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Preparing the MM-RX400 player

Charging the battery

Before using the rechargeable battery for
the first time, charge it for about 8 hours.

Insert the

r e c h a r g e a b l e
battery into the
supplied battery
charger.

Plug the battery

charger into a wall
outlet.

Recharging a completely drained battery
takes about 8 hours.
When the battery has finished charging,
remove it from the battery charger and
disconnect the battery charger from the
wall outlet.

Installing the battery

Remove the battery compartment

cover.

Install the rechargeable battery

with the

and

poles correctly

aligned.

Replace the battery compartment

cover.

Battery indicator

The battery indicator shows the power
remaining.

Full

Empty

When

lights, recharge the battery.

If you continue to use the MM-RX400
player after

lights, the “LOW BATT”

indicator appears, operation stops, and
the MM-RX400 player beeps.

Note on the rechargeable battery

• Use only the supplied battery charger to

recharge the battery.

• Do NOT carry the battery in a pocket or

handbag together with metal objects
such as pendants or key holders.

• Do NOT short-circuit the terminals by

placing a metal object across them.

• Do NOT try to disassemble the battery,

heat it, or put it in water.

• The supplied rechargeable battery can

be recharged approximately 300 times.

Summary of Contents for MM-RX400

Page 1: ...United States and Puerto Rico OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCCIONES DE MANEJO MODE D EMPLOI OWNER S RECORD For your convenience record the model number and the serial number you will find them in the battery compartment of your set in the space provided below Pleasereferthemwhenyoucontact yourAiwadealerincaseofdifficulty Model No MM RX400 Serial No ...

Page 2: ... not always explicitly described Disclaimer AIWA Co Ltd will not be responsible for any loss or damage of music files due to their transfer to the MM RX400 player About the supplied software For using the supplied Audio Manager software follow the terms of License Agreement that you can view during the installation of the software You need software upgrades in order to support emerging new compres...

Page 3: ...tery rubbing together may cause a fire Make sure that pins or other foreign objects do not get inside the player Caution of impact Do not drop the player or allow any sharp impact This may cause serious damage to the player Note on listening with the headphones Listening to the player at full power for extended periods of time can result in hearing damage Do not wear the headphones while driving o...

Page 4: ... Audio Manager window 20 Recording tracks from a music CD 22 Read a CD window 22 Recording tracks 23 Obtaining track information about a music CD automatically 27 Obtaining music files via the Internet 28 Organizing tracks using play list 30 Play List window 30 Creating a play list 32 Creating a play list so that it contains music files already on your computer 34 Adding tracks to the previously c...

Page 5: ...om your computer using the supplied Audio Manager software USING THE MM RX400 PLAYER Player overview 47 Main unit 47 Remote control 49 Display window 50 Using the player 51 Playing back tracks 51 Selecting a play mode 52 Playing a desired portion of a track repeatedly A B Repeat Playback 52 Selecting equalizer settings to suit tracks 53 Changing the track information 53 Selecting the AREA setting ...

Page 6: ...re in the package If anything is missing please contact the store where you purchased the MM RX400 player or your nearest AIWA dealer 1 MM RX400 player 2 USB cable 3 Remote control 5 Battery charger 6 Rechargeable battery 7 32MBMultiMediaCard 8 Installation CD ROM 9 Carrying case 4 Stereo headphones 0 Operatinginstructions etc ...

Page 7: ...ition You can use the Audio Manager software only on computers on which Microsoft Windows 98 or Windows 98 Second Edition has been preinstalled by the manufacturer TheMM RX400playerdoesnotsupport Macintosh computers MicrosoftInternetExplorer Version4 01 Service Pack 2 or later Note Sound skip may occur depending on the configuration of the computer system and the applications running on it About t...

Page 8: ... topic page Click on an underlined term in the topic to jump to another related topic Searching by Keyword 1 Click on the Index tab in the Online Help window A list of keywords appears 2 Enter the word that you wish to search for or scroll the list of keywords 3 Selectakeywordfromthelistand click on Display The related topic appears Whentwoormoretopicsarerelatedto a selected keyword a Topics Found...

Page 9: ... protection measures may lead to some restrictions on transferring and therefore on playing back WMA files on the MM RX400 player For detailed information refer to http www aiwa co jp mm rx400 For a music file that is obtained from a content provider via the Internet the number of MM RX400 players to which you can transfer the music file depends on the information written in the file by the conten...

Page 10: ... dialog box appears Before using the MM RX400 player you must install the Audio Manager and driver software on your computer Before starting the installation Do NOT connect the MM RX400 player to your computer Quit any active applications If you have already installed a different version of Audio Manager delete it by following the procedure described in Uninstalling the Audio Manager and driver so...

