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User Manual Thank you for purchasing our product. Please read this manual carefully before use for your safety and convenience. This product may change at any time without notice for better quality and performance.
PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA PLAYER ■ Contents ADDITIONAL FEATURES BEFORE USE Installing USB driver Safety Instructions Upgrading Firmware Components and Features USB Hosting Charging Battery Connecting player to PC Safe use of Battery Playing PMP file with PC Managing Hard Disk BASIC FUNCTIONS Using as Portable Mass Storage Turning On/Off Compatible files...
BEFORE USE ■ Safety Instructions This is to prevent damages on user’s property and to secure user safety. Please read carefully for safe use. Avoid water or chemicals and use dried cloth for cleaning. Incomplete connection to power point may cause fire. Avoid any heat generating metal product from the power point.
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BEFORE USE ■ Safety Instructions Keep it away from direct sunlight or heat generating objects. Connect USB, earphone and plugs correctly as instructed. Avoid shock or impact on the product and keep it away from magnetic or vibration. Do not drop it from height. This may cause damage to the internal hard disk.
BEFORE USE ■ Charging Battery Charge the battery or use adapter when Battery is low (Low battery icon will be shown in the screen) Connecting adapter will automatically charge battery. • Discharge battery completely once a month and recharge it for long life. •...
BEFORE USE ■ Safe use of Battery Battery contains 3.7v 4100mAh Lithium Polymer. Read below carefully for safe use of product and longer battery life. • Dropping from height may cause failure, overheating and explosion. • Do not separate battery from the product. •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Turning On/Off Slide down power button to start the main screen. Turning off • Slide down power button to turn it off. ■ Main screen Use arrow button to show sub menus. PLAY RESUME STATUS ICON SETUP •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Compatible files Incompatible files can be converted via Transcoder to be played with our product. Enjoy animations or movies with Transcoder technology. (Please refer to page 34) Viewable File formats without Transcoder. • Animation / movies - recorded files with our products. - File Format : AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, MP4, M1V, M2V, MPV - Video Codec : Divx 3.11/4/5, XviD, MPEG4, WMV9 MP@LL, H.264, MPEG2 •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ PLAY Menu Open browser window with play menu. Choose files to play and press play button. • Select file and press [▶II] to play. • It plays same files repeatedly within the folder where the first files were selected. Movie player (Refer to page 13) Audio player (Refer to page 15) Image player (Refer to page 18)
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Setting Browser Screen Stereo sign Stereo sign for selected files Preview/File type Preview (or File type icon) for selected video or image file. LDB/SMI Sign Shows subtitle and File information Lyrics for selected file. LDB : Lyrics Displays file information.
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Browser POP UP Menu Select files in browser and press [M], then a pop up will turn up for setting up play lists, file copy/past/delete and file sorting. Press [II] after selecting wanted menu. Press[■] to close pop up after finishing setup. Add to Audio list A pop up will turn up after selecting audio file and pressing [M button].
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Playing Video files Playing Video files with browser Select PLAY in the main menu and use [arrow key] to choose files to play, then use [▶II] or [▶▶]. Movies will be played in movie player screen. Viewing movies in RESUME Menu Select ‘VIDEO’...
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BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Setting options for playing movies Press [M] during playing movie to change settings in the option. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to move between menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. PLAYER OP 1 Operations to play movies. •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Playing music files Playing music files with browser Select ‘PLAY’ in the main menu and choose files to play, then press [▶II]. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to change menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. Press [M] to edit play lists.
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Setting options for playing audio files Press [M] during playing audio files to change setting in the right. Press [◀◀/▶▶]to move between menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. PLAYER LYRICS Operations to play audio files. A preview window for viewing Lyrics will appear only for audio files with sub title.
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BASIC FUNCTIONS LIST SET EQ SET Press [M] and select “LISTSET” to see file list. Press [+/-] to choose audio files and press [M] or [▶II] to bring pop up window. File list pop up • EQ SELECT Play File : Pplay current file Setting EQ mode Add To List : Move to selected file list.
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Viewing Image Viewing Image in PLAY menu with browser Select ‘PLAY’ in the main menu and choose the image file to play and press [▶II]. Image player will appear and images will be played. ■ Setting options for playing images Press [M] during playing images to change settings in the option window.
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Viewing Texts Viewing Text in PLAY menu with browser Select ‘PLAY’ in the main menu and choose text file to play and press [▶II]. Compatible files have ‘.txt’ extension. Text will be viewed after preview. Viewing Text in RESUME menu Selecting ‘Text’...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Connecting to external devices for recording When using this product for recording. Yellow : image Red : voice (right) White : voice (left) Locate to LCD. ■ Sending output to external devices • This product can be connected to external display devices such as TV to send images out or record.
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Recording Recording (Audio/Video) Connect this product to external devices and select ‘A/V’ under ‘REC’ menu. Press [▶II] after preview to start recording. Press [■] to save “av rec0.asf” file into PMP hard disk. LINE/VOICE Recording [Line] Recording - Connect this product to external device and select ‘LINE’...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ Setting options for Recording Press [M] during recording to change setting in the option window right side. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to move between menus and press [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. OP 1 PLAYER Operations for Audio/Video Recording. •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ SET UP GENERAL Select ‘GENERAL’ under ‘Setup’ menu and press [▶II]. Then press [M] in the ‘Setting’ window to change menu. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to move between menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. VIDEO •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ SET UP DISPLAY Select ‘DISPLAY’ under ‘SETUP’ menu and press [▶II]. Then press [M] in the setting option window to change menus. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to move between menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ SET UP SYSTEM Select ‘SYSTEM’ under ‘SETUP’ menu and press [▶II]. Then press [M] in the setting option window to change menu. Press [◀◀/▶▶] to move between menus and use [+/-] to change settings. Press [■] to finish. SYSTEM •...
