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Aiwa MM-RX400 Operating Instructions Manual

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
INSTRUCCIONES DE MANEJO
MODE D'EMPLOI
OWNER'S RECORD
For your convenience, record the
model number and the serial
number (you will find them in the
battery compartment of your set) in
the space provided below.
Please refer them when you contact
your Aiwa dealer in case of difficulty.
Model No.
MM-RX400
Serial No.
For assistance and information,
call toll free 1-800-BUY-AIWA.
MM-RX400
MEMORY AUDIO PLAYER
REPRODUCTOR DE AUDIO CON
MEMORIA
(United States and Puerto Rico)
ENGLISH
ESPAÑOL
FRANÇAIS

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  • Page 1 (you will find them in the battery compartment of your set) in the space provided below. Please refer them when you contact your Aiwa dealer in case of difficulty. Model No. MM-RX400 Serial No. For assistance and information, call toll free 1-800-BUY-AIWA.

  • Page 2: Notice To Users

    In this manual, the mark is not always explicitly described. ENGLISH Disclaimer AIWA Co., Ltd. will not be responsible for any loss or damage of music files due to their transfer to the MM-RX400 player. About the supplied software •...
  • Page 3 PRECAUTIONS The following are precautions that you should always keep in mind. Any violation of one or more of the following precautions may cause damage and will void the warranty. To maintain good performance • Avoid exposure to heat, moisture and static electricity.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Installing the Audio Manager and driver software ... 10 Uninstalling the Audio Manager and driver software ... 12 Preparing the MM-RX400 player ... 13 Charging the battery ... 13 Installing the battery ... 13 Installing a MultiMediaCard ... 14 Formatting a MultiMediaCard ... 14 Connecting the MM-RX400 player to your computer ...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER Player overview ... 47 Main unit ... 47 Remote control ... 49 Display window ... 50 Using the player ... 51 Playing back tracks ... 51 Selecting a play mode ... 52 Playing a desired portion of a track repeatedly (A-B Repeat Playback) ...

  • Page 6: Accessories

    INTRODUCTION Accessories The following accessories are supplied with the MM-RX400 player. Make sure all of the items are in the package. If anything is missing, please contact the store where you purchased the MM-RX400 player or your nearest AIWA dealer.

  • Page 7: System Requirements

    About this manual This manual includes basic instructions for using the MM-RX400 player and the supplied Audio Manager software. For detailed information on how to use the versatile functions provided by Audio...

  • Page 8: Viewing Help

    INTRODUCTION Viewing Help To view Help, click on “Help” in the Audio Manager window, and then click on “Help Topics.” The “Audio Manager Online Help” window appears. • Click on to open any book and display the topics it contains. To close a book, click on •...

  • Page 9: Restrictions On Transferring Music Files And Using Multimediacards

    Restrictions on transferring music files and using MultiMediaCards For the purpose of copyright protection for music files, the MM-RX400 player and the supplied Audio Manager software have some restrictions on transferring music files and using MultiMediaCards on portable players. Transferable to a...

  • Page 10: Preparation

    Before using the MM-RX400 player, you must install the Audio Manager and driver software on your computer. Before starting the installation • Do NOT connect the MM-RX400 player to your computer. • Quit any active applications. • If you have already installed a different...
  • Page 11 Click on “Next.” The “Choose Setup Language” dialog box appears. Select the desired language from the drop-down menu opened by clicking on the button, then click on “OK.” The “License Agreement” dialog box appears. Click on “Yes,” if you accept the terms of the preceding License Agreement.

  • Page 12: Uninstalling The Audio Manager And Driver Software

    PREPARATION Click on “OK” in the dialog box that prompts you to restart your computer. When your computer finishes rebooting, installation of the Audio Manager and driver software is completed. ENGLISH Uninstalling the Audio Manager and driver software Click on the “Start” button, point to “Programs”...

  • Page 13: Preparing The Mm-Rx400 Player

    The battery indicator shows the power remaining. Full When lights, recharge the battery. If you continue to use the MM-RX400 player after lights, the “LOW BATT” indicator appears, operation stops, and the MM-RX400 player beeps. Note on the rechargeable battery •...

  • Page 14: Installing A Multimediacard

    First push the MultiMediaCard in slightly to release it. ENGLISH Formatting a MultiMediaCard In order to use a MultiMediaCard with an MM-RX400 player, you must initialize it to MM-RX400 format using the format function of the supplied Audio Manager. details formatting MultiMediaCard, see “Formatting the...

