Curtis MPS515 User manual

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MPS515

USER’S MANUAL

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

No part of this docu ment may be reproduced or tr ansmitt ed in any form or by any means,

elect ronic s or me cha nical, includin g p ho t oco pying and re co rding or t ransla t ed to an other la ng ua ge

for any purpose without the prior written consent of the manufacturer.

All brand na mes, lo gos and regist ered t rademark s ment ioned are pro perty of their re spect ive

owners.

Version 1.0 062706

Please read this booklet and note the warning statements before using the product.

Warning! Improper use of battery might cause the battery to turn hot or explode.

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Table of Contents

Introduction---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

Features--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

Pack age Contents --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3

Overview-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

Buttons Operation--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5

Display----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6

On-screen-menu Operation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

Power On and Off-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Entering Main Menu Page-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

Navigation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

Playing Music ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9

Skip a Song------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

Fast Forward and Backward------- ---------------------------- ---- ----------------- -------------- 10

Play Voice------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

Skip a Voice------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11

Fast Forward and Backward------- ---------------------------- ---- ----------------- -------------- 11

Setting----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11

EQ Set-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11

PlayMo de-------- -------- ---- -------- ----- ------- -------- ---- ------- --------- ---- -------- ---- -------- -- 12

Contr ast--------- -------- ----- -------- ----- ------- ----- ------- ------- --------- ---- -------- ---- -------- -- 13

Backlight----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Backlight Color--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13

Power Save------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13

Recordset--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

Language---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14

Exit------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15

Record----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15

Delete------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15

About------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16

Exit---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16

Driver------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 17

Format the MTP Player------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 18

Synchronize MP3 and WMA Files to the Player----------------------------------------------------------------18

MTP Function being changed into USB Storage Function-------------------------------------------------26

USB Storage Function being changed into MTP Function-------------------------------------------------28

Trouble Shooting-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31

Technical Specifications---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33

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Introduction

Thank you for choo sing our digital M P3 player. You can us e this versatile MP3

player not onl y for playing MP3 and W MA songs, b ut also recording voice an d

serving as a U SB flash disk.

Features

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Large LCD dis play wi th backlight

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Support MP3 ( MPEG 1/2 Layer2), W MA, OGG music pla yback

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Digital voice recorder

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USB mass stor age function for data stor age

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7 EQ settings

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1xAAA battery supp or ts long playin g time

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No driver instal lation is required (e xcept Windows® 98/98S E)

Package Contents

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User's manual

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Standard earphon es with neck strap

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1xAAA battery

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USB cable

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CD including the dri ver

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Mode / Menu / Confirm

Earphon es Ja ck

Overview

Front and Back

Left and Right

Voice Recording/

Hold/A-B Repeat

On/ Off/ Play/ Pause

LCD

Battery

Compartment

Earphones Jack

Hook for

Neck Strap

Volu me + Vo lu me -

USB Port

Microphone

Previous / Fast Backward

Next / Fast Forward

On/ Off/ Play/ Pause

LCD

Battery

Compartment

Earphones Jack

Hook for

Neck Strap

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Buttons Operation

Operation

EARPHONES

JACK

Insert the earphones into the earphones jack

USB PORT

Connect the USB cable to the USB port of the computer for

uploadi n g the so ng s

MIC

Microphone for voice recording

NEXT/

FAST FORWARD

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In PLAYING mode, press the button and release it

immediately to jump to next song

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Under Menu or Sub-menu page, press the button and

release it immediately to jump to next menu items

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In PLAYING mode, press the button and hold it to fast

forward

MODE/

CONFIRM/

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In STOP mode, press the button to enter the Main Menu

page for changing the modes

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Under Menu or Sub-menu page, press the button to

confirm to the selection of menu items

PREVIOUS/

FAST BACKWARD

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In PLAYING mode, press the button and release it

immediately to jump to previous song

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Under Menu or Sub-menu page, press the button and

release it immediately to jump to previous menu items

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In PLAYING mode, press the button and hold it to fast

backward the song

ON/

OFF/

PLAY/

PAUSE/

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In IDLE mode, press and hold the button to turn on the

player

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In STOP mode, press and hold the button to turn off the

player

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In STOP mode, press the button to play the songs

