Page 1: Table Of Contents
MusicGremlin User Guide Table of Contents Wireless Music Quick Start Basic Operation Things You Need to Know Up Front Import Existing Music to MusicGremlin Registering Your MusicGremlin My Music ToDo List Listening to FM Radio Inbox MusicGremlin Direct Searching for New Music...
Page 2 Adding Buddies Sharing Files Beaming Files The MusicGremlin Web Site Logging In Viewing Your My Device Page Playing Music on the Web Site Settings Wireless Networks Turn Wi-Fi On/Off Active Networks System Settings Setting the Time Checking Available Disk Space...
Page 3 Repeat Mode Web Site Privacy Managing Memory Troubleshooting About Wi-Fi Warnings and Technical Notes Use and Handling...
Page 4: Musicgremlin User Guide
Quick Start Step 1: Initial Setup The battery MusicGremlin is ready to play as soon as you unpack it and takes two hours charge the battery. To get started, open the package and to charge. When...
Page 5 You don’t always need to connect wirelessly. As you’ll learn later in this manual, you can copy music from your PC to MusicGremlin with a USB cable and take your music on the road. But what makes MusicGremlin special is...
Page 6 Community indicator on your playlist of your MusicGremlin will light up to tell you others are around. You favorite genre, can see what tracks they are listening to. In certain cases, mood, or type of...
Page 7 automatically sent to your player.
Page 8: Basic Operation
BASIC OPERATION the MusicStore Things You Need to Know Up Front while he’s MusicGremlin is easy to use. But working without a wire will getting into his go more smoothly if you know a few basic terms and car (and while features at the outset.
Page 9 MusicGremlin and sees that four other users are present. When he scans some of the songs others are listening to, he notices that another user, Lisa, is in the middle of a song by U2. Bob beams her the new U2 song he ownloaded that morning with the message “You will LOVE this song!”...
Page 10 Pressing the four-way control keypad on the front of your the process of MusicGremlin lets you move from one option to another. entering text in The center Select button lets you select an option. Press Left MusicGremlin.
Page 11 the blank space, press Select. As you spin letters, search results appear on the screen. When you want to move to the results to choose an item, press Select. Then press Up or Down to find the item you want, and press Select to select it. In most cases, you don’t have to type an entire word such as “Counting”...
Page 12 [Please insert example graphic here.] Important Terms MusicGremlin Buddy A MusicGremlin user with whom you can share music. MusicGremlin Direct MusicGremlin’s music service, which allows you to search for music and download it to...
Page 14 Touring MusicGremlin Chances are you’ll start playing with MusicGremlin the moment you have the battery is charged, and you’ll be able to figure out on your own what the controls do. But you’ll The MusicGremlin LCD save time if take a few moments to familiarize yourself with display features romantic backlightling.
Page 15 MusicGremlin Left Side: 1 Power/Hold Switch The Hold function is useful if you’re carrying MusicGremlin in your pocket and you don’t want to press the buttons accidentally. Pressing the Power/Hold switch’s up position makes the buttons inactive. Pressing the up position again makes the buttons active once again.
Page 16 The Power/Hold Switch is a toggle switch with two positions, up and down. Pressing cown toggles MusicGremlin on or off. (If the device is on, pressing the switch down turns it off.) Moving the switch up toggles the Hold function.
Page 17 Mute the volume Pres MusicGremlin Functions and Controls View the options for a Turn on MusicGremlin Press the Power/Hold button down once Turn off Music Gremlin Press the Power/Hold button down once Turn the backlight on or off [Need instructions]...
Page 18 Unplug the headphones and plug in a set of computer stereo speakers Charge the battery Plug the AC power adapter in an AC outlet and connect it to the MusicGremlin Disable the MusicGremlin controls Press the Power/Hold button up once ________________________________________________________________...
Page 19: Import Existing Music To Musicgremlin
MusicGremlin, not the other [An image of way. Windows Media 4. If you use Explorer, look for MusicGremlin Device in Player might be your list of drives and folders. Double-click this to helpful here.] review the files on the device. Click the column headers in the window that opens to sort by Artist, Title, Track, or Genre.
