LG MF-FE250ES User manual

Internet Encoding MP3

Player

OWNER’S MANUAL

MODEL: MF-FE250TB/TN/TS

MF-FE250EB/EN/ES

Please read this manual carefully before

operating your set.

Retain it for future reference.

Designs and specifications are subject to

change without notice for improvement.

The working life of this product is 7 years

since the date of purchase.

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Important Safety Instructions

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Contents

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose

this appliance to rain or moisture.

CAUTION

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT

REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER SERVICEABLE

PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

WARNING

Important Safety Instructions . .3

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Battery Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Player features and controls . .5-9

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Front/Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Side/Top/Bottom Panel . . . . . . . . .7

LCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

To install Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

System Requirements . . . . . . .10

Operation Circumstances . . . . . .10

What is “MP3 Player”? . . . .11-12

What is “WMA”? . . . . . . . . . . .12

How to use your MP3 Player . .13

Installing Software . . . . . . .14-15

To install Automatically . . . . . . . .14

To install Manually . . . . . . . . . . .15

Connecting Data In/Out Cable .16

Using MP3 Explorer . . . . . .17-35

Using MP3 Explorer . . . . . . . .17-18

To format memory . . . . . . . . .19-22

To download files . . . . . . . . . .23-26

To upload files . . . . . . . . . . . .27-30

To delete the files on MP3

Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-33

To check the version information .34

To set the fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

To upgrade firmware . . . . . .36-40

Before Operation . . . . . . . .41-42

Power on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..41

To use Earphone . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Hold Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

To adjust Volume . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Basic Operation . . . . . . . . .43-44

To play files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

To pause files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

To stop files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

To skip the files . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

To play rewind search or fast

forward search the files . . . . . . . .44

To select the Function mode . . . .44

Speed Function . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Advanced Operation . . . . . .45-54

Book Mark Function . . . . . . . . . .45

Local Repeat Function . . . . . . . .45

EQUALIZER Function . . . . . . . . .46

REPEAT Function . . . . . . . . . . . .47

To delete files on MP3 Player . . .48

To select input level . . . . . . . . . .49

To select bit rate of file . . . . . . . .50

To check memory and version

information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

BACK LIGHT Function . . . . . . . .51

POWER SAVING Function . . . . .52

RETURN Function . . . . . . . . . . .52

Voice Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Auxiliary Input Recording . . . . . .54

Radio Operation . . . . . . . . .55-58

Listening to the radio frequency .55

Auto memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Presetting the radio frequency

.56-57

Erasing a preset radio frequency .57

Radio recording . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Before calling service

personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60-61

To install Firmware Repair

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

To use firmware upgrade

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

The lightning flash with arrowhead within an equilateral

triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence

of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s

enclosure of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk

to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is

intended to alert the user to the presence of important

operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in

the literature accompanying the appliance.

The graphical symbols marked on the bottom or back of the

set mean the following:

To avoid electrical shock; do not open the cabinet. Refer

servicing to qualified personnel.Shock hazard-do not open.

CAUTION

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures

other than those specified herein may result in hazardous

radiation exposure.

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Player features and controls

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Precautions

•

If you plan not to use the main unit for a long time, remove the battery

to avoid any damage caused by battery leakage and corrosion.

• Avoid listening to the main unit while driving or operating any

motorized vehicle.

• Do not use the main unit in places which are extremely hot, cold

dusty or humid.

• Unlock the HOLD switch before operating.

• Do not drop it while using this product.

Battery MP3/WMA Playback

Alkaline battery (1EA) About 10 hours

For preventing the electrostatic discharge during use, refer to below

conditions.

•

If it is possible, please avoid operating this device under dry condition.

• When this device stops during normal operation, please replace

the battery.

Charge the rechargeable battery or replace the battery with a new

one in the following situations.

The “ ” indicator blinks.

“Low Battery” appears about 1 second in the LCD and then disappears.

The operation buttons do not work.

