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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Model 2040MO
USB Cassette Converter
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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL Model 2040MO USB Cassette Converter Please read these instructions carefully before operating unit...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...............……..3 PRECAUTIONS ....................…..6 BEFORE USE ....................……..6 CASSETTE TAPE MAINTENANCE ................7 LOCATION OF CONTROLS ..................8 BASIC OPERATION ....................9 LISTENING TO A TAPE .....................9 RECORD TO PC .......................9 AUDACITY SOFTWARE ...................10 AUDACITY INSTALLATION AND USB CONNECTION ..........10 AUDACITY FOR WINDOWS USERS ............……………….10 INSTALLING THE AUDACITY SOFTWARE.............…..12 CONFIGURING AUDACITY FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS ........…….17...

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. WARNING: To prevent electric shock, do not use this (polarized) plug with an extension cord, receptacle or other outlet unless the blades can be fully inserted to prevent blade exposure WARNING: Invisible laser radiation when open and interlock failed or defeated.
  • Page 4 should follow the manufacturer’s instructions, and should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer. 9. Transporting ‐ This product should be moved with care to avoid damage or injury. 10. Ventilation ‐ Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation, to ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating.
  • Page 5 e. If the product has been dropped or damaged in any way, and the product exhibits a distinct change in performance‐this indicates a need for service. 19. Replacement Parts ‐ When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician has used replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or have the same characteristics as the original part.

  • Page 6: Precautions

    PRECAUTIONS Safety Information 1. In order to shut off the power of this product completely, unplug the power cord from the wall outlet or remove the connected USB cable. Be sure to unplug the unit and remove all power supply such as USB cable or dry batteries if you do not intend to use it for an extended period of time, such as while on vacation.

  • Page 7: Cassette Tape Maintenance

    CASSETTE TAPE MAINTENANCE TAPE HANDLING: Do not store tapes in the following places: 1. On top of heaters, exposed to direct sunlight or in any other places with high temperatures. 2. Near speakers, on TV sets or amplifiers or where they would be exposed to strong magnetic fields. 3.

  • Page 8: Location Of Controls

    LOCATION OF CONTROLS EJECT BUTTON TO OPEN CASSETTE DOOR HEADPHONE INPUT USB CONNECTION VOLUME ADJUSTMENT STOP Auto Rewind PLAY DC 5V USB SUPPLY BATTERY COMPARTMENT (INSIDE UNIT)

  • Page 9: Basic Operation

    BASIC OPERATION POWER 1. When connected to a computer: NOTE: Remove batteries while connected to computer. USB powered: Connect one end of the USB cable (included) to the mini USB socket on the unit. Connect the other end into the USB socket on your computer. Adjust the VOLUME knob to your desired volume level.

  • Page 10: Audacity Software

    AUDACITY SOFTWARE The provided CD disc contains the following software: (1)Audacity_for_MAC For Macintosh (2)Audacity_for_WIN For Windows (3)audacity‐src‐2.0.0 For source codes (4)AUTORUN.INF (5)The GNU General Public License‐3.0.htm The software is compatible with Window 98, ME, 2000, XP, VISTA, 7 and Macintosh OS 9, OX 10.4 or later.
  • Page 11 SETUP Please insert the Audacity software disc that comes with your unit. Go to “My Computer ” and double click the CD ROM Drive or Audacity 2.0.0 or Dvdr Audacity 2.0.0 (D) NOTE: If automatically launches the W izard, please skip to ‘Installing the Audacity Software’...

  • Page 12: Installing The Audacity Software

    INSTALLING THE AUDACITY SOFTWARE 4. Click the dropdown arrow to select a setup language then click on OK. The Audacity Setup W izard will appear . Click on Next button.
  • Page 13 This will install Audacity 2.0.0 on your computer Continue to click on Next. 7. Normally most people will install programs in C disk, click on Next. If you want to change the directory, click Browse, select a setup directory and click on Next.
  • Page 14 8. Continue to click on Next. Click Create a Desktop icon Click on Install icon...
  • Page 15 Click on Next icon...
  • Page 16 10. Click on Finish to complete the installation. NOTE: You do not need to install the program with every use. 11. The program will be opened if the checkbox beside the “Launch Audacity” is selected. Or you can open Audacity software and start recording your files. Or, if you cannot install the Audacity software from the disc, you may install it from this link: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows...

