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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WIRELESS FEATURES INTRODUCTION UPPORTED ETWORK ONFIGURATIONS ELCOME ONFIGURING IRELESS CCESS OMMUNICATIONS EGULATION NFORMATION OCATOR ARING FOR ONNECTING TO NTERNET ERVICES EFORE EGIN ANAGING NTERNET ERVICE CCOUNTS UICK TART UIDE LAYER TO LAYER AND IRELESS HARING IRELESS EDIA...
  • Page 4 USING YOUR WIRELESS MEDIA PLAYER AS A USB HARD DISK ONFIGURING THE APTOP TO USE THE NEW ETWORK APPENDIX B – TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS LISTENING TO PROGRAMS FROM AUDIBLE.COM APPENDIX C – LICENSE AGREEMENT UDIBLE ROGRAM ONTROLS CONTACT US ECTION AVIGATION UTOMATIC OOKMARKING APPENDIX A –...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    • Long Lasting Rechargeable Battery • Deluxe Carrying Case Note: Tao does not supply a software CD with this product. All of the software and documents are stored on the internal hard drive for WMP. Thank you for purchasing a Tao WMP MP3 Player. The latest technology in portable audio!
  • Page 6 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Tao LLC. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, for any purpose without written permission of Tao, LLC.

  • Page 7: Communications Regulation Information

    Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Tao LLC could void the EMC compliance and negate your authority to operate this product. This product was tested for EMC compliance under conditions that include use of Tao peripheral devices and Tao shielded cables and connectors between MP3 Player system components.

  • Page 8: Caring For Wmp

    Caring for WMP Safety and Handling Caring for your MP3 Player – Although WMP is quite robust, please observe safety and handling instructions: 1. Do not store or use WMP in areas exceeding 45° C, or 113° F 2. Do not subject WMP to excessive force or impact 3.

  • Page 9: Before You Begin

    Before You Begin Package Contents – The following items are included with your WMP purchase: • WMP 20G Gig MP3 Player • Stereo Headphones • USB Cable • AC Power Adapter • Quick Start Guide • Deluxe Carry Case • Limited Warranty Website Information –...
  • Page 10 Documentation & Software – • The documentation and software necessary for your WMP player and Host PC are included on the WMP player hard-drive. See 錯誤! 找不到參照來源。 in this document for installation instructions. Minimum System Requirements – The following is required as a minimum for your WMP host PC operations: •...

  • Page 11: Quick Start Guide

    Quick Start Guide Wireless Media Player Music Controls Main Menu Press and hold the Select key Play a Song Press the Select key Change the volume Press the Up key once, then use Right/Left to adjust volume up/down One step: press and hold Up/Down Pause a song Press the Select key Skip to the next song...

  • Page 12: Turning Your Wireless Media Player O N And Disable Wireless Media Player Keys

    Shortcut Bars Shortcut bars provide convenient access to the most commonly used functions. For example, changing the volume is done using the Volume shortcut bar. Shortcut bars are accessed by pressing the Up and Down keys. Press the Up key to go through the shortcut bar list in a pre-defined order.

  • Page 13: Finding Music

    Disable Wireless Media Player Keys If you want to prevent accidental key presses you can disable the Wireless Media Player keys by pressing the power button and selecting the Lock Keypad menu option. To enable the Wireless Media Player keys press the power button again and select Unlock Keypad.
  • Page 14 The chevron symbol to the right of a menu item means you can see songs in a particular playlist by pressing the Right key. For example, if you wanted to play a particular song from an album, you could press the Right key from the Album selection.
  • Page 15 Pressing the Select key on the selected song will play the album starting with the selected song. Quickly Navigating Within Huge Lists Your Wireless Media Player can hold thousands of songs. Some of the menu lists you encounter can be very long. This section describes how you can quickly find what you are looking for within very long lists.
  • Page 16 1.1.1.1 Accelerated Scrolling By pressing and holding the Up/Down keys you can scroll up and down through a list. The longer you hold the key down, the faster you will scroll through the list. 1.1.1.2 Quick Navigation Within alphabetically sorted lists you can press and hold the Right key to enter into quick navigation mode. Once enabled, you can quickly navigate by the letters of the alphabet using the Up/Down keys.
  • Page 17 • Songs within a particular genre • Artists • Songs by a particular artist • Albums • All tracks Songs within user defined playlists and songs within albums are in general not sorted alphabetically. Therefore quick navigation mode is not supported within these lists.

  • Page 18: Charging Your Wireless Media Player

    Wireless Media Player Charging your Your Wireless Media Player can be charged using the supplied AC power adapter, or the supplied USB cable. Charging with the AC Power Adapter Connect the AC power adapter to the adapter port on the player and into a wall outlet. The dome light at the top of the player will show red while the player is charging.

