CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 MPIXX1450 15 PICTUREPLAYBACK Supplied accessories 15 Picture playback Special features 15 Functions in the picture menu Safety 16 VIDEOPLAYBACK 4 OVERVIEW 16 Basic video playback functions Controls 17 TEXTPLAYBACK Displays in music playback mode 17 Basic text playback functions Main menu pages 18 RECORDING 7 CONNECTION/PREPARATION 18 Recording settings Power supply 18 Voice recording Connecting to a computer 19 Recording from FM radio...
MPixx1450 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suppliedaccessories 1 S tereo earphones 2 USB cable 3 Brief instructions Note: The accessory components supplied can change. ■ Specialfeatures T his MP3/WMA/WAV player integrates player for picture ■ and video files, voice and text files, recording device, FM radio and USB removable disc in one single appliance. Safety T his device is intended for the reproduction of music, pic- ■ ture, voice and text files and serves as a removable disc. Any other use is expressly prohibited. D o not drop the device. Do not press on the TFT display. ■ D o not place the device near magnetic objects. ■ M ake sure that the equipment is protected from moisture ■...
OVERVIEW - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Controls S witches the player on and off. I n playback mode: selects the next track. In the main menu: selects the respective sub Press and hold down: starts the forward menus. search. Starts voice and FM radio recordings. In the menus: to navigate to the right. Ends playback, ends recording. S lot for inserting a Micro SD memory card. I n playback mode: selects the previous track. – I n the main menu: selects the previous oper- P ress and hold down: starts the reverse ating mode. search. In playback mode: decreases the volume. In the menus: to navigate to the left. In menu mode: moves the cursor down. ● I n playback mode: starts and pauses play- ...
OVERVIEW - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Displaysinmusicplaybackmode K ey lock on. Current sound setting, e.g. Rock. Battery status display (» «: the battery is low). Ä T rack name, ID3 tag information, song lyrics (if avail- able). P layback mode (Normal, Repeat one, Folder, Repeat folder, Repeat all, Random or Intro). Overall playing time of track. Current track number, total number of tracks. O perating status (playback , pause , standby or recording ● E lapsed playing time of the track. ...
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OVERVIEW - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mainmenupages Music Setup Browser Voice E-Book Photo Radio Video Music – music playback. Setup – Settings. B rowser – navigate within internal memory, delete files. V oice – record speech, playback speech and re- corded files. E-Book – text file playback. Photo – picture playback. Radio – FM radio reception. Video – video playback. 6 ENGLISH...
CONNECTION/PREPARATION - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powersupply Connectingtoacomputer The player operates with the integrated lithium-polymer battery 1 S witch on the computer. 1 x 3.7 V, 170 mA. 2 S witch off the player by pressing » «. Chargingthebattery 3 C onnect the USB socket on the player to the USB socket on Charge the battery for the player on a computer. the computer using the USB cable. You can also charge the battery by connecting it to a USB- compatible hi-fi system using a USB cable. Note: When charging with a standard USB adapter, the player ■ is still ready for operation. 1 C onnect the USB socket on the player to the USB socket on the computer, commercially available standard USB charger or hi-fi system with a USB socket using the USB cable. 2 S witch on the computer or hi-fi or connect the charger to the power supply.
CONNECTION/PREPARATION - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connectingearphones 1 P lug the earphones into the » « socket on the player. Note: The earphones must always be plugged in for radio ■ mode, as the cable acts as the FM antenna. Caution: Prolonged listening at loud volumes with the earphones ■ can damage your hearing. Insertingthememorycard The player has a card slot for inserting a micro SD memory card. This can provide you with up to 8 GB of additional stor- age capacity. 1 I nsert the memory card with the contacts upwards into the card slot until it latches into place. Notes: The memory card appears on the computer next to the ...
GENERALFUNCTIONS - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Switchingonandoff Menunavigation 1 Press and hold » « to switch on the player. 1 Open the main menu by pressing and holding »●« down. – A fter a short while, the logo appears in the display. 2 Select the desired operating mode, such as »Music«, with – T he player then switches to the main menu in »Music« – » « or »+« and activate with »●«. mode. 3 Open the submenu by briefly pressing » «. 2 S witch the player off by pressing » « down until the logo –...
MUSICPLAYBACK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basicmusicplaybackfunctions Functionsinthemusicmenu Startingmusicplayback Openingthemusicmenu 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- 1 To open the music menu in »Music« mode, briefly press » «. ing and holding »●«. Selectingplaybackmodes – 2 Select the operating mode »Music« with » « or »+« and – activate with »●«. 1 In the music menu, select the »Repeat mode« option with » « or »+« and open with »●«. Menu Repeat mode EQ settings File browse Music – 2 Select the desired playback mode with » « or »+« and press 3 To start playback, press »●« again. »●« to confirm: – A ll the music files are played in succession. – » Normal«: all tracks are played once in succession. – »...
