Pic ’N Roll Digital Music Player MP313X User’s Manual http://www.truly.net http://www.picnroll.
Overview Welcome to the World of Pic ’N Roll! We are pleased that you have chosen the Pic ’N Roll MP313X Digital Photo & Audio Player. Please be sure to read this manual carefully before using this unit. Safety Instructions Please read this manual carefully before using this product for the first time. 1. This electronic unit is of high precision. Please do not try to disassemble this unit yourself. 2. Do not subject this unit to severe impact. 3.
9. Dispose of this unit and its accessories according to your local environmental regulations. 10. If you have any problems when using this unit, please contact your local dealer or our customer service center. Declarations 1. Truly Electronics Mfg. Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any damaged or loss data caused by accidental deletion of data as a result of malfunction, repairs or battery replacement. Making backups of important data on other media to protect against data loss is strongly recommended.
FCC Notice: 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. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesirable operation.
Contents 1. Introduction a) Product Features b) Package Contents c) System Requirements d) Connecting to your computer e) Specifications 8 8 10 10 11 12 2. Controls a) Controls/Jacks b) LCD Display c) Power 13 13 18 19 3.
Contents c) FM Radio (1) Searching and storing a station (2) Search settings (3) FM recording (4) Delete a station d) Games (1) Slide pictures (2) Push box (3) Calculator (4) How to use options menu while you are playing a game? e) E-book (1) How to use bookmark list? (2) How to set auto flipping, auto flipping speed and locate page? (3) How to enjoy radio or music when you are reading an E-book? f) Browse pictures g) System Setup h) Memory management 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 37 37 39 40 41 42 43 45 44 4.
Contents 6. Installing, using and uninstalling TRULY MP313X softwares 52 7.
1.Introduction a) Product Features 64,000 Color LCD • 1.8” Color Display with Photo Browser • Holds 2500+ JPEG images (Based on 500KB average file size) MP3, WMA, Secured WMA Playback • High quality digital audio playback. • Stores up to 250 songs (128KBps) Lyric Display • Edit and input lyric with the included software to display during song playback on your MP313X. FM Radio • 30 Preset Channels / Direct Recording of FM boardcasting SD Card Slot • Memory expandable to 2GB with a 1GB SD card.
Voice Recorder • One-touch operation. Record lectures, seminars, and personal voice memos with the one-touch recording button. VAD option will activate/deactivate recording based on the player’s preset volume level. This option is best for recording long session with interval of silences. Text Viewer • Use this feature to view saved text files. Removable Drive • This unit can be used as a removable disk drive without the need to install a driver. (Windows 98 & Mac users will require to install the driver.
b) Package Contents Please check the accessories in the package. Contact your local dealer for any missing accessories.
d) Connecting to your Computer Connect the smaller connector of the supplied USB cable into the USB jack on the unit, and the large connector to a USB port on your computer. ATTENTION! WINDOWS 98 USERS: To avoid installation problem, complete installing the driver from the included CD-ROM before connecting the MP313X to the PC.
e) Specifications Model Storage media Interface Transmission speed Record format Bit rate WMA sampling frequency Recording length Display Battery : MP313X : 1GB Built-in Flash memory : USB2.0 Full Speed : > 600KBps : MP3 : MP3 (8Kbps~384Kbps) WMA (32Kbps~192Kbps) : support up to 44.
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(1) Shoulder Strap Hoop Play and Pause track. (2) Microphone Built-in microphone for voice recording. (3) EQ Mode / Play Mode / Bookmarks When in play mode, press to change the EQ mode. When in E-book mode, press to place a bookmark. (4) REC (loop repeating) When in play mode, press to start loop repeating; When in FM mode, press to start FM recording. When in other modes except play and FM, press to start quick recording. (5) MENU / HOLD When in working modes, press to show the options menu.
(6) Power ( ) / Escape (ESC) When the unit is off, press and hold to turn on this unit. When the unit is on, press and hold to turn off this unit. When in a submenu, press to go back to the higher-level menu. (7) Previous / Rewind ( ) Press to go to the previous track. When in play mode, press and hold to search within the current track. When setting the time, press to move the cursor. When setting EQ, press to change EQ mode. When manually searching a station, press to decrease the frequency.