Page 11: ...nstallation Complete dialog box 5 Click on Next The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears 6 Select the desired language from the drop down menu opened by clicking on the button then click on OK The License Agreement dialog box appears 7 Click on Yes if you accept the terms of the preceding License Agreement 8 Clickon Yes inthenext Privacy Statement dialog box if you acceptthetermsofthestatement...

Page 12: ...1 Click on the Start button point to Programs and Audio Manager thenclickon Uninstall Audio Manager A dialog box appears and asks if you really want to uninstall the software 2 Click on Yes in the dialog box 3 Clickon OK intheUninstallation completion dialog box Successively uninstall the driver software 4 Click on the Start button point to Programs and Audio Manager thenclickon Uninstall Driver Y...

Page 13: ...able battery with the 0 and 9 poles correctly aligned 3 Replacethebatterycompartment cover Battery indicator The battery indicator shows the power remaining Full b Empty When lights recharge the battery If you continue to use the MM RX400 playerafter lights the LOWBATT indicator appears operation stops and the MM RX400 player beeps Note on the rechargeable battery Use only the supplied battery cha...

Page 14: ...that has been used with other players that employs a format different from Windows DOS compatible format cannot be used by the MM RX400 player even after formatting it with Audio Manager Installing a MultiMediaCard You can use the 32MB MultiMediaCard that comes with the MM RX400 player Before you purchase an additional MultiMediaCard it is recommended to contact your nearest AIWA service personnel...

Page 15: ...400 player in step 3 install the USB driver following the procedure described in Installing the USB driver page 16 BeforeconnectingtheMM RX400player to your computer with the supplied USB cable besuretofullychargethebattery If LOW BATT appears on the display of the MM RX400 player when it is connected to the computer disconnect the MM RX400 player from the computer then reconnect it after fully ch...

Page 16: ...er for the first time after connecting it to the computer page 15 If any problem occurs during installation of the Audio Manager software the Add New Hardware Wizard appears when you connect the MM RX400 player and turn it on If this happens install the USB driver by following the steps below 1 Click on Next in the Add New Hardware Wizard window 2 Select Display a list of all the drivers in a spec...

Page 17: ...copying the necessary files to your computer A subsequent window appears when copying of files is completed 9 Click on Finish Confirming installation of the USB driver You can confirm if the USB driver is successfully installed by the following procedure 1 Check that the MM RX400 player is connected to your computer and turned on 2 Point to Settings of the Start menu thenclick ControlPanel 3 Doubl...

Page 18: ... Click on in the upper right corner of the Audio Manager window and small player You can also click on Exit from the File menu in the Audio Manager window or the shortcut menu of the small player that appears when you right click USING AUDIO MANAGER To start Audio Manager double click on the Audio Manager icon on the desktop You can also click on the Start button pointto Programs and AudioManager ...

Page 19: ...e appearance of your Audio Manager window also of the small player to suit your preference Click on Link to more skins of the Skins menu in the Audio Manager window to connect to the Web site where you can find and download skins of your preference Whenyouaredisplayingthesmallplayer click on Skins from menu of the small player that appears when you right click ...

Page 20: ...enu command functions refer to the Quick Reference book in the Online Help window 2 Audio Manager navigation buttons make a playlist button Click on this button to open the Play List window which allows you to listen to tracks and organize tracks into play lists as you like such as by artist genre etc page 30 1 Menu bar Clicking on an item opens a drop down menu from which you can select commands ...

Page 21: ...k in the Online Help window read a cd button Click on this button to open the Read a CD window which allows you to record tracks from a music CD to your computer page 22 go to web button Click on this button to connect to the Windows Media Web site page 28 Small Player icon Click on this icon to transform Audio Manager into a Small Player page 18 For a description of each control see 5 Player cont...

Page 22: ... page 25 button Click on this button to start recording tracks from a music CD button Click on this button to stop recording 2 Read a CD Track list Displaysinformationabouttheinserted music CD such as an album title and the title artist and length of each track on the music CD Selectthetracksyouwanttorecordby clicking on the box to the left of each track The Read a CD window allows you to record s...

Page 23: ...ssed and the lower status bar shows the overall recording progress for all the tracks selected for recording Recording tracks Before starting Before starting you may confirm and changethesettingstousewhenrecording tracks from a music CD by following the steps below To learn more about setting preferences refer to the Set Preferences book in the Online Help window 1 Click on Options of the View men...

