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  • Page 1 MODEL:E-69EB Wooden Music Center with Bluetooth...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Important Safety Instructions ................. 3 Product Overview ................... 4 Setup / Basic Operation ................. 8 Listening to a Vinyl Record ................8 Listening to a CD .................... 9 Listening to the FM Radio ................10 Listening to an External Audio Device (AUX Mode) ........10 Listening to an External Audio Device (Bluetooth Mode) ......

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVERTISSEMENT: RISQUE DE CHOC ÉLECTRIQUE – NE PAS OUVRIR. - This lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of non-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock.

  • Page 4: Product Overview

    in any way, such as power supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. -This lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of non-insulated “dangerous voltage”...
  • Page 5 STOP ( ) - Press to stop playback or cancel the program setting. 2&3. NEXT/PREVIOUS TRACK & FF/REWIND - ( PLAY/PAUSE ( ) - Press to start playback, press again to pause. (Note: This button only works in CD and Bluetooth mode.) “REPEAT”...
  • Page 6 Right Side View 25. CASSETTE FF & EJECT Press halfway to fast forward, press all the way to end and eject the tape. Rear View 26. FM wire antenna While tuned to a station in FM mode, extend the wire and reposition to adjust for best reception. 27.
  • Page 7 Parts of the Turntable A. Turntable B. Safety Screw (for transport) Before using the unit, turn the screw clockwise using a coin or screwdriver. Important: When you transport the unit, turn the screw counterclockwise to secure the turntable. C. Speed Selector D.

  • Page 8: Setup / Basic Operation

    Setup / Basic Operation Setup 1. Remove white protective needle cover by gently pulling towards front of unit. 2. Remove any packaging materials from the unit. 3. Connect the AC power cord to a wall outlet. Note: -You’re strongly recommended that this product should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the marking label.

  • Page 9: Listening To A Cd

    6. Move the tone arm gently to the edge of the record (or the starting point of a track). The turntable will begin to turn. 7. When the record reaches its end, tone arm will stop at the center of the record and you must lift and return the tone arm to the tone arm rest manually.

  • Page 10: Listening To The Fm Radio

    1. Select “CD” mode, then load a CD. 2. While the CD is stopped, press and hold the REPEAT button. 3. “PROGRAM” indicator lights up and “01” blinks on the display. 4. Press ( ) to select a track number. 5.

  • Page 11: Listening To A Cassette Tape

    2. While the BT is activated, turn on the BT setting on your external device. 3. Your external device will begin to search for the Wooden Music Center. NOTE: The effective distance between your external device and this apparatus is 10 meters (33ft). 4.
  • Page 12 To keep the laser pickup clean, do not touch it, and do not forget to close the disc tray. • Do not attempt to clean the unit with chemical solvents as this might damage the finish. • For cleaning, only use a clean, dry cloth. •...

