MPK4099BUK - Mp3 player CURTIS - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL MPK4099BUK CURTIS

Black portable electronic device with a digital display showing a person relaxing in the sky (no visible text or symbols)

What's in the box?

Operating Unit

User Manual

USB Cable

Earphone

CD Driver

Content

Buttons location and usages

Basic Operation

Intro 3 - 7

Operation of Music Mode 8 - 12

Operation of Video Mode ....13

Operation of Pictures Mode....14

Operation of FM radio....15 - 16

Operation of Camera....17

Operation of Video Recorder....18

Operation of Others....19 - 22

Technical Specification

Trouble Shooting

Buttons location and usages

OFF/ON ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑦ ⑥ ⑦ ⑧ ⑩ ⑨ ⑩

(1) On/Off Button
(2) Display Screen
(3) M Button
(4) Next Button
(5) Play/ Pause Button
(6) Power Button
(7) Previous Button
(8) USB Port
(9) Microphone
(10) Earphone Jack
(11) Camera Lens

Software Utilities Installation

Insert the CD into the CD ROM Drive of your PC. Click Setup.exe to start driver installation. Follow the on-screen-menu to complete the installation.

MP3 Player Utilities 5.02 Welcome to the MP3 Player Utilities 5.02 Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install MP3 Player Utilities 5.02 on your computer. WARNING: This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil or criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law. Cancel Next >

Click Close once you reach the Installation Complete Screen.

MP3 Player Utilities 5.02 Installation Complete MP3 Player Utilities 5.02 has been successfully installed Click "Close" to exit. Cancel Increase Close

For Window 98/98SE users, please install the driver in the CD-ROM before downloading any files to your player

Connect & Charge

Menu Connected Eject before disconnecting.

Your player will be charged while being connected to PC through the USB cable. ! You will see the charging animation in the bottom right hand corner of the display. The player is fully charged when the charging animation stops. (Switch on the player when charging)

Transfer

Menu Connected Eject before disconnecting.

Step 1: Set the Online Device of the player as USB Disk (Refer to Page 6), then connect it to your PC by USB cable. Once the connection is successfully made, the above screen display would be shown. Try re-connecting the player if the above screen doesn't appear.

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Step 2: The above screen would appear. (Apply only to Window XP) Choose Take no action and click OK to close the window.

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Double click My Computer on your desktop and the above window would appear. Look for the Removable Disk Icon.

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Double click the Removable Disk icon. Note: Do not disconnect the USB cable once you click into the removable disk window. Such action may cause data loss or problems to the player.

Drag and drop your media files into the removable disk. You can create any folder or directory in the removable disk. Close the removable disk window and disconnect the player from your PC after the data transfer.

Software Operation

Video Converter

You can convert your favourite video file in any other format into the .AVI format with the help of the AVI converter. The converting progress is shown.

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Media Manager

You can enjoy songs from both PC and your player thru the Media manager.

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Basic Operation

Power on/off and Lock

Switch on the Power button on the top and hold ON/OFF button to switch on the device.

Main interface

Once your switch the player on you'll reach to the main interface as below..

Menu 8:13 PM Music Videos Pictures FM Radio Camera Video Recorder Other

Operation of Music Mode

Press Previous/ Next button to select “Music” and press Play/ Pause button to enter the page. Once you’ve entered the music mode, the following screen would show up.

12:38 AM NOW PLAYING All music Artist Album Genre My music list Dir list Record list

Now Playing

Press Previous/ Next button to select Now Playing and press Play/ Pause button to resume playing the current song.

All Music

Press Previous/ Next button to choose All Music and press Play/ Pause button to show your library of music. Press Previous/ Next button to select

any particular song and press Play/ Pause to start playing.

Artist

Press Previous/ Next button to select Artist to show all of your artists. Press Previous/ Next to choose any particular artist to show the songs of that artist. Select song and press Play/ Pause to start playing.

Album

Press Previous/ Next button to select Album to browse all of your albums. Press Previous/ Next to choose any particular album to browse the songs of that album. Press Play/ Pause button after selected any song to start playing.

Genre

Press Previous/ Next button to select Genre to browse all genre of your songs. Press Play/Pause button to enter the genre that you’ve chosen and press Play/ Pause button to start playing the selected song.

My Music List

Press Previous/ Next to select My Music List to browse all songs that you’ve added to be your playlist. Press Previous/ Next button to select desire song list and press Play/ Pause button to start playing the selected song.

Record List

Press Previous/ Next button to select Record List to choose from FM Record or Voice. Press Play/ Pause button to start playing the selected file Press M to jump back to the main menu.

Music Player interface

Whenever you start playing a song you'll reach the Music Player Interface as below.

12:37 AM Unknown Artist ill+go+on.mp3 Unknown Album 00:04 05:10

Play Music

Press the Play/ Pause button in the middle to start playing, and press again to pause.

Volume

Hold Play/ Pause button until the volume bar appear at the button. Press Previous/ Next button to adjust the volume.

