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USER MANUAL SMPK1072 SYLVANIA

User’s Manual – SMPK1072 Cautions z Do not subject the device to severe impact or drop it from high position. z Do not use the player in extreme hot or cold, dusty or damp field. Do not expose it to direct sunshine. z Excessive sound pressure from earphones and headphones can cause hearing loss. z Prolonged listening at full power can damage the ear of the user. z Avoid using the player in strong magnetic field.2 z Keep the device away from water or other liquids. In the event that water or other liquids enter the device, power off the product immediately, and clean the device. z Do not use chemical solution to clean the device in order to avoid corrosion. Clean it with a dry cloth. z We are not responsible for the damages or lost data caused by malfunction, misusing, repairing the device or battery replacement. z Do not attempt to disassemble, repair or modify the product. This will invalidate guarantee. z The design of the player or actual display may be different from what is shown in this manual. It should be subject to the actual display or design.3

4.1 Connect to a PC and download audio files

This player is plug & play for WIN2000/XP/ME/Vista OS. But for Windows98/SE, you are required to install a driver before connection. To connect it with PC for transferring files, (1) Plug the larger end of the USB cable to the USB port of the PC, and plug the smaller end to the USB port of the player. (2) When the “ ” icon appear at the right bottom of the PC screen, double click “My Computer” on the desktop, you see a removable disk which indicates the player. Just use the removable disk as a regular local disk, copying files from or to it.6

4.2 Removing the player from the PC safely

For Windows2000/XP/ME/Vista: (1) Left click the icon at the right hand corner of the taskbar. (2) Click the pop-up mini-window with message of “Stop the USB Mass Storage Device – Drive (X)”. (3) When you are prompted to remove the device, pull out the player. For Win98/SE, please make sure the data transfer is completed before unplugging the MP3 player.

4.3 Charge the battery

The device has a built-in lithium-icon rechargeable battery. It is charged via USB7 connection. You are required to charge it when you use it for the first time. It takes about 3 hours to fully charge the battery. Connect the larger end of the USB cable to the USB interface of PC, and connect the other smaller end of the USB cable to the USB interface of this player. The device is connected to PC and being charged. NOTICE: For maximum performance, lithium-ion batteries need to be used often. If you don’t use the device often, be sure to recharge the battery at least once per month.8 5 Keys Description9 A. LCD Display B. Play/Pause: Turn on or turn off the device. Also play or pause audios. C. MENU: Hold for a while to enter the main menu. Briefly press to confirm selection confirm or enter the folder navigation mode. D. Previous: Play the previous track. Also move up. E. Next: Play the next track. Also move down. F. VOL+: Turn up the volume. G. VOL-: Turn down the volume. H. USB port

I. Power Switch: Turn on or turn off the power

J. Earphone Jack10 6 Power On/Off To power on, (1) Slide the Power Switch to “ON” to turn on the power. (2) Press and hold the PLAY/PAUSE button until you see prompt on the display. To power off, (1) Press and hold the PLAY/PAUSE button until you see prompt on the display. (2) Slide the Power Switch to ”OFF” to turn off the power. (Be sure to complete this step for saving battery charge.)11 Note: This player has a power-saving feature which enables the device to power off automatically if it is idle for about 3 minutes. 7 Basic operation Function Operation Play/Pause Press the PLAY/PAUSE button to play or pause. Adjust Volume Shortly press the VOL+/VOL- button to decrease or increase volume. Previous Track Shortly press the PREVIOUS button. Next Track Shortly press the NEXT button. Fast Forward Press and hold the NEXT button. Rewind Press and hold the PREVIOUS button.12 A-B Repeat To repeat a specified section of a track, (1) During playing, press and hold the VOL+ button to select the start point of the repeat. (2) Press and hold the VOL+ button again to select the stop point. The music section between the start point and the stop point is repeated. (3) To stop A-B repeat, press the VOL+ button. Lock/Unlock buttons To protect the buttons against being pressed accidentally or unlock buttons, hold down the MENU button and the VOL- together.13 8 Playing music

8.1 Enter the music mode

Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu. Use the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select “Music” menu, and press the MENU button to confirm selection. Now you are in the MUSIC mode, refer music playing to the basic operations.

