PD - 450 - 01 PDHercules CDRW Jukebox User Manual Copyright 2003 Perception Digital Limited. All rights reserved.
CONTENTS ……………………………………………..……………….2 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................4 1.1 ABOUT PDHERCULES CDRW JUKEBOX..............................................4 1.2 SAFETY .............................................................................................6 1.3 TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND SPECIFICATION .................8 1.4.1 Setting up with your Hi-Fi or Amplifier ....................................10 1.4.2 Using the Headphone ..............
2.3.5 Format Hard Drive....................................................................29 3. SMARTMEDIATM CARD ...................................................................30 3.1 DOWNLOADING TO SMARTMEDIATM CARD .......................................30 3.2 BROWSING SMARTMEDIATM CARD ....................................................30 3.3 CHECKING SMARTMEDIATM CARD STORAGE ....................................30 3.4 FORMATTING SMARTMEDIATM CARD ................................................
1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the PDHercules CDRW Jukebox! PDHercules CDRW is a remarkable readable and writable digital recordable jukebox that follows on the successful launch of the PDHercules Digitable Jukebox series. It allows you to select your own digital music and burn it on a CD without a computer. This is yet another step merging digital entertainment with conventional home audio system. Now storing and making your own CD is easier than ever. 1.
High Speed Transfer of MP3 CD With MP3 data CD, CDRW Jukebox even rips at a greater speed. The entire MP3 data could be transferred to the hard drive in a minute and songs are transferred in terms of a few seconds. Large Hard Drive Storage Transfomring the conventional storage media, CDRW Jukebox is equipped with a hard drive for hundreds of hours of digital music. Depending on your model, the hard drive size ranges from 20GB, 40GB, 60GB or more.
1.2 SAFETY This unit employs a laser. Due to the risk of eye injury, only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. Never make or change connections when the power is still switched on. Important Safety Instructions: 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6.
14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any ways, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or object has fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. If the Jukebox suddenly froze or has no response, it may be caused by electrostatic phenomenon. In this circusmstances, please follow the procedures below for recovery: 1.
1.3 TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND SPECIFICATION Main Unit Physical Size Weight (Net) Weight (Gross) Hard Drive Capacity LCD Electrical AC Voltage Max Power Supported Playable Format Compatible CD Type Audio Format Data Format Supported Recording Format Audio Format Writable CD Type Data Format Others Data Transfer Port Output Media Digital Audio Out Analog Audio In/Out Database Digital Audio Format Frequency Range Signal to Noise Ratio Total Harmonic Distortion 430 x 300 x 95 mm (L x W x Ht.) 6 kg 7.
Remote Unit LCD Communication Battery Visual Area Size: 70mm x 40.
1.4 SETTING UP 1.4.1 Setting up with your Hi-Fi or Amplifier PDHercules CDRW Jukebox requires you to connect to a Hi-Fi system or an amplifier for audio output. Another option is to listen to the music via the headphone connection on the front. (1) Locate the audio output jack at the back of the Jukebox. (2) Connect the Jukebox’s audio output to a Hi-Fi or amplifier’s line-in input using the provided RCA cable.
1.4.2 Using the Headphone You can choose not to connect the Jukebox to an amplifier and still enjoy the music via the headphone jack located in the front panel. (1) Prepare a headphone and connect it to the headphone jack located in the front panel. Note: Please beware that the volume could be very loud. Turn the volume down before you put the headphone close to your ears. 1.4.3 Accessories With your purchase, you will find the following items included along with your main unit.
1.5 Maintenance Clean the Jukebox with a soft lint-free cloth. Do not use any cleaning agents as they may have a corrosive effect. Do not expose the Jukebox or batteries to humidity, rain, direct sunlight or excessive heat. It is not recommended to turn off the Jukebox power using the switch on the back. Keeping it in the sleep mode when not in use is a better maintenance practice.
