Akai ARF270 User manual

ARF270
Digital Photo Frame
Audio & Video Player
