RC660 - Mp3 player Ricatech - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL RC660 Ricatech

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℃), 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.

Mass memory: 1GB/2GB /4GB /8GB optional Movie player, support AMV /AVI format Support various video formats convert to AMV/AVI format :RM /MOV /VOB /WMV /ASF /MPEG /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 BatteryThe 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

[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

1) Power on: hold [>II](play/stop) button for 3 seconds, the player will go to

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/AVI 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.

Hold [MENU] to enter main menu, there are seven modes which can switch into each other by presssing [PRE] or [NEXT].7. Music modeSub-menu description: A. sub-menu under playing status (there‟s no sub-menu while playing AMV/AVI 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; Repeat Folder; 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 tempo rate 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 replay Maximum 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 /AVI 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 songsDelete file:

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

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.

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 present recording file REC type: Fine REC: WAV format, good voice quality; Long REC: ACT format, fair quality and longer recording time; Fine VOR:WAV format, good voice quality, will stop recording automatically when there is no sound detected; Long VOR: ACT format, fair quality, will stop recording automatically when there 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

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 modeMain 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

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.

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 light 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 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

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

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

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.

When connected to a computer, the screen will indicate three different modes while operating:

suspending& download &upload

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 allprivate 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.

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.

5. 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.

If the player couldn’t play properly, please use trouble-shooting guide to help you. Symptom SolutionThe player cannot work

1. Please check the voltage of

2. Make sure the power button is

3. Please check if volume is set to

―0‖ or not and make sure that earphones are connected properly.

4. Damaged music data will make

noise in some extent; make sure there are files in the player.

5. 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. SpecificationSpecification and appearance are subject to change without further notice.

You can contact the Ricatech customer service when you have a question or a problem with your Ricatech product. You can contact us by telephone and email. Email For customer support by email, please sent a email to [e-mail] Please make sure that you mention the model number and serial number of the product, mention your name & address and describe your question or problem clearly. Telephone For customer support by telephone, please dial [phone]. One of our service staff will be ready to serve you. For full procedure please visit the website of Ricatech at: www.ricatech.com