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Users Manual

Rev. 350

Summary of Contents for Beatman Flash 128 FM

Page 1: ...Users Manual Rev 350 ...

Page 2: ...ve companies This device was designed for home or office use We reserve the right to upgrade our products in keeping with technological advances When using headphones Avoid damaging your hearing do not play your headset at a high volume Hearing experts advise against continuous extended play If you experience a ringing in your ears reduce the volume or discontinue use Do not use while operating a ...

Page 3: ...age 5 Device description page 6 Display panel page 7 CHAPTER 1 Start up Hardware Installation page 8 CHAPTER 2 Installation of the Digital Audio Manager software page 10 CHAPTER 3 Driver Installation page 12 CHAPTER 4 Every day use page 19 CHAPTER 5 Troubleshooting page 35 Contents 2003 Freecom Technologies ...

Page 4: ... retailer or the Freecom Support Center for your country if any of the above items are missing from your box Do not forget to register your Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM by visiting www freecom com or by filling out the warranty card Contents of the box Before starting to use your Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM please check the box for the following contents Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM MP3 WMA playe...

Page 5: ...eatman Flash 128 FM when the ambient temperature is below 10 C or above 45 C and in direct sun light If the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM is moved from a cool environment to a warmer environment please allow it to acclimatize to the ambient temperature before operating the device Failing to do so may lead to condensation within the enclosure which in turn may cause it to malfunction Do not place li...

Page 6: ...qualizer Navigation button 3 Hold switch 4 Headphone connector 5 Volume control up down 6 USB connector 7 LCD Display 8 Microphone 9 Neck strap holder 10 Power On Play Pause Power Off button 11 Previous Fast backward 12 Next Fast forward 13 Battery lock switch 14 Battery cover ...

Page 7: ...T MODE indicator 5 REPEAT SETTING indicator 6 PLAY STATUS indicator 7 PLAYING TIME indicator 8 CURRENT FOLDER indicator 9 CURRENT SONG indicator 10 CURRENT FILE TYPE indicator 11 CURRENT SAMPLING FREQUENCY indicator 12 BIT RATE indicator 13 EQUALIZER SETTING indicator 14 VOLUME indicator Display panel ...

Page 8: ... cover in the direction shown to open the battery cover 3 Insert one AAA size battery as shown with the side touching the spring inside the battery cover Note Batteries contain chemical substances When empty they should be properly disposed of 4 Slide the battery cover back 5 Lock the battery cover by sliding the lock switch back 6 Insert the headphone jack into the headphone connector as shown ...

Page 9: ...t the small USB connector into the USB connector of the Beatman Flash 128 FM Note If you connect the USB cable when the Beatman Flash 128 FM is still playing it may cause the unit to malfunction To avoid this please only connect the USB cable when the Beatman Flash 128 FM is in Power Off or Pause mode Connect the Beatman Flash 128 FM to your PC ...

Page 10: ... ware from the Beatman Flash 64 MB model Freecom article number 19034 please uninstall this software first before installing the Digital Audio Manager software for the Beatman Flash 128 FM model 1 Insert the Freecom software CD into your CD ROM drive Click Digital Audio Manager Software to continue 2 Select destination directory we advise you to accept the default selec tion and click Next to cont...

Page 11: ...k Next to continue 4 Cick Next to continue 5 Click Finish to finish installation You can access Digital Audio Man ager from the Programs menu in the Windows Start menu Installation of the Digital Audio Manager software ...

Page 12: ...m Beatman Flash 128 FM is connected to the PC by using the supplied USB connection cable 2 Switch the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM on 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard opens and a USB Device is found Click on Next 4 In the next window select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click on Next ...

Page 13: ...ows 98 SE 5 Click Browse Select the CD ROM drive with the Digital Audio Player software Continue by clicking on Next 6 Follow the instructions on screen The necessary files will be installed Click on Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 14: ...lash 128 FM is connected to the PC by using the supplied USB connection cable 2 Switch the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM on 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard opens and a USB Device is found Click on Next 4 The necessary files will be installed Click on Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 15: ...cted to the PC by using the supplied USB connection cable 2 Switch the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM on 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard opens and a USB Device is found Click on Next 4 In the next window select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Click on Next Installing driver Windows 2000 ...

Page 16: ...B USA 3 5 Make sure that the checkbox CD ROM drive is activated in the next window Continue by clicking on Next 6 In the next window a massage is shown that a driver for an USB device is found Click on Next ...

Page 17: ...Installing Windows XP USB driver 1 Make sure the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM is connected to the PC by using the supplied USB connection cable 2 Switch the Freecom Beatman Flash 128 FM on 3 The Add New Hardware Wizard opens and a USB Device is found Click on Next Installing USB driver under Windows XP ...

Page 18: ...18 GB USA 3 4 Click Continue Anyway 5 The necessary files will be installed Click on Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 19: ... Audio Manager 1 Click Start Programs FreecomDigitalAudioManager Freecom Digital Audio Manager 2 Select the music files you want to transfer and drag and drop them to the screen on the right 3 To transfer change remove files or to format the memory please select the operation menu Every day use ...

Page 20: ...RIES Format all selected data or files in memory of Player CANCEL OPERATIONS IN QUEUE Cancel operation of selected DOWNLOAD UPLOAD DELETE in queue CANCEL ALL OPERATIONS Cancel all operations of DOWNLOAD UPLOAD DELETE in queue VIEW MEMORY Option for viewing selected memory in internal external memory You can select and view one of NAME STORAGE SIZE DATA PC Option for viewing data in PC You can sele...

Page 21: ...o turn the power on 2 After Power On music will start immediately when autoplay is acti vated Pause Power off 1 Press 4 button during playback to pause the player 2 To turn the power off press 4 button for more than 2 seconds when the player is in pause mode Every day use ...

