MSI MEGA STICK 1 5 in 1 Multi-Functional Drive User’s Guide
Table of Contents Safety Instructions ............................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1. Introduction....................................................................................... 6 How to Use This Guide ................................................................................ 7 Unpack.......................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 2. Getting Started ................
Delete a Track (File) ......................................................................... 26 Delete All Tracks (Files) ................................................................... 27 EQ Settings................................................................................................. 27 Repeat Settings ........................................................................................... 28 FM Radio Mode ...............................................................................
Record Rate....................................................................................... 48 Language........................................................................................... 49 USB Flash Disk .......................................................................................... 50 Appendix A. Specifications................................................................................
Safety Instructions 1. Always read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User’s Guide for future reference. 3. Keep this equipment away from humidity. 4. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock. 5. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a service personnel: Liquid has penetrated into the equipment. The equipment has been exposed to moisture.
Chapter 1. Introduction Congratulations on becoming a new user of MSI Mega Stick, the finely designed portable digital audio player. Your new MSI Mega Stick will improve the convenience of storing your personal data and the enjoyment of using various audio functions. We are proud to tell our users that MSI Mega Stick is thoroughly tested and certified by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.
USB Flash Disk – allows users to store personal data in MSI Mega Stick’s memory. Thank you for choosing MSI Mega Stick. We hope you will continue to turn to us for additional quality products as your personal needs and interests grow. How to Use This Guide This User’s Guide provides instructions and illustrations on how to install and operate your MSI Mega Stick.
Chapter 4, Basic Usage, describes how to use your new Mega Stick in a various way. It is recommended to read this chapter carefully before using Mega Stick. Appendix A, Specification, provides the specification and accessories of Mega Stick. Unpack1 3 2 4 1 6 1. Mega Stick (Portable Digital Audio Player) 2. Neck Strap Type Earphone 3. Driver Disk 4. USB Extension Cable 5. Quick Installation Guide 6.
Chapter 2. Getting Started Function Keys 1 5 2 8 11 12 3 4 6 7 9 10 1. Battery Cover Slide open to insert an AAA size battery here. 2. Hold Switch Switch to hold position to prevent any miss touching while Mega Stick is recording or playing. 3. USB Connector Cap Remove the cap when connecting the Mega Stick to the computer. 4. USB Connector Connect one end of the supplied USB extension cable here. 5. Power On/Off Press and hold to Power On or Off Mega Stick.
6. Volume+/- Press +/- button to increase or decrease the volume level. 7. MENU Press down the button or push it to the right or to the left to make various adjustment. 8. Fn Press to select FM station mode. Or, press to enable the section repeat function 9. REC Press to start or stop the FM or voice recording. 10. MIC Internal Microphone. 11. Earphone Jack Plug the supplied earphone here. 12. External MIC Jack Plug the external microphone here. LCD Display 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 1.
5. Repeat Mode Indicates the repeat mode that includes Normal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Shuffle, and Shuffle Repeat. 6. Equalizer Indicates the EQ mode settings that include Normal, Classical, POP, Rock, and Jazz. 7. Battery Status Indicates the Battery Status. 8. File Name Displays the current file name that is being played. Insert a Battery 1. Remove the USB connector cap 2. Slide open the battery cover. 3.
6. If you cannot read the Battery Status on the Display when the battery is inserted, please return to step 1 and once again make sure the battery is inserted into the correct alignment. Battery Consuming Reference Category of Battery Recording Playing AAA Alkaline Average 12 hours for Average 12 hours for 1280mA/hr battery voice or FM radio audio playback recording Note: 1. 2. Alkaline battery is recommended when using this Drive.
Chapter 3. Driver & Utility Installation Connecting Mega Stick to Your Computer 1. Remove the USB connector cap. 2. Plug one end of the supplied USB cable to your computer, and plug the other end to Mega Stick. 3. Once Mega Stick is connected to the computer, Mega Stick should be detected by the operation system automatically. Note: If the operation system of your computer is Windows 98SE, a hardware driver for Mega Stick will be required.
Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE only For Windows 98SE operation system, it will automatically detect the new hardware when Mega Stick is first connected to your computer. Please follow the following instructions to install the driver for Mega Stick. 1. Click Next to continue. 2. Select Search for the best driver for your device to continue.
3. Insert the provided disk, and select CD-ROM to continue. 4. Click Next to continue.
5. Click Finish, and the driver is installed successful.
Utility Installation MSI Mega Stick provides a useful utility for upgrading the latest firmware provided by MSI via Internet. To install this utility, simply insert the supplied disk into the computer, and then follow the on-screen instructions. 1. Click Next to continue. 2. Click Yes to continue.
