MP1860 - Mp3 player Difrnce - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	MP3 Player
Model	MP1860
Display	1.8 inch True Color TFT Screen
Memory Capacity	1GB / 2GB / 4GB / 8GB (optional)
Supported Audio Formats	MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WAV
Supported Video Format	AMV (via conversion from RM, MOV, VOB, WMV, ASF, MPEG, AVI, DAT)
FM Radio Frequency	87.5 MHz - 108 MHz (Normal Band), 76.5 MHz - 90 MHz (Japan Band)
Recording	SP/LP digital recording (WAV/ACT), VOR function
Battery Type	Built-in high-capacity rechargeable Li-polymer battery
Battery Life (Approx.)	Up to 10 hours (depending on volume, file format, usage)
Charging	Via USB cable or charger (USB bus-powered)
USB Version	USB 2.0
Signal-to-Noise Ratio	85 dB
Max Output Power	10mW (L) + 10mW (R) into 32Ω
Equalizer Modes	NATURAL, ROCK, POP, CLASSIC, SOFT, JAZZ, DBB
Playback Modes	Normal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Repeat Folder, Random, Intro, A-B Repeat
Features	Lyrics display, Electronic photo album, Text reader, Game (Move Box), Encryption disk, ID3 support
Operating Temperature	-5°C to 40°C
System Requirements	Win98/SE/ME/2K/XP, Mac OS 10, Linux 2.4.2 (Win98 requires driver)
Accessories	User Manual, Earphones, USB Cable, Installation CD
Dimensions (Approx.)	90 x 40 x 12 mm (estimated)
Weight (Approx.)	50 g (estimated)

Frequently Asked Questions - MP1860 Difrnce

How do I power on/off the MP1860?

To power on, press and hold the Play/Stop [>II] button for 3 seconds. To power off, press and hold the same button for 3 seconds. Alternatively, use the [ON/OFF] switch.

How can I transfer music files to the player?

Connect the player to your computer via USB cable. It should appear as a removable disk. Drag and drop music files (MP3, WMA, WAV) into the device's folder. No driver needed for Windows 98 and above (except Win98).

How do I record audio?

Go to Record mode from the main menu. Press [MENU] to select recording type (Fine REC, Long REC, Fine VOR, Long VOR). Press [>II] to start recording. Press [>II] briefly to save and start a new recording. Maximum 99 files per directory.

How do I use the FM radio?

Select FM mode from the main menu. Press [MENU] to access sub-menu for auto/manual search. Auto search: hold [PRE] or [NEXT] for 2 seconds. Manual search: press [PRE] or [NEXT] briefly. Press [>II] to save a channel? (the manual says 'press [>II] to save channel' but also mentions Save in sub-menu). To save, use the sub-menu's Save option.

How do I delete files?

In Music mode, stop playback, press [MODE] (though manual says Mode button? It might be [MENU] under stop status). Then select Delete file or Delete All from the sub-menu. In other modes, similar options exist.

How do I change the equalizer settings?

While playing music, press [MENU] to enter sub-menu. Navigate to Equalizer and select from: NATURAL, ROCK, POP, CLASSIC, SOFT, JAZZ, DBB.

Can I play videos on this player?

Yes, but only in AMV format. You must convert videos using the included AMV convert tool (requires Windows Media Player 9 and DirectX 9.0). The tool supports converting from RM, MOV, VOB, WMV, ASF, MPEG, AVI, DAT to AMV.

How do I charge the battery?

Connect the player to a computer via USB cable, or use a USB charger. The battery icon will show pulses during charging and will indicate full when done. Charging time depends on capacity; use only with PC or certified charger.

How do I update the firmware?

Install the MP3 Player Upgrade Tool from the installation CD. Connect the player to PC, run the tool, click Choose new version firmware, select the firmware file, and click Start. After success, the display will indicate completion.

What should I do if there is no sound?

Check that earphones are properly connected, volume is not set to 0, and battery is charged. Ensure music files are not corrupted. Also verify that the correct file system (FAT) was used when formatting the disk.

USER MANUAL MP1860 Difrnce

1. The Safety Instructions

The manual contains important safety instructions and information of the device's proper usage. Make sure to read carefully and understand all the instructions to avoid accident.