  • Page 15: Connecting The Mm-Rx400 Player To Your Computer

    Connecting the MM-RX400 player to your computer Use the supplied USB cable to connect the MM-RX400 player to your computer, as shown below. Connect the series A connector (the larger one) to the computer’s USB port. Connect the series B connector...

  • Page 16: Disconnecting The Mm-Rx400 Player

    ENGLISH Installing the USB driver Installation of the USB driver is automatically performed when you turn on the MM-RX400 player for the first time after connecting it to the computer (page 15). If any problem occurs during installation of the Audio Manager software, the “Add New Hardware Wizard”...
  • Page 17 Double-click on the “System” icon to open the “System Properties” dialog box. Click on the “Device Manager” tab. Click on the mark of the “Universal Serial Bus controllers” item. If “AIWA MM-RX400” is listed, the USB driver is successfully installed. ENGLISH...

  • Page 18: Using Audio Manager

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Starting Audio Manager To start Audio Manager, double-click on (Audio Manager) icon on the desktop. You can also click on the “Start” button, point to “Programs” and “Audio Manager,” then click on “Audio Manager.” Note When you start Audio Manager for the first time after installation, the following dialog box appears.

  • Page 19: Changing The Appearance Of The Audio Manager Window

    Changing the appearance of the Audio Manager window In Audio Manager, several skins of different design are available, which allow you to change the appearance of your Audio Manager window (also of the small player) to suit your preference. Click on “Link to more skins” of the “Skins” menu in the Audio Manager window to connect to the Web site, where you can find and download skins of your...

  • Page 20: Identification Of Audio Manager Controls

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Identification of Audio Manager controls Audio Manager window To make full use of the MM-RX400 player, you need to learn how to use the basic functions of the Audio Manager. (Audio Manager with the Play List Window opened)
  • Page 21 Click on this button to open the Copy to Devices window, which allows you to transfer tracks from your computer to your MM-RX400 player (page 40). The Copy to Devices window also allows you to view a list of tracks and delete tracks stored on the memory media.

  • Page 22: Recording Tracks From A Music Cd

    Read a CD window The Read a CD window allows you to record selected tracks from a music CD or record an entire music CD at once. The recorded tracks can be transferred to your MM-RX400 player for playback. 1 Read a CD button bar...

  • Page 23: Recording Tracks

    3 Read a CD Track list button bar button Click on this button to reload information on the music CD. button Click on this button to select all the tracks on the list for recording. All the boxes to the left of the tracks are checked at once.
  • Page 24 Note • The MM-RX400 player supports WMA and MP3 files encoded with a following bit rate. Files encoded with other bit rates may cause inaccuracy of elapsed playing time indicated on the display and sound skip.
  • Page 25 Click on the “ read a cd” button to open the Read a CD window. The Read a CD window appears with all the tracks on the music CD checked for recording. If you did not check the “Always get title from CDDB when CD is inserted”...
  • Page 26 USING AUDIO MANAGER 3 Enter information about the track such as the title, artist, album title, genre, and lyrics. In some fields, you can select the desired item from the drop-down list by clicking on the field. 4 Click on “Next” once or more times to go to the next track to edit.

  • Page 27: Obtaining Track Information About A Music Cd Automatically

    Obtaining track information about a music CD automatically If you have access to the Internet, you can obtain information about the music CD, such as the album title, track title, and artist name, automatically from the CDDB on the Internet. The CDDB is a database accessible via the Internet, which stores track information regarding a vast amount of music CDs...

  • Page 28: Obtaining Music Files Via The Internet

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Obtaining music files via the Internet Audio Manager provides easy and convenient means to stream music, download music clips, and purchase music via the Internet. Clicking on a single button automatically connects you to the Windows Media Web site, where you can find vast amounts of music downloads covering almost all popular artists in the world and genres, a variety of...
  • Page 29 Click on “OK” in the dialog box. Now you are ready to play the downloaded music file on Audio Manager and your MM-RX400 player. For detailed information about obtaining downloadable music files, refer to the “Visit the Internet to get audio and video”...

  • Page 30: Organizing Tracks Using Play List

    If you save the tracks displayed on the Play List as a play list, you can easily prepare a number of tracks for transfer to your MM-RX400 player. * Music files recorded or downloaded to your computer using Audio Manager are automatically added to your database.
  • Page 31 Play List as a play list, which gives you an easy way to access these grouped tracks for playback and transfer to your MM-RX400 player. button Click on the trash can to delete the selected track from the Play List.