  • Page 19: Charging With The Usb Cable

    Charging with the USB Cable Connect the USB cable to the USB port on the player and to your PC. The dome light at the top of the player will show red while the player is charging.

  • Page 20: Transferring Music To Your Wireless Media Player

    Wireless Media Player Transferring Music to Your This section will tell you how to transfer music to your player using the supplied USB cable. Using Windows Media Player 10 Windows Media Player 10 can be used to transfer individual songs, artist, albums and playlists to your Wireless Media Player.

  • Page 21: Using Windows Explorer

    Using Windows Explorer Windows Explorer can be used to transfer music to your Wireless Media Player. Step 1: Connect the USB cable to the USB port on the player and to your PC. Step 2: Open Windows Explorer. Click Start – All Programs – Accessories – Windows Explorer Step 3: From Windows Explorer –...

  • Page 22: Listening To The Fm Radio

    Listening to the FM Radio Select FM Stereo from the main menu to listen to the FM radio. Note: The FM radio uses your headphone as the antenna. Shortcut Bars Most of the functions described in this chapter are accessible via shortcut bars. Use the Up/Down keys from the FM Stereo application to access the shortcut bars.

  • Page 23: Manual Tuning

    FM Radio Controls Listen/mute the radio Press the Select key Change the volume Press the Up key once, then use Right/Left to adjust volume up/down Tuning Modes The radio supports four tuning modes described in this section. To select a tuning mode, press the Up key until the Mode shortcut bar appears. Then use the Left/Right keys to navigate through the tuning mode options.
  • Page 24 Tune to next frequency Press the Right key Tune to previous frequency Press the Left key Note: Press and hold the Next/Previous key to accelerate movement up and down the dial. Preset Tuning Preset tuning mode allows you to quickly switch between your radio station presets. Tune to next station preset Press the Right key Tune to previous station preset...
  • Page 25 Seek Tuning Seek tuning allows you to find available stations up and down the radio dial. Seek to next available station Press the Right key Seek to previous available station Press the Left key Scan Tuning Scan tuning allows you to find available stations, listen to them for a short time, and then automatically go to the next station.
  • Page 26 Scan to next available station Press the Right key Scan to previous available station Press the Left key Stop at current station Press the Select key Manually Storing Presets Up to 14 station presets can be stored. Select a radio station you want to store, then press the Up key until the Store Preset shortcut bar appears.
  • Page 27 Using the Built-In FM Transmitter The built-in Wireless Media Player FM transmitter allows you to transmit your favorite music to your car radio or home stereo receiver. Simply tune your radio to an unused frequency of the FM band, unplug your headphones and enjoy your music.

  • Page 28: Stereo Vs. Mono

    Using FM Transmit Presets The FM transmit preset can be adjusted from the Audio Player application via the FM Tx Frequency shortcut bar. From the Audio Player application, press the Up key until the FM Tx Frequency shortcut bar appears. Then use the Left/Right keys to select from the stored preset locations.

  • Page 29: Wireless Features

    Wireless Features Your Wireless Media Player contains a built-in 802.11.b wireless network adapter. This section tells you how to use the features utilizing the adapter. Supported Network Configurations There are two basic wireless network configurations supported by your Wireless Media Player: Infrastructure, and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure Networks Infrastructure networks involve the use of a device called a Wireless Access Point, or WAP for short.
  • Page 30 Ad-Hoc Networks Ad-Hoc networks allow two or more wireless devices to communicate without the need for a Wireless Access Point (WAP). This is useful in the following scenarios. 1.1.1.3 Player to Player In this scenario, one Wireless Media Player establishes an ad-hoc network allowing another Wireless Media Player to join the network and share files directly from player to player.

  • Page 31: Hot Spot

    Network Privacy Your Wireless Media Player supports both WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA PSK (Wireless Protected Access Pre Shared Key) network privacy methods. For WEP, 64-bit and 128-bit keys are supported. For WPA, a pass-phrase from 8 to 63 characters is supported. Configuring Wireless Access To configure wireless access on your Wireless Media Player, simply try to connect to a wireless network.

