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User Guide

m25

DIGITAL

PLAYER

AUDIO

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Page 1: ...User Guide m25 DIGITAL PLAYER AUDIO ...

Page 2: ...nt Trademark Office Microsoft Windows Me and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners Gracenote is a registered trademark of CDDB Inc Macintosh Quicktime and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Dolby is a registered ...

Page 3: ...ly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Declaration of Conformity According to 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals and or CPU Boards and Power Supplies used with Class B Personal Computers Motorola Inc Motorola Inc Broadband Communications Sector 101 Tournament Drive Horsham PA 19044 1 877 466 864...

Page 4: ...ome 6 Tour of the m25 8 LCD Overview 11 Basic Setup 14 Software Setup 16 Basic Operations 22 Play Music 28 Advanced Features 35 Frequently Asked Questions 52 Glossary 55 Appendix A The MP3 Format 58 Appendix B Menu Tree 60 Limited Warranty and Software License 61 Index 69 ...

Page 5: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 5 Package Contents m25 Digital Audio Player Installation CD Earphones AC Adapter Charger Belt Clip Mini USB Cable ...

Page 6: ...use and powerful software will allow you to extract music tracks from CDs organize them in a variety of ways and quickly download them to the m25 using a high speed USB 2 0 connection Your computer must support USB 2 0 for the fastest transfer times the m25 and software will also work with the older USB 1 0 format Help files are included in your Motorola Digital Music Center installation that guid...

Page 7: ... stored on the m25 will depend on the way in which they are encoded and the bitrate used see the FAQ section of this manual for more information Learning More The capabilities of the m25 as well as the power of the software and the ways in which you can work with music files in general are considerable You will enjoy experimenting with the software and music files as you get to know how to get the...

Page 8: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 8 Tour of the m25 Main View ...

Page 9: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 9 Side View Bottom View ...

Page 10: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 10 Inside View ...

Page 11: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 11 LCD Overview Playback Mode Menu Mode ...

Page 12: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 12 Play Screens Press the Thumbstick to cycle through Date View Time Code View and Track Format View screens Date View Time Code View Track Format View ...

Page 13: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 13 FM Radio Manual FM Radio Store Preset FM Radio Preset ...

Page 14: ...installed To remove the battery compartment cover 1 Press in the small latch while lifting off the back cover of the player See the picture on page 10 2 If you want to install a memory card slide it into the slot as shown on page 10 3 Install the battery with the flat end the negative end against the curled spring 4 Snap the cover back on Make sure it s lined up properly with the slots in the play...

Page 15: ...stablishes a link with the computer You can then use your music software or file manager to transfer songs and data to and from the player When you are done be sure to stop the link to the player to avoid corrupting files In Windows an icon is displayed on the taskbar like the one shown below Click on it and a dialog box will appear asking you which device you want to stop Click on the line for US...

Page 16: ...torola Digital Music Center must be installed on computers that use the Windows operating system Motorola Digital Music Center is the provided program you use in Windows to manage your audio files iTunes must be installed on computers that use the Macintosh operating system Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service is a free service you can register with that automatically provides details of audio...

Page 17: ...click on the Add New Hardware icon in Control Panel and follow the prompts 1 Place the installation CD label side up into your computer s CD ROM drive The installation software should launch automatically If installation software does not launch automatically follow these steps to start installing manually a Double click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop b Double click the CD ROM icon c ...

Page 18: ...as been installed Motorola Digital Music Center is the provided program you use in Windows to manage your audio files If the Windows Device Driver Wizard is displayed after the USB cable has been plugged into both the m25 and the computer please follow these steps 1 Confirm that the installation CD is in the computer s CD ROM drive 2 Check the CD ROM Drives box when the Device Driver Wizard reques...

Page 19: ...es for specific information Copy rip audio CDs into compressed encoded digital audio formats Motorola Digital Music Center encodes WMA files by default and MP3 via an optional upgrade pack Automatically synchronize the music collection on your computer with your m25 Edit ID3 Tag and WMA tags on digital audio tracks Organize and manage digital audio tracks on your computer and the m25 Search for tr...

Page 20: ...n the Help files of the program iTunes offers the following features Copy rip your audio CDs into compressed encoded digital formats including MP3s Organize digital audio tracks on your computer Search for tracks on your computer Create custom CDs The m25 doesn t support the AAC codec used for music files obtained from the iTunes Music Store at this time However there are many quality conversion p...

Page 21: ...the Internet and must also be connected to the Internet when ripping CDs so Gracenote can retrieve and provide the music details of the CD being ripped In Digital Music Center 1 Click Tools 2 Click Options 3 Click Copy CD 4 Click Advanced 5 Click Register to register or re register with the Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service 6 Click Next 7 Check the box that reads I have read and agree to th...

