RCA M5001/M5002 User’s Manual REV 1.
FCC Information • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio / TV FCC Information technician for help. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, Also, the Federal Communications Commission has and (2) This device must accept any interference prepared a helpful booklet, "How To Identify and received including interference which may cause Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems.
Safety Information RCA M5001 RCA M5002 Equipment tested for compliance as a complete unit Equipment tested for compliance as a complete unit Product Registration Electrical Consumption Please fill out the product registration card and return it immediately. Returning this card allows us to contact you if needed. Lithium ion polymer rechargeale battery Note: Do not separately recharge, disassemble, incinerate, or expose to high temperature.
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Table of Contents FCC Information ...................................................i View Photo ...................................................... 17 Slideshow ........................................................ 18 Safety Information ............................................... ii Rotate Photo.................................................... 18 End User License Agreement............................. iii Puzzle ..............................................................
How to Use This Manual This User’s Manual provides instructions and illustrations on how to install and operate your M5001/M5002. We assume that your operating system is at least Windows ME / 2000 / XP, and you are capable to follow the step-by-step instructions to install the utility of M5001/M5002. For users who are not able to manage the OS properly, it is suggested to learn more about Microsoft Windows by referring to your Microsoft Windows manual before installing the provided utility.
Safety Instructions 1. Always read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User’s Manual 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 arise, 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 M5001/M5002. The new M5001/M5002 will improve the convenience of listening music, viewing photos/ videos, and sharing data. We are proud to tell our users that M5001/M5002 is thoroughly tested and certified by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.
USB Storage Device – allows users to store data needed in M5001/M5002. (The capacity depends on the model you bought.) Hold Switch – M5001/M5002 has a Hold Switch, which locates on the side for preventing any accidental operation while recording or playing. Once the Hold Switch is switched to lock position, all function keys on are disabled instantly. Unpack Please check if you have all the accessories included when you open the packing box.
Chapter 2. Getting Started Overview 1. Display Screen Read status and information at this window. 2. MIC Internal Microphone. 3. Exit/ Press it to exit to higher level menu. Submenu Hold it for two seconds to display available options. Options will vary depending on what menu is displayed. Some menus will not display options. 4. Play/Pause Press it to play selected track. While playing press it to pause and press again to resume playback.
7. Up Volume Up 8. Down Volume Down 9. Left Previous/Rewind Press it to select among items. During playback, press it to increase volume level. Press it to select among items. During playback, press it to decrease volume level. Press it to select among options. During playback, press it to go the previous track, or press and hold to rewind within a track. 10. Right Next/Forward Press it to select among options.
5. Clock Shows the time (adjustment required). 6. Battery Status Shows the status of the battery capacity. Normal Playback Mode A. Function Displays current function. B. Play/Pause Displays music or recording files playback status. C. Track Name Displays name of selected track. D. Album Name Displays album name of the track (info edited required). E. Artist Name Displays name of the singer or the player (info edited required). F. Equalizer Shows the equalizer bar of current playback. G.
Battery Recharge M5001/M5002 comes with a Lithium ion polymer rechargeable battery. To charge the Li-ion battery, follow the instructions below: 1. On the bottom side of M5001/M5002, you could see a USB (B type, female) port. 2. Do not turn on M5001/M5002. Plug mini USB (B type, male) end of supplied USB cable to M5001/M5002, and USB (A type, male) end to your computer. 3. While recharging is on going, you would see battery is full of power, you would see icon on the display. When the icon.
Lock Switch M5001/M5002 has a Lock Switch to avoid accidental operation. Slide it to lock position while power is on, and all function keys are disabled. Slide it to unlock to continue. If the switch is at lock position, M5001/M5002 can not be turned on. Unlock it to continue. Utility CD M5001/M5002 package includes a Utility CD. Insert the supplied CD into your CD-ROM, and the CD will auto run. On computer screen, you will see the display shown as below.
