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English Operator’s Manual Digital MP3 Player MP5956RD Music Encoder Voice Recorder Mass Storage Function Operator’s Manual (EN) 1-38...
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English Operator’s Manual THIS INSTRUCTION BOOK MAY CONTAIN ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronics or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or translated to another language for any purpose without the prior written consent of the manufacturer.
English Table of Contents Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Features--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Package Contents---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Overview--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Buttons Operation--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Display----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 On-screen-menu Operation---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Power On and Off--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Changing Mode-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Entering Main Menu Page-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Music-------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Skip a Song------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Fast Forward and Backward---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Local Folder------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Delete File--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Delete All--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Exit------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12...
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English Editing Lyrics------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Downloading MP3 and WMA songs------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Folder Management and Navigation------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Folder Management-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Folder Navigation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Sub-Folder-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 Root Directory------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Using USB Mass Storage Function--------------------------------------------------------------------------------33 Disconnecting the USB Cable--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33 Formatting the Internal Memory------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 35 Using the Formatting Software Utilities----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Using the Formatting in Windows®---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Trouble Shooting-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Technical Specifications---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38...
English Introduction Thank you for choosing our digital MP3 player. You can use this versatile MP3 player not only for playing MP3 and WMA songs, but also recording voice and serving as a USB flash disk. Features Large 2-color OLED display with backlight Support MP3 (MPEG1/2 Layer2) and WMA music playback Digital voice recorder Line-in Recording...
English Buttons Operation Operation EARPHONES Insert the earphones into the earphones jack JACK USB PORT Connect the USB cable to the USB port of the computer for uploading the songs MICROPHONE Microphone for voice recording NEXT/ In PLAYING mode, push the button rightward and FAST FORWARD release immediately to jump to next song In PLAYING mode, push the button rightward and...
English Display Display Icon Function Repeat Mode Show the current repeat mode used. Battery Level Show the battery level. Volume increase or decrease Show the current volume Mode of Equalizer Indicate the current mode of equalizer used. 7 different EQ settings are available for selection. Bit Rate Show the bit rate of the song The Name of Playing Song...
English On-screen-menu Operation In STOP mode (No song or voice is playing) * Remark: “FM” is only applicable for the player with built-in FM function. Local Folder Delete File Main Delete All Menu Exit 32K WAV 8K ACT 32K VOR 8K VOR Music Local Folder...
English Power On and Off Power On Push the ON/OFF button to turn on the player. The "LOGO" appears on the display. Power Off Push the ON/OFF button to turn off the player. The player is off. Battery Level The battery icon on the display shows the battery level.
English After entering Main Menu page, select Music and press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter Playing Song mode. Note: Only .MP3 and .WMA format will be played under Playing Song mode. The display will return to the following screen in STOP mode. Push MODE/CONFIRM button leftward or rightword to select your desired song.
English Delete File In STOP mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter sub-memu, select Delete File and enter by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button. Select YES and press MODE/CONFIRM button to delete the current song. Delete All In STOP mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter sub-memu, select Delete All and enter by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button.
English Put the sound source near the built-in microphone. Press MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the selection and then press REC to start recording. You are allowed to press PLAY/PAUSE button to start or stop the recording. When you finished the recording, press and hold MODE/CONFIRM button. Release the button when the wording of “Saving…”...
English The display will return to the following screen in STOP mode. Press MODE/CONFIRM button leftward or rightward to select your desired voice. Press PLAY button to start playing selected audio files. If there is no recorded audio file, “No Files!” will show on the display. Skip a Voice Push MODE button rightward or leftward and release immediately to jump to next or previous recorded voice.
English System Settings After entering Main Menu page, press MODE/CONFIRM button to select System Function. Press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter Record Time System Function menu page. Screen Saver Screen Picture Language Power Off Replay Mode Contrast Online Mode Memory Info Firmware version Firmware Upgrade Record Time...
English Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward and leftward to change the selection and then press MODE/CONFIRM to confirm. Screen Picture After entering System Function menu page, select Screen picture by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button to set the screen picture. The screen picture can be set in four pictures. Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to change the selection and then press MODE/CONFIRM to confirm.
English For Sleep Time, push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to set the sleep time in 0/10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120 seconds. In the IDLE mode (no button is pressed), the player will be off automatically based on the duration you set. You may set “0” to disable this function. Replay Mode There are Manual Replay and Auto Replay, Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to choose your desired option.
English Encrypted Only If you select Encrypted Only, the user can only see the encrypted drive while the normal drive is hidden. Note: This function can be only supported on Windows 98/Me/XP or Windows 2000 with SP4 and the function of dividing partition is enabled. Memory Info After entering Sys Function menu page, select Memory Info by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button to check the used memory.
