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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Music playing screen ....30 LG Media Center ..... 14 Play .
  • Page 3 Recording FM radio broadcasting ..37 LG Media Center ..... . 48 Listening to the radio recorded file .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Specifications ....51 Supported File Spec ....52 http://www.lge.com .

  • Page 5: Features

    Features Removable disk The music therapy feature may not be provided de- pending on the product model. You can copy and store files on the Windows Explorer. DRM feature Support USB 2.0 full speed What is the DRM? The DRM refers to the technologies The user can download files at a fast speed.

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    Important safety instructions Please follow the safety instructions closely to reduce the risk of accidents or damage to equipment. Safety instructions are divided into Warning and Attention. Keep this manual in an easily accessible place. Not following the instruction may result in a light accident or damage. Not following the instruction may result in death or serious injury.
  • Page 7 Important safety instructions Keep your computing environment clean and Do not operate the Player near water, dust, or free of dust. soot. Do not disconnect the USB cable. Do not turn Do not place the player near a magnet or off the player while the USB cable is con- within the magnetic field.

  • Page 8: Caution

    Important safety instructions CAUTION Do not use this apparatus near water. - For example:near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, PLEASE READ AND OBSERVE ALL WARNINGS laundry tub, in a wet basement; or near a swimming AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS OWNER MANUAL pool;...
  • Page 9 Important safety instructions - If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult Servicing is required when the apparatus has been an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet. damaged in any way, such as power- supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or 10 .

  • Page 10: Warning

    Important safety instructions Warning FCC COMPLIANCE STATE- MENT - To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not ex- pose this aappliance to rain or moisture. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to WAR NING Part 15 of FCC Rules.

  • Page 11: Fcc Warning

    - Caution: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent ance type recommended by LG. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product it means the product is...

  • Page 12: Package Contents

    Package contents Connecting the neck strap To connect the neck strap to the unit Turn the lower part of neck strap in the direc- tion of arrows and detach it from the upper part. Main body Line-in cable USB cable Put a neck strap string into the ring of the main Battery Quick setup guide...

  • Page 13: Name Of Each Component

    Name of each component Front/Side view Side/Rear view Battery Cover ON/OFF/PLAY/PAUSE Earphones connector B-MARK (Bookmark)/Repeat Neck strap holder USB connector MIC (microphone) MENU / Select button - Goes to Home menu (upon pressing the button for two seconds or longer.) REW / Search button FF / Search button Volume Control...

  • Page 14: Installing Software

    Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher - Windows Media Player or Internet Explorer will be Read the License Agreement. Select the automatically installed during installation of the LG checkbox, and click on [Next] button. Media Center. Internet Explorer is only installed on an internet enabled PC.
  • Page 15 After finishing the installation, click on [Finish] Click on [Install] button to start installation. button. During installation of the LG Media Center, the Click on Start > All Programs > LG Media Cen- user can install the Windows Media Player and ter to start the program.

  • Page 16: Lg Lyrics Center

    LG Lyrics Center Click on [Next] button. Insert the operation program CD into the CD ROM. Select the LG Lyrics Center. Follow the displayed instructions. Read the License Agreement, and select the checkbox. Select the language and click on [OK] button.

  • Page 17: Installing And Running Firmware Updater

    Click on [OK] button to finish installation of the program. Click on [Yes] button. 12 . Click on Start > All programs > LG Lyrics Cen- 10 . Windows media format installation screen will ter to start the program. appear. Click on [Yes] button.
  • Page 18 Installing software Insert the installation CD-ROM into you CD- Select the installation path, and click on [Next] ROM drive. button. Run the firmware updater. Installshield wizard starts. Click [Next]. Read the License Agreement. Select the checkbox, and click on [Next] button. Click on [Install] button to start installation.
  • Page 19 Installing software Select [Start] > [All Programs] > [LGE FM15 MP3 Player] > [Firmware Download] Connect the mp3 player to a USB port on your computer. 10 . Check the current firmware version, when the Firmware download window appears. 11 .

  • Page 20: Installing Win98Se Device Driver

    Installing software Installing Win98SE Device In case the player is not recognized automat- ically on Win98SE Driver Connect the player to the computer. Insert the installation CD-ROM into you CD- Select the LGE FM 15 in the system properties ROM drive. and click [Properties].
  • Page 21 Installing software Click the [Reinstall Driver]. Select the Search for the best driver for your device and click [Next]. Locate the folder where the installation files are stored and click [Next]. Update Device Driver Wizard appears. Click [Next].
  • Page 22 Installing software When the installation is complete, click [Next]. The installed device driver can be used as a removeble storage disk in the Windows Explorer. Check the installation status in System Proper- ties as shown below.

