TerraTec M3PO GO Manual
TerraTec M3PO GO Manual

TerraTec M3PO GO Manual

Portable mp3/ cd player
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12.04.01
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  • Page 1 Manual (English) 12.04.01...
  • Page 2 Meticulous care has been taken in the preparation of all text passages and illustrations in this manual. TerraTec Electronic GmbH and its authors, however, accept no liability, legal or otherwise, for errors or the consequences of such errors. We reserve the right to technical modifications.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Useful information on MP3....................23 What is MP3? ........................23 How come? ........................23 Legal or not? ........................25 How does it all work? ......................26 What are ID Tags? ......................27 Internet Links........................27 The Service from TerraTec..................... 28 M3PO go...
  • Page 4: The Package Contents

    “The Service from TerraTec “ on page 28. Welcome aboard! Ready to (PO)go?! Good to see you have chosen the TerraTec M3PO go. The device you have before you belongs to a completely new generation of mobile MP3 CD players. Chances are you have already used a portable CD player, so the basic functions are probably familiar.
  • Page 5 10 sec. anti-shock buffer in CD audio mode Sound adjustment for bass and treble Energy saving function that switches off the CD motor as soon as the buffer is filled with enough data for MP3 playback. Foldable neck held headphones M3PO go...
  • Page 6 CDs, but also uses less electricity. For playback of MP3 CDs the M3PO go - as you can see for yourself when it's running - takes the following form: after pressing PLAY, the CD runs for a short time and a part of the MP3 file gets read into the anti-shock buffer.
  • Page 7 Treatment. As you have already heard, the M3PO go is very shock resistant, but despite this, it puts high value on being treated respectfully. It will thank you with uncountable hours of musical en- joyment. A picture says more than a 1000 words...
  • Page 8: That's What It Looks Like: Set Up/Structure And Connection

    100 mW. one end a 3,5 mm mini-jack for the port on the M3PO go, on the other end two male plugs for contact to an amplifier / Note.
  • Page 9: Running Over The Plug-In Adaptor

    Next Running over the plug-in adaptor. As soon as you run the M3PO go over the plug-in adaptor, the background on the display is illuminated. If it isn't active, you should check the connections again. And here you find the connection for your adaptor...
  • Page 10: Put It In And Start Up

    MP3 CDs, so-called data CDs with MP3 files written on them. It doesn't matter if there are other files on the CD besides the MP3 files, the M3PO go searches the CD by itself for files with the ending .mp3. Pay attention not to use files with the ending .mp3 that aren't really MP3 files.
  • Page 11: Better Not Lose The Overview: The Eda System

    EDA system reduces the navigation to the essential: different file formats as well as folders that don't contain MP3 titles, are simply hidden. For better understanding of the tactic you find some illustrations further down. M3PO go...
  • Page 12 To simplify the overview and introduce a level hierarchy, one folder depth (DIR LEVEL) after the other is searched for MP3 files. The folder levels are also important for displaying the info on the M3PO go: After the first (here zero - ROOT), the complete level 1 is searched, catalogued, then level 2, etc.
  • Page 13 EDA function. Comprehensively titled, your desired songs are quickly and easily found with a minimum of button pushing necessary. Please note. When creating your own CDs please follow these guidelines, a maximum of 999 files in no more than 255 folders are allowed. M3PO go...
  • Page 14: Another Tip

    Normally standard CD burning software sorts the folders to be burned alphabetically. If you want to influence the order of appearance of the folders in the M3PO go simply insert a num- ber at the beginning of the folder names – like “1 {folder name}”, “2 {folder name}”, “3 {folder name}”, etc.
  • Page 15: Print Me - The Buttons And Their Functions

    Or a title that is bookmarked. If no title is bookmarked yet, this function is not offered. How to mark a title is described on page 18. (MP3 CD) FUNCTION This button switches between the various playback modes. M3PO go...
  • Page 16 Directory mode using the DIR / FILE button you can switch to the next folder, i.e. in File mode to the next file. The integrated Jog Dial is more comfortable to use, more about that on page 8. M3PO go...
  • Page 17 One title from the complete CD is chosen randomly and played. After the song is finished playing a new one is chosen randomly ... All titles on the CD are played in order one time, and then the playback is stopped. M3PO go...
  • Page 18 Of course this function offers the option of collecting all your favorites from a CD in one list, comparable to a playlist in the PC – but with the advantage that the list can be changed any- time. The trick: the M3PO go is capable of remembering up to 10 CDs, each with 50 book- marks.
  • Page 19: From Audio Cd To Mp3 Cd

    From Audio CD to MP3 CD. Creating your own MP3 CDs to play in the M3PO go is incredibly simple. You need a computer with a CD burner, software to read the audio CDs, software to convert (encode) the audio tracks into MP3 format and again software to burn the MP3 files to CD.
  • Page 20: Crash Course In Musicmatch Jukebox

    Whether MP3 or Windows Media files - simply “drag n' drop” them into the playlist or player window or over “File” -> “Open”. For playback on the PC a soundcard is of course required. Coincidentally, TerraTec can also help you in this regard. The Recorder Clicking on the record button in the player will bring you to the recorder.
  • Page 21: Burn Baby, Burn

    “CD-R” and choose “Create CD from Playlist”. Pay attention to select “Data (MP3, WMA, WAV)” for MP3 files and then click on “Add Song”, maneuver to the song path location determined as stated in the previous chapter and click on “Create CD”. That's it – really. M3PO go...
  • Page 22 Musicmatch web page under http://www.musicmatch.com/jukebox/player/cdr.cgi . Keep in mind: In order to use the M3PO go comfortably and easily navigate through your MP3 CD's, before you burn a CD you should take a second look at the functionality of the EDA sys- tem (Chapter “Better not lose the overview: the EDA system.”...
  • Page 23: Useful Information On Mp3

    'unpacked' (i.e. decompressed). In order to achieve a decrease of 1:11 or more, another process will be required – data reduc- tion. You may have guessed by its name, that some data will actually be cancelled in this pro- M3PO go...
  • Page 24 CD, but the quality should not really be the issue here. .MP3 was never developed in competition to CD, but to offer an alternative option of storing your audio data. And .MP3 is a great alternative, which is a great benefit to the user. M3PO go...
  • Page 25: Legal Or Not

    The 50 MP3 titles on the M3PO go CD come, by the way, from such an online label – BeSonic. If you want to know more about BeSonic click on the corresponding button in the autostarter menu of the M3PO go CD.
  • Page 26: How Does It All Work

    Near CD quality (stereo) 16:1 CD quality (stereo) 112...160 14...8:1 The m3po processes bit rates of up to 320 kBit per second. The coded data can be burned to CD and played back by your M3Po go. As simple as that. M3PO go...
  • Page 27: What Are Id Tags

    A record company. www.callasong.de Kepton / Day-long radio shows on CD. www.kepton.de Deutschlandfunk Please note that the contents of these pages have nothing to do with us directly and we take no responsibility for their content or use. Thank you M3PO go...
  • Page 28: The Service From Terratec

    The Service from TerraTec. “I Followed the instructions 'to the letter' but …” is not pleasant, but can occur even in the best system. In such cases the TerraTec team is available for info and help. Hotline, Mailbox, Internet. If you have a difficult problem that the handbook, you, or your neighbor or salesman can't solve - then please contact us directly.

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