). Other folders are not accessible within the File Manager program. To exit the program, tap . 3.2 Transferring Files From the Storage Card to Your Device 1. Insert the storage card. 2. Tap Tools on the Home screen and then tap File Manager to start the program.
4. If the source file is in a folder of the storage card, tap twice the folder in the right column to open the folder. Or, tap the folder and then tap the folder. If you want to select all folders, tap to open . 5. Select your source file by tapping it in the right column. If you want to select all files, tap NOTE: To go up one level, tap 6. Tap . . to copy the selected file to the target folder.
From Your Device to the Storage Card Use the same method as described in the previous sub-section to copy files from your device to the storage card except that the direction is from the left column to ( ) the right column. 3.3 Managing Folders and Files In addition to copying files, File Manager provides the below functions: z Rename Changes the name of the selected folder/file. z Delete Deletes the selected folder/file. z New Folder Creates a new folder in the selected folder.
4 Settings 4.1 Starting and Exiting Settings You can customize the system settings such as backlight brightness, volume, and language. Once you change the settings, the new settings will remain until you change them again. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. The Settings menu appears as shown below.
To exit Settings, tap . The following sections describe the various buttons and their functions. 4.2 Backlight 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Backlight button. 3. Move the knob along the track bar to adjust the brightness of the backlight. To darken the backlight, move the knob to the left. To lighten the backlight, move the knob to the right. 4. Tap 28 to save the changes.
4.3 Volume 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Volume button. 3. Move the knob along the track bar to adjust the volume. To decrease the volume, move the knob to the left. To increase the volume, move the knob to the right. 4. Tap save the changes.
4.4 Screen You can calibrate the touch screen if it is not responding accurately to your taps. 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Screen button. 3. Tap to start the calibration. 4. Tap and hold the centre of the target.
5. When the target moves to another position, tap and hold the centre of the new target. Repeat each time to complete the calibration process. 6. When completed, tap . 4.5 Power To check the remaining power level of your battery and/or set up the power saving feature: 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Power button. 3. The screen shows the remaining power of your battery. You can set a timer to automatically turn off your device when it is idle for a set period of time.
4. Tap to save the changes. 4.6 Date/Time 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Date/Time button. 3. To change the time zone, tap the arrow in the “Time Zone” item.
4. To change the date, tap the down arrow in the “Date” item. A calendar pops up. Tap the left arrow on the calendar to go to the earlier month and year or the right arrow to the later month and year. Alternatively, you can tap the month or year on top of the calendar to directly change the month or year. When the calendar shows the current month, tap the date on the calendar. 5.
4.7 Language 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Language button. 3. Tap the up/down arrow button to select the desired language. 4. Tap 34 to save the changes.
4.8 Restore To restore the settings to factory default values: 1. Tap the Settings button on the Home screen. 2. Tap the Restore button. 3. Tap .
5 POI Loader 5.1 Installing POI Loader POI Loader allows you to import additional POI (Point of Interest) data to an SD card for the MioMap program to use. When MioMap starts, it will load the POI data from the SD card and show the additional locations in the My POI category of the POI function. (See MioMap manual for information on POIs.) 1. Turn on your computer and insert the supplied CD/DVD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive of your computer. 2.
In the “Name” field, give the location a name. If it is a location of speed camera, use the format Name@Speed, where Speed is the speed limit. Note that the unit of speed limit must be the same as the default unit of MioMap. Excel File Format Example Enter longitude in the first column, latitude in the second column, and name in the third column. Shown below is an example.
4. Click Next. 5. Select the drive name representing the SD card. The pull-down menu lists all the available removable disk(s) connected to your computer. Make sure that you select the correct one. You should not select Mio Device, which means the internal memory of your device. In case you connect the device or card reader after POI Loader starts, you can click Search to refresh the list. 6. Click Browse to select the folder containing the source files.
7. Click Next. 8. When completed, a message appears telling you the total number of files that have been imported. Click Finish. CAUTION: Before disconnecting the cable, you must click the device icon in the task bar and click “Safely remove xxx” (where xxx is the name of your device). If you are transferring data, disconnecting the cable without following the correct removal procedure can result in data loss.
6 Troubleshooting and Troubleshooting and Maintenance Maintenance 6.1 Restart and Shut Down Occasionally, you may need to reset your device. For example, you should reset your system when it stops responding; or appears to be “frozen” or “locked up.” Restarting Your Device To restart your device, press the power button for 5 seconds until the “Power Off Selection” screen appears and then tap Restart.
Shutting down puts the device in a deep sleep state. The device will close all running programs before shutting down. To use the device again, press the power button for 5 seconds. The Home screen appears. 6.2 Troubleshooting NOTE: If you encounter a problem you cannot solve, contact an authorized service center for assistance. Power Problems Power does not turn on when using battery power z The remaining battery power may be too low to run your device. Charge the battery.
Connection Problems Cable Connection Problems z Make sure that your device and your computer are both turned on before trying to establish a connection. z Make sure that the cable is securely plugged into the USB port on your computer and on the device. Connect the USB cable directly to your computer—do not run the cable through a USB hub. z Reset your device before connecting the cable. Always disconnect your device before you restart your computer.
6.3 Maintaining Your Device Taking good care of your device will ensure trouble-free operation and reduce the risk of damage to your device. z Keep your device away from excessive moisture and extreme temperatures. z Avoid exposing your device to direct sunlight or strong ultraviolet light for extended periods of time. z Do not place anything on top of your device or drop objects on your device. z Do not drop your device or subject it to severe shock.
7 Regulatory Information NOTE: Marking labels located on the exterior of your device indicate the regulations that your model complies with. Please check the marking labels on your device and refer to the corresponding statements in this chapter. Some notices apply to specific models only. 7.1 Regulations Statements Class B Regulations USA Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
7.2 Safety Precautions z Prolonged listening of music in maximum volume can damage the ears. z The use of headphones other than those recommended/supplied can cause hearing impairment due to excessive sound pressure. About Charging z Use only the charger supplied with your device. Use of another type will result in malfunction and/or danger. z This product is intended to be supplied by a LISTED Power Unit marked with “LPS”, “Limited Power Source” and output rated + 5 V dc / 1.0 A”.
z 48 Important instructions (for service personnel only) 9 Caution: Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Dispose of used batteries according to the instructions. 9 Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. 9 The battery must be recycled or disposed of properly. 9 Use the battery only in the specified equipment.
