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USER MANUAL OV18 MPMAN

DIGITALVIDEO/MUSICPLAYER MP3/WMA/AMV

USER MANUAL

MP-CS187 / MPOV18

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1.1 CS187/OV18 characteristics

Support MP1/MP2/MP3/WMA/WMV/ASF/WAV/OGG music format.
Support AMV movie format
Support JPEG/BMP/GIF picture format
Support WAV/MP3 format voice recording
1.8" high resolution full color display
- Graphic user control interface

1.2 Box set includes

• MP3 player
• Stereo earphone
• Driver & utilities CD disc
  Quick guide
  USB cable

1.3 Computer requirements

• Pentium 100 MHz or faster
  32MB RAM or above
  CD-ROM
• Hard disk with at least 15MB free memory space
  USB 1.1/2.0
• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 10, Linux 2.4.2

1.4 The player appearance interface

1.5 Figure & Keys

(1) MENU" [ ]. Switch modes, menu selection by pressing on button
(2) NEXT/FWD or volume increase
(3) "VOL" selects Volume adjustments mode or A-B replay
(4) PREV/REV or volume decrease
(5) PLAY “▶ II” [.]. OPEN/PLAY/PAUSE/STOP/POWER OFF
(6) Earphone
(7) MIC
(8) USB connector
(9) ON/OFF switch
(10)Color screen

1.6 Battery

CS187/ OV18 has an on screen battery monitor:

• When battery level low, recharge immediately (connect CS187/ OV18 to external charger or PC)
• Player must be switched on when charging!
• Nine level battery indicator (indicator flashes when charging)

Attention: Voice recording can only work at battery level 2 or above!

1.7 Power on/off

Power on/off the player by switching "POWER" switch to on position
- When powered on, press and hold the "PLAY" key for 2 seconds. Player will power-off. Press and hold "PLAY" key to power on again.

2.0 Main Menu

Seven mode at main menu with different featuring, respectively:

Music
Movie
Record
Voice
- JPG View
Setting

Use “NEXT” or “PREV” keys to select among these modes, then press “MENU” key to enter

2.1 Music mode

From main menu, select MUSIC mode and press MENU button to enter.

Use “PREV” or “NEXT” keys to select music file, press “PLAY” key for specific music playback

There are two sub-modes at Music mode, respectively:

• Play mode (available during playback)
• Stop mode (available during standby)

Play mode

During music playback, press "MENU" key to enter. Seven options:

Repeat

Normal	All songs are played once
Repeat One	Repeats the current song
Folder	Plays all the music of a specific folder
Repeat Folder	Repeats the music of a specific folder
Repeat All	Repeats all the music
Random	Plays music at random
Intro	First 10 seconds of each song is played

Equalizer

Natural

Rock

Pop

Classic

Soft

Jazz

DBB

Tempo rate

Change music playback speed by pressing "NEXT" and "PREV" keys
Attention: Tempo rate setting works only on MP3 file!

Replay

A-B replay - user can mark certain segment of music for continuous repeat

When replay mode selected, icon appears with letter "A" flashing

Press "NEXT" to set repeat segment starting point A.

Letter "B" starts flashing

Press "NEXT" to set repeat segment ending point B

A-B music segment repeats continuously. Press "MENU" button to return to normal playback

Adding voice to A-B segment

During A-B segment playback, press and hold "NEXT" key, icon appears

Voice is recorded. Press "MENU" key to stop recording

A-B music segment mixed with recorded voice will repeated continuously. Press "MENU" button to return to normal playback

Replay times
Choose how many times the A-B segment must replayed, range from 1-10 times
Replay gap
- Configure the time gap between each A-B segment, range from 1-10 seconds
Exit

Stop mode

During standby, short press "MENU" key to enter. Four options:

Local folder

Here the user is able to browse between all files and folders stored on the device
Use "NEXT" or "PREV" keys and "MENU" key to enter or confirm a selection

Delete file

Here the user is able to delete any file stored on the device
use "NEXT" or "PREV" keys and "MENU" key for delete confirmation

Delete all
- Deletes all music files stored on the device
Exit

2.2 Movie mode

From main menu, select MOVIE mode and press MENU button to enter

This player can only play AMV movie files.