  • Page 17: Configuring Audacity For Microsoft Windows

    CONFIGURING AUDACITY FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS Audacity preferences settings Audacity Interface---Settings and controls Audacity Control Buttons Use the attribute controls button at the top of the screen to go to beginning, Play , Record, Pause, Stop and End. Use the F ile, Edit, View, Project, Generate, Effect and Analyze menus to Save, Export, and edit the music.
  • Page 18 Click the ( ) button to record; Click the ( ) button to pause the recording; Click the ( ) button to stop the recording; Click the ( ) button to skip to end; Meter toolbar: Output level monitor; Input level monitor; Mixer toolbar: Adjust the output volume;...

  • Page 19: Audacity Preferences Settings

    AUDACITY PREFERENCES SETTINGS A few settings will be required before you start downloading the music. Click the “Edit ” on the Audacity interface, select “Preferences” . ● On the left side of the pop-up window of the Audacity Preferences, you will see tabs (as in picture below) of Devices, Playback, Recording, Quality , Interface, Tracks, Import / Export, Extended Import, Projects, Libraries, Spectrograms, Directories, Warnings, Effects, Keyboard and Mouse.
  • Page 20 the right hand side of Interface. Click on the arrow on “Host” and choose Windows direct sound or MME ● Click the arrow on “Device” below Playback and choose Pr i m a r y s o u n d d r i v e r “Realtek H d a u d i o o u t p u t , AC 97 audio”, or “Microphone Sound Mapper ”).
  • Page 21 4. Before exporting an MP3 file, you need to find “Lame_enc.dll ” first. If the program does not show the MP3 Library, make sure the Audacity driver disc is inside your computer. • Click ‘Libraries’ on the left side, then in ‘MP3 Export Library’ interface, click ‘Locate…’ Button to find ‘lame_enc.dll’.
  • Page 22 then, click ‘OK’ on Locate Lame small box. Click ‘OK’ on the Preferences Libraries box, Now you can proceed with the Recording, Exporting and saving the Recorded Music .
  • Page 23 5. Please Note: If the ‘lame_enc.dll’ software does not open from the disc, you must download the ‘lame_enc.dll’ software from website. • Click ‘Download’ On Preferences: Libraries’ box then a website will be opened automatically. • Opened website to download ‘lame_enc.dll’ : click on download page.
  • Page 24 ● You will see “Jump straight to LAME for W indows download”. Left click “Lame for W indows” then it will jump to the download chapter for W indows. The Audacity LAME_enc.dll is free, so you can click “libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.zip” under ZIP...
  • Page 25 OPTION to download. Click “Save”, select the Folder you want to save it in, then click “Save” again to save it. Close the Webpage, then click “OK” to close the Audacity preference. Minimize Audacity interface, then open Folder where saved libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.
  • Page 26 Adjust the output and input volume to 20% (or 0.2 level ). NOTE: Because of the variation of different operation systems, the input volume control may not work on some individual W indows versions. W indows Vista is recommended to ensure that the input volume control is working properly .

  • Page 27: Recording Operation

    RECORDING OPERATIONS Button Controls From left to right these button controls are: Output and input monitors Output and input control - Adjust the output and input volume • Output volume and • Input volume and output level slider input level slider...
  • Page 28 1 . Set the aux source (phonograph or auxiliary input) to play, then press Record button on Audacity to record. NOTE: During recording make sure the input level indicator does not exceed “0”. If you find the recording distorted (for example, the input level indicator exceeds “0”...
  • Page 29 3. Before exporting press “play” button to play the recording, press Stop button, then press “Skip to Start” button to go to the beginning of the recording. 4. Select a section you want to export by moving the cursor to the beginning of the song and left clicking.
  • Page 30 6. Another window appears. Select a location as well as the format (most people prefer to save audios as MP3 format (MP3 format is most common) in My Music Folder) and put the title in the file name, then click “Save”. NOTE: The most common formats are: MP3, WAV (WAV uses a lot of space), and MYA/AAC (most iPod devices can play audios with this format).
  • Page 31 Wait a few seconds before exporting the selected audio. Once you have exported and saved all the songs you can copy the audio files to your MP3 player, iPod or copy to CD. To burn CD's: You must have a CD burner in your computer.

