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Page 2: ...Windows Me and Windows XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners Gracenote is a registered trademark of CDDB Inc Macintosh Quicktime and iTunes are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratorie...

Page 3: ...nsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Declaration of Conformity According to 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 for Class B Personal Computers and Peripherals and or CPU Boards and Power Supplies used with Class B Personal Computers Motorola Inc Motorola Inc Broadband Communications Sector 101 Tournament Drive Horsham PA 19044 1 877 466 8646 declares under sole responsi...

Page 4: ...power over extended periods of time can be damaging to the hearing of the user BATTERY SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do not burn disassemble mutilate or puncture the battery The battery contains toxic materials that could be released resulting in injury Caution There is a risk of explosion if you replace the battery with an incorrect battery type Use only the battery that came with your player or an authori...

Page 5: ...oftware Setup 18 Basic Operations 24 Play Music 30 FM Tuner 34 Advanced Features 37 Settings 39 About 52 Bookmarks 51 Frequently Asked Questions 53 Glossary 56 Appendix A The MP3 Format 59 Appendix B Menu Tree 61 Limited Warranty and Software License 62 Index 69 m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 5 ...

Page 6: ...Package Contents m250 m500 Digital Audio Player Installation CD Earphones AC Adapter Charger Belt Clip Mini USB Cable m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 6 ...

Page 7: ...al Music Center for Windows PCs This easy to use and powerful software enables you to extract music tracks from CDs organize them in a variety of ways and quickly download them to the m250 m500 using a high speed USB 2 0 connection Your computer must support USB 2 0 for the fastest transfer times the m250 m500 and software will also work with the older USB 1 0 format Help files are included in you...

Page 8: ...0 m500 depends on the way in which they are encoded and the bit rate used See the FAQ section of this manual for more information Learning More The capabilities of the m250 m500 as well as the power of the software and the ways in which you can work with music files in general are considerable You will enjoy experimenting with the software and music files as you get to know how to get the most fro...

Page 9: ...Tour of the m250 m500 Main View m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 9 ...

Page 10: ...Top View Bottom View m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 10 ...

Page 11: ...Inside View m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 11 ...

Page 12: ...LCD Overview Playback Mode Menu Mode m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 12 ...

Page 13: ...Play Screens Press the Thumbstick to cycle through Date View Time Code View and Track Format View screens Date View Time Code View Track Format View m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 13 ...

Page 14: ...FM Radio Manual FM Radio Store Preset FM Radio Preset m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 14 ...

Page 15: ...d the battery icon in the upper right corner will change to an electrical plug icon Unplug the AC adapter and disconnect it from the player Additionally if the player is turned off while charging player turns itself on when the charger is attached a large battery filling icon appears in the center of the display which changes to a large electrical plug when fully charged Battery The m250 m500 uses...

Page 16: ...g USB 2 0 protocols with a transfer rate of up to 480 Mbps The player must be connected using the included USB cable to the USB port on your computer to transfer music or files to and from the player and your computer The Mini USB connector plugs into the port on the bottom of the player see pages 10 and 11 The port is covered by a soft plastic plug attached to the player Use care in opening it an...

Page 17: ...o listen to music from the player while it is connected to your computer without draining the battery Additional Accessories Get the most out of your m250 m500 with additional accessories that can make the player easier and more flexible to use Shop the Motorola web site at http www motorola com mp3players m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 17 ...

Page 18: ...must be installed on computers that use the Windows operating system Motorola Digital Music Center is the provided program you use in Windows to manage your audio files iTunes must be installed on computers that use the Macintosh operating system Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service is a free service you can register with that automatically provides details of audio CDs such as Title Artist an...

Page 19: ...icon in Control Panel and follow the prompts 1 Place the installation CD label side up into your computer s CD ROM drive The installation software should launch automatically If the installation software does not launch automatically follow these steps to start installing manually a Double click the My Computer icon on the Windows Desktop b Double click the CD ROM icon c Double click the Install i...