  • Page 13: Usb-To-Pc Recording

    USB TO PC RECORDING Audacity Software The provided CD disc contains the following software: (1)Audacity_for_MAC---------For Mac (2)Audacity_for_WIN---------For Windows The software is compatible with Window XP, VISTA, 7 and 8, 10 requires appropriate drives and Mac. NOTE: - Read about Audacity on Windows 8, 7 and Vista. Windows 2000, NT, and 95 are not supported. -Windows 10 is supported, but subject to all enabled devices having Windows 10-compatible drivers designed for the device.
  • Page 14 3.Select the setup language first and click on OK to continue. Note: The language choice in the Windows EXE Audacity installer only selects the language for the installer. 4.The Audacity Setup Wizard will appear. Click on Next to install the software. 5.
  • Page 15 6. Click on the Install button to start installation.
  • Page 16 7. Click on Next to continue. 8. Click on Finish to complete installation. 9. You can now open the Audacity software and start recording your files.
  • Page 17 Note ： 1. Once you set up Audacity, you do not need to re-set it with each use. 2. The “Audacity-win-2.1.2.exe” (helpfile included) is available for Windows 8/ Windows 7/ Windows 10 requires appropriate drivers / Windows Vista/ Windows XP. 3.
  • Page 18 Configuring Audacity for Microsoft Windows Audacity Interface Audacity Control Buttons Use the attribute controls button at the top of the screen to go to beginning, Pause, Play, Stop, Record etc. Use the File, Edit, View, Transport, Tracks, Generate, Effect and Analyze menus to Save, Export, and edit the music.
  • Page 19 6. Click the ( ) button to record; 7. Adjust the input volume; 8. Adjust the output volume; Audacity Preferences 1. Click the “Edit” on the Audacity interface, select “Preferences”. In the pop-up window of the Audacity Preferences, tabs of Devices, Playback, Recording, Quality, Interface, Tracks, Spectrograms, Import / Export, Extended Import, Projects, Libraries, Directories, Warnings, Effects, Keyboard, Mouse and Modules are listed on the left side of the window as shown in the picture below.
  • Page 20 2. Click ‘Devices’ on the left side and detailed contents of the Devices will appear on the right hand side of the interface. Click the arrow on “Device” below Playback and choose “Realtek High Definition Audio” or “Microphone Sound Mapper- Output”. Click the arrow on ‘Device’...
  • Page 21 3. Click ‘Recording’ on the left side and the detailed contents will display on the right side. Click the checkbox beside ‘Software Playthrough: Listen while recording or monitoring new track’. Click the checkbox beside ‘Sound Activated Recording’ and adjust the Sound Activation Level (dB) to -36.
  • Page 22 4. Before exporting a MP3 file, you need to find ‘lame’ 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 23 Jump straight to Windows download’ in the top line. Left click 'Windows download’ and it will jump to the download chapter for Windows. Audacity LAME is free, so you can click ‘libmp3lame-win-3.99.3.zip’ under ZIP 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.
  • Page 24 NOTES: Once you move it to the Desktop you do not need to do this again. After opening lame_enc.dll the first time it may not be necessary to open lame_enc.dll the next time you record. Go back to Audacity and click on Edit, then Preferences. Click on Libraries in MP3 library. Click on Locate, then click on ‘Browse’.
  • Page 25 RECORDING OPERATION To download music and save into computer: 1. Place the record on the turntable. 2. Move the tone-arm over to the record to start playing. 3. Click the Record ( ) button to start recording. The waves (left and right tracks) will show on the interface. 4.
  • Page 26 For example, if the “stop” button has been pressed by accident at the end of the first song, do not click anything in Audacity. Prepare another song, click “Transport” tab and select “Append Record”. The second song will continue to record on the same track at the end of the first song. You now have a music download on your computer but the music needs to be saved and converted to WAV, OGG, or MP3 formats before exporting.
  • Page 27 • In Sounds and Audio Devices Properties interface Volume window will display, select the Audio tab to reveal the settings. In Sound recording, select USB PnP Audio Device and click the Volume button to set the recording input level. The WAVE IN window will appear. •...
  • Page 28 2. If you do not hear any sound when the turntable is connected and you wish to listen to the music and /or video, it is possible that the default playback device has been changed to USB PnP Audio Device when the turntable connects to the PC.
  • Page 29 •For Vista and Windows 7 users: Click “Start” and go to the Control Panel. Find and click “Sound” icon. Sound window will be opened and the “Playback” window will be seen. You will see that the Speaker USB PnP Audio Device is set as default.
  • Page 30 DIVIDING TRACKS After you have finished downloading, you may play back the songs through your computer before exporting. In stop mode, simply click ( ) SKIP TO START button and click then the ( ) PLAY button. 1. Press ( ) button to return to the beginning of the first song.
  • Page 31 4. In the next window, select a location as well as the format (most people prefer to save audios in MP3 format (MP3 format is most common)) in My Music and put the title in the file name. 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 32 Second song to be divided and saved: 1. Move cursor to the wave graphic at the beginning of the second song. Left click mouse and hold then drag from left to right until you reach and highlight the end of the second song. 2.
  • Page 33 Select the folder, put title in the file name and click the pull-down arrow to select a save type, such as WAV or OGG format. 3. Choose the file format of the recording that should be exported and put in the title in the file name and the folder of the location where it will be saved, i.e.
  • Page 34 Setting the language 1. Click Edit and select Preferences. 2. Another window titled with Audacity Preferences will appear. Click the Interface tab and click the pull down arrow to select the language you wanted.
