Welcome - Motorola m250 User Manual

Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of the Motorola m250/m500 Digital Audio Player (Models DAP102/DAP105). The
m250/m500 is a portable player that provides many hours of MP3 and WMA playback, and features a lighted LCD, a
stopwatch, and an FM radio tuner. Small and powerful, the m250 internal memory can store about 625 songs on its
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2.5-gigabyte (GB) hard drive while the m500 internal memory can store about 1250 songs on its 5 GB hard drive
(based on a 4-minute song encoded as a 128 kbps MP3). Song files are transferred from the drive into the memory
and then the drive turns off to save power, provide skip protection, and ensure uninterrupted music play. The player is
controlled by a small joystick on the front called the Thumbstick, so that most functions can be performed with one
hand.
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Included with the m250/m500 is the Motorola Digital Music Center for Windows PCs. This easy-to-use and powerful
software enables you to extract music tracks from CDs, organize them in a variety of ways, and quickly download
them to the m250/m500 using a high-speed USB 2.0 connection. (Your computer must support USB 2.0 for the fastest
transfer times; the m250/m500 and software will also work with the older USB 1.0 format.) Help files are included in
your Motorola Digital Music Center that guide you step-by-step through the functions of the software and your player.
Just click on the icon and choose the topic for which you need information.
Additionally, the m250/m500 player's internal memory can be used as another storage device and is displayed on
Windows Explorer as a removable drive when attached through the USB port.
The m250/m500 also supports Apple iTunes® software (a free download from www.apple.com), and the firmware in
the player accepts updates from both the PC and Macintosh® computers.
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Actual formatted capacity is less. 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
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m250/m500 DIGITAL AUDIO PLAYER