For Your Safety WARNING Product Use Improper use can result in explosion, fire or electric shock. Do not disassemble, repair or modify this product on your own. Do not get the product wet or drop it in water. If the product gets wet, do not switch it on.
CAUTION Failure to follow all instructions lead to physical injuries or damage to the product. Product Use Take care to avoid product malfunc- tion and physical damage. When wearing the prod- uct around your neck, take care not to exert excessive force on the neck string.
Setting Time...48 Setting the Display...49 Setting Language ...50 Setting the System ...51 Chapter 5. Troubleshooting System Reset ...54 Troubleshooting ...55 Chapter 6. Appendix Menu Tree ...59 Manual USB Driver Installation Product Specifications ...63 License ...64 Contact SAMSUNG WORLD WIDE ...60 ...66...
Chapter 1. Preparation Checking the Product and Accessories ...7 Checking the Accessories ...7 Components ...8 Screen Display Information ...10 Button Functions ...11 Charging the battery ...12 Basic Use ...13...
Checking the Product and Accessories Checking the Accessories Player Earphones Design of accessories is subject to change for the purpose of improvement, without notice. ■ The following diagrams are a guide and may differ slightly from the actual product appearance. USB Cable Installation CD Belt Clip...
Checking the Product and Accessories Components Front, Right Side and Top Earphone Connection Port User/MENU Button Power & Play/Pause Button Screen Display Move Track/Quick Search Button...
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Bottom Reset Hole USB Connection Port Volume Control Button Hold Switch Earphone Connection √ Earphones...
Checking the Product and Accessories Screen Display Information Music FM Radio Play/Pause/Stop indicator Current Music Number/ Total Number indicator Sound Mode indicator Play Mode indicator Remaining Battery indicator Music Title indicator Play Status Bar Play Time indicator FM Reception Indicator Channel Number Indicator Mono/Stereo Indicator Frequency Indicator...
Checking the Product and Accessories Button Functions Buttons HOLD Long press for power on & off. ■ Short press for play/pause. ■ Long press to move to the menu screen. ■ HOLD Short press to use user setting functions – Navigation Repeat AB/DNSe/ ■...
Charging the battery Open the USB cover under the player. Connect the USB cable to the USB port ( Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB Connection Port on the bottom of the player. It takes about two and a half hours for a full charge although this may vary depending on the PC ■...
Basic Use Turning the Power On & Off Power is automatically turned off when none of the buttons have been pressed for a preset ■ period of time (Default: 10 seconds) in the pause mode. NOTE Playing Music Turning the Power On Press and hold the [ ] button.
Basic Use Volume Control Lock Function (Continued) Press the [ + , - ] button on the side of the player. The Volume Status Bar will appear. ■ Press the [ + ] button to increase the volume or the [ – ] ■...
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Searching for Files with <Navigation> Search easily for files using the <Navigation> function. Press and hold the [ USER/ move to the menu screen. Press the [ ] button to select <Navigation>. Press the [ USER/ MENU] button. The <Navigation> folder list will appear. ■...
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Basic Use (Continued) Reset Function If a product malfunction occurs, you can re-initialize the system by pressing the Reset hole. √ P53 Reset hole...
Chapter 2. Importing Music Files Importing Music Files ...18 Transferring Music Files ...18 Installing Media Studio ...19 Connecting to your PC ...21 Adding Files/Folders in Media Studio...22 Adding Files/Folders in Media Studio with Autoscan ...24 Transferring Files with Media Studio ...26 Using as a Removable Disk ...28 Disconnecting from your PC...29...
Importing Music Files Transferring Music Files To play music files in the player, first transfer music files in MP3, WMA, Audio ASF, Ogg and other supported formats from your PC. Follow the steps below to transfer files. Transferring Music Files Transfer files on your PC to the player using Media Studio ■...
Importing Music Files Installing Media Studio If Media Studio is not installed automatically Install the program on PCs running Windows 2000 or Windows XP after logging on with the CAUTION ■ Administrator account. Please refer to the PC user manual on how to log on with the Administrator account.
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Importing Music Files Installing Media Studio (Continued) Click <NEXT>. Media Studio installation starts. ■ After installation is complete, click <Exit>. An icon is created on the desktop after installation is complete ■ and Media Studio starts. If the Autoscan Confirm window appears, refer to page 25 ■...
Importing Music Files Connecting to your PC Open the USB cover under the player. Connect the USB cable to the USB port ( Connect the other end of the USB cable to the Power/USB Connection Port on the bottom of the player. PC Requirements For use in conjunction with a PC, the following is required: Pentium 300MHz or higher...
Importing Music Files Adding Files/Folders in Media Studio Please refer to Help for more information on how to use Media Studio. Click <MENU> ➝ <Help> ➝ <Help> from the menu on the top of the Media Studio program. ■ Files already added to the library will not be added again. ■...
Connect the player to your PC. ■ Before you start! Media Studio must be installed on your PC. ■ Media Studio will automatically start when the player is connected to your PC. If the program does not start automatically, double Click the Media Studio icon on the desktop. ■...