8.2 Folder navigation

To navigate through folders: (1) In the MUSIC mode, shortly press the MENU button to enter folder navigation mode. (2) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a folder or track, and press the MENU button to confirm selection, or press the PLAY/PAUSE button to return.14 9 Playing videos (1) Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu. (2) Use the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select the “Video” menu, and press the MENU button to enter the video player mode. (3) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to search a video file that you want to play, and press the MENU button to play. For detail information about playing, see the “Basic Operation” section. (Note: During playing, you can shortly press the MENU button to enter folder navigation mode.) Note: This player can only play AVI videos. For other formats, you need to use the converting tool included on the driver CD to convert them. For detail information about15 the converter, see AVI Converter Quick User Guide on the CD and at the end of this manual. 10 Viewing photos To view photos, (1) Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu. (2) Select “Photo” and press the MENU button to confirm. (3) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a folder or image, and press the MENU to confirm. (4) Select the photo that you want to display and press the MENU button to enlarge it to full screen. (5) In the full screen mode, you can press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to display the16 previous or the next photo. Press the PLAY/PAUSE to start or stop an auto slide show. Press the MENU button to enter folder navigation mode. Note: Some images may not be displayed. Try to use an image editor to convert them or save them as other files. 11 Reading E-book

(1) Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu. (2) Select “E-book” and press the MENU button to confirm. (3) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a .txt file, and press the MENU17 button to open the selected file. (4) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to page up or page down manually, or press the PLAY/PAUSE button to page up or down automatically (by setting the time interval between 1 and 5 in Settings/Auto Slide show/Text). (5) During reading, you can use the bookmark to mark the page for resuming reading later. For information about bookmark, see “Using bookmark” section.

(1) Go to the page that you want to mark. (2) Briefly press the VOL+ button to show up a “Save Bookmark” window for saving bookmark. (3) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a bookmark number and press the18 MENU button to confirm. The bookmark is saved. It starts from the first line of current page. (4) To read the page that you marked, shortly press the VOL- button to show up the “Load Bookmark” window. Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a bookmark and press the MENU button to confirm. You will be guided to that page. Note: Some TXT file may not be read. This may because its format is not supported. Skip it or reload another file. 12 Browsing all files To browse all files stored in the player, (1) Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu.19 (2) Select “Navigation”，and press the MENU button to enter the browser mode. (3) Press PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select a file that you want to view, and press the MENU button to play or display it. 13 Voice Recording z Record (1) Press and hold the MENU button to display the main menu. (2) Select“Record”，and press the MENU button to enter the recorder mode. (3) Shortly press the PLAY/PAUSE button to start recording. During recording, you can press the PLAY/PAUSE button to pause or resume recording.20 (4) Shortly press the MENU button to stop and save recording. Press and hold the MENU button to return to the main menu. z Play recordings To play the recording, (1) Select “Navigation” on the main menu to enter the folder navigate mode. (2) Open the “VOICE” folder, and select the recording file that you want to play. 14 Deleting file To delete a file, (1) Select “Navigation” on the main menu to enter the folder navigate mode.21 (2) Briefly press the VOL- button to display a dialogue box. (3) Use the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select “YES” and press the MENU button to confirm. 15 Customizing Settings To customize the player settings: (1) On the main menu, select the “Settings” item and press the MENU button to enter the system settings mode. (2) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to select setting item and press the MENU button to confirm or press the PLAY/PAUSE button to cancel/return.22

