SanDisk M230 - Sansa 512 MB Digital Player User Manual Download

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Contents

1. Quick

Start

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Features ......................................................................................

What you need to begin ..............................................................

Installing the Battery ....................................................................

The Basic Controls ......................................................................

Play Music ...................................................................................

Voice Recording ..........................................................................

Headphones/Earphones .............................................................

2. Playing Music ...............................................................................

Connecting and Disconnecting ...................................................

Using the Music Controls ............................................................

Listening to Music .......................................................................

Transferring Music .......................................................................

Customize Your Favorite Play List ..............................................

Adjusting Settings .......................................................................

3. Voice Recording ...........................................................................

Using the Recorder Controls .......................................................

Record voice to ﬁle ......................................................................

Saving the recorded ﬁle ..............................................................

Listening to recorded ﬁles ...........................................................

Deleting the recorded ﬁle ............................................................

4. Navigating the Software Menus ..................................................

The Basics ..................................................................................

Diagrams of Top Level Submenus ..............................................

5. Tips

and

Troubleshooting

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6. Learn More, Service, and Warranty Information .......................

Getting Technical Support ...........................................................

Learn More ..................................................................................

Your 1-Year SanDisk Limited Warranty .......................................

7. Safety Tips and Cleaning Instructions .......................................

Summary of Contents for M230 - Sansa 512 MB Digital Player

Page 1: ...Your Favorite Play List 15 Adjusting Settings 16 3 Voice Recording 19 Using the Recorder Controls 19 Record voice to ﬁle 20 Saving the recorded ﬁle 20 Listening to recorded ﬁles 21 Deleting the recorded ﬁle 22 4 Navigating the Software Menus 25 The Basics 25 Diagrams of Top Level Submenus 27 5 Tips and Troubleshooting 31 6 Learn More Service and Warranty Information 33 Getting Technical Support 33...

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Page 3: ...ther important song information With 5 equalizer types for the music in your player you can optimize your sound for your favorite style of music for example Rock Jazz Classical Pop and Custom user deﬁned Sophisticated music library sorting lets you browse the music in your player by artist album song title genre year play list and other useful criteria Hi Speed USB 2 0 port for fast and easy trans...

Page 4: ...n your player over so the backside faces up and locate the battery door at the back of the player 2 Gently depress the catch at the bottom of the battery cover and lift up 3 Lift off the battery cover 4 Push the battery down into the battery area of the player placing the ﬂat end of the battery against the spring in the battery area The protru ded top of the battery slips down and under The batter...

Page 5: ...o use set of controls that provide a wide range of functionality Basic Controls are shown in Figure 2 Left Side Front Right Side Hold Microphone Power Menu Volume Top with Headphone Jack USB The control names and their functions are described in Table 1 below ...

Page 6: ...Press once to toggle through the repeat settings repeat OFF repeat one selection and repeat all selections Press and hold to enable A B looping Next Fast Forward Button Located on the front of the player Press to skip to next song during playback Press and hold to Fast forward during playback Press to enter a submenu during menu navigati on Previous Located on the front of the player Fast Reverse ...

Page 7: ...er to connect the USB port on your player to an open USB port on your computer The player will appear as a removable drive in Windows File Explorer Can t ﬁnd the USB port on your player See The Basic Controls section on page 5 2 Drag and drop music ﬁles to the player from any location on your hard drive or use a variety of music software to transfer music to your Sansa player For more information ...

Page 8: ...ton or Play Pause Up Button to highlight an item on the Play Music submenu Press the Select Button to enter desired function for example Play All Artist Album etc 3 Press the Previous Fast Reverse or Next Fast Forward Buttons to move backwards or forwards through your music ﬁles 4 Press once on the Play Pause Up Button to play the music ﬁles Once your selected music has played your player will pla...

Page 9: ... highlighted press the Select Button to play it To learn more about how to play music with your player see the Playing Music chapter that begins on Page 11 Voice Recording To record your voice as ﬁle to your player Follow these steps 1 Press the Power Menu Button once The SanDisk logo and Sansa logo will brieﬂy appear onscreen then disappear Can t ﬁnd the Power Menu Button on your player See The B...