Previous / Next

Press Next to jump to the next song, and press Previous to jump back to the previous song. Hold Previous/ Next button to go fast forward or backward

Play Option

Hold M button to enter the Play Option Menu. You can set your preference in AB Repeat/ Repeat/ Select EQ/ Set Sound/ Replay times/ Repeat intervals/ Variable speed/ Lyric display/ Add to my list/ Delete the file

12:46 AM AB Repeat Repeat Select EQ Set sound Replay times Repeat intervals Variable speed Lyric display Add to MyList Delete the File

AB Repeat

While playing music, hold M to enter the sub-menu. Press Previous/ Next to select A-B repeat and press Play/ Pause to confirm. Press Play/ Pause button to set the starting point of the A-B Repeat, then press Play/ Pause again to set the ending point. To cancel A-B repeat mode, press Play/ Pause again.

Repeat Mode

Press Previous/ Next to choose Repeat Mode and press Play/ Pause to choose from Sequence/ Repeat One/ Repeat All/ Shuffle/ Shuffle + Repeat. Once you've selected, press Play/ Pause to confirm and press M to return to sub-menu.

Select EQ

Press Previous/ Next to choose Select EQ and press Play/ Pause button enter the sub-menu and choose different EQ from Normal / Rock / Pop / Classic / Soft/Jazz / DBB. Once you've selected your choice, press Play/ Pause to confirm and press M to return to sub-menu.

Set Sound

Press Previous/ Next to select Set Sound, press Play/Pause to enter User EQ. Hold M to jump to different bar and press Previous/ Next button to adjust your own EQ Setting. Once you’ve selected, press Play/ Pause to confirm and press M to return to sub-menu.

Replay Times

Press Previous/ Next to select Repeat Mode and press Play/ Pause to choose from 1 times to infinity.

Repeat Intervals

Press Previous/ Next to select Repeat Intervals to choose from 1 Sec to 7 Sec. Once you've selected your choice, press Play/ Pause to confirm and return to sub-menu.

Variable speed

Press Previous/ Next to select Variable speed to choose from - 4 to 4. Once you’ve selected your choice, press Play/ Pause to confirm and return to sub-menu.

Lyric Display

Press Previous/ Next to select Lyric display and press Play/ Pause to enter the page. Choose enable / off and press Play/ Pause to display lyrics.

*The player only supports .LRC lyric.

Add to MyList

Press Previous/ Next to select add to my list and press Play/ Pause to choose from My Playlist 1 to My Playlist 5. Once you’ve selected your choice, press Play/ Pause to confirm and and press M to return to sub-menu.

Delete the File

Press Previous/ Next to select delete file and press Play/Pause to enter the page. Once you've selected your choice, press Play/Pause to confirm and and return to sub-menu.

Press M to return to Music mode.

Operation of Video Mode

Press Previous/ Next button to select “Movie” and press Play/ Pause button to enter video mode. Once you’ve entered the video mode, the following screen would show up.

12:48 AM NOW PLAYING Dir list

Press Previous/ Next button to select your desire movie and press Play/ Pause button to start playing.

For video recording file, it will be saved inside the CAMERA folder.

Basic Video Control

Press Previous button to choose previous movie, hold Previous to rewind. Press Next button to choose next movie, hold Next to fast-forward. Hold Play/ Pause button until volume bar appear at the bottom, press Previous/ Next button to adjust the volume.

Operation of Pictures Mode

Press Previous/ Next button to select “Pictures” on the main menu and press Play/ Pause to enter the photo mode. Once you’ve entered the photo mode.

Photo Browsing

Press Previous/ Next to select Dir List and browse all photos. Press Previous/ Next to select a particular photo, and press Play/ Pause to open it.

Menu Style

Press Previous/ Next to choose “play mode” and press Play/ Pause to choose List mode and Thumbnail.

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Operation of Radio Mode

Press Previous/ Next to select “Radio” on the main menu and press Play/ Pause to enter the radio menu

Radio Sub-menu

Hold M to enter the sub-menu and press Previous/ Next to choose from FM record/ Record quality/ Record Gain/ Save Channel/ Auto search/ Station List/ FM Band.

FM record: Press Previous/ Next to choose FM record and press Play/ Pause to confirm. Once you selected the option, the player will start recording the radio. Press Play/ Pause again to pause the recording and hold M to save the file.

Record quality: Press Play/ Pause to enter this option and choose from High/ Medium/ Low.

Record Gain: Press Play/ Pause to choose from 1-7 and press Play/ Pause again to confirm.

Save Channel: Press Previous/ Next to choose save channel and press Play/ Pause to confirm. Select a channel from CH01-CH30 and press Play/ Pause to save the current channel.

Auto Search: Press Previous/ Next to choose ante search and press Play/ Pause to confirm. Press Play/ Pause button to start searching the channel and preset channel automatically.

Station List: Press Previous/ Next to choose station list and press Play/ Pause to confirm. Press Play/ Pause button to browse all preset channel.

FM Band: Press Previous/ Next to choose FM band and press Play/ Pause to enter sub-menu. Choose from USA/Japan and press Play/ Pause to confirm and return to sub-menu.

