Technika MPVC2 Owner'S Handbook Manual Download

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Page 1: ...Owner s Handbook MPVC2 4GB MP4 playerwith camera and FM radio ...

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Page 3: ... To avoid possible damage to your hearing do not listen to music at high levels through headphones Never disconnect the player from the PC without following the correct procedure After use always disconnect the earphones and store the earphones and the player safely IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING This product contains an integral battery There is a risk of fireandburnsiftheplayerishandledimp...

Page 4: ...usic pictures and videos to your player 10 Operation 18 Playing music 21 Viewing photos 26 Watching videos 30 Using the camera 32 Voice recordings 37 FM radio 38 EBooks 41 File folder bowsing 45 Settings 47 Installing a memory card 49 Troubleshooting 50 Specifications Warranty 51 Microsoft Windows XP Vista and Windows Media Player are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies ...

Page 5: ...ok We suggest you retain the packaging If you dispose of it do so having regard to any recycling regulations in your area CONTENTS The carton should contain The MPVC2 MP4 player camera Headphones USB cable Operating Manual If any items are missing or damaged contact your nearest TESCO store for a replacement Have your receipt ready when you call Retain the packaging If you dispose of it do so havi...

Page 6: ...ton c Previous cursor left button d Volume up cursor up button e Feature menu button f Play pause select button g Next cursor right button h Back button i Volume down Cursor down button p Standby button CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS CONTROL AND DISPLAYVIEW ...

Page 7: ...VIEW FRONTVIEW CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS S D C A R D I N a c d b fg e h a USB connector b SD Card cover shown open c Micro SD card slot d Headphone jack e Speaker f Reset hole g Video tally light h Camera lens ...

Page 8: ... charge will take approximately five hours Once plugged into the computer for charging the player should be left charging for the recommended time period A battery level indicator is provided to monitor the charge condition of the battery BATTERY CARE Topreservethelifeofthebattery thefollowingrecommendationsare made Fully charge the battery before first use Charge the battery immediately when it i...

Page 9: ...ification of Processor minimum of Pentium 200MHz Operating system MicrosoftWindows XP Vista or later A free USB port What software will be required on my computer For easy communication with your player Windows Media Player version 11 WMP11 or later is recommended to manage your media files Windows Media Player software is supplied free of charge with Microsoft Windows but depending on the age of ...

Page 10: ...r the CDs that you wanttoincludeinyourlibraryandrip copy them into the Windows Media Player WMP library OpenWindows Media Player 11 Click on the Rip tab at the top of the screen BUILDING A MUSIC LIBRARY ON YOUR COMPUTER ...

Page 11: ...OMPUTER Load the CD you want to rip into the computer drive The CD will play and the ripping process will begin Ripping progress is indicatedasshown Once the ripping process is complete you can remove the disc and rip another if required ...

Page 12: ...Media Playerdisplaytitled SyncList In the main library click on the albumsortracksthatyouwantto transfer and drag them across to the sync list NOTE You can drag individual tracks from the track list or click on the album symbol to select an entire album TRANSFERRING MUSIC FILES FROM A WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 LIBRARY Drag an album into the sync pane The sync pane appears when the player is connecte...

Page 13: ...on progress Leave the player docked to the computer until synchronisationisfinished NOTE Synchronisation may take some time if you are copying a large number of files to the player When synchronisation is complete a message will be displayed You can nowdisconnect MPVC2 Unplug the player TRANSFERRING MUSIC FILES FROM A WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER 11 LIBRARY List of tracks ready to sync Click the Start Syn...

Page 14: ... orvideos WindowsMediaPlayerwillbefactory set to display pictures stored in the My Pictures folder on your computer and videos stored in the My Videos folder You can add other folders by clicking the Library tab and selecting Add to Library PICTURE LIBRARY Media select MPVC2 GENERIC 3 6GB Drag items here to create a list to sync to MPVC2 to MPVC2 3 2 GB remaining PICTURE AND VIDEO LIBRARIES Media ...