Page 10: ...t Press Next Fast Forward Button or Previous Fast Reverse Button to toggle between dele te and save Press Select Button to delete or save a ﬁle Press and hold down the Power Menu Button until all the dark squa res disappear under the Powering Down message Headphones Earphones Do not use headphones earphones while driving cycling or operating any motorized vehicle It may create a trafﬁc hazard and ...

Page 11: ...llow these steps 1 Use the USB connector cable provided with your player to connect the USB port on the top of your player to an open USB port on your compu ter The player will appear as a Sansa m200 on your computer Can t ﬁnd the USB port on your player See The Basic Controls section on Page 5 2 Drag and drop music ﬁles to the player from any location on your hard drive or use a variety of music ...

Page 12: ...not ﬁnd the Hold Button 4 If you do not see music ﬁles onscreen brieﬂy press the Power Menu Button on the right side of your player The software Menu will appear Press the Repeat AB Down Button or the Play Pause Up Button to scroll through the Menu Highlight Play Music mode and press the Select But ton to enter When you are in Play Music mode the screen shown in Figure 3 will appear on your player...

Page 13: ...d down the Power Menu Button until all the dark squa res disappear under the Powering Down message Navigate to another song with the Previous Fast Reverse or Next Fast Forward Buttons When you stop the song displayed onscreen will play Press the Power Menu Button brieﬂy to navigate the software Menu to switch to Recorder mode To learn about how onscreen menus work see the Navigating the Software M...

Page 14: ...s Deleting Music Files From Your Sansa Player When your player is connected to your computer with the USB connector you can use your computer ﬁle browser software to view all ﬁles on your player Your player will appear as an Sansa m200 series Follow these steps 1 Use the USB connector cable provided with your player to connect the USB port on the top of your player to an open USB port on your comp...

Page 15: ... the current song is already in the Favorite list and guide you to add remove the song to the Favorite list Add a Song to the Favorite List When you are listening to the song and you press and hold the Select button if the song is in not in the list a conﬁrmation message for adding the song to the list will be shown To conﬁrm press the Select button when the check box is highlighted To cancel pres...

Page 16: ...Press Select to manually change the equalizer setting or save time by pressing the Repeat AB Down Button for preset equalizer levels Press the Play Pause Up Button to scroll through the Pop Classical Jazz and Rock equalizer settings If you are playing a song when you change settings your music will change to the equalizer setting that is highlighted Press the Select Button to select the equalizer ...

Page 17: ...ons 5 Press the Select Button to save your Repeat settings Press the Power Menu button to return to the Menu screen Set Shufﬂe Playback Mode Your player allows you to play your audio ﬁles randomly Follow these steps 1 Brieﬂy press the Power Menu Button The software Menu will appear onscreen See The Basic Controls section on Page 5 if you cannot ﬁnd the Power Menu Button 2 Press the Repeat AB Down ...

Page 18: ...18 Playing Music ...

Page 19: ...sappear Can t ﬁnd the Power Menu Button on your player See The Basic Controls section on page 5 WARNING If the onscreen message says Locked and then shuts off locate the Hold Button on the left side of your player Slide that button up to unlock your device Then repeat Step 1 above See The Basic Controls section on page 5 if you cannot ﬁnd the Hold Button 2 If you do not see the Recorder onscreen b...

Page 20: ...ide of your player The soft ware Menu will appear Press the Repeat AB Down Button or Play Pau se Up to highlight Recorder mode 3 Press the Select Button to enter Recorder mode Press the Play Pause Up Button to start recording 4 During the recording If the Play Pause Up Button is pressed the recor ding will pause and if the Play Pause Up Button is pressed again the recording will start again 5 To s...

Page 21: ...o select Modes Press the Play Pause Up Button to scroll then highlight the Audio Playback mode Press the Select Button to enter music mode 2 Press the Power Menu Button once to access the software menu Press the Repeat AB Down Button to scroll and highlight Play Music Press the Select Button to enter Play Music mode 3 Press the Repeat AB Down Button or Play Pause Up Button to scroll then highlight...

Page 22: ... Locked and then shuts off you need to locate the Hold Button on the left side of your player Slide that button up to unlock your device Then repeat Step 1 above See The Basic Controls section on Page 5 if you cannot ﬁnd the Hold Button NOTE If you do not see music ﬁles onscreen brieﬂy press the Power Menu Button on the right side of your player The software Menu will appear Press the Repeat AB Do...

