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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Model 2040MO

USB Cassette Converter

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Page 1: ...1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Model 2040MO USB Cassette Converter Please read these instructions carefully before operating unit...

Page 2: ...LING THE AUDACITY SOFTWARE 12 CONFIGURING AUDACITY FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS 17 AUDACITY PREFERENCES SETTINGS 19 RECORDING OPERATION 27 COPYING THE MUSIC FILE TO AN MP3 PLAYER 32 AUDACITY FOR MAC USERS 32...

Page 3: ...efore the product is operated 2 Retain Instructions The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference 3 Heed Instructions All warnings on the product and in the operating i...

Page 4: ...sed for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the USB cable This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning and power line surges 15 Overloading Do not overload w...

Page 5: ...azards 20 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this product ask the service technician to perform safety checks to determine that the product is in proper operating condition 21 H...

Page 6: ...all packaging materials from unit Check to make sure that you have removed all included components before discarding the box and packing 2 Choose unit installation location carefully Avoid placing it...

Page 7: ...any slack tape Note Do not touch the tape because fingerprints attract dust and dirt easily 2 Open the cassette door manually Note Do not open the cassette holder during recording or playback 3 Load...

Page 8: ...ON OF CONTROLS 1 EJECT BUTTON TO OPEN CASSETTE DOOR 2 HEADPHONE INPUT 3 USB CONNECTION 4 VOLUME ADJUSTMENT 5 REW 6 STOP 7 FF 8 Auto Rewind 9 DIR 10 PLAY 11 DC 5V USB SUPPLY 12 BATTERY COMPARTMENT INSI...

Page 9: ...iately and dispose of them LISTENING TO A TAPE 1 Open the cassette door manually Load a cassette tape with the open edge facing upward and gently close the cassette door 2 Select your playback output...

Page 10: ...Macintosh OS 9 OX 10 4 or later AUDACITY INSTALLATION AND USB CONNECTION 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to the unit Connect the other end into the USB socket on your computer Note T o help ensure...

Page 11: ...W izard please skip and refer to Installingthe Audacity Software 2 There are five files in the Audacity disc Audacity_for_MAC Select this for Macintoshsystem Audacity_for_WIN Select this for W indows...

Page 12: ...12 INSTALLING THE AUDACITY SOFTWARE 4 Click the dropdownarrow to select a setup language then click on OK 5 The AudacitySetup W izard will appear Click on Next button...

Page 13: ...k on Next 7 Normally most people will install programs in C disk click on Next If you want to change the directory click Browse select a setup directory and click on Next This will install Audacity 2...

Page 14: ...14 8 Continue to click on Next Click Create a Desktop icon 9 Click on Install icon...

Page 15: ...15 Click on Next icon...

Page 16: ...very use 11 The program will be opened if the checkbox beside the Launch Audacity is selected Or you can open Audacity software and start recording your files Or if you cannot install the Audacity sof...

Page 17: ...Audacity Control Buttons Use the attribute controls button at the top of the screen to go to beginning Play Record Pause Stop and End Use the File Edit View Project Generate Effect and Analyze menus...

Page 18: ...on to stop the recording 6 Click the button to skip to end Meter toolbar 7 Output level monitor 8 Input level monitor Mixer toolbar 9 Adjust the output volume 10 Adjust the input volume Device toolbar...

Page 19: ...nces On the left side of the pop up window of the AudacityPreferences you will see tabs as in picture below of Devices Playback Recording Quality Interface Tracks Import Export Extended Import Project...

Page 20: ...ray to USB pnp audio device controller Click the arrow on Channels to select 2 Stereo Do not click OK until you finish all the settings Note If you couldn t find the Microphone USB Audio Controller or...

Page 21: ...in MP3 Export Library interface click Locate Button to find lame_enc dll On the Locate Lame box click Browse button to open lame_enc dll On the next Window Where is Lame_enc dll Click on Computer My...

Page 22: ...22 then click OK on Locate Lame small box Click OK on the Preferences Libraries box Now you can proceed with the Recording Exporting and saving the Recorded Music...

Page 23: ...ware does not open from the disc you must download the lame_enc dll software from website Click Download On Preferences Libraries box then a website will be opened automatically Opened website to down...

Page 24: ...ee Jump straight to LAME for W indowsdownload Leftclick Lamefor W indows then it will jump to the downloadchapter for W indows The AudacityLAME_enc dllis free so you can click libmp3lame win 3 98 2 zi...

Page 25: ...esktop you do not need to do this again After opening Lame_enc dll the first time it may not be necessaryto open Lame_enc dl l the next time you record Go back to the Audacityand click on Edit then Pr...

Page 26: ...Vista is recommended to ensure thatthe input volume control is working properly And for any question on Mixer toolbar please visit http wiki audacityteam org index php title Mixer_Toolbar_issues SETTI...

Page 27: ...S Button Controls From left to right these button controls are Output and input monitors Output and input control Adjust the output and input volume Output volume and Input volume and output level sli...

Page 28: ...level to 2 6 see the section of ADJUSTMENT FOR WINDOWS 7 AND SOME VISTA SYSTEMS ONLY 2 Press pause in between each song Only press the stop button when all desired songs have been recorded TIPS If you...

Page 29: ...button to go to the beginning of the recording 4 Select a section you want to export by moving the cursor to the beginning of the song and left clicking Then hold and drag the cursor Release the curs...