Page 20 If you are copying music from front of the stage. Others have backstage access. A few your PC to MusicGremlin, the have “all access” privileges. When you use MusicGremlin process will go much faster if you use a USB cable.
Page 21 Your GremlinID. • and subscribe to Gremlists. You can do this: Give some thought to your Via the MusicGremlin Web Site. Go to a computer with • GremlinID. A Internet access, connect to http://www.musicgremlin.com, joke ID might and click Get MusicGremlin!. Follow the instructions on seem cool to screen to register.
Page 22 GremlinID at any time by going to Settings, choosing Edit GremlinID, and spinning letters to enter the new name. Unregistered users can still play music on MusicGremlin and see other users either in an ad hoc network or on the Internet.
Page 23: My Music
My Music works along the same lines. It’s a song that is holding area for music that you have downloaded or copied currently playing. to MusicGremlin—the music you want to play most often. QuickList. Feel • The contents of My Music correspond to the places where lucky? Select you can obtain music.
Page 24 MusicGremlin users. Not to worry; Other Playlists. This option contains any other playlists you • MusicGremlin notifies have created. you if you start running out of disk space. You can also check available space in Settings Memory Memory Check. When you re-enter My Music, you’ll discover...
Page 25 Adding a Track to a Playlist • Pressing and holding down It’s a snap—or to be more precise, a click—to add a track to the Left key to a Playlist: clear the entire line. 1. Press the Right key to open the Options dialog box. 2.
Page 26 1. Highlight the track’s name and press the Right key. than 14 characters. If you enter 2. Choose Delete from the Options box. a longer one, MusicGremlin will pull out its “red editor’s pen” 3. When a message appears asking if you are sure you and automatically truncate it for want to delete the track, press the Select button.
Page 27 You can also rearrange the track order of any given Playlist. Recent Downloads Click Right on a highlighted track in the Playlist and select If you’re looking for “Move this Track Up/Down.” You can then reposition the that song you just selected track using the Up and Down buttons, press Select downloaded, you’ll find when the track appears in the desired position.
Page 28 Warning: Be careful when deleting music. Any content purchased individually so you can own it permanently should be backed up to a computer, if possible. Once the music is deleted, it’s gone.
Page 29: Todo List
Think of the ToDo List as a If you are currently connected to the Internet (and thus have • queue for tasks access to MusicGremlin Direct), the selected item begins to that haven’t yet download immediately. been completed...
Page 30 and need to be done. [insert image here]...
Page 31 The list is held in memory Canceling a Download: until the printer is available; then the documents are printed Clicking Right one after another. MusicGremlin’s ToDo List works the same on any way. It’s a holding area for downloads, transfers, and other subscription tasks that MusicGremlin has to perform.
Page 32 The ToDo List indicator appears cleared from the ToDo list on the MusicGremlin display if you have marked something for download. A number appears, indicating the number of tracks that have been marked for download. If you see a flashing...
Page 33: Listening To Fm Radio
Account Listening to FM Radio • has been You can use MusicGremlin to listen to your favorite radio suspende stations wherever you are. To access the device’s radio d. Music function, click FM Radio on the main screen. A radio tuner will stop will appear.
Page 34 When you turn on the FM aradio, waiting to be read, the My Inbox option is “grayed out” and MusicGremlin pauses the last can’t be chosen. After you read a message, press Right and track you were playing and remembers where you were.
Page 35: Musicgremlin Direct
Both you and the MusicGremlin device are freed from space in the having to use a PC to browse for and obtain the music you spinning letters want.
Page 36 MusicGremlin remembers your previous search; you can repeat it, or use it as a shortcut to start a new search. Just click Up with the A character displayed, your previous search will appear.
Page 37 Show Channel Info. See page __ for more information on Gremlists. Searching Artists You use MusicGremlin to search for artists by their first name—for example, search for Billy Joel by spinning “Billy,” not “Joel.” When you conduct a search for a particular artist, you’ll see a list of that artist’s releases, arranged...
Page 38 Searching Tracks you try to download it, MusicGremlin will help If you are looking for an individual song and you don’t care you watch your money. You’ll what album or compilation it comes from, choose Search By see the following message :“This song already...
