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Astone Digital Audio Box Manual

Astone holdings pty ltd. digital audio box manual
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Brief Product Introduction .........................................................
1.1 Function Overview ....................................................................
1.2 Specifications ...........................................................................
1.3 Packing List .............................................................................
2. Appearance Introduction ............................................................
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Operation Introduction ...................................................................
3.1 Simple Operation ......................................................................
3.2 Basic Operation .......................................................................
3.3 Enter Various Function Modes .....................................................
3.4 Music Mode Instructions .............................................................
3.5 Sound Recording .......................................................................
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Legal Disclaimer ……………………..….….…………….………….….…… Warning …………………………………..….………..………………………… Brief Product Introduction ………….……………………….….….….…. 1.1 Function Overview …..…………….………….………….…………..….… 1.2 Specifications ……..………………….……….……………….…….……... 1.3 Packing List …………………..…….…………………….….….…..……… 2. Appearance Introduction ………….…….…………………….…………... Operation Introduction ……………………………... 3.1 Simple Operation …...………………………………………...……………. 3.2 Basic Operation …….………………………………………...……………. 3.3 Enter Various Function Modes …….………………………...……………. 3.4 Music Mode Instructions .…………………………………………...………...
  • Page 2 3.6 Play Recorded File .…………………………………………...……………. 3.7 FM Radio …………………………………………………………………….. 3.8 System Setting ……..………………………..…………….……... 3.9 Use USB Disk …….…………...………..…………………………….. 3.10 Convert ACT to WAV …………….………………………………………... Installation Program ………….…………………………………………….. Important Recommendations ……………………………….…...…... Trouble Shooting ………………………………….………..……….………...

  • Page 3: Legal Disclaimer

    Astone Holdings Pty Ltd known herein as ‘Astone’, does not guarantee the accuracy or validity of the information outlined in this user manual, although all attempts have been made to display the most accurate information. Astone will not be held liable for any loss, accident or miss use caused by incorrectly following these instructions.

  • Page 4: Warning

    Warning Battery must be removed from the unit if it is to be left unused for an extended period. Failure to do so can result in the battery leaking, and damaging the unit.

  • Page 5: Brief Product Introduction

    1. Brief Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this high quality Astone product. The Astone Samba 1000 Digital Audio Box is a unique unit capable of playing Mp3 music, FM Radio and recording high quality voice or radio. This awesome little Digital Audio Box is packed full of features including an equalizer...

  • Page 6: Function Overview

    1.1 Function Overview Support multiple audio frequency, such as MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF and WAV. Firmware updating Download the latest updating software from the website for function extension. FM stereo radio Automatic broadcast station searching with storage capability up to 20 broadcasting channels with various frequencies.
  • Page 7 Synchronized display of lyric (Karaoke) Support the most popular LRC lyric file on internet. Record/repeat Recording through microphone, then save it as WAV and ACT file format with the option to select section repeat or contrast repeat. This fulfills the function of digital repeat.

  • Page 8: Specifications

    Animation menu Vivid animation menu comes along with the display of words, which makes it handy and easy to use. 1.2 Specifications Size: 60(L)*23(W)*15(H)mm Display screen: 32mm(L)*10mm(W), back-lighted EL Connection: USB2.0(FS) (read 1000K Byte/s, write 900K Byte/s) Memory: 128MB/256MB/512MB/1G Power : one AAA battery Record: Sampling 8KHZ Record format, WAV(32Kbps), ACT(8K bps) Record time: 9 hours...
  • Page 9 MP3,WMA： MP3’s bit rate: 32Kbps-320Kbps WMA’s bit rate: 5Kbps-192Kbps Frequency response: from 20HZ to 20KHZ Signal to Noise ratio: >85db Distortion: <0.05% FM Radio Frequency response range: 76MHZ-90MHZ/87MHz-108MHZ Channels storage: 20 Music format: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV Temperature: -5 ~ 40 Centigrade Support multi-language: English, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish.

  • Page 10: Packing List

    1.3 Packing List MP3 player Strap earphone User manual 2. Appearance introduction Appearance and keys ● ① USB port ③ “ ” NEXT (Next Song) ⑤ VOL- (Volume Decrease) ⑦ Play/Stop/Turn on Key/ Turn Off Key ⑨ Strap port USB connection line Maintenance card ②...
  • Page 11 Player Introduction ● (1) Display Screen (2) Battery This machine adopts the monitoring on power volume. The display of electricity volume is full and will decrease in use. -11-...

