Compaq iPAQ PA-1 User Manual
Compaq iPAQ PA-1 User Manual

Compaq iPAQ PA-1 User Manual

Personal audio player
Hide thumbs Also See for iPAQ PA-1:

Advertisement

Quick Links

All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com
Notice
© 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation
COMPAQ and the Compaq logo registered in U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office.
iPAQ is a trademark of Compaq Information
Technologies Group, L.P.
Microsoft and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation.
All other product names mentioned herein may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial
errors or omissions contained herein. The information
in this document is subject to change without notice.
The information in this publication is subject to change
without notice and is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ENTIRE RISK
ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
INFORMATION REMAINS WITH RECIPIENT. IN
NO EVENT SHALL COMPAQ BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF
BUSINESS PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION,
OR LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION), EVEN IF
COMPAQ HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE
FOREGOING SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF
THE NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER FAULT OF EITHER
PARTY AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH
LIABILITY SOUNDS IN CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY
OF LEGAL LIABILITY, AND
NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED
REMEDY.
The limited warranties for Compaq products are
exclusively set forth in the documentation
accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be
construed as constituting a further or additional
warranty.
Compaq
iPAQ Personal Audio Player PA-1
First Edition (July 2000)
Part Number 175380-001

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Summary of Contents for Compaq iPAQ PA-1

  • Page 1 All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.
  • Page 2 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com...
  • Page 3: Digital Audio

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Welcome Thanks for buying an iPAQ Personal Audio Player PA-1, and welcome to the world of digital audio—one of the hottest topics in the world today. What is Digital audio is a way of compressing recorded sound so that it takes up much less storage Digital Audio? space.
  • Page 4: Warranty

    Register Your Please register your Player to receive a more personalized support experience. You may PA-1 register at Compaq’s web site: http://www.compaq.com/go/register Warranty Your Player has a One-Year Limited Warranty. Please see the Warranty Card that came in the package for further details.
  • Page 5 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com What’s in the Box? Personal Audio Player Two AAA batteries Earphones 64 MB of MMC flash memory USB data cable This guide...
  • Page 6 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com...
  • Page 7: Setting Up Your Player

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Setting Up Your Player You will soon be listening to your favorite music on your Player. Just follow these simple steps: Installing the 1. Pull out and lift the battery door. Batteries 2. Place the batteries that came with your Player into the battery compartment as shown.
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installing the 3. Lift the flash memory door located on the left side of the back of your Player. Memory 4. Insert one of the flash memory cards that came with your Player into the bottom slot (Slot 1).
  • Page 9 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com When you turn on your Player, the LCD screen briefly displays all icons, then Compaq iPAQ, and then, assuming the memory cards are installed, the following: 1:32M 2:32M This indicates that each 32 MB memory card is installed correctly.
  • Page 10: Front Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Features of Your Player has many outstanding features: Your Player Front Features Display Screen - Area Volume Increase - where song and playback Press to raise volume information is displayed. level. Volume Decrease - Play/Pause - Press to Press to lower volume.
  • Page 11: Top Features

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Top Features You must set the Norm/Hold switch to the Normal position to turn on the Player. Hold Mode is displayed on the screen if the switch is in the Hold position when you press the Power button.
  • Page 12: Menu Options

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Battery charge indicator -The number of bars visible indicates the amount of charge remaining in your Player’s batteries. Replace batteries when the three bars have disappeared. DISPLAY AREA - Displays track number, track length, artist, and song name. The song title format is set using the RioPort Audio Manager software.
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The following options are available through the Menu: Shuffle Off - Songs play in the order of your playlist. On - Songs do not play in the order of your playlist. Repeat Repeat All - Continuously plays all the songs in your playlist.
  • Page 14: Installing The Software

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Installing the Software Your Player comes with a CD that contains the RioPort Audio Manager software. RioPort Audio Manager makes it easy to find, organize, download, and play digital audio files. If the RioPort Audio Manager window does not display, click To install the RioPort Audio Manager, just...
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Read through the License Agreement and Privacy Statement and click Yes. A window displays asking you to confirm the path and name of the folder in which the software will be installed. 3.
  • Page 16 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com A message window displays asking if you would like to make the Audio Manager your default player. 5. Click Yes. When you see the following window, the installation is complete. 6. Click Finish to restart your computer now, or you may choose to restart it later.
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com...
  • Page 18 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RioPort Audio Manager What is the The RioPort Audio Manager makes it easy to find, organize, download, and play digital RioPort Audio audio files. It compresses content from CDs Manager? and neatly organizes the content while retrieving the names of artists, albums, and song titles from an online CD database (CDDB).
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The RioPort Audio Manager window displays. To get audio files from the Internet to your Player, you must first download them to your PC. Make sure your PC is connected to the Internet. Then complete the following: What is 2.
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Take control of your entertainment experience with iCAST. Plunge into thousands of music downloads, radio stations, artist bios, news, and exclusive interviews. Discover the excitement in online entertainment with hours of audio and video content, chat, instant messaging, and other tools that connect you with the entertainment you love.
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Make sure Save this file to disk is checked and click OK. A Save As window displays for you to verify or change the name of the file you are downloading and where it will be stored on your computer.
  • Page 22: Copying Cds