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In PLAYING mode, press the button to pause the

playing song

REC

A-B Repeat

HOLD

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In STOP mode, press the button to enter VOICE mode,

then press the button again to start voice recording

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In PLAYING mode, press the button to set Mark A, then

press the button again to set Mark B, the music will be

playback from Mark A to Mark B. You can press the

button again to disable this function

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In PLAYING/STOP mode, press the button and hold it to

lock and unlock the button

VOLUME +

Press and hold the button to increase the volume

VOLUME -

Press and hold the button to decrease the volume

DISPLAY

Display the operating status, lyric with backlight

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Display

Display Icon Function

Repeat Mode

Show the current repeat mode used.

Battery Level

Show the battery level.

The Format of the Playing Music

Indicate the format of the playing music, MP3 or

WMA.

Volume

Show the volume of the song

The Name of Playing Song

Show the playing song currently

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On-screen-menu Operation

In STOP/PLAYING mode, press the MODE/CONFRIM button to enter the Main

Menu page

EQ Set

PlayMode

Contrast

Backlight

Color

Powerset

Recordse t

Language

Exit

Normal

Rock

Jazz

Bass

Pop

Classical

Soft

Normal

Repeat All

Repeat One

Random

Random All

Preview

Main

Manu

DISABLE 2MINS

20MINS 30MINS

English

French

German

Spanish

Dutch

Italian

Portuguese

Greek

Exit

Navigation

Music

Voice

Setting

Record

Delete

About

Exit

Source

Encoder

Sample

Exit

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Power On and Off

Inserting Battery

Insert 1xAAA batt ery into batter y compartment. Ali gn the “+” and “-“ sign as

indicated on t he batt ery slot.

Power On

Press and hol d ON/OFF butt on to turn o n the pla yer. Release ON/OF F button unti l

“W elcome” appears on the display.

Power Off

In STOP mode

, press and hold ON/OFF button to turn off t he pla yer. Release

ON/OFF button unt il “B YEBYE” appears o n the di splay.

Battery Level

The batter y icon on the displ ay sho ws the battery le vel.

Low Battery

When the batter y icon shows in , it indicat es the batte ry power is runni ng

out. You sho uld repl ace a ne w AAA batt ery.

Entering Main Menu Page

1 Switch the player into STOP mode (No music is pla ying). The displa y shows

as below.

2 Press the MODE/CONFI RM button, then you rea ch the belo w Main Men u

page. You’ ve entere d the Main Menu p age.

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3 Press NEXT button to ju mp to other menu items in sequence of N avigation,

Mu si c,

Voice, Setting, Record, Delete, About and Exit.

4 Select your desire d menu item and pres s MODE/CONFIR M button again t o

enter sub-men u pag e.

Navigation

1. After entering Main Menu p age, s elect Na vigation and press M ODE/CONFIRM

button to enter Multi-l evel folder ma nage ment mod e.

2. The displa y will enter to Root folder . Press NEXT / PREV button to selec t your

desired folder.

3. Press the MODE button to enter su b-fold er.

4. After entering t he folder, press NEXT / PREV button to select your desired

song.

5. Press PLAY but ton to pl ay the songs

6 Press REC/ HOLD butto n to return to previous folde r.

Play Music

1.

After entering Ma in Menu page, select Pla y Music and pr ess

MODE/CONFIRM button to enter P layin g Song m ode.

Note: Only .MP3 and .WMA format will be played under Playing Song mode.

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2. The display will retur n to the follo wing screen in STOP mode.

3. Press PREV/ N EXT button to select your desired song.

4. Press PLA Y button to start playing s elected MP3 or W MA mu sic. If there is

no MP3 and W MA files, “No Music Files” will sho w on the dis play.

Skip a Song

Press PREV/NEXT button and release it immediatel y to jump to next or previou s

song.

Fast Forward and Backward

Press PREV/N EXT button a nd hol d it to fa st forward or b ack wa rd.

Note: Refer to Over view section for detailed buttons operation.

Play Voice

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After entering Ma in Menu page, se lect Pla y Voice and pre ss

MODE/CONFIR M button to e nter Pla ying Recorde d Voice mo de.