Chapter 3. Connect and Disconnect Connect to Computer Note: If the Windows Media Player on your computer is below version 10, upgrade it via Internet beforehand, to help system recognize M5001/M5002 in MTP mode. Note: Power up the device to establish USB connection if the unit is in battery charging mode. Make sure the lock key is in Unlock position. 1. On the bottom side of M5001/M5002, you could see a USB (B type, female) port. 2.
Chapter 4. Basic Usage This chapter introduces the basic usages of M5001/M5002. Please read carefully to know how to operate your device. Note that the figures below are for reference only. Power On Before operation, you have to turn on the device first. Follow the steps below to turn on M5001/M5002. 1. Press Play/ Pause button 2. The screen will display the Start Logo. 3. Then you will see the Main Menu on the screen, the once. device is ready to function.
Music Music Playback M5001/M5002 supports MP3, WAV, WMA and WMA format with DRM audio. Follow the steps below to enjoy music. 1. To play music/ voice, select and enter the Music option on Main Menu. 2. Then press or button to select how you want to sort the music files. - Select All List to play all music files stored. - Select Artist to select all songs of an artist. - Select Album to select an album to play. - Select Record to play files recorded by the device.
Add Songs to Playlist In M5001/M5002, you can edit personal playlist to include your favorite songs. Follow the steps below. 1. In playback mode or on Music file list, press button for 2 seconds to call submenu. 2. Select the Add to PL item and press OK key to activate. 3. Press or button to select a Playlist number where you want to add the song to. 4. Press OK key to save, and you will see “Saving” message. 5. Repeat steps 1-4 to add more songs to the playlist if needed.
Remove a Song from Playlist 1. Select and enter the Music item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Playlist you want edit. 3. Use or button to select a song to delete, and press button for 2 seconds to call submenu. 4. Select Delete in the submenu and press OK key to delete selected song from playlist. Note: the song still remains in the device, only be removed from playlist. Delete a Song from Device 1. Select and enter the Music item in Main Menu. 2. Select the folder where the song locates. 3.
Lyric Function On/ Off M5001/M5002 supports lyric display. If you stored songs with lyric files, you can turn on the lyric to read by the steps below. 1. In playback mode, call submenu. 2. Select the Lyric On item and press OK key to confirm, you can read the lyric as the track is playing. (if lyric function is already on, you will see Lyric Off) 3. To turn off the function, choose Lyric Off option. SRS WOW M5001/M5002 supports SRS WOW effect.
Set EQ M5001/M5002 provides various EQ modes, such as POP, Rock, Jazz, and Classical. You can choose as following steps to increase the enjoyment of listening to music and to meet your personal needs. 1. In playback mode, call submenu. 2. Select and enter EQ item. 3. Use Up or Down key to select Normal, POP, Rock, Jazz or Classical, then press OK key to confirm. Note: Once EQ is enabled, the SRS(WOW) settings will be disabled at the same time. Set Repeat Mode 1. In playback mode, call submenu. 2.
Photo M5001/M5002 supports JPEG graphics (up to 8 mega pixels) and provides slideshow function. View Photo 1. To view photos stored on M5001/M5002, select Photo option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter the photo function. 2. Select and press OK key on a file to view, then thumbnails of stored first 12 photos will show on display. (Select and enter a folder where the photo belongs first if necessary.) 3. Use Up or Down key to select a thumbnail, then press OK key to view the photo in full screen.
Slideshow You can have the JPEG files slideshow on M5001/M5002. 1. While viewing one photo, press slideshow. There will be a button to start icon at the bottom right corner of the display. 2. To stop slideshow, press be a button again. And there will icon at the bottom right corner of the display. Note: You can set how long each image to be displayed, refer to Setting - Slide Interval. Note: You can also set to have photos slideshow after performing rotation when necessary.
Puzzle You can play puzzle with the stored photo. 1. While viewing one photo, call submenu. Select Puzzle option and press OK key. The photo will be cut in pieces, one piece will be cut down as a black box, and the others will be moved and placed in wrong order. 2. Use direction keys to move the pieces near the black box and have the photo restored. Ex: press up key to bring the piece below the box upwards; press right key to move the piece at the left of the box to right. (Quit by press button once.