  • Page 12: Operation Introduction

    The icon of battery turns to blank while the volume is used up and the battery need to be charged accordingly. 3. Operation Introduction 3.1 Simple operation Connect earphone Long-press PLAY key to start player; enter “Music Mode” and short-press PLAY key again to play music.

  • Page 13: Enter Various Function Modes

    (long-press to enter while in halted state), the playing submenu (short-press to enter) and the Stopping submenu (short-press to enter) 3.2.2 Browse Operation Press PREV and NEXT key to browse the song or browse the menu. Press PREV and NEXT key to select last piece/Next piece while playing song, hold the key for fast forward/fast backward.
  • Page 14 Record mode: FM mode: USB mode: Press the MODE key to enter the main menu in the Other Modes; Enter the USB mode by connecting the PC Play mode: System setting: -14-...

  • Page 15: Music Mode

    Music mode and Play mode Action Halted state Play Long-press Turn off Short-press Play Mode Long-press Enter Main Menu; Short-press Enter Stop Sub Menu Next Short-press Continuous Browse Press of Next Track PREV Short-press PREV Track and Press Continuously browse forward Vol+ Short-press...

  • Page 16: Record Mode

    Record mode Action Play Long-press Short-press Mode Long-press Short-press FM mode Action Play Long-press; Short-press Mode Long-press Short-press Next Short-press Long-press PREV Short-press Long press Vol+ Short-press Press Vol- Short-press Press Halted state Turn off; Start Recording Enter Main Menu; Enter Recording Sub Menu Reception Status of the Radio Turn Off;...

  • Page 17: Music Mode Instructions

    3.4 Music Mode instructions (1) Operation in halted state Directory selection In order to manage files and play music easily, users can store the files in different directories (directories should be made in advance and stored in the computer). This series of players support the identification of up to 99 root directories. In Stop interface.
  • Page 18 Press NEXT or PREV key to select the option you want. Press MODE key to confirm what you selected. Note: Customer can make individual directory for Music Mode, Record Mode and Play Mode. These three modes can be in different directories. Delete Files Files and the stored channel can be deleted in music mode, play mode and FM mode.
  • Page 19 Short-press MODE key to stop sub-menu. Short-press NEXT or PREV key to select “Delete File” or “Delete All Files” on the menu. Short-press MODE key to enter Delete interface. Short-press NEXT key to “YES” position. -19-...
  • Page 20 Short-press MODE key to start deleting files. Pressing “Delete All” will delete all the corresponding files under the current directory in current Mode. (E.g. press “Delete All” button in the Music Mode, only the music files will be deleted, while the recorded file will not be deleted). The Delete interface in FM Mode is much simpler.
  • Page 21 (2) Operation under PLAY mode Play Mode Different Play Mode can be selected (such as Repeat and Shuffle) when playing music and recorded music files. The first selection on the PLAY sub-menu is “Play Mode”. After confirming selection, the player will run as the setting Repeat: After finishing the music files in the current directory, the music files in the Normal...
  • Page 22 Sound effect mode: Music playing (as shown in right). Short-press MODE key to enter sub menu. Short-press Next key to select “sound effect mode” menu. Short-press Mode key to enter “sound effect mode” menu. (as shown in below): Symbols represent various sound effects (EQ): Natural Soft Rock...
  • Page 23 Short-press Next key to select; short-press Mode key to confirm. Synchronous display of lyric (KALAOKE function) The player supports *.LRC” lyric file (the users can download the files from (http://www.51lrc.com) or obtain this kind of file by searching “LRC lyric” on internet) and synchronizes lyric and song.
  • Page 24 Long-press MODE key to enter the lyric interface, then the lyric will be displayed: C. Short-press MODE key to return to the music mode. D. Short-press VOL KEY to read the lyric back and forth manually. Play Speed: You can select different Play Speed (slower or faster) when you play music (MP3 format only) or the recorded file.
  • Page 25 Music playing (as shown in right) Short-press sub-menu. Short-press NEXT key to enter “Play Speed” menu. Short-press MODE key to enter “Play Speed” selection menu. Short-press NEXT key to select faster speed. Short-press PREV key to select slower speed. ● Repeat Mode Enter this status through Play sub-menu.
  • Page 26 the “Repeat button Note: Under Repeat Mode, you can press VOL+ or VOL- directly to set “Play Speed”. Short-press Next key to confirm the start point B. The Repeat button player is starting to play repeatedly from point A and point B until reaching the set repeating times and exits repeat mode.
  • Page 27 on the screen changes to “ Note: Press PREV key to go back to “A-B Repeat” mode. ● Compare function ( Play mode does not support this function)： After selecting Compare function, the icon on the screen is “ player plays user’s echo voice. After finishing playing the recorded file, the icon on the screen changes to “...
  • Page 28 Please refer to “Back-Light time” for setting method. The interval time between two playing is determined by Repeat interval (unit: second). How to study language by using automatic repeat function? Now more and more language-training materials are made in MP3 format. The key feature of these materials is pure language material without music or noise background.

