BenQ Joybee 150 User Manual

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Joybee 150 (DA-150)

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Page 1 Joybee 150 (DA-150) Digital Audio Player User Manual Welcome...
Page 2: Handling Instructions
Copyright Copyright 2003 by BENQ Corporation. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or com- puter language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player ...1 Introduction ... 1 Package Contents ... 1 System Requirements ... 2 Touring the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player ... 3 Buttons/Ports ... 3 The Wired Remote Control ... 6 The LCD Display ... 7 Getting the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Ready 8 Connecting Earphone and Remote Control ...
Page 4 System Reset ... 25 Viewing System Information ... 25 Using the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player as a USB Flash Drive 25 Using the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software 26 Using the Lyrics Editing and Conversion Tool ... 26 Batch Converting .txt eBook Files ...
Page 5: Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player
With its lyric-music sync function, you can even read the lyric line-by-line while a song is playing . What's more, you can use the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player as a flash drive, thus you can not only make your music mobile, but also move your important data with you.
Page 6: System Requirements
System Requirements Microsoft Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP Pentium 200MHz or higher USB port CD-ROM drive 60MB hard disk space 32MB system memory Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player...
Page 7: Touring The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player
Touring the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Buttons/Ports (16) (15) (14) (13) (12) (11) (1) LCD Display Displays the status of the player. (e.g. song title, play time..., etc.) (2) ON/OFF/Play ( )/Pause( ) Button When player power is off, press this button to turn on the player and the startup screen will appear.
Page 8 While playing MPR (music with lyrics) files, press this button to repeat the current frame. In FM Radio mode, press this button to choose from the following settings: Select Chnl., Search Chnl., FM Level, and Frequency Step. Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player ) Button ) Button...
Page 9 In standby mode, the player will shut down automatically if there is no operation for 3 minutes to save battery power (this auto power off function will be disabled when the player is connected to PC). Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player...
Page 10: The Wired Remote Control
(8) Earphone jack For connecting the earphone. (9) Wired remote control jack For connecting the wired remote control. Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player )/Menu button on the player. ) Button ) Button ) ) button on the )button on the...
Page 11: The Lcd Display
The player will turn off automatically, and any recording in progress will be saved. (10) (15) (16) indicate that the battery power is sufficient. Only one bar in the , the battery is near empty and Your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player (12)
Page 12: Getting The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Ready
Connecting Earphone and Remote Control As illustrated, plug the earphone into the earphone jack on the wired remote control, and then the wired remote control into the wired remote control jack on the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player. Getting the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Ready...
Page 13: Charging The Battery
Charging the Battery Connect the battery charger to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player and a wall outlet as shown to begin charging the built-in battery. When charging, the indicator light on the charger will light up red. It will turn into amber as the charging time passes by. After about 3 hours, the indicator light turns into green and the battery is fully charged.
Page 14: Installing Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software
Installing Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software Insert the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. A few seconds later, a software installation menu will appear on your computer screen. Click on an item to select it and start installing the selected software.
Page 15: Installing The Usb Driver
Found message will appear and installation will be completed automatically. Installing in Windows 98 In addition to clicking I I nstall Joybee 150 Driver on the software installation screen, you can also install the USB driver following the steps below: 1.
Page 16: Using The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player
You can also play music files by a playlist created by QMusic. To do so, follow the steps below: 1. Create a playlist in Joybee 150 following the steps described in see "Adding songs to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player using QMusic" on page 34.
Page 17: Play Speed, Equalizer, Play Mode And Repeat Time
Play Mode The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player provides the following play modes: Normal: The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player plays from the selected file to the last file in the memory. will appear on the display in this mode.
Page 18: Repeat Time
Sync Mode (For Line In recording) SYNC OFF: In this mode, when you select Record Now in the menu, the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player starts recording regardless of whether there is sound signal or not.
Page 19 Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player will exit the recording mode automatically, otherwise it will continue to record the next file. 1 SYNC: In this mode, when you select Record Now in the menu, the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player will not start recording unless the input sound signal strength reaches a preset level.
Page 20: Using The Record Function
4. If you want to record from input sound signal source through the Line In connection, plug one end of the Line In cable to the Line In jack of the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, and the other end to the signal output device.
Page 21: Fm Radio
4. Press the button to search manually, or press and hold the about 2 seconds to let the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player locate available radio stations automatically. When a radio station is located, searching will be stopped automatically. 5. Press the A A -B/REP button to save the radio station to the preset radio station list. You will be asked if you want to overwrite current preset radio stations.
Page 22: Setting Up Frequency Step
Book and press the 3. If there are already eBook (.txt) files in the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player memory, the file list will appear on the display. Otherwise, the list will be empty. You need to convert the contents of books or articles into .txt files (For example, save them as .txt files) and...
Page 23: Memory Management
1. On the memory management options menu, press the Memory Info. and press the 2. The current memory status of the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player will appear on the display. Press the button to return to the memory management options menu.
Page 24: System Setup
