Safety Instructions... 3 Chapter 1. Introduction ... 4 How to Use This Guide... 5 Unpack... 6 Chapter 2. Getting Started ... 7 Overview... 7 LCD Display... 8 Insert a Battery ... 9 Battery Consuming Reference ... 9 Sporty Earphone... 10 Hold Switch ...
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Repeat Settings ... 20 FM Radio Mode... 21 Select FM Radio Mode ... 21 Select FM Station... 21 Storing a Favorite Station... 21 Selecting the Stored Favorite Station... 22 Recording Radio Broadcast... 22 Play a Recorded FM Voice File... 23 Delete a Recorded FM Voice File ...
Safety Instructions Always read the safety instructions carefully. Keep this User’s Guide for future reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a service personnel: Liquid has penetrated into the equipment.
Chapter 1. Introduction ongratulations on becoming a new user of MEGA STICK, the finely designed portable digital audio player. convenience of storing your personal data and the enjoyment of using various audio functions. We are proud to tell our users that MEGA STICK is thoroughly tested and certified by our reputation for unsurpassed dependability and customer satisfaction.
How to Use This Guide This User’s Guide provides instructions and illustrations on how to install and operate your MEGA STICK. We assume that those users whose operation system is at least Windows 98 or 98SE are familiar with their OS, and be capable to follow the step-by-step instructions to install the driver of MEGA STICK.
Unpack MEGA STICK (Portable Digital Audio Player) Sporty Earphone Extension Cable for Earphone Metal Necklace USB Extension Cable Quick Installation Guide Carry Bag Driver Disk AAA Battery The accessories come with MEGA STICK package may be different from those shown above.
Chapter 2. Getting Started Overview 1. Battery Cover 2. Hold Switch 3. USB Connector Cap 4. USB Connector 5. Power On/Off Play/Pause 6. Volume+/- 6 7 9 10 Slide open to insert an AAA size battery here. Switch to hold position to prevent any miss touching while MEGA STICK is recording or playing.
7. MENU 8. Fn 9. REC 10. MIC 11. Earphone Jack 12. External MIC Jack LCD Display 1 2 3 1. Hold (Lock) Switch 2. Playback Status 3. Volume 4. A to B Repeat 5. Repeat Mode 6. Equalizer 7. Battery Status 8.
Insert a Battery 1. Gently detach the USB connector cap, and you will find that the cap is attached to the main set with a special design string to avoid losing it. Note: Do not use force to pull the cap for safety concern. 2.
Sporty Earphone The high quality Sporty Earphone that comes with MEGA STICK is special designed for you to wear in any occasion to listen to the music or FM broadcasting from MEGA STICK. With this Sporty Earphone, you should find that the earphone would not come off even if when you are running, dancing, or doing any other exercise.
Chapter 3. Driver & Utility Installation Connect MEGA STICK to Computer 1. Remove the USB connector cap. 2. Plug one end of the supplied USB cable to your computer, and plug the other end to MEGA STICK. 3. Once MEGA STICK is connected to the computer, MEGA STICK should be detected by the operation system automatically.
Utility Installation MEGA STICK provides a useful utility for upgrading the latest firmware provided by MSI via Internet. To install this utility, insert the supplied disk into the computer, and follow the on-screen instructions. 1. Click Next to continue. 2. Click Yes to continue.
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4. Click Next to continue. 5. Installation is on going. 6. Click Finish to continue.
MEGA STICK with this Utility. Firmware Updating To update the firmware, download the latest firmware from MSI website first, and place the downloaded firmware under [Program files -> MSI -> MS-551X]. Now, follow the instructions below to update the new firmware: 1.
5. Run the Update program by selecting [Start -> Programs -> MSI -> MS-551X] to load the firmware. 6. After loading firmware, you can see an update dialog. 7. Deselect Format Data Area to update the new firmware without formatting MEGA STICK.
Chapter 4. Basic Usage Power On and Off 1. Press the Play/Pause [ on MEGA STICK, a power on icon and MSI startup logo will be shown on the display. 2. To power off MEGA STICK, press and hold the Play/Pause [ until the power is switched off.