  • Page 23: Installation Of The Music Therapy

    Installing software Installation of the Music Ther- Click on Download button. Then, the therapy music file will be downloaded to the MP3 player. The music therapy helps user refresh, sleep better, and concentrate better with music with special functions or good for health. Insert the operating program CD into the drive.

  • Page 24: Connecting To The Pc

    Connecting to the PC Using the removeble storage Drag the file you want to copy to the remov- able disk. device Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB port of the PC and the other to the USB port of the player.

  • Page 25: Replacing Firmware

    Select the installation path, and click on [Next] button. Click on [Install] button to start installation. After finishing the installation, click on [Finish] button. Select Start > All Programs > LGE FM15 MP3 Player > Firmware Download to start the pro- gram.

  • Page 26: Installation And Conection

    Installation and conection Battery Info Connecting the player to the This product dose not come with an AC adapter. - Playback time : Max 18 hrs (In the case of MP3 128Kbps/44.1KHz, EQ Normal, Volume 15 and alka- Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB line battery) port of the PC and the other to the USB port of - When the battery is almost used up,...

  • Page 27: Disconnecting The Player From The Pc

    Installation and conection Disconnecting the player Click on [OK] button. from the PC This feature is to safely remove the player from the PC after uploading or downloading the files. Double-click on Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar of the PC. After a message that the large-capacity USB Click on [Stop] button when the window storage can be safely removed is displayed,...

  • Page 28: Basic Operation

    Basic operation Turning on/off the power Volume control Press and hold ON/OFF button for more than Control the volume by moving the volume con- 1 second to turn on, and repeat it to turn off for trol button to the direction of + or -. more than 3 seconds.

  • Page 29: Home Menu Screen

    Basic operation Home menu screen Press and hold MENU button to open home menu. Press FF/REW button to select the mode. Press MENU button to display the selected mode. - The initial screen consists of total five modes. - Home menu appears if MENU button is pressed for longer than 2 seconds during Play / Stop mode.

  • Page 30: Playing Music Files

    Playing music files Music playing screen Play Press and hold MENU button to open the home menu. Push FF/REW button to select the [Music] mode. Pressing MENU button will open Music Play screen. Play/Pause display Song information display Volume display Play mode display Press PLAY/PAUSE button to play the music Playback time (upon playing)

  • Page 31: Playing Mode

    Playing music files Speed search of the play list Press PLAY/PAUSE button again to resume playing. Push FF/REW button for two seconds or longer to fast search. Playing mode - You may play a song by jumping to a particular point. Press REC button shortly while paused or while playing back.

  • Page 32: A-B Repeat

    Playing music files Press B-MARK button shortly while listening to another song or another part of the song. - It automatically searches the bookmarked point and plays. To cancel the bookmark, press B-MARK button for two seconds or longer. A-B Repeat icon will disappear.

  • Page 33: Playing The Record List

    Playing music files Playing the record list File error When you select a file which cannot be played, the Press MENU button shortly in the music mode. following message will be displayed. Choose a folder among FM, LINE-IN, or VOICE folders. Navigate to the file you want to play in a partic- ular folder and play it by pressing MENU or PLAY/PAUSE or push FF button.

  • Page 34: Fm Radio Reception (Option)

    FM radio reception (Option) FM radio reception screen Press MENU button to display the FM radio reception screen. Preset/Non Preset Mode Press MENU button shortly while listening to Channel display (only in Preset mode) the radio. Mono/Stereo display - Preset mode is set. - Preset mode : When the existing radio channels are FM radio frequency display already set, it is called 'preset mode'.

  • Page 35: Searching The Fm Radio Stations

    FM radio reception (Option) Searching the FM radio sta- Storing FM radio frequencies tions Automatic channel setting Manually searching the FM radio stations Press REC button for two seconds or longer to search and store radio channels in Non-Preset In Non-Preset mode, shortly pressing FF/REW mode.

  • Page 36: Deleting Channels

    FM radio reception (Option) - When a channel is deleted, we can still receive other When a message appears that "Save as a channels. When there is no channel left, icon will CH", select Yes and shortly press MENU but- blink.

  • Page 37: Recording Fm Radio Broadcasting

    FM radio reception (Option) Recording FM radio broad- Press REC button shortly again to end record- ing. casting Press REC button to start recording while lis- tening to the radio. icon will appear and then disappear. Listening to the radio recorded file icon will appear.