Video Play Video M5001/M5002 supports .MOV video files encoded with M-JPEG up to a resolution of 128x160 and 12 frames per second (fps). 1. To play video files stored on M5001/M5002, select Video option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter the video function. 2. Select a video file on the file list and press OK key to play the selected file. (Select and enter a folder where the video locates first if necessary.) 3. Press button to pause or resume the video playback.
Notes Read *.txt File M5001/M5002 supports reading .txt and .lrc Unicode files. 1. To read text files stored on M5001/M5002, select Notes option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter the Notes function. 2. Select a text file on the file list and press OK key to read it. (Select and enter a folder where the video belongs first if necessary.) 3. Press or key to read the complete text. Note: If you want to delete text files on the file list, please refer to “Music - Delete a Song from Device” section.
FM Radio Listen to FM Ratio M5001/M5002 supports FM radio function.Follow steps below to enjoy FM radio. 1. To listen to the FM radio broadcast by M5001/M5002, select the Radio option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. (Also, the earphones have to be plugged, they are the antenna of M5001/M5002) 2. In the very first time performing FM function, you will see “Searching…” message on the display. The system will search for stations available and set as default channels. 3.
Customize Channels/ Auto-Scan You can also set channels at your preference. And if you go to different region, you can perform Auto Preset to scan available stations. 1. Adjust the frequency to the station you need, call submenu, and select Save CH option. 2. Press up or down key to select a channel number from 1 to 15, and press OK key to confirm saving the frequency to the station selected. 3. To automatically scan and save radio stations again, call submenu, and select Auto Preset option.
Browser M5001/M5002 provides an easy access to file management. The file browser can open and arrange files stored on the device. Browse Contents In Browser, you can open video, music, photo, note files which are readable by each function page. 1. Select Browser option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select the file you want to browse and press OK key to open selected file. (Select and enter a folder where the file locates first if necessary.) 3.
Setting Enter Setting Menu, you can adjust all the options and allow M5001/M5002 to meet your needs. 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. Lyric On/ Off M5001/M5002 supports lyric display. If you store songs with lyric files, you can turn on the lyric to read lyric by the steps below. 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select Lyric on the sub menu and press OK key to enter. 3.
SRS M5001/M5002 supports SRS effect. WOW is a special combination of SRS audio technologies that creates a thrilling experience with deep rich bass from sound source. Note that when SRS is enabled, the EQ settings will be disabled at the same time. 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select SRS on the sub menu and press OK key to enter. 3. Select On and press OK key to confirm. 4. To turn off the effect, choose Off option. 5.
Set EQ M5001/M5002 provides POP, Rock, Jazz, and Classical EQ modes. Note: Once EQ is enabled, SRS settings will be disabled at the same time. 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select and enter EQ item. 3. Use or key to select Normal, POP, Rock, Jazz or Classical, then press OK key to confirm. Set Repeat Mode 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select the Repeat item. 3.
Record Settings 1. Select Setting option on Main Menu and press OK key to enter. 2. Select and enter Record option. 3. Select and enter the Quality item. 4. Select one of the options by your needs. 5. You can set the record file type to be MP3 or WAV by selecting the options in File Type, then press OK key to confirm. Note: WAV files usually have the quality close to original, while MP3 files usually cost less capacity. 6.
Slide Settings You can set how long each image is displayed. 1. Select and enter Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select and enter Slide Interval item. 3. Select one from the options to meet your needs. 4. Press button once to go back to upper level. Select and enter Slide Repeat item. 5. Select On or Off and press OK key to set if repeat the slideshow. 6. Press button once to go back to upper level. Select and enter Transitions item. Select an option, then press OK key to confirm.
