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User’s Guide
Page 1: ...Media Buddy P PO OR RT TA AB BL LE E D DA AT TA A M MA AN NA AG GE ER R User s Guide...
Page 2: ...dia Buddy and Digital Foci are trademarks of Digital Foci Inc All names and products mentioned within this document are registered trademarks of their respective companies 2005 Digital Foci Inc All ri...
Page 3: ...e only warranty Digital Foci Inc makes for the Device To the extent allowed by Law no other warranty applies whether expressed implied or statutory including any warranty of merchantability of fitness...
Page 4: ...use the AC adapter with an extension cord or other outlet unless the plug can be properly inserted To avoid bodily injury or damage to internal components do not take apart Media Buddy Take special c...
Page 5: ...5 2 5 Navigating the Directory Structure _________________________________________ 6 2 5 1 Play Enter and Stop Cancel buttons _______________________________________________ 6 2 5 2 Scroll Up and Scro...
Page 6: ...s for Macintosh OS 8 6 and 9 x________________________________ 20 8 2 Renaming Hard Drive and Memory Card Labels ____________________________ 20 8 3 Multi language and Long File Name Support _________...
Page 7: ...mats The Media Buddy Portable Data Manager has been tested to support the following memory card formats CompactFlash CFTM SmartMediaTM SM SD Card SDTM MicroDriveTM CompactFlash 2 CF Type II MultiMedia...
Page 8: ...as a hard drive and you ll have full access to all of the pictures music files programs and other data stored on Media Buddy Since you can freely move and copy files between Media Buddy and your comp...
Page 9: ...Media Buddy User s Guide 2 2 Media Buddy Layout Page 3 Revision 2 6...
Page 10: ...it is charging Note If Media Buddy is off and plugged into the AC Adapter and the LED is not lit the battery is fully charged 2 3 3 Power On Off To turn on Media Buddy press and hold the On Off Butto...
Page 11: ...diagram shows the menu structure and operational flow of Media Buddy MODE Select Detail Screen FILE Mode HD DEVICE Select FILE Mode Detail Screen FILE Mode Card Detail Screen MP3 Mode HD DEVICE Select...
Page 12: ...lect the highlighted menu option or enter into the highlighted directory folder The Stop Cancel button is used to exit out of the current menu option or out of the current directory folder and return...
Page 13: ...evice File Folder name File Folder date File Folder size Auto Key action Battery indicator Directory level File Mode Detail Screen File mode Hard drive capacity File Folder time Scroll bar File extens...
Page 14: ...card with the gold connector side facing up MS Duo and MS PRO Duo cards can be inserted without using an adapter Since the MS Duo and MS PRO Duo cards are narrower than regular MS cards take special c...
Page 15: ...disconnecting it from your computer To do this in Windows 1 Open Windows Explorer and locate the icon for the memory card you would like to remove 2 Use the computer mouse and right click on the icon...
Page 16: ...Mac OS 8 6 and 9 x device drivers from the Resource Disc must be installed before the computer can recognize Media Buddy See Section 8 1 Driver Installation for instructions on how to install the dri...
Page 17: ...fely Remove Hardware label 2 Double click on this icon to open the Safely Remove Hardware window 3 Select the hardware device named USB Mass Storage Device 4 Click on the Stop button and a confirmatio...
Page 18: ...Copying Files from Memory Cards to Media Buddy Media Buddy provides you with two methods of copying files from memory cards You can copy an entire memory card with the simple one touch AutoCOPY funct...
Page 19: ...pressed Media Buddy will copy each memory card in succession creating a different folder for each memory card 3 1 2 Copying a specific folder or file 1 Insert the memory card into the appropriate car...
Page 20: ...lder or file you want to copy press the Auto Key button to make the copy 6 When the copy is complete you will see the confirmation screen Note If you copy multiple folders and files in succession from...
Page 21: ...CompactFlash SD Secure Digital includes MMC SM SmartMedia MS Memory Stick For example H D M S 3 3 Stopping the Copy Operation You can stop the copy operation in the middle of the copy process To do th...
Page 22: ...ndicates folder or file extension 4 Press the Auto Key button to delete the selected folder or file 5 The screen will display the FILE DELETE screen and prompt you to confirm 6 Press the Play Enter bu...
Page 23: ...ing in the AC adapter it is safest if Media Buddy is fully charged 1 Connect Media Buddy to your computer as described in Section 2 8 1 Connecting Media Buddy to your computer 2 Media Buddy will displ...
Page 24: ...ansporting files from one computer to another when you don t have a network connection or access to email 2 Transporting large files from one computer to another when using the network or email is not...
Page 25: ...edia Buddy requires operating the internal hard drive This places significant drain on the battery To get longer battery life when listening to your MP3 files play from memory card instead Sample rate...
Page 26: ...uddy to your computer with the USB cable and let your computer run through the installation process 8 1 2 Installation instructions for Macintosh OS 8 6 and 9 x 1 Close all programs running on your co...
Page 27: ...Note At step 3 you can also select Properties instead of Rename Windows Example In this case here Media Buddy s hard drive is named MediaBuddy The inserted Compact Flash card is named CF Card The ins...
Page 28: ...ia Buddy has a Reset button on its right side just below the USB jack For safety purposes the Reset button is sunk under the case and requires a sharp pointy object such as a paper clip to press In th...
Page 29: ...ows XP formatting 32 GB and larger Media Buddy hard drives require the use of a special utility included on the Resource Disc named FDiskAP FDiskAP Instructions 1 Confirm that Media Buddy is connected...
Page 30: ...1 1 ports available Can Media Buddy still be connected Yes Media Buddy is backward compatible with USB 1 1 What is the purpose of the Reset button on Media Buddy In case Media Buddy hangs you can rese...
Page 31: ...y special drivers needed USB disks are supported in Linux kernel 2 4 x USB drivers are included in kernel 2 4 18 or later Also there are USB packages available for kernels prior to 2 4 x versions How...
Page 32: ...esh or press F5 on the keyboard I cannot transfer data from my memory card to my Media Buddy At the end of the transfer an ERROR READING icon is flashing Your memory card may not be formatted correctl...
Page 33: ...ws 2000 but the computer still cannot detect the hard drive Windows 2000 cannot format a new hard disk without a Partition Table Use the computer s disk utility program to create a Partition Table the...
Page 34: ...under Windows but I cannot mount the volume in Linux with the mount dev sdd1 command A different volume format called Superfloppy not including a partition is made by Windows To mount a Superfloppy vo...
Page 35: ...eo analog Line Out earphone 3 5mm jack Battery power 900mAh built in Li Ion rechargeable battery Battery life 1 6 hours minimum at continuous usage External power 110 240V AC to DC adapter 12V 1 5A DC...
Page 36: ...it probably will not interfere with your radio or TV However we do not guarantee the absence of interference If you modify the device in any way without approval from Digital Foci Inc your device may...
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