Page 20: ...enter has been installed If for any reason the Windows Device Driver Wizard is displayed after the USB cable has been plugged into both the m250 m500 and the computer please follow these steps 1 Confirm that the installation CD is in the computer s CD ROM drive 2 Check the CD ROM Drives box when the Device Driver Wizard requests the location of the m250 m500 drivers 3 Click Next and follow the Dev...

Page 21: ...igital audio formats Motorola Digital Music Center encodes WMA files by default and MP3 via an optional upgrade pack Automatically synchronize the music collection on your computer with your m250 m500 Edit ID3 Tag and WMA tags on digital audio tracks Organize and manage digital audio tracks on your computer and the m250 m500 Search for tracks on your computer and the m250 m500 Create custom playli...

Page 22: ...am iTunes offers the following features Copy rip your audio CDs into compressed encoded digital formats including MP3s Organize digital audio tracks on your computer Search for tracks on your computer Create custom CDs The m250 m500 doesn t support the AAC codec used for music files obtained from the iTunes Music Store at this time However there are many quality music file format conversion progra...

Page 23: ...onnected to the Internet when ripping CDs so that Gracenote can retrieve and provide the music details of the CD being ripped In Digital Music Center 1 Click Tools 2 Click Options 3 Click Copy CD 4 Click Advanced 5 Click Register to register or re register with the Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service 6 Click Next 7 Check the box that reads I have read and agree to these Terms of Use 8 Click F...

Page 24: ...500 are divided into four areas How to Control the player functions How to Copy songs from CDs and other sources to your computer How to Transfer songs to the m250 m500 from your computer How to Play Songs on the player m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 24 ...

Page 25: ...and Saving Settings is displayed LOCK UNLOCK Slide into the LOCK position to disable Volume and the Thumbstick except Play Pause operation This works when the player is on and off when the player is turned off a padlock appears on the LCD if you try to turn it on with LOCK engaged See Settings for Lock options VOLUME and Press either side of the button to adjust the volume level m250 m500 DIGITAL ...

Page 26: ...k Press and hold to stop playback and to move down through menus and options o Forward Press and release quickly to skip to the next track Press and hold to scan forward through a track In Menu mode press to move into a submenu When setting options press to confirm the choice and a checkmark will appear on the LCD o Reverse Press and release quickly to skip to the previous track Select and hold to...

Page 27: ...nto your CD ROM drive 3 Click the CD ROM icon on the Motorola Digital Music Center Device List In a short time the music tracks on the CD will be read and listed in the Digital Music Center window 4 Use any of the following techniques to select tracks Track Type Technique Single track Left click the track Multiple tracks Press SHIFT Click or CTRL Click All tracks Press CTRL A No tracks Press CTRL ...

Page 28: ...an select tracks within a specific category Albums Artists Genres Songs and Playlists For example if you wish to copy all tracks by a favorite artist onto the player click the Artists tab and then use any of the techniques in Step 4 to select the desired tracks 4 Use any of the following techniques to select tracks File type Technique Single track album or artist Left click the track album or arti...

Page 29: ... iTunes 2 Connect the player to a USB port on the computer The m250 m500 will turn on 3 Click Library in the iTunes Source frame 4 Select the tracks to transfer 5 Drag and drop the selected tracks onto the m250 m500 player listing in the iTunes Source frame iTunes will only refresh the audio contents located on the m250 m500 player after all selected tracks have been transferred m250 m500 DIGITAL ...

Page 30: ...ing to a particular CD album Artist will identify songs from a particular artist for playback based on track information Genre will play all songs that match a particular type of music based on track information Track will play a specific track Year will group and play songs that were published in a certain year New Music will include and play songs that were added to your music lists within a spe...

Page 31: ...lbum To play a specific album 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Album 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select an album to play 7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback Repeat these instructions to select any of the other Playback options Artist Genre Track Year New Music m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PL...

