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USER MANUAL 4020 ENERGY SISTEM

User manual4041 INTRODUCTION Energy Sistem thanks you for buying Energy™ 4020 Touch. We wish you enjoy ≥ using it. This compact multimedia player, with T-HDP technology (2,8” TFT touch-screen display with 262.000 colours, built-in speaker and high fidelity processor) and M-EX technology (memory extension with Micro-SD cards) allows you to enjoy videos, music and pictures everytime and everywhere. Also has an integrated FM tuner module. We recommend you to fully read this user manual in order to enjoy the product in a safe way and with the best results.

CARE AND MAINTENANCE

Do not expose your Energy™ 4020 Touch to shakes, dust, direct sun light, moisture ≥ or extreme temperatures. Do not use sharp or pointy objects on the touch screen. We recommend you to only

use the provided pointer. Do not use abrasive or corrosive cleansers.

Keep the device clean and without dust with a soft and dry cloth. ≥ Recharge the battery when the low battery icon appears on screen. ≥ Do not disassemble the device. Any repair work must be performed by qualified ≥ Energy Sistem Soyntec’s personnel42 MAIN FEATURES T-HDP: 2,8” TFT display with 262.000 colours, built-in speaker and high fidelity ≥ processor. M-EX technology: Memory extension with Micro-SD cards.

Plays MPEG4 videos (XVID with MP2 audio in AVI format). Includes transcoding ≥ software and Internet videos downloading software, compatible with Youtube, Google Video, Dailymotion and Metacafe. Plays MP3 and WMA music.

Shows JPG and BMP pictures. ≥ Integrated FM Radio with 20 presets and direct recording. ≥ Digital voice recording with built-in microphone. ≥ High-fidelity in-ear earphones with neodymium magnets. ≥ Li-Ion rechargeable battery. ≥ Smart song browsing through categories and favorites. ≥ Folder navigation. ≥ Artists and lyrics on screen (Id3-Tag and LRC). ≥ Upgradeable firmware. ≥ No drivers needed (except W98). ≥ 6 equalization modes including the new Microsoft™ MS PlayFX. ≥ 7 different playback modes, including sequential, random, repeat mode, and more. ≥43 PRODUCT CONTENT Energy Sistem® MP4 Player Energy™ 4020 Touch. ≥ 2 x high-fidelity in-ear earphones. ≥ User manual. ≥ Driver CD. ≥ USB 2.0 cable for battery charging and data transfer. ≥ Neck strap. ≥ Carrying case. ≥44 GENERAL OVERVIEW Neck strap hole.1. MENU icon: Return to main menu.2. V+/V- icons: Volume + / Volume -.3. HOLD icon: Lock / Unlock touch-screen and buttons.4. Touch-screen stylus.5. Earphone output. 6. ON/OFF button: Power on / Power Off / Touch-screen calibration.7. Power on/off switch.8. USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connector for battery charging and data transfer with PC.9. Memory extension slot for Micro-SD cards.10.

Your Energy™ 4020 Touch has an integrated rechargeable Li-Ion battery. It comes ≥ fully charged from factory, but it is recommended to perform a full recharge before the first use. Recharge the battery connecting the player to a computer using the included USB

2.0 cable (any USB type mini-B with 5-pins will also work).

Optionally, you can recharge the battery with an AC/DC power adaptor with an USB connector (USB type mini-B with 5-pins) (NOTE: the output of the AC/DC must be 500mA maximum). Charging time is between 3-5 hours, depending if the player is powered off or working. To keep the battery in good conditions, we recommend not to use the player while charging, with the power switch in “OFF” position and do not charge for more than 8 hours. Your Energy™ 4020 Touch uses two systems for battery saving: First it will power off the display after 30 seconds of inactivity, and after that it will power off completely after 10 minutes of inactivity. Both systems are configurable, repectively, selecting SETTINGS -> DISPLAY, or SETTINGS -> POWEROFF TIME. To keep a long battery life, it is recommended not to disable completely the power saving systems. Touch-screen calibration: If the icons do not respond when are touched with the stylus or your finger, please recalibrate the touch-screen. To do so, being at the main menu, briefly press the ON/OFF button and touch with the stylus the red points indicated by the system.47