MUSICPLAYBACK --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigatinginthefilebrowser – 1 In the music menu, select the »File browse« option with » « or »+« and open with »●«. Menu Repeat mode EQ settings File browse – All music files are displayed. – 2 Select the desired music track with » « or »+« and press »●« to confirm. – Playback of the track starts. Note: Only folders or music files are displayed in the »File ■ browse« option. 3 Press » « to quit the menu. ENGLISH 11...
RADIOMODE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Basicradiomodefunctions Tuningtheradiostationsmanually The earphones must always be plugged in for radio mode, as The player must be in manual tuning mode. the cable acts as the FM antenna. 1 To set the frequency you want, press » « or » « as often as necessary. Selectingtheradioinputsource – The frequency changes in steps of 100 kHz; 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- ing and holding »●«. start the search by pressing and holding » « or » «. – 2 Select the »Radio« operating mode with » « or »+« and – T he search stops when a station with a strong signal is activate with »●«. found. Tuningandstoringtheradiosta- tionswiththeautomaticstation search(AutoScan) 1 Open the FM menu by briefly pressing » «. 2 Select the »ATS« option with » – « or »+« and activate with »●«.
RADIOMODE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Openingpresets Preset mode must be activated. The display shows the current preset number. 1 To select the desired preset, press » « or » « as often as necessary. Deletingindividualpresets Preset mode must be activated. 1 To select the desired preset, press » « or » « as often as necessary. 2 Open the FM menu by briefly pressing » «. – 3 Press » « or »+« to select the »Delete« option and activate with »●«. Radio Delete Radio record – T he radio station saved on the selected preset is deleted, and the ones b ehind it all move forward by one preset. Endtheoperatingmode“Radio” 1 In the current playback mode press and hold »●«. ENGLISH 13...
AUDIOPLAYBACK - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Playbackofaudiorecordings Functionsinthe“Voice”menu Startingplayback Openingthe“Voice”menu 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- 1 To open the menu when playing back a recording, briefly ing and holding »●«. press » «. – 2 Select the »Voice« operating mode with » « or »+« and Selectingplaybackmodes activate with »●«. See the description of the music menu on page 10. Selectingsoundsettings See the description of the music menu on page 10. Navigatingintherecordingmemory See the description of the music menu on page 11. Voice 3 Press »●« to start playback. – A ll the available recordings (voice and FM recordings) are played in succession.
PICTUREPLAYBACK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pictureplayback Functionsinthepicturemenu Startingpictureplayback Openingthepicturemenu 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- 1 To open the picture menu in »Photo« mode, briefly press ing and holding »●«. » «. – 2 Select the »Photo« operating mode with » « or »+« and Switchingbetweenslideshowand activate with »●«. manualmode – 1 In the picture menu, select the »Slide show« option with » «...
VIDEOPLAYBACK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basicvideoplaybackfunctions Playbackfunctions 1 Press »●« to pause playback. The player supports video files in AMV format. 2 Press »●« to resume normal playback. Startingvideoplayback 3 End playback by pressing and holding » «. 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- Selectingvideofiles ing and holding »●«. – 2 Select the »Video« operating mode with » 1 T o select the previous or next video file, briefly press » « or « or »+« and activate with »●«. » «. Fastforwardandreversesearch 1 T o search for a passage in a video file, press and hold » « or » « during playback. – T he fast forward or reverse search begins. 2...
TEXTPLAYBACK - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basictextplaybackfunctions Startingtextplayback 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- ing and holding »●«. – 2 Select the »E-Book« operating mode with » « or »+« and activate with »●«. E-Book – The file list appears. 3 Press » – « or »+« to select the desired text file and open with »●«. – 4 Press » « to move to the next line or press »+« to move to the previous line. – 5 Press » « to move to the next page or press »+« to move to the previous page. 6 To return to the file list press »●«. ENGLISH 17...
RECORDING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recordingsettings Voicerecording Selectingsettings Startingvoicerecording 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- ing and holding »●«. ing and holding »●«. – – 2 Select the »Setup« menu with » « or »+« and activate with 2 Select the operating mode »Voice« with » « or »+« and »●«. activate with »●«. Setup Sleep mode Language Display setting Record setting System tools Settingtherecordingquality Voice – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press »...
