TS 430 - Portable media player MPMAN - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL TS 430 MPMAN

• Table of Contents Safety Instructions Getting Started Components Locating the Controls … Turning the Product On/Off. Selecting Mode Using the Hold Switch Using the Reset Opening Installing Micro SD Card. Connecting the Product. Connecting Earphones Charging the Product Via the PC Via AC Adapter. Connecting to TV. Connecting to the PC
• iii Disconnecting the Product from the PC. Copying Files/Folders to the Product. Using the Product Music . Selecting Musi Screen Display While Playing Music Deleting a Music File © &© D ND N p. 5

Selecting Video. Screen Display While Playing Video Deleting a Video File Photo . Selecting a Photo Screen Display While Viewing a Picture Additional Features ….. Recording Screen Display While Recording . Listening to Recorded Files Deleting Recorded Files. Turning on FM Radio Listening to FM Radi Selecting Text. Screen Display While Viewing Text .

Additional Features ….. Deleting a Text File. Selecting Time Additional Features Setting up the Unit. Selecting Setting Date & Time. Display …. Timer Advanced. Language. System Information Video Conversion. Troubleshooting Technical Specifications een

Safety Instructions + Keep away from harsh environments including hot, humid, and dusty areas. This may cause malfunction. + Do not drop or subject the device to violent shock or impact. + Do not place objects such as coins or hair pins inside the product, or expose the player to sources of moisture such as water, beverages, chemicals, cosmetics, and so on. + Do not clean the product and its accessories with chemicals, detergents or wet cloths. + Do not dispose of the product in fire, otherwise, the battery may explode. + Never dismantle, repair, or rebuild your player without authorization. + Do not disconnect USB cable or power cable while data reading or writing, otherwise, it may cause data loss or damage to the product. + Do not touch the screen with sharp tools. - At your initial use, fully charge and discharge the battery for two to three times for best performance of battery.

Getting Started Components Make sure you have following items included with your unit. The number in parenthesis indicates the number of that item supplied. + Product (1) + USB cable (1) + Earphone (1) + Quick start guide (1) + Manual CD (1) Locating the Controls Battery Charge Indicator 1 Microphone Hold Switch Micro SD Card Slot El Touch Screen ΠUSB Port Headphone Ports/AV Cable Socket Menu Button EI Vol+ Button Vol- Button 1 Power Button F2 Reset Opening F3 Speaker F4 Stand Holder

Turning the Product On/Off Power-on: Press and hold the Power button to turn on the product. Power-off: press and hold the Power button to turn off the product. This product has an automatic power saving function to save battery power. Based on the settings in power save mode, the product will be automatically turned off after a pre-determined period without operation. For details on setting this mode, refer to [Setting > Timer > AutoShut Time]. Selecting Mode Turn on the product to display the menu screen. ting, Video, Time, Music, Record, Ebook or

2. Touch the respective part for Radio, Seti

Photo to enter the respective mode.

3. While operating any mode, touch [Menu

Music enu Music 1.mp3 Music 2 mp3 ( Music 3.mp3 Music 4.mp3 Music 5.mp3 Music 6.mp3 ] or press the Menu button to return to the menu screen; and touch the % icon to return to the previous screen.

1. Slide the hold switch in the direction of the

Menu button to lock the product.

2. Slide the hold switch in the direction of the

Micro SD card slot to unlock the product. Using the Reset Opening Ifthe product stop working or does not respond to any operation, depress the reset opening at the back of the product with a paper clip. Press and hold the Power button to turn on the product again. M Performing RESET does not remove the date/time setting and data in your device. M The product turns off when you reset it. Installing Micro SD Card You can expand the products memory with a Micro SD card.

1. Remove the Micro SD card slot cover.

2. Insert the card as indicated by the indicator at

the slot. Push the card into the slot till it clicks. The card is locked in the slot.

3. Turn on the product and it will automatically

read data from the card. M Never force the card into the card slot as this could damage the card and/or the product. M Never remove the card out of the card slot when operating the player. Otherwise, it may cause data loss or damage to the device or the memory card. Turn off the product prior to card removal. M Never touch or dirt the contact of the memory card.