BASIC FUNCTIONS ■ SET UP BLUETOOTH Connect Bluetooth headset device to this product. The maximum effective distance between headset and this product is 10m. The quality will be sensitive to any interruptive objects such as wall or doors Connecting Bluetooth device Choose ‘BULETOOTH’...
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ Installing USB Driver USB driver will need to be installed manually if the operating system is WINDOW 98 or below . Download ‘USB20 WIN 98 Driver’ from customer service www.merlin-me.com. Open install program and choose ‘USB20 WIN 98 Driver’...
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ Upgrading Firmware Download from our homepage to upgrade your system. 1. Connect this product to PC with USB cable. 2. Visit our website www.merlin-me.com 3. Select customer Center > Download > Necessary software. 4. Choose Firmware upgrade icon. 5.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ USB Hosting You can transfer data to external devices by connecting USB cable. -Camera, USB storage, External Hard disk Connect to external devices by using USB host cable. OTG connection Icon will appear in the main screen. When OTG icon appears in browser, press [M] to move/copy/delete file or folder in the pop up menu.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ Connecting Player to PC • Do not turn off when USB cable is connected. This may cause malfunction or failure. • When using USB hub, PC may get unstable for interface reason and Data may be corrupted. •...
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ Playing PMP file with PC Connecting to PC with USB CABLE will enable you to enjoy movies and music files saved in the product. MPEG-4, Dvix, Xvid codec must be installed within PC. ■ Copy/Move/Delete Saved movie, music and image files can be copied, moved, and deleted from your PC. After connecting PC and the product with USB cable, make sure that PMP(*:) is properly connected into PC.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES ■ Managing Hard Disk As hard disk installed internally, run ‘Disk defragmenter’ regularly when it performs very slow or memory runs out. Follow instructions below. When using Windows XP Select the driver of this product and right click →...
TRANSCODER ■ Before using Transcoder Functions of Transcoder • File converter • DVD Player • DVD Converter • QuickTime(MOV/QT/MP4) Converter • Advanced DVD Converter • RealVideo Converter Files that can be converted • Movies : Unsupported file types need to be converted. •...
TRANSCODER ■ Using Transcoder Press [Start] in the lower left part then go to [Program(P)] → [PMP Transcoder] → [PMP Transcoder] , or double click PMP Transcoder icon in background. Menu bar • Opening files to be converted will set out options automatically.
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TRANSCODER ■ Using Transcoder Option Menu File • Setup Watermark : • Open VCD/MPEG/AVI/WMV/ASF/VOB User preferred icons or letters can be files : inserted into converted file. ‘bmp’ is the Open the file to be converted only compatible file format. •...
TRANSCODER ■ Converting whole file 1. Set folder location by using browser, 5. File converting status will be shown as %. where converted files are to be saved. 6. File converting completed. 2. Select File → Open VCD/MPEG/AVI/WMV/ASF/VOB File Select files to be converted. 3.
TRANSCODER ■ Converting part of file 1. Set folder location with browser to save 5. Select ‘Control’ → ‘Set Begin Position For Converting’ menu in the pop up to converted files. set starting position of sectional file converting. 2. Select ‘File’ → ‘Open’ 6.
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TRANSCODER 8. Sectional file converting will start. 9. File converting completed. Review converted movie file. Converted file name is identical to the original file name. In case of duplicate file name, ‘video-yy/mm/dd’ will be added. When it’s non convertible or there are error messages please check if the original file is not corrupted and try different resolution by using “Image Resizing”...
TRANSCODER ■ DVD PLAYER – Playing DVD 1. Select ‘Functions’ → ‘DVD Player’ in the 4. Choose ‘DVD’ and play. menu. 2. You will see screen below. 5. Double click ‘Chapter list’ to play in the right. Stop or play by using ‘Control’ menu. 3.
TRANSCODER ■ Using DVD Converter Option Convert DVD to PMP compatible file format. • Setup Watermark : ‘Advanced DVD Converter’ features more User preferred icons or letters can be improved functions than ‘DVD Converter’. inserted into converted file, wehre Menu ‘bmp’...
TRANSCODER ■ Converting DVD files Upgrading Transcoder 1. During running Transcoder, program to be Use same way as DVD Converter upgraded will appear in the right upper There are more additional features. side with updated version Information. Option • Enable Full Speed Mode (The subpicture maybe distorted) : Converting speed depends on user’s PC specification.
TRANSCODER ■ Advanced DVD Converter 5. Check ‘Chapter list’ in the right and select ‘Control’ → ‘Convert All Checked Chapters’ to start converting. 1. Select ‘Functions’ → ‘DVD Converter’ menu. 2. Set location of folder with browser, where converted files to be saved. ■...
TROUBLESHOOTING ■ Troubleshooting Problem Solution • Check for the connection of an AC adaptor. Charging does not work. • Check whether the player is fully charged or not The Bluetooth Headset does not • Check whether the Headset is fully charged or not. work.
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TROUBLESHOOTING ■ Troubleshooting Problem Solution The player does not • Do not force to unplug the USB cable after downloading the upgrade work after file. Download an upgrade file again and try to upgrade the player upgrading. again. • Check whether the PAUSE or MUTE keys are turned on. There is noise or no sound when playing.
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