Page 30: ...most iPod devices can play audios with this format You can also choose an alternative format such as AIFF WAV OGG or FLAC if these formats are supported on both your computer and the exported devices...

Page 31: ...ngs you can copy the audio files to your MP3 player iPod or copy to CD To burn CD s You must have a CD burner in your computer Please refer to the instructions related to the burner s use 8 If you nee...

Page 32: ...copy of MP3 file to MP3 player B If you do not have REMOVABLE DISK listed then click on COPY Go back and repeat steps 3 4 5 above Right click in the middle of the window and a box will open Select PAS...

Page 33: ...ty macosx ub 2 0 0 dmg icon the software files will now open in a folder Select all the files in the folder and drag them into a suitable location on the hard drive Applications etc Double click on th...

Page 34: ...he Audacity menu bar Click Audacity and select Preferences Then another window will appear on the screen b In the window of Audacity Preferences click Devices on the left hand side Then on the right s...

Page 35: ...beside the Software PLaythrough Listen while recording or monitoring new track In the Sound Activated Recording column slide the meter to 36 db d Click Quality on the left then on the right side in S...

Page 36: ...if the program has detected and shown the MP3 Library Version there If shown skip and go to step f If it displays MP3 export library not found you need to find the LAME Click Locate button then a win...

Page 37: ...you found is not compatible click the Download button and a website will show automatically Scroll down the webpage to find a title named MAC OS X Click the LAME download page and another website wil...

Page 38: ...vided for the LAME for all version systems Find a title named For Audacity 1 3 3 or later on Mac OS X Intel or PPC and then click Lame Library v3 98 2 for Audacity on OSX dmg to download the file Then...

Page 39: ...39 f Then click OK to close the Preferences interface RECORDING OPERATIONS Basic control buttons 1 Press the Record button on the Audacity and set the aux source phonograph or auxiliary input to play...

Page 40: ...ress play button to play the recording then press Stop button 4 Then select a section you want to export by moving the cursor to the beginning then click ho ld an d drag it Release the cursor until yo...

Page 41: ...ick iTunes Set Up to install the iTunes software and follow the screen instructions to complete the set up It will open automatically If not open iTunes interface 2 View the iTunes version Click the H...

Page 42: ...sion Check your iTunes version to be sure it is the same as above 10 6 3 25 3 Connect iPod to your computer Plug one end of iPod Cable Dock Connector into the USB port on your computer and then connec...

Page 43: ...43 Click on iPod under Devices then select Summary to enter into interface below...

Page 44: ...mary interface you can see the iPod information including name capacity software version sync function etc The Sync button is used to synchronize the iPod with the iTunes Click on Music to enter into...

Page 45: ...e only transforming music from iTunes into iPod will be explained in this manual 3 To add music that s already on your computer to the iTunes If you have music on your computer encoded in file formats...

Page 46: ...46 A dialog box will appear and you may select the Music file Then click the OK button...

Page 47: ...king OK above another box appears to prompt you to convert the WMA format into AAC format Click Convert another box with Adding Files appears to show the processing Soon all the music files will be ad...

Page 48: ...ally added to the iTunes library You can also drag individual song files to iTunes Click on Music icon located on left side of the interface You can see that all songs will list on the right of the iT...

Page 49: ...ady A box will come up advising that all existing songs and play lists on the iPod Administrator will be removed Click the Sync button to synchronize the music files in the iTunes to iPod 7 After clic...

Page 50: ...g recording or the recording sounds unsatisfied adjust the recording volume as follows Click the Start in the left corner of the computer select Settings Control Panel In Control Panel interface Find...

Page 51: ...ies interface Volume window will be seen Select the Audio tab to reveal the settings Under the Sound recording USB Audio Controller should be selected Click the Volume button to set the recording inpu...

Page 52: ...52 In WAVE IN interface Adjust the recording volume to about 50 as per illustrated below The fluctuant wave will show on the interface when recording...

Page 53: ...e seen You will see the Speaker USB Audio Controller is set default To make sounds back click a playback device e g Speaker High Definition Audio then click Set Default And click OK Then the sound sho...

Page 54: ...ect Preference Click Recording on the left side you will see the detail contents on the right side Click the checkbox beside Software Playthrough Listen while recording or monitoring new track Click O...

Page 55: ...or the sound is low or distorted during recording adjust the recording level as follows 1 Click on Start to open select the Control Panel Click All Control Panel Items to access your computer setting...

Page 56: ...ontroller and click OK NOTE If the USB cord is NOT properly connected the USB Audio Controller Default Device selection will not appear In this case reboot your computer with the USB cable connected 5...

Page 57: ...57 6 Select the Levels tab and adjust the Microphone recording level by sliding the indication to 21...

Page 58: ...e in the Audacity Control Panel Adjust the level accordingly click OK to close the Microphone Properties window and click OK to close the Sound window You may now open the Audacity software program to...

Page 59: ...This will enable you to hear the audio from the turntable even if you have not record enabled the Audacity application If you are not seeing the microphone slider please go to the Preferences menu in...

Page 60: ...eck the playback head on your cassette player to make sure it is clean If you experience any odd sounds coming from the recording try closing all applications restarting the computer and only run Auda...

Page 61: ...quirement DC 3V MAX 500mA Power Consumption DC 3V 1W Power Consumption ideal stage DC 5V 0 1W Power Input 5V 0 5V Dimension 115 5 x 89 x 32 mm Weight 160g Accessories Instruction Manual USB Cable CD D...

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