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Joybee 180

MP3 Player
User’s Manual

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Page 1: ...Welcome Joybee 180 MP3 Player User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...is document is subject to change without notice The content of this manual has been checked and proofread prior to publication Windows is the registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation All trademarks or product names appearing in this manual are regis tered property of their respective owners Cautions This MP3 player is a delicate electronic device DO NOT OPEN IT When formatting memory only use...

Page 3: ...istening at high volume which may damage your ears and cause loss of hearing BenQ Corporation assumes no responsibility for the loss of data due to damage to the device repair of the device and or battery replacement Users are advised to back up all data on other storage devices Use of the device not in accordance with the instructions will void the warranty ...

Page 4: ...Memo ...

Page 5: ... PC 15 Connecting the Joybee 180 to a PC 16 Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC 17 Installing the software 19 Installing the USB driver 21 Installing in Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP 21 Installing in Windows 98SE 21 Using the BenQ Joybee 180 MP3 Player 22 Turning the Joybee 180 on and off 22 Transferring data to the Joybee 180 23 Transferring data with Windows File Manager 23 Transferring ...

Page 6: ...tting the power save interval 33 Setting the date and time 33 Setting the language 35 Viewing system information 36 Using QMusic 37 Overview of QMusic 38 Adding music to the Joybee 180 using QMusic 42 Adding music from an audio CD to Joybee 180 43 Adding files from a PC to Joybee 180 47 Updating Joybee 180 automatically with QMusic 50 Deleting files using QMusic 54 Troubleshooting 56 Service Infor...

Page 7: ...ed with a FM transceiver Joybee 180 not only enriches your musical life but also allows you to carry your data everywhere Its convenient driver free plug and play function allows you to use it as a USB flash disk on Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP The Joybee 180 supports MP3 WMA and WAV music for mats for your listening pleasure Moreover the seven built in EQ modes of the Joybee 180 allow you to enjoy mus...

Page 8: ...ct your dealer immediately if any accessories are missing or appear damaged 8 1 BenQ Joybee 180 MP3 Player 2 Bonus changeable cover 3 USB cable 4 Earphones 5 Carry bag 6 Carry strap 7 CD ROM emanual QMusic Driver etc 8 Quick start guide 9 Warranty card 10 Strap 1 5 3 4 2 6 10 7 8 9 ...

Page 9: ...Hz or faster I O port USB 1 1 or higher Device CD ROM Hard disk space 40 MB minimum System memory 32 MB minimum 1 2 Optional Accessories 1 Wired remote FM transmitter for music share use 2 AC adapter Please read this manual carefully to find detailed descriptions and instructions of every function of the Joybee 180 in order to use these convenient func tions and enjoy high quality music with the J...

Page 10: ... BenQ Joybee 180 MP3 Player The following section describes the various components of the Joybee 180 Buttons and ports A B T VOL MODE MIC 3 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Top View Rear View Right View Front View Left View 11 12 ...

Page 11: ...es of these files are displayed on the screen Press and hold for 2 seconds to turn the player off 4 OLED display Displays player status and file information See OLED display on page 8 for details 5 USB port Connects the Joybee 180 to a PC or to the AC adapter for charging the built in battery 6 A B repeat Lock Follow this procedure to repeat a desired section during audio playback i Press once to ...

Page 12: ...vel in setup or playback mode 10 Next Fast Forward Press once to skip to the next file in audio file playback mode Press and hold to scan forward an audio file in playback mode Press once to scroll down to the next item in menu mode Press and hold to scroll down continuously in menu mode Press once to skip to the next channel or frequency in FM radio mode Press and hold down to increase frequency ...

Page 13: ...t the current playing song and press again to skip to the previ ous file in audio file playback mode Press and hold to rewind an audio file in playback mode Press once to scroll up to the previous item in menu mode Press and hold to scroll up continuously in menu mode Press once to skip to the previous channel or frequency in FM radio mode Press and hold down to decrease frequency continu ously Pr...

Page 14: ...ewind Indicates FM signal strength Indicates the recording time left or the real time clock in power save mode Indicates recording in progress Indicates that recording has been paused Indicates single track repeat mode Indicates random mode Indicates random repeat mode Indicates repeat mode is disabled Indicates A B repeat mode Indicates repeat mode for all files Indicates MP3 WMA mode Indicates v...

Page 15: ...ndicates player is connected to a PC with the USB port and data is being transmitted Displays file information and player status In MP3 WMA voice playback and FM file playback mode and the file title artist information is displayed In FM mode the current channel frequency is shown Icon Description USB Every Heart ...