Battery Life

Accessories

Installation CD

Data In/Out cable

Earphone

Battery (AAA size)

Necklace

Auxiliary Input/

Output Cable

Carrying case

Conditions of time to use (EIAJ standard conditions)

• Output : 5mW + 5mW (play of the CD consecutively recorded

at 1kHZ)

• Sum of time measured by continuously repeating stop for 16

hours after consecutive play for 4 hours a day.

• The above contents are measured by using the battery

provided with this product, and play time to use may vary

depending on operation condition.

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Player features and controls

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Player features and controls

Front/ Rear Panel

Necklace connector

F

/

MP3/FM

LCD

OPEN

Battery Cover

VOLUME

+

-

Side Panel

Volume (+/-) button

MENU button

Book Mark (B.MARK) button

MENU B.MARK REC

HOLD

..

Hold Switch ( HOLD )

Record (••REC) button

• FUNCTION (F) button

(MUSIC, VOICE, FM radio)

• SPEED button

• PLAY ( ) button

• PAUSE/STOP ( ) button

• POWER ON/OFF button

SKIP/SEARCH ( / ) button

Earphone Jack

( ) : 3.5mm

Top/ Bottom Panel

MIC

+

MIC

Microphone

(MIC)

MIC

INPUT

+

USB Connector

Auxiliary

Input Jack:

3.5mm

Player features and controls

To install Battery

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Open the battery cover.

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Insert the battery.

Make sure to match the + and - on the batteries to the marks

inside the battery compartment.

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Close the battery cover.

Notes

• Improper use of batteries may cause battery leakage and corro-

sion.

• If battery leakage occurs, wipe the battery liquid from the battery

compartment, then insert new battery.

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Player features and controls

LCD

M V

F

NAM HUN 1

M

X-LIVE

192

kbps

01: 44

03: 42

003/035

Vol

A B

INT

+

Volume level

Current track/ Total track

Equalizer (X-LIVE, JAZZ, ROCK, FLAT)

Repeat play indicator

Battery indicator

HOLD indicator

File information

Play indicator

File type ( :MP3, :WMA)

W

A B

INT

+

M

A B

INT

+

• : Book mark indicator

• : Local repeat indicator

• :

Repeat the first 10 seconds

of each track

A B

INTINT

+

A B

< >

INT

+

A B

INT

+

Playing time

• : Music mode

• : Voice mode

• : FM radio mode

F

A B

INT

+

V

A B

INT

+

M

A B

INT

+

Total playing time of each track

Bit-rate

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What is “MP3 Player”?

MP3 Player is a palm size audio device that uses no moving

parts for playback and lets you enjoy high quality sound that

uses MPEG1 Layer 3 compression method for quality internet

audio.

MP3 Player is a portable digital audio Player that plays MP3

files without requiring the use of tapes or CDs.

MP3 is a well known, high quality digital audio format. MP3 files

can be compressed up to 12 times the original wave file size.

You can get thousands of MP3 files without leaving your home

or waiting in long lines in record stores. Just download the files

legally from anywhere in the world through your internet con-

nection. You may have to pay for the downloaded MP3 files to

the MP3 provider. The files can then be transferred to your play-

er and listened to on your home stereo, in your car, on the

beach, or any where you wish to go! Also, you can make your

own CD quality MP3 files from CD or WAV making use of the

MP3 encoder software.

MP3 Player takes advantage of MP3’s small data size

and CD quality sound.

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System Requirements

Your MP3 Player needs the minimal system requirements

for your computer.

• OS : Windows 98/ 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP

You can update the MP3 Explorer software for Windows 98/

98SE/ME/2000/XP available etc. from an internet website by

LG Electronics Inc. Refer to the following sample contact

procedure;

http://www.lge.com Support Select Your COUNTRY

Product Support Device Driver

• CPU : At least Pentium - 133MHz

• Memory : At least 32MB (32MB above is recommended.)