Do not expose the device to extreme temperature (above 40° C), especially in cars with shutting windows in summer.

Do not store in humid or dirty areas.

Avoid the device falling and bumping strongly. Do not make TFT screen suffer from violent shake; otherwise, TFT screen could be damaged or displayed abnormally.

Choose the suitable volume. Do not turn up the volume of the earphones too high while using it. If you feel ringing in your ears, stop using the device or turn the volume down.

Do not disassemble the device by yourself and do not wipe the surface of device with alcohol and benzene and thinners.

Do not use the device in areas where electronic devices is prohibited, such as in plane.

Do not use the device while driving an automobile or walking in the street, otherwise an accident may happen.

Our company reserves the right to improve the product so product's specification and design are subject to change without further notice.

2. Function Overview

● 1.8 inch true color screen
● Mass memory: 1GB/2GB /4GB /8GB optional
● Movie player, support AMV format
- Support various video formats convert to AMV format :RM /MOV /VOB /WMV /ASF /MPEG /AVI /DAT etc
- USB 2.0, fast download speed
- ID3 support, Lyrics display
- SP/LP digital recording function
● Electronic photo album
● FM Radio function
● Play mode: Repeat A-B, repeat one, repeat all, repeat catalog, follow read etc
- EQ modes: JAZZ, CLASSIC, ROCK, POP, NORMAL, SOFT, DBB
- No driver is needed above Win98, plug & play to the computer
● Built-in hi-capacity rechargeable Li-polymer battery
- Managing disk function: set two partitions by accessorial tool. One is normal disk, the other is security disk in which files could not be accessed freely.
- Save 40 radio channels and record them to recording file

3. About Battery

The player adopts a built-in Li-polymer battery with large capacity which is very safe in usage.

If battery power is low, the screen will display "low power" then will automatically power off.

Recharge your battery by connection to PC via USB cable or by charger.

The screen displays battery icon and impulse when recharging battery. The icon will indicate full when completing recharging.

The running time of battery depends on volume setting, playing files format, button operation, etc.

The user can set time of [power off] in Setting to save power.

When you don't use the device for a period of time, please push [ON] to [OFF] side

4. Button function:

[ON/OFF]: power switch

[MENU]: enter menu and exit from sub-menu, confirm selection (under any status, hold [MENU] will enter main menu)

[>II]: play/stop, power on/off the player

[PRE] / [NEXT] : last/next, backward /forward

[VOL+] / [VOL-]: adjust volume, increase /decrease the volume

5. Basic operation

1) Power on: hold >II button for 3 seconds, the player will go to working condition.
2) Power off: hold [>II] (play/stop) button for three seconds, the player will be turned off.
Note: When battery power is low, it will automatically power off.
3) Adjusting volume:

With MP3 mode, AMV mode, Voice mode and FM mode, press [VOL-] or [VOL+] to decrease/increase the volume one step, while hold [VOL-] or [VOL+] button will decrease/increase continuously.

6. Main menu

Hold [MENU] to enter main menu, there are seven modes which can switch into each other by pressing [PRE] or [NEXT].

Sub-menu description:

A. sub-menu under playing status (there's no sub-menu while playing AMV file) Select MUSIC mode in main menu, press [MENU] to confirm selection and then press PLAY/STOP [>II] button to play the song. While music playing, press [MENU] button to enter sub-menu:

Repeat Normal, Repeat one; Folder;	RepeatFolder; Repeat All; Random; Intro.
Equalizer NATURAL,ROCK,POP,CLASSIC,SOFT,JAZZ, DBB
SRS WOW mode SRS WOW, User Setting, Disable SRS
Tempo Rate Moving to positive direction will fast temporate and moving to negative direction will slow tempo rate. The digit “0” means normal tempo rate.
Replay A-B repeat, when “A” in the icon blinks, swing [NEXT] to confirm start point, swing
	[NEXT] as “B” point. The player will replay from A to B according to the setting in the replay times. (Return to A-B replay mode by swing [PRE] button in such status).
Replay times Set how many times the	A-B point replayMaximum is 10 times (1-10)
Replay gap set replay time gap between	every replay
Exit Exit from sub-menu

The device displays lyrics whose name is the same as MP3 file. For example, music format's name is "song.mp3" and LRC file's name must be "song.lrc", and they should be also in the same folder.