Once（Play current track once and then stop） Repeat One (Repeat current track) Folder（Play all audio files in the current folder and stop after playing） Folder Rep.（Repeat all audio files in the current folder） Music Repeat mode Normal（Play all audio files stored in23 the player and stop after playing all） Repeat All（Repeat all audio files stored in the player） Intro（Play the first 10 seconds of every audio file） Order（Play audio files in order） Play mode Shuffle（Play audio files randomly） Preset EQ Normal, 3D, Rock, Pop, Classical, Bass, Jazz, User EQ User EQ set (User-defined (1) Press the PREVIOUS/NEXT button to switch EQ column.24 equalizer setting) (2) Press the VOL+/VOL- button to adjust the value of the selected column. (3) Repeat pressing the NEXT button until the cursor is on the YES button, and then press the MENU button to confirm. (4) Go to the “Preset EQ” menu, and select “User EQ” to enable the equalizer setting.25 REC Quality High Quality, General Quality Record REC Volume +1、+2、+3、+4、+5 Text Browse (Set interval between the previous and the next page when the device is in auto page up/down mode.) Auto Slide Show Photo Browse (Set interval between the previous and the next slide in auto slide show mode.) Backlight Time 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 15 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, Always On. Display Brightness (Set the brightness of the screen)26 Backlight mode Normal Power Save (Turn off the screen when there is no activity within a certain time) About - Information about the product Upgrade - Upgrade the firmware System Load Default - Restore the player to default setting Sleep Timer (Set the continuous playing time before the player is turned off Off, 10 minutes, 15minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 120 minutes27 automatically.) Language ( Select language in which the on-screen text is displayed) English, Français, Spanish 16 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Solution The LCD displays nothing when the device is started. Battery is too low. Charge the battery.28 The volume is too low. Adjust the volume. No sound when playing an audio file. Bad audio file. Delete or skip the file. The player cannot be connected to the PC. The USB interface is not supported by PC’s motherboard. Update or replace the PC’s motherboard. The displayed time is changing constantly. The bit rate of the MP3 file is changing during playback. Try to use fixed bit rate to compress the MP3 file. The PC has error when The player is Do not disconnect the29 you plug and unplug the player. disconnected from the PC abruptly while transferring files. player from the PC when transferring files. Total memory displayed on the player is not in accordance with the marked amount. Part of memory is used to store programs and display characters. Some of MP3 files cannot be played properly. The MP3 file is compressed by a standard, such as MPEG I Layer 1 or Layer 2 that

1. Delete the unsupported

Note: Before installing the AVI converter, make sure that the Windows OS is installed with DirectX9.0 or above. Before you download videos to the device, make sure they are AVI files and can be played by the device. If not, convert them using the included converting tool on the driver CD. The following steps show how to convert:

1) Install the AVI Converter

(1) Place the included CD on the CD-ROM tray of a computer. (2) Double click the “AVI converter” folder. (3) Run “AVI Converter CHN – EN setup.exe” to show up the following window. (4) Select an installation interface language. (5) Click “Next” to continue. Browse to a destination for the installation.AVI Converter Quick User Guide

(6) Click “Install” to start installation. (7) Wait for the installation to be completed before you see the following window. Click “Finish” to finish installation.AVI Converter Quick User Guide

(1) Select “Program files” → “AVI Converter” on the Start menu to see the following window. (2) Click button to display “Conversion Setting” window.

(3) For the “Source File” field, specify the file that you want to convert by clicking the button on the right. For the “Target File Path” field, specify the destination where the converted file is saved.

(4) Select the resolution of the player’s screen. (320*240 is for 2.4-inch screen. 220*176 is for 2.0-inch screen. 160*128 is for 1. 8-inch screen. 128*128 is for 1.5-inch screen.)AVI Converter Quick User Guide

(5) Set the conversion quality in the Quality field and display mode in the Aspect Ratio filed. (6) Click “Save” to save your setting. To convert another file, repeat the steps above. (7) Click “close” button to close the setting window.

(8) Click “Convert Now” to start converting. (9) Click “Finish” after the converting is finished.