Page 22: ...software you can soon be enjoying music on the m25 The basic operations of the m25 are divided into four areas How to Control player functions How to Copy songs from CDs and other sources to your computer How to Transfer songs to the m25 from your computer How to Play Songs on the player ...

Page 23: ...ompletely across the screen and Saving Settings is displayed LOCK UNLOCK Slide into the LOCK position to disable Volume and the Thumbstick except Play Pause operation This works when the player is on and off when the player is turned off a padlock appears on the LCD if you try to turn it on with LOCK engaged See Settings for Lock options VOLUME and Press either side of the button to adjust the vol...

Page 24: ...s and release quickly to enter Menu mode without stopping music playback Press and hold to stop playback and to move down through menus and options o Forward Press and release quickly to skip to the next track Press and hold to scan forward through a track In Menu mode press to move into a submenu When setting options press to confirm the choice and a checkmark will appear on the LCD o Reverse Pre...

Page 25: ...al Music Center 2 Insert an audio CD into your CD ROM drive 3 Click the CD ROM icon on the Motorola Digital Music Center Device List In a short time the music tracks on the CD will be read and listed in the Digital Music Center window 4 Use any of the following techniques to select tracks Track Type Technique Single track Left click the track Multiple tracks Press SHIFT Click or CTRL Click All tra...

Page 26: ...in the Track List 3 You can select tracks within a specific category Albums Artists Genres Songs and Playlists For example if you wish to copy all tracks by a favorite artist onto the player click the Artists tab and then use any of the techniques in Step 4 to select the desired tracks 4 Use any of the following techniques to select tracks File type Technique Single track album or artist Left clic...

Page 27: ... onto your Mac operating system 1 Launch iTunes 2 Connect the player to a USB port on the computer The m25 will turn on 3 Click Library in the iTunes Source frame 4 Select the tracks to transfer 5 Drag and drop the selected tracks onto the m25 player listing in the iTunes Source frame iTunes will only refresh the audio contents located on the m25 player after all selected tracks have been transfer...

Page 28: ...entifies them as belonging to a particular CD album Artist will identify songs from a particular artist for playback based on track information Genre will play all songs that match a particular type of music based on track information Track will play a specific track Year will group and play songs that were published in a certain year New Music will include songs that were added to your music list...

Page 29: ...umbstick in to begin playback Album To play a specific album 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Album 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select an album to play 7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback Repeat these instructions to select any of the other Playback options Artist Genre Track Year New M...

Page 30: ...st 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Playlists 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select a playlist 7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback Spoken Word To play spoken word tracks 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to ...

Page 31: ...ect a recording or to Play All 7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback To delete tracks recorded from the FM tuner 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select FM Record 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Delete 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select a recording or to Delete All 7 Press Thumbstick in to remove the selection s FM Record appears in the ...

Page 32: ...ward or backward Store Preset lets you set a station frequency under a memory location like a car radio push button Preset recalls the stored stations so they can be tuned in by pressing on a number FM Control When in FM Tuner mode the following controls function differently depending on the mode MENU Press to enter Menu mode Play Pause In Manual mode press to mute the FM radio Press and hold to s...

Page 33: ...ess Thumbstick quickly to to switch between the auto searching option and no searching Autosearch looks for the next strong signal when Thumbstick is pressed to Forward or Reverse Store Preset The m25 allows programming of up to eight FM preset slots To store a preset 1 When in Manual mode tune to a frequency you wish to store 2 Press and hold Thumbstick to enter Store Preset mode 3 Press Thumbsti...

Page 34: ...the player To record a broadcast 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select FM Tuner 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Press Thumbstick quickly to to switch between the auto searching option and no searching Autosearch looks for the next strong signal when Thumbstick is pressed to FORWARD or REVERSE 5 Move Thumbstick up for about 1 second 6 The record icon will appear at the top of th...

Page 35: ...d to the previous one Settings The Settings menu lets you adjust basic m25 setups such as the LCD backlight power saving etc Bookmarks You can use Bookmarks to keep both a place in a recorded book and to save your own personal settings if you share the player with someone else who can also store their own settings using bookmarks About The About menu holds information about the firmware version in...

Page 36: ...d erases the one before the last The m25 can track thousands of laps When in Stopwatch mode the controls work in the ways described below 1 Press Thumbstick toward to return to the Main Menu Returning to the Main Menu and using other player functions will not turn the stopwatch off The timer continues to run until the Thumbstick is pressed up Play Pause or while Stopwatch is shown on the LCD The t...