Page 24: ... back the encoded files onanothercomputerortransferthem to the MM RX400 player using another computer 3 Under the CDDB tab check the Always get title from CDDB when CD is inserted option by clicking on it if you want information about a music CD to be obtained automatically If you check this option you can obtain generalinformationaboutamusicCD such as album title track titles artist name and play...

Page 25: ...r skip steps 4 and 5 and go to step 6 4 Click on the Untag All button to clear the check marks for all the tracks on the Read a CD Track list 5 Select the tracks that you want to record into your computer by clicking on the box to the left of each track To cancel the selection click on the box again Tip If you are not sure that the track you selected is correct right click on the track then select...

Page 26: ... the total recording progress of all the tracks selected for recording To stop recording click on the Stop Reading button When the entire track is successfully recorded the dialog box stating that recording is completed successfully appears If you are going to record tracks from a CD for the first time the Testing CD drive dialog box appears stating thatyoursystemandCD ROMdriveis being tested Thro...

Page 27: ... entering the information manually To get track information about your music CD perform the following 1 Confirm that you are connected to the Internet 2 Insert the music CD into the CD ROM drive of your computer A dialog box appears asking you if you want to get information about the CD from the Internet 3 Click on Yes in the dialog box The connection to the CDDB is automatically established and d...

Page 28: ...can find vast amounts of music downloads covering almost all popular artists in the world and genres a variety of entertainment contents such as movies andradio andinformationabouthardware andsoftware Thissitealsoprovidesmany links to other entertainment Web sites Note You must have Internet access to download music via the Internet 1 Clickonthe gotoweb button on the Audio Manager window TheWindow...

Page 29: ...ownloaded music file on Audio Manager and your MM RX400 player For detailed information about obtaining downloadable music files refer to the Visit the Internet to get audio and video and Play Secure Media books in the Online Help window Note Most downloadable music files are delivered in secure files that have encrypted information for copyright protection written in them Therefore you may be res...

Page 30: ...iles recorded or downloaded to your computer using Audio Manager are automatically added to your database Music files already on your computer can be also added to your database To learn moreaboutthedatabase refertothe TracksDatabase and PlaylistDatabase booksintheOnline Help window 2 4 5 1 3 1 AddTrackstothePlayListbutton bar button Click on this button to select desired tracks from your database...

Page 31: ... List button bar button Click on this button to clear all the tracks from the Play List button Click on this button to save the tracks displayedonthePlayListasaplaylist whichgivesyouaneasywaytoaccess thesegroupedtracksforplaybackand transfer to your MM RX400 player button Click on the trash can to delete the selected track from the Play List button Click on this button to move a selected track up ...

Page 32: ...on Plays the previous track 9 Play button Starts playback of the selected track 0 Pause button Pauses playback To resume playback click on again or click on Stop button Stops playback Forward button Plays the next track Creating a play list 1 Click on the make a playlist button to open the Play List window if it is not already open 2 Click on the Clear List button to clear the tracks already on th...

Page 33: ...lect Playlist From Database window that can be opened by clicking onthe SelectPlaylistFromDatabase button in the Play List window Now you are ready to transfer the tracks to your MM RX400 player Functions available in the Select Tracks From Database window Following operations are available in the Select Tracks From Database window Sort the track order by track title artist name original album tit...

Page 34: ...t fill in the otherfields thenclickon Close 7 Click on OK in the dialog box that appears successively If you do not know where the music files are stored 1 Cilck on the make a playlist button to open the Play List window if it is not already open 2 Click on the Clear List button to clear the tracks on the Play List 3 Click on Search Hard Disks for Tracks of the File menu All the music files stored...

Page 35: ...ated play list 1 Click on the make a playlist button to open the Play List window if it is not already open 2 Clickonthe SelectPlaylistsFrom Database button The Select Playlists From Database window appears 3 Select the play list to which you want to add the tracks by clicking on the box to the left of the play list then click on the Edit button The Edit Playlist window appears 4 Click on the Add ...

Page 36: ...the selected track 5 Repeat step 4 if necessary 6 Click on Close when you have finished 7 Click on Yes in the dialog box asking you if you really want to save the changes 8 Click on OK in the Select Playlists From Database window Deleting tracks and play lists from your database Deleting tracks from your database 1 Click on the make a playlist button to open the Play List window if it is not alrea...

Page 37: ... already open 2 Clickonthe SelectPlaylistsFrom Database button to open the SelectPlaylistsFromDatabase window 3 Click on the play list that you want to delete to highlight it then click on the Delete button A dialog box appears and asks you if you really want to delete the play list 4 Click on Yes 5 Repeat the procedure for the remaining play lists 6 Click on OK when you have finished deleting all...