To power on your Energy™ 4020 Touch, place the switch in the “ON” position and ≥ press the ON/OFF button for 2 seconds. Note: When powering on, the device performs a memory check. The power on time depends on the amount of occupied memory. Press ON/OFF for 3 seconds to power off the device. At that moment, the device

will save your settings. Note: If you power off directly with the switch button, your last settings will be lost, and will not remember the last songs played. Locking the device: briefly press the HOLD icon to lock / unlock the buttons and

Your MP4 Energy™ 4020 Touch allows you to enjoy MP3 / WMA codified music due ≥ to its high fidelity sound processor. To enter into the play mode for MP3/WMA files, touch the MUSIC icon on the main menu. Take a look to the different options available for you to easily select your music. Press over a file to start the playback: “Music Player”: Shows the music player screen. Note: To learn more about the player, take a look to the “Music player interface” section of the manual. “All Music”: With this option you will see, sorted alphabetically by file name, all the songs you have stored in your MP4 Energy™. “Artist”, “Album” and “Title”: They show listings of your favorite music sorted by artist, album or title respectively. Note: In order for the music files to be displayed in these listings, their artist, album and title information must be stored into the file (information known as ID3-Tag). You can find freeware utilities to create or modify ID3-Tags like MP3Tag or ID3 Renamer.49

MP3/WMA MUSIC PLAYER

“Favorites”: With this option you can listen to your favorite music that you already marked as favorite. To add a song to your “Favorite” list, simply press the star icon while selecting a file or folder, and select “Add to favorites” from the pop-up menu. Inside the “Favorite” folder if you press the star icon again, a new menu will pop up allowing you to erase one or all the favorite marked songs. Again make a selection touching the screen. Note: When erasing an element from the Favorites list you only eliminate what marks it as favorite, the file will stay in memory. “Recordings”: Listen to the clips you have recorded using the microphone or the FM radio with this option. Choose the clip you want to listen to and touch on it or on the ENTER icon. “Dir List”: With this option you can explore the file tree in the memory of the MP4 Energy™ just as it would be displayed in your computer. “Update”: Use this option whenever you store or delete songs so the artist, album and title listings are recreated accurately. Note: When the player is unplugged from the PC via the safe USB device removal, the MP4 Energy™ will run an automatic Update and enter battery charge mode.50

MUSIC PLAYER INTERFACE

You can pause the playback by pressing the PLAY icon. Briefly press the ≥ PREVIOUS/NEXT icons to skip to the previous/next track. You can fast forward or rewind the song by holding the PREVIOUS/NEXT icons. To increase/lower the volume use the V+/V- icons, or the vertical indicator to the left of the “Music Play” screen. If the song has lyrics (LRC file), they will be shown on screen, and otherwise it will show the equalizer. Note: The song lyrics are text files named exactly after the music file with the .LRC extension. If some of your music files do not have the LRC file, the lyrics will not be shown, but you can listen to the music without problem. You can loop play a segment of a song with the A-B function. Press the A-B icon to set the A point and press A-B icon again to set the B point. To cancel this function, press the A-B icon once more. To exit the current playback to the previous menu, press the Return icon. Press the MENU icon if you want to go back to the main menu.51

MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS

You can choose the equalization mode that fits your preferences. To do so, browse ≥ to SETTINGS -> MUSIC ->EQ SELECT and choose one of the 6 available modes: “Normal”, “MS PlayFX”, “Rock”, “Pop”, “Classic” or “Jazz”. The playing order of the tracks depends on the selected mode. By default, the mode is set to “Normal”. You can change to a different mode browsing to SETTINGS -> MUSIC -> PLAY MODE, and choosing “Normal” (sequential order) or “Shuffle” (random). You can also set the repeat mode by browsing to SETTINGS -> MUSIC -> REPEAT MODE and selecting your preferred mode: “Once” (plays the current file and stops), “Repeat 1” (repeat current track), “Folder Once” (plays files inside the current folder and stops), “Folder Repeat” (repeats the files inside the current folder), “All Once” (plays all the files once), “All Repeat” (plays all the files continuously) and “Intro” (plays the first 10 seconds and skips to the next file). To know the amount of free memory, browse to SETTINGS -> SYSTEM -> ABOUT.52

