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I Safety 

Declaration 

1.  Please carefully and thoroughly read this safety guide. 
2.  Please keep this manual secure for future reference. 
3.  Please keep the unit dry. 
4.  Please avoid exposing this unit to sunlight. 
5.  Don’t pour any liquid into this unit, otherwise it will cause damage or electric shock. 
6.  Please contact with a professional for handling this MP400 Player if the following 

situations occur: 

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  Liquid penetrates into this unit 

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  The unit is affected by damp 

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  The operation of this unit is not normal, or the user can’t return to normal 

operational status by consulting this manual 

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  The unit is dropped or is damaged 

7.  Please don’t use MP400 Player in the following situations: 

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  While driving a vehicle 

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  Carrying out dangerous work 

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  Walking on the street 

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  Any situation that needs full concentration 

8.  Please don’t use liquid or spraying agent to clean this unit. Please use soft, wet cloth 

to wipe this unit. 

9.  During listening with earphones, please adjust to suitable volume to avoid hearing 

from being damaged. 

10. Note: Improper use of battery may cause explosion! Please correctly use the battery 

as per instruction stated in Section: Battery! 

11. Don’t throw used battery into the waste bin, it should be recycled. 

II Product 

Description 

Thank you for purchasing this Acer MP400 product. This kind of product is a 
high-performance portable multimedia recorder and player with Li-Polymer battery.

 

With the 

use of Acer MP400 product, you can play video or music files with different formats, which 
will bring you outstanding visual and music experience. And you can record music and 
video signals. This kind of product is also portable USB storage equipment and you can 
store and manage your personal data. 

1. Main Features 

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  Display – Supports 3.5’’ TFT LCD large screen display. Clearly displays picture and 

video files. 

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  Video Play – Supports the playing of video files with the formats of MPEG-4 SP, Xvid, 

and WMV-9 SP@ML. 

Due to constant changes and the variety of encoding and compression methods for 

different video file format, some of the video files downloaded from Internet may not be 
properly displayed on MP400. Even if the file follows “MPEG4” format, the file may still 
not be able to display by MP400 properly due to special format characteristics. 

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  Music Play – Support the playing of music files with the formats of MP3 (MPEG1 Layer2, 

Layer3), and WMA (WMA 9). 

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  Lyric Synchronization – Supports the synchronous display of sound and lyrics(Unicode) 

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  Image Viewing – Supports the JPEG/BMP/GIF file format. You can copy images into the 

MP400 for viewing. 

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  Text File Reading – Supports .txt (Unicode) text reading function (e-book function). 

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  Recording – Supports the recording function of video

music and speech. You can use 

Summary of Contents for MP400

Page 1: ...Acer MP400 User s Manual Ver 1 0 ...

Page 2: ...warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following this purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Furthe...

Page 3: ...ernal Interface 5 6 Use of Remote Controller 5 7 USB Drive Installation 6 8 Disk Directory Management 8 9 Safe Movement and Removal 8 III Basic Functions 9 1 Main Menu 9 2 Video Play 10 3 Music Enjoyment 11 4 View Picture 13 5 E book 15 6 Viewing and Recording of External Programs 17 7 File Operation 18 8 Menu Setup 21 9 Firmware Upgrade 25 IV FAQ 26 V Product Specifications 27 ...

Page 4: ...ou for purchasing this Acer MP400 product This kind of product is a high performance portable multimedia recorder and player with Li Polymer battery With the use of Acer MP400 product you can play video or music files with different formats which will bring you outstanding visual and music experience And you can record music and video signals This kind of product is also portable USB storage equip...

Page 5: ...tery Video Format Conversion You can convert unplayable video files into playable format through video format conversion software Multi Languages Supports many languages including simplified Chinese traditional Chinese English French German Italian Dutch and Spanish Firmware upgrade Support firmware upgrade 2 Button Location 3 Packaging Accessories Please confirm the packaging and accessories have...

Page 6: ... DC plugs of power adapter into the DC input port of MP400 Player 3 Insert the power plug into the power socket 4 3 Use of External Power Adapter You can use external power adapter to supply directly power for MP400 Player The operation method is the same with the battery charging method 5 Connection of External Interface 1 Connect Television for viewing Use AV cable to connect to AV out socket of...

Page 7: ...OM and it will work automatically The interface shows as follows 2 Click Install and finish the installation of the drive with clues The restart of the computer is needed afterward Confirm the USB driver has been installed 1 Turn on the power of MP400 and use USB cable to connect with computer 2 Select Control Panel System Device Manager The following interface is to be displayed 3 Select the Univ...

Page 8: ...y please re open these directories after this unit is shut off and the MP400 Player will automatically establish such directories for you 2 Please store these files into the corresponding directories as per their types Music directory Music file Video directory Video file Photo directory Picture file Textbook directory Electronic book Video Recorder directory Video record Music Recorder directory ...

Page 9: ...w figure Several icons are displayed on the main interface video music photo e book record files resume and setup Press three direction key to select your desired functions up down and press three direction Enter key to confirm and enter into the corresponding operational interface Press TV Hold key for long time to turn on the function of locking keyboard and re press TV Hold key for long time to...