1. Turn off the product and remove the card slot cover.

2. Gently use your finger to push the card inwards and release it for its bouncing out of

the card slot. Connecting the Product Connecting Earphones Connecting earphones to the Headphone port. Charging the Product Via the PC

1. Turn on the PC. Connect the product to the PC via the supplied USB cable.

2. The internal battery will charge automatically.

The battery charge indicator lights red while charging and turns white after the battery is fully charged.

M PC in the stand-by mode cannot charge the product. M Charge the product at room temperature. Charge may fails at the extreme temperatures.

M Rechargeable battery life shortens after a period of usage. M it takes longer time to finish charge if you operate the product while charging. Via AC Adapter

1. Connect the USB plug of the AC adapter to

the USB port on the product. +

2. AC adapter plugs to the household power outlet.

3. The internal battery will charge ) |

automatically. / Ai The battery charge indicator lights red while 4 D charging and turns white after the battery is 4 g 7 fully charged. Connecting to TV TV serves as the external display equipment for the product. Connect the product with TV via the supplied AV cable and watch movies at the TV.

2. Turn on the product and play a movie.

3. Connect the product to the TV via the supplied AV cable.

Connect the connector on the AV cable to the headphone/AV cable socket on the product. Connect the yellow, white and red connectors respectively to the Video, L and R sockets on the TV. (Note: Make sure colors all match up properly.) Yellow Red Video _L__R

4. Press the Menu button and the product prompts [Switch to TV]. Click [Yes]. While

watching movies on TV, control the volume level with Vol+/Vol- buttons. Press the Menu button to switch the movie playback to the product. Connecting to the PC

1. Turn on the product.

2. Turn on the PC and connect the product to it using the USB cable provided.

3. The USB Connected message appears on the screen: [Power & Data], [Power & Play],

[Power only]. [Power & Data] is the choice by default. -__ Power & Data: The charging process starts and you can transfer data.

-__ Power & Play: The charging process starts and you can use the product. -_ Power only: Charges the battery only. Note: Stop all operations before connecting the product to the PC for best performance. Disconnecting the Product from the PC

1. Click the icon on the taskbar to disconnect the product using the Safely Remove

2. Click the Stop button to confirm disconnection.

m The icon on the taskbar may be hidden in some operating systems. Click Show hidden icons to display the hidden icon. mn The Safely Remove Hardware function may not be available while using some applications such as Windows Explorer or Windows Media Player. Close all applications first before performing the Safely Remove Hardware. m lfthe Safely Remove Hardware is not performed properly, try again after a few minutes. If the product is removed without observing the above process, data in the product might be damaged. Copying Files/Folders to the Product Select the desired files/folders in your PC and drag & drop to the drive which appears as the product. M Always properly connect the product and PC. M When you transfer data, never disconnect it or turn off the power to protect your data from damage. M Transfer speed may vary depending on your computer and/or OS environments. Deleting Files/Folders from the Product

1. Connect the product to your PC and open the drive which appears as the product.

2. After selecting the desired file/folder, right-click with your mouse and select [Delete].

3. Click [Yes] in the [Confirm File Delete/Confirm Folder Delete] popup window to delete

Using the Product Music Selecting Music

1. In the menu, touch the music part to display the music list.

2. Touchthe 4/v icon to scroll through the list and touch a music to play it.

Music Menu pe) Music 1.mp3 Music 2.mp3 Music 3.mp3 Music 4.mp3 Music 5. mp3 Music 6.mp3 While playback, press the Vol+/Vol- button to control the volume level. M Touch a folder to enter it, and touch the © icon to move to the upper folder. M Supporting file formats: Audio Codec Format Range of Sampling Rate | Range ofDataRate | Extension MPEG1/2/2.5 Audio Layer 3 8-48KHz 96-320Kbps, CBRIVBR | .MP3 WMA9 8-48KHz 80-192Kbps WMA MS-ADPCM, IMA-ADPCM, PCM | 8-48KHz ! WAV V3.99 8-48KHz ! APE a-1- a10 8-48KHz ! 0GG FLAC 8-48KHz ! FLAC MPEG-4 AAC-AUDIO 8-48KHz 64-384Kbps AAC EÆ The browsed result will be changed based on the setting in [Setting > Advance > Music Browser Type] - DB Type: Browses files by Current Play, All Music, Artist, Album, Genres, My Favorite and Record. - Folder Type: Browse music file by folder.

