Aigo F850 User manual

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F850 USER MANUAL
MP3 PLAYER / FM TUNER
Thankyou forpurchasingourproduct.
Pleasereadthismanualcarefullybeforeuse.
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CONTENT
NOTICE.................................................................................................................................................4
UNIQUEFEATURES...........................................................................................................................4
CONTROLS..........................................................................................................................................5
GENERALVIEW...............................................................................................................................5
FUNCTION OF BUTTON/INTERFACE...........................................................................................5
LCD DISPLAY...................................................................................................................................6
BATTERY INDICATOR.....................................................................................................................6
CHARGE NOTICE.............................................................................................................................6
SPACE REMINDER...........................................................................................................................6
BASICOPERATION ...........................................................................................................................7
POWER ON/POWER OFF.........................................................ERROR!BOOKMARKNOTDEFINED.
POWER ON/POWER OFF.................................................................................................................7
SYSTEM DIRECTORY.....................................................................................................................7
SYSTEM MODE................................................................................................................................7
MODE SWITCH.................................................................................................................................7
SETUP/QUITTHE MENU.................................................................................................................7
INTALLTHE SOFTWARE ON PC....................................................................................................8
STARTUPANIMATION DIY............................................................................................................9
PARTICULAROPERATION............................................................................................................10
1MUSIC MODE............................................................................................................................10
1.1 THELCDDISPLAY................................................................................................................10
1.2 VOLUMECONTROL.............................................................................................................10
1.3 PAUSE/PLAY............................................................................................................................11
1.4 MUSICFILES SELECTION....................................................................................................11
1.5 QUICK FORWARD/BACKWARD.........................................................................................11
1.6 EQSETTING...........................................................................................................................11
1.7 TIMEDISPLAYSETTING......................................................................................................12
1.8 CYCLESETTING................................................................................................................12
1.9 SPEEDSETTING...................................................................................................................12
1.10 INDEXSETTING..................................................................................................................12
1.12 DELETEFILE......................................................................................................................13
1.13 MARKA-B............................................................................................................................13
2FM DIGITALRADIO.................................................................................................................17
2.1 LCDDISPLAY........................................................................................................................17
2.2. SEARCHMODESETTING...................................................................................................17
2.3 MUTEMODE.........................................................................................................................19
2.4 NOISEAVOIDSETTING........................................................................................................19
2.5 FMMP3 ENCODING.............................................................................................................19
3VOICE.........................................................................................................................................21

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3.1 LCDDISPLAY........................................................................................................................21
3.2 VOICEFILESELECT............................................................................................................21
3.3 TIMEDISPLAYSETTING......................................................................................................21
3.4 CYCLESETTING...................................................................................................................21
3.5 INDEXSETTING....................................................................................................................21
3.6 LYRICDISPLAY.....................................................................................................................22
3.7 DELETETHEPLAYINGFILE...............................................................................................22
3.8 MARKA-B..............................................................................................................................22
3.10 DIGITALVOICERECORD..................................................................................................22
3.11 START....................................................................................................................................22
3.11 STOP.....................................................................................................................................22
3.13 VOICERECORDSETTING.................................................................................................22
4SYSTEM.....................................................................................................................................22
4.1 LCDDISPLAY........................................................................................................................22
4.2 REVIEWTHEFILES..............................................................................................................22
4.3 FILEDELETE........................................................................................................................23
4.4 SCREENSAVERSETTING.....................................................................................................23
4.5 TIMESHUT-DOWNSETTING...............................................................................................23
4.6 CONTRAST.............................................................................................................................24
4.7 LANGUAGE............................................................................................................................24
4.8 VERSION................................................................................................................................24
4.9 SN............................................................................................................................................24
4.10 UPGRADE............................................................................................................................25
4.11 FORMAT...............................................................................................................................25
4.12 DEFAULTS...........................................................................................................................25
SAFTY.................................................................................................................................................25
TROUBLESHOOTING.....................................................................................................................26
SPECIFICATION................................................................................................................................26
GUARANTEE REGULATIONS........................................ ERROR!BOOKMARKNOTDEFINED.