• HDD Space : At least 100MB

• Video Card : 640 x 480 Mode,

At least High Color(16bit)

• USB Port

• CD-ROM Driver

Note

What is USB?

• USB : Universal Serial Bus.

• USB stands for Universal Serial Bus.

• It is a new interface based on the new concept between PC

and peripherals.

• The maximum bandwidth is12 Mbps and a maximum of 127

USB devices can be connected to a single PC.

Operation Circumstances

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How to use your MP3

Player

F

/

MP3/FM

MP3 or

WMA file

MP3 Player

Interne

MP3 or

WMA file

Yo u ’ll need to have MP3 files stored on your computer, a data

In/Out cable and your MP3 Player.

Using the MP3 Explorer software, select the MP3 files you wish

to transfer from your PC to the MP3 Player.

You can transfer songs from your PC to your MP3 Player via

your USB port with a data In/Out Cable. Also, you can transfer

data from your MP3 Player to your PC!

A benefit of using MP3 Player for storage of data, windows doc-

uments, etc. is that when transferring large data from PC to PC,

you can carry an equivalent of more than 40 floppy disks! A

floppy diskette can carry only 1.44MB of data, but you can carry

up to 248 Mega Bytes of data using your MP3 Player.

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What is “MP3 Player”?

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New generation Digital Audio Player that does not require

tapes or CDs.

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Pure sound guaranteed while handling, exercising and jog-

ging.

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Multimedia communication audio player through PC, network

and Internet.

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Data storage device when transferring large data from PC to

PC.

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Enjoy CD quality sound while listening to MP3 files any where.

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You can get thousands of songs at a fraction of CD prices

from various MP3 Internet providers via the innovative Try &

Buy program without leaving home! You can buy only one

song at a time, no more buying a CD for the one or two

songs you want.

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You can select your own favorite songs, and change the

order of songs whenever you like.

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MP3 Player has no moving parts and will not skip since it

does not require physical movement such as rotating Tapes

or CDs.

• WMA (Windows Media Audio code) is the highest quality in

terms of a sound and music. WMA provides all type of the

best sounds from 8kHz to 48 kHz.

• WMA files can be compressed up to 30% the original MP3 file

size and can sound as good as an MP3 file.

What is “WMA”?

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Installing Software

To Install Manually

The installation of MP3-Explorer software is completed and the

“LGE MF-FE250 Explorer ” icon is created on the Windows

desktop.

If automatic installing is not run, try manual installing as per the

following description.

Insert the software CD into drive D:\ (CD ROM drive).

Search for the ‘autorun.exe’ file in CD ROM and double-click

the file. Continue installing as per the direction of dialog boxes.

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Installing Software

The MP3-Explorer is the communication software that allows

your computer to share information with your MP3 Player. In

order for your MP3 Player to work properly, The MP3 Explorer

software must be installed correctly under Windows.

To install Automatically

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Insert the software CD into

drive D:\ (CD ROM drive).

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Press the “MP3 Explorer Plus”

icon.

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Select the language you want

and then continue installation

as directed in the dialog

boxes.

The install will be runed automat-

ically.

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After the install is finished,

press the “EXIT” icon.

“LGE MF-FE250 Explorer” icon

appears in the Windows desktop.

Click

Using MP3 Explorer

The MP3-Explorer is the software that interacts with the MP3

Player and a PC. MP3 files or any data files can be downloaded

to the MP3 Player or vice versa.

Double-click the “LGE MF-FE250 Explorer” icon on the

Windows desktop to open the MP3-Explorer program.

The following figure describes the MP3-Explorer program.

The various features are explained below.

Note

Before The MP3-Explorer don’t operate, connect the Data In/Out

cable to MP3 Player and PC.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Connecting Data In/Out Cable

To complete setup, you should connect the supplied Data

In/Out cable to a PC from your MP3 Player.

+

MIC

INPUT

+

MP3 Player

DATA

In/Out terminal

USB PORT

Data In/Out

cable

Compare the two ends of the cable.