If there is lyrics file along together with playing song, the round ball beside the "lyric" icon is green. Otherwise it is red.

B. sub-menu under stop status: (Under playing status with MP3 mode, AMV mode mode, press [>II] to stop playing, then press Mode button)

Local folder Indicate the folder of present playing file

Delete file Delete the present playing song

Delete All Delete All songs

exit Exit from the sub-menu

Delete file:

Sub-menu interface, select "Delete file", choose the file you want to delete, confirm "Delete", then the screen shows below:

8. Install (AMV) convert tool:

Make sure you have installed Windows media player 9.exe and DirectX9.0 before you install the software

1. Put CD drive into computer and open the driver.
2. Run Setup.exe to install the software, then restart the computer.
3. choose menu: start----program----mp3 player utilities --- AMV convert tool
4. There's a window appears, choose the file you want to convert, then choose the folder you want to put the new converted file, click "start converting"

9. Record mode:

Press [MENU] button to select Record mode in main menu, then press [MENU] again enter into recording sub-menu.

Local folder Indicate the folder of presentrecording file
REC type: Fine REC: WAV format, good voicequality;Long REC: ACT format, fair qualityand longer recording time;Fine VOR: WAV format, good voicequality, will stop recordingautomatically when there is no sounddetected;Long VOR: ACT format, fair quality,will stop recording automatically whenthere is no sound detected;
Exit Exit form sub-menu

After setting, press [>II] to start recording. In the meantime please note:

1. During recording, only [>II] (play/stop) and [MENU] can be effective.
2. press [>II] (play/stop) button shortly will save present recording file and start a new recording file

3. Ensure sufficient battery capacity during recording。

4. The player support 99 voice recording files storage in each directory. If the screen displays “out of space”, which indicates the current directory has already

saved 99 voice recording files, the user need to change to a new directory.

10. Voice mode

Main menu status, swing [PRE] or [NEXT] to select the Voice mode, then press [MENU] to confirm the selection, press [>II] to play the recording file. Press [>II] button to pause playback, swing [PRE] or [NEXT] button to select recording files.

Sub-menu while playing status:

Repeat Refers to “repeat” in music mode
Tempo rate Refers to “tempo rate” in music mode
Replay Refers to “replay” in music mode
Exit Exit from sub-menu

Sub-menu while stop status:
Local folder Indicate the folder of present recording file
Delete Delete recording song
Delete All Delete all recording files
exit Exit from the sub-menu

11. FM mode

Under main menu, swing [PRE] or [NEXT] button to choose FM mode and press [MENU] to confirm. Press [>II] (play/stop) to save channel. If no channel is saved, you can look for channels by auto or manual searching. Press [MENU] again to get sub-menu as below:

Save Save currently	tuned frequency;
Record Record current preset channel;
Delete delete current preset channel;
Delete All delete all saved channels;
Auto Search Auto search FM channel
Normal Band Frequencies from 87.5MHz---108MHz;
Japan Band frequencies from76.5MHz---90MHz;
Exit exit from FM sub-menu

Auto search: Holding [PRE] button or [NEXT] button for two seconds will tune frequency upward or downward until a radio station is located then it stop automatically.

Manual search: swing [PRE] or [NEXT] button to search channel upward or downward one-step

Notice: Normal band and Japan band can store 20 preset channels respectively.

12.Picture

Under main menu, swing [PRE] or [NEXT] button to select Photo mode, then press [MENU] to confirm, screen shows as below:

Press [MENU] button again to enter sub-menu:

local folder choose the folder where picture is saved;
play set manual play or auto play (there is a time gap for auto play from 1-10 seconds)
delete, Delete picture;
Delete All Delete all pictures
exit Exit from sub-menu

Press [>II] (play/stop) button to display the picture automatically or manually according to previous playing setting.