  • Page 29: Sound Recording

    3.5 Sound Recording Make sure the battery comes with enough volume while recording, this player supports the storage of 99 recording files under each directory. Recording in “recording mode”: Enter main menu 3. Press MODE key to enter recording mode Short-press PLAY key to start recording, short-press PLAY key again to stop.
  • Page 30 (1) The recorded sound will be stored in the current folder set in “Stop Recording Sub Menu/Main Disk Directory”. (2) If “space full” is shown on the screen, meaning that there is no space for recording, new file. Please delete other files to release space. If the “folder full”...
  • Page 31 2. Press MODE key to enter recording submenu to record. 3. Press NEXT key to select “RECORDING TYPE” submenu 4. Short-press MODE key to enter the recording type for selection interface 5. Press NEXT key to select appropriate recording type 6.
  • Page 32 Note: Recording Type available High Quality Recording, WAV format, Superior Timbre Long-play Recording, ACT format, Ordinary Timbre Fine Sound Control, WAV format, Sound Control Recording Time Limited Sound Control, ACT format, Sound Control Recording (5) Press PLAY key to start recording Sound Control Recording: (1) Sound control recording means the on-off status of recording is controlled by sound.

  • Page 33: Play Recorded File

    (2) It’s suggested to record sounds in an environment with little noise for better result. (3) Do not speak when the recording is starting. In order to achieve the best result, leave 5-6 seconds for the player to be familiar with audio surroundings, then start to speak.
  • Page 34 Press MODE key to enter playing mode interface( as shown in below). Press PLAY key again to play Select recording files PREV key: Select PREV recording file NEXT key: Select next recording file Volume Control VOL+: Increase volume, VOL-: Decrease volume -34-...

  • Page 35: Fm Radio

    3.7 FM Radio 1. Go to main menu Press MODE key to enter “FM mode” Automatic Search Press PREV OR NEXT key for 2 seconds, the player will search radio channel based on every 100KHz and will stop when a channel is found. Press PREV or NEXT key again to stop searching.
  • Page 36 Small Adjustment Short-press PREV key to move backward 100KHz frequency Short-press NEXT key to move forward 100KHz frequency Save found frequency Short-press MODE key to enter FM submenu Short-press MODE key again to save this broadcasting channel Select and play saved broadcasting channel Press PLAY key to listen different programs in order if there’s more than one broadcasting channel saved.