Page 39: Listening To Samples
If you are individual con21Znected to the Internet, you have the option to listen ly. It’s the to a 30-second preview track listed on MusicGremlin Direct. option to Just click Right on a song’s title and choose Stream Sample. choose if The sample is played from the MusicGremlin Direct service you don’t...
Page 40 MusicGremlin Direct service. You’ll be prompted to enter your PIN number. • Purchase Subscription Track. For a monthly fee, you For the latest can download an unlimited number of tracks. MusicGremlin Direct prices and subscription plans, visit the MusicGremlin Web site (http://www.musicgremlin.com)
Page 41: Playing Music
FF or REW. Playing Music When you first turn MusicGremlin on, it starts to play the The Now Playing track and playlist you were listening to when you last used it. Screen When you reach the list of a playlist, MusicGremlin will stop When a track is playing.
Page 42 (if available), and one of two additional bits of information: Shuffle Off is the default setting for MusicGremlin. You can switch to Shuffle mode, which allows you to listen to tracks randomly, by going to Main Menu Settings Shuffle On/Off.
Page 43: Rating Tracks
Rating Tracks You don’t have to rely on critics or pundits to tell you what’s “hot” or what’s popular. You and your fellow MusicGremlin users can rate tracks and decide for yourselves. Click right on the name of a track and choose Rate This Song from the...
Page 44: Gremlists
MusicGremlin has its own set of interactive radio stations “subscribe” to a known as Gremlists. A Gremlist is a set of tracks that fits channel—you into a genre, a mood, or an activity. Gremlists are tell automatically refreshed on a regular basis.
Page 45 The contents of your subscribed Gremlists change from time to time; you should check them periodically for new tracks.
Page 46: Subscribing To A Channel
Subscribe to Gremlist. Once you are subscribed to a Channels Gremlist, it has a letter “s-“ before its named This means the MusicGremlin device will automatically download that If you no longer list’s contents from MusicDirect as they are updated.
Page 47 Because Gremlists are updated periodically, they are only found in the Gremlists section of My Music. You can’t search them by album, artist, track, or genre as you can a Playlist. However, you can save a Gremlist as a permanent Playlist as described in “Saving Gremlist Content to Your Permanent Collection.”...
Page 48: The Musicgremlin Community
MusicGremlin’s out more Community gives you the chance to do more than talk. You about the are able to “see” other MusicGremlin users either in your individual immediate vicinity or on the Internet. Monthly subscribers through can share music files, too.
Page 49: Seeing Online Chat Rooms
When you are connected to the Block User. This prevents the user from viewing your • Internet (and another MusicGremlin contents. MusicGremlin on your Buddy list is also connected), the Community icon in the upper Seeing Online Chat Rooms left-hand corner of MusicGremlin lights green.
Page 50 Online Rooms function is unavailable...
Page 51: Adding Buddies
Adding Buddies things to A “buddy” is MusicGremlin user you have identified as happen: someone you want to contact regularly. You can add someone to your Buddy list in one of three ways: Spin letters to enter the name you want to add.
Page 52 If you see a track you want on another subscriber’s MusicGremlin and you can’t copy it, you can always search for it in MusicGremlin Direct. Music displayed on another user’s device appears in bold if it was obtained from MusicGremlin Direct as part of a subscription and can be downloaded. Titles that were not obtained from MusicGremlin Direct and that are protected by digital copyright are presented in italics;...
Page 53: Beaming Files
“This • song has been downloaded and you can now listen to song it?] rocks.” If the song was not obtained from MusicGremlin “This • • Direct and is not protected by digital copyright, you song can either purchase it from MusicGremlin Direct or made me stream it from the other user’s MusicGremlin device.
Page 54 A subscription track is one that whether or not they want to download the track you sent. a user has download as part of When the beamed song has been received, MusicGremlin a monthly subscription, not as an individual purchase. If you emits a short beep.
Page 55: The Musicgremlin Web Site
THE MUSICGREMLIN WEB SITE [Screen image of MusicGremlin gives you the freedom to download and the initial screen manage your music no matter where you are. That includes the user sees the time you spend sitting in front of your computer, too.
