Nextar K40 User manual

Brand: Nextar

Model: K40

Category: MP3/MP4 players

Type: User manual

Safety Declaration

Warning

Users should comply with the information provided with

these labels, in order to ensure personal safety.

Warning

Tips

Caution

Users should comply with the information provided with

these labels, in order to prevent any damage to your PMP.

Tips

Additional information provided for users can be found with

these labels.

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Caution

About the Multi-Media Digital Player

The PMP is a kind of portable multi-media player that can play, record

and store video, audio and image files.

The PMP is able to process digital coding, and it can store and play

the signal via the AV In jack from external audio devices such as

cassette recorders, CD players, and video devices (e.g., television).

The PMP is embedded with an FM module and is capable of recording

FM radio and saving it in mp3 format.

In order to ensure the safe and accurate operation of this device, please

read the information below before use.

Caution Caution

Do not use this device if your hands are

wet, and do not use this device near water.

Please use standard power supply adapter.

Using a non-standard power supply adapter

may damage this device.

Please ensure that when you plug this

device into an electrical outlet, the outlet is

grounded.

Please ensure that the power supply

adapter is plugged firmly into the socket.

Avoid prolonged exposure to loud music.

Using this device at maximum volume

may damage your hearing.

Avoid bumping, scraping, or hitting the

device with other objects as this may cause

damage to the PMP.

Do not wear earphones while driving.

It may cause traffic accidents.

If this player begins to emit smoke or is very

hot to the touch, stop using it immediately,

and contact the customer service center.

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Store this device between 0 and 40 .

Store this device in a clean, dry place. If

the device gets wet or dirty, please contact

the customer service center.

Do not expose the player to the sun, and

when using the FM Radio, keep away from

the automobile.

Do not use a credit card, magcard etc, in

the vicinity of this device, as it may cause

damage to the card's magnetic strip.

Clean the player with a dry, soft cloth. Do

not use detergent.

To reduce the risk of electric shock, and to

avoid damage to the player, do not remove

the cover or attempt to fix the device by

yourself.

Catalogue

View Picture

Read E-Book

Radio

External Program Recording

File Operation

Resume

Setup Menu

Safety Declaration

Illustration

Caution

Catalogue

Product Introduction

Product Functions

Package Content

Function Display

Charge

Connection

Disconnection

Power on / Power off

Main Menu

Play Video

Play Music

Change Lyrics

Set Background

Manual Search

Auto Search

Background Playing

Copy

Move

Paste

Delete

Rename

New Folder

Display

System

Power

Playing Mode

Clock

Speaker

Player's Function Operation Introduction

Supplement

Technical Specification

Video Play on TV

Code Conversion Program

Synchronous Recording

Safety Declaration

Product Introduction

Package Content

Support the function of E-book

Support the function of recording and FM radio

Support the function of folder browsing

Easy to be upgraded

Portable Disk

Compatible with audio format

Compatible with video format

Embedded with 4 inches TFT LCD screen

Built-in rechargeable battery

Video Format Conversion Software

Product Functions

Function Display

This device can play files in Mp3 / WMA / AAC formats.

This device is compatible with the following video formats: AVI / ASF / WMV9.

Support the function of picture browsing

This device is compatible with files in JPEG/BMP/GIF formats.

This device is compatible with the E-book format of TXT (in unicode).

This device can be used to listen to FM radio, and record in mp3 format.

This device allows you to browse through all folders.

This device is embedded with a 4-inch TFT real color LCD screen to show high

definition pictures and videos.

This device is easily upgraded via firmware/software downloads providing new

functionality.

This device can function as a portable hard disk when connecting to a PC via a USB cable.

This device has a rechargeable 2000MAh Li-Polymer battery.

This device has video format conversion software, which allows you to convert

video files unable to be played into playable formats.

1. Right-click the Plug and Play icon in the taskbar and select "safely delete the hardware."

2. Select the hardware to stop, and click Stop.

3. Select the driver to stop, and click OK.

4. Click Close to finish the operation.

Disconnection

Caution

Rechargeable 2000MAh Li-Polymer Battery is included with this product, and is used to

supply power when playing music, movies or connecting to a computer as an external

hard disk.