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Copying CDs The RioPort Audio Manager software enables you to copy audio files from your personal CD collection. You should not, however, use this software to distribute songs to your friends. It is illegal to distribute audio files without permission from the copyright holder.
  • Page 23 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Select the files you want to copy by clicking the box to the left of the song or by double clicking on the song title. 4. Click Start Reading. This procedure converts the songs to a digital format that is stored on the hard drive of your PC.
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com What is a A playlist is a list of audio files grouped together in any way you like. You might want Playlist? to group music by a category such as classical, rock and roll, reggae, or alternative music. Or, you might want to group songs together by artist.
  • Page 25 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Click Select Tracks from Database. A Select Tracks from Database window displays. Each time you create a new playlist, be sure to clear the current playlist first. If you do not, the playlists will 4.
  • Page 26: Connecting The Earphones

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Connecting 1. Connect the USB cable to your computer. The location of USB ports varies on the USB Cable different computers. See your computer’s feature guide if you are unable to locate your computer’s USB port. 2.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Downloading When you are ready to download audio files to your Player, Audio Files to Your Player 1. Connect the USB cable to the Player and to your computer. Then turn on your Player. 2.
  • Page 28 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Select the tracks or playlist that you would like to download by clicking in the V box next to each song or playlist. 5. Click OK. You will be notified if you have selected too many songs for the memory card.
  • Page 29 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7. When you are satisfied with the songs you selected to download, click Copy to Portable. A window displays the downloading status of each song as it is being downloaded to your Player. When the transfer is complete, the following window displays.
  • Page 30 To maximize the player, right-click on it and choose Big Player. the Player Upgrading From time to time, Compaq will issue software upgrades for your Player. Please check the the Player following web site on a regular basis for any updates: http://www.compaq.com/products/internetdevices...
  • Page 31 Technical Support Engineer at: consumer@compaq.com Be sure to include PA-1 in the subject line of any e-mails sent to Compaq’s technical support. Or, you can review the next few pages to see if you can solve the problem.
  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Troubleshooting Display Troubleshooting Symptom What to do • Nothing shows on the display when Install fresh batteries. the Power button is pressed. • Make sure the batteries are installed with the proper orientation. Battery orientation is indicated in the bottom of the battery compartment.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Audio Troubleshooting Symptom What to do NO SONGS is displayed on the LCD. The Player cannot read any songs on the MMC cards. Make sure that the MMC cards are formatted, and that songs are listed on the right side of the COPY TO DEVICES screen.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Operation Troubleshooting Symptom What to do • Make sure the MMC cards do not Able to transfer only a few songs to have other data on them. Reformat the Player. the MMC cards and then transfer songs to the cards.
  • Page 35 The RioPort Audio Manager does not shown on the LCD display. See recognize the Player. previous item. • Make sure the Compaq PA-1 is the selected device on the Player tab in the RioPort Options. • Make sure that the MMC cards are inserted and recognized by the Player.
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com First, run the test without memory cards: Test N am e Test D escription W hat to L ook F or W hat to D o For P roblem s L C D A ll icons and T he display should look G o to the D isplay...
  • Page 37: Helpful Information

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Helpful Information Content Per Based on the following transfer rates—stated in terms of kilobits per second (kbps)—you Memory Card can expect to use the following amounts of MMC memory when transferring a CD’s worth of content to your Player.
  • Page 38: Maintenance

    CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by Compaq may void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. 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.
  • Page 39: Specifications

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com can radiate 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.
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com LOSSARY Advanced Audio video. Their standards Coding. An audio are known as MPEG-1, compression format MPEG-2, etc. based on MPEG-2, audio layer 3. MultiMediaCard. A To transfer a Download type of Flash Memory file from one medium to that is extremely another (for example,...

Table of Contents