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…Avoid high volume which may damage hearing. …BenQ Corporation assumes no responsibility for the loss of data due to damage of device, repair of device and/or battery replacement. Users are advised to back up all data on other storage device. Use of device not in accordance with the instructions (such the cautions) will void the warranty.
Transferring files with QMusic ...17 Description of QMusic main screen ... 17 Adding music on an audio CD to Joybee 125 ... 20 Adding new files to Joybee 125 from a PC ... 25 Updating files automatically with QMusic... 29 Function menu ...33...
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Changing to another mode ... 40 Recording a FM program ... 40 Playing an FM file ...40 Operating Joybee 125 when playing an FM file ... 41 Recording with Joybee 125 ...43 Playing a recorded file ...44 Operating Joybee 125 when playing a recorded file .. 44 Selecting a repeat mode ...46...
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Joybee 125 as a flash disk ...57 Connecting Joybee 125 to a PC ...57 Disconnecting Joybee 125 from a PC ...58 Updating firmware and formatting memory ...60 Updating firmware ...60 Formatting memory ...63 Troubleshooting ...65 Service ...66...
CD into MP3 files with QMusic that comes with Joybee 125 and save them on Joybee 125. Moreover, the seven built-in EQ modes on Joybee 125 allow you to enjoy music at the best sound quality. In addition to a MP3 player, Joybee is a FM radio and a recorder.
Package content Please check the content of your Joybee 125 MP3 Player. Should any accessories be missing or damaged, please contact your dealer immedi- ately. BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player Earphones † Neck Strap † Software CD † Warranty Card...
System requirements If you want to install QMusic on a PC to convert music on an audio CD into MP3 files for use on Joybee 125 or use Joybee 125 as a flash disk, your PC must comply with the following requirements: †...
Description and function of different parts Description and function of different parts of BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player, please see bottom pictures and tables for details. Buttons and jacks (11) (10) (12) Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player!
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Item Description (1) Earphone jack (repeat/ backlight) Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player! Functions For connection with earphones …When Joybee 125 is turned off, press but- ton once to turn on Joybee 125. After the welcome note is displayed, Joybee 125 will enter into the MP3/WMA mode automati- cally.
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(Previous/ Fast Rewind) (Next/Fast Forward) Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player! …Press button once to skip to the previous file in MP3/WMA, Voice Playback, FM File Playback or standby mode. …Press and hold button to rewind file in playback mode.
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(9) MIC (10) Screen (11) Hook (12) Reset button Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player! …Press button once to play an file in MP3/ WMA, Voice Playback, FM File Playback or standby mode. Press button once to pause an file and press again to continue playing in playback mode.
The following table shows the icons displayed on the screen and their meanings. Item Description (1) The icon appears when Joybee 125 is playing an file in MP3/ WMA, Voice Playback, or FM Radio mode. (2) The icon appears when the playing is paused.
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F001.WAV Filename Battery status Information displayed when playing a file in FM File Playback mode: F001.WAV Filename Battery status Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player! 4:38 Total file playing time Battery status 0:04 / 4:38 Elapsed playing time...
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(10) Displays current file or function. When item displayed is the last option/file. When the item displayed is the first option/file. (11) The icon appears when ‘Repeat A-B’ function is enabled. Thank you for using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player! 0:15 Elapsed recording 4:38...
4.5 hours, the battery will be fully charged. 5. Joybee 125 battery charges both by USB cable and charger. You can plug Joybee 125 directly to your computer or with an extension USB cable to start charging, or you can do so with a charger.
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• Exact charging time differs according to battery status. Please check the status of charging from the color changes of indicator. • Chargers for use in some areas may not have an indica- tor. Please check battery status according to"Checking battery status"...
Installing drivers and software Put the Software CD that comes with Joybee 125 in the CD- ROM on your PC. The installation menu will display on the PC screen in a few seconds. If it does not appear on the PC screen, open File Manager in Windows and locate the ‘autorun.exe’...
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CDs and organize your CD albums. With QMusic, you can convert music on an audio CD into MP3 files and save them on Joybee 125, and organize and update files stored in Joybee 125. Please be noted that QMusic supports only Windows 2000/XP.
3 seconds, the message ‘System Off ’ will display on the screen before the power goes off. When Joybee 125 is in standby mode, it will turn off auto- matically when there is no action for 3 minutes to save energy (this function will be disabled when Joybee 125 is connected to a PC).