  • Page 32: Connecting To

    Scanning and Connecting to Hot Spots From the Hot Spot application, select Scan for Hot Spots to start scanning for wireless networks. Once the scan completes (around 5 seconds) a list of networks will be displayed. For each network, the display will indicate the network name, the network privacy employed by the network, and the signal strength.
  • Page 33 From the SoniqSync menu, select Connect to Internet. From this menu, select the desired service to download your purchased content directly to your player. Audible.com Audible.com provides access to your subscriptions and books. 1.1.1.5 Get New Subscriptions The Get New Subscriptions option provides a one-step method to sync your latest subscription issues to your player. Old issues are automatically replaced with the latest issues.
  • Page 34 Listing Your Accounts and Changing Your Password The List Accounts menu provides a list of your currently active accounts, and allows you to change your password on an existing account. To change your password: Step 1: Select an account from the list. Step 2: Select Edit Password.
  • Page 35 Step 3: Enter your username and password that you have previously established. Step 4: Your Wireless Media Player will contact the service using your username and password to verify your account information has been entered correctly. If your account information could not be verified, you will need to re-enter your username and password.
  • Page 36 Testing an Account The Test Account menu provides a way to verify your username and password for an account. Testing an account on your Wireless Media Player requires access to a wireless network that is connected to the internet. Follow the steps outlined below: Step 1: Select an account from the list.
  • Page 37 1.1.1.7 Audible.com An audible.com service account can be scheduled to download new subscription issues and/or new books to your Wireless Media Player. To schedule an Audible account for the first time, follow these steps: Step 1: From the SoniqSync Setup – Scheduled Sync menu, select the appropriate Audible account. Step 2: Select “Yes”...

  • Page 38: Player To

    Step 2: Select “Yes” to modify the existing schedule. Step 3: Select “Disable Schedule”. Step 4: Select “Yes” to disable the schedule. Step 5: Save the schedule. Player to Player and Wireless File Sharing Your Wireless Media Player is able to share its hard disk, and to browse remote shares on a Microsoft Windows compatible network.
  • Page 39 Step 4: Setup the sending player and wait to receive the files. Step 5: Press cancel when the sender is done. The receiving player will automatically scan for new files. From the sending player: Step 1: From the SoniqSync application, select Wireless File Sharing – Send File(s). Step 2: Connect to the network where the receiving player has shared its inbox.
  • Page 40 Step 4: Connect to an existing wireless network, or establish an ad-hoc network. Ah-hoc networks are established using the receiving player name. Your player hard disk is now shared on the network. Step 5: Press cancel to disconnect from the network. The player will automatically scan for new files. Browsing Remote Shares from Your Wireless Media Player Your Wireless Media Player can browse remote file shares from other computers on a Microsoft Windows Network.

  • Page 41: Managing Playlists On Your Wireless Media Player

    Wireless Media Player Managing Playlists on your A playlist is simply a named list of audio files, for example, “Rock Classics”. Your Wireless Media Player has a number of built-in features that allow you to create new playlists and manipulate existing playlists right from the player. “My Favorites”...

  • Page 42: Deleting A Playlist

    Step 6: When you have the playlist just the way you want it, highlight and select the Save symbol from the edit playlist screen. The new playlist will be saved to disk. The new playlist will now be listed in the Select Playlist – Playlist menu. Modifying an Existing Playlist Follow these steps to modify an existing playlist: Step 1: From the main menu, select Edit Playlists –...
  • Page 43 Follow these steps to delete a playlist: Step 1: From the main menu, select Edit Playlists – Delete Playlist. Step 2: Select a playlist to delete. Step 3: Select delete playlist option. The playlist, and optionally the audio files, will be deleted from your player’s hard disk.
  • Page 44 Bookmarks A bookmark is used to remember your current position with a playlist and your current settings. Each bookmark is given a name and stores the following information: • Playlist name. This can be one of your user defined playlists, an album, artist or genre. •...
  • Page 45 Updating and Restoring Bookmarks Updating a bookmark re-saves the bookmark with the current state of the Audio Player application. Restoring a bookmark sets the state of the Audio Player application to the state saved within the bookmark. When you restore a bookmark, playback will be restored to the last saved state.
  • Page 46 Viewing Bookmarks To view your bookmarks follow these steps: Step 1: From the main menu, select Bookmarks – View Bookmarks. Step 2: Select a bookmark from the list. Step 3: View the currently saved state of the bookmark.
  • Page 47 Player Preferences This section is a reference for all the preference settings on your Wireless Media Player. From the main menu, select the Preferences menu to access player preferences. FM Transmitter FM Transmitter settings are accessed from the Preferences – FM Transmitter menu. Set Frequency Used to adjust the FM transmit frequency and setup FM transmit frequency presets.
  • Page 48 EQ Adjust Used to adjust an equalizer preset: Bass Boost On or off Bass Increase/decrease bass level Treble Increase/decrease treble level 3D Stereo Increase/decrease separation between left and right channels Bass Cutoff Set cutoff frequency: low (130Hz) or high (200Hz) Treble Cutoff Set cutoff frequency: low (4kHz) or high (8kHz) 3D Lower Cutoff...
  • Page 49 Display Display settings are accessed from the Preferences – Display menu. Contrast Adjusts display contrast: 1 (low) to 30 (high). Menu Hold Time Controls how long you need to press and hold the Play key before the main menu appears. Short means that a short press/hold brings up the main menu.
  • Page 50 SoniqStart SoniqStart settings are accessed from the Preferences – SoniqStart menu. SoniqStart is a feature of your Wireless Media Player that can automatically turn-on your player when your car starts, and turn-off your player when you turn-off your car. This feature requires the optional automotive 12V adapter accessory. Detect Engine On If enabled, the player will automatically come out of standby when it detects the engine is on.
  • Page 51 About The About screen is accessed from the Preferences – About menu. Name Player name Tracks Number of tracks on your player Capacity Total disk capacity Available Free space available Version Firmware version Player MAC address Model Player model name...
  • Page 52 Equalizer Your Wireless Media Player contains a high quality EQ to allow you to tailor the sound to your listening taste. There are a number of EQ presets available for the most common music genres. These particular settings have been tuned by the factory, but you can modify them to suite your own tastes.