2. You can choose from the following 3 options for backlight: On: If this option is selected, after you turn on the power of the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, the backlight of the display will remain on. It is suitable for occasions when you read eBooks in a dark environment.
Page 25: Lyrics Sync
Player and it controls the interface and functions of the player itself. Font is the appearance of text that appears on the display. You can update the firmware and font of your Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player when an update firmware or font file is available from the BenQ website.
Page 26 3. Click the S S tart button on Windows Taskbar and select Programs, B B enQ Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, S S ystem Update Tool to open the System Update Tool program. 4. Click the B B rowse... button in U U pgrade Firmware to browse for the update firmware file.
Page 27 Player software. Follow the instructions of the wizard to complete the installation process. 3. Click the S S tart button on Windows Taskbar and select Programs, B B enQ Joybee 150 MP3 Player, S S ystem Update Tool to open the System Update Tool program.
Page 28 3. Go to “Device Manager” and check if there is a “X” symbol beside “USB Device”. If yes, select the device and delete it. 4. Click “Refresh” or “Scan for hardware changes”, and then re-connect the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player to the computer.
Page 29: Setting Up The Startup And Shutdown Screen
2. Now you can manage files by using the cut/copy/paste commands between your PC and the player. If the files are not in .mp3, .wma or .txt formats, they will not be recognized by the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player as music or eBook files. and will not effect normal functions.
Page 30: Using The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software
.mpr files for the lyrics sync function of the player. To open the Lyrics Editing and Conversion Tool, Click the Start button on Windows Taskbar and select P P rograms, B B enQ Joybee 150 MP3 Player, Lyrics Editing and Conversion Tool.
Page 31 Synchronize (Click this button to insert a synchronization point) Remove the last inserted sync point button to mark a sync point. Perform butto to convert and save the synchronized lyrics as a .lyr Using the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software...
Page 32 5. Copy the .mpr file to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player. 6. Select and play the .mpr file on the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, and you will see that the lyrics are synchronized with the song on the display.
Page 33: Batch Converting .Txt Ebook Files
Pure text (.txt) files may be encoded with the following encoding formats: ANSI, Unicode and UTF-8. However, the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player supports only the ANSI and Unicode ones. The .txt file conversion tool of the Lyrics Editing and Conversion Tool is provided to convert your .txt eBook files into acceptable files using the supported encoding...
Page 34 Avoid using the Startup/Shutdown Screen Editing Tool to convert large images, such as files larger than 1MB. Due to the size limit of the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player display (128x64 pixels), when converting .bmp, .jpg or .gif image files, if the dimension is larger than 128x64 pixels, it will be scaled down proportionally to a smaller image with a height of 64 pixels.
Page 35 Transfer the .lgo startup/shutdown screen file to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player and see "Setting Up the Startup and Shutdown Screen" on page 25 to select the .lgo file as the startup or shutdown screen. Using the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Software...
Page 36: Using Qmusic
CDs and compile your own music album. When used with the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, you can easily convert CD music into .mp3 format and transfer it to the player. You can also let QMusic update the music files in the player automatically.
Page 37 Music Playing Buttons You can use these buttons to play music. The detailed information of playlist will appear here, including total Status Bar number of songs and total playback time. Feature Buttons When playing music, you can use these buttons to change play mode. Shows songs in the selected playlist/media on the left panel.
Page 38: Adding Songs To The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player Using Qmusic
Adding songs to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player using QMusic After QMusic is opened, connect the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player to your computer using the USB cable. The icon directories in the player will appear below it. Adding CD music to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player 1.
Page 39 New Album playlist on the left panel. Click on it and you will see a list of converted files on the right panel. 4. Click to select the songs you want to transfer to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player on the right panel. Selected files will be highlighted. If you want to select multiple songs, press and hold the C C trl key on the keyboard and click other songs.
Page 40 5. Click and drag the selected songs on the right panel to the M M P3 directory under the icon. Before dragging the selected songs to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, make sure that there is enough mem- ory space.
Page 41 .mp3, .wav or .wma song files you want to transfer to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player. Click Open and the selected song files will be added to the My Joybee playlist.
Page 42 If you want to keep these songs, please back them up in your computer before continuing. Before dragging the selected songs to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, make sure that there is enough mem- ory space. Using QMusic...
Page 43 .mp3, .wav or .wma song files you want to transfer to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player. Click Open and the selected song files will be added to the My Joybee playlist.
Page 44 3. Click the button. 4. Click the Joybee tab on the dialogue box that appears. Using QMusic...
Page 45 Everytime you connect the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player to your computer, the update action will be carried out automatically. Before dragging the selected songs to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player, make sure that there is enough memory space.
Page 46: Notes, Faq And Troubleshooting Tips
USB cable when the transfer is in progress. The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player only plays the files in current directory in the memory. If you need to play the files in other directories, switch to the corresponding directory.
Page 47: Faq And Troubleshooting Tips
4. Select C C opy in the Windows Media Player F F ile menu, and then select C C opy to portable devices. 5. A file list will appear. Check to select the songs you want to copy to the Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player and then click the C C opy button located at the upper right corner of the screen.
Page 48 The file size is smaller than the free memory available in my player, but I still cannot tranfer it to my player The Joybee 150 Digital Audio Player allocates memory in cluster of 16KB or 32KB. A file of 1 Byte also occupies one cluster, so a file of a size smaller than the free memory available might not be transffered to the player.

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