(9) / (10) Volume Up ( + ) / Volume Down ( – ) When in play mode, press to adjust volume. When setting an EQ, press to adjust the value of a selected frequency. When in a menu, press to move the cursor. When in game mode, press to move up / down. (11) Play ( ) / Pause ( ) / Confirm When in standby mode, press to play. When in play or recording mode, press to pause. When in pause mode, press to resume. When in a menu, press to select and enter.
(15) USB jack / recharge jack When used as a USB jack, connect this unit to your computer using the supplied USB cable. When used as a recharge jack, connect this unit to a charger using the supplied USB cable. (16) RESET When the player is not functioning properly or down, press to restart the player. (17) SD card slot Insert an SD card in this slot.
b) LCD Display Playing Lock Music icon Volume Progress bar of playing EQ mode SD card Battery status No. of songs Elapse time Current folder Title Left/right stereo channel Paly mode or loop repeating Total No. of frequencies Current frequency no.
c) Power There are two ways to recharge the battery: (a) connect this unit to the USB port of your computer using the supplied USB cable, press and hold REC button. (b) connect this unit to the charger using the supplied USB cable, as shown in the figure: MP3 Player Charger LED Indicator light USB Cable Note: 1. When the battery is being recharged, the battery icon in the display will flash. When the battery is fully recharged, the battery icon stops flashing and a full battery icon is displayed.
2. It takes approximately 3 hours to fully recharge a battery. To achieve better battery performance, we recommend charging the unit for an extra hour. If the battery is fully recharged avoid keeping this unit connected to the charger for a long tome. Recharge a battery for 5 hours after its first fully discharge.
a) Playing Music In the main menu, as shown in figure 1, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “Play music” icon, press ] to select and enter the directory or music list, [ as shown in figure 2, press [+/–] to select a directory ] to play. When playing, the or a track and press [ lyric will be displayed when available, as shown in figure 3. When in play mode, “ ”as well as the volume levels of the left/right stereo channels are shown on the display, press [ ] to pause and the icon will change to “ ”.
Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 (1) How to set EQ modes, repeat modes and synchronized lyric display? In play mode, press [MENU] to enter the music options menu. Press [+/–] to select EQ Adjust / Repeat Mode / EQ Mode (figure 4).
EQ adjust : Press [+/–] to select “EQ adjust”, press [ ] to enter the EQ adjust submenu (figure 5), press [ ] or [+/–] to set the value of each frequency. Repeat mode : Press [+/–] to select “repeat mode”, press [ ] to enter the Repeat mode submenu (figure 6), press [+/–] to select Repeat One/ Repeat All / Normal / Random. EQ mode : Press [+/–] to select “EQ mode”, press [ ] to enter the EQ mode submenu (figure 7 and 8), press [+/–] to select Normal / Rock / Bass / Classic / Pop / Live / Customize EQ.
Synchronized lyric display : when playing a song (MP3/WMA format), the LRC file, which has the same file name and in a same folder as the song being played, will be displayed. Up to 24 characters can be simultaneously displayed at a time (figure 3). (2) How to use loop repeating Segment [A-B] Repeat: when in playing mode, press [REC] to set the start point A, “ ” will be displayed. Press [REC] again to set the end point B, then “ ” is shown. Press [REC] again to cancel loop repeating. Fig. 9 Fig.
b) Recording This unit support FM recording, voice recording (built-in microphone), and direct recording (Line In). The recording time varies with the selected sound quality and the size of the available memory. ] or [+/–] to select In the main menu, press [ “Recording” (Figure 9). Press [ ] to select and enter recording submenu (figure 10). There are three options: Start recording, select source and set up.
Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Fig. 13 (2) Quick recording When not in play mode or recording mode, press and hold [REC] to enter the recording submenu. The operations are the same as those in “start recording”. Press [ESC / ] to stop recording and a confirmation dialogue is shown. The recorded file is automatically saved in the “Voice” system directory.
(3) Sources Selection MIC : built-in microphone. LINE IN : external audio signal input via LINE IN jack. Note : when “MIC” is selected as the recording source, a “Voice” directory will be automatically created. When “LINE IN” is selected as the recording source, an “Audio” directory will be automatically created. When performing an FM recording, a “Radio” directory will be automatically created. The recorded files will be saved to corresponding directories.