Radio Region Due to the Radio in Japan is different from the other regions in the world, set Radio Region to Japan first to enable listening to FM radio if you were in Japan,. 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Radio Region item. 3. Select Japan if you were in Japan. Or, select World, then press OK key to confirm. Power Off You can set the timer under Power Off setting to turn off M5001/M5002 automatically. After the selected period, M5001/M5002 will stop playing and be off. 1.
Backlight Off Backlight timer program can save the power. After having been idle for selected period, the device will cease backlight. Press any button to have backlight on. 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Backlight Off item. 3. Select one from the options to meet your needs, then press OK key to confirm. Brightness 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Brightness item. 3. Adjust the brightness setting, then press OK key to confirm.
Language 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Language item. 3. Select a language you want to use, then press OK key to confirm.
Date and Time 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Date/Time item. 3. To adjust how you want the time to be displayed, select the Time Format item, and then select 12 hour or 24 hour format. 4. Select Set Time or Set date to change the time or date settings. 5. The current set time or date is displayed. 6. Set time or date, then press OK key to confirm. Note: the date will be applied to the file name of FM/ Line-In/ Mic recording.
Master Reset 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Master Reset item. 3. Select the Yes item, then press OK key to confirm. Info 1. Select the Setting item in Main Menu. 2. Select the Info item. 3. You can read device information on the screen.
Record Line-In Recording M5001/M5002 has a build-in encoder. With this encoder, you can record external audio via Line-In Jack. First of all, plug one end of Line-In cable to the Audio-out jack of a Walkman, Computer, Radio, TV, or other Audio Equipments, and plug the other end to the Line-In jack of M5001/M5002. Note: During Music Playback, you have to pause the song that is currently playing to start Recording. 1. Select to encode audio to MP3 or WAV format by Setting -> Record -> File Type. 2.
Microphone Recording M5001/M5002 has a built in Microphone, which can also works as a synchronizing recorder. In other words, you can use it to record your voice in either an interview or a speech. To proceed Microphone Recording, follow the steps below. Note: During Music Playback, you have to pause the song that is currently playing to start Recording. 1. Press A-B[•] button to start recording. 2. On the display, a recording file should be generated and placed under [RECORD] folder.
Language Learning Function M5001/M5002 enables users to listen to a particular section repeatedly during music or voice playback. With this function, users will be able to pay attention to the repeated section and to achieve the result of language learning. 1. Press A-B[•] button to set the starting point when playback. The A- icon will appear on the middle bottom of the screen. 2. Press A-B[•] button again to set the terminal point. The A-B icon will appear on the screen.
Synchronize Songs Once the Windows Media Player Plug-in of M5001/M5002 has been installed (from the supplied CD), refer to steps below to synchronize: Note: If the version of Windows Media Player on your computer is below 10, upgrade it via Internet beforehand. 1. Execute Windows Media Player 10 to manage your music files and edit playlist. If the music files have no information, you can also edit them to allow the player can sort files via information before playback. 2.
5. Click the Start Sync button in the List pane, and you can see the process.
More Information Troubleshooting Tips Cannot playback tracks on the player. z Make sure audio tracks are encoded in the mp3 or Windows Media formats at supported bitrates. Bitrates support by the player: mp3 – 32 to 320 kbps wma – 48 to 192 kbps z WMA files may be DRM protected and you don’t have the proper rights (license) to play the files. z Check the website and/or application help system of the music download service provider from where the content was purchased from for license acquisition details.
U.S. Warranty What your warranty covers: z Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: z One year from date of purchase. The warranty period for rental units begins with the first rental or 45 days from date of shipment to the rental firm, whichever comes first. What we will do: z Provide you with a new, or at our option, a refurbished unit. The exchange unit is under warranty for the remainder of the original product’s warranty period.
U.S. Warranty Product Registration: • Please complete and mail the Product registration Card packed with your unit. It will make it easierto contact you should it ever be necessary. The return of the card is not required for warranty coverage. Limitation of Warranty: • THE WARRANTY STATED ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT. ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