Page 23: ...ﬁle 5 During the playback of the recorded ﬁle press and hold down the Select Button until the player displays a message onscreen asking if you would like to save the ﬁle or not 6 Press Next Fast Forward Button or Previous Fast Reverse Button to toggle between delete and save 7 Press the Select Button to delete or save the ﬁle Voice Recording 23 ...

Page 24: ...24 Voice Recording ...

Page 25: ...efore you access the advanced feature menus you should familiarize your self with how the menus are structured accessed and navigated The Top Level Menu There is one top level menu as shown in Table 2 Table 2 Top Level Menu Submenu Parameter and Function Play Music Browse and select music ﬁles from the internal music libra ry in your player Recorder Record sound Settings Customize the features of ...

Page 26: ...ollows see The Basic Controls section on Page 5 to locate the controls mentioned below To navigate between the top level menu and the submenus under neath each top level menu item press the Previous Fast Reverse Button and Next Fast Forward Button To choose a top level menu or submenu as well as the settings you want to conﬁgure and setting parameters you want to save press the Select Button To sc...

Page 27: ...Music submenus are shown below in Table 3 Read The Basics on page 25 to learn how to navigate the menus settings and parameters described in this section Table 3 Play Music Submenus Submenu Parameter and Function Play all Play all the music ﬁles in the player in order one by one Artist Browse the music ﬁles by artist Press the Play Pause Up Button or Repeat AB Down Button to browse through the art...

Page 28: ...ton or Repeat AB Down Button to browse through the playlists Press the Select Button to browse the songs for the selected playlist Spoken Word Browse the audio book ﬁles in alphabetical order Press the Play Pause Up Button or Repeat AB Down Button to browse through the spoken word audio ﬁles Press the Select Button to browse the audio ﬁles for the selected spoken word ﬁle Recordings Browse the rec...

Page 29: ...ers by choosing Custom in the submenu Power Auto Power Off Press Select Button to set the period of time that the player will idle before powering off automatically Sleep Press Select Button to set the period of time the player would turn off counting from the current instant Display Backlight Press Select Button to set the period of time the backlight will stay ON when you do not press any button...

Page 30: ... contain any submenus Pressing the Select Button lets you view your player conﬁguration information Press the Play Pause Up Button or Repeat AB Down Button to view the software version model number storage capacity and the number of songs spoken word ﬁles and recordings contained in your player Read The Basics section on page 25 to learn how to navigate the menus settings and parameters described ...

Page 31: ... support Answer The Sansa MP3 Player will support MP3 WMA secure WMA and Audible audio ﬁle formats Question Do I have to use Rhapsody in order to use my Sansa MP3 Player Answer No you can use the Sansa MP3 Player just like another hard drive to copy your ﬁles Question Some of my music ﬁles are on my player but cannot be played When I select them another song begins to play What is wrong Answer You...

Page 32: ...32 Tips and Troubleshooting ...

Page 33: ...if your question is covered there If you have questions about the use or features of your player please call the SanDisk Technical Support Center at 1 866 SanDisk 1 866 726 3475 or ﬁll out an on line support request at http www sandisk com retail support asp If you have questions about our partner services please call their Technical Support Centers at When you call or contact us for support pleas...

Page 34: ... a tracking conﬁrmation number which you may be required to provi de to SanDisk SanDisk will at its option repair or replace the product with new or refurbished product of equal or greater capacity and functionality or refund the purchase price The warranty duration on replaced product will be that time period remaining on the original product THIS CONSTITUTES SANDISK S ENTIRE LIABILITY AND YOUR E...

Page 35: ...chnology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsi diary Content providers are using the digital rights management technology for Windows Media contained in this device WM DRM to protect the integrity of their content Secure Content so that their intellectual property inclu ding copyright in such content is not misappropriated This devi...

Page 36: ...36 Safety Tips and Cleaning Instructions ...

Page 37: ...o not let young children use your player unsupervised Avoid using headphones earphones at high volume Hearing experts advise against continuous loud and extended music play Keep the volume at a moderate level so that you are better able to hear outsi de sound and to be considerate of the people around you Do not use headphones earphones while driving cycling or opera ting any motorized vehicle It ...

Page 38: ...layer away from sinks drinks bathtubs showers rain and other sources of moisture Besides damage to your player moisture can cause electric shocks with any electronic device 38 Safety Tips and Cleaning Instructions ...

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