[1 Return to the menu. E21 Return to previous screen. 1] Play mode: Touch to display the play mode list (All, Repeat, All Repeat, Shuffle, All Shuffle); touch a setting to apply to music playback. [4 Equalizer setting: Touch to display the EQ mode (Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Bass, Jazz); touch a setting to apply to music playback. 15] Title of the track (file name). [61 Total length of the track. Display the bookmark menu bar. 1 Make a bookmark. E] A-B Repeat: Activate/deactivate loop repeat. Next track/fast forward: Touch to play the next music, or touch and hold to fast forward the current playback. Deleting a Music File

21 20 As A8 T 8 F3 F1 Playback progress bar. F1 Play/pause music. F3 Previous track/rewind: Touch to play the previous music, or touch and hold to fast rewind the current playback. HA Elapsed time. Hi Close the bookmark menu and return to the music playback menu. F8 Delete all bookmarks. Delete the current bookmark. H8 Move to the next bookmark. Æ Temporal location of the current bookmark in the music playback. Touch the bookmark to play music from the bookmarked point. 1 Move to the previous bookmark. icon to scroll through the music list and select a file you want to delete.

2. Touch and hold the file name and the screen prompts [Delete File?].

3. Touch [YES] to delete the selected file; select [NO] to cancel the operation.

Video Selecting Video

1. Touch the video area on the main menu to display the list of video files.

2. Touchthe 4/v icon to scroll through the list and select a video file to play.

Screen Display While Playing Video Menu [1 Return to the menu. 2] Return to the previous screen. 1] Total length of the video file. [4] Display the bookmark menu bar. [5] Make a bookmark at a specification position. [6] Playback progress bar. Next video/fast forward: Touch to play the next video, or touch and hold to fast forward the current video playback. [8] Start/pause playback. TE] Previous video/rewind: Touch to play the previous music, or touch and hold to fast rewind the current playback. The product supports the soft subtitle only. Deleting a Video File

DRE) 14 Elapsed time. F1 Close the bookmark menu and retum to the video playback menu. F1 Delete all bookmarks. F3 Delete the current bookmark. 4 Move to the next bookmark. F3 Temporal location of the current bookmark in the music playback. 8 Touch the bookmark to play video from the bookmarked point. Move to the previous bookmark. icon to scroll through the video list and select a file you want to delete.

2. Touch and hold the file name and the screen prompts [Delete File?].

3. Touch [YES] to delete the selected file; select [NO] to cancel the operation.

Photo Selecting a Photo

1. Touch the photo area on the main menu to display the list of thumbnail photo files.

2. Select a picture file to display in full screen.

3. Slide rightward on the screen with a finger or a stylus to view the next picture; slide

leftward to view the previous picture. M Touch a folder to enter it, and touch the © icon to move to the upper folder. M Supporting file formats: Picture Codec Format | Max. Resolution | Extension JPEG 3264x2448 JPG Bitmap 3264x2448 .BMP GIF 999x999 GIF M Picture file cannot be deleted from the product directly. You need to connect the product to your PC and delete the picture file on the computer (Refer to “Deleting Files/Folders From the Product” of Section “Connecting the Product”.) Screen Display While Viewing a Picture 1 2 3 Display additional features. Return to the main menu. Return to the previous screen. Picture file name. Rotate the picture. SH E Start/pause the slideshow. 16 (El Additional Features