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NOTICE
Highqualitydigitalaudiofilescanbecopied usingthisproduct. Pleaseusethisfunction if
locallawpermits.
Ourcompanymaymodify, update, and replaceourproductswithout priornotice.
UNIQUEFEATURES
lUnique Design
lMulti-CodecPlayer
SupportsMP3and WMAformats.
lDigitalFMradioand FMencoding
FMradiomode providesafrequencyrangefrom76Mhzto108Mhz.Itisabletorecord
the currentlyplayingprogramintodigitalaudiofilesand savethemintothe the player s
memoryasyou listen tothe radio.
lHighqualityvoicerecording
Youcan makehighqualityvoicerecordingsbysettingthe appropriatesensitivityand
quality.
lMovingdisk
Supportsthe USB mass storageprotocoland can be used asamovingdisk.
lDIYAnimation
Theplayerprovidesan CD toinstall thegraphics softwareforstartup. Youcanusethisto
makeanimationsforyourMP3player.

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CONTROLS
GENERALOVERVIEW
BUTTON/INTERFACEFUNCTIONS
PLAY
EPress and holdtoturnonoroff.
EToconfirmaselection
EToshiftbetween playandpause
REC
EPress and holdtostart recording.
EToperformA-Brepeat.
HEADPHONE Earphone output
MIC Microphone
USB USB connectioninterface/chargerinput
VOL /VOL－
EToincrease/ decreasevolume.
EEnter/ Exit the folderinSYS mode.
FF / REW
EPress oncetoperformthe menu function.
EPress toselectthe previous/nextfilein
MUSIC/VOICE, orstation forthe radio.

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EPress and holdto
Fastforward/Rewind
whileplaying musicorvoicefiles.
MENU
EPress andholdtoactivateaselected
mode, among MUSIC/FM/VOICE//SYS.
EPress toEnter/Exit themenu
HOLD EToput thesystemon hold.
RESET ERestart
LCD DISPLAY
1、Volume
2Shut-off timeicon
3Cycleorder
4EQ icon
5Batteryicon
6Filename
7Playtimedisplay
8Playing timebar
9Mode
10 Play/Pause/Holdicon
11 Currentsong /Totalnumber
of songs
BATTERYINDICATOR
Indicates3conditions:Full,middle,
Low.
CHARGENOTICE
When batteryiconischanged intolow,
the playerdisplays:
SPACEREMINDER
When memoryisfull,theplayer
displays:

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BASICOPERATION
TURNON/OFF
TURNON/OFF
Press and holdtoturntheplayeron. Toturnit off, do thesame.
Note:
1Thesystemwill automaticallysavethe currentstateand settingswhen the playeris
turned off, and will resumethe saved statethenexttimethe playeristurned on.
2Thesystemwill automaticallyshut offifit isidlefor1minute.
SYSTEMDIRECTORY
VOICEfolder: OnlyMP3filesareplayedundertheVOICEfolder.
Note:
The MP3filesfromline-inorFMencode will besavedunderthe bootfolder，MP3filesfrom
microphone recordingswill besaved undertheVOICEfolder.
SYSTEMMODE
MODE FUNCTION
MUSIC Playmusicfiles
FM Listen tothe radio/ FMrecord
VOICE Play/recordvoicefiles
SYSTEM Systemfiles/settingsmanagement
MODESWITCH
Press down toswitchamongfourmodes.
SETUP/QUITTHEMENU
EXP: EQ settinginthe MP3mode
Step1:Afterpressing ，the menu
listwill beshowninthelower
area of LCD;dialleft/right
tosearchthrougheachmenu .
Find the EQoption.
Step2:Press toconfirmthe EQ
option，and the EQoption list
will appearinthe
lowerportion
ofthe LCD ，you candial
left/right tosearch
forPOPinthe EQoption.