Page 37: ...d using various preset and fully customizable equalizer options Power settings are used to adjust the power saving timeout length Resume options are used to set the track that the m25 will play when the unit is restarted Display allows you to adjust backlight and contrast settings Time allows you to set the player s internal clock FM Tuner allows you to choose whether to turn off stereo FM for bet...

Page 38: ...ck to select Playback 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Press Thumbstick again to select the Playback options 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Playback options include Shuffle Set selected tracks to play in standard or random order Settings include Off the default setting and On Repeat Set selected tracks to repeat playbac...

Page 39: ...1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Settings 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Equalizer 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select Custom 7 Press Thumbstick in 8 Adjust the 5 band equalizer Press Forward and Reverse to navigate between frequencies Press Play Pause or MENU to boost or cut the gain of the frequency 9 When the equalizer is set pre...

Page 40: ...t EQ Off 7 Press Thumbstick in to set the EQ Off option and return to Playback mode Rock Select the Rock equalizer option to change the sound of tracks according to the Rock preset settings 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Settings 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Equalizer 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select Rock 7 Press Thumbstick i...

Page 41: ... set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Power options include Battery Although the m25 ships with an alkaline battery it can also use rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH batteries The Battery option must be set to the same battery type that is being used or the battery indicator will not display the correct amount of battery life Settings...

Page 42: ...rning it off completely or setting it to two seconds o Volume Higher volumes draw more power The rating for your player was determined using a volume of 15 o Bitrate Higher bitrates draw more power than lower ones Try ripping at 128 Kbps o Audio format WMAs use more processing power than MP3s o Standard headphones High powered headphones use more power Test the battery life with the standard ear b...

Page 43: ...ns 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Resume options include Track Set the player to begin playback of the last track played before shutdown or the first track in the running order when the player restarts Settings include Current the default setting and First Timecode Set the m25 to begin playback of the last trac...

Page 44: ... Move Thumbstick to select between Backlight and Contrast options and Forward and Reverse to select options within Backlight and Contrast 7 Press Forward or Reverse to set how long the backlight will stay lit 8 If you want to change the screen contrast press Thumbstick down 9 Press Forward to increase and Reverse to decrease contrast 10 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 11 P...

Page 45: ...ght and On sets the backlight to remain lit constantly To conserve battery life the On setting should rarely be used See other battery saving power tips here Contrast Move the Thumbstick to control the contrast slider The contrast slider sets how light or dark the images on the LCD will appear Setting the contrast too high will result in washed out images Setting the contrast too dark will result ...

Page 46: ...t Time 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Press Thumbstick again to select the Set Time Set Date or Time Date Mode options 7 Press Thumbstick to apply settings and return to Playback mode Time settings include Set Time Options include Hour Minute and AM PM Set Date Options include Month Day and Year Time Mode Options include 12 hour the default setting and 24 hour time formats and USA the default setting Eur...

Page 47: ... 7 Press Thumbstick either Forward or Reverse to change the Stereo option then press Thumbstick down to select the Region setting which will start blinking 8 Press Thumbstick either Forward or Reverse to change the option to the area where you will be using the m25 then press Thumbstick in to set that option which will stop blinking 9 Press Forward to enter the settings and Reverse to cancel them ...

Page 48: ...ode Options include On the default setting and Off Selecting Off will place the tuner in mono mode This may help eliminate any hiss heard on distant stations Region Options include USA tunes by 2MHz the default setting Japan tunes by 05 MHz and Europe tunes by 05MHz ...

Page 49: ...ss Thumbstick in 6 Press Thumbstick again to select the Lock Volume and Thumbstick options 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Lock Setup settings include Lock Volume Options include On the default setting and Off When set to Off the volume level can be adjusted even when the m25 has been locked Thumbstick Options i...

Page 50: ...layer 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Bookmarks 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select a bookmark option 5 Press Thumbstick in Bookmark options include Select Use Thumbstick to select a bookmark Press Thumbstick to restore the selected bookmark settings Set Press Thumbstick to set a bookmark Delete Use Thumbstick to select a bookmark Press Thumbstick to...

Page 51: ...yer and the firmware version 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select About 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Player or Storage 5 Press Thumbstick in About options include Player Displays firmware version copyright and Motorola web site information Storage Displays disk usage graphic bar disk usage MB used MB capacity and the total number of tracks ...

Page 52: ...ry cards can my m25 use The m25 currently supports SD and MMC memory sizes of up to 1 GB Please visit the Motorola support site at www motorola com broadband for more information on external memory cards How do I install an external memory card 1 Turn the m25 off 2 Remove the battery compartment cover on the back of the player 3 Remove the battery 4 Gently insert the external memory card with the ...