Transferring files with Windows File Manager 1. Turn on Joybee 125. 2. Connect Joybee 125 to a PC. When Joybee 125 is successfully connected to the PC, a new icon ‘Removable Disk’ will appear in My Computer on Windows. Also, a message read ‘Connec- tion completed’...
Action buttons Run specific functions of QMusic Left panel Displays all files supported by QMusic Playing Press button to play a selected file buttons Display Status bar Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player System buttons Search window Right pane Feature...
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2. Turn on Joybee 125. 3. Connect Joybee 125 to a PC. When Joybee 125 is successfully connected to the PC, a new icon ‘Removable Disk’ will appear in My Computer on Windows. Also, a message read ‘Connec- tion Completed’...
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4. If Joybee 125 is successfully connected to the PC, the icon will appear on the left panel of QMusic, and the directories on Joybee 125 will be displayed under the icon. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
Adding music on an audio CD to Joybee 125 1. Put an audio CD in the CD-ROM on your PC. In a few sec- onds, the icon will appear on the left panel of QMusic, and the files on the CD will appear on the right panel.
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2. Select the files to be added to Joybee 125 by clicking on the box in front of the files. Then click on the icon, and QMusic will convert the selected files into MP3 files. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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3. After the conversion is completed, a n n ew album will be added to the left panel of QMusic. All the files converted will be dis- played in the album. Click on the a a lbum to display details of files on the right panel. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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4. Click on the file to be added to Joybee 125 from the right panel, and it will be highlighted. If you want to select more than one file, press and hold the C C trl key on the keyboard and click on the next file with the left button of the mouse.
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Joybee 125. Disconnect Joybee 125 from your PC after the message read ‘Connection completed’ displays on the screen. • Please check if there is enough memory space on Joybee 125 before transferring files to Joybee 125. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player icon.
Adding new files to Joybee 125 from a PC 1. Click on the My Joybee on the left panel. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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2. Press and browse and select MP3, WAV or WMA files to be added to Joybee 125 from the PC. Then press O O pen to add the selected files to My Joybee. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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3. Click on the icon on the left panel. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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QMusic will transfer the files you have just added to My Joybee to Joybee 125. Before transferring the selected files to Joybee 125, QMusic will ask if you want to delete the existing files in My Joybee. If you want keep them, abort the transfer and back up these files, and start transfer again.
Updating files automatically with QMusic 1. Click on M M y Joybee on the left panel. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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2. Press and browse and select MP3, WAV or WMA files to be added to Joybee 125 from the PC. Then press O O pen to add the selected files to My Joybee. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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3. Press S S etup of QMusic in the function button area. 4. Click on J J oybee label in the Option dialog box. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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‘A A utomatically transfer MP3 files to Joybee when added’ . Then click on 6. Disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC and reconnect it to the PC, QMusic will automatically update files on Joybee 125 with the files in My Joybee on the left panel.
Launching to the function menu † When you turn on Joybee 125 for the first time, it will auto- matically launch to the MP3/WMA mode. Press launch to the function menu.
‘Launching to the function menu’ section. 3. When ‘Mode’ appears on the screen, press 4. When ‘MP3/WMA’ appears on the screen, press 5. Then, the name of files saved on Joybee 125 will be displayed on the screen. Press press to play the file.
Operating Joybee 125 when a file is being played Pause a playing file When an file is being played, press to play the file again, press Fast forward When an file is being played, press Next file When an file is being played, press...
Press and hold Repeat playing a selected section 1. Press at the start of section. The icon ‘A’ will appear on the screen. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player for about 2 seconds to unlock buttons. to confirm. to confirm.
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2. Press again at the end of section. The icon ‘A-B’ will appear on the screen. Joybee 125 will start playing the selected section repeatedly. Press again to cancel repeat section, and the icon A-B will disappear. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
3. When "Mode" appears on the screen, press 4. When "FM Radio" appears on the screen, press 5. Press and hold function of Joybee 125. Joybee 125 will stop searching when it receives a stable and powerful signal from a station. Press to fine-tune a station.
Scan Channels and press 3. Press to scan forward or backward. Adjusting radio volume 1. When listening to FM radio, press 2. Press to adjust volume. to delete more channels. When all Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
These files will be saved under the FMRadio folder in Joybee 125. Playing an FM file 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu"...