  • Page 32: Creating A Play List

    USING AUDIO MANAGER 5 Player controls Provide basic functions for playing back tracks with Audio Manager. 1 Elapsed playing time indicator 2 Input level indicator 3 Balance control slider Drag the slider to adjust the balance between the left and right speakers. 4 Volume control slider Drag the slider to the right or left to adjust the volume.
  • Page 33 “Select Playlist From Database” button in the Play List window. Now you are ready to transfer the tracks to your MM-RX400 player. Functions available in the “Select Tracks From Database” window Following operations are available in the “Select Tracks From Database”...

  • Page 34: Creating A Play List So That It Contains Music Files Already On Your Computer

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Creating a play list so that it contains music files already on your computer If you know where the music files are stored Click on the “ make a playlist” button to open the Play List window if it is not already open. Click on the “Clear List”...

  • Page 35: Adding Tracks To The Previously Created Play List

    Choosing the “Search Hard Disks for Tracks” option in step 3 brings up all the music files, including those transfer of which the MM-RX400 player does not support, such as .wav and RA files, to the Play List. Adding tracks to the previously created play list Click on the “...

  • Page 36: Deleting Tracks From The Previously Created Play List

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Deleting tracks from the previously created play list Click on the “ make a playlist” button to open the Play List window if it is not already open. Click on the “Select Playlists From Database” button. The “Select Playlists From Database” window appears.
  • Page 37 Click on “Yes.” Repeat the procedure for the remaining tracks. Click on “OK” when you have finished. Instead of using the “Delete” button, you can use the shortcut menu that appears when you right-click to delete all the selected tracks at once. Select the tracks you want to delete by clicking on the box to the left of each track, then right-click on the area within the list...

  • Page 38: Editing Track Information

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Editing track information You can edit track information anywhere you can find the “Edit...” button or “Edit track...” drop-down menu command within Audio Manager. Suppose you are in the “Select Tracks From Database” window. You can click on the “Edit” button to open the “Edit Track Info”...

  • Page 39: Shortcut Menus

    Insert the music CD into the CD- ROM drive of your computer, or click on the “Get Tracks From CD” button if the music CD is already in the CD-ROM drive. If you do not clear the list in step 2, the “New CD Detected”...

  • Page 40: Transferring Tracks To The Mm-Rx400 Player

    USING AUDIO MANAGER Transferring tracks to the MM-RX400 player To enjoy listening to music on the MM-RX400 player, you must transfer music files stored on your computer to your MM-RX400 player. You can use Audio Manager to transfer MP3 files as well as WMA (Windows Media Audio) files to the MM-RX400 player.
  • Page 41 2 Transfer List Displays the list of the tracks you have selected from your database for transfer to your MM-RX400 player. Each track has information such as the playing time, size, track title and artist name, and also an icon that represents its file type.

  • Page 42: Transferring Tracks To The Mm-Rx400 Player

    ENGLISH Transferring tracks to the MM-RX400 player Before starting • Before connecting the MM-RX400 player to your computer, be sure to fully charge the battery. • Check that the internal Flash Memory or MultiMediaCard has enough available memory to store the transferred tracks.
  • Page 43 Note If you connect the USB cable to the MM-RX400 player while it is in FM radio reception mode, the player does not detect that the USB cable has been connected. Switch to the Memory audio player mode by holding the e/s button pressed or turn on the player after turning it off.
  • Page 44 ENGLISH Click on “OK” when the message “Finished transferring tracks” is displayed. Your MM-RX400 player is now ready for playback. Note • The track currently being played back cannot be transferred to the MM-RX400 player.

  • Page 45: Viewing Current Memory Usage Status Of The Memory Media

    “Format Media” button. Increasing the number of files that can be transferred to the MM-RX400 player You can transfer more files to the MM- RX400 player by selecting a bit rate lower than that of the tracks selected for transfer.

  • Page 46: Formatting The Internal Flash Memory And Multimediacard

    USB cable (page 15). If it is a MultiMediaCard that you want to format, insert it into the MM-RX400 player before connecting the MM- RX400 player to the computer. Turn on the player by holding the e/s button pressed until “CONNECT USB”...

  • Page 47: Using The Mm-Rx400 Player

    USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER Player overview Main unit 1 PRESET –/AREA/PLAY MODE button • Press during playback to select the desired play mode from among NORMAL,1 REPEAT, ALL REPEAT, RANDOM, and RANDOM REP. • Press during Radio Reception or Station Preset mode to select the desired preset station number or a receiving system (US or EU)*.
  • Page 48 USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER 5 Multi Jog • Turn up or down during playback to skip to the beginning of the desired track. • Turn up or down during radio reception to tune in to the desired frequency. • Press and hold to turn the power on in Radio Reception mode, or to turn the power off.

