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Acer

Multi-Functional MP3/Storage Drive

User’s Guide

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Page 1: ...Acer Multi Functional MP3 Storage Drive User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...ge 14 Connecting the MP3 Storage Drive to Your Computer 14 Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE only 15 Power On and Off 18 Editing Sound Tracks Files 19 Music Playback 21 Music Playback 21 Normal Playback 21 Select the Next or Previous Track File 21 Fast Forward or Rewind 22 Volume Adjusting 22 Delete a Track File 22 Delete All Tracks Files 23 EQ Settings 25 Repeat Settings 26 FM Radio Mode 27 ...

Page 3: ...ode 33 Switch between Music Playback or FM mode 33 Switch from Music Playback mode to FM mode 33 Switch from FM mode to Music Playback mode 33 Voice Recording 34 Voice Recording 34 Play a Recorded Voice File 36 Delete a Recorded Voice File 36 Delete All Voice Files 37 Language Learning Function 39 Menu Mode 40 Other Settings 45 Backlight 45 Contrast 46 Power Off 47 Record Rate 49 Language 50 USB F...

Page 4: ...y MP3 or WMA audio files listen in to the FM radio broadcast and have favorable program recorded in Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive s memory In addition to the functions that just now mentioned Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive also works as a portable USB data storing device that enables users to store their personal data in the memory of Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive Here...

Page 5: ...ow to install and operate your Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive We assume that those users whose operation system is Windows 98SE are familiar with their OS and be capable to follow the step by step instructions to install the driver of Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive If users who are not able manage the operation system properly it is suggested to learn more about Microsoft Windows...

Page 6: ...ry into the battery container located on the back of the Drive Chapter 3 Basic Usage describes how to use your new MP3 Storage Drive in a various way It is recommended to read this chapter carefully before using this MP3 Storage Drive Appendix A Specification provides the specification of this MP3 Storage Drive ...

Page 7: ...7 Unpack 1 3 4 6 5 2 1 Multi Functional MP3 Storage Drive 2 Earphone with Neck strap 3 Driver Disk 4 USB Cable 5 Quick Guide 6 AAA Battery ...

Page 8: ...revent any miss touching while this MP3 Storage Drive is recording or playing 3 USB Connector Cap Remove the cap when connecting the MP3 Storage Drive to the computer 4 USB Connector Connect one end of the supplied USB cable 5 Play Pause In music playback Voice mode press to play or pause the playback in FM mode press to select the stored favorite stations one by one ...

Page 9: ...n the button or push it to the right or to the left to make various adjustment 8 Fn Press to select FM station mode 9 REC Press to start or stop the FM or voice recording 10 MIC Microphone 11 Earphone jack Plug the supplied earphone here 12 MIC jack Plug the external microphone here ...

Page 10: ...ume status 4 A to B Repeat Indicates when A to B Repeat function is enabled 5 Repeat Mode Indicates play mode that includes Normal Repeat One Repeat All Shuffle and Shuffle Repeat 6 Equalizer Indicates the EQ mode settings which include Normal Classical POP Rock and Jazz 7 Battery Status Indicates the Battery Status 8 Playing File Name Displays the current file name that is being played ...

Page 11: ...erted into the correct alignment 4 Slide back the battery cover 5 Press the Play Pause button to check the capacity of the battery 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 Status Empty Full ...

Page 12: ...AAA Alkaline 1280mA hr battery Max 12 hours for voice or FM radio recording Max 12 hours for audio playback Note 1 Alkaline battery is recommended when using this Drive 2 Make sure the battery is taken out if you are not going to use this drive for a long period of time ...

Page 13: ...vides a Hold Switch which is located on the side of the Drive for preventing any miss touching while the Drive is recording or playing Once the hold switch is slide to the lock position all function keys on the Drive will be disabled instantly ...

Page 14: ...d USB cable to your computer and plug the other end to the MP3 Storage Drive Then press the Play Pause button to start connection 3 And the MP3 Storage Drive should be detected by the operation system automatically Note If the operation system of your computer is Windows 98SE a hardware driver for the MP3 Storage Drive will be required ...

Page 15: ...Windows 98SE operation system it will automatically detect the new hardware when the MP3 Storage Drive is first connected to your computer Please follow the following instructions to install the driver for this MP3 Storage Drive 1 Click Next to continue ...

Page 16: ...16 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device to continue 3 Insert the provided disk and select CD ROM to continue ...

Page 17: ...17 4 Click Next to continue 5 Click Finish and the driver is installed successful ...

Page 18: ...and hold the Play Pause button until the power is switched off While you are long pressing the Play Pause button to power off the MP3 Storage Drive 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 ...

Page 19: ...e to your computer and plug the other end to the MP3 Storage Drive 3 Once the MP3 Storage Drive is connected to the computer press the Play Pause button to start connection You will see the screen shown as below 4 Go to Start Î Program ÎWindows Explore ÎMP3 Storage Drive 5 Select the desired sound tracks files from your own folder and move them into the MP3 Storage Drive While the selected sound t...