Page 56 If you’re concerned about your responsibilities as a MusicGremlin user or about your privacy on the Web, please review MusicGremlin’s End- User Licensing Agreement (EULA) and privacy policy, which are both posted on the Web site, http://www.musicgremlin.com. If you want to add your...
Page 57: Playing Music On The Web Site
Viewing Your Buddy Lists data by clicking One of the advantages of connecting to the MusicGremlin My Account Web site is the ability to stay in touch with your buddies Information. while you’re on your laptop or desktop PC. The My Buddies link lets you view your Buddies and see what they’re playing.
Page 58 downloaded or to check the whereabouts of a track you [Note: A screen shot of the think you deleted, click My Content Activity. Web-based player or the Now Playing popup would be good here.]...
Page 59 Playlists, or any aspect of MusicGremlin, you need to synchronize your Web site content with the content displayed on the device itself. MusicGremlin will do this automatically the next time you turn MusicGremlin on and it connects to the Internet. [[PLACEHOLDER Making Recordings with MusicGremlin(?) Use the built-in microphone that comes with MusicGremlin to make your own recordings.]]...
Page 60: Settings
MusicGremlin users. You have Wireless Networks the following You can use MusicGremlin to connect to the Internet from options: more than one location and more than one network. For instance, you might connect at home and later at a Select •...
Page 61: System Settings
Add an SSID. password or Wireless You’ll probably want to leave Wi-Fi connections on as a general rule so MusicGremlin can Encryption complete automatic downloads. The wireless security concerns that apply to laptops aren’t Protocol (WEP) a problem with MusicGremlin because the device is configured only to connect to specified MusicGremlin Direct and related servers.
Page 62: Setting The Time
Checking for Device Updates Normally, MusicGremlin automatically checks for updates to its own operating system when you plug it into an external power outlet. Choosing this option tells MusicGremlin to manually check for system updates. Enabling Notes Choosing this option enables MusicGremlin to send you periodic notes about error notices and subscription promotions.
Page 63 Two other options under the heading Settings MG Updates also control how and when MusicGremlin updates its software. Turn MG Updates On/Off controls whether the device checks for new software or not. Force Update Now lets you update the software immediately.
Page 64: Turning Upnp On/Off
Turning UPnP On/Off If you have not yet subscribed MusicGremlin has the ability to let you share music with to MusicGremlin, users of other music players that support the Universal Plug you’ll see this and Play (UPnP) protocol. Turn this option off if you only option in want to share with other MusicGremlin users.
Page 65 If you choose Sharing Off, when another MusicGremlin user attempts to connect to your device, he or she will see the following message: “This user has activated privacy settings and has blocked access to content.”...
Page 66 your account, such as your credit card information.
Page 67: Playback Settings
Memory Check Repeat Mode tells you how This option controls whether or not MusicGremlin repeats a much memory Playlist when it reaches the end. Choose one of three you have left. settings: Repeat Off turns off repeating of Playlists. Repeat Clean Up All repeats the same Playlist when the end is reached.
Page 69: Troubleshooting
Internet. protect your home network with a WEP or WPA password, It directs traffic you’ll need to enter it in MusicGremlin’s network settings. If between the you have a T-Mobile connection, you’ve got it easy. You device and the only have to head to the nearest hotspot.
Page 70 than two million titles or get a Gremlist of songs in a particular genre.
Page 71 The transmitter and receiver within all MusicGremlin devices enable them to communicate with one another in a local wireless community without having to have a wireless router between them. This kind of ad hoc connection can take place whether MusicGremlins are on the Internet or not. It only requires you to be within the same room, or perhaps the same building, as other MusicGremlins.
Page 72: Warnings And Technical Notes
WARNINGS AND TECHNICAL NOTES You risk electrical shock by opening the MusicGremlin device. Leave servicing to qualified technicians only. Use only the AC adaptor supplied with the MusicGremlin device. Using other adaptors can cause a malfunction or possibly a fire or electrical shock.
Page 73 radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following...
Page 74: Use And Handling
Use and Handling Do not expose the MusicGremlin or accessories to • high temperatures, high humidity or direct sunlight. Do not leave the system or accessories in a car with •...