Charge

Recharge Mode

Insert the SD/MMC card and press and hold the POWER button

for 3 seconds. When the POWER indicator light turns red, the

Power is on.

Press and hold the POWER button for 3 seconds. When the POWER

indicator light turns off, the Power is off.

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Power Indicator

Power on / Power off

Power on

Power off

Tips

There are 9 icons in the main menu interface: video, music, picture, e-book, recording,

folder, resume, radio and setting. Volume, power and time are indicated at the bottom

right.

Main Menu Interface

Main Menu

Player's Function Operation Introduction

The exterior sound source connection:

Connect the PC to the exterior sound

source via the Line-in cable Equipment.

Stereo earphone connection: Insert the

stereo earphone to the earphone jack.

Connect to the TV for playing:

Use an AV cable and the AV Out

jack to connect the device to

the television's AV In jack.

Connect with the TV to record: With

the AV cable, connect the TV input

jack with the mainframe AV In jack.

Caution: Damage may be caused to this product

if it is incorrectly disconnected from the computer.

The power adapter can be connected to the player's power adapter jack to recharge

directly. During recharging, the indicator light is red. When charging while the power is on,

the icon will flash, once the battery is full, the icon will stop flashing and display "charge

finished".

The battery life while playing films is about 240minutes.

The battery life while playing music is about 540minutes.

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Use the UP and DOWN buttons to navigate through the list of videos. Select the desired video

and press PLAY to start.

While a video is playing, you can do the following:

a. Press ESC to stop playing and return to the video file list.

b. Press VOL+ or VOL- to adjust the volume.

c. Press PLAY to pause, and press PLAY again to resume.

d. Press UP or DOWN once to play the previous or next file.

e. Press and hold UP or DOWN for over 2 seconds to search forward or backward.

Release the button to resume playing.

Tip: Forward or Backward now function as video pause.

f. During video play, press MENU to show the video function menu.

(L-R: Pause, Forward, Backward, Next, Previous, Single Replay, 4:3 Display).

Note: The Single Replay

button can be switched to All Replay The display

switches to 4:3 Display

, 16:9 Display , Original Display and Full Screen

Display

by pressing 4:3 Display .

Note: Press UP or DOWN to select an option in the menu above and press PLAY to confirm.

g. When selecting Forward or Backward in the menu above, you can press UP or

DOWN to change how fast you want to go forward or backward (X2, X4, X8, X16), and

press PLAY again to resume normal playing.

This product is compatible with Windows Me, Windows 2000,

Windows XP.

For Win 95/98/98SE, you are required to download the driver.

Play Video

Select Video in the main interface and press PLAY. You will be redirected to the upper

level folder and the list of video files will be displayed.

Press the MENU button to display the operation menu.

a. To return to the main interface, select Desktop.

b. Create, copy, move, paste, delete and rename (see operation manual for reference)

c. Select File Information to open or close the file information bar.

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During audio play, press MENU to show the music function menu.

(L-R: Pause, Forward, Backward, Next, Previous, Single Replay, A-B Repeat, ID3 Info, EQ,

Background Music, Lock.)

Note: The replay button can be switched to single Replay

,Random Play , then All

Replay , by Pressing the Single Replay button.,Press ID3 Info to show Lyric Dis-

play

Note: Press UP or DOWN to select an option in the menu above and press PLAY to confirm.

Press ESC or MENU to resume normal playing.

Change Lyrics

The music files should contain the LRC file, which contains the file names and the lyrics in

Unicode format. Download the lyric file, open it and save as Unicode (see image below).

Select Background Music from the menu above, and return to the previous menu, where your

music will still be playing.

Tips:press

to repeat.First press as the start,second Press

as the end.The interval between two presses has to exceed 3-

5 seconds.

View Picture

In the main interface, select Image and press PLAY. You will be redirected to the upper level folder

and the list of image files will be displayed.

Press MENU to show the operation menu:

a. To return to the main interface, select Desktop.

Tip: Forward or backward is functioning as if it were in Video

mode, which will help you to find the correct playing spot.

Play Music

In the main interface, select Music and press PLAY.

You will be redirected to the upper level folder and the list of audio files will be displayed.