Operating Joybee 125 when playing an FM file Pause a playing file When a file is being played, press to play the file again, press Fast forward When a file is being played, press Next file When a file is being played, press...
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Locking buttons 1. When a file is being played, press 2. Press to scroll to Lock and press Press and hold Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player for about 2 seconds to unlock buttons. to confirm. to confirm.
Do not turn on backlight while recording to avoid noise in recording. • Do not turn off Joybee 125 or connect or disconnect it from a PC while recording. • Recording function will be disabled when the battery is low.
Playing a recorded file 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. When “Mode” appears on the screen, press 4.
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You may also set the repeat mode in function menu. See “Selecting Repeat Mode” for details. Locking buttons 1. When a file is being played, press Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player and then to reduce and to return to...
2. Press Press and hold Selecting a repeat mode 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. Press 4.
Do not turn on backlight while recording to avoid noise in recording. System setup Adjusting volume 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu"...
Selecting an EQ mode 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. Press to scroll to “System Setup” and press 4.
You may delete an file saved on Joybee 125 with the delete function. 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu"...
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If you want to select all files, click on the first file on the right panel, press and hold the S S hift key on the Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player icon on the left panel of...
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6. Then, press the D D elete key on the keyboard to delete all selected files from Joybee 125. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
Checking battery status 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. Press to scroll to “System Setup” and press 4.
Checking memory status 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. Press to scroll to “System Setup” and press 4.
Adjusting screen brightness 1. Turn on Joybee 125 (skip this step when Joybee 125 has been turned on). 2. Launch to the function menu as in "Launching to the func- tion menu" p.33. 3. Press to scroll to “System Setup” and press 4.
1. Double click the QMusic icon on Desktop. 2. Turn on Joybee 125. 3. Connect Joybee 125 to the PC. When Joybee 125 is success- fully connected to the PC, a new icon “Removable Disk” will appear in My Computer. Also, a message read “Connection Completed”...
You must create a playlist according to the top instructions before using the playlist function. 1. If your Joybee 125 has been connected to a PC, you must wait until the message “Connection completed..." appear on the screen before disconnecting it from your PC. Then, turn on Joybee 125.
PC screen after the connection, press Next or OK to close the dialog box. 3. Now, you may cut, copy and paste files stored in Joybee 125 with File Manager as you are working on any fixed disk.
USB Mass Storage Device in the dialog box and press S S top. 3. Another dialog box as shown bellow will appear on the screen. Select B B enQ Joybee 125 USB Device and press O O K. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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4. When the bottom dialog box appears on the screen, press OK and disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC. Do not disconnect Joybee 125 from a PC when the message read “Communication in progress...” displays on the screen of Joybee 125.
Updating firmware and formatting memory Updating firmware If your Joybee 125 does not work properly due to firmware damage, you may update the firmware of Joybee 125 with the tool that comes with the device. Please make sure that you have backed up all files on Joy- bee 125 before updating the firmware.
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Update main menu will on the PC screen. 6. Press Start and the bottom dialog box will appear on the screen. Press Yes to start firmware update. Do not disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC while firmware update is in progress. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
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7. Press Close when firmware update is completed. 9. Then, disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC and turn it on. If firmware update fails, disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC USB port, and press the Reset button. Then follow steps 1 to 7 again to update the firmware.
You can perform quick format of the memory on Joybee 125 with the memory formatting tool that comes with Joybee 125. • Do not disconnect Joybee 125 from the PC when format is in progress. • All data including files, files and directories on Joybee 125 will be removed after formatting.
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4. Press Start to start formatting Joybee 125. 5.Press Close to end task after format is completed. You may format Joybee 125 from Windows. However, make sure that you do not format it in FAT32 or NTFS format. Using BenQ Joybee 125 MP3 Player...
BenQ Coproation shall make no representation on damage or indemnification arising out of loss of data. The memory on Joybee 125 is big enough for the files I want to transfer to Joybee 125, but I just can’t transfer them to Joy- bee 125.
Service If you cannot solve the problems found on Joybee 125 with the troubleshooting guide, please contact our worldwide service locations to obtain the latest drivers and online services. Area Country China Hong Kong Taiwan Asia Singapore Thailand Malaysia Australia...
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