Summary of Contents for BayCom OSCAR
- Page 1 OSCAR MP3-Player EJECT MENU SELECT BayCom STOP User Manual Version A6, June 2002 BayCom...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Important Note: Ideas, texts, figures and circuits in this manual and design, hard- and software of the OSCAR MP-3 player are copyright protected. Distribution, in whole or parts of it, publication and manufacturing of copies of the OSCAR MP-3 player or the copying or modifying of the manual is prohibted. -
Page 3: Introduction
MPEG-1, layer 3 (in short: MP3) audio coding standard, a storage volume of up to 12 hours per CD is feasible. OSCAR has been designed as a standalone player for MP3 compressed audio data. These data can either be stored on a CD-ROM, which can be played via the built-in CD-Rom drive or on a hard-disk, which can be optionally mounted into the player’s case. -
Page 4: Delivered Items
Channel Channel Headphones Connect the OSCAR via the power cable to a 240V power outlet. The metal case is connected to ground. The decoded audio can be delivered to headphones via the headphone connector or fed into an external power amplifier via the line-out connectors. Active speakers (with built-in amplifier) may also be connected directly to the line-out connectors. -
Page 5: Controls
Controls The following drawing shows an overview of the OSCAR controls. They are pretty similar to a conventional CD-player. All operations are performed via 5 switch buttons and a rotary encoder with integrated push-down button. Power switch IR-Sensor EJECT-button MENU-button... -
Page 6: Getting Started In A Minute
Getting started in a minute This page is intended for all these fellows, who do not like to read manuals: Connect OSCAR (see previous pages), switch it on and wait for boot-up Open tray by pressing EJECT and insert MP3 CD-ROM Close tray by pressing EJECT again. -
Page 7: Operating Oscar
→ Best of Jane.m3u When a new CD is inserted into OSCAR, all subdirectories are scanned for .mp3 and .3u files, all other files are ignored. A list of songs and playlists is stored in OSCARs internal RAM with path and filename. CD-Audio tracks are scanned also, but since they do not have a name assigned, a symbolic name and the track number is used for storage. - Page 8 Playlists → OSCAR could not find any .mp3 files No Tracks Found Since OSCAR administrates tracks and playlist separately, the physical file structure in the example on the previous page is translated into the following logical filestructure. → Tracks →...
- Page 9 The most common functions are: • NXT • Skips to the next song during playing • PRG • Adds actual song to the playlist, when programming mode is selected. • ESC • Leaves menu without action (in menu mode). BayCom OSCAR-MP3...
- Page 10 Remote Control OSCAR is delivered with an infrared control. The functionality is similar to the front keyboard, see the following figure: EJECT MPEG-Info MENU ON/OFF ENTER RIGHT LEFT DOWN/ENTER VOLUME UP MUTE ON/OFF VOLUME DOWN PLAY FAST REVERSE STOP PREVIOUS...
- Page 11 10 seconds without action or by pushing the HOTKEY. PLAY AND SHUFFLE MODES The order of songs played by OSCAR from CD or hard disk is controled by the Play- and Shuffle Mode settings. BayCom OSCAR-MP3...
- Page 12 Selected modes are marked in the display by the letters listed above. AN means that all Songs of the CD are played. At the end, OSCAR stops. DR means that only the actual directory is played. When this is done, OSCAr starts again at the begin of the directory.
- Page 13 (N) Normal, i.e. the order in which the songs are in the directory, stops at the end (S) Shuffle, i.e. random selection (R) Repeat, i.e. all songs selected by the playmode are played, at the end OSCAR starts again. • Wheelmode Sets function of the SELECT wheel in cuemode: −...
- Page 14 • Scrollmode If a titel name is longer than 20 characters (up to 32 are allowed), OSCAR scrolls the title name in the display. Via this setting you can switch the the scrolling mode on or off. (Press SELECT to enter) •...
- Page 15 "SELECTION" wheel. • Save Settings Saves actual configuration permanently. OSCAR will play with the same settings when switching it on next time. • → PROGRAM Programming / Playlist settings of OSCAR •...
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Page 16: Advanced Operation Of Oscar
CLEAR PROGRAM (to be found in MENU-MODE). When switching OSCAR off the mains, any playlist is deleted. If you have a hard disk in your OSCAR, a programmed playlist can be saved as an .M3U file permanently to hard disk. This is done by pressing MENU - MODE –... - Page 17 By navigating with SELECT/UP or by selecting the sub menu Auswahl des PLAYLISTS from the OSCAR MENÜ a list of all playlists found on the media can be accessed. You can select a specific playlist via the SELECT wheel and button. This moves OSCAR into the program mode described above.
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Page 18: Rs-232 Interface
The RS-232 can be connected to a PC. The following pins of the 9 pin Sub-D connector on OSCARs rear panel should be connected: OSCAR-Pin PC-Pin You can monitor the operation of OSCAR via a terminal program. The correct settings are: Baudrate: 115 kbit/s 8 bit 1 Stopbit no parity We plan to implement some control features via RS-232 in the future. -
Page 19: Adding A Hard Disk
(Note: This is new and different to earlier firmware versions of OSCAR!). If you intend to use a hard disk only (without CD-ROM), tha hard disk must be jumpered as master. In this case, the hard disk must be already formatted (FAT32) and the MP3 files should be already stored on the hard disk. - Page 20 OSCAR will now start to copy the file or directory selected. As this may take a longer time a progress indicator is shown.
- Page 21 This is done via MENU-MODES-CREATE HD INDEX OSCAR then creates an Index file named OSCAR.NDX on the hard disk, containing all title paths on the hard disk. This index file should always be created when new files are added or especiall, when files are deleted.
- Page 22 BayCom Service informations Ordering OSCAR or parts All BayCom articles can be ordered via the address provided below. Please ask for actual pricing informations. Order information: 1500 OSCAR-MP3 Player, assembled, black front, incl. remote control 1510 OSCAR-MP3 Player, main and front PCB (do-it-yourself-kit)