3. Click Next to continue. 4. Click Next to continue.
5. Installation is on going. 6. Click Finish to continue.
7. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now. Using the Utility Once the Utility is installed, you will be able to updating a new firmware or format your Mega Stick with this Utility. Firmware Updating To update the firmware, download the latest firmware from MSI website first, and place the downloaded firmware under [Program files -> MSI -> MS-551X]. Now, follow the instructions below to update the new firmware: 1. Press and hold the Play/Pause button. 2.
connection is failed, you will not find [Player Recovery Device Class] appearing under [Device Manager]. At this time, please repeat step 1 and 2 again to try to connect Mega Stick to your computer one more time. 4. Now, release the Play/Pause Button. 5. Run the Update program by selecting [Start -> Programs -> MSI -> MS-551X] to load the firmware. 6. After loading firmware, you can see an update dialog.
7. Decide the Download options: Select Quick download to update the new firmware without formatting Mega Stick. Deselect Quick download to update the new firmware and format Mega Stick at the same time. 8. Press Start button to start updating the new firmware. Formatting Mega Stick To format Mega Stick, please refer the connecting instruction mentioned previously to connect Mega Stick to your computer first.
Chapter 4. Basic Usage Power On and Off 1. Press the Play/Pause「 」button once to turn the power on. 2. To power off Mega Stick, press and hold the Play/Pause「 」button until the power is switched off. Note that when pressing the Play/Pause 「 」button to power off Mega Stick, you will see a Power Off Status Bar appearing on the Display to show you the Power Off status, and note that it takes about three to five seconds to turn the power off. Editing Sound Tracks (Files) 1.
2. Remove the USB connector cap, and then plug one end of the supplied USB cable to your computer, and plug the other end to Mega Stick. 3. Once Mega Stick is connected to the computer, you will see the screen shown as below. 4. Go to Start Program 5. Select the desired sound tracks (files) from your own folder, and move them into Mega Stick. MSI MS-551X While the selected sound tracks (files) is transferring to Mega Stick, a message will shown as below.
2. During playback, press the Play/Pause「 」button again to pause the playback. Select the Next or Previous Track (File) 1. During playback, push the Menu button to the right once to skip to the next track. 2. Or, push the Menu button to the left once to skip back to the previous track. Fast-Forward or Rewind 1. During playback, push the Menu button to the right and hold the position to fast-forward the current track.
2. Or, push the Menu button to the left and hold the position to rewind the current track. Volume Adjustment 1. Press the Volume Up or Down button to adjust the playback volume. 2. You may check the LCD Display to see the Volume status. Delete a Track (File) 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right four times, and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display. 2.
screen. Delete All Tracks (Files) 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right four times, and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL MUSIC. 3. Once you read DEL ALL MUSIC on the screen, press down the Menu button, and then select Y to delete all music files. Note that it may take several seconds to delete all the files.
1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and you should read the message of EQ appearing on the Display. 3. Press down the Menu button once, and switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose the EQ mode between NORMAL, ROCK, JAZZ, CLASSICAL, and POP. 4. The default EQ setting is NORMAL mode.
1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and you should read the message of REPEAT appearing on the Display. 3. Press down the Menu button once, and switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose NORMAL, REPEAT ONE, REPEAT ALL, SHUFFLE, or SHUFFLE REP.
Select FM Radio Mode 1. Press and hold the Fn button located on the side of Mega Stick for one second to select FM Mode. 2. Or, you can press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right twice. 3. If you read the message of FM RADIO appearing on the Display, press down the Menu button once to select FM Radio Mode. 4. If you do not read the message of FM RADIO on the Display, please keep pushing the Menu button the to right until FM RADIO appears.
Select FM Station 1. Once the FM Radio Mode is selected, use the Menu button by pushing it to the right or to the left to select the desired station. 2. While you are searching for the desired station, you will read the frequency appearing on the Display. Storing a Favorite Station With this favorite station memory function, you will be able to store 10 favorite stations named from P01 to P10 into the memory of this Mega Stick USB Drive. 1. To store a favorite Station, select a desired frequency first.
selected favorite station number. 5. To set another favorite station, repeat step 1 to 4. Selecting the Stored Favorite Station 1. To select the stored favorite station, press the「 」button repeatedly. 2. Once the desired stored favorite station appears on the Display, release the 「 」button. Recording Radio Broadcast 1. Select a desired station frequency. 2. Press the REC「y」button once. 3. Once the REC「y」button is pressed, the selected station frequency will start being recorded.
is generated and place under the folder of [ /VOICE/ ]. The recording file name sequence starts from [ F001.WAV ], and then [F002.WAV ], and so forth. 4. To stop recording, press the REC「y」button or the Menu button again. 5. The maximum length of the recording depends on how much available memory space is left while recording. Play a Recorded FM Voice File 1.
Delete a Recorded FM Voice File 1. To delete a recorded FM voice File, press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right four times, and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right to select DEL VOICE. 3. All of the recorded FM voice file will be displayed by sequence.
2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL VOICE. 3. Once you read DEL ALL VOICE on the screen, press down the Menu button, and then select Y to delete all FM voice files. Note that it may take several seconds to delete all the files. Switch between Music Playback or FM mode Switch from Music Playback mode to FM mode During music playback, press and hold the Fn button located on the side of Mega Stick for one second to select FM Mode.