Editing Sound Tracks (Files) 1. Press the Play/Pause [ no sound track added in the memory of this drive, you will read the massage as below on the screen. 2. Remove the USB connector cap, and then plug one end of the supplied USB cable to your computer, and plug the other end to MEGA STICK.
Music Playback Normal Playback 1. Press the Play/Pause [ 2. During playback, press the Play/Pause [ playback. Select the Next or Previous Track (File) 1. During playback, push the Menu button to the right once to skip to the next track.
Delete a Track (File) 1. Press down the Menu button once, and push the Menu button to the right until DELETE FILE appears on the display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to select DEL MUSIC.
EQ Settings While you are listening to the music, you are allowed to choose a desired EQ mode to meet your personal need or habit. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right until SETTINGS appears on the display.
3. Press down the Menu button once, and switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose NORMAL, REPEAT ONE, REPEAT ALL, SHUFFLE, or SHUFFLE REP. FM Radio Mode When FM Radio Mode is selected for the very first time, MEGA STICK will run an auto station searching and store the searched ten station as the preset favorite stations.
1. To store a favorite Station, select a desired frequency first. 2. Press the Menu button once, and you should read the massage of SAVE TO P01 appears on the Display. 3. Switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired favorite station number.
3. Once the REC button is pressed, the selected station frequency will start being recorded. On the Display, users should read that a recording FM file is generated and place under the folder of [/VOICE/]. The recording file name sequence starts from [ F001. WAV ], and then [F002. WAV ], and so forth. 4.
Delete a Recorded FM Voice File 1. To delete a recorded FM voice File, press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right until DELETE FILE appears on the display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select DEL VOICE.
Switch to and off FM mode Switch from Music Playback mode to FM mode During music playback, press and hold the Fn button located on the side of MEGA STICK for one second to select FM Mode. Switch from FM mode to Music Playback mode During FM mode, press and hold the Menu button for one second.
Play a Recorded Voice File 1. To play a recorded voice file, press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right until VOICE appears on the display. 2. Press down the Menu button again, and use the Menu button to select a desired recorded voice file by pushing the Menu button right or left.
Delete All Voice Files 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right until DELETE FILE appears on the display. 2. Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL VOICE.
Language Learning Function MEGA STICK enables users to listen to a particular sound track section playback repeatedly during music or voice playback. With this function, users will be able to pay more attention on the repeated section and to achieve the result of learning language.
Operation Menus MEGA STICK provides a Menu switching button that includes most function designed for MEGA STICK. With this Menu switching button, in addition to switch between Music Playback, FM Radio or Recording mode, EQ setting or any other setting for MEGA STICK can be also adjusted quickly and easily. Operation Menus MUSIC VOICE...
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1. Press the Menu button, and push the Menu button right or left to select desired function. 2. Select MUSIC by pressing Menu button once to enter music playback mode. 3. Select VOICE by pressing down the Menu button and press theMenu button the right once to enter voice playback mode.
Other Settings Backlight Under this Backlight setting, you are able to set a time to turn off the backlight of the LCD Display automatically. 1. Press down the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right until SETTINGS appears on the display.
2. Press down the Menu button again, and then push the Menu button to the right to select CONTRAST. Once the massage of CONTRAST appears on the screen, press down the Menu button again. 3. Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to increase or decrease the Contrast value.
4. When a selection is decided, press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection,and the display will return to POWER OFF. Record Rate Under the Record Rate setting, you are able to set the record rate by need. Note that the better record rate is selected, the bigger size of recording file will be.
the left to select STARTUP LOGO. 3. Push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired startup graphic within the START LOGO options. 4. Once the desired graphic appears on the screen, press down the Menu button to confirm selection, the screen will go back to its previous status.
USB Flash Disk Users are able to save personal data in various formats to MEGA STICK memory. You can say MEGA STICK is a hard disk, but a portable, small and exquisite one. To save data to MEGA STICK, simply connect it to computer, and use Windows Explorer to manage your data.
USB Cable *** One year guarantee is for the device only. All accessories are expired of warranty in 7 days after it is purchased. MEGA STICK 256 95.7 (W) x 31(D) x 18.9(H) mm 29 g without battery, 40g with battery -20°C ~ +70 °C...
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