Page 20: ...le transferring is still on going otherwise it may cause some system failure 6 Under the MP3 Storage Drive you are allowed to add delete or edit a folder as what you will do under a disk as usual In another word this MP3 Storage Drive works as another portable hard disk of yours ...

Page 21: ... 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 Go Back to Table of Content ...

Page 22: ...ld the position to rewind the current track Volume Adjusting 1 Press the Volume Up or Down button to adjust the playback volume up or down 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 ...

Page 23: ...delete the file shown on the Display or select No to skip to the next file or select EXIT to leave the current 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 D...

Page 24: ...24 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 ...

Page 25: ...essage 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 The default EQ setting is NORMAL mode 4 Once a particular EQ mode is selected the indicator for each diff...

Page 26: ...nu 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 ...

Page 27: ... the side of the MP3 Storage Drive 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 ...

Page 28: ...he 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 MP3 Storage Drive 1 To store a favorite Station select a desired frequency first 2 Press the Menu button once and y...

Page 29: ...frequency to the 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 ...

Page 30: ...nd 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 To play a recorded FM voice file press down the Menu button once and then p...

Page 31: ...e that while you are searching for the desired recorded voice file all the recorded FM voice files will be displayed by sequence 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 th...

Page 32: ...M 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 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 fil...

Page 33: ... mode to FM mode Press and hold the Fn button located on the side of the MP3 Storage Drive for one second to select FM Mode Switch from FM mode to Music Playback mode Please press Fn button to leave FM mode and back to Music playback mode again Go Back to Table of Content ...

Page 34: ...the REC y button located next to the Fn button to start voice recording function 2 On the Display a recording file should be generated and placed under the folder of VOICE The recording file name sequence starts from V001 WAV and then V002 WAV and so forth 3 To stop recording simply press down the REC y button again and you will see the status return to the previous status Method II 4 Press down t...

Page 35: ...le name sequence starts from V001 WAV and then V002 WAV and so forth 7 To stop recording simply press down the Menu button or the REC y button again and you will see the message on the screen return to the previous status 8 To exit the RECORD mode push the Menu button to the right once to Exit and then press the Menu button once ...

Page 36: ...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 Note that while you are searching for the desired recorded voice file all the recorded voice files will be displayed by sequence Delete a Recorded Voice File 1 To delete a recorded voice File press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu ...

Page 37: ...ct 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 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to sel...

Page 38: ...38 3 Once you read DEL ALL VOICE on the screen press down the Menu button and then select Y to delete all voice files Note that it may take several seconds to delete all the files ...

Page 39: ...2 When you first press the Fn button you will see the indication of A appearing on the screen 3 Then find the terminal point of the repeating playback that you wish to set and press the Fn button again 4 When you press the Fn button the second time you will see the indication of A B appearing on the screen and that means you have set the repeating playback successfully 5 Once the indication of A B...

Page 40: ...ncludes most function designed for Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive With this Menu switching button in addition to switch between Music Playback FM Radio or Recording mode EQ setting or any other setting for the MP3 Storage Drive can be also adjusted quickly and easily ...

Page 41: ...F DISABLE 1 MIN 2 MINS 5 MINS 10 MINS RECORD RATE 8000Hz 11025Hz 16000Hz 22050Hz 32000Hz 44100Hz 48000Hz EXIT LANGUAGE TRAD CHINESE ENGLISH SETTINGS EXIT DEL MUSIC Delete a Music file each time mps wav 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 DELETE FILE EXIT ABOUT RECORD EXIT ...

Page 42: ...the desired function 2 Select MUSIC by pressing down the Menu button once to enter music playback mode 3 Select VOICE by pressing down the Menu button and press the Menu button the right once to enter voice playback mode 4 Select FM RADIO by pressing down the Menu button to enter FM radio broadcasting mode ...

Page 43: ...ustment 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 this Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive 8 Select RECORD to start recording through MIC or FM radio station ...

Page 44: ...44 9 Select EXIT to return to Music Playback mode ...

Page 45: ...uld 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 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 ba...

Page 46: ... set a time to turn off the backlight of the LCD 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 Once the massage of CONTRAST appears on the screen press d...

Page 47: ...press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection Power Off Under this Power Off setting you are able to set a time to turn off this MP3 Storage Drive 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 ...

Page 48: ... OFF 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 this MP3 Storage Drive If select DISABLE and the power of this MP3 Storage Drive will always stay on 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection ...

Page 49: ...essage 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 Once the massage of RECORD RATE 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 proper Record Rate 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm...

Page 50: ...ld 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 Once the massage of LANGUAGE 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 language 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm ...

Page 51: ...hat this MP3 Storage Drive works as another hard disk but a portable small and exquisite one To save data into the memory of this MP3 Storage Drive simply connect it to your computer and use Windows Explorer to manage your data Note Please use the supplied Driver Dick to format this MP3 Storage Drive in order to ensure the formatting quality ...

Page 52: ...c 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 USB connector EMI and Safety BSMI FCC Class B and CE Interface Language English Traditional Chinese Earphone with neck strap Stereo Output 20mW rms 10mW Channel Battery AAA Alkaline 1280mA hr Manual English T...

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