  • Page 37: System Setting

    Two types of frequency can be selected, “Regular Frequency” (from FM87 to 108MHZ) and “Japan Frequency”(from FM76 to 90MHZ)). (Short-press MODE key to enter FM submenu, then short-press NEXT key to select appropriate frequency). (1) Symbol “ ” will show on the screen if current broadcasting is stereo. (2) Up to 20 broadcasting channels information can be saved respectively in the range of “Regular Frequency”...
  • Page 38 Short-press NEXT key to select “System Setting” Press MODE key to enter “System Setting” -38-...
  • Page 39 Relative Parameter Introduction： Record Time Backlight time Language Selection Closedown Setting Repeat Setting Contrast Ratio Adjustment Online Mode Storage Status Firmware Version Firmware Update Exist Set date and time when recording files are saved The lasting shining time (second) after backlight function is induced without any following operation.
  • Page 40 Set “Record Time”： System setting interface Short-press MODE key to enter Record Time setting screen Short-press VOL+ to set time starting with year (VOL- to set from opposite direction) Short-press NEXT key to increase value (PREV key to decrease) Press MODE key to exit after finishing adjustment -40-...
  • Page 41 Set “Backlight Time”： System setting interface Short-press NEXT key to select “Backlight Time” Short-press NEXT/PREV key to adjust time Press MODE key to exit after finishing adjustment Set “Language Selection” Note: Refer to “Music Mode” setting for operation guides. “Shutdown Setup” Refer to “Backlight Time”...
  • Page 42 from the halted state, which is no operation on the player. Figure 0 represents that this function is closed. “Sleeping Mode” means to automatically power off player at any status by counting the setting time (Unit: Sec) from the latest operation on player. It’s designed for listening music before sleep.
  • Page 43 “Online Mode” Refer to “Music Mode” setting for setup procedure. Certain systems (Window2K SP4 previous version) cannot support one USB with two modules. Hence, when running “Asynchronous Space” function, you need to indicate which module is the current disk, which is named “Mono-regular Disk” or “Mono-encrypted Disk”, so that the computer can identify the selected disk after connection.
  • Page 44 “Firmware Update” The firmware of this player can be updated or maintained by software tools installed in computers. Enter main menu Short-press NEXT key to select “System Setup” Short-press MODE key to enter “System Setting” -44-...
  • Page 45 Short-press NEXT key to select “Firmware Updating” Short-press MODE key to enter “Firmware Updating” menu Install driving program and application software in the PC platform, which is going to be updating. (Please refer to installation procedure in the fourth section of the following part) Connect the player to PC with USB port.
  • Page 46 Select *.bin firmware updating file. Click “Start Updating” key to update the system Updating Success -46-...
  • Page 47 It will show information as follow: Warning： (1) Firmware updating is used to improve and optimize performances of this player, of which normal operation won’t be influenced if not in this way. (2) Firmware might result in the player trouble due to error operation. Please read the instruction carefully before update.

  • Page 48: Use Usb Disk

    3.9 Use USB disk This player is installed with standard USB disk and supports Windows98 (driver program installation required), Windows 2K system or above (driver program installation not required), Mac OS X10.3 or above, and Linux2.4 or above. This player supports “Suspend” mode. How to connect the player to PC? Turn on the player and connect it with USB line.

  • Page 49: Convert Act To Wav

    through the earphones. New folder: The player can identify 99 first-route folders set up in the mobile disk by the users. 3.10 Convert ACT to WAV The ACT format files recorded by the player can be converted to WAV format by the installation tool package setting up in the player.

  • Page 50: Installation Program

    can play WAV and MP3 format files. 4. Installation Program Installation program includes: driver program, formatting tool and record converting tool. Install driver and applications The MP3 player does not need to install driver under Windows Me/2000/XP system except Windows98SE. Please run the Windows/setup.exe file under the disk directory to begin the installation before connecting the MP3 player to computer.
  • Page 51 button Click "next" to confirm installation Click "next" button to start installation Click "close" button to finish the installation, the computer would need to be re-booted. -51-...

  • Page 52: Important Recommendations

    Find the “MP3 Player Utilities 1.43” suite under the program item in the start menu, including: MP3 Player Disk Tool, MP3 Player Update tool and Sound Convert. 5. Important Recommendations “My Domain” Function Because beset generally by “data disclosure”, each MP3 user doesn’t like to make personal data seen by others, these “privacies’...
  • Page 53 Mode” to select “Single Normal Disk” or “Single Encryption Disk”) and encrypt one of them (not necessary to encrypt disk and these two disks can be use separately), therefore the information can be hidden. The information can not be accessed without password.
  • Page 54 Input user name and password correspondently. Confirm your new password by entering the same password, click “Start” button and start partitioning disk. (3) The information below appears after partition finish. (4) After pressing “OK” button, a tip comes up for restarting computer, please confirm and restart computer.
  • Page 55 (6) Run executable file “RdiskDecrypt.exe”. Please input user name and password in the window coming up. If the password is correct, you can open the disk and copy file. (7) You need to input user name and password to open the encrypted disk each time.

  • Page 56: Trouble Shooting

    No Power Unable to hear sound through earphone Abnormal characters appear on the display receiving quality Unable to download music file properly Display shows “ disk error” Make sure that the batteries are correctly inserted. Check whether the player is turned on. Make sure that the connection of earphone is correct and the sound volume status is not at 0 point.

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