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TerraTec M3PO GO Manual Download Page 9

M3PO go

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ESP / ID3

DIR / FILE

MODE

FUNCTION

Length

Width

Height

Weight

131 mm

135 mm

34 mm

275 g

(Without batter-
ies)

Previous

Play / Pause

Stop

Next

Running over the plug-in adaptor.

As soon as you run the M3PO go over the plug-in adaptor, the background on the display is
illuminated. If it isn't active, you should check the connections again.

And here you find the connection for your adaptor...

Plug for the electricity adaptor cable (DC 5 V/600 mA).

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Summary of Contents for M3PO GO

Page 1: ...1 12 04 01 Manual English ...

Page 2: ...rraTec 128iPCI TerraTV m3po WaveSystem MIDI Smart and MIDI Master Pro are trademarks registered by TerraTec Electronic GmbH Nettetal In most cases the designations used in this manual for software and hardware are also registered trademarks and are thus subject to the relevant regulations TerraTec Electronic GmbH 1994 2001 All rights reserved 12 04 01 Meticulous care has been taken in the preparat...

Page 3: ...tart up 10 Better not lose the overview the EDA system 11 Another Tip 14 Print Me the Buttons and their Functions 15 From Audio CD to MP3 CD 19 Crash Course in Musicmatch Jukebox 20 Burn Baby Burn 21 Useful information on MP3 23 What is MP3 23 How come 23 Legal or not 25 How does it all work 26 What are ID Tags 27 Internet Links 27 The Service from TerraTec 28 ...

Page 4: ...ongs to a completely new generation of mobile MP3 CD players Chances are you have already used a portable CD player so the basic functions are probably familiar The M3PO go though goes a whole step further and unites the possibilities of up to date computer and internet technology with the requirements and wishes that you have about a modern on the road device In the presented manual we would like...

Page 5: ...nd Intro scan Mediums CD A CD R CD RW Formats ISO9660 Joliet Multi session MP3 ID3 Redbook CD audio File management system o EDA System Easy Directory Access o Quick access to files and folders o JOG Dial navigation with quick search and choice function o 256 folders 32 folder levels and up to 999 MP3 files per CD Electronic Shock Protection ESP o 50 sec anti shock buffer in MP3 mode o 10 sec anti...

Page 6: ...rm after pressing PLAY the CD runs for a short time and a part of the MP3 file gets read into the anti shock buffer When the memory is sufficiently filled the CD stops and the data gets read out of the memory If the data stored in the memory comes close to running out or the title gets changed the CD kicks on again and the game starts over So the drive motor turns only from time to time which noti...

Page 7: ...ectfully It will thank you with uncountable hours of musical en joyment A picture says more than a 1000 words Long story short message just treat the thing reasonably Damage of the device due to mistreatment is not covered by the guaranty Thank you Please note In the M3PO go a CD drive which works with invisible class 1 laser beams is used ...

Page 8: ...t played title starts up Position RESUME To deactivate this function select the op tion OFF In the position HOLD the player ignores every button movement to prevent acci dental interruption of the playback and protect the player from being activated during transport The JOG Dial OFF RESUME HOLD The headphone output The line output Over this mini jack you can attach the included head phones The out...

Page 9: ...ous Play Pause Stop Next Running over the plug in adaptor As soon as you run the M3PO go over the plug in adaptor the background on the display is illuminated If it isn t active you should check the connections again And here you find the connection for your adaptor Plug for the electricity adaptor cable DC 5 V 600 mA ...

Page 10: ...used in conventional CD players and MP3 CDs so called data CDs with MP3 files written on them It doesn t matter if there are other files on the CD besides the MP3 files the M3PO go searches the CD by itself for files with the ending mp3 Pay attention not to use files with the ending mp3 that aren t really MP3 files And you cannot play MP3 files that don t have the correct ending Another word about...

Page 11: ...erview the EDA system Already this example makes clear how fast you can lose the overview dealing with MP3 CDs To prevent you from going crazy with quite possibly more sub directories and titles the EDA system was developed EDA stands for Easy Directory Access To de tangle a complex and before all deeply branching directory trees the EDA system reduces the navigation to the essential different fil...

Page 12: ...erview in the mobile reality it means besides additional button pressing usage of limited memory To simplify the overview and introduce a level hierarchy one folder depth DIR LEVEL after the other is searched for MP3 files The folder levels are also important for displaying the info on the M3PO go After the first here zero ROOT the complete level 1 is searched catalogued then level 2 etc ...

Page 13: ...equires little memory The bummer The directory structure e g from album to artist is lost Who is Joshua Tree from That s why you should pay attention to label the directories clearly so that they can be effec tively used by the EDA function Comprehensively titled your desired songs are quickly and easily found with a minimum of button pushing necessary Please note When creating your own CDs please...