Importing Music Files Adding Files/Folders in Media Studio with Autoscan...
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Connect the player to your PC. ■ Before you start! Media Studio must be installed on your PC. ■ Media Studio will automatically start when the player is connected to your PC. If the program does not start automatically, double Click the Media Studio icon on the desktop. ■...
Importing Music Files Transferring Files with Media Studio Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and ■ Gracenote CDDB NOTE CDDB is a registered trademark of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype, the Gracenote ■ CDDB logo and logotype, and the "Powered by Gracenote CDDB" logo are trademarks of Gracenote.
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Connect the player to your PC. ■ Before you start! Media Studio must be installed on your PC. ■ Media Studio will automatically start when the player is connected to your PC. If the program does not start automatically, double click the Media Studio icon on the desktop. ■...
Using as a Removable Disk Before you start! Connect the player to your PC. ■ The <USB Transferring> message will appear during file download or upload. Disconnecting the USB cable ■ while <USB Transferring> is displayed may cause malfunction of the player. CAUTION The order of music files displayed in Windows Explorer may differ from the play order on your device.
Disconnecting from your PC Do not disconnect the player from the PC during file transfer. This may cause damage to data ■ and the player. CAUTION You cannot remove the hardware while files within the player are being played on your PC. Please ■...
Before you start! ■ Transfer the music file of your choice from your PC to the player. Chapter 3. Listening to Music/FM Radio Listening to Music ...31 Listening to Music...31 User Button Custom Function ...33 Listening to FM Radio ...39 Listening to FM Radio ...39 Setting a Frequency ...40 To Delete Presets ...42...
Listening to Music Listening to Music Connect your earphones to the player and turn the power on and check Before you start! the battery status. To Pause Press and hold the [ USER/ move to the menu screen. Press the [ + , - ] button to select <Music>. Press the [ USER/ MENU] button.
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Listening to Music Listening to Music To search within a track Press and hold the [ lœœ ] or [ √√l ] button while the selected track is playing. It searches to the beginning or the end of the track. ■...
Listening to Music User Button Custom Function To set User Button Mode Customize the user button with the frequent- ly used function for convenience. Use the [ USER/ MENU] button during playback for simple mode change. Press and hold the [ USER/ move to the menu screen.
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Listening to Music User Button Custom Function To make your own Playlist To delete files from a Playlist, select the ■ NOTE (Continued) You can easily listen to your favorite music by adding it to a Playlist. Set the User Button Mode to <Navigation>. Press the [ USER/ MENU] button while a music is playing.
To Play a Playlist Press and hold the [ USER/ to move to the Menu screen. Press the [ + , - ] button to select the <Playlist> and then press the [ USER/ The playlist you set will be displayed. ■...
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Listening to Music User Button Custom Function To find the desired music with the navigation function (Continued) Set the User Button Mode to <Navigation>. Press the [ USER/ MENU] button while the selected music is playing. The file list of the folder will appear. ■...
To set Section Repeat To cancel Section Repeat Press the [ USER/ MENU] button again during Section Repeat. Section Repeat will be canceled. ■ Section Repeat will be automatically canceled in the following cases. ■ - When the [lœœ] or [√√l] button is pressed, moving to the previous or next track. NOTE - The starting point of the section repeat is set but the ending point is not set until the current track ends.
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Listening to Music User Button Custom Function To use the DNSe button Set the User Button Mode to <DNSe> and press the [ USER/ DNSe mode changes in the following order each time the button is pressed <NORMAL> <ROCK> ■ <HOUSE>...
Listening to FM Radio Listening to FM Radio Connect your earphones to the player and turn the power on and check the Before you start! battery status. To automatically search for frequencies To manually search for frequencies Press and hold the [ USER/ to move to the menu screen.
Listening to FM Radio Setting a Frequency To automatically set frequencies To cancel during setting To cancel setting during <Auto Preset> setting, press the [ lœœ ] or [ √√l] button. The auto preset setting is canceled and frequencies set up to then are stored. ■...
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To manually set frequencies To search for frequencies in PRESET mode Press the [ USER/ MENU] button and select <Manual Mode>. The <PRESET> message will disappear from the ■ screen display and go into manual mode. Press the [ lœœ ] or [ √√l] button to search for frequencies to set in preset.
Listening to FM Radio To Delete Presets Before you start! Follow the steps below to delete frequencies while listening to FM radio. ■ Press the [ ] button and select <Preset Mode>. The <PRESET> message will appear on the screen dis- ■...
Listening to FM Radio Setting FM Radio To set FM region Frequency range by region ■ - Korea/USA: Search for FM frequencies in 100 kHz players between 87.5 MHz~108.0 MHz. NOTE - Japan: Search for FM frequencies in 100 kHz players between 76.0 MHz~108.0 MHz. - Other Countries: Search for FM frequencies in 50 kHz players between 87.50 MHz~108.00 MHz.