Page 38: ...e about how to work with the Edit Track Info and Edit Playlist dialog boxesandmeaningofthefieldscontained in the dialog boxes refer to the Work with Tracks book in the Online Help window Playing the tracks in the play list 1 Click on the make a playlist button to open the Play List window if it is not already open 2 Click on the Clear List button to clear the tracks on the Play List 3 Clickonthe S...

Page 39: ...ntainedonthemusic CD are displayed on the Play List If you did not check the Always get title from CDDB when CD is inserted option a dialog box appears and prompts you to obtain information about the inserted music CD automatically If you want to get information about the music CD click on Yes Otherwise click on No Note You must have Internet access to use CDDB 5 Click on the desired track then cl...

Page 40: ...stening to music on the MM RX400 player you must transfer music files stored onyourcomputertoyourMM RX400player YoucanuseAudioManagertotransferMP3 files as well as WMA Windows Media Audio files to the MM RX400 player Copy to Devices window The Copy to Devices window allows you to select tracks or play lists from your database and transfer them to your MM RX400 player This window also provides the ...

Page 41: ...isplayed on the Transfer List as a play list which gives you an easy way to access these grouped tracks later button Click on the trash can to delete the selected track from the Transfer List button Click on this button to move a selected track up in the Transfer List order button Click on this button to move a selected track down in the Transfer List order 4 Memory media drop down list Displays t...

Page 42: ...ortable Track List order Transferring tracks to the MM RX400 player Before starting BeforeconnectingtheMM RX400player to your computer be sure to fully charge the battery CheckthattheinternalFlashMemoryor MultiMediaCard has enough available memory to store the transferred tracks You can find this information in the Device Usage bar Check that files to be transferred are not encoded with a bit rate...

Page 43: ...n the Select Tracks From Database button The Select Tracks From Database window appears Tip If you have created a play list that contains the tracks selected for transfer you can select the play list from the Select Playlists From Database windowthatcanbeopened by clicking on the Select Playlists From Database button 8 Select the tracks that you want to transfer to the MM RX400 player by clicking ...

Page 44: ...ck and the track the size of which best fits the remaining available memory is transferred Transferstopswhennotenoughspace to store any of the remaining tracks remains on the memory media 12Click on OK when the message Finished transferring tracks is displayed Your MM RX400 player is now ready for playback Note The track currently being played back cannot be transferred to the MM RX400 player Youa...

Page 45: ...atyouwantto delete from the Portable Track List 2 Click on The selected track is deleted from the memory media You can also right click on the track thenselect Remove fromtheshortcut menu Tip If you want to delete all the tracks from the memory media you may use the Format Media button Increasing the number of files that can be transferred to the MM RX400 player You can transfer more files to the ...

Page 46: ...SB cable page 15 If it is a MultiMediaCard that you want to format insert it into the MM RX400 player before connecting the MM RX400 player to the computer 2 Turn on the player by holding the e s button pressed until CONNECT USB appears on the display of the MM RX400 player 3 Double click on the Audio Manager icon on the desktop 4 Click on the copy to devices button to open the Copy to Deviceswind...

Page 47: ...entional operation USING THE MM RX400 PLAYER 1 PRESET AREA PLAY MODE button Press during playback to select the desired play mode from among NORMAL 1REPEAT ALLREPEAT RANDOM and RANDOM REP Press during Radio Reception or Station Preset mode to select the desired preset station number or a receiving system US or EU Asetofafrequencyrangeandafrequency interval 2 e play pause s off button Press to put ...

Page 48: ...matically set to 13 when you turn the power on after turning it off 7 FM MODE DISPLAY switch Slide during playback to select the display mode between TITLE track title etc or TIME elapsed playing time of the current track Slide during radio reception to select the reception mode between STEREO and MONO monaural 8 AUTO PRESET DTP button Press repeatedly during playback to select the desired DTP Dig...

Page 49: ...to put the player in playback pause to start playback again or to startplaybackduringradioreception 4 s off RADIO OFF button Press to turn the power off 5 HOLD switch 6 RADIO ON DTP button Press and hold to turn the power on in Radio Reception mode or start radio reception during playback Press repeatedly during playback to select the desired DTP Digital Tone Processor mode 7 r t buttons PRESET bu...

Page 50: ... DTP Digital Tone Processor indication 3 Battery indicator Displays the remaining battery power 4 Main indication Displaysthetracknumberandelapsed playing time of the current track when the DISPLAY switch is set to the TIME position Displays the track title of the current track when the DISPLAY switch is set to the TITLE position Note During playback of WMA format files timer display may show irre...