RECORDING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RecordingfromFMradio StartingFMrecording 1 Select the desired radio station in »Radio« mode. 2 Open the sub menu by briefly pressing » «. – 3 Select the option »Radio record« with » « or »+« and acti- vate with »●«. – T he recording starts. 4 Press »●« to pause recording. 5 Press »●« to resume recording. 6 Press » « to end recording. – T he recording is saved automatically as WAV file, e.g. REC001.WAV in the folder Record/Voice/ on the player. – T he player then switches back to »Radio« mode. Note: If » « appears in the display while it is recording, the ■ Ä flash memory is full.
DELETINGFILES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Openingtheinternalmemory Erasingindividualfiles – 1 Select the folder you want with » « or »+« and press »●« to 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- confirm. ing and holding »●«. 2 Select the desired file with » – « or »+«. – 2 Select the »Browser« operating mode with » « or »+« and activate with »●«. 3 To select the erasing function, press » «. – The »Delete file« menu appears. – 4 Press » « or »+« to select »Yes« or »No« and confirm with »●«. – If you confirm »Yes«, the selected file is deleted. Browser – A ll the folders and files stored on the player are displayed. 20 ENGLISH...
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PREFERENCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Settingthebacklightdisplay You can set various preferences under the »Setup« menu. switch-offtime Selectingthe»Setup«menu – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »Display 1 Open the main menu in the current playback mode by press- settings« option and activate with »●«. ing and holding »●«. – 2 Select the »Setup« menu with » « or »+« and activate with Setup »●«. Sleep mode Language Display settings Record setting System tools – 2 Press » « or »+« to select the »Backlight« option and acti- vate with »●«. Display setting Setup Brightness Backlight Settingtheplayerswitch-offtime (Sleepmode) – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »Sleep mode« option and activate with »●«.
PREFERENCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Settingthebrightnessofthe Formattingtheplayer display Before formatting, make a backup of all the data on the PC, as otherwise the data may be lost. – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »Display – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »System settings« option and activate with »●«. tools« option and activate with »●«. Setup – 2 Press » « or »+« to select the »Format memory« option and Sleep mode activate with »●«. Language Display settings System tools Record setting Delete System tools Format memory Reset – 2 Press » « or »+« to select the »Brightness« option and acti- System info vate with »●«. Display setting 3 Select the option »Confirm« with » –...
PREFERENCES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Displayingsysteminformation – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »System tools« option and activate with »●«. – 2 Press » « or »+« to select the »System info« option and acti- vate with »●«. System tools Delete Format memory Reset System info – Y ou will see information on the firmware and the avail- able memory space. 3 Switch off the display by pressing »●«. Switchingbetweeninternaland externalmemory – 1 In the »Setup« menu, press » « or »+« to select the »Storage media« option and activate with »●«. Setup Key lock Storage media – 2 Press » « or »+« to select the »Internal memory« or »SD Card« option and activate with »●«. Storage media Internal memory SD Card...
ConvertingvideofilestoAMVfor- * R ecommended Codec: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack (avail- able at www.free-codecs.com or www.k-lite.tk). Note: The player only supports video files in AMV format. However, you can convert video files from other formats (AVI, RM, VOB, The Codec pack supports conversion of video files. ■ DAT, RMVB, MPG, MPEG, MP4,ASF, VMV, MKV) into AMV Connectingtoacomputer format using the “Video Converter” transcoder software on the internal memory of the player or on www.grundig.com. 1 S witch on the computer. 1 Install the “MV&AVI Video Converter” program to your com- 2 S witch off the player by pressing » «. puter’s hard drive. 3 C onnect the USB socket on the player to the USB socket on 2 Start the installed program. the computer using the USB cable. 3 Click »File Video« to select the files to be converted. – A display appears as soon as the connection is made.
OPERATINGWITHACOMPUTER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disconnectingfromthecomputer If there is no data transfer in progress, you can disconnect the player from the computer. Before you disconnect the player’s cable connection to the computer, you must remove the player from the Windows desktop by following the Windows instructions for “Removing hardware”. Note: Do not disconnect the player from the computer while ■ data transfer is in progress. This can damage the data irreparably. 1 Double click the icon for removing hardware. The “Remove hardware” window appears.
INFORMATION - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technicaldata Environmentalnote This product fulfils the European directives This product has been made from high- 2004/108/EC, 2006/95/EC and 2011/65/ quality parts and materials which can be re-used and recycled. Therefore, do not dispose of the product The type plate is located on the back of the device. along with normal household waste at the Powersupply end of its service life. Take it to a collec- Rechargeable battery: 1 x 3.7 V lithium polymer 170 mA tion point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. The symbol on the product, in the oper- Output ating manual or on the packaging indicates that recycling is 2 x 5 mW/32 Ohm (earphones) possible. Noisevoltageratio Please find out about collection points operated by your local ≥ 85 dB authority.
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