Voice Recording Mega Stick also works as a synchronizing recorder. your own voice, an interview or a speech, and so on. You can use it to record To do the voice Recording, please follow the steps shown below. Voice Recording Mega Stick provides two methods to proceed voice recording, follow the instruction below to learn these two methods. Method I 1. Press the REC「y」button located next to the Fn button to start voice recording function. 2.
Method II 4. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the left twice. 5. If you read the message of RECORD appearing on the Display, press down the Menu button again to start recording. 6. On the Display, users now should read that a recording file is generated and place under the folder of [ /VOICE/ ]. The recording file name sequence starts from [ V001.WAV ], and then [V002.WAV ], and so forth. 7.
Play a Recorded Voice File 1. To play a recorded voice file, press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right once, and now you should read the message of VOICE appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then use the Menu button to select a desired recorded voice file by pushing the Menu button to the right or to the left. 3. Once the desired voice file is selected, press the 「 」button to start playing the file. 4.
3. All of the recorded file will be displayed by sequence. Switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to select Y to erase the file shown on the Display, or select N to skip to the next file, or select EXIT to leave the current screen. Delete All Voice Files 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right four times, and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display. 2.
Language Learning Function Mega Stick enables users to listen to a particular sound track section playback repeatedly during music or voice playback. With this function, users will be able to pay more attention on the repeated section and to achieve the result of learning language. 1. To use this function, follow the instruction below: During music playback, find the starting point of the repeating playback that you wish to set, and press the Fn button once. 2.
the Fn button again, and the indication of A-B will disappear from the Display. Operation Menus Mega Stick provides a Menu switching button that includes most function designed for MSI Mega Stick. With this Menu switching button, in addition to switch between Music Playback, FM Radio or Recording mode, EQ setting or any other setting for Mega Stick can be also adjusted quickly and easily.
LANGUAGE Supports up to 10 different languages, however, the supported languages may vary from country to country. EXIT DELETE DEL MUSIC Delete a Music file each time (.mps / .wav) FILE DEL VOICE Delete a Voice or FM radio recording file each time (.wav) DEL ALL MUSIC Delete all Music file DEL ALL VOICE Delete all Voice or FM radio recording files EXIT ABOUT Showing Firmware Version and Memory Status RECORD EXIT 1.
4. Select FM RADIO by pressing down the Menu button to enter FM radio broadcasting mode. 5. Select SETTINGS by pressing down the Menu button to enter Setting mode. In Setting mode, you are able to make adjustment for various functions. Note: Adjustment for all items under the menu of settings can be made during music playback or when music playback is stopped. 6. Select DELETE FILE by pressing down the Menu button to delete music or voice files.
7. Select ABOUT to read the information of MSI Mega Stick, including the firmware version, total memory, and free memory. 8. Select RECORD to start recording through MIC or FM radio station. 9. Select EXIT to return to Music Playback mode. Other Settings Backlight Under this Backlight setting, you are able to set a time to turn off the backlight of the LCD Display automatically. 1.
appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select BACKLIGHT. Once the massage of BACKLIGHT appears on the screen, press down the Menu button again. 3. Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired time to turn off the backlight of the LCD Display. If select DISABLE, and the backlight of the LCD Display will be disabled. 4.
Contrast Under this Contrast setting, you are able to set the contrast of the Display. Under this Backlight setting, you are able to set a time to turn off the backlight of the Display automatically. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the right three times to select CONTRAST.
Power Off Under this Power Off setting, you are able to set a time to turn off Mega Stick automatically. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the right four times to select POWER OFF. Once the massage of POWER OFF appears on the screen, press down the Menu button again. 3.
4. When a selection is decided, press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection. Record Rate Under this Record Rate setting, you are able to set the Record Rate as your wish. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the left three times to select RECORD RATE.
4. When a selection is decided, press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection. Language Under this Language setting, you are able to select the language of the interface as your wish. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right three times, and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the left twice to select LANGUAGE.
4. When a selection is decided, press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection. Note: Mega Stick supports up to 10 different languages, however, please be noted that supported languages of the Mega Stick you purchase may vary from country to country. USB Flash Disk Mega Stick enables users to save personal data (files) in various formats to its memory. If you like, you can say that Mega Stick works as another hard disk, but a portable, small and exquisite one.
Appendix A. Specifications MSI Mega Stick 1 5 in 1 Multi-Functional Drive Target Dimension 95.7 (W) x 31(D) x 18.9(H) mm Target Weight 29 g without battery, 40g with battery Operation Temperature 0 °C ~ 45°C Storage Temperature -20°C ~ +70 °C Audio Spec Output: 60mW rms ( 30mW / channel) Frequency: 20 to 20K Hz SNR: >90dB LCD module Dimension: 29.5(L) x 11(W)mm ( 96 x 25 pixels) Memory Size 128 MB I/O Input 1. Stereo Audio- out, 3.5mm 2. Mono MIC - in, 3.5mm 3.