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Listening to FM Radio Setting FM Radio To set FM reception (Continued) Press and hold the [ USER/ to move to the menu screen. Press the [ + , - ] button to select <Settings> and then press the [ USER/ The Settings menu appears.
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Chapter 4. Settings Settings ...46 Setting Music ...46 Setting Time...48 Setting the Display...49 Setting Language ...50 Setting the System ...51...
Settings Setting Music Button functions to use during setting. ■ - Press the [lœœ] button to move to the previous item. NOTE - Press the [√√l] button to move to the next item. - Press the [+, -] button to move up or down through the current menu. - Press the [ USER/ If there is no button operation during about 30 seconds in the Settings screen, settings will be canceled ■...
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For a VBR or Ogg file, the Skip Interval and Serach Speed may not be exact. ■ NOTE What is DNSe? ■ DNSe is a sound effect function for MP3 players developed by Samsung and consists of 3D. The 3D adds a stereophonic sound effect to the music.
Settings Setting Time <Time Set> : Current Time Setup: You can set current date and time. ■ <Sleep> : Turns off power automatically after the preset time. ■ Select either <Off> <15 Min > <30 Min> <60 Min> <90 Min> or <120 Min>. <Auto Power Off>...
Settings Setting the Display <Scroll Speed> : Sets the scroll speed to adjust the speed of the track title movement. Select from ■ <Slow> <Normal> and <Fast>. <Backlight Time> : Sets to automatically turn off the backlight after there is no button operation ■...
Settings Setting Language <Menu> : Set the menu language. Select from <Chinese(S)> <Chinese(T)> <Dutch> <English> ■ <French> <German> <Hungarian> <Italian> <Japanese> <Korean> <Polish> <Portuguese> <Russian> <Spanish> and <Swedish>. <ID3-Tag> : Set the track information language.Select from <Afrikaans> <Basque> <Catalan> ■ <Chinese(S)>...
Settings Setting the System <Delete File> : Search and delete files in the Navigation screen. √ Page 51 ■ <Resume> : Specifies the starting point to restart playback after the music you are listening to ■ is stopped. If set to <Off>, the last file listened to will play from the beginning. If set to <On>, the last file listened to will play from the point where last played.
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Settings Setting the System To Delete a File Default Settings (Continued) Press the [ lœœ ] button to move to the upper folder. Press the [ + , - ] button to select a folder of your choice. Use the [ √√l] button to move to the file list of selected folder.
System Reset Press the Reset hole at the bottom of the product with a pointed object such as a safety clip. The system will be initialized. ■ The Reset function will not delete data stored in the built-in memory. ■ If a product malfunction occurs, you can re-initialize the system by pressing the Reset hole.
Manual. ■ If a malfunction is experienced, check the following. If the problem persists, contact a Samsung Service Center near you. Check points & Troubleshooting Power will not turn on if the battery is fully discharged. Recharge the battery and turn the power on again.
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If this is the case, it may cause serious damage not only to files/data but also to the product.You have to be extra cautious as Samsung is not held responsible for data loss. Check if the file is in VBR (Variable Bit Rate) format.
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Problem Please check if the PC requirements are met. Program Malfunction ■ Connection to a PC is ■ disabled. The backlight does not ■ turn on. ■ Heat may be generated during recharging. This has no effect on The product is hot. the product life or functions.
Menu Tree You can quickly view the menu structure. Menu Select Screen Music Navigation Music User Button Mode FM Radio DNSe Navigation Auto Preset 3D User Set Repeat AB FM Region User EQ Set DNSe FM Search Level Auto Power Off Play Mode Play Speed Play Speed...
Manual USB Driver Installation Before you start! ■ If an error occurs during installation of the USB driver Check the device manager. Windows 98SE/ME: Control Panel ➝ System Device Manager Windows 2000 / XP: Control Panel ➝ System Hardware Check if there is a device listed with an exclamation point or a question mark (displayed as unknown device or USB device).
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After selecting the driver, click [Reinstall Driver]. Reinstall Driver Select [Search for a suitable driver for my device] and then click [Next]. Next Click [Next]. Click [Next] to finish. > > Next > Next...
Manual USB Driver Installation In Windows 98SE Follow the instructions in the window to complete the installation. YP-F2 Next \USB Driver\win98 USB Next > USB driver location [CD-ROM] \USB Driver\win98 USB You must reboot your computer to complete the installation. You cannot use it as a removable disc in Windows 98SE if the YP-F2 program is not installed.
License The product player accompanying this user manual is licensed under certain intellectual property rights of certain third parties. This license is limited to private non-commercial use by end-user consumers for licensed contents. No rights are granted for commercial use. The license does not cover any product player other than this product player and the license does not extend to any unlicensed product player or process conforming to ISO/IEC 11172-3 or ISO/IEC 13818-3 used or sold in combination with this product player.
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EUROPE ONLY This marking shown on the product or its literature, indicates that it should not be disposed with other household wastes at the end of its working life. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, please separate this from other types of wastes and recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.
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