Page 22: ...de the hold switch in the direction of the arrow to activate Hold function 2 Slide the hold switch back to de activate Hold function Volume Control Press Vol on the left side of the player to adjust the volume Volume range is 0 minimum to 30 maximum Hold On Hold Off ...

Page 23: ...button during playback to search fast backward within the song Press and hold 8 button during playback to search fast forward within the song Previous Next Track 1 Press 8 button to move the next song 2 Press 7 button to move the previous song Every day use ...

Page 24: ... flicker in the display 2 Press Rec A B button shortly again to mark the end of the loop A B will appear in the display and the loop is played repeatedly 3 Press Rec A B button shortly again to exit the loop Deleting Files Press Rec A B button for a few seconds during playback to delete the song currently playing ...

Page 25: ...ain to exit the intro mode MODE Setting 1 Press 4 button to pause music while playing 2 Press MODE button for a few seconds to enter the MODE menu 3 Scroll through the menu by pressing VOL buttons 4 Change the setting by pressing 7 or 8 buttons 5 Press MODE button for a few seconds to exit mode menu See table on page 26 for a detailed description of the mode settings ...

Page 26: ...dom Play randomly Resume Off Plays the first song in the memory Song Plays from the start of last played song before power off Real Plays from the exact position in last played song before power off Set EQ Normal Normal Live Live Pop Pop Rock Rock Classic Classic AUTO PLAY On Auto Play On Off Auto Play Off ID3 tag On ID3 TAG on Off ID3 Tag off Language Kor Korean Eng English Jpn Japan Chn Chinese ...

Page 27: ...cording szie 16KBps Mid quality of voice recording 32KBps High quality of voice Highquality largefile recording size Contrast 0 10 El Mode Backlighting 3Sec El mode on for 3sec 5Sec EL mode on for 5sec 10Sec EL mode on for 10sec Always EL mode always on Off EL mode always off To select a mode press the Vol buttons To select a function within a mode press the 7 or 8 buttons Every day use ...

Page 28: ...MODE button for a few seconds during playback 2 Search for music file by pressing 7 or 8 button 3 Press 4 to play the selected song Voice recording 1 Press 4 button during playback to enter pause mode 2 Press Rec A B button for more than 2 seconds to start voice recording Recording now will appear in the display 3 Press Rec A B button shortly to stop voice recording Note Voice file is created auto...

Page 29: ...for more than 2 seconds to delete the voice file that is currently playing Returning to Audio mode 1 Press 4 button shortly to pause mode during playback 2 Press MODE button for a few seconds to enter mode setting menu 3 Press VOL buttons until you reach TYPE mode 4 Press 7 or 8 button to change from Voice to Audio mode 5 Press MODE for more than 2 seconds to exit Mode setting menu Every day use ...

Page 30: ...nce for a short period 2 Press mode button for a few seconds then Preset Scan mode and Manual Scan mode will be set alternatively If a preset channel is found the Preset icon appears and disappears on the display alternatively If no preset frequency is found the message Preset Channel Not Found is displayed for 3 seconds and the mode is automati cally set to Manual Scan mode Preset Scan Mode Manua...

Page 31: ...set scan mode or Manual scan mode 3 Display Stereo or Mono icon 4 Volume During listening the radio you can adjust the volume 5 Antenna status 6 Preset channel 1 20 is available to save Display preset channel 7 Frequency 8 Frequency scroll bar Every day use ...

Page 32: ...hannel you want to listen to 2 Press the Rec button for a short period to store this channel to one of the presets 3 The preset number is blinking The preset number is changed by pressing the 7 or 8 button If there is no key pressed for over 10 seconds the player will go back to Manual Scan Mode When the selected preset channel is already previouosly used to store a channel the USED Channel xx xx ...

Page 33: ...or 8 button to select the preset channel 2 After selecting the channel press the REC button to delete the channel from the presets If you want to restore the preset you have just deleted press the REC button one more time 3 Press the buttons 7 8 or Mode key to exit Preset Scan Mode 1 Press the Mode button for a few seconds to select the Preset Scan mode The Preset icon is displayed Every day use ...

Page 34: ...e This function automatically searches for the channels with the best reception and automatically stores these chan nels in the presets During Auto Preset Scan the icon is blinking 2 During automatic scanning if a channel is found then you can listen to it for 5 seconds and it s preset and display automatically After these 5 seconds scanning starts again When you press the REC button during scanni...

Page 35: ...w operating temperature is between 10 and 45 C Buttons do not work Check if the Hold function is activated if so de activate hold function Poor sound quality or no sound Check if headphones are connected correctly MP3 WMA files cannot be Check if power is turned on downloaded Check if USB cable is connected correctly to player and PC Check in Windows Device Manager if the USB driver is installed c...

Page 36: ...mum 34 hours at 8Kbps 128MB Multi Line Graphic LCD 128 64 dot 4 Lines display with EL ID3 TAG Supported EQ Classic Pop Rock Live Normal Supported Language English Japanese Korean Chinese PC Interface USB USB download speed up to 3 5Mbps Battery type AAA size 1EA Running time Up to 9 hours Size mm 52 6 56 7 17 5mm Weight g 44 battery not included Frequency Response 20Hz 20KHz S N 85dB THD 0 1 Headp...

Page 37: ... to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential area This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harm...

Page 38: ...b damage to or loss of any software programs data or removable storage media c any damage resulting from adaptations changes or adjustments which may have been made to the product without the prior written consent of Freecom d attempted repair by any party other than autho rized by Freecom and e accidents lightning water fire or any other such cause beyond the reason able control of Freecom With r...

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