  • Page 38: Recording

    Recording Recording screen Push FF/REW button to select the [Voice] mode. Press MENU button in [Voice] mode . Press REC button to start recording. Recorded time display Recording progress display Recorded file name display icon will appear, and then recording will start. Recording quality display - The recorded files will be stored in VOICE folder in V001.MP3 format.

  • Page 39: Listening To The Voice Recorded File

    Recording Listening to the voice recorded file Press and hold the MENU button to select the music mode. Press MENU button shortly while in music mode. Select the VOICE folder from the browser menu. Choose a recording file you want to hear and shortly press the MENU, PLAY/PAUSE or push FF button.

  • Page 40: External Input

    External Input Connecting to an external Press REC button to start recording. icon will appear, and then recording will start. device - The recorded files will be stored in LINE-IN folder in E001.MP3 format. Connect the Line-in cable to the line-out port of - The higher the quality is, the shorter the recording time the external device and to the line-in port of the MP3 player.

  • Page 41: Listening To The External Recorded File

    External Input Listening to the external recorded file Press and hold the MENU button to select the music mode. Press MENU button shortly while in music mode. Select the LINE-IN folder from the browser menu. Choose a recording file you want to hear and shortly press the MENU, PLAY/PAUSE or push FF button.

  • Page 42: Setting Lower Features

    Setting lower features Setup mode screen...

  • Page 43: Operating Setup Feature

    Setting lower features Operating Setup feature Playing mode Press MENU button to open home menu. You can select the play mode you want. Push FF/REW button to select the [Setting] Description GUI feature mode. Plays all songs. Play all Repeats all songs. Repeat all Randomly repeats all songs.

  • Page 44: Screen Layout

    Setting lower features AUTO EQ, NORMAL, XBass, ROCK, POP, JAZZ, - In case the user selects [On], the artist and the title of the ID3 tag will be displayed. CLASSICA, DANCE, HIPHOP/RAP, R&B/SOUL, LIVE View Lyrics : Displays the lyrics of the music file. - NORMAL : Bacic sound quality with no sound effect.

  • Page 45: Record

    Setting lower features Reception area : The user can set the reception The Automatic Off feature does not function in the ra- dio mode. area. - The user can select [Japan] or [Others]. Sleep reservation : When the defined time passes, the player will be automatically turned off.

  • Page 46: Running Recovery

    Release the PLAY/PAUSE button when the onscreen. device is recognized properly as seen in the - Player does not work progress bar completion status. - You cannot download or upload files Select Start> All Programs > LG FM15 MP3 Player > Firmware download.
  • Page 47 Setting lower features To format the device, check the "Format data area" in the download option when the update screen appears. All files will be deleted from the player. Please back up your data before executing this option. - We recommend the "format data area". Click [Start] to run the Recovery.

  • Page 48: Using The Application Program

    LG Media Center Auto Firmware updating The LG Media Center program is an integrated data Connect the player to the PC where the LG Media management program development for users to Center is installed to download a new version of more conveniently use the Flash MP3 player.

  • Page 49: Lg Lyrics Center

    Help menu. LG Lyrics Center View the manual The LG Lyrics Center program can automatically/ PDF document The user needs the Adobe Acrobat manually store the lyrics in the music file. It also Reader to read the manual.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting The player is not turned on. some music files or folders to see the files which are not previously listed. A :Check whether the battery is remaining. The screen is blur. A :Avoid direct sun rays and adjust the brightness. A :Check the LCD brightness.

  • Page 51: Specifications

    File system FAT12 / FAT16 / FAT32 OS for MP3 Player Device Win98SE / ME / 2000 / XP OS for LG Media Center Win2000 / XP OS for LG Lyrics Center Win98SE / ME / 2000 / XP Interface USB2.0 Full Speed...

  • Page 52: Supported File Spec

    Specifications Supported File Spec : Support both Stereo and Mono (s) : Only Stereo (m) : Only Mono MP3 Decoder - Support decoding including Variable Rate(VBR)
  • Page 53 Specifications MP3 Encoder - 44.1KHz, (96Kbps, 128Kbps, 192Kbps) Spec...

  • Page 54: Http://Www.lge.com

    Specifications WMA Decoder WAV Decoder - Ver 4x, 7, 8 ( ) Ver 9 ( ) (ASF not supported) http://www.lge.com Information related to the product is available at this site. - By updating the firmware, the user can improve the performance of the product.

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