2) Press [+/–] to select “Quality” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the recording quality you want: low, normal and high. Press [ ] to finish setting and go back to the recording setup submenu. (5) Direct recording setting Connect one connector of the supplied LINE IN cable into the LINE IN jack on the unit, and the other connector to a LINE OUT jack of an audio equipment. This will ensure the recording will not be interfered by external noises.
Fig. 16 c) FM Radio Note: When searching for a station, the earphone serves as an antenna. Therefore, please make sure that the earphone is connected to the unit. Otherwise, the unit will not be able to find any station. In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “FM Radio” (figure 14). Press [ ] to enter the FM radio submenu (figure 15). Press [+/–] to select the ] to listen station you want to listen and press [ (figure16).
Press [+/–] to select “Search for Channel” and ] to enter “Search for Channel” press [ submenu (figure18). Press [ ] to manually search for a station. When a frequency is found, ] to store. Press and hold [ ] will press [ enter automatic search mode and press [ ] to save a station. TRULY MP313X can store up to 30 stations. If there are more than 30 stations, an error message will display (figure19).
Fig. 19 Fig. 20 Fig. 21 (2) Search setting Frequency level: Press [+/–] to select “Frequency Level” and press [ ] to enter the “Frequency Level” submenu. Press [+/–] to select a frequency level (Low level, ] to Mid level or High level) and press [ confirm. This setting is trying to optimize the performance of the automatic search in different geographical locations.
Search step: Press [+/–] to select “Step Setting” and press [ ] to enter the “Step Setting” submenu. Press [+/–] to select search step (0.010MHz, 0.050MHz or 0.100MHz) and press [ ] to confirm. Band Setting: Press [+/–] to select “Band Setting” and press ] to enter the “Band Setting” submenu. Press [ [+/–] to select “US Band” or “Japan Band” and ] to confirm. press [ Note: the frequency range of the “US Band” is 87.5~108MHz. The frequency range of the “Japan Band” is 76.0~108MHz.
(4) Deleting a station In the station list, press [+/–] to select the station you want to delete, press [EQ] button and a “deleting a station” dialogue will pop up (figure21). Press [ ] to delete. If you want to cancel the operation, press [ESC / ]. Fig. 22 Fig. 23 Fig. 24 Fig.
d) Games In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select ] to enter the “Games” (figure 22). Press [ “Games” submenu (figure23). Press [+/–] to select [Slide Picture] / [Push Box] / [Calculator] and press [ ] to enter the selected game. Press [ESC / ] to quit. Press [MENU] to enter the game options menu (figure 24, 25). Fig. 26 Fig. 27 Fig.
(1) Slide Picture (figure 26) Operations: Press [ ] to start the game. You are allowed to move one step at a time. You can press [EQ] to browse the original picture. Press [ESC / ] to resume the game. Press [ ] or [+/–] to move up, down, left, and right to select the piece you want to move. The border of the selected piece will change to purple. Then, press [ ] or [+/–] to move the selected piece up, down, left, or right. Level: There are three levels: novice, normal, expert.
(2) Push Box (figure 27) Operations: Help the worker to push all boxes to the green dot areas. The worker is able to push one box at a time. The worker can enter the green dot areas when necessary. (3) Calculator (figure 28) Operations: Press [ ] to enter the calculator interface. Press ] or [+/–] to select 0-9, operators, decimal [ point and equal sign. When performing the following calculation “42+210=252”, “42” plus “212” equals to “252”. Select an operator to continue operations or press “C” to reset.
(b) Level: In the options menu, press [+/–] to select ] to enter the “Level” and press [ submenu. Press [+/–] to select the level and press [ ] to confirm. (c) Reset: In the options menu, press [+/–] to select ] to confirm. “Reset” and press [ (d) Play Music: In the options menu, press [+/–] to select “Play Music” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the directory or track you ] to play and go back want to play. Press [ to the game options menu. Press [ESC / ] to resume the game.
e) E-Books In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select ] to enter the “E-Book” (figure29). Press [ “E-Book” submenu (figure30) and press [ ] to enter the directory and file list (figure30). Press [+/–] to select the directory or file you want to read and press [ ] to start reading (figure31). Press ] to go to the previous or next page. Press [ [MENU] to enter the options menu.
