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Product
layout

What's included

Check your product box for the following items:

MP3 player

Earphones

USB cable

Quick start guide

Note

•

The items supplied with your player may look different than the illustrations in this
manual.

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You can obtain additional accessories from your local Samsung dealer.

Your MP3 player

MIC

Earphones jack

Microphone

USB connection
port

Display

Menu button

Back button

User button

Power/lock button

Navigation/

Selection button

Reset hole

If your player is frozen
or unresponsive,
insert a pointed
object (such as a toothpick or paper
clip) into the reset hole. The system
will be initialised.

Learn to perform basic operations with your player.

Use basic functions

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Page 1: ...YP Q3 Thank you for purchasing this Samsung product To receive a more complete service please register your product at www samsung com register MP3 Player user manual imagine the possibilities ...

Page 2: ...ng these materials for commercial or other purposes is an infringement of copyright laws Samsung is not liable for such copyright infringement by the user To view troubleshooting see Troubleshooting Icons used in this manual Icon Description Note Notes usage tips or additional information Caution Safety warnings and precautions Copyright Copyright 2010 Samsung Electronics This user manual is prote...

Page 3: ...is between 50 to 60 db and road noise is approximately 80 db You are strongly advised to set the volume level to medium The medium level is usually less than 2 3 of the maximum If you hear a ringing in your ear s lower the volume or stop using the earphones or headphones Exposure to loud sounds while walking or driving may distract your attention and cause an accident Do not use the earphones whil...

Page 4: ...mmable chemicals or explosive materials Comply with regulations instructions and warnings in environments where explosive materials are located Turn off the product while refueling your car motorcycle boat etc Keep your player and all accessories out of the reach of small children and animals Children or animals can damage the player or accidently damage the battery and cause an explosion Small pa...

Page 5: ...product Do not use the product if the screen is cracked or broken Broken glass or acrylic could cause injury to your hand or face Bring the product to a Samsung service centre to replace the screen Damage caused by careless handling will void the warranty Be sure to backup important data Samsung is not responsible for data loss Protect your player from harsh impacts and rough handling Do not place...

Page 6: ... magnetice objects can cause the product to malfunction or the battery to discharge Magnetic strip cards including credit cards phone cards passbooks and boarding passes may be damaged by magnetic fields Use common sense when using the product in public Avoid disturbing others when using the product in public To clean the product wipe it with a soft clean dry cloth Do not use strong chemicals or d...

Page 7: ... store the product with metal objects such as coins keys and necklaces If the battery terminals come in contact with metal objects the battery can be damaged become deformed or malfunction It can also cause a fire Do not use the player in a bathroom Water or fluids may damage the parts or circuits of the product The product or battery may malfunction cause a fire or explode Use the product only wi...

Page 8: ... used menu Listen to your favourite radio stations anytime 8 Use basic functions 8 Product layout 10 Connect to a PC and charge the battery 12 Turn your player on and lock the buttons 13 Access menus from the main menu 14 Use the mini player 15 Enter text 16 Task manager 17 Manage media files 17 Download media files 17 Supported file formats and PC requirements 18 Download files with Kies 19 Downl...

Page 9: ...the background style 35 Open recent menus 36 FM RADIO 36 Listen to the FM radio 37 Save radio stations 38 Use the FM radio options 39 VOICE REC Contents 40 Customise settings 40 Settings 41 Sound settings 41 Display settings 41 Language settings 42 Date and time settings 42 System settings 44 Appendix 44 Maintenance of your player 45 Troubleshooting 47 Specifications 49 Correct disposal of this pr...

Page 10: ...additional accessories from your local Samsung dealer Your MP3 player M IC Earphones jack Microphone USB connection port Display Menu button Back button User button Power lock button Navigation Selection button Reset hole If your player is frozen or unresponsive insert a pointed object such as a toothpick or paper clip into the reset hole The system will be initialised Learn to perform basic opera...

Page 11: ...revious screen Return to the main menu press and hold Menu Open a list of options available in the current menu User From the main menu view user button settings by mode While playing a video view playback information While playing music perform the functions assigned to the user button Zoom in on the picture screen Change the font size on the text screen While listening to the FM radio add or del...