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Step3:Press toconfirmthe pop
option.
Attention:theicon haschanged
Thesoundeffectwill bepopwhileplayingmusic,and the popiconwillbeshowninthe
LCD window.
Quit the menu: press down toquitmenu function.
INTALLING THESOFTWAREONYOUR PC
SupportsUSB mass storageprotocol.
Ifyou arerunningWindows98 se/2000/ME/NT/XP, MacOS9.X,Linux2.4.X,thisplayerwill
berecognized bythe PCautomaticallyandinstallation ofanycommunication softwareis
unnecessary.
Installingthe mass storageprotocolunderWindows98 :
1.Insertthe installation CD intothe
CD-ROMdrive.
2.ConnecttheplayertoyourPC
usingthe USB cable.
3.Click “Next”.
Click “Next”

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Click “Next”
Continuetoclick “Next”the installation
isfinished
Afteryou redonewiththe installation,youwillfind anewmovingdisk on yourPC.
Youcancopyand/ormovefilesbetween the playerand the PC.
NOTE:
When you wanttotransferfilesfrom
yourcomputer,usethe USBcord.Do
notpull outthe playerwhilethereare
filesinthe process of beingtransmitted;
thismaycausedamagetoexistingfiles
intheplayer.Thepictureonthe right
showsan incorrectmethod.
Thecorrectmethod of
disconnectingtheUSB cord:Left click
the SafelyRemoveHardwareicon.A
windowwill popup,click “stopUSB
Mass StorageDevice”.When a
windowpopsupsayingitssafeto
removehardware,you maydisconnect
the USB cord.
STARTUPANIMATIONDIY
Youcan useFlashgraphicsoftwaretool “GixEdit”, tomakestartupanimationsforyourMP3player.
*Note：When savingthe animation,itmustbesaved intheROOTfolderofyourMP3

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player.Also, modifythe filenameas “splash.gix”.
PARTICULAROPERATIONS
1MUSICMODE
1.1 THE LCDDISPLAY
E1、Volume
E2 Shut-off timeicon
E3 Cycleorder
E4 EQ icon
E5 Batteryicon
E6 Filename
E7 Playtimedisplay
E8 Playing timebar
E9 Mode
E10 Play/Pause/Holdicon
11 Currentsong /Total
numberof songs
1.2 VOLUME CONTROL
Press tocontroltheplayingvolume.

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1.3 PAUSE/PLAY
When playingmusic, press toplay/pause.
1.4 MUSIC FILES SELECTION
Press tochoosethe nextorlast musicfile.
1.5 FAST FORWARD / REWIND
Dialleft/right and holdtofast forward/rewind
1.6 EQ SETTING
一般設置音效：
Step1:Press down toenterthe
menu selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe “EQ”
option
Step3:Press toselecttheEQ
mode you prefer.
用戶自定義設置音效：
Step1:Press toenterthemenu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe “EQ”
option
Step3:Press toselecttheEQ
mode you prefer
Step4:Dialleft/right to select the
band.
Step5:Press ，toturnDB.
Step6:Press toconfirmthe EQ
setting.
Thereareseven optionstochoosefrom: Normal/POP/Rock/Live/Classic/Sasha/Custom
.

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1.7 TIME DISPLAY SETTING
Step1:Press down toenterthe
menu selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“TIME”option.
Step3:Press toselectthetime
displaymode youprefer.
Therearethreeoptionstochoosefrom: SEQUENCE（default）, REVERSE , NONE.
1.8 CYCLE SETTING
Step1:Press down toenterthe
menu selection
Step2:Press toselectthe
“CYCLE”option
Step3:Press toselectthe cycle
functionsyouprefer.
Therearethreeoptionstochoosefrom: ALL(default)/ONE/NONE/RANDOM.
1.9 SPEED SETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection
Step2:Press toselectthe
“SPEED”option
Step3:Press toselectthe
speed you prefer.
Therearefouroptionstochoosefrom: NORMAL(default), FAST, SLOW1, SLOW2.
1.10 INDEX SETTING
Thisoperation can quicklyhelpyou find the musicyou wanttohear.If the indexfunction is
selected, the playerwillplaythebeginning10sofeachsong.
1.10.1START
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.