Page 53: ...nteed that every encoding software package will properly function with the m25 VBR files that do not comply to standards may lack track time fast forward and or rewind capabilities What kind of battery can I use with the m25 The m25 can use either alkaline or Nickel Metal Hydride NiMH batteries Where is the battery indicator on my m25 The battery indicator on the m25 is located in the top right co...

Page 54: ... the LOCK UNLOCK switch is not in the locked position and press POWER to turn it on If nothing happens after pressing the POWER button the battery is probably discharged How much music can I store on the m25 The amount of music that can be stored on the m25 depends on the bitrate of the files stored Bitrate 64 kbps 96 kbps 128 kbps 164 kbps 192 kbps Approximate amount of space required per minute ...

Page 55: ... example a bitrate of 96 kbps 96 000 bits per second is generally thought of as CD quality for WMA audio files and takes up about 0 75 megabytes MB per minute of music At a 64 kbps bitrate the sound quality of WMA is similar to that of an FM radio signal but approximately two minutes of music will fit in 1 MB of space Codec Depending on the context and kind of technology involved codec can be defi...

Page 56: ...3 is short for Moving Pictures Experts Group Audio Layer 3 MP3 is the most well known compressed digital audio file format This format allows for near CD quality sound but at a fraction of the size of normal audio files MP3 conversion of an audio track from CD ROM can reduce the file size by approximately a 12 1 ratio with virtually no perceptible loss in quality MP3 compression removes the redund...

Page 57: ...es occupy the higher portion of the sound spectrum Increasing the treble value will raise the levels of the high sounds in your music files You can select the amount of treble in your music by selecting various equalizer options VBR Variable Bit Rate VBR encoding converts tracks at a variable rate using higher bitrate encoding for complex portions and lower bitrate encoding for pauses in songs WMA...

Page 58: ...s 176 000 bytes per second If an average song is three minutes long then the average song on a CD consumes about 3 2 megabytes of space That limits the number of songs that can be carried on a small portable device and makes for burdensome download times especially if you are not using high speed Internet connections Codec is the MP3 Fuel The key to the compact nature of MP3 formatted music is com...

Page 59: ...download it to the player creating your own greatest hits collections Using a tool like the Motorola Digital Music Center you can copy rip a song s file from the CD onto your hard disk The encoder then compresses the song into the MP3 format Once the song is encoded it can be played on your computer any CD player that supports MP3 and most importantly downloaded to your m25 audio player ...

Page 60: ...m25 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 60 Appendix B Menu Tree ...

Page 61: ...SE THE SOFTWARE AND II RETURN THE MP3 PLAYER PRODUCT AND THE SOFTWARE COLLECTIVELY THE PRODUCT INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS DOCUMENTATION AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED WITH THE PRODUCT TO YOUR POINT OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND The Software includes associated media any printed materials and any on line or electronic documentation as well as any updates revisions bug fixes or drivers obtained by y...

Page 62: ...erwise restricted in any third party license agreement for third party software 2 Copy or translate the User Guide included with the Software other than for personal use 3 Copy alter translate decompile disassemble or reverse engineer the Software including but not limited to modifying the Software to make it operate on non compatible hardware 4 Remove alter or cause not to be displayed any copyri...

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Page 64: ... contains the BSD db library under the following license Copyright c 1991 1993 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disc...

Page 65: ...s in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Neither the name of the Xiph org Foundation nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROV...

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Page 67: ...Acts of God improper handling improper transport improper storage improper use or application improper installation improper testing or unauthorized repair or ii to cosmetic problems or defects which result from normal wear and tear under ordinary use and do not affect the performance or use of the Product Motorola s warranties apply only to a Product that is manufactured by Motorola and identifie...

Page 68: ...TY FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL EXEMPLARY OR OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS BUSINESS INTERRUPTION LOSS OF INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER PECUNIARY LOSS OR FROM ANY BREACH OF WARRANTY EVEN IF MOTOROLA OR ITS THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POS...

Page 69: ... 16 21 ID3 Tag 19 56 iTunes 16 20 27 Language 47 Limited Warranty 61 Motorola Digital Music Center 16 17 18 19 25 26 57 MP3 19 25 53 55 56 57 61 Play All 29 Play Pause 24 Playback 38 Playlists 19 20 Power Settings 41 Preset Mode 34 Resume 43 Reverse 24 Rip and Encode 19 20 57 Settings 37 Stop 23 Stopwatch 36 Store Preset 33 Synchronize 19 57 Technical Support 52 Time 46 Timecode 43 Track 24 25 26 ...

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