Page 12: ...n this product is not user replaceable For information on its replacement please contact your service provider Connect the smaller end of the USB cable to the USB connection port at the bottom of your player Connect the larger end of the USB cable to the USB port of a PC M IC M IC USB connected Charging Fully charged When the battery is fully charged unplug the USB cable from your player and the P...

Page 13: ...ng on how you use your player actual battery life may vary and may be shorter than specified Note The charging time may differ depending on your PC s capabilities If you want to charge the battery on your laptop make sure that the laptop s battery is full or the laptop is plugged into a power source The player can only be charged by connecting to your PC with the USB cable Do not use a separate AC...

Page 14: ...t use your player for 5 minutes it will automatically turn off Lock or unlock the buttons Lock the buttons to prevent any unwanted operations while listening to music or playing videos Press to lock or unlock the buttons Note To save power the screen automatically turns off when the buttons are locked except when playing a video ...

Page 15: ...hen you turn on the player the main menu appears which allows you to run functions you want Main menu In the main menu use to scroll to a menu you want and press Use the menu you select Press to return to the previous screen Press and hold to return to the main menu ...

Page 16: ...ith the mini player To Do this Music Skip to the previous file or the next file Press If you press 3 seconds after the file starts playing playback will restart Search backward or forward in a file Press and hold Pause or resume playback Press FM Radio Tune a radio frequency Press Mute on or off Press Note If you were listening to the FM radio the FM radio starts automatically when the mini player...

Page 17: ...d select Rename See page 29 Select a button which has a character you want to enter To delete characters select To change the text input mode press Press once to enter A and twice to enter B etc Text input mode English lowercase English uppercase numbers Insert a space Input field Delete When you are finished select OK ...

Page 18: ... of active menus Press and hold while using video music picture text or FM radio menus Active menus appear as thumbnail images The current menu does not appear in the list Press and hold Select a menu and then press to open the menu ...

Page 19: ...CTURES Image and picture files TEXTS Text files Note For supported file formats see Specifications on page 47 Recommended PC requirements CPU Pentium 1 8 GHz or higher Operating System Windows XP SP 2 or higher Vista 7 Others Windows Media Player 11 0 or higher Resolution 1024 X 768 600 or higher 1 GB RAM 500 MB available hard disk space or more Net Framework 3 5 SP1 or higher Microsoft DirectX 9 ...

Page 20: ... on your PC Click in the Kies Widget Dock Click at the top of the Contents Manager Click at the top left of the window Select a folder or file you want The list of the files stored in your PC appears Select a file and then click at the bottom right of the window The selected file is copied to your player Note You cannot use your player when it is connected to a PC If you connect your player to a P...

Page 21: ...system What is DRM Digital Rights Management DRM is a technology and service that prevents the illegal copying of digital contents and protects the profit and rights of copyright holders or content producers Download files using your player as a removable disk Connect your player to a PC using the USB cable On your PC open My Computer and then the Q3 Select a folder you want Copy files from the PC...

Page 22: ...ws taskbar Click the pop up message Click the window that says you can remove the player safely Unplug the USB cable from your player and the PC Caution To avoid damage to your player and corruption of your files do not disconnect the USB cable while files are being transferred Do not disconnect your player when playing files stored in your player on a PC Make sure that you stop playback and then ...

Page 23: ...s Search for files In the main menu select Select a folder from the list Scroll through the file list Select a file you want Delete files Select a folder from the list Select a file you want to delete and then press Select Delete Select Yes from the pop up window ...

Page 24: ...orward in a file Press and hold Pause or resume playback Press While in landscape mode Note When you download unsupported files to your player with Kies Kies automatically converts the file formats so you can play them in your player You can play subtitle files smi with video files on your player To play you must save the subtitle file in the same folder as the video file and give the subtitle fil...

Page 25: ...Total playing time 4 Playing progress bar Play a video from a chapter Press and hold during video playback Your player will split the video file into 15 chapters and capture still images from each chapter When you select one of the still images the video will begin playback from that point Select to return to the previous screen ...

Page 26: ... and then Go to Bookmark To delete a bookmark press select Bookmark and then Delete Bookmark Use the video options During video playback press Use one or more of the following options Option Description SoundAlive Select appropriate sound effects for videos Mosaic Search Divide a video file into 15 chapters You can select one of the chapters and start playback from that chapter Display Brightness ...