  • Page 49: Remote Control

    Remote control 1 VOL (Volume) control Turn to adjust the volume. Make sure that you cannot turn up the volume with the VOL control higher than the volume set with the player’s VOLUME +/– buttons. 2 \ jack (stereo mini-jack) Used to connect the supplied headphones.

  • Page 50: Display Window

    USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER Display window During playback 1 Play mode indicator 2 DTP (Digital Tone Processor) indication 3 Battery indicator Displays the remaining battery power. 4 Main indication Displays the track number and elapsed playing time of the current track when the DISPLAY switch is set to the TIME position.

  • Page 51: Using The Player

    Multi Jog Adjust the volume with the VOLUME + or – button. Note The MM-RX400 player allows you to play back up to 99 music files that have been stored on it. To turn the power off Press and hold the e/s button until “GOOD-BYE!!”...

  • Page 52: Selecting A Play Mode

    USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER Selecting a play mode PLAY MODE Press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly during playback to select the desired play mode. Select To play NORMAL All the recorded tracks in order. When you are using the player with a...

  • Page 53: Selecting Equalizer Settings To Suit Tracks

    Selecting equalizer settings to suit tracks Press the DTP button repeatedly during playback to select your desired DTP (Digital Tone Processor) mode from among ROCK, POP, JAZZ, and CLASSIC. Changing the track information DISPLAY Set the DISPLAY switch to TITLE or TIME during playback.

  • Page 54: Selecting The Area Setting Before You Use The Player

    Listening to a radio program (Manual Tuning) Before listening to a radio program, make sure the USB cable is not connected to the MM-RX400 player. If it is, you cannot expect satisfactory radio reception. FM MODE RADIO OFF Press and hold the Multi Jog until radio reception display appears on the display.

  • Page 55: Presetting Stations Automatically (Auto Preset)

    Adjust the volume with the VOLUME + or – button. To turn the power off Press and hold the Multi Jog until “GOOD- BYE!!” appears on the display. To tune in to a station quickly (Auto Tuning) Hold the Multi Jog to turn up or down until the frequency starts and continues to increase or decrease.

  • Page 56: Presetting Stations Manually (Manual Preset)

    USING THE MM-RX400 PLAYER Presetting stations manually (Manual Preset) Tune in to a desired station. Press and hold the MEMORY button until the preset number flashes on the display. Press the PRESET + or – button repeatedly to select the desired preset number.

  • Page 57: Appendix

    APPENDIX Specifications Storage media Built-in 32MB Flash Memory MultiMediaCard slot for a removable 16MB, 32MB or 64MB MultiMediaCard Maximum output level 5 mW + 5 mW (32 ohms) Frequency range 20 Hz – 20 kHz FM tuner US: 87.5 MHz – 108.1 MHz (200 kHz steps) EU: 87.5 MHz –...
  • Page 58 APPENDIX What is the bit rate? Data flow per second denoted by “kbps.” Audio Manager allows you to select a bit rate of 160, 128, 96, 80, or 64 kbps for WMA format encoding and 320, 256, 192, 128, 96, 80, or 64 kbps for MP3 format encoding.

  • Page 59: Questions About The Mm-Rx400 Player

    Can I use the MM-RX400 player with a Macintosh computer? No, you cannot. The MM-RX400 player does not support Macintosh computers.

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting

    APPENDIX Troubleshooting If you encounter a problem while using the MM-RX400 player, try the remedial actions listed below. Should the problem persist, consult the store where you purchased the MM-RX400 player or your nearest AIWA dealer. The buttons are not functional.
  • Page 61 The MM-RX400 player does not play tracks. • The MM-RX400 player supports WMA and MP3 files encoded with one of the following bit rates and sampling frequency. – WMA files encoded with a bit rate of 64, 80, 96, 128, or 160 kbps and a sampling frequency of 44.1 kHz...
  • Page 62 O Set the FM MODE switch to the MONO position. You may hear the sound more clearly, but it will not be in stereo. AIWA Co., Ltd. will not be responsible for any loss or damage of music files due to their transfer to the MM-RX400 player.

  • Page 63: Messages

    Messages The table shows the messages displayed on the MM-RX400 player. Display HOLD CONNECT USB LOW BATT NOW DOWNLOADING PLEASE WAIT Displayed while transfer of music files is in progress. DOWNLOADING COMPLETED! NOW FORMATTING PLEASE WAIT FORMAT COMPLETED! INTERNAL MEMORY ERROR EXTERNAL MEMORY ERROR CAN’T PLAY...
  • Page 64 (1) This device may not cause harmful interference; and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For assistance and information, call toll free 1-800-BUY-AIWA. (United States and Puerto Rico) 8A-HZ5-901-01 010521AYO-OX...

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