Press MENU to show the operation menu.

a. To return to the main interface, select Desktop

b. Create, copy, move, paste, delete and rename (see operation manual for reference)

c. Select File Information to open or close the file information bar.

Use the UP and DOWN buttons to navigate through the list of audio files. Select the desired

file and press PLAY to start.

Press ESC to stop playing and return to the file list.

Press PLAY to pause, and press PLAY again to resume.

Press VOL+ or VOL- to adjust the volume.

Press UP or DOWN once to play the previous or next file.

Press and hold UP or DOWN for over 2 seconds to search forward or backward. Release the

button to resume playing.

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Press PLAY to read the e-book on the screen, and press UP or DOWN to turn the page forward

or back.

Press Esc to stop reading the e-book and return to the file list. (If the number of pages read

exceeds 10 pages, press Esc to return and display a dialogue where you can create a bookmark.

Select Yes to create a bookmark or No if you do not wish to create a bookmark.)

While you are reading the e-book, press MENU to show the e-book function menu:

(L-R: Previous File, Next File.)

This device is compatible with e-books in the following formats: *. Txt &. lrc. Note: the e-book file

must be in Unicode(Please refer to Change Lyric the Play Music section.)

Radio

When using the function of FM radio, please plug the earphones into the earphones jack,

otherwise the FM radio function is unavailable. (The earphone also serves as the antenna of the

FM radio.)

In the main interface, select Radio and press PLAY to start.

The default state is preset with 20 stations to choose from. Press UP or DOWN to

select the desired station.

Press VOL+ or VOL- to adjust the radio volume.

During FM radio play, press MENU to show the radio function menu:

(L-R: Previous, Next, Manual Search, Auto Search, Synchronous Recording, and

Background Play.) You can press UP or DOWN to select options in the function

menu.

Manual Search

Select Manual Search and press UP or DOWN to switch the radio frequency.

Press UP or DOWN once to switch the frequency over 100 KHz; press and hold UP or

DOWN for 2-3 seconds to enter the next station; Press PLAY. The FM radio will

prompt you to save your preset station, select the preset station and press PLAY to save it. Press

Esc to return to the preset station.

Auto Search

Select Auto Search and the FM radio will search all frequencies automatically (87.5MHz-

108 MHz) and save each station searched to the preset station (This will replace previous preset

stations). If 20 preset stations are saved, the auto search will stop.

Synchronous Recording

During FM radio play, select Synchronous Recording to save the FM audio program;

Press Pause to stop recording.

b. Create, copy, move, paste, delete and rename (see operation manual for reference)

c. Select File Information to open or close the file information bar.

Press PLAY and the image will be displayed on the screen.

Press ESC to stop image browsing and return to the file list.

Press UP or DOWN once to play the previous or next file.

During image browsing, press MENU to show the image function menu:

(L-R: Next, Previous, Slide Display, Set as Background, Rotate Left 90 Degrees, Rotate

Right 90 Degrees, Zoom In, Zoom Out, 4 Images, 9 Images)

You can turn the slide function on or off in the menu above. The slide display interval can

be set in the setting menu.

Set Background

Select Set as Background in the menu above, and the current image will be set as the desktop

background. Images stored in the player can be set as the desktop background using this

function.

Under the image zoom mode, press UP and DOWN to move the image and press PLAY to exit

zoom mode.

Tip: If you would like to browse images and play music at the

same time, you must start the music first, and select Back-

ground Music from the menu. You can then proceed to browse

your images.

Read E-Book

In the main interface, select E-book and press PLAY. You will be redirected to the upper level

folder and the list of e-book files will be displayed.

Press MENU to show the operation menu:

a. To return to the main interface, select Desktop.

b. Create, copy, move, paste, delete and rename (see operation manual for reference)

c. Select File Information to open or close the file information bar.

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e. Rename: Select your desired file or folder, press MENU to show the operation menu and

select Rename. A character sheet appears. Press UP or DOWN to select the desired

characters and press PLAY to confirm input. Press MENU to save the name or press Esc

to cancel. If you get an input error, please move the cursor to the “

”in the top right corner

of the character set. Press PLAY to delete the incorrect character.

f. New Folder: Press MENU to show the operation menu and select Create.