Operation of Camera Mode

Press Previous/ Next to select “Camera” and press Play/Pause button to enter the camera mode.

Basic Camera Control

Photo Shooting: Press Play/ Pause button to take photo. Zoom in/ out: Press Previous to zoom out and press Next to zoom in.

Camera Sub-menu

Hold M for 2 second to enter the camera sub-menu

Save Path: Internal memory

Resolution: Press Play/ Pause to choose from 320 x 240/640 x 480/1280 x 960/1600 x 1200/2048 x 1536

Self-timer: Press Play/ Pause to choose from off/ 5 Sec/ 10Sec/ 15 Sec/ 20 Sec

Shutter sound: Press Play/ Pause to choose from Off/sound 1/ sound 2/ sound 3

Date stamp: Press Play/Pause to choose from Off/ Date/ Date and Time.

Press M to return to Camera mode.

Operation of Video Recorder Mode

Press Previous/ Next to select “Video Recorder” and press Play/ Pause button to enter the recording mode.

Basic Video recorder Control

Press Play/ Pause button to record video and press Play/Pause again to pause the video recording. Press M during the recording to save the file.

Video Recorder Sub-menu

Hold M for 2 second to enter the sub-menu

Save Path: Internal memory

Resolution: 320 x 240

Record Quality: Press Play/ Pause to choose from High / Medium/ Low/ Auto-adapted.

Press M to return to Video recorder mode.

Operation of Others

Press Previous/ Next button to choose "Other" on the main menu to enter the page.

Operation of Record Mode

Press Previous/ Next button to select “Recordings” and press Play/ Pause to enter the record mode. Once you’ve entered the record mode, the following screen would show up.

RECORD 12:51 AM wav 00:00:00 123:00:04 MIC00003.WAV

Basic record control

Press Play/ Pause to start recording and press Play/ Pause again to pause recording, Press M to save or cancel the recorded file.

Sub-menu of record

Hold M to enter the submenu and choose from Record format/ Record quality/ Record gain.

Operation of E-book

Press Previous/ Pause to choose “E-book” and press Play/ Pause to enter the e-book menu. Once you’ve entered the e-book menu, the following screen would show up.

Basic e-book control

Press Play/ Pause to enter the Dir List, and press Previous/ Next to select .TXT file. When opened an e-book file, press Previous to go back to previous page, and press Next to skip to the next page. Hold M to enter the E-book sub-menu.

9:02 PM Dir list Tag List

Tag List:

Press Previous/ Next to Select "Tag List" and press Play/Pause to browse the list.

E-book Sub-menu

Skip to: Press Previous/ Next to adjust the percentage jumping between pages.

Auto Play Gap: Press Previous/ Pause to choose from 3 Sec/ 6 Sec/ 9 Sec/ 12 Sec/ 15 Sec.

Add Bookmark: Press Play/ Pause to confirm bookmark/Tag

Delete the file: Press Previous/ Next to choose OK and press Play/ Pause to confirm delete file.

Operation of Calculator

Press Previous/ Next to select the digit and function, press Play/ Pause to confirm the selection. Press M to return to previous menu.

Operation of Setting Mode

Press Previous/ Next to select Set up and press Play/Pause to enter the Set up menu.

Date and Time

Adjust Date: Press Play/ Pause button to enter adjust date, hold M to jump to day, month and year and press Previous/ Next to set the date. Once you've set the date, press Play/ Pause to confirm and return to previous menu.

Adjust Time: Press Play/ Pause button to enter adjust time, hold M to select hour and minutes and press Previous/ Next to adjust the time.

Display Setting

Press Play/ Pause to set blacklight time from off/ 5 Sec/ 10 Sec/ 20 Sec/ 30 Sec/ 1 Minute/ 5 Minutes

Power Saving

Idle Time: Press Previous/ Next to choose from Off/ 10 Sec/ 30 Sec/ 1 Minute/ 3 Minutes/ 5 Minutes/ 10 Minutes and press Play/ Pause to confirm setting.

Sleep Time: Press Previous/ Next to choose from Off/ 10 Minutes/ 30 Minutes/ 1 Hour/ 2 Hours/ 3 Hours/ 4 Hours/ 5 Hours and press Play/ Pause to confirm setting.

Language

Press Previous/ Next to choose your desired language and press Play/ Pause to confirm.

Advance Info

Press Previous/ Next to choose from Player Information/ Format Memory/ Reset.

Technical Specification

Flash Memory 128MB – 16GB
MP3 compressed rate supported	MP3(8 – 320 kbps)WMA(5-384kbps)OGG/ ACC/APE/WAV
Video format supported	FLV/ AVI
Photo format supported JPEG/BMP/GIF
Digital camera 0.3 mega pixel
Battery 3.7V Lithium rechargeable battery
Interface USB2.0 high speed
Display 2” Color TFT display
Weight	40g
Dimensions 41(W) * 8(D) *	94(H) mm

Trouble Shooting

What should I do if there's no sound when playing?

You should check the volume first. If the volume has been turned up, maybe the memory format of the device is incorrect..

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