2. The display will retur n to the follo wing screen in STOP mode.

3. Press PREV/ N EXT button to select your desired voice.

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4. Press PLAY button to start playing selected audi o files. If ther e is no

recorded audi o file, “ No VOC File” will show on t he displa y.

Skip a Voice

Press PREV/NEXT button and release it immediatel y to jum p to ne xt or pre vious

recorded voice.

Fast Forward and Backward

Press PREV/NEXT button a nd hold it to fast for ward or b ackward.

Note: Refer to Over view section for detailed buttons operation.

Setting

1. After entering Main Menu page, press

PREV/NEXT to selec t Setting Funct ion.

2. Press MODE/CONFI RM button to enter

Sys Function menu p age.

EQ Set

1. In Setting menu, press MODE/CON FIR M button to select EQ Set to ent er

the EQ mode. Se ven EQ modes are a vailable: Normal, Ro ck, Jazz, Bass,

Pop, Classical and S oft.

2. Press PREV/NEXT button to chan ge t he desired EQ mo de and press

MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the E Q mode.

3. The setting of EQ mode i s able t o apply in Playing Song and Pla ying

Recorded Voice mode.

EQ Set

PlayMode

Contrast

Backlight

Backlight Color

Powerset

Recordset

Language

Exit

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The setting of

Repeat

mode is able to apply in

Playin g Song

and

Playin g

Recorded Voi ce

mode.

PlayMode

In PlayMode Menu, press PREV/N EXT b utton to sele ct the d esired Repe at mode.

Seven Repe at Mod es are a vailable: No rmal, Repeat One, Repeat All, Random ,

Random All, Pre view.

Normal

All music will be played one by one and stopped at the last music

until you

disable this fu nction

.

Repeat One

The playing m usic will be re-pla yed until y ou disable thi s functi on.

Repeat All

All music will be played from the beg inning to the last one and then repe ated

again and again u ntil you dis able this fu nction.

Random

All music in the player will be randoml y played un til all music are finishe d

playing.

Random All

All music in the pla yer will be randoml y playback unti l you disabl e this

function.

Preview

All music from the cu rrent one to the last one will play for 10 s econds one b y

one until you disable this function.

The setting of

Repeat

mode is able to apply in

Playing Song

and

Playing

Recorded Voi ce

mode.

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Contrast

1. After entering Setti ng menu, sele ct Contrast b y press PR EV/NEXT to

increase or de crease the contrast o f the di splay.

2. Press MODE/CONFI RM button to c onfirm the desired c ontrast rate.

Backlight

1. After entering Setti ng menu, select Backlight b y press PREV/NEXT button to

set the backlight d ura tion. Th e backlig ht duration c an be se t in the range of 0

to 45 seconds.

2. Press MODE/CONFI RM butto n to confirm the desired b ackligh t duration.

Backlight Color

After enterin g Setting men u, select Backl ight Co lor. The backlight co lor can be se t

in seven colors.

You can press PRE V/NEXT button to select your desire d col or, or sele ct Auto tha t

the backlight color wi ll be changed in se quence o nce any butt on is pressed.

Power Save

In order to sa ve power, it can be allowed to set a off tim e.

After entering S etting menu, s elect Po wer Sa ve by pressing MODE/CONFIR M

button to enter this menu. T he Off Ti me can be set in the sequence of D ISABLE,

2MINS, 10MINS, 30MINS.

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You may set “ DISABLE” to di sable this f u nction.

Recordset

After entering Settin g m enu, select Recordset b y pressi ng MODE/CONF IRM

button to ent er this m enu.

Press the PREVIOU S/NEXT button to s elect items including Source, Encod er,

Sample and Exit.

Source

Only MIC mode is available i n Source.

Encoder

Press MODE/CO NFIRM button t o select the differe nt Encoder includin g IMADPC M,

MSADPCM an d ADPC M.

Sample

Press MODE/C ONFIR M button to sele ct the different d ata inclu ding 8000 Hz,

11025Hz, 16000Hz , 22050H z, 32000Hz , 44100Hz and 48000H z.

Exit

Press MODE/CONFI RM button to s elect this item to get back to the S etting Menu.