BROWSER: FOLDER NAVIGATION

This practical function allows you to choose the folder and the music / video / ≥ picture / e-Book file that you want to play and that you previously organized with your computer. To navigate through your folders, being at the MUSIC / VIDEO / PHOTO / E-BOOK briefly press on the files or folders that you want to play or enter, or use the arrows on the side of the screen. You can also access the browser selecting the BROWSER icon from the main menu. By pressing the icons you can select folders or files, and pressing the arrows will move forward/backward a whole page of files and folders. With the RETURN icon you can return to the upper level and with the ENTER icon you can enter the selected folder. Press ENTER or double touch on the desired file to start playing it. If you want to delete a file, select it, press the X icon and select “Yes”. To cancel the deletion, select “No”.53 FM RADIO Your MP4 Energy™ 4020 Touch has an integrated FM radio with 20 presets and ≥ direct recording. You can listen to the radio selecting the RADIO icon at the main menu. You must connect the earphones, as the cable works as an antenna. To display the FM settings menu, press the M icon (MENU). Automatic search: Being at the FM setting menu, select AUTO. Hold the AUTO icon one second to start the automatic searching. The presets will be stored automatically as well. Manual searching: Being at the FM setting menu, select MANUAL. Once selected, hold the MANUAL 1. icon for one second. Press PREVIOUS/NEXT to go back/forward inside the frequency band. Hold 2. PREVIOUS/NEXT to activate the automatic search, that will stop when a broadcast signal is tuned. Once you have tuned a broadcast, store the preset by pressing M, select MEM and 3. choose a preset number.54 FM RADIO To browse your presets, choose the PRESET mode (using the M icon), hold PRESET for one second, and press the PREVIOUS/NEXT icon to skip to the previous/next preset. To get the volume up/down, hold the V+/V- icon. Record directly what you are listening on the FM radio by pressing the RECORD icon. Press RECORD again to start recording. You can pause by pressing RECORD. To finish recording the file and start a new one, hold RECORD. Press the BACK icon to get back to the RADIO mode. The sound files that you recorded are stored inside the “RECORD” folder. The files are WAV format. You can listen to these files while being at the MUSIC mode or BROWSER mode, selecting the “RECORD” folder using the folder navigation function and selecting the WAV file that you want to listen to. Exit the RADIO mode by pressing the MENU icon.55 E-BOOK View and enjoy your electronic books (e-book in TXT format) everywhere with the ≥ high resolution TFT screen of your Energy™ 4020 Touch. For viewing your e-books, select the E-BOOK icon from the main menu. You will access directly to the files explorer (check the “BROWSER: FOLDER NAVIGATION” section), choose the book that you want and press the ENTER icon to start viewing it. Press the arrow icons to skip to the next/previous page. With the ON/OFF button you can enable/disable the automatic shifting of lines (timming can be set from the SETTINGS -> “Auto Play Set” -> “Text” option menu). Hold/Press the BOOKMARK icon to save/load bookmarks, respectively.

DIGITAL VOICE RECORDING

Your MP4 Energy™ 4020 Touch is able to perform voice recording with its ≥ integrated microphone. To enter the voice record mode, select the RECORD icon on the main menu. Press RECORD to start recording. You can pause the recording by pressing RECORD again. To finish recording, hold the same icon. The sound files that you recorded are stored inside the “RECORD” folder. The files are WAV format. You can listen to these files while being at the MUSIC mode or BROWSER mode, selecting the “RECORD” folder using the folder navigation function and clicking or pressing ENTER on the WAV file that you want to listen. Exit the RECORD mode by holding the MENU icon.56 VIDEO PLAYER With your MP4 Energy™ 4020 Touch the music grows to a new dimension because ≥ you can enjoy your favourite videoclips anytime anywhere. You can play AVI/WMV/MPG/VOB/ASF videos that you previously converted to the AVI format (XVID with MP2 audio), using the easy software tool Energy Movier included inside the bundled CD. Check the user manual section “CREATING AVI VIDEOS”. To play videos, select the VIDEO icon from the main menu. You will access directly to the files explorer (check the “BROWSER: FOLDER NAVIGATION” section), choose the video that you like and click on it or press ENTER to start playing it. Press the PLAY icon to pause. Get the volume up/down by pressing the V+/V- icon. Press PREVIOUS/NEXT icon to skip to the previous/next video. You can fast forward or rewind inside the video by holding the PREVIOUS/NEXT icon. To access again the file explorer, press the BROWSER icon. To exit this mode and get back to the main menu, press the MENU icon.57