Page 16: ...around using the carry strap To attach the strap do the following 1 Turn the ring around the OLED screen in the clockwise direction to start removing it 2 Remove the ring by lifting it and place the circular ring of the strap around the OLED screen as shown Note Please put away this ring carefully either you change the case or remove the strap ...

Page 17: ...11 3 Place the ring on top of the shoulder strap ring around the OLED screen 4 Turn the ring in anti clock wise direction and fix it in place ...

Page 18: ... carry strap do the following 1 Remove the strap if it is attached 2 Insert the carry strap into the slot on the back panel of the Joybee 180 Changing the cover The Joybee 180 also has a changeable cover for additional variety To change the cover do the following 1 Remove the ring around the OLED screen by turning it in the clockwise direction ...

Page 19: ...e strap by sliding it out if it is attached 3 Remove the outer cover of the Joybee 180 by unlocking the snaps on its outer edges 4 Snap the desired cover on the Joybee 180 and turn the ring in counterclockwise direc tion to complete replace ment ...

Page 20: ...indication on the OLED display see OLED display on page 8 The life of the battery depends on the frequency of charge and more frequently the battery is recharged the shorter the replay time of the device This is a normal phenomenon and not a manufactur ing defect of the battery When the batteries are fully charged Joybee 180 offers about 15 hours of continuous playback time for MP3 music However t...

Page 21: ...4 5 hours If the Joybee 180 is off when charging begins it turns on automati cally and enters the mode of latest use Charging begins as indicated by an animated battery icon on the OLED display AC adapter LED indicator turns green when recharge is completed The player turns off automatically after 1 minute idle mode Charging through the PC Refer to Connecting the Joybee 180 to a PC on page 16 for ...

Page 22: ... The OLED screen of the Joybee 180 also indicates that it is connected to the USB port of the PC The battery starts charging draw ing power through the power adapter of the PC as indi cated by the battery icon When you upload files to the player using the USB port the OLED screen indicates this using the data transfer icon If the dialog box Windows found new hardware keeps appearing on the PC scre...

Page 23: ... automatically and acts as a USB storage device If the Joybee 180 is on when it is connected to the PC all functions are disabled and the player acts as a USB storage device Charging begins as indicated by an animated battery icon on the OLED display Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC 1 Double click the USB device icon on the task bar 2 A dialog box as shown below appears on the screen Select ...

Page 24: ... press OK 4 When the following dialog box appears on the screen press OK and disconnect the Joybee 180 from the PC Do not disconnect the Joybee 180 from your PC without using the pro cedure described here or there may be loss of data The procedure described here may differ for the different operating sys tems ...

Page 25: ...he details before you start using QMusic If the installation menu does not appear on your PC screen open File Manager in Windows and locate the autorun exe file on the software CD Double click the icon to open the installation menu Note Please install Media Player 9 and Direct 8 1 first before you install QMusic You can find both software in Joybee 180 CD ROM Click to select and install the desire...

Page 26: ...D burning function Install BenQ Joybee 180 Driver The player software includes driver for Windows 98SE you must install the driver before connecting the Joybee 180 to your PC Install Windows Media Player QMusic requires Windows Media Player 9 to be installed on your system Click this item to install Windows Media Player 9 if you do not have it installed Install Direct X QMusic requires Direct X 8 ...

Page 27: ... driver if you have Windows 98SE running on your PC You can also install the USB driver following the steps below 1 Connect Joybee 180 to the USB port of your computer using the USB cable provided 2 The Adding New Hardware Wizard appears to install the driver Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation Browse to select the files required for installation under the Joybee 180 dir...

Page 28: ...2 seconds to turn the player off When there is no action for some time the Joybee 180 switches to power save mode to save energy The OLED display is switched off to conserve power and the real time clock is displayed Press any key to activate the OLED display and exit from the power save mode The Joybee 180 turns off automatically when there is no action for 1 minutes to save energy This function ...

Page 29: ...anager 3 Select the desired files and drag them to the new Removable Disk By doing so the selected files will be transferred to Joybee 180 When files are being transferred to the Joybee 180 do not discon nect the Joybee 180 from the PC Use the procedure described in Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC on page 17 to disconnect it Check that there is enough memory space on the Joybee 180 before t...

Page 30: ...e or keys to skip to the previous or next tracks Press and hold down the or keys for 2 sec onds to scan in the reverse or forward direction 5 Press to pause playback Press the key again to resume playback 6 Press and hold for 2 seconds to stop playback and switch to file list layout mode 7 Press the buttons to increase or decrease the volume as desired during playback Pressing the buttons and hold...