2. USING CDRW Jukebox 2.1 Learning the Operations This section guides you step by step to the functions, features and operations of the CDRW Jukebox using the remote. Buttons share on the main unit operates the same as the remote. 2.1.1 Powering On-Off Power On (1) Turn on the MAIN POWER switch at the back of CDRW Jukebox. (2) Press POWER to turn on the Jukebox. It will go through a system checking progress. Power Off (1) Press POWER once to turn off the Jukebox. It will go into sleep mode.
2.1.2 Using Gracenote CDDB® A2 For Matching CD Title The upgradable Gracenote CDDB® Service is an excellent feature that has over 425,000 album titles and tracks information ready in the jukebox to help you in identifying the content of your CD. We are among the first hard drive based consumer electronics that has incorporated this off-line database for your convenience. For Recording (1) Press EJECT to open the CD tray. (2) Insert CD and close the tray.
2.1.3 Recording User can record directly from CD, MP3 CD, or various line-in sources with different speed and compression rate. Recording the Entire CD (1) In the main menu, select CD. (2) Press REC to enter the record menu. (3) Select compress bit rate (Optional). Please ( ) to choose from 128kbps, 320kbps, or CD Quality. (4) Scroll up to select your recording option. Rapid Archive, Compress, or Play and Compress. (5) Press REC to begin recording.
c. Recording a new CD under an existing artist will automatically append all the songs to the artist in alphabetic order. d. If you record the same CD twice, the files will be doubled under the same file name. This does not apply to MP3 CD. Line-In Recording CDRW Jukebox allows you to record other sources such as MD, tape or vinyl record via line-in input. (1) Connect your music source output to the CDRW Jukebox audio input jacks located in the back of the unit. (2) In the main menu, select Line-In.
2.1.4 Play from CD Play Entire CD (1) Press EJECT to open the CD tray. (2) Insert CD. (3) Press EJECT to close the CD tray. (4) Select CD, press ENTER to begin playing the entire CD. Play Selected Song from CD (1) Select CD, press ENTER to browse tracks. (2) Select the desired song. (3) Press ENTER to begin playing the selected song and onwards. 2.1.5 Play from Hard Drive There are five options in playing from the hard drive. HDD(Album), HDD(Artist), Playlist, Last 20 and Top 20.
Selecting Play by HDD(Artist) Play Entire Hard Drive by Artist (4) In the main menu, select HDD(Artist). (2) Press ( ) to begin playing every song in the hard drive. Play Selected Album (1) In the main menu, select HDD(Artist). (5) Press ENTER to browse artists available. (6) Select the desired artist name. (4) Press ( ) to begin playing every song in the artist selected. Play Selected Song (1) In the main menu, select HDD(Artist). (2) Press ENTER to browse artists available.
Play by Last 20 and Top 20 CDRW Jukebox automatically stores all your favorite last 20 and top 20 songs played. (1) In the main menu, select Last 20 or Top 20. (2) Press ( ) to play the entire list. Or Press ENTER to select the desired song. (3) Press ( ) to play the selected song.
2.1.6 Burning CD Burn Audio CD (1) Insert a CD-RW for audio or a blank CD-R for audio to the Jukebox CDRW drive (2) In the main menu, select HDD(Album) or HDD(Artist) using the UP and DOWN arrow key. Then press ENTER to go into the album/artist menu. (3) In the album/artist menu, select the desired album to be burned and press BURN CD on the remote. (4) It’ll ask you to burn audio CD or data CD. Select Audio CD and press ENTER to confirm.
CD Burning Burning… 23% Burn MP3 Data CD (1) Insert a CD-RW for audio or CD-R for audio to the Jukebox CD-RW drive. (2) In the main menu, select HDD(Album) or HDD(Artist) using the UP and DOWN arrow key. (3) Then press ENTER to go into the album/artist menu. (4) In the album/artist menu, select the desired album to be burned and press BURN CD on the remote. (5) It’ll ask you to burn audio CD or data CD. Select Data CD and press ENTER to confirm.
After the confirmation, the LCD on the main unit shows the progress of the CD burning process in percentage. CD Burning Burning… 43% Blank CD Blanking a CD means you would like to disregard the previous content on a disc to have a fresh start. This is especially required when you want to burn MP3 data on a disc already filled with audio tracks or vice versa. Blanking CD only applies to CD-RW for audio. (1) In the main menu, select System. Press “Enter”.