1. While a picture is displayed, touch the E icon on the screen to display additional

2. Touch the additional feature to display the sub items.

3. Touch the item to run it and hide additional features.

Image Delay Set the duration to perform slideshow. Option: 3 Sec, 5 Sec, 7 Sec, 9 Sec Slide Transition | Set an effect of slideshow. Option: Turn, Circle Shrink, Gather Leave, Spread out/in, Mix Screen Fit Zoom in or out a picture to fit best within the border of display. Option: On, Off

1. Touch the record area on the main menu to show recording ready screen.

2. Touchthe © icon on the screen to start recording.

Touch [Save] to stop recording and save the record file. M You cannot control the volume while recording. M lfthe remaining memory space or power is insufficient, recording will automatically stop. M The recorded file will be saved in the RECORD folder as following format. VRECXXX.WAV (VREC: voice record; XXX: sequential number) M The file size per one minute varies by the recording quality. Low: Approx. 67 kbps / Middle: Approx. 92 kbps / High: Approx. 128 kbps Screen Display While Recording Display the list of recorded files. Return to the main menu. ©, Record Return to the previous screen. Recorded file name. Available time remaining. VRECO01 WAV 4] Start/stop recording. EST E Recording quality: select the quality of E cons sance 5 Recorang Quai © recording. 7 Œ] - Option: High, Medium, Low. Elapsed time of recording. ©. Record Record file list. Touch the [-] icon to delete the file. Elapsed time of voice playback. VRECOON ee VRECOO!.WAV VRECOE VRECOO VRECOOS 002220 Start/pause playback. Progress bar. Recarang Quars ESBSEBEE Total length of voice file. Listening to Recorded Files

1. Touch the E icon on the screen to display the list of recorded files.

2. Select a file and touch the » icon to play it.

Deleting Recorded Files

1. Touch the E icon on the screen to display the list of recorded files.

2. Select a file and touch the minus (-) icon at the right of the file name. The screen

prompts [Delete File?].

3. Touch [YES] to delete the selected file; touch [NO] to cancel the operation.

Radio Turning on FM Radio

1. Touch the radio area on the main menu to enter the radio mode.

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Ebook Selecting Text

In the menu, touch the Ebook part to display the text file list. Æ Touch a folder to enter it and touch the © icon to scroll through the list and touch a text file to view it. icon to move to the parent folder. M lftexts are not displayed properly, check the language setting. M Supporting file formats Text Codec Format | Support Language ANSI English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Czech. TXT Screen Display While Viewing Text fe France The cmas à not (T-x

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x La ao [S [ Display/hide additional features. E] Return to the menu. 1] Move to the previous screen. [ Scroll the text up. 51 Scroll the text down. [6] Total number of pages in the text. Display the bookmark list. - Touch the 4/W icon to scroll through the bookmark list. - Touch a bookmark to view the text from the marked position. - Touch the [-] icon to delete the bookmark.

T1 Make a bookmark. [1 Start/pause the automatic scroll. Touch a specific position on the progress bar to view the text from that point. E Display the number of the currently viewed page.

1. Touch the H icon on the screen to display additional features while viewing the text

2. Touch the additional feature to display the sub items.

3. Touch the item to run it and hide additional features.

Set Font Select the size of characters. - Option: Font Small, Font Mid, Font Big. Auto scroll speed | Set the duration for which a text page is displayed in the automatic scroll. - Option: 10 Sec, 15 Sec, 20 Sec, 25 Sec, 30 Sec. Deleting a Text File

1. Touchthe 4/v icon to scroll through the text file list and select a file.

2. Touch and hold the selected file with a finger or the stylus. The screen prompts [Delete

3. Touch [YES] to delete the selected file. Touch [NO] to cancel the operation.

Time Selecting Time In the menu, touch the Time part to enter the clock mode. Additional Features

1. Touch the H icon on the screen to display additional features.

2. Touch the additional feature to run it and hid the feature list.

Clock Check time. Calendar | Check the calendar. Calculator | Use the calculator.

Setting up the Unit Selecting Setting For example: How to adjust the brightness.