Page 15: ...Windows Media Player copies the files to your player Progress bars display synchronisation progress Leave the player docked to the computer until synchronisationisfinished NOTE Synchronisation may take some time if you are copying a large number of files to the player When synchronisation is complete a message will be displayed You can nowdisconnect MPVC2 Unplug the player TRANSFERRING PICTURES OR...

Page 16: ...the player will appear as a Removable Disk NOTE IfyouhaveinstalledaMicro SDmemorycardinyourplayer this will appear as an additional drive To make it easier to identify the player you may want to rename the drive s for easy recognition The computer will recognise the player by itsnewnamewheneveryouconnectit Double click to open this drive and you will see folders for music video and pictures Open a...

Page 17: ...e icon on the taskbar at the bottom right of the screen Double click the icon In the box that opens click Stop Another screen opens Click OK When you see the Safe To Remove Hardware notice you can remove the player USING WINDOWS EXPLORER TO TRANSFER MUSIC FILES ...

Page 18: ... these files is the same as that described in the previous section for transferring music files with the following exceptions Picture files must be copied to the PICTURES folder that will be found on the player Video files must be copied to theVIDEOS folder on the player EBooks must be copied to theTXT folder on the player NOTE Ensure that only compatible files are transferred ...

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Page 20: ...witched on the Main Menu will be automatically displayed see the next page for the Main Menu options From the Main Menu press the button to scroll through the availablemodesofMusic Photos Videos Radio Record Explorer Settings Press the button to select a menu option NOTE You can return to the Main Menu at any time by pressing and holding the button USB CONNECTION MENU Choose Data transfer when cop...

Page 21: ...photosorfilmvideoswith the built in camera Select this mode to make a voice recording Select this mode to play FM radio Select this mode to view photos Select this mode to watch videos Select this mode to change settings Select this mode to manage files Select this mode to read EBooks ...

Page 22: ...ting repeat modes for music rotating photos etc Press the FUNC button to open a feature menu The feature menu can be navigated in the same way as the selection menus Adjusting the volume level Whenplayingmusic videos radioetc pressthe buttontoincrease the volume level or the button to reduce the volume level SPEAKER HEADPHONE Yourplayerisequippedwithaninternalspeakerandalsoaheadphone jack for conn...

Page 23: ...enre to search your stored music indexed by artist album or genre music type Choose My Playlist to select from a list of playlists that you have stored Choose Dir List to browse the music directory on your player Choose Record List to play Voice or FM recordings you have made Choose My Rating to browse tracks organised by the rating you have given them 1 to 5 stars Note You will only see tracks wi...

Page 24: ...ess and hold the or button Volume control To increase or decrease the volume while playing press the or button ThevolumelevelisshownonabargraphontheMusicStatusscreen Whenmusicisplaying theMusicstatusscreenisdisplayed PLAYBACK CONTROL Equaliser setting 1 Repeat setting 2 Battery level 3 Elapsed time bargraph 4 Track number Total tracks 5 a b c d i h g f e Track name 6 Elapsed time Track total time ...

Page 25: ...of the segment press the button A Bisdisplayed The player will now continually repeat the segment you selected Play mode Choose Play Mode to select one of the play mode options Normal repeat off Repeat One repeat the current track Repeat All repeat all tracks Shuffle play all tracks in the current selection in a random order and Intro plays the first 10 seconds of each track NOTE To cancel the Int...

Page 26: ... the lyrics of the song that is playing when available or Spectrum a spectrum analyser display is added Set Rating Select this option to set a rating for the track that is playing Ratings range from 5 star for the highest rating down to 1 star for your least favourite tracks If you have rated tracks with the rating system you can then select tracks according to their rating AddTag Select this opti...

Page 27: ...can Speed and Fade In Out to enable fading when tracks stop and start Setup EQ SelectthisoptiontocustomisetheUserEQsettingortomakechanges to SRS user mode settings Information Selectthisoptiontodisplayinformationaboutthemusicfilecurrently playing MUSIC ADVANCED FEATURES MENU ...

Page 28: ... Choose Play Mode to switch the Dir List selection display between a list of file names and a thumbnail view of the photos on your player Choose the Slide Interval option to set the time that each photo will display in a slideshow Choose the Slide Effect option to select a different transition effect between slides in a slideshow The Random setting changes the transition effect for each slide tran...