Language

After entering S ys Function menu p age, press PREVI OUS/NEXT to select

Language Functio n. Langua ges a re avail able as belo w.

English

French

German

Spanish

Dutch

Italian

Portuguese

Greek

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Exit

Press this Exit i tem to get back to t he Set ting mode.

Record

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After entering Main Menu pag e, select Record and pr ess MO DE/CONFIR M

button to ent er Recor ding Voi ce mo de.

2. T he following displa y will be show n once you’ ve ent ered Rec ord Voi ce mode

and start record

3. Put the sound source near th e built-in mi crophone. You are al lowed to press

PAUSE/PLA Y button to pause or c ontinue the rec ording.

W hen you finished the reco rding, pres s MODE/C ONFRIM bu tton and ge t back to

the STOP mode. T he recorde d audio file s will be aut omaticall y saved un der Root

Directory as de fault. You can ch eck the reco rded audi o files by press ing

PREV/NEXT button.

Delete

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1, After entering Main Menu page, sel ect “Delete” and press MODE/C ONFIRM

button to ent er Delet e function.

Note: This function is able to delete Voice file only.

2, Th e following displa y will be show n once you’ve ent ered Delete function and

select Voice b y pressing MODE/CONFIR M button.

3, Press PREVIOUS/ NEXT button t o select the Voice files that you want to

delete.

4, Press Volumn + /Volu mn – to select “Yes” or “N o”. If you selected “Yes”, “file

deleted” will show o n the displa y. You can press REC/HOLD button to get

back to the Sub-m en u.

About

After entering Se tting menu page, selec t About item b y pressing MODE/CONFI RM

button. T he MEM I nfo and th e version of the firmware will be shown on the disp lay

for reference.

Exit

Press this E xit item to get b ack to the ST OP Mode.

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Driver

Windows® 98 and MAC OS

W indows® 98 (first edition) a nd MACOS are not supp orted.

Windows® 98SE

If the player is r unning on W indows® 98SE, pl ease insta ll the driver by going

through the following instruction in deta ils before using the pl ayer. T he driver must

be installed on you r computer to mak e your pl ayer work prop erl y with your

computer. Ple ase ski p the fol lowin g instr uctions fo r driver instal lation.

Step 1. Before you install the driver, pleas e don’t conn ect the p layer to the

computer

Step 2. Insert the C D into your comp uter, click Set up.e xe and t he installation will

start.

Step 3. Follow the on -screen instruct ions to compl ete the driver installati on and

restart your computer.

Step 4. Connect the player to your compu ter and a

Removable Disk

will appear for

drag-and-dro p of the music files

*Note”For Windows®Me/XP platform, it is unnecessary for installing driver before

using.

System Requirements

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PC with Pentiu m class or fast er processor

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64MB RA M

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USB port

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CD-ROM drive for so ftware installati on

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30MB free har d disk space

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W indows® 98SE

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Format the MTP Player

Step 1: Click th e MTP Pla yer in My Com puter b y pressing t he right button of the

mouse and se lect “F ormat…”

Step 2: A dial og bo x will app ear to guide ho w to format. Click OK t o proceed.

Then the MTP Player will be f ormat accordingl y.

Synchronize MP3 and WMA Files to the Player

Please operate t he follo wing procedur e in

licensed

Windows® XP operation

system

with

Windows® Media Player 10

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Noted: MAC OS and Windows® 98/98SE/Me are not supported for WMDRM songs

playback.

Note: The player with WMDRM10 is only allowed for user to download music legally and

validly from the distribution licensees of WMA songs which are posted on the corporate

website of Microsoft®. Please make sure that the WMA songs are downloaded from these

distribution licensees and frequently check the most updated distribution licensees on

the corporate website of Microsoft®.

If the music is downloaded illegally, the songs could not be played normally.

Step 1. C onnect t he MP3 pla yer t o the co mputer with USB Ca ble, It will s how an

icon at the rig ht-bott om corner of th e desk top.

Step 2. A dialo g box will appears a s follo ws, choose the Media Pla yer icon an d

click OK to proceed.

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Step 3. The Media Pl ayer will find d e vice automaticall y as follo ws

Step 4. Soon a dialo g box wil l appear, Ch oose Manual and clic k Finish to pro ceed.

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