Page 14: ... folder name 2 folder name 3 folder name etc But now let s get back to our display example from the beginning We are now in the first of five folders If PLAY is pressed now the folder CLASSIC is chosen And now the titles 130 in the directory are displayed If the PLAY button is pressed now the song GUITAR is played Soothing classical guitar The display during playback Next we move on to the various...

Page 15: ...d the File FILE mode In the Directory mode pushing the NEXT button will not jump to the next title but to the next direc tory And if you have the File mode activated you can jump to the next file in the path If no sub folders are found on the CD the navigation will remain in the File mode MODE This button switches between the available selection functions The playback of all titles on the CD Audio...

Page 16: ...is switched on BOOKMARK In order to bookmark a song simply hold the PLAY button pressed for more than three To re move a bookmark hold the PLAY button pressed again for more than three seconds Next During playback this button allows you to jump forward to the next title If an audio CD is playing holding this button pressed will fast forward in the song This function does not work for MP3 titles If...

Page 17: ...omfortable to use more about that on page 8 Stop Which function could be hidden behind this button Correct Like the name says Stop to stop the playback Further Functions POWER OFF If the player is on and this button is held pressed for over four seconds the player is shut off The various playback modes a few examples For Audio CDs The complete audio CD is played once and then the playback is stopp...

Page 18: ...ookmark hold the PLAY button pressed again for more than three seconds When you want to play the marked songs press the MODE button until the symbol BOOKMARK appears The bookmarked titles are now available to choose from as if in their own directory Such a list would appear like this for example Of course this function offers the option of collecting all your favorites from a CD in one list compar...

Page 19: ...op the automatic CD playback should it start Press the red REC button in the player to start the recorder Choose the title s that you wish to encode by default all titles are selected Start the read and encode process by clicking on the record button in the recorder Burning to CD In the playlist window select CD R choose your titles over Add Song and then click on Create CD That s it Put it in the...

Page 20: ...for example read audio CDs and directly save them in MP3 format onto your hard disk In the recorder options you can adjust the quality bit rate activate the support for variable bit rates and make other configuration changes Important for insiders Obviously the original Fraunhofer MP3 algorithm is used to ensure the best possible quality You can also record a signal from your soundcard for example...

Page 21: ...s is finished you will find a freshly ripped MP3 file s on your hard disk Should you belong to the group of people without Internet access you can edit the ID3 tags manually like mentioned previously Information as to the exact lo cation of the file s can be found under Options Recorder Settings Songs Di rectory Afterwards you are ready for the MP3 CD recording and the next chapter Burn Baby Burn ...

Page 22: ...ebox doesn t offer any option to create folders Not just for hunters for collectors too Organize your music archive and sort according to a wide range of categories including al bum artists title genre or mood If you want you can add your own The Find Music func tion enables you to find your favorites quickly and easily CTRL F Always the same yet different Another feature of this software is its o...

Page 23: ...n this will use about 650 Megabyte MB of hard disk space Converting this into MP3 files you are presented with only 1 11 of its origi nal size roughly 60MB If the files contain nothing but speech i e language courses the size of the file can be reduced to 1 25 of its original size without losing too much of its sound quality This is quite useful as you can see How come Layer 3 is a clever combinat...

Page 24: ...uman hearing it becomes literally impossible Canceling this data in the recording process leads to another significant reduc tion in data This data has now been permanently erased from the original file This shouldn t be too much of a problem Reducing data to one eleventh of its original size 128kBit s in this manner does lead to an audible difference to CD but the quality should not really be the...

Page 25: ... in your m3po player as you have always done with conventional CDs In the private sphere no problem like mentioned whereby up till now no one has com plained about any rockin grill parties with the neighbors At this point we would like to draw a comparison with copying to tape for your car stereo or minidisk everything OK However it is generally not allowed to copy complete CDs for public non priv...

Page 26: ...you are using a high quality CD drive the copy will be identical to the original even though minor errors can occur they are usually inaudible Once the data is on HD you can start the encoding process Here you can usually choose the amount of data compression you want to apply to the data This compression next to data reduction is measured in kilobits per second kBit s for example 96kBit s The sma...

Page 27: ...atec net TerraTec Big brother www m3po net Fraunhofer Institute Where it all began www iis fhg de amm techinf layer3 index html Fraunhofer Institute FAQ from the Fraunhofer Institute www iis fhg de amm techinf layer3 layer3faq mp3 com THE international site for MP3 music www mp3 com mp3 de A German language site concerned with MP3 themes www mp3 de mpex net A German language site concerned with MP...

Page 28: ...et access send a self addressed 3 DM stamped envelope on the Terra Tec Support Department product name and the registrations number included Please re frain from sending written requests for help per post fax or passenger pigeon These cannot be answered out of organizational grounds If the above mentioned options don t help you then contact our telephone support hotline We can also be contacted on...

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