ENERGY MOVIER: INSTALLATION

With Energy Movier software tool you can easily convert your AVI/WMV/MPG/ ≥ VOB/ASF videos to the AVI format (XVID with MP2 audio and) so you can enjoy them with your MP4 Energy™. To install Energy Movier follow these steps: Insert the bundled drivers CD into your CD reader drive. 1. NOTE: The latest available version of the software is saved in the dirvers CD when the unit leaves the factory. However, if you have an internet connection, we recommend you to always download the latest version from our website www. energysistem.com/videosweb. Once you see the Energy Sistem menu, select “Install Energy Movier”. If you have 2. autorun disabled, you can run the installation file “setup.exe” from the folder “SOFTWARE/Energy Movier”. On the installation screen, select “OK” and click on the icon to begin the 3. installation. Follow the steps by pressing “Continue”. Note: Depending on the codecs you have installed in your computer, you might get a message of the program trying to overwrite some of them. In that case, we recommend that you keep your existing files by pressing “Yes”. Once the installation is complete, you can run the application from Start -> “All 4. programs” -> “Energy Sistem” -> “Energy Movier”.58

ENERGY MOVIER: CREATING AVI VIDEOS

For converting an AVI/WMV/MPG/VOB/ASF video follow these steps: ≥ Note: If you want to convert special video formats like MPEG4 / DivX / XviD / etc, make sure that you have the appropiate “codecs” installed. You can install “codec” packages like “K-Lite Standard Pack”. Execute “Energy Movier” from the “Start” menu.1. If it’s the first time you run the program, the options window will automatically 2. pop up so you can select your MP4 Energy™ model. Optionally you can modify the quality and the image format you want for your videos. Choose a file to be converted with the “Select file” button.3. You can specify a name for the new file in the “Name of the converted video” 4. section. If you don’t write anything, the original file’s name will be used. Optionally you can select the folder where your video is to be stored by clicking on 5. the button “Select another folder”. Note: If your MP4 Energy™ is connected to your computer, you can select a folder of the built-in memory so the new video stores directly into it, but make sure first that it has enough free memory. Click on the “Add” button so the conversion job adds to the list of pending tasks.6. Note: You can add many conversion tasks so the videos batch convert without having you staring your computer. If you want to, you can erase a queued job by selecting the line with your mouse and pressing “Delete line”. Repeat steps 3 to 6 for each one of the videos you would like to convert.7. Once you have queued all the videos you want to convert, press “Convert now” to 8. begin the process.59 On the “Process Info” column you can check the current file conversion, along 9. with its current size. When the process is finished, the “Process Info” column turns green colour. Wait for all the tasks to complete and click the “Close” button to exit the program. NOTE: We recommend not using the PC while Energy Movier is converting due to the high consumption of resources that could lead to other applications not responding. Connect your MP4 Energy™ to the computer (check out the “PC Connection” 10. section) and copy the new AVI file(s) inside your desired folder, unless you selected your MP4 as the target folder destination for direct recording.60