Remember that most currently popular movie formats such as AVI, RM, 3GP, MP4...are not directly supported by CS187/ OV18. File conversion by computer with AMV Converter software is needed. AMV Converter is included on the CDROM.

Use "NEXT" or "PREV" keys to select AMV file, press "PLAY" key to playback movie

During pause, press "MENU" key to enter movie mode submenu:

• Local Folder
• Delete
  Repeat
• Exit

(Options features and controls are similar to Music mode, see 2.1 for reference)

Attention: Volume cannot be increased or decreased during movie playback. Volume can only be set at movie standby mode by pressing "VOL" key to recall volume control interface

2.3 Record mode

From main menu, select RECORD mode and press MENU button to enter

• Press "PLAY" key to start recording
• Press "PLAY" key again to pause recording (recording time flashes)
• Press "PLAY" key again to continue recording.
• Press and hold "PLAY" button to stop recording and save recorded voice to file ("SAVING..." message appears)

When the device is not recording, short press "MENU" to enter RECORD submenu, options available:

Local folder
REC type (choose between WAV or MP3 format in SETTING mode)

32K BPS (WAV)
64K BPS (WAV)
192K BPS (WAV)
384KBPS(WAV)

or

192KBPS(MP3)
128K BPS (MP3)
64K BPS (MP3)
32K BPS (MP3)

Exit

Attention: 384K BPS WAV file provides the highest quality, but requires a lot of storage space. High compression rate MP3 format consumes less storage space than WAV format at same sampling rate Recorded MP3 music files can replayed in Music mode Recorded WAV files are stored at [device:\RECORD\VOICE] folder and can be replayed in VOICE mode

2.4 Voice mode

From main menu, select VOICE mode and press MENU button to enter

Voice files recorded in Record mode can be replayed in VOICE mode

VOICE mode supports WAV recorded files only; MP3 recorded files need to replayed in Music mode

When playback is paused, short press "MENU" button to enter VOICE submenu:

• Local folder
• Delete
• Delete all
• Exit

(Detail features and controls are similar to MUSIC mode, please check for reference)

2.5.JPG View

From main menu, select RECORD mode and press MENU button to enter

JPEG View is designed for picture viewing.

JPEG, BMP and GIF format files are supported.

Use "NEXT" or "PREV" to select pictures file you like to view, then press "PLAY" for confirmation.

Push "MENU" button to enter submenu, options:

• Local folder
• Play set
• Delete file
• Exit

2.6 Setting Mode

From main menu, select SETTING mode and press MENU button to enter

• Record type

Selection of voice recording file format. Choose between WAV and MP3.

Dark mode

Setting of standby time before LCD screen switches off.
Push any button to switch the LCD screen back on.
Time can be set between 0 and 30 seconds. 0 seconds means dark mode is deactivated

Language

Selection of display language

Power off

Off time Setting of "automatic power off" time from 0-60 minutes with 10 minutes interval.
Sleep time - Setting of "automatic power off" time from 0-120 minutes at 10 minutes interval

Attention: 0 minutes means automatic power off or sleep mode is deactivate

Sleep mode features only once when selected.

Memory
- Showing CS187/ OV18 total storage size (MB) and percentage of storage being used.
F/W version
- Showing current firmware version information.
- Exit

SPECIFICATION

DISPLAY PC CONNECTION	1.8" Diagonal CSTN Display USB 2.0 High Speed
FLASH MEMORY	1, 2, 4, 8GB
POWER SUPPLY	3.8V Rechargeable Lithium Battery
MUSIC FORMAT	MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV, MTV, OGG
MOVIE FORMAT	AMV (16 frames/second)
RECORD FORMAT	WAV (32-384K BPS sampling rate) MP3 (32-192K BPS sampling rate)
DISTORTION	Less than 0.1%
FREQUENCY RESPONSE	20Hz~20KHz
HEADSET OUTPUT	5mW (320Ohm)
OPERATION SYSTEM	WINDOWS 98/2000/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 10, Linux 2.4.2

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