Fig. 33 Fig. 34 Fig. 35 (1) How to use bookmark list In the E-book mode, press [EQ] to place a bookmark. A “ ” will be displayed (figure31). A file can have at most one bookmark and up to 4 bookmarks are allowed in the same directory. In the e-book options menu, press [+/–] to select “bookmark list” and press [ ] to enter the ] to jump to the submenu (figure34). Press [ page where the bookmark is placed.
(2) How to set Auto Flipping, Auto Flipping Speed and Locate Page (a) In the e-book options menu (figure32), press ] [+/–] to select “Auto Page On” and press [ to enable or disable auto flipping. Fig. 36 Fig. 37 (b) In the e-book options menu (figure32), press [+/–] to select “Auto Flipping Speed” and press ] to enter (figure36). Press [+/–] to set the [ auto flipping speed and press [ ] to confirm.
(3) How to enjoy radio or music when you are reading an E-book? (a) FM Radio: When in the E-book mode, press [MENU] to enter the options menu. Press [+/–] to select ] to enter “Enable FM radio” and press [ the station list. Press [+/–] to select the station ] to confirm and you want to listen. Press [ go back to the options menu. Press [ESC / ] to resume reading (figure31). Now, you can enjoy the radio when you are reading e-books.
f) Browsing pictures In the main menu, press [ ] or [+/–] to select “Photo Browser” (figure38). Press [ ] to enter directory and photo list (figure39). Press [+/–] to select a directory or a file and press to confirm and enter the photo browser mode (figure40). Press [+/–] to change pictures. In the photo browser mode, press [MENU] to enter the options menu (figure41). There are two options: “Slideshow Speed” and “Enable Slideshow”. (1) Press [+/–] to select “Slideshow Speed” and press ] to confirm.
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g) System Setup In the main menu, pres [ ] or [+/–] to select “System Setup” (figure 42). Press [ ] to enter the “System Setup” submenu (figure43, 44). There are seven options: Language, Backlight Timer, Adjust Contrast, System Reset, Power Off Time, Auto Sleep, and Version Info. (1) Language Press [+/–] to select “Language”, press [ ] to enter the submenu. This unit supports three languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Press [+/–] to select the language you want.
(4) System Reset Press [+/–] to select “System Reset”, press [ ] to enter the submenu. A “system reset” confirmation dialogue will pop up and press [ ] to confirm. The unit will be reset. If you want to cancel the operation, press [ESC / ] . (5) System Reset The unit will automatically turn off at the time you set. Press [+/–] to select “Power Off Timer”, ] to enter the submenu. Press [ ] on press [ “Timer On” to enable or disable the automatically power off function.
(6) Auto Sleep Press [+/–] to select “Auto Sleep” press [ ] to set the time. Press [ ] to move the cursor between hour, minute and second and press [+/–] ] to confirm. When to adjust the values. Press [ in standby mode, if there is no operation after the time period you set, the system will automatically turn off. The default auto sleep time is 3 minutes. (7) Version information Press [+/–] to select “Version Info.
Fig. 45 Fig. 46 Fig. 47 (1) Memory management: Display the total size of the memory and the size of the available memory at the moment. (2) File information: Press [ ] to browse all directories and files in ] the root directory. Select a file and press [ to see the folder information. Press [MENU] to delete the selected file. Select a directory and press [ ] to enter the selected directory.
(3) Quick format: A “Quick Format” confirmation dialogue will pop up (figure47). Press [ ] to confirm. If you would like to cancel the operation, press [ESC / ]. (Note: ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED AFTER FORMATTING) (4) Low level format: (same operation as that of quick format) ❇ What is the difference between quick format and low level format? The main difference between the two types of format is that low level format will perform an error check, but quick format will not.
(5) Disk select: Press [+/–] to select “Disk Select” and press [ ] to enter the submenu. Press [+/–] to select the disks, which include local disk and SD card. Press [ ] to finish setting and go back to the System Setup submenu. When an SD card is inserted, you can choose either of the two disks as the active disk. When the SD card is selected as active disk, an SD card indicator will be displayed at the top-right corner of the user interface.