1. In the menu, touch the Setting part to display the setting list.

2. Touch the 4/v icon to scroll through the list and touch the setting to display the sub

items. For example: Touch [Display]. Setting Menu pe) com Dateatime # ‘Timer Advance Language sans |

3. Set the details for sub items. The unit will automatically save the setting.

For example: touch [Medium] in [Brightness]. Setting Menu 2 vom Display Brgnness Touch Sound ouh Caibraïon © Lon o + Medium e or Stan © Haht Date & Time Set the current date and time. - Touch the field and it becomes highlighted. - Touch the æ/w icon to set the value of each field. Display = Brightness Select the brightness of the screen. Option: Low, Medium, High*

• Factory default setting. =“ Touch Sound Turn the touch sound on/off. Option: On, Off*

• Factory default setting. =“ Touch Calibration Perform calibration to align the touch screen's coordinates with those on the display. Timer = Auto Shut Time Automatically turn off the power after the specified time without operation. Option: Off, 1 Minute*, 3 Minutes, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 15 Minutes.

• Factory default setting. =“ Backlight Automatically turn off the backlight after the specified time without operation. Option: Off, 30 Second”, 1 Minute, 3 Minutes, 5 Minutes, 10 Minutes, 30 Minutes.
• Factory default setting. Advanced =“ Music Browser Type Select the type for browsing music files. - DB Type*: Browse music files by [Current Play], [AIl Music], [Artist], [Album], [Genres], [My Favorite] and [Record]. - Folder Type: Browse music files transferred by Windows Explorer.

• Factory default setting. = Rebuild DB Manually update the data library of all files after deleting the music, text or video file in the unit. Language Select the language for on-screen display. Option: English*, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Czech.
• Factory default setting. System Information = Version Display the version number of the current firmware. “ Reset All Setting Reset the unit to the factory setting. This feature return the auto shut time, backlight and other setting to factory default and does not delete any files or data in the unit. = Local Memory Size Display the used and total memory space.

= Card Memory Size If a Micro SD card is inserted, the used and total memory space of the memory card will appear. Video Conversion For movie and music synchronisation and conversion, please use MPMANAGER software supplied in the CD ROM. This software can be used also for UPDATE of your player MPMANAGER manual is included in your CDROM. Troubleshooting Can not turn on the unit! - Check whether the battery is exhausted. Charge the unit and turn it on again. - Reset the device by briefly depressing the reset opening with a paper clip. Press and hold the power button to turn on the unit. The unit cannot be charged after connecting power. - Check whether the unit and your PC are firmly connected. The unit cannot be connected properly via USB cable. - Check whether the USB cable is firmly connected on your PC USB port. The screen turns off frequently. - To save power consumption, the screen is designed to be turned off after designated time. Set up the duration in Setting > Timer > Backlight The screen is not clear. - Check whether the screen is dirty. Poor radio reception with heavy interference! - Check whether the headphone port is dirty. - Check whether the earphones are connected. - Adjust the position of the player and earphones. - Turn off any nearby electronic equipment to avoid potential interference.

Technical Specifications Storage Memory* - Internal: 4GB/8GB NAND Flash - External: Micro SD card (not supplied) (up to 16GB) Size L 119 mm x W 78.5 mm x H 14.3 mm Weight 1475g Connector - Headphone: 3.5 mm - Mini-USB 2.0 Power Supply Built-in 1950 mAh rechargeable battery. Display 4.3" TFT LCD (WQVGA) touch screen. Supporting Formats* | - Video: RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV, WMV - Audio: MP3, WMA - Picture: JPG, BMP, GIF - Text: TXT Signal Noise Ratio 290 dB Frequency Response | 20 Hz - 20 KHz Headphone Output <4.4 mW (each channel) Firmware Upgradeable based on flash. Compatible OS Windows® 2000/XP/Vista Supported File Format | FAT/FAT32

• Nominal capacity is defined by physical storage capacity and the actual capacity may be smaller than the nominal one because of the occupation by formatting and other functions.