Page 27: ...video and music VIDEOS 25 Option Description Play Speed Change the playback speed Note Speed adjustment may not be available for some files File Information Display detailed information about the video file ...

Page 28: ...es by album Songs Display files by file name in the the following order special characters numbers letters Genres Display files by genre Playlists Display playlists you created Recently Added Display files you recently downloaded Most Played Display files you play most often Music Browser Display all files in the Music folder Unknown Display files that have no track information ID3 tag What is ID3...

Page 29: ... To Do this Skip to the previous or next file Press If you press 3 seconds after the file starts playing playback will restart Search backward or forward Press and hold Pause or resume playback Press Music playback screen 7 5 6 1 2 3 4 No Description 1 Playing status 2 Repeat mode 3 Playback image 4 Song title artist album title 5 Track number Total number of tracks 6 Elapsed playing time Total pl...

Page 30: ...e screen Your player repeats the marked section To cancel repeating press again Note You must set the end point at least 3 seconds after the start point Enable SoundAlive effects During music playback press Select SoundAlive Select a sound effect you want If you select Auto your player searches the track information ID3 tag and automatically selects an appropriate effect To select your own equalis...

Page 31: ... to a playlist press and then select Add to Playlist Delete music files from a playlist From the music category list select Playlists Select a playlist that has a file you want to delete Select a file you want to delete and then press Select Delete from Playlist To delete all files select Delete All from Playlist Files deleted from a playlist are not deleted from the player Rename a playlist From ...

Page 32: ...mode Play Speed Change the playback speed User Button While listening to music press to select a function Play Mode Select a repeat mode SoundAlive Select a sound effect Repeat 3sec Rewind 3 seconds from the current point Repeat A B Select and repeat a section of the track Option Description Music Play Screen Change the image that displays during music playback Note The Album Art feature supports ...

Page 33: ...edia files on page 17 View pictures In the main menu select Browse pictures Picture with no thumbnail information File name Select a picture you want The picture displays on the full screen Learn how to work with your player s additional applications Use additional applications ...

Page 34: ...show press Set a picture as a wallpaper From the file list select a picture and then press Select Set as My Skin Select Yes from the pop up window View the picture To Do this Move to the previous or next file Press Zoom in Press Press to move on the enlarged picture Press to exit the zoom mode Note Files larger than 10 MB are not supported If the picture size is large it may take some time to disp...

Page 35: ...er To download files see Download media files on page 17 View text files In the main menu select Select a text file from the list View the document Page bar Percent of progress in the document File name To Do this Move to the previous or next page Press Change the font size Press ...

Page 36: ...rk and then Add Bookmark A bookmark is inserted to the top left of the screen Note You can insert one bookmark per text file To go to a bookmark press select Bookmark and then Go to Bookmark To delete a bookmark press select Bookmark and then Delete Bookmark Change the background style You can change the background style of the text viewer On the text screen press Select Viewer Theme Press to chan...

Page 37: ...or most recently used menu Example When the most recently used menu is MUSIC In the main menu select The most recently accessed music file begins playing Note If the most recently accessed file has been deleted the first file in the folder will be opened ...

Page 38: ...dio stations Press to scroll through radio frequencies Press and hold to scan the available stations automatically Listen to the FM radio 3 4 1 5 2 1 Radio mode Manual mode Preset mode 2 Frequency for the current station 3 Frequency bar 4 RDS indicator 5 Mute indicator Press to mute or un mute the FM radio Note The FM radio may not tune frequencies for stations correctly depending on the signal st...

Page 39: ... displayed RDS will be available only in Europe regions Save radio stations You can save your favourite radio stations to access them easily Save the current radio station In Manual mode press Select Add to Preset Save radio stations automatically You can automatically search for available radio stations and save them as your favourites You can save up to 30 radio stations In Manual mode press Sel...

Page 40: ... more of the following options Option Description Go to Preset Mode Switch to Preset mode Go to Manual Mode Switch to Manual mode Add to Preset Save the current radio station Delete from preset Delete a saved radio station Auto Preset Search for and save available radio stations automatically up to 30 FM Region Re tune frequencies according to your region Note This option may not be available depe...