Page 31: ...m Repeat to repeat a random track Choose Off to cancel repeat play 5 Press the key to confirm your selection or the MODE button to exit without making saving your settings Alternatively use the following procedure to repeat a desired section of the track over and over again during playback 1 Press the key once to set point A to mark the starting point of the section you would like to repeat 2 Pres...

Page 32: ...nd hold the MODE button for two seconds to display a menu 2 Use the or keys to select the EQ option 3 Press the key to confirm your selection 4 Use the or keys to scroll through the various equalizer options NORMAL ROCK JAZZ CLASSICAL POP BASS and SPEECH 5 Press the key to confirm your selection or the MODE button to exit without saving your settings Rep eat EQ Cla ssic ...

Page 33: ...bles you to search for radio channels automatically Press and hold the key for 2 seconds to display a list of preset channels Use the or keys to select the desired channel and the key to confirm your selec tion 4 Use the buttons to increase or decrease the volume as desired during playback The OLED display shows the volume setting when you change the volume While scanning for channels if the frequ...

Page 34: ...ecord your favorite programs from FM radio channels do the following 1 When listening to your favorite chan nel press the key to start recording 2 Press the key to pause recording and press it again to resume recording 3 Press the key or press and hold the key for 2 sec onds to stop recording All recorded programs are saved as WAV files with filenames such as FM0001 WAV The number at the end of th...

Page 35: ...ed when the battery is low 1 Press the key to start recording and speak into the microphone 2 Press the key to pause recording and press it again to resume record ing 3 Press the key or press and hold the key for 2 sec onds to stop recording Note that recorder function is only available in voice recording by built in microphone and FM radio recording in FM radio mode 00 01 15 REC ...

Page 36: ...e key to play the current file 4 Use the or keys to skip to the previous or next files Press and hold down the or keys to scan in the reverse or forward direction 5 Press to pause playback Press the key again to resume playback 6 Press and hold the for 2 seconds to stop playback and switch to file list layout mode 7 Use the buttons to increase or decrease the volume as desired during playback The ...

Page 37: ...menu is shown on the OLED display 3 Use the or keys to select the Delete option 4 Press to confirm your selection The menu provides you with four options Music Voice All Music and All Voice 5 Use the or keys to select the desired option as fol lows Select the Music File option if you want to delete music files Select the Voice File option if you want to delete your recorded voice files Select the ...

Page 38: ...anager to delete files on the Joybee 180 Setting the playlist To set the audio tracks be played in the sequence of the playlist you edit with QMusic 1 Turn on the Joybee 180 2 Press the MODE button repeatedly to switch to SETUP mode A menu is displayed on the OLED screen 3 Use the or keys to select the Playlist option 4 Press to confirm your selection 5 Use the or keys to select the desired option...

Page 39: ...sired option 7 Press to confirm your selection Setting the power save interval To set the power save interval do the following 1 Turn on the Joybee 180 2 Press the MODE button repeatedly to switch to SETUP mode A menu is displayed on the OLED screen 3 Use the or keys to select the Power Save option 4 Use the or keys to select the Power Save interval 5 Press to confirm your selection Joybee 180 wil...

Page 40: ...se the or keys to set the year month and the date Switch to the next field by pressing the key to confirm your setting 7 Next the screen displays the time 8 Use the or keys to set the hour and minutes Switch to the next field by pressing the key to confirm your setting 9 Press to confirm your selection The time and date are set on your player Date Time Language System Info Date Time 2004 11 11 Dat...

Page 41: ... screen displays the various choices for the language setting such as English Traditional Chi nese Simplified Chinese Japanese French German Italian Spanish and Portuguese The available language options vary according to the region where you bought your Joybee 180 6 Use the or keys to select the desired language 7 Press the key to confirm your setting The language of your choice is selected for th...

Page 42: ...P mode A menu is displayed on the OLED screen 3 Use the or keys to select the System info option 4 Press to confirm your selection 5 The screen displays information about the system memory and firmware 6 Press the key to exit the setup menu Please note that some system memory would be taken up because of firmware usage 9MB out of 128MB flash size 13MB out of 256 MB flash size Date Time Language Sy...

Page 43: ...mat create playlists transfer music to your Joybee 180 burn music CDs and create your own music album The QMusic icon appears on your Desktop after it is successfully installed as described in Installing the software on page 19 Double click the icon to launch QMusic Alternatively you can start QMusic by click ing Start on the Windows task bar and clicking Programs QMusic2 QMusic2 ...

Page 44: ...view of QMusic The user interface of the QMusic program is shown in the illustration below Action buttons Left panel Display Right pane Feature buttons Search window System buttons Playback buttons Status bar ...