ENERGY MOVIER: INTERNET VIDEOS DOWNLOAD

On top of the possibility of converting videos you already have in your PC, you ≥ can also download and convert your favourite videos from the most popular Video Websites to enjoy them with your MP4 Energy™ anytime anywhere. Note: On printing date of this manual, Energy Movier is compatible with Youtube, Google Video, Metacafe and Dailymotion; check the updated compatibility list at www.energysistem.com/videosweb. To download and convert the videos, follow these easy steps: Run “Energy Movier” from the “Start” menu.1. If this is the first run of the program, the options window will open automatically so 2. you can select your MP4 Energy™ model. Optionally you can modify the quality and the aspect ratio you want for your videos. Choose “A video from a website” in the “I want to convert….” section.3. Your next step is to provide the link to the video you want to download. Usually the 4. right link is shown in the “Address” field of your web browser while you are seeing the video. Copy this address from your browser and paste it in the field “URL of the file to download” by pressing the button “Paste from clipboard” in Energy Movier. In the field “Name of the converted file” you can specify a name for the new file. If 5. you don’t write anything, the original internet name will be used.61 Optionally you can select the folder where the new video will be stored. To do so, 6. click on the “Select another folder” button. Note: If you have your MP4 Energy™ connected to the PC, you can select a folder from it so the new video stores directly on the unit, but make sure there is enough free space.62 Click on the “Add” button to add the download and conversion job to the task list. 7. If you receive an error message and your internet connection is fully functional, probably the link is from an unsupported page, or the video has some copyright or access restriction. (i.e. for mature only) Note: You can add several download and conversion jobs so they batch process automatically without you staring at the computer. If you want to, you can delete a queued job selecting it with your mouse and pressing the “Delete line” button. Repeat steps 4 to 7 for each of the videos you want to download and convert.8. Once you have queued all the videos you want to download and convert, press 9. “Convert now” to begin the process. On the “Process Info” column you can check the current file download and 10. conversion, along with its current size. When the process is finished, the “Process Info” column turns green colour. Wait for all the tasks to complete and click the “Close” button to exit the program. NOTE: We recommend not using the PC while Energy Movier is converting due to the high consumption of resources that could lead to other applications not responding.63 VIEWING PICTURES View and enjoy your JPG/BMP pictures and photos with the high resolution TFT ≥ screen of your Energy™ 4020 Touch. For viewing your pictures, select the PHOTO icon from the main menu. You will access directly to the files explorer (check the “BROWSER: FOLDER NAVIGATION” section),choose the picture that you like and press ENTER or click on the file to start viewing it. To show the control icons menu, briefly press the ON/OFF button. Once the menu shows up, press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to skip to the previous/next picture. With the PLAY button you can enable/disable the slideshow (timming can be set from the SETTINGS -> “Auto Play Set” -> “Image” option menu). Hold the BROWSE icon for one second to activate the folder navigation.64

M-EX: MEMORY EXTENSION AND PC CONNECTION

In order to enjoy the multimedia capabilities of your Energy™ 4020 Touch, you ≥ have to previously copy the files from your PC to its internal memory or use the M-EX system to access the data inside a Micro-SD card. NOTE: Switch off the player when inserting / extracting a Micro-SD card, in order to avoid data loss. Connect your Energy™ 4020 Touch to the computer using the USB 2.0 cable included. The device will be detected automatically without installing any driver (except Windows 98, in which case you have to install the W98 driver from the bundled CD). Once detected, you can read/write to the device’s memory just like you where using a regular disk drive. IMPORTANT: In order to avoid any data loss, always perform a safe USB device extraction before disconnecting the USB cable. In Windows XP, for example, you can find the safe extraction icon in the task bar, close to the system clock.65 FIRMWARE REINSTALLATION Your MP4 Energy™ 4020 Touch has an operating system installed, usually named ≥ firmware, that sometimes needs to be reinstalled. The process is easy, but must be performed carefully, and only when it is really necessary. If you see that the player halts, it reboots randomly, or you have problems to access the memory content from your computer, those are signs that the firmware is damaged and needs to be reinstalled. Before starting, make a backup of your files inside the Energy™ 4020 Touch because during the firmware reinstallation the memory will be formatted and erased. Also it is very important to make sure that your computer is virus free and has no halt/lock problems. Follow these steps to reinstall the firmware: Insert the bundled Driver CD in a CD/DVD drive of your computer and automatically 1. the CD menu will appear on screen. Select “Download Energy 4020 Firmware Utility” to go to the web site (you can also go manually to www.energysistem.com). Select your model from the product section and download the latest firmware from 2. the drivers section. Note: Be sure that the firmware you are downloading is for your model, otherwise you will damage the device. Decompress the file in your computer and run “setup.exe”. Go through the installation steps by pressing “Next”.3.66 FIRMWARE REINSTALLATION Once the installation has finished, run the application through the menu “Start”-4. >”All the programs”->” Energy Sistem”->”Firmware Update”. Press “Open” and select the firmware file named “Energy4020.rfw”.5. In that moment, power on your Energy™ 4020 Touch, select the SETTINGS icon, 6. “System”->”Upgrade” option and choose “Yes”. Plug the device to your computer using the included USB 2.0 cable. 7. Press the “Update” button. 8. Wait until the process ends (around 10 min.). The “Update” button will activate again