4. Removable Drive When Auto Sleep is enabled, if the unit is in standby and there is no operation after the set time, MP313X will automatically turn off to save battery. The Auto Sleep is disabled when the unit is in working modes (playing music or game, browsing photo or texts, receiving radio or recording) or is connected to your computer. If the Power Off Timer is enabled, the unit will automatically turn off at the time you set in any mode except when the unit is connected to your computer.
6. Installing, using and uninstalling TRULY MP313X softwares Note: the following operations are performed in a Win2000 system. The screenshot may be different when these operations are performed in other operating system. a) Installation Insert the supplied installation CD in a CD-ROM in your computer. You will see the welcome screen shortly. (figure 48) Fig.
(1) You can find some useful information on how to use this unit by clicking “Read MP313X User Manual”. This manual is in PDF format. If you can not read PDF files, please click “Install Adobe Acrobat Reader” and follow the instructions. (2) You do not need to install any drives in Win2000/ME/XP. If you are using Win98, please click “install MP313X Win98 driver” and follow the instructions.
b) Driver for MP313X Win98 Note: in Win98, this unit may not be recognized by the operating system. An “add new hardware” dialogue will pop up. Click “next” ➟ search for the latest version of driver for this hardware(recommended) ➟ Click “next” ➟ select the path: C: \Windows \Inf \other ➟ Click “next” ➟ Click “next” ➟ click “finish”. Connect this unit to your computer using the supplied USB cable. If the unit is successfully connected, “CONNECTED” will be displayed.
(4) Format Right click on disk J and select “format” (figure 49). Choose “FAT” (Do NOT select FAT32 or NTFS) in the “File System” drop down menu and click “Start” to start formatting. Fig. 49 c) Using T-Music Music Manager (1) LRC lyric editor Please see the help files for LRC lyric editor for details. (2) T-Music Please see the help files for T-Music for details.
(3) U disk detector If T-Music can not find the player, use U Disk Detector to help the system identifying the Removable Drive. (4) Using Image2Lgo This software will convert files in JPG, BMP, and GIF to Truly’s LGO format that can be best displayed by this player. Please see the help files for Image2Lgo for details. (5) Uninstalling T-Music1.00 Music Manager Double click “add/delete program” in the “Control Panel” (figure 50). Select “T-Music1.00” and click “change/delete” and follow the instructions.
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7. Appendix Trouble shooting Q: Why can some WMA format songs on the digital player not be played? A: There are many different music formats for songs on the Internet and many of them are in WMA format. Some of these WMA format songs are subject to DRM (license) copyright protection, which may cause unauthorized copies of some songs to become unplayable. This system protects the original owner of the songs.
If you have WMA format songs with the corresponding license protection, you still cannot just copy the songs from your PC to the digital player. You need to open Windows Media Player first. From its menu select “document”, “open” and open all the WMA songs you want to copy (if all of them can be played, you can transfer them to your player). Connect the digital player to your PC via a USB cable, and the screen of the player will display “Communicating”. Next a portable disk (e.g. F:\) will be displayed.
Q: Having problems transferring files? A: (1) Please make sure that the USB cable is properly connected to the player and the PC. (2) Please check that there is enough memory available to accommodate the files that you wish to transfer. Q: Lost data? A: Some data loss can be caused by an unstable power supply during the transfer process. Our company does take responsibility for any files that are lost or damaged. We strongly recommend that our customers keep back-up copies of all important files.
Q: Why can some files, which are smaller in size than the available space on the player, still not be transferred? A: The CMOS chip inside the player allocates 16KB or 32KB to one memory track. A one Byte file will take one track. Therefore some files are smaller than the available memory but still cannot be transferred to the player.
Q: Why I can only download a limited quantity of files into my player while there is plenty of space on it? A: The number of files you can store in the ROOT directory of a local disk largely depends on the length of file names. The longer the file name is, the fewer files. A maximum number of 512 files are allowed to be stored in the ROOT directory. Note that this restriction only applies to the ROOT directory. Create as many folders as you need to store more files.
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