Page 29: ...is option to zoom into or out from an area on the picture displayed Display Mode Choose this option to change the scale of the picture The options are Full Screen Original Size or Scale Slide Interval Choose the Slide Interval option to set the time that each photo will display in a slideshow Slide Effect Choose the Slide Effect option to select a different transition effect between slides in a sl...

Page 30: ...et as Startup Choose the Set as Startup option to use the currently displayed photo as the background picture for the startup screen Set as Shutdown Choose the Set as Shutdown option to use the currently displayed photo as the background picture for the shutdown screen Delete Select this option to delete the photo currently displayed from the player memory Information Select this option to display...

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Page 32: ...ayer are automatically stored in the CAMERA folder Tag List Dir List Now Playing Play Pause To switch between play and pause modes press the button Selecting another video Press the or button to select the next or previous video Fast Search To fast search forward or backward through a video press and hold the or button Videos menu options These are the options available Choose NowPlaying tocontinu...

Page 33: ...videos Shuffle play all videos in a random order AddTag Selectthisoptiontotagthevideothatisplaying Ifyoutagaselection of videos you can then choose to play all the tagged videos Resume IfResumeissetto On theplayerwillcontinueplayofavideofromthe point where play last finished If Resume is set to Off the player will always play videos from the start Delete Selectthisoptiontodeletethevideocurrentlypl...

Page 34: ...fromthecameralens The display will also show the resolution quality setting the number of photos that may be taken at the current resolution setting and the zoomsetting To zoom into or out from the photo subject press the or button To take the photo press the shutter button on top of the player Thephotowillbetakenasyoureleaseyourfingerfromtheshutte button The photo will be stored in memory and the...

Page 35: ... button to pause or re start the video Whenyouhavefinishedfilming pressthe buttontosavethe video file TAKING PICTURES OR FILMING VIDEO WITH THE CAMERA Using the player as a PC camera Connect a USB cable to your player from the computer TheUSBmenuwillbedisplayed Select the Charge Play option from the USB menu Wait for the Main menu to appear Select the Camera option Select the PC Camera option from...

Page 36: ... or button to scroll through the options Preview The Preview feature enables you to switch the display to preview photos you have just taken When you exit Preview mode the camera will be ready to take another photo White Balance This feature enables you to set the white balance of your camera for indoor or outdoor use or to set auto mode The Auto setting is recommended for everday use Brightness T...

Page 37: ...camera to take photos automatically after a short delay Once you have selected your preferred delay time press the shutter button and move into the picture before the self timer delay expires and the photo is taken CAMERA ADVANCED FEATURES MENU STILL PHOTOS Shutter Sound This feature enables you to change the sound your camera makes when taking a picture or to turn the sound off completely Date St...

Page 38: ...f these menu options The two additional menu options that appear in the camera menu when filming a video are highlighted in the menu diagram below CAMERA ADVANCED FEATURES MENU VIDEOS Record quality This feature enables you to set the sound quality of your recordings A lower quality setting will also reduce the size of the video file Record Gain A setting of 3 or 4 is recommended for record gain I...

Page 39: ...back of the unit Speak clearly close to the microphone Press the button to pause or re start the recording When you have finished recording press the button The recording will be saved and the player will return to the Voice Recorderscreeninstopmode Recording and playing voices Playing a voice recording Voice recordings are played in the same way as Music but selecting files from the Record List S...

Page 40: ...ile playing radio Preset willbedisplayedwhenswitchedtopresettuningmode Frequency tuning search To search the band for stations Press and hold the or button to scan up or down the band Scanningwillstopautomaticallywhenthenextstationisfound Frequency tuning manual Press the or button briefly to step up or down the band in 0 1Mhz steps Preset tuning To step through the presets when saved If necessary...

Page 41: ...rding will start immediately When you have finished recording press the button TherecordingwillbesavedandtheplayerwillreturntoplayFMRadio Save Path Choose this option to change the location where your FM recordings are saved You can choose to save photos to the internal memory or to a memory card when installed Record Quality Choose this option to change the audio quality setting for recordings yo...