13. SYS Setup

System Time	Press [MENU] to edit recording time. Swing [NEXT] button and the digit of year will increase; swing [VOL+] button to edit next digit, push [PRE] or [NEXT] button to adjust the digit. Press [MENU] to confirm the setting
LCD set	Always light10 Sec20 Sec30 Sec
Language	Simple Chinese, English, Trad Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Czech, Denmark, Polish etc.
Power off	Off time: set self-power off time when the player is stopped and no button is pressed. The time unit is seconds. 0 means set off the function.Sleep time: set self-power off time after last key pressed, regardless of whether the player is active or stopped. The time unit is minutes.
Replay mode	Manual replay; auto replay
Online mode	Multi Drive; Normal only; Encrypted only
Memory info.	Check the memory size and the remaining memory
Firmware version	Display the player's firmware version
Firmware upgrade	Firmware can be upgraded via connection to PC
Exit Exit from the sub-menu

14. TEXT

Enter TEXT mode by pressing Mode button, then you can read and edit the article in the device. The device only can recognize the article in "txt." Format.

Press [MENU] button again to enter sub-menu:

local folder choose the folder where picture is saved;
play set manual play or auto play (there is a time gap for auto play from 1-10 seconds)
delete, Delete picture;
Delete All Delete all pictures
exit Exit from sub-menu

15. Game

Enter Game function by pressing Mode button, then there's a game named MOVE BOX. Pressing [PRE], [NEXT], [VOL-], [VOL+] to move the pictures.

16. USB disk function

1) The player can be a large mobile storage device, supports 1GB/2GB/4GB memory
2) Above windows 98 no driver is required, plug and play to the computer
3) The player supports USB bus-powered and begins to charge when connecting to PC.
4) When connected to a computer, the screen will indicate three different modes while operating:

2.upload

1. download 1. suspending
   

17. Encrypt disk function

User can use the software to set partitions for USB disk. One is normal disk, the other is encrypted disk. (User can see two disk icons in computer. WINDOWS 2K need install SP4, otherwise, user only see one disk icon and selecting [normal only] or [encrypt only] from [online mode] of [system setting]. Encrypted disk would hide all private data, others cannot access data without password.

Notice:

*Data in encrypted disk cannot be readable in the player.

*It is necessary for encrypted disk to input user name and password when connecting to computer.

*Setting partitions will erase data, please backup data in advance. Combining disks would also erase data.

*Please do not lose username and password. Otherwise, you cannot access encrypted disk. You can combine disks to cancel encrypted disk at risk of damaging data in encrypted one.

18. Upgrading

Use update tool installed in your computer to update and repair the damaged driver.

1) Connect player to the computer

2) Run the software: Start----program----MP3 Player Utilities ---- MP3 Player Upgrade Tool, click [choose new version firmware] button.

3) Select the new firmware driver (from the drive CD or from the website of the supplier). Click [start] button to begin upgrading.

4) When upgrading is successful, the display will indicate successfully upgraded.

1. Find the icon of removable disk in [my computer]. Click the right button of mouse to select [format]. In formatting interface, select FAT system in [file system], then click [start] button to format disk. Notice: formatting disk would erase all the data and please backup data before formatting.

19. Troubleshooting

If the player couldn't play properly, please use trouble-shooting guide to help you.

Symptom Solution
The player cannot work	Please check the voltage of batteryMake sure the power button is onPlease check if volume is set to “0” or not and make sure that earphones are connected properly.Damaged music data will make noise in some extent; make sure there are files in the player.choose right FAT file system in dialogue when formatting disk.
The player cannot upload /download files; no disk icon in computer	Please check USB cable is correctly connected.Please properly re-install CD driver if under Win 98
The player cannot record	Please check if memory is sufficient.Please check the battery voltage.
Strange characters are displayed	Please check if the correct language is selected.
FM radio signal is not clear	Readjust the position between player and earphone; earphone can be used as antenna to receive the signal

If you had other difficulties in warranty period, please feel free contact our company to help you solve the problem.

20. Specification

Item Specification
Transferring data rate USB2.0
File formats supported	Music: MP1、MP2、MP3、WMA、 WAVRecord: WAVVideo support: AMV
FM frequency 87.5MHz—108MHz
S/N rate 85dB
The max output power (L) 10mW+(R) 10mW (320hm)
Built-in memory 1GB-8GB
Operating temperature	-5°C ~ 40°C
Operating System	WINSE/ME/2K/XP,MacOS10.Linux2.4.2(Only WIN98 needs the CD driver)
Accessories	User Manual, Earphone, USB cable, Installation CD

Specification and appearance

are subject to change without further notice.