  • Page 32: Copying The Music File To An Mp3 Player

    COPYING THE MUSIC FILE TO AN MP3 PLAYER 1. Connect MP3 player to your computer via USB cable. 2. Turn on your computer. 3. Double click on “MY COMPUTER”. 4. Locate the drive named “REMOVABLE DISK” or “MP3 PLAYER” – This is your MP3 player. 5.

  • Page 33: Configuring Audacity For Mac

    NOTE: Audacity does support the latest upgraded MAC OS9 and OSX10.4 or later If your computer is Mac OS X system (Power PC CPU), please enter the PPC folder to install the audacity software. . Double click on the setup file according to your system supported, for instance, “audacity-macosx-ub-2.0.0.dmg”...
  • Page 34 2. A few settings will be required before you download the music. a) Move the cursor to the Audacity menu bar. Click “Audacity” and select “Preferences”. Then another window will appear on the screen. b) In the window of Audacity Preferences click “Devices” on the left hand side. Then on the right side within the Recording Device column, set Device to “USB Audio CODEC”, Channels to “2 (Stereo)”.
  • Page 35 c) Click “Recording” on the left. Then on the right side in Playthrough column, click the checkbox beside the “Software PLaythrough: Listen while recording or monitoring new track”. In the Sound Activated Recording column, slide the meter to ‐36 db. d) Click “Quality”...
  • Page 36 e) Click “Libraries” on the left then on the right side in MP3 Export Library column, check if the program has detected and shown the MP3 Library Version there. If shown, skip and go to step (f). If it displays “MP3 export library not found” you need to find the “LAME”. Click “Locate…” button then a window named “Locate Lame”...
  • Page 37 Or if you cannot find it or the LAME file you found is not compatible, click the“Download” button and a website will show automatically. Scroll down the webpage to find a title named “MAC OS X”. Click the “LAME download page” and another website will show automatically. Scroll down the webpage.
  • Page 38 You will notice a form provided for the LAME for all version systems. Find a title named “For Audacity 1.3.3 or later on Mac OS X (Intel or PPC)” and then click “Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity on OSX.dmg” to download the file. Then locate the LAME and click OK.

  • Page 39: Recording Operation

    f. Then click OK to close the Preferences interface. RECORDING OPERATIONS Basic control buttons 1. Press the “Record” button on the Audacity and set the aux source (phonograph or auxiliary input) to play.

  • Page 40: Listening To The Music On Ipod

    NOTE: During recording, make sure that the input level indicator does not exceed “0”. If you find the recording is distorted (for example, the input level indicator exceeds “0”, or the waveform is clipped, or the recording sound is distorted.) you can adjust the sound level of the original music. 2.
  • Page 41 Example for iTunes 10.6.3.25 version: Double click iTunes Set Up to install the iTunes software and follow the screen instructions to complete the set up. It will open automatically. If not open iTunes interface. 2. View the iTunes version. Click the “Help” on the iTunes window, then select “About iTunes”.
  • Page 42 iTunes 10.6.3.25 version Check your iTunes version to be sure it is the same as above (10.6.3.25). 3. Connect iPod to your computer. Plug one end of iPod Cable Dock Connector into the USB port on your computer, and then connect the other end to iPod.
  • Page 43 Click on iPod under “Devices”, then select “Summary” to enter into interface below:...
  • Page 44 Summary Interface In the “Summary” interface, you can see the iPod information, including name, capacity, software version, sync function, etc. The “Sync” button is used to synchronize the iPod with the iTunes. Click on “Music” to enter into interface below: Music Interface...
  • Page 45 In the “Music” interface, you can sync music in the iTunes. Even though there are many functions in this interface, only transforming music from iTunes into iPod will be explained in this manual. To add music that’s already on your computer to the iTunes: If you have music on your computer encoded in file formats that iTunes supports, you can easily add the music to iTunes.
  • Page 46 A dialog box will appear and you may select the Music file. Then click the “OK” button.
  • Page 47 iTunes does not support WMA format, so if you have songs in WMA format in the music folder, after clicking “OK”, above, another box appears to prompt you to convert the WMA format into AAC format. Click “Convert”, another box with “Adding Files” appears to show the processing. Soon all the music files will be added to the list.
  • Page 48 If iTunes supports the song file format, the songs are automatically added to the iTunes library. You can also drag individual song files to iTunes. Click on “Music” icon located on left side of the interface. You can see that all songs will list on the right of the iTunes (as above). After inputting music, click “iPod”...
  • Page 49 Click “Music” for music interface (below). Select “Sync music” if you have music in iPod already. A box will come up advising that all existing songs and play lists on the iPod Administrator will be removed. Click the “Sync” button to synchronize the music files in the iTunes to iPod.