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Step2:Press toselectthe
“INDEX “option.
1.10.2QUIT
Press toplaythesongnormally.
1.11 LYRIC
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“LYRIC “option.
Toshowlyrics :
1, Pleasecreatean"*.lrc"lyrics file
2, Identicallynamethe songand lyrics file;
3, Savethesefilesinthe samefolder;
4, Turnonthe “lyrics show”function toseethelyrics..
1.12 DELETING FILES
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toSELECTthe
“DELETE”option.
Note: Thisoperation will deletethe current song.
1.13 MARK A-B
The MarkA-Boperation letstheuserselectaspecifictimeframewithinasongthatwill be
played repeatedly.
1.13.1START
Whileplayingmusic, Press tostart THEMARKA-Bfunction .
Step1:Whileplayingmusic,Press
forthe firsttimetoconfirmpointA.

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Noticethe blinking “A-”icon
Step2:Pressing forthe secondtime
will confirmpointB,the end ofthe
repeated section.
Step3: The playerwillautomaticallybeginto
repeat the selected section
Picture1: pointAsetting
Picture2: point Bsetting
1.13.2QUIT
Press toquit the MarkA-Bfunction and resumethenormalplayingstate.
1.14 MP3 LINE IN RECORDING
Step1:Connectthecableofthe sound
sourceintothe player
Step2: Beginplayingthe soundsource.
Step3:Press and holdtoenter
the musicrecodemode and
startrecording,thepictureon
the rightwill beshownon the
LCD screen.

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Step4: Press tostoprecording
Note:
Whilerecording,pleaseensurethatthevolumeishighenough.Inmostcases,thehigher
the volumeis, the betterthe sound qualitywill be.
1.14.1LINEINSETTING
1.14.1.1MPEG SETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“MPEG SETTING”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
desired MPEG.
Therearethreeoptionstochoosefrom:MPEG-1(default), MPEG-2, MPEG-2.5
1.14.1.2SAMPLERATESETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“SAMPLERATE”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
desired samplerate.
Note:
1.Accordingtothe different MPEGmode youselect, thesampleratewill vary.
Ifyou selected MPEG-1,optionsareasfollows: 32, 44.1,48
Ifyou selected MPEG-2,optionsareasfollows: 16, 22.05, 24
Ifyou selected MPEG-2.5, optionsareasfollows: 8
2. Thehigherthe MPEG value selected, the betterthe recordingeffect.
1.14.1.3BITRATESETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe “BIT
RATE”option.

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Step3:Press toselectthe
desired bit rate.
Note:
1,AccordingtothedifferentofMPEGmode youselected,thechoiceofbitratewill be
different.
Ifyou selected MPEG-1,optionsareasfollows:32,40,48,56,64,80,96,112,128,
160,192,224, 256
Ifyou selected MPEG-2, optionsareasfollows: 16, 24, 32, 40, 48,56,64,80,96, 112,
128,144,160
Ifyou selected MPEG-2.5, optionsareasfollows: 8
2. The higherthevalue selected, thebettertherecordingeffect.
1.14.1.4SILENCESETTING
Step1:Press toenterthemenu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“SILENCE”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
option
Note:
1.Therearethreeoptionstochoosefrom: LOW(default ), MID, HIGH.
2.The operation influencestheresultofVAD.The higherthe levelyouselect, thehigher
the sensitivitywillbe.
1.14.1.5SYNCHRONIZING SETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe “SYN
SETTING”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
option.
Note:
1, Therearetwooptionstochoosefrom: ON(default)/ OFF
1When the synchronizingsettingisON, thesystemwill automaticallygotothe next fileif
it can t detect anaudiosignal.