Page 42: ...tions as presets Channel List Select the Channel List option to open a list of the stored preset frequencies You can browse the list and choose a preset to listen to FM Sensitivity Select this option to change the search sensitivity Set to high sensitivity to tune to all stations found when scanning Set to low sensitivity to exclude weak stations The medum option is the factory default User channe...

Page 43: ...T format EBooks are often downloaded from the Internet Fromyourcomputer youcanuseWindowsExplorertocopytheEBook TXT files to the TXT folder on your player refer to the section Using Windows Explorer to transfer picture video and ebook files OncetheEBooksarecopiedtoyourplayeryoucanreadthebooksfrom the player display The next page describes the EBook reading features included with your player ...

Page 44: ...s that you have tagged Tag List Dir List Now Reading Once you have selected an EBook the text will be displayed in pages If you choose to open a new EBook the first page will be displayed if youchosethe Nowreading option youwillreturntothepointwhere you were last reading Navigating the pages manually Press the button to change to the next page Press the button to return to the previous page Auto R...

Page 45: ...n choose to skip to a percentage in multiples of 5 Auto Reading Speed Choose this option to change the display time for each page when auto reading Once set the pages will automatically turn at the interval you set Font Size Choose this option to change the font size on the display Add Bookmark If you select this option a bookmark will be added at the current point in the book You can find bookmar...

Page 46: ... delete the EBook that is currently displayed Resume If Resume is set to On the EBook reader will return to the place you lastfinishedreadingwhentheEBookisopened IfResumeissettoOff the reader will always start from the beginning of the EBook Page This option sets the page on or off EBOOKS ADVANCED FEATURES MENU ...

Page 47: ...y to play File browser To start the Browser function Select Browser mode from the Main menu Thedisplaywillshowafolderlist PICTURES MUSIC RECORD SYSTEM files in the root folder files in the root folder VIDEO TXT Using the browser you can open one of the folders and browse the files within the folder If you to find a file you want to view or play you can highlight the file and select it The player w...

Page 48: ...LE ORGANISER MENU Copy Delete Move Select All The following functions are available to help you organise your files Select All Choose Select All to select all files in the displayed folder Move The Move option enables you to move files between folders For example you can move recordings from the internal memory of the player to a docked Micro SD card Copy The Copy function enables you to copy file...

Page 49: ...ifferent styles Display Choose Display to set the Backlight Time the time period that the display remains lit after a button is pressed or Brightness to set the display brightness Power Saving Select this option to set the Idle time the player will set to Standby if no buttons are pressed for the duration of the set idle time You can also choose to set a sleep time In this case the player will set...

Page 50: ...actory settings Advanced Select the Advanced menu to access the Player Information screen to change the User Name stored in the player or to reset the player to factory settings NOTE When changing the user name a keyboard will be displayed When you have selected the letters for your user name highlight the OK key at the bottom of the screen to save and exit user name entry SETTINGS MENU ...

Page 51: ...stalling the card Open the SD Card cover Load the card gently into the slot in the player observing the polarity of the card Press the card home It will click into place You will now be able to access media stored on the memory card or use spaceonthememorycardtomakerecordingsetc S D C A R D I N Removing the card Press the end of the card The card will eject from the slot Store the card in its case...

Page 52: ...may need re initialising Gently insert a metal pin the end of a paper clip is recommended into the Reset hole in the back of the player You will feel a small click and the player will reset Poor FM reception The FM signal strength may be low Try re positioning the player and headphone wire the headphone wire is the aerial You may be using the FM radio close to a computer or other electronic device...

Page 53: ...chase If a fault develops during this period please contact the TESCO electrical help line on 0845 456 6767 Please have your original purchase receipt with you when you call This warranty in no way affects your consumer rights WARRANTY UK Waste electrical products batteries should not be disposed of with household waste Separate disposal facilities exist for your nearest facilities see www recycle...

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Page 56: ...Tesco Stores Ltd Delamare Road Cheshunt Herts EN8 9SL Technika Helpline 0845 456 6767 Calls cost up to 4p per minute from a BT landline other providers may vary MPVC2V0 3 ...

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