  • Page 50: General Problems For Windows Version

    GENERAL PROBLEMS FOR WINDOWS VERSION 1. If you do not have the fluctuant wave on the interface during recording, or the recording sounds unsatisfied, adjust the recording volume as follows: • Click the Start in the left corner of the computer, select Settings, Control Panel. •...
  • Page 51 • In Sounds and Audio Devices Properties interface Volume window will be seen. Select the Audio tab to reveal the settings. Under the Sound recording, USB Audio Controller should be selected. Click the Volume… button to set the recording input level. The WAVE IN window will appear.
  • Page 52 • In WAVE IN interface Adjust the recording volume to about 50% as per illustrated below. The fluctuant wave will show on the interface when recording.
  • Page 53 2. When the walkman is connected, you may not hear any sound if you need to listen to video or music on your PC. It is because the default playback device has been changed to USB Audio Controller once the walkman connects to the PC. Recommended: Remove the USB cable from the PC.
  • Page 54 3. If you want to hear the music while downloading to the computer, go to the Audacity interface. Click Edit and select “Preference”. Click ‘Recording’ on the left side, you will see the detail contents on the right side. Click the checkbox beside ‘Software Playthrough: Listen while recording or monitoring new track’. Click “OK”...

  • Page 55: Adjustment For Windows 7 And Some Vista Systems Only

    ADJUSTMENT FOR WINDOWS 7 AND SOME VISTA SYSTEMS ONLY If do not have the fluctuant wave on the Audacity interface or the sound is low or distorted during recording, adjust the recording level as follows: Click on Start to open & select the Control Panel. Click All Control Panel Items to access your computer settings: Click on the Sound icon.
  • Page 56 4. If the USB cord is properly connected you shall see these selection options: Select Microphone Speakers USB Audio Controller and click OK: NOTE: If the USB cord is NOT properly connected the USB Audio Controller Default Device selection will not appear. In this case, reboot your computer with the USB cable connected. 5.
  • Page 57 6. Select the Levels tab and adjust the Microphone recording level by sliding the indication to 21:...
  • Page 58 You may notice the level does not exceed “0” on the Input Level Indicator (marked with a square) in the Audacity Control Panel. Adjust the level accordingly, click OK to close the Microphone Properties window and click OK to close the Sound window. You may now open the Audacity software program to begin recording to your PC.

  • Page 59: Troubleshooting Guide

    TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE SOFTWARE In case of trouble with the unit, please look through problems and see if you can solve them yourself before calling your dealer. NO SOUND: • If you are not getting any sound into the software application, go back to the preferences as shown above and make sure you have selected the USB input for the recording device.

  • Page 60: Main Unit

    UNSATISFIED SOUND Quality: • Check the playback head on your cassette player to make sure it is clean. • If you experience any odd sounds coming from the recording, try closing all applications, restarting the computer, and only run Audacity while recording. MAIN UNIT...

  • Page 61: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS Power Requirement DC 3V MAX 500mA Power Consumption DC 3V Power Consumption (ideal stage) DC 5V 0.1W Power Input 5V±0.5V Dimension 115.5 x 89 x 32 mm Weight 160g Accessories Instruction Manual, USB Cable, CD Disc for Audacity ,Earphone...

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