  • Page 35 Then click OK to close the window. The new setting will only be active in the next start - that means you need to close the Audacity and re-open the software again. AUDACITY FOR MAC USERS System Requirements Audacity for Mac is a Universal Binary for OS X 10.6 and later. Audacity runs best with at least 1 GB RAM and a 1 GHz processor (2 GB RAM/2 GHz on OS X 10.7 and later).
  • Page 36 2. Select Audacity_for_MAC for Macintosh system. TIPS: To check your computer OS version, you can click the Apple icon then select “About This Mac”. The next window will display and the processor type and the OS version will display as below. 3.
  • Page 37 Then another window will appear. Drag the "Audacity" folder in to "Applications" as the instruction show on the window. 5. Double click the Audacity folder and in the Audacity window, files will be displayed in the folder. 6. Double click the Audacity icon to start the software running, alternatively, drag the “orange ball wearing headphones”...
  • Page 38 CONFIGURING AUDACITY FOR MAC Audacity Interface for Mac Audacity Interface---Settings and controls At the top of the main Audacity window, to the right of the play control buttons, you will see the input and output level meters (labeled L and R). Under the output level meter, is an icon that looks like a microphone. Next to the microphone is a black arrow that points down.
  • Page 39 AUDACITY CONTROLS AND BUTTONS Use the attribute control button at the top of the screen to go to Beginning, Play, Record, Pause, Stop and End. Use the File, Edit, View, Transport, Tracks, Generate, Effect and Analyze menus to Save, Export, and Edit the music.
  • Page 40 AUDACITY PREFERENCES SETTINGS A few settings will be required before you download the music. Click “Audacity” on the Audacity interface, select “Preferences” and another window will appear on the screen. 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 PnP Audio Device”, Channels to “2 (Stereo)”.
  • Page 41 Click “Recording” on the left. Then on the right side in Playthrough column, click the checkbox beside “Software Playthrough: Listen while recording or monitoring new track”. In the Sound Activated Recording column, click the checkbox beside “Sound Activated Recording”, then slide the meter to -36 db. NOTE: Once the ‘Sound Activated Recording’ is selected, the Pause button will not work during recording.
  • Page 42 Click “Quality” on the left then on the right side in the Sampling column, select “44100 Hz” in Default Sample Rate and select “16-bit” in Default Sample Format. 5. 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.
  • Page 43 If “MP3 export library not found” is displayed, you must find the “LAME”. Click “Locate…” button then a window named “Locate Lame” appears to find where the “LAME” is. Click the “Browse…” button to find it. If you cannot find it or the LAME file you found is not compatible, click the “Download” button and a website will show automatically.
  • Page 44 You will notice a form showing the LAME for all version systems. Find a title named “For Audacity 1.3.3 or later on Mac OS X 10.4 and greater (Intel or PPC), and audacity 1.2.5 on OS X 10.4 and later (Intel)” and then click “Lame Library v3.98.2 for Audacity on OSX.dmg” or "here" to download the file.
  • Page 45 RECORDING OPERATION To download music and save into computer: 1. Place the record on the turntable. 2. Move the tone-arm over to the record to start playing. 3. Click the Record ( ) button to start recording. The waves (left and right tracks) will show on the interface. 4.
  • Page 46 DIVIDING TRACKS 1. Press ( ) button to return to the beginning of the first song. 2. Move cursor to the wave graphic area, left click the mouse and hold then drag from left to right. Release the mouse when the highlighter has reached the end of the first song.
  • Page 47 Edit Metadata window will appear. Complete the information then click OK. Wait for a few minutes until the saving is complete. EXPORT AND SAVE FILES (AFTER RECORDING IS COMPLETED) When the recording is finished, click the ( ) on the screen and stop the cassette playback.
  • Page 48 To export and save individually, click the “File” tab on the Audacity window then select “Export Selected Audio…”. To export and save into one file, click the “File” tab on the Audacity window then select “Export Audio”.
  • Page 49 A window will pop up after clicking Export. It will default to the MP3 format, but you also can select other formats by clicking the arrow located at the right of the MP3 Files. Complete the “Save As” and Save-in location, click the Save button and the Edit Metadata window will display.
  • Page 50 TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If you experience any problems with your unit, kindly consult the following guide prior to 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 that you have selected the USB PnP Audio Device for the recording device in the devices.
  • Page 51 Then find “System Preference” and double click it. In the new interface, find the “Sound” icon and double click it. Adjust the Output volume under “Sound Effects” Under “Input”, select “USB PnP Audio Device” and adjust the “Input volume”...
  • Page 52 POOR SOUND QUALITY: • Check your stylus to make sure it is secured to the tone arm. The stylus must be connected to the tone arm whenever using the turntable. • Make sure that your RCA plugs are plugged into a source or not touching bare metal. If you are experiencing noise through the USB, you may have interference from the RCA plugs.

  • Page 53: Specifications

    Specifications GENERAL Power Requirements AC 120 V~ 60 Hz Power Consumption x 335 x 243mm | 18.1 x 13.2 x 9.6 in Dimensions (W x H x D) (approx.) Weight . | 16 lbs (approx.) AMPLIFIER Output Power 5 W + 5 W Frequency Response 60 to 20, 000 Hz SPEAKER SYSTEM...

  • Page 54: Troubleshooting Guide

    Troubleshooting Guide Symptom Possible Cause Solution Unit will not power on. Unit is unplugged. Connect the unit to the AC • • • power supply. No sound output from The volume level is set too low. Adjust the volume. • •...
  • Page 55 No sound. The unit is not switch to Ensure the unit is switched • • • Bluetooth mode. to AUX / BT mode. Your device’s and/or the unit’s Move your Bluetooth • • volume is not turned up. device closer to unit. Your device is too far from the Turn up the volume on •...

  • Page 56: Fcc Statement

    FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

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