and the text “Firmware Update Successful” will appear. Press the “Exit” button. Disconnect your Energy™ 4020 Touch by using the green arrow icon close to the 10. Windows clock (Safe Hardware Removal) and wait until the system confirms that the device can be removed.67 Unplug the USB cable, power on the device and wait until the main menu appears 11. on screen. Connect the player again to the computer with the USB 2.0 cable.12. At “My PC”, double click over the drive that represents the internal memory of the 13. player. A message will pop-up explaining that the drive doesn’t have format. It will ask if 14. you want to format the drive. Choose “Yes”. The format window will appear. Check the “Fast format” option and clic the “Start” 15. button. Once the format procedure has finished, press “Close”.16. You can copy again data to your Energy™ 4020 Touch and enjoy it right away.17.68 TROUBLESHOOTING I cannot play some MP3 files? 1. The MP3 file has to follow some standards like MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG 2.5 layer 3. Otherwise, the file must be converted using a software application. My player doesn’t power on and my computer doesn’t detect it, what can I do? 2. It is possible that there is a problem with the firmware. Please check the user manual section “FIRMWARE REINSTALLATION”. Why I cannot play some WMA files? 3. Make sure that you are not coding the WMA files with DRM. Why can’t I see the image, video or text files while using the music browser? 4. You will only see the files in memory associated to the browsing you are doing (music files for Music, image files for Photo, etc…) To view all the files in memory at once, choose the “Browser” option in the main menu. Why can’t I display my .jpg files? 5. Many digital cameras and image edition software add hidden data to the .jpg files. This data can prevent your MP4 from loading the images. Try to eliminate them by saving the file with another name. When I switch off the MP4 with the ON/OFF button, the brightness or the song I 6. was listening to is not stored. What gives? For the MP4 to successfully store the state, you have to switch it off with the PLAY button.69 TROUBLESHOOTING What’s the video format of my MP4 Energy™? 7. It plays AVI files compressed with XVID, MP2 audio. Convert your videos using Energy Movier to ensure compatibility.

8. I’m having trouble to detect my MP4 with Windows Vista.

There is a USB mass storage devices recognition issue with Windows Vistaacknowledged by Microsoft. A solution is expected in the upcoming Service Pack 1. Why the system does not respond when I press an icon? 9. You should recalibrate the touch-screen (see “BATTERY POWER AND CALIBRATION”). Which is the BROWSE icon often mentioned along the manual?

It is the icon with a rotating arrow. Any other question? Check the product’s F.A.Q. section at www.energysistem.com.70 WARRANTY Energy Sistem Soyntec S.A. warrants its products to be free from defects in materials and workmanship at the time of purchase. The warranty period is 36 months from the date of purchase for MP3/MP4 Players. WARRANTY PROCEDURE Visit the Support section at http://support.energysistem.com and select your 1. product to view the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). The solution to your problem is very likely to have been already published there. You will also be able to download user manuals, user guides, drivers and updates. If you cannot find an appropriate solution in the Support section, you may send us 2. your enquiry or warranty service request by email: support@energysistem.co.uk Alternatively, you may prefer to contact the distributor from which you purchased 3. the product, presenting the purchase receipt or invoice.” Specifications are subject to change without notice. © 2008 by Energy Sistem