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1.14.1.6VADSETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselect the “VAD
SETTING”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
option.
Note:
1Therearetwooptionstochoosefrom: ON(default)/OFF.
2The operation decideswhetherornottopausethe line-inrecordingifthe systemcan t
detectan audiosignal.
3Theoperation will haveno effect ifyou select “ON”inSYNC option.
2FMDIGITALRADIO
TheFMradiomode providesan FMfrequencyof76Mhzto108MhzFM
Theplayercanpreset manyFMstationsand hasanautomaticscan function.
2.1 LCD DISPLAY
1Volume
2Shut-offtimesettingicon
3FMsearchmode
4stereo icon ormono icon
5Battery
6Stationfrequency
7Stationfrequencybar
8FMicon
9FMRadioicon
10 CurrentStation/Thetotalnumber
ofstations
2.2. SEARCHMODE SETTING
TherearetwokindsofFMstation searchingmodes: PRESETmode and TUNING mode.
2.2.1SWITCH BETWEENPRESETAND TUNINGMODE
UnderTUNING mode
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“PRESET”option.

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UnderPRESETmode
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“TUNING”option.
2.2.2AUTO SCAN
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection underthe PRESET/
TUNINGmode.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“AUTO SCAN “option.
The MP3playercan saveanyFMstationyou findasapreset, and will giveitaseries
number.
Note:
Theearphonsalsofunction asanantenna.Pleaseusethe earphoneswhen searchingfor
stations.
2.2.3Selecting FMStations
Dialleft/right toselect the next / previousFMstation inthePRESETmode.
2.2.4FMSTATIONDELETE
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection underthe PRESET
mode.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“DELETE “option.
Note:Afterdeletingapresetradiostation,theplayerwill automaticallyrenumberthe
remainingstations.

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2.2.5DELETINGALLPRESETSTATIONS
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection underthe PRESET
mode.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“DELETEALL”option.
2.2.6MANUALSETTING
Step1:UnderTUNINGmode,Dial left/righttochangetheradiofrequency by
0.1Mhz.
Step2: Press tosavearadiofrequency.
Notice:The earphonsalsofunctionasanantenna.Pleaseusetheearphoneswhen
searchingforstations.
2.3 MUTE MODE
Whileplaying, press toenterthemutemode; press againtoexit.
2.4 NOISE AVOIDANCE SETTING
Whilelisteningtothe FMradio, theusercanusethisfunction todispelanynoise.
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2: Press toselect the
“STEREO”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
“OFF”option.
Note: when the noiseavoidancefunction starts, the stereo mode will beturned off.
2.5 FM MP3 ENCODING
When youarelisteningtotheradio,press and holdtostarttheFMmp3encoding,
Press tostopthe encoding.
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2.5.1START
When the radioisplaying,press
and holdtostart the FMmp3encoding.
2.5.2STOP
Press tostopwhilerecording.
Note:
1Thefilesrecorded willbesaved withthe name “FM_X.MP3 “inthesystemrootdirectory.
2When encoding,the systemmaybefind thatmemoryisinsufficientand will display “No
SPACE”on theLCD screen.At thistime, the encodingoperation will bestopped.
2.5.3FMENCODING SETTING
2.5.3.1MPEG SETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“MPEG SETTING”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
MPEGmode.
Therearethreeoptionstochoosefrom:MPEG-1(default), MPEG-2, MPEG-2.5
2.5.3.2SAMPLERATESETTING
Step1:Press toenterthe menu
selection.
Step2:Press toselectthe
“SAMPLERATE”option.
Step3:Press toselectthe
samplerate.
Note:
1.Accordingtothe different MPEGmode youselect, thesampleratewill vary.
Ifyou selected MPEG-1,optionsareasfollows: 32, 44.1,48
Ifyou selected MPEG-2,optionsareasfollows: 16, 22.05, 24
Ifyou selected MPEG-2.5, optionsareasfollows: 8
2. Thehigherthe MPEG value selected, the betterthe recordingeffect.