A character sheet will appear. Name the folder and press MENU to save it. A new folder

is successfully created.

Resume

The Resume function is used to resume the playing of the last video or audio file played.

If no previous video or audio was played, pressing the Resume button will result in a

message stating that there is No File.

Setup Menu

In the main interface, select Settings Menu and press PLAY to confirm. Press UP or

DOWN to select options in the menu and press PLAY to confirm.

Display

The option lets you select backlight, text color, focus text color and focus color.

a. Backlight: This lets you set how bright you want your backlight to be:: 10% (10% of total

brightness), 20%(20% of total brightness) …100%(total brightness).

b. Text color: This allows you to select the color of your text, from 001-255.

c. Focus Text color: This allows you to select the color of your highlighted text, from 001-255.

d. Focus color: This allows you select the color of the highlight itself, from 001-255.

Tip: After changing the SD card, all the display options will

return to the default.

System

This option lets you select Language, TV, System Info and Default Setting.

a. Language: Set the interface language: Select from Simplified Chinese, Traditional

Chinese, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese.

Background Playing

Select Background Play to continue working with other programs.

Tip: Set the sensitivity of the radio under play mode of the

settings menu before searching. Please refer to the settings

instructions for details.

External Program Recording

Before starting, please connect the 3inlAV cable with the player’s AV In jack and the external

device’s AV Out jack.

a. In the main interface, select Recording and press PLAY to enter recording menu.

b. Select the type of Video and Audio with signal input (For music recording only) and press

PLAY to confirm.

c. Select the quality level of recording, high quality, medium quality or low quality and press

Enter to confirm.

d. Finally, select Start and press PLAY to record.

e. Press Return to stop recording, turn off the player and remove the AV cable.

f. During recording, press PLAY to pause/stop recording. Press PLAY again to resume

recording. This function allows you to check it without recording.

g. External AV device is not required for Voice recording, the audio is recorded through the

MIC.

File Operation

In the main interface, select File and press PLAY. You will be redirected to the upper level folder

and the list of files will be displayed.

a. Copy: Select your file or folder, press MENU to show the operation menu and select Copy.

Then press MENU in the desired folder to call the operation menu and select Paste. A Paste

or Not dialog appears. Press Yes to paste or NO to cancel.

b. Move: Select your file or folder, press MENU to show the operation menu and select Move.

A Move or Not dialog appears. Press Yes and then press MENUin the desired folder to call

the operation menu. Press Yes to start moving the file or NO to cancel.

c. Paste: See Copy and Move above.

d. Delete: Select your file or folder, press MENU to show the operation menu and select

Delete. A Delete or Not dialog appears. Press Yes to start deleting the file or NO to cancel.

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Caution: System requirements of computer

a.Windows Media Player 9 or a newer version must be

installed.

b. Direct X9 must be installed.

c. Windows Media Encoder 9 must be installed.

Using Windows Media Encoder, you can select video files with the suffix WMV, ASF, AVI,

MPG, RM, RMVB and DAT as the source file.

After selecting the source file, select software conversion guide according to different require-

ments and select the desired specifics of the output file, such as resolution, frame rate, baud rate,

etc.

1. Select Windows Start Menu -- Program --Windows Media -- Windows Media Encoder

to run the Windows Media Encoder, then select the File Conversion option.

2. Select the source file to be converted in the source file window, and enter the location

and name of output file.

3. Click Next and select Windows Media Hardware Configuration File. Click Next again.

b. TV: Set format of TV set PAL/NTSC.

System Info: Check the company information, product name, date of version, spare capacity.

c. Default Setting: resume the Default setting mode.

Power

The option lets you set the backlight setting and power off.

a. Backlight setting: This refers to the time before the LCD automatically shuts down: select

from 001-255 seconds, 000 is not available.

b. Power off: This refers to the time before the player automatically shuts down: selecting from

001-255 seconds, 000 is not available.

Playing Mode

The option lets you select the image interval time, music playing mode, radio sensitivity.

a. Image interval time: This refers to the interval between images when doing the automatic

browsing, from 001-255 seconds.

b. Music playing mode: This refers to the setting of music playing mode: random play, all

replay, single replay.

c. Sensitivity of radio: This refers to the setting of radio searching sensitivity, with

high, medium and low sensitivity.