Page 32: ...Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Playlists 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select a playlist 7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback Spoken Word To play spoken word tracks 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Play Music 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to selec...

Page 33: ...7 Press Thumbstick in to begin playback To delete tracks recorded from the FM tuner 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select FM Record 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Delete 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select a recording or to Delete All 7 Press Thumbstick in to remove the selection s FM Record appears in the menu as FM Record and in the im...

Page 34: ...ressing on a number FM Control When in FM Tuner mode the following controls function differently depending on the mode MENU Press to enter Menu mode Play Pause Press to mute the FM radio Press and hold to start and stop FM Record Forward and Reverse In Manual mode press to tune up or down the frequency range Press and hold to search up or down the frequency range for particularly strong signals Th...

Page 35: ...essed to Forward or Reverse Store Preset The m250 m500 allows programming of up to eight FM preset slots To store a preset 1 When in Manual mode tune to a frequency you wish to store 2 Press and hold Thumbstick to enter Store Preset mode 3 Press Thumbstick toward Forward or Reverse to cycle to the desired preset station slot 4 Press Thumbstick to store the frequency to the selected FM preset slot ...

Page 36: ...dcast 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select FM Tuner 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Press Thumbstick quickly to to switch between the auto searching option and no searching Autosearch looks for the next strong signal when Thumbstick is pressed to Forward or Reverse 5 Move Thumbstick up for about 1 second 6 The record icon will appear at the top of the display screen after seve...

Page 37: ...tings menu lets you adjust basic m250 m500 configurations such as the LCD backlight power saving etc Bookmarks You can use Bookmarks to keep both a place in a recorded book and to save your own personal settings if you share the player with someone else who can also store their own settings using bookmarks About The About menu holds information about the firmware version in the m250 m500 and the s...

Page 38: ...ne before the last The m250 m500 can track thousands of laps Lap Difference When in Stopwatch mode the controls work in the ways described below 1 Press Thumbstick toward to return to the Main Menu Returning to the Main Menu and using other player functions will not turn the stopwatch off The timer continues to run until the Thumbstick is pressed up Play Pause or while Stopwatch is shown on the LC...

Page 39: ...ttings are used to adjust the power saving timeout length Resume options are used to set the track that the m250 m500 will play whenever the unit is restarted Display allows you to adjust backlight and contrast settings Time allows you to set the player s internal clock FM Tuner allows you to choose whether to turn off stereo FM for better reception and the tuning method Lock setting lets you choo...

Page 40: ... to select between Shuffle and Repeat options and press Forward and Reverse to select options within Shuffle and Repeat 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Playback options include Shuffle Set selected tracks to play in standard or random order Settings include Off the default setting and On Repeat Set to repeat pla...

Page 41: ...umbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Settings 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Equalizer 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select Custom 7 Press Thumbstick in 8 Adjust the 5 band equalizer Press Forward and Reverse to navigate between frequencies Press Play Pause or MENU to boost or cut the gain of the frequency 9 When the equalizer is set press Thumbstick in 10 Press ...

Page 42: ...ettings 2 Move Thumbstick to select Settings 3 Press Thumbstick in 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Equalizer 4 Move Thumbstick to select Equalizer 5 Press Thumbstick in 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick to select Rock 6 Move Thumbstick to select EQ Off 7 Press Thumbstick in to set the Rock option and return to Playback mode 7 Press Thumbstick in to set the EQ Off option and...

Page 43: ...ttings and Reverse to cancel them Ñ Power saving tips o EQ settings With EQ settings OFF the battery will last longer o Contrast Turn down the contrast as low as possible o Backlight Don t set the backlight for the display to be always on Try turning it off completely or setting it to two seconds o Volume Higher volumes draw more power The rating for your player was determined using a volume of 15...

Page 44: ... Timecode 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Resume options include Track Set the player to begin playback of the last track played before shutdown or the first track in the running order when the player restarts Settings include Current the default setting and First Timecode Set the m250 m500 to begin playback of ...