Page 10: ...to stop playback and back to the video file list or long press ESC for 3 second to return to the main menu b Press VOL or VOL keys to adjust the volume of video play c Press Enter key to pause playback and press Enter to resume playback d Press up or down keys to play previous file or next file e Press up or down keys and hold for over 2 seconds to rewind or fast forward and enable a search with t...

Page 11: ...on will help you to select precisely your desired playing position h This machine has an auto recording function If you quit while playing a video the player will record the current position When you want to start playing the video from where you stopped last time you can select Resume in the main menu 3 Music Enjoyment 1 Select Music function in the main interface and press Enter key to confirm a...

Page 12: ...econd to return to the main menu b Press VOL or VOL keys to adjust the volume of music playback c Press Enter key once to pause the playback and press Enter again to resume playback d Press up or down keys to play previous file or next file e Press down or up keys and hold for over 2 seconds to fast forward or rewind and enable a search with the playtime progress bar Release the key to resume play...

Page 13: ...l continue to play on return to the upper level window 8 This machine has an auto recording function If you quit while playing music the player will record the current position When you want to start playing the music from where you stopped last time you can select Resume in the main menu 4 View Photos 1 Select photo function in the main interface and press Enter key to confirm and to enter into t...

Page 14: ... rotation 90 zoom out zoom in picture display mode nine pictures background music View mode Slide display pause of slide display Picture display mode Four pictures nine pictures and one picture a You can use the above menu to open or close the slide function You can setup the display interval of slide in the setup menu b Desktop Background Select setup as background function in the above menu and ...

Page 15: ...ed operation method is shown in the description of file operation section a Desktop Select Desktop and return to the main interface b New copy move delete and rename Refer to file operation description c Information Open or close the file information column 3 In the E book file list interface Use up or down keys to select E book and press Enter key to open and display electronic book on the screen...

Page 16: ...enu Previous file next file background music Select Background Music in the above menu to change background music if the viewing pages are greater than 10 pages the bookmark will be automatically saved Note If you want to play the e book and music synchronously unit will first play music and select background music in the menu 6 The supported file formats in the e book are as follows txt and the f...

Page 17: ... key to continue the recording Such function will allow you to preview while nothing is being recorded 2 Video Output Function a Please use AV cable to connect the AV output connector of MP400 Player and AV input connector of A V device respectively to enjoy the large screen video and stereo music For the connection please refer to the User s Manual of AV device b Turn on the MP400 Player and TV o...

Page 18: ...interface b View Select view to enter into the selected directory if the folder is selected such operation will appear in the menu c New Folder Select new option The name character list will appear after selection Press Menu key to store after the folder is named and the new folder is OK d Copy Select the file or folder you want to copy press menu key to call up the operation menu select copy and ...

Page 19: ... the cursor on the file or folder to be renamed press Menu key to call up operation menu select rename and the name character list will appear at that time Use direction key to select character and the middle button of square key will confirm the input Press Menu key to store name and pressing Esc key will exit and will not perform rename operation i Information Open or close file information colu...

Page 20: ...t 20 sec Power Off No operation in non working state the player will automatic shut off 0 255 min are available and 000 will disable this function default 10 min c System Setup This menu setup item includes setups of language TV Standard system information and factory defaults Language To setup the interface language as eight languages such as simplified Chinese traditional Chinese English German ...

Page 21: ...cer Company Http www acer euro com and download the latest firmware file of this product 2 Connect this product with the computer through USB cable 3 Copy the latest firmware file to the root directory in the removable disk of MP400 Player 4 Normally disconnect the connection between this product and the USE cord of computer 5 Restart this unit and the upgrade of this product will finish automatic...

Page 22: ...c 4 Question Sudden power off Answer 1 Please check the power off setup in the setup of main menu interface 2 Please check if the battery power is low if so it should be charged 5 Question LCD screen suddenly powers off Answer Please check if TV Hold key is pressed and screen conversion has begun 6 Question Doesn t play video music and picture files Answer 1 The file format shall be within the sup...

Page 23: ...layback Time Video 4 hours Music 6 5 hours average Power Supply Power Saving Auto Power off Screen saver Interface 3 5 TFT LCD Resolution 320 240 RGB Pixels Brightness Backlight Adjustable Display View Angle Up 10deg Down 30deg Left 45deg Right 45deg Video CVBS PAL NTSC Music Line in Stereo AV Input Recording Speech Built in Microphone Video TV Line out PAL NTSC Music Line out Stereo AV Output Ear...

Page 24: ...SF WMV9 SP ML 352 288 30fps WMA9 L2 Video Bit rate Up to 4Mbps Minimum Support 10fps MP3 MP3 MPEG 1 2 Layer III sample rate up to 48KHz Bit rate 24 320Kbps CBR VBR 2 channels Music WMA WMA WMA8 9 sample Rate up to 48KHz Bit rate 32 384Kbps CBR 2 channels JPEG JPG Baseline YUV and Grayscale No progressive Up to 3264 2448 Pixels for HDD GIF GIF Static Up to 1000 1000 Decoding Image BMP BMP Monchrome...

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