Page 45: ... or MP3 folder under Joybee 180 Left panel There are two default folders in your hard disk Music Library and My Joybee You can save and organize your audio files here Music Library All your MP3 audio files transferred from audio CD tracks would be saved in the folders under this root data base QMusic can auto search CD album title and CD tracks data base when your PC is connected to the internet ...

Page 46: ...older You can directly drag and drop your audio files saved under the Music Library to this folder or you can just right click the folder and select Add songs to copy audio files saved in your hard disk to this folder FMRadio Joybee 180 MP3 player default folder All your recorded FM audio files will be saved in this folder MicIn Joybee 180 MP3 player default folder All your recorded voice files wi...

Page 47: ...dditional options Setting butting Click to have general settings dialogue box Repeat button Click to repeat playback all tracks Random button Click to random play all tracks EQ button Click to have EQ control panel Right panel Displays the files in the folder or media selected in the left panel Search window Provides searching function Type in a file name and press the magnifier icon to search for...

Page 48: ... a PC on page 16 The icon Joybee 180 appears in the left panel of the QMusic interface and the directories on the Joybee 180 are displayed under the icon You can now add files to your Joybee 180 from an audio CD using the file conversion facility provided by QMusic or you can directly copy your audio music files from the PC to the Joybee 180 ...

Page 49: ...ee 180 1 Put an audio CD in the CD ROM on your PC The icon appears in the left panel of QMusic and the files on the CD appear in the right panel 2 Select the files to be added to the Joybee 180 by clicking the checkboxes in front of the files ...

Page 50: ...converting the selected files into MP3 files 4 After the conversion is completed a New Album is added to the left panel All the converted files are placed in this album Click the New Album to display the details of files in the right panel ...

Page 51: ...an one file press and hold the Ctrl key on the keyboard while selecting the files To select all files click the first file press and hold the Shift key on the keyboard and then click the last file If you want to delete files select files and press the Delete key on the keyboard ...

Page 52: ... icon When files are being transferred to the Joybee 180 do not discon nect the Joybee 180 from the PC Use the procedure described in Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC on page 17 to disconnect the player Check if there is enough memory space on Joybee 180 before trans ferring files to Joybee 180 ...

Page 53: ...lick the My Joybee folder in the left panel 2 Press and a dialog box opens to help you to select the desired files Browse and select MP3 WAV or WMA files to be added to the Joybee 180 from the PC Press Open to add the selected files to My Joybee ...

Page 54: ...48 3 Click the Joybee 180 icon on the QMusic interface ...

Page 55: ...in the My Joybee folder If you want to keep them abort the transfer and back up these files before starting file transfer again When files are being transferred to the Joybee 180 do not discon nect the Joybee 180 from the PC Use the procedure described in Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC on page 17 to disconnect the player Check if there is enough memory space on Joybee 180 before trans ferr...

Page 56: ...Joybee 180 automatically with QMusic You can set up the Joybee 180 to be updated with the music from the My Joybee folder automatically when it is connected to the PC 1 Click the My Joybee folder in the left panel ...

Page 57: ...to help you to select the desired files Browse and select MP3 WAV or WMA files to be added to the Joybee 180 from the PC Press Open to add the selected files to My Joybee 3 Press on the right panel of QMusic in the function button area ...

Page 58: ...52 4 In the Option dialog box shown click the Joybee tab ...

Page 59: ...r From now on if you want to automatically update files on Joybee 180 you only need to save files in the My Joybee folder and connect the Joybee 180 to your PC QMusic automatically transfers the files in the folder to the Joybee 180 When files are being transferred to the Joybee 180 do not discon nect the Joybee 180 from the PC Use the procedure described in Disconnecting the Joybee 180 from a PC ...

Page 60: ... delete files on your Joybee 180 using QMusic 1 Start QMusic 2 Turn on the Joybee 180 and connect it to the PC using the USB cable 3 Locate the files to be deleted by clicking on the MicIn or MP3 subdirectory under the Joybee 180 icon in the left panel of QMusic ...

Page 61: ...ast file 5 Press the Delete key on the keyboard to delete all selected files from the Joybee 180 Note that Joybee 180 supports WMA DRM files as well You have to transfer the these files with Windows Media Player 9 or your Joybee 180 won t be able to recognize nor playback them WMA DRM stands for Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management which provides secure files distribution and ease of ...

Page 62: ...on the Joybee 180 BenQ Corporation shall make no representation on damage or indemnification arising out of loss of data Memory on the Joybee 180 is sufficient for the files I want to transfer to Joybee 180 but I cannot transfer them to Joybee 180 The Joybee 180 allocates memory in blocks of 16KB or 32KB Even a file of 1 byte size occupies one block of memory Hence even if the total size of the fi...

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