English 4 When you finished the recording, press and hold PAUSE/STOP button. Release the button when the wording of “Saving…” shows on the display. The recorded audio files will be saved under Root Directory as default. Refer to Change Directory section for details. Repeat Mode In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select Repeat to enter the Repeat mode.
English EQ Mode In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select EQ Select to enter the EQ mode. Seven EQ mode are available: DBB, Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft and Jazz Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to change the EQ mode and press MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the EQ mode.
English In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select Replay Gap to enter the sub-menu. The idle duration between mark A and mark B can be adjusted. Installing Driver and Software Utilities System Requirements PC with Pentium class or faster processor 64MB RAM USB port CD-ROM drive for software installation...
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English Step 2: Click Close button and restart your computers when you reach the following screen.
English Converting .ACT audio to .WAV audio Step 1: After installing the driver and software utilities, click Start button, select Programs > MP3 Player Utilities 1.45 > Sound Convert Tool Step 2: The following screen will launch. Click Open button to browse which .ACT audio file will be converted to .WAV audio file.
English Step 3: Click Convert button to start converting process. You will see .WAV audio file was converted and located in the same directory as the directory of .ACT audio file. If you’re not able to locate the .WAV file, the location path is shown on the left- top corner of the window.
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English Step 2: Click Start button, select Programs > MP3 Player Utilities 1.45> MP3 Player Disk Tools. Step 3: The following screen will launch. The driver for the player is detected automatically and the driver letter will show on the screen. You may label the drive for the player and select the type of the formatting, then click Start button to process formatting.
English Note: Don’t disconnect the USB cable or switch off the power during formatting. It may cause the player mal-functioning. Dividing Partition and Setting Password The memory capacity of the player can be divided into two partitions. All files stored under one of the partitions will be hidden and protected by a password after the software is installed on your computer.
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English 3. Please select the capacity for the encrypted disk and set up the login name and password. Click Start finally. A warning will be prompted to remind you that all data on the disk will be lost. Please click YES to proceed and wait for one minute.
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English An encrypted drive will pop up and there is a file of RdiskDecrupt.exe generated under the encrypted drive. 5. Please click RdiskDecrupt.exe, the following window appears. Please enter the correct login name and password. to access the encrypted drive. You are allowed to drag and copy the files into the encrypted drive.
English Editing Lyrics An instruction for teaching you edits the lyrics synchronous with the songs. Step 1: Click Start button, go to Programs > Accessories > Notepad to open a new text document. Step 2: Write the lyrics as the following format. The corresponding time to lyrics should be typed in [ ] bracket format.
English Downloading MP3 and WMA songs Note: The screens shown below applies to Windows® XP, other version of Windows® may display slightly different screens. Step 1: Ensure your player is on. Step 2: Tightly plug the USB cable to the USB ports of your computer and player. Step 3: Once the plugging is done properly, the following screen will display.
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English You find a Removable Disk on the Window. Since Windows® will assign a drive letter to the Removable Disk according to system configuration of the computer, the drive letter may be different when the player is connected to a different computer. Step 5: Double click Removable Disk.
English Drag and drop .MP3 and .WMA music file into Removable Disk. Step 6: Note: You are allowed to create any directories and files in Removable Disk. The file in extension of .LRC is the lyric file which stores the lyrics synchronous with its song.
English Press the MODE button to confirm your selection Sub-folder You may enter each folder in order to locate your desired sub-folder. Then press MODE button for confirmation. You may go back to the previous layer by selecting “/” on the LCD display Root Directory You may select “ROOT”...
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English Step 2: The following window will appear. Click Stop button. Step 3: Another window will pop up. Select “GENERIC USB DISK DEVICE USB Device” and click OK button to confirm. Step 4: Click Close button to exit the window. You are allowed to disconnect the USB cable from the USB port of your computer.
English Formatting the Internal Memory There are two ways to format the internal memory. Note: This formatting procedure will cause all files in the player lost. Using the Formatting Software Utilities Please refer to Installing Driver and Software Utilities section for details. Using the Formatting in Windows®...
English Trouble Shooting Symptom Reasons Solution Replace battery Press POWER The battery has run out with a new one. button, the display does not turn on After turning HOLD button is locked Check if HOLD button is player, no response is locked and push to unlock given when pressing any mode...
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English My player can’t play the Most of mp3 music files in the If the mp3 player can’t play mp3 music files market are compressed in the mp3 music file, skip to MPEG1, MPEG2, LAYER3 the next song until the mp3 standard.
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