Page 45: ...een Backlight and Contrast options and Forward and Reverse to select options within Backlight and Contrast 7 Press Forward or Reverse to set how long the backlight will stay lit 8 If you want to change the screen contrast press Thumbstick down 9 Press Forward to increase and Reverse to decrease contrast 10 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 11 Press Forward to save settings a...

Page 46: ...ht to remain lit constantly To conserve battery life the On setting should rarely be used See other power saving tips here Contrast Move the Thumbstick to control the contrast slider The contrast slider sets how light or dark the images on the LCD will appear Setting the contrast too high will result in washed out images Setting the contrast too low will result in images that are too dark to read ...

Page 47: ...ime Set Date or Time Mode options and Forward and Reverse to select options within Set Time Set Date or Time Mode 7 Press Thumbstick to apply settings and return to Playback mode Time settings include Set Time Options include Hour Minute and AM PM Set Date Options include Month Day and Year Time Date Mode Options include 12 hour the default setting and 24 hour time formats and USA the default sett...

Page 48: ...rd or Reverse to change the option to the area where you will be using the m250 m500 Press Thumbstick in to set that option which will stop blinking 9 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Either a check mark accepted or an X canceled will appear on the screen If accepted you will return to the screen shown before you started this task if canceled you will see the Options bar s...

Page 49: ...ick options and Forward and Reverse to select options within Lock Volume and Thumbstick 7 When the options are set as you want press Thumbstick in 8 Press Forward to save settings and Reverse to cancel them Lock Setup settings include Lock Volume Options include On the default setting and Off When set to Off the volume level can be adjusted even when the m250 m500 has been locked Thumbstick Option...

Page 50: ...g however may then cause other information to display improperly so change tag settings only if necessary 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Settings 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Tags A warning message will be displayed about changing tag formats 5 Press Thumbstick in 6 Move Thumbstick Forward and Reverse to select the desired encoding options 7 ...

Page 51: ... to 2 Move Thumbstick to select Bookmarks 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select a bookmark option 5 Press Thumbstick in Bookmark options include Select Use Thumbstick to select a bookmark Press Thumbstick to restore the selected bookmark settings Set Press Thumbstick to set a bookmark Delete Use Thumbstick to select a bookmark Press Thumbstick to delete the selected bookmark The m250 m...

Page 52: ... 1 Open MENU by pressing Thumbstick to 2 Move Thumbstick to select About 3 Press Thumbstick in 4 Move Thumbstick to select Player or Storage 5 Press Thumbstick in About options include Player Displays firmware version copyright and Motorola web site information Storage Displays disk usage graphic bar disk usage MB used MB capacity and the total number of tracks m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 52 ...

Page 53: ... these formats Converters are widely available online Can I use MP3 and WMA files in the m250 m500 at the same time Yes You can mix MP3 and WMA audio content What are the differences between MP3 and WMA files WMA files are generally half as large as comparable sounding MP3 files Because WMA uses smaller file sizes you can store more music in less space on CDs hard drives or the m250 m500 The WMA f...

Page 54: ... that memory Depending on the length of the music data individual songs or a long playlist etc the player will keep reading data from the hard drive and when all required data have been read or the memory is full the drive will spin down to save battery power and play only from memory Since the memory uses no moving parts there is nothing to affect the stream of sound The drive itself is very stur...

Page 55: ...6 kbps 128 kbps 164 kbps 192 kbps Approximate amount of space required per minute of audio content 0 5 MB 0 75 MB 1 MB 1 25 MB 1 75 MB Can I update the firmware on the m250 m500 Yes If available firmware for your m250 m500 can be downloaded from the Motorola web site http broadband motorola com consumers support default asp SupportSection D AP m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 55 ...

Page 56: ...epending on the context and kind of technology involved codec can be defined as a compressed digital audio file format like MP3 WMA etc a coding decoding chip used to translate between digital and analog transmissions used in modems or a compression decompression algorithm Codecs compress audio data into a file often for efficient transmission over a network and then decode it for playback While a...

