Use as an External Hard Drive 3rd Party Music Software Firmware Upgrades Trail Audio Display, Parts and Controls Using the Menu System Modes of Operation TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 2 MUSIC MODE – BASIC FUNCTION Playing Music Files...
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Automatic Silence Detection (ASD) 11:50 AM Page 3 FM RADIO MODE – BASIC FUNCTION FM Radio Mode Manual and Preset Modes Setting Channel Presets Deleting Channel Presets Stereo/Mono Operation Recording From FM Radio Formatting your Trail Audio Player TROUBLESHOOTING TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
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USB connection which eliminates the need for a USB cable and allows the unit to be directly attached to your computers USB ports. Besides being used as an MP3 player, your player may also be used as an external hard drive storage device for your computer.
If this occurs, simply open the unit, remove and reinstall the battery. 11:50 AM Page 5 TRAILAUDIO COPYRIGHT NOTICE Distribution of MP3 files without permission from the content owner is against the copyright laws. HIGHGEAR, Inc. will not be liable for such actions. Digital Outdoor Audio...
Care should also be taken not to press any keys while the unit is submerged or wet as this may cause water to be forced past the key seals damaging the unit.. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM...
HGTrailAudio_man 4/14/05 11:50 AM Page 7 GENERAL INFORMATION PRODUCT CONTENTS Main Unit Stereo Earphones USB Extension Line-In Cable User Manual Cable TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
PC Interface Radio Function Digital Music Format Playback Signal to Noise Ratio Frequency Range Battery Life Equalizer Play Mode TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 8 141 x 34 x 22mm 49 grams 256MB/512MB (Dependent on Model) 1.5v AAA...
Trail Audio players may not be supported by future generations of Apple Macintosh operating systems. The MP3 player is installed as a mass storage device. The driver installation is not necessary unless your PC is running Windows 98/SE. Windows 98, ME, 2000 and XP are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation. Pentium is a registered trademark of the Intel Corporation.
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With most operating systems, no driver or software installation is required. A special driver is required for users running Windows 98SE, please download the driver to your desktop from the High Gear website (www.highgear.com) After downloading the file to your desktop; double click the driver file (setup.exe). Follow onscreen prompts to complete the driver installation process.
FIRMWARE UPGRADES Check www.highgear.com for new firmware upgrades. New firmware developments may provide additional functions as well as improvements of the Trail Audio operating system. Upgrades will be posted as they become available.
MENU KEY press to enter the programming menu of the Trail Audio Player. BACKWARD KEY press to scroll backward through songs. Press and hold to fast backward through a song while playing. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 12...
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LINE-IN PORT allows you to connect the Trail Audio Player to an external music source. TRAILAUDIO CARABINER CLIP allows you to secure the Trail Audio Player to clothing, backpack, etc. BATTERY COVER secures power source of the Trail Audio Player.
Within each of the primary Menu items ( there are sub-menu items corresponding to each of these functions. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM...
11:50 AM Page 15 MODES OF OPERATION The first menu option is MODE Your Trail Audio player has two operational MODES. Prepares the unit to playback MP3 files MUSIC Activates the FM radio system for use TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
REC/A-B you want the section to end (B). The marked section will start to repeat. Press time to cancel the loop. A-B looping will be shown by the adjacent Icon appearing on the display. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 16 .
MUSIC MODE - BASIC OPERATION RECORDING FROM LINE-IN PORT The Trail Audio player is capable of recording from an external source like another MP3 player via the Line-In port located at the bottom of the unit. Simply connect the Line-Out port (Headphone Jack) of the external source to the Line-In port of the Trail Audio Player using the supplied patch cable.
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PLAY MODE Use the keys to advance through the playback options. Select the play back mode you want by pressing the TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 18 keys to advance to the setup option you wish SHUFFLE: Play all tracks in random once.
JAZZ USER – USER DEFAULT BASS TREBLE 4. Use the equalizer settings. EQUALIZER 5. Select a setting by pressing the key. TRAILAUDIO levels. BASS NORMAL ROCK JAZZ CLASSIC USER DEFAULT keys to scroll through the various key. Digital Outdoor Audio...
Select by pressing the RBR MODE Use the keys to advance through the recording rate options. Select the recording rate you want by pressing the TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 20 menu. RBR MODE key.
To escape without deleting a file, press the 11:50 AM Page 21 DELETE MODE menu. key. ?" with the name of the file listed DELETE FILE key when the file appears on the display. key. MENU TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
Select SETTING MODE by pressing the Use the keys to scroll through the various setting options shown. Select the desired Mode by pressing the TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 22 MUSIC RADIO MODES SETTING MODE.
Use the keys to scroll to Select SLEEP by pressing the Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the 11:50 AM Page 23 SETTING. key. timer. SLEEP key. key. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
Use the keys to scroll to Select IDLE by pressing the Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 24 SETTING IDLE TIME OFF, 3, 5,...
RESUME Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the 11:50 AM Page 25 ", the player will start playing at the SETTING. key. RESUME key. key. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
BACKLIGHT TIME Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the Excessive use of the NOTE BACKLIGHT TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 26 , and 60 SECONDS PERMANENT SETTING.
Select by pressing the CONTRAST Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the 11:50 AM Page 27 level ranging from SETTING. key. CONTRAST key. key. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
SCROLLING SPEED Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 28 of song's name on the display. You can choose 2 (SLOW...
Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the 11:50 AM Page 29 of the Trail Audio Player to PROGRAMMING OPTIONS SETTING. key. DEFALT key. key. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
This screen allows you to view the version of software the unit is currently using. Press the Key. MENU Use the keys to advance to Select by pressing the SETTING Use the keys to scroll to Select by pressing the VERSION TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 30 SETTING. key. VERSION key.
Use the keys to scroll to Select by pressing the Use the keys to scroll through the setting options. Select the desired option by pressing the 11:50 AM Page 31 SETTING. key. key. key. TRAILAUDIO , 1sec, 2sec Digital Outdoor Audio...
TO ENTER THE FM RADIO MODE: Press the key. MENU . Select by pressing the MODE Use the keys to scroll to Select by pressing the FM MODE TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 32 key. FM MODE key.
PRESET key. keys to scroll through the radio frequency , you will only see the option to change the FM Radio MENU TRAILAUDIO CHANGE TO MANUAL MODE FM MANUAL MODE CHANGE TO PRESET MODE FM PRESET MODE Digital Outdoor Audio...
Press SAVE NOTE When battery is not fully charged, this process may need to be repeated to properly program channel presets. TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 34 keys. This section gives instructions CHANEL PRESET...
Press Use the controls to select the preset program you wish to delete. Press to confirm delete channel preset. 11:50 AM Page 35 as described previously. DELETE TRAILAUDIO DELETE CHANNEL PRESET CONFIRM DELETE PRESET Digital Outdoor Audio...
NOTE only the alternate mode option will appear on the display. For example, if you are already in the MONO Mode and you enter the MENU, you will only see the option to change the setting to STEREO Mode TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio...
NOTE: Radio recording quality depends on the reception quality at the time of recording 11:50 AM Page 37 TRAILAUDIO HOW TO FORMAT THE PLAYER The purpose of re-formatting the player is to try to restore the player to normal operation.
Unable to install driver or software Unable to find the mass storage device after connection to the PC. How to restore the player to default settings. No Backlight TRAILAUDIO Digital Outdoor Audio 11:50 AM Page 38 SOLUTION Check to make sure battery is still good.
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