Page 41: ...file After the recorded file has played the screen returns to Recording mode If you want to return to Recording mode without playing back the file tap No Note The recording may be interrupted when you record too close or too far from the microphone When the battery is low you cannot record voice memos The maximum recording time for one file is 8 hours The recorded files are saved in MY FILES Recor...

Page 42: ...g menu Menu Description Sound Set sound settings Display Set display settings Language Set language settings Date Time Set the current time and date System Set system settings Select an option Change the settings Change your player s settings to match your preferences Customise settings ...

Page 43: ...o a moderate level Level Optimizer Automatically adjust the volume of each track to maintain the same volume Beep Sound Turn the beep sound on or off when you press the buttons Master EQ Optimise the sound settings for your earphones Adjust frequencies for the equaliser Display settings Menu Description Menu Design Change the style of the main menu Font Select a font type for the display text Disp...

Page 44: ...cified period of time Menu Description PC Connection Select a USB connection mode to connect your player to a PC MSC A PC will recognise your player as a removable disk The USB connection mode is set to MSC by default MTP A PC will recognise your player as a media device Note The feature may be unavailable depending on your region Library Update Update the file library Use this option after changi...

Page 45: ...t cover loss of data that results from your use of the player About Check the system information of your player Firmware View the version of the firmware installed in your player Memory View the total amount of memory and the amount of memory being used and remaining Note Regarding the Built In Memory 1 GB 1 000 000 000 bytes actual formatted capacity may be less as the internal firmware uses a po...

Page 46: ... surface This may cause damage or affect the performance of the player Do not use strong chemicals or detergents Storing Store your player in a well ventilated area Disposing Dispose of wrapping materials batteries and electronic devices separately The wrapping materials include paper and two kinds of plastics PC PE View the maintenance procedures specifications and troubleshooting solutions for y...

Page 47: ...or display settings The battery running time may decrease if your player is left in a location with a high or low temperature Kies will not work on a PC Check if your PC meets the PC requirements See Recommended PC requirements Problem Solution My player will not connect to a PC Run Windows Update on the PC Select key updates and service packs and update all When the update is completed reboot the...

Page 48: ...g time does not display correctly during playback This is normal if the currently playing file is in the VBR Variable Bit Rate format The file name does not display correctly Change the language setting in Settings Language Contents Language My player is getting hot to the touch Charging the battery can heat up your player It does not affect the player s life or capabilities My player does not pla...

Page 49: ... Profile Level 1 3 AAC AAC WMV WMV9 VC 1 320x240 Max bitrate 860 kbps Simple Profile WMA Max bitrate 256 kbps Image JPEG Baseline Progressive BMP Max 32 bit PNG GIF 89a 87a Texts TXT Earphones Output 20 mW Ch France 5 mW Ch based on 16 Ω Output Frequency Range 20 Hz 20 kHz Signal to Noise Ratio 93 dB with 20 kHz LPF based on 1 kHz 0 dB Supported Number of Files Folders File Max 6000 including 3000...

Page 50: ...23 F 95 F Case Aluminum Plastic Weight 51 4 g Dimensions WxHxD 44 2 X 95 1 X 8 6 mm FM Radio FM T H D 0 8 FM Signal to Noise Ratio 45 dB FM Useable Sensitivity 35 dBµ Some of the contents in this manual are subject to change without prior notice for further improvement ...

Page 51: ...should contact their supplier and check the terms and conditions of the purchase contract This product and its electronic accessories should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal Correct disposal of batteries in this product Applicable in the European Union and other European countries with separate battery return systems The marking on the battery manual or packaging indicates th...

Page 52: ...any product player other than this product player and the license does not extend to any unlicensed product player or process conforming to ISO IEC 11172 3 or ISO IEC 13818 3 used or sold in combination with this product player The license only covers the use of this product player to encode and or decode audio files conforming to the ISO IEC 11172 3 or ISO IEC 13818 3 No rights are granted under ...

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Page 55: ...roduct does not contain Chlorine Bromine Flame Retardants and PVC poly vinyl chloride material based on the IEC 61249 2 21 standard This product also complies with EU RoHS Directive which restricts the use of certain Hazardous Substances Cadmium Cd Lead Pb Mercury Hg Hexavalent Chromium Cr 6 as well ...

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