  • Page 53: Using Your Wireless Media Player As A Usb Hard Disk

    Wireless Media Player Using your as a USB Hard Disk Your Wireless Media Player can operate in one of two modes over USB: 1. MTP Audio Device – compatible with Windows Media Player 10, and Windows Explorer. 2. USB Hard Disk – shows up as a drive letter on your computer. Both of the above modes are support by the Microsoft Windows XP operating system.

  • Page 54: Listening To Programs From Audible.com

    Listening to Programs from Audible.com Your Wireless Media Player is able to play spoken word audio programs from Audible.com. You can use Windows Media Player 10, Windows Explorer or SoniqSync to transfer Audible files to your Wireless Media Player. Note: your Wireless Media Player can play Audible.com formats 2 and 3. Formats 1 and 4 are not supported. Audible.com Program Controls Some of your Wireless Media Player music controls operate differently when playing an Audible.com program.

  • Page 55: Automatic Bookmarking

    Automatic Bookmarking Your Wireless Media Player automatically remembers your position within an Audible.com program. However, if you are listening to a multi-part book, the player does not automatically remember which part you were last playing. Use the bookmarking feature in this case. See the chapter on “Bookmarks” for more details.

  • Page 56: Appendix A - Configuring A Laptop For Ad-Hoc Networking

    Appendix A – Configuring a Laptop for Ad-Hoc Networking This procedure assumes you are using Windows XP Professional. For additional information on configuring your laptop for an ad-hoc connection, select Start – Help and Support – Networking and the Web – Networking – Wireless networking – 802.1x wireless networking – Set up automatic wireless network configuration or use the search utility to find Set up automatic wireless network configuration.

  • Page 57: Configuring The Laptop To Use The New Ad-Hoc Network

    Step 9: Click OK to exit the Wireless network properties dialog and save your changes. Note that the newly added ad- hoc network must be the top-most ad-hoc network in the Preferred networks panel. Configuring the Laptop to use the new Ad-Hoc Network Step 1: Click the Advanced button on the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog.

  • Page 58: Appendix B - Technical Specifications

    Appendix B – Technical Specifications Platform Specifications: File Support Playback Formats • MP3 (at 8,16,22.05,24,32,44.1 and 48 kHz) • MP3 VBA • WMA (at 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, and 48 kHz) Software Operating System • WinCe.Net 5.0...

  • Page 59: Hardware Specification

    Hardware Specification: Size • 2.60 in (W) x 4.20 in (H) x 0.75 in (D) or 107 mm x 106 mm x 19 mm • Weight 6.2 oz or 176 gms Memory • 32 MB SDRAM buffer Capacity • 20 GB hard drive Wireless Interface •...
  • Page 60 FM Receiver • Frequency Band: 87.9 – 107.9 MHz, digital tuned • Modulation: FM Stereo • Distortion: 0.5% • Frequency Response: 50 – 15,000 Hz (+/- 3 dB) • Stereo Separation: 30 dB • Scan, Seek Headphone Output • Rated Impedance: 32 ohms •...

  • Page 61: Appendix C - License Agreement

    Agreement. Tao grants to you the right to use all or a portion of this Software provided that (a) the Software is not distributed for profit; (b) the Software is used only in conjunction with Limitations on Using, Copying, and Modifying the Software.
  • Page 62 FORM OF THE CLAIM. Some countries/states do not allow the limitation or exclusion it at any time by returning the Software (including any portions or copies thereof) to Tao of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion or the place where you purchased the Software or related products.
  • Page 63 Tao redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of disclaims any liability with regard to any illegal use of the Tao product and Tao conditions, and the following disclaimer, without modification, (2) redistributions...

  • Page 64: Contact Us

    July 2005 Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contact Us: To contact Tao Technical Support, visit www.TaoLife.com. Thank you for choosing...
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