Clock

Set the player’s clock to display on the desktop; with the ability to set year, month, day, hour, minute,

and second.

Speaker

The speaker can be set to be on or off.

Video play on TV

To play the video files from this device on your television, turn the power off, connect the player

(AV Out) to TV set (AV In) with the supplied AV cable. Set the television to AV mode. Turn the power

on, press and hold the menu button for 3-5 seconds, and it should now be displayed on the

television. Users can operate most functions via the TV screen. The volume control is not

available for the player in this mode.

Code Conversion Program

Video conversion of WMV 9:

Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 series is a very powerful tool that is able to convert audio/

video into Windows Media Format. A brief introduction of the conversion process and steps of

using Windows Media Encoder follows:

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4. Select Simple Video Configuration File-Medium (CBR) in the video bar.

5. Select Audio Configuration File L1 (CBR) in the audio bar.

6. Click Next and fill in the information box with your favorite content or leave it empty.

7. Click Next and uncheck the option Single click “OK” to start converting, then click “OK”.

8. Click Property

and select Compress

Uncheck the option Through two code, and check Time Compress.

then select edit.

9. Click 355Kbps in self-defined code setting box,

change 15fps to 30fps in frame ratio bar

then click Confirm. Press Apply again and close the Property dialog.

10. Click Start coding, and wait for it to finish

SupplementSupplement

Supplement

Environment Protection Knowledge

Discharged packing material, batteries and used electrical

products must be separated.

Technical Specification

108mm x 71mm x 17.4mm

157g

4 inches TFT-LCD / 480X272 RGB

Embedded 2000 mAH Li-polymer Battery 3.7V/2000mAH

100-240V 50 / 60Hz AC input, 5V / 2A DC output

SD/MMC card 32MB-4GB

Compatible

Code Flow Rate

Sampling Rate

Compatible

Code Flow Rate

Sampling Rate

SNR

Frequency

Compatible

Pixel

Support TXT(in unicode)<4.5MB

MP3 / WMA / AAC format ; 4GB for largest file

1.5 Mbps

16/ 24 / 32 / 44.1 / 48 KHZ

AVI / ASF / WMV9 ; 4GB for largest file

4 Mbps Frame Rate 30 frames / s

NTSC / PAL dual format Resolution 702X480

S / N: 30dB; 10 preset channels

87.5-108MHz

JPEG / BMP / GIF format, with functions of slide, background

music and image preview.

Largest Pixel: 3264X2448 Largest File 10 MB

MPEG-4.asf format , with largest file of 4GB

320X240

4M bps

MP3 format with largest fiel of 4GB

low sensitivity 16KHz.32Kbps

common sensitivity 24KHz.64Kbps

high sensitivity 32KHz.96Kbps

2.5mm sound / video joint

Format

Resolution

Code Flow Rate

Format

Sampling Rate

Output

Input

USB 2.0 full speed

English,German,Italian,Spanish,Dutch,Korean,Russian,Japanese,

French,Portuguese,Simplified Chinese,Traditional Chinese.

Compatible with Windows98/98SE/ME/2000/XP system platform

Product Dimension

Product Weight

Screen

Battery

Charger

Memory Capabity

Audio

Video

Radio

Image

E-book

Video Recording

Audio Recording

USB

Language

Operation System

Safety Declaration

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two

conditions:

a.The device may not cause harmful interference, and

b.This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

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No part of this manual may be copied, republished, reproduced, transmitted or distributed in any

way without prior written consent of Nextar, Inc. Any unauthorized distribution of this manual is

expressly forbidden.

Nextar is a registered trademark of Tofasco, Inc.

Nextar may find it necessary to modify, amend or otherwise change or update this manual. We

reserve the right to do this at any time, without any prior notice. All specifications and features

are subject to change without notice. All screenshots shown are simulated and may not represent

the actual screen on production unit sold to consumers.

For information on this product its operation and accessories, visit us on the web at:

http://www.nextar.com

or write to us at :

Nextar Inc.

1661 Fairplex Drive

La Verne, CA 91750

USA

Nextar K40 User manual

Brand: Nextar

Model: K40

Category: MP3/MP4 players

Type: User manual

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