Connect one end with the USB port on the back of your PC and

then plug the other end into the Data In/Out terminal of your

MP3 Player.

To connect your MP3 Player to a PC

USB CONNECTED ! !

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To format memory

This function deletes all files existing on the file list window of

MP3 Player.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Click “Function” “Memory initialization” icon.

You can also delete all files by pressing the right button

on the mouse.

Using MP3 Explorer

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PC folder window.

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Displays the file types (MP3,WMA or WAV file).

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File list window of PC.

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Shortening icons.

Connects to communicate between your MP3 Player

and a PC.

Deletes the selected item.

Deletes all files existing on the file list window of MP3

Player.

Downloads the selected file on the PC onto the file list

window of MP3 Player.

This will allow you to copy the selected file on the MP3 Player.

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The file list window of MP3 Player.

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Music, Voice and Data folder.

(Each folder is available to download up to 200 files.)

/

This folder is available to download such music file

as MP3 or WMA file, but a data file is not down-

loaded. The voice recording of the MP3 Player is

available to download, but Such music file as MP3

or WMA file is not available to upload.

This folder is available to download a data file, but

such music file as MP3 or WMA file is not downloaded.

The downloaded all file is available to upload.

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Displays the file types (MP3,WMA or WAV file).

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Displays the memory information of the MP3 Player.

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Note

If you delete only the files within music, voice or data folder,

select the “Function” “Folder initialization”.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Click “OK”.

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The MP3 Player displays the process of file formatting.

Using MP3 Explorer

To download files

Before downing files to your MP3 Player and connect the MP3

Player to PC using the Data In/Out cable.

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Select file(s) to download.

22

Click “File” “File download via mp3 player” or

“ ” icon.

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23

22

Using MP3 Explorer

Notes

• Before formatting the internal memory, connect the Data

In/Out cable to MP3 Player and PC.

• Don’t remove the Data In/Out cable while formatting or down-

loading a files.

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44

Click “OK”.

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All files is deleted.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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The MP3 Player displays the process of file downloading.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Click “OK”.

Using MP3 Explorer

To upload files

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Select file(s) to upload.

22

Click “File” “File upload to pc” or “ ” icon.

You can also upload by pressing the right button on the

mouse.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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The selected file has been downloaded.

Now you can listen to music with the MP3 Player after

removing the USB cable.

Notes

• Do not remove the Data In/Out cable while downloading files.

• Even if the capacity of the MP3 Player is enough, the MP3

Player will not be downloaded. Because the file name is long.

- Delete the unnecessary file.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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The MP3 Player displays the process of file uploading.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Click “OK”.

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Using MP3 Explorer

To delete the files on MP3 Explorer

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Select the file(s) to delete.

22

Click “File” “File erase” or “ ”.

You can also delete the file by pressing the right button on

the mouse.

22

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Using MP3 Explorer

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The selected file has been uploaded.

Note

MP3 and WMA files are not available to upload.

(The recorded file is available to upload.)

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Using MP3 Explorer

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The selected file has been deleted.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Click “OK”.

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Using MP3 Explorer

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Using MP3 Explorer

To check the version information

You can check Software version and Firmware version.

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Click “Version information” “FE250 Explorer informa-

tion” icon.

22

The version screen will be shown as below.

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Click “OK”.

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To set the fonts

You can set the font types.

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Click “Font” “Font type” icon.

22

Set the font type.

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Click “OK”.

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To upgrade firmware

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Double-click the downloaded ***.hex file.

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To upgrade firmware

This function shows how to upgrade to the new version.

At first, download a ***.hex file from an internet website by LG

Electronics Inc. Refer to the following sample contact procedure;

http://www.lge.com Support

Select Your COUNTRY

Product Support Device Driver MP3 Player

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Click “Function” “Firmware upgrade”.

22

Click “OK”.

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22

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To upgrade firmware

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To upgrade firmware

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Click “OK”.

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The MP3 Player displays the process of upgrade

.

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