Page 51: ...or a track Turn the Multi Jog up or down repeatedly during playback or playback pause until a desired track is located To search for a point of a track During playback hold turning up or down the Multi Jog until the desired point of the track is located Multi Jog Playing back tracks 1 2 3 3 2 Before starting Release the HOLD switch to activate the player buttons 1 Connect the supplied remote contr...

Page 52: ...y ends 1 REPEAT The current track repeatedly ALL REPEAT All recorded tracks repeatedly RANDOM All recorded tracks in random order RANDOM REP All recorded tracks in random order repeatedly Playing a desired portion of a track repeatedly A B Repeat Playback 1 2 1 Press the A B button at the beginningofyourdesiredportion during playback A appears on the display 2 Press the A B button at the end of yo...

Page 53: ...Processor mode from among ROCK POP JAZZ and CLASSIC Changing the track information DISPLAY Set the DISPLAY switch to TITLE or TIME during playback Set the switch to To show TITLE The track title TIME The elapsed playing time of the current track Text too long to display scrolls so that you can read all of it The scrolling repeats as long as the track plays ...

Page 54: ...ct the desired setting 4 Press and hold the AREA button until the radio reception display appears again on the display Note IfyoudonotpresstheAREAbuttonwithin about 10 seconds after selecting your desired setting the former setting is restored and your selection is not registered Listening to a radio program Manual Tuning Before listening to a radio program make sure the USB cable is not connected...

Page 55: ...on turn up or down the Multi Jog repeatedly to cancel Auto Tuning then tune in to the station manually For better reception The headphone cord also functions as the FM antenna Keep it extended If stereo reception is poor Set the FM MODE switch to the MONO position The reception may improve but sound will not be in stereo Presetting stations automatically Auto Preset AUTO PRESET Press and hold the ...

Page 56: ...isplay To preset two or more stations Repeattheprocedurefromthebeginning To erase all preset stations Press and hold the PRESET button and Multi Jog simultaneously until PRESET MEMORY INITIALIZED appears on the display Listening to a preset station 3 2 1 1 2 RADIO OFF 3 1 Press and hold the Multi Jog until radio reception display appears on the display 2 Press the PRESET or button repeatedly to se...

Page 57: ...andexternalappearance are subject to change without notice Frequently asked questions General questions What is MP3 MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3 one of most popular audio formats It compresses standard audio tracks into much smaller sizes without significantly compromising sound quality Since the MP3 file format has no mechanism for copyright protection it is not widely used by commercial music data distr...

Page 58: ...nabled encoding software will search the CDDB database on the Internet for information about your music CD such as the album title artist names and track titles and automatically enter the information to its track list You do not have to manually enter information about your music CD What is SDMI TheSecureDigitalMusicInitiative aforum founded to develop technological specifications for enabling th...

Page 59: ...s dialog box for encoding WMA page 24 the supplied 32MB MultiMediaCard in combination with the internal Flash Memory allows you to store about 80 minutes of music files The time is reduced to about 60 minutes with the 128 kBit s CD Quality 11 25 1 reduction How long does the battery last Afullychargedbatterylastsabout5hours for MP3 WMA play The volume level differs among tracks The volume level of...

Page 60: ... OCheck to see if the rechargeable battery needs recharging page 13 ORemove the battery then reinstall it to reset the player page 13 This often helps solve a problem Various troubles with playback NO FILE is displayed on the MM RX400 player You may have failed to transfer music files to the MM RX400 player OCheck the USB cable connection andremainingbatterypower andtry to transfer music files to ...

Page 61: ... RX400 player O Retransfer the files after encoding them with a constant bit rate Somefilesthatareencodedwithencoding software other than Audio Manager or WindowsMediaPlayer7maycausepoor playback on the MM RX400 player O Retransfer the files after encoding them with Audio Manager or Windows Media Player 7 With some files the elapsed playing time indicated on the display is not accurate and sound s...

Page 62: ...e 15 OCheckthatthereissufficientavailable memoryintheinternalFlashMemory or MultiMediaCard You can view available memory on the Device Usage bar located in the right pain of the Copy to Devices window page 45 OCheck that the rechargeable battery still has power page 13 If the remaining power is insufficient LOWBATT appearsonthedisplay OCheck the file format of the music filestobetransferred AudioM...

Page 63: ...sfer of music files is finished NOW FORMATTING PLEASE WAIT Displayed while formatting of the internal Flash Memory or MultiMediaCard is in progress FORMAT COMPLETED Displayed when formatting of the internal Flash Memory or MultiMediaCard is finished INTERNAL MEMORY ERROR Displayed when an error has occurred with the internal Flash Memory EXTERNAL MEMORY ERROR Displayed when an error has occurred w...

Page 64: ...ent off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Modific...

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