Page 57: ...ound but at a fraction of the size of normal audio files MP3 conversion of an audio track from CD ROM can reduce the file size by approximately a 12 1 ratio with virtually no perceptible loss in quality MP3 compression removes the redundant and irrelevant parts of a sound signal that the human ear doesn t hear This digital sound encoding and compression process was developed by the Fraunhofer Inst...

Page 58: ...R encoding converts tracks at a variable rate using higher bit rate encoding for complex portions and lower bitrate encoding for pauses in songs WMA Windows Media Audio WMA is a compressed audio format created by Microsoft as an alternative to MP3 The WMA codec offers greater file compression than the MP3 codec enabling storage of more digital audio tracks in the same amount of space when compared...

Page 59: ...ond If an average song is three minutes long then the average song on a CD consumes about 3 2 MB of space That limits the number of songs that can be carried on a small portable device and makes for burdensome download times especially if you are not using high speed Internet connections Codec is the MP3 Fuel The key to the compact nature of MP3 formatted music is compression MP3 is actually a dig...

Page 60: ...ing your own greatest hits collections Using a tool like the Motorola Digital Music Center you can copy rip a song s file from the CD onto your hard disk The encoder then compresses the song into the MP3 format Once the song is encoded it can be played on your computer any CD player that supports MP3 and most importantly downloaded to your m250 m500 audio player m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 60 ...

Page 61: ...Appendix B Menu Tree m250 m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER 61 ...

Page 62: ...HE MP3 PLAYER PRODUCT AND THE SOFTWARE COLLECTIVELY THE PRODUCT INCLUDING ALL COMPONENTS DOCUMENTATION AND ANY OTHER MATERIALS PROVIDED WITH THE PRODUCT TO YOUR POINT OF PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND The Software includes associated media any printed materials and any on line or electronic documentation as well as any updates revisions bug fixes or drivers obtained by you from Motorola Software provi...

Page 63: ...ircraft air traffic aircraft navigation or aircraft communications or in design construction operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility MOTOROLA AND ITS 3RD PARTY LICENSORS DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR SUCH USES YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU SHALL NOT USE THE PRODUCT FOR SUCH PURPOSES Title to this Software including the ownership of all copyrights mask work r...

Page 64: ...t thereof or any process or service that is the direct product of the Software the foregoing collectively referred to as the Restricted Components are of U S origin You agree to comply with all applicable international and national laws that apply to these products including the U S Export Administration Regulations as well as end user end use and destination restrictions issued by U S and other g...

Page 65: ... PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GO...

Page 66: ... forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provid...

Page 67: ... Software is provided for a period of ninety 90 days from the date of purchase from Motorola or an authorized Motorola reseller and B for the Product excluding Software for a period of one 1 year from the date of purchase from Motorola or from an authorized Motorola reseller To take advantage of this Limited Warranty or to obtain technical support you must call the Motorola toll free phone number ...

Page 68: ...PRODUCT IS OPENED ALTERED AND OR DAMAGED THESE ARE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES for any and all claims that you may have arising out of or in connection with this Product whether made or suffered by you or another person and whether based in contract or tort IN NO EVENT SHALL MOTOROLA OR ITS THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT GENERAL SPEC...

Page 69: ...thium Ion 54 Mini USB 15 Motorola Digital Music Center 7 18 19 20 21 27 28 57 MP3 7 8 21 27 53 56 57 58 62 Play All 31 Play Pause 26 Playback 40 Playlists 21 22 Preset Mode 36 Resume 44 Reverse 26 Rip and Encode 21 22 57 Settings 39 Stop 25 Stopwatch 38 Store Preset 35 Synchronize 21 57 Tags 39 50 Technical Support 53 Time 47 Timecode 44 Track 26 27 28 30 38 39 40 44 51 53 57 Transfer 20 28 Transf...

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