2.1.7 Searching (Album, Artist or Song) CDRW Jukebox allows you to search album, artist, song using key word search. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Press SEARCH. Select search by Album, Artist or by Song. Press ENTER. Use the T9 buttons to enter the name. When finished, press SAVE. Display will show matched result when successful. Press ENTER to view album or press ( ) to begin playing the song. (6) When there is no match, no result will be displayed. Please repeat the search with different information. 2.1.
(5) A default playlist name will be given. If desired to edit the playlist name, press ENTER for the cursor to appear. (6) Use ( ) and ( ) button to move the cursor and use the CLEAR button for erasing entry. (7) Press SAVE to store the new playlist name when finished. 2.1.10 Using Temporary List Temporary list is a temporary place for storing all your selections ready for rapid archive, compress or SmartMediaTM Card download. For SmartMediaTM Card download, only compressed files are allowed.
2.1.11 Editing Files (Album, Artist, Song or Playlist) (1) To edit a file name, select the file and press CDDB/INFO. (2) Press ENTER for the cursor to appear. (3) Use ( ) and ( ) button to move the cursor left and right and use the ( ) and ( ) button to move the cursor up and down. Use the CLEAR button to erase characters. (4) Enter the desired title using the T9 buttons group. The T9 buttons are the numeric keys located on the bottom of the remote with alphabets.
2.1.14 Play Mode CDRW Jukebox offers five different play modes. They are Normal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Random and Intro. (1) Press the MODE button to display the current play mode. (2) Press MODE again for the next selection. Release the button and the screen will automatically jumps back to previous menu. 2.1.15 Jukebox Status You can check the Jukebox status anytime. It gives you a quick access from the remote to the current operations of the Jukebox. (1) Press the STATUS button anytime.
2.2 Additional Features This section shows you some of the CDRW Jukebox functions that are not frequently used, but you may need it sometimes. 2.2.1 Compressing Files Stored in Hard Drive You can choose to compress archived songs instantly without waiting for the Jukebox to enter into sleep mode. This only applies to songs that are uncompressed, usually happens when you have just finished archived an audio CD. Uncompressed songs has a music note in front, compressed songs has a music note with a ‘M’ tail.
2.3 System Information There are various system options and information available in the CDRW Jukebox. (1) In the Main Menu, select System. (2) Press ENTER. (3) The System Menu gives you five options. Voice Prompt, Capacity, Version Number, Record Setting and Format HDD. 2.3.1 Voice Prompt You can choose to disable every voice prompt, disable the voice greeting only or enable all. (1) In the Main Menu, select System. Press ENTER. (2) Select Voice Prompt. Press ENTER.
2.3.4 Record Setting You can change the CD and line-in record compression rate here. (1) (2) (3) (4) In the Main Menu, select System. Press ENTER. Select Record Setting. Press ENTER. To change CD recording compression rate, select CD Recording. Press the ENTER button to change among 128kbps, 320kbps and CD Quality. (5) To change line-in recording compression rate, select Line-In Recording. (6) Press the ENTER button to change among 128kbps, 320kbps and Original Quality. 2.3.
3. SmartMediaTM Card CDRW Jukebox supports 32MB and 64MB SmartMediaTM Card download. Note: Uploading from SMC to Jukebox is not supported. 3.1 Downloading to SmartMediaTM Card Insert a SmartMediaTM Card into the card slot. Select a compressed song to be downloaded and press REC. The only option here is to download to SMC. Press ENTER to confirm. To download more than one song, press the MARK button to select all desired songs. (5) When finished, press PROG.
3.4 Formatting SmartMediaTM Card (1) Insert a SmartMediaTM Card into the card slot. (2) In main menu, select SMC. Press DEL to enter the format menu. (3) While “YES” is highligted, press ENTER to confirm, or use the ( ) key to highlight “NO” and press ENTER to cancel. Note: Once the SmartMediaTM Card is formatted, all the information will be permanently removed.
4. Jockey for CDRW Jukebox 4.1 About Jockey Jockey is a software which is developed for CDRW Jukebox hard drive management. You can use this software to download MP3 files from your computer via the USB connection; edit and delete files; match untitled albums; and create new playlists in the hard drive. 4.2 Installing Jockey for CDRW Jukebox (1) Insert CD onto your PC. The CD will be automatically run. (2) Follow the instructions to finish the installation. he Jukebox II content in the hard drive".
4.3 Setting Up Jockey for CDRW Jukebox (1) System requirement: Before installing Jockey software, please make sure your computer satisfies the following requirements: - Windows 98, 2000 or XP - Pentium II 200 - 64MB RAM - 500MB harddisk space (2) Connect the Jukebox and your PC with a USB cable. The main unit LCD will display ‘USB’. This means that the jukebox is ready in the USB download mode. (3) In your Window, Go to Start | Program | Jockey for Digital Recordable CDRW Jukebox.
4.4 Using Jockey This section explains to you the functions and features of Jockey. 4.4.1 Downloading MP3 Files from PC (1) After initiated Jockey, you will see your PC files on the File Window (on the left) and the Jukebox Content Window located on the right. (2) Highlight the MP3 files you would like to transfer from the PC. You can select the entire folder, multiple files or a single file. (3) Just drag and drop the selection to the Jukebox Content Window. Files will be transferred automatically.
4.4.2 Matching Untitled Album via Gracenote CDDB®* On-line Database (1) Click on the Gracenote CDDB® icon on the tool bar. (2) If you have not already registered with Gracenote CDDB® on-line service, it will prompt for registration. Please follow the instructions to register. (3) Jockey will automatically detects any unmatched album in the jukebox and ask if you would like to match them automatically.
4.4.3 Creating Playlist Using Jockey (1) Click the PLAYLIST icon on the tool bar. The Playlist Editor Window will pop up. (2) Click CREATE PLAYLIST to create a new playlist. (3) Enter your new playlist name. (4) Highlight the files you would like to include in the new playlist from the All Song in Jukebox Window (on the left). (5) Just drag and drop the files onto the Song in Playlist Window (on the lower right). (6) Click Finish when done. 4.4.
4.4.7 File Playback You can playback MP3 and WMA file on your PC by selecting the file on the left window and double click or press the PLAY button on the tool bar. 4.4.8 Jukebox Firmware Upgrade The jockey is equipped with the firmware upgrade function. This function enables you to enhance your jukebox or to obtain new features. (1) Click on Firmware Upgrade from the pull down menu; select software upgrade.
CD Update You can choose to burn a CD with the updated CDDB content if you have problem in connecting the jukebox to your PC. (1) In the CDDB update assistant, choose CD Update. (2) You will be asked to enter the unique device ID. (3) To find the unique device ID, go to main menu of the jukebox, select System, then select Version. You can view the device ID in the version menu. (4) You can start the update process after entering the ID. Click UPDATE to start the update process.
5. Trouble Shooting If you are having difficulties with your CDRW Jukebox, we recommend that you run through the following checklist or visit our website for more technical support before sending it for servicing. It could be that you simply overlooked a crucial step. 1. I cannot power on the CDRW Jukebox + Make sure the CDRW Jukebox is connected to a power supply and the power switch at the back panel is turned on. + The USB cable should not be connected.
8. I have started the burning process but I have changed my mind and would like to stop the burning process. How should I do that ? + You may press “Stop” button at any moment during the burning process, a screen showing that the CDRW Jukebox is busy and you may press “Stop” button again to stop the burning problem. However, aborting a burning process may render a CD-R unusable or unreadable. 9. As far as I know, I can burn a file, an album, a playlist or the last/top 20 lists to a CD.
6. Appendix A1. MPEG Layer 3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON Multimedia. The PDHercules Digital Recordable Jukebox comes preinstalled with a CD database system. It can recognize the album titles, song names and artists. This system does not require the Jukebox to be online to work. The database includes the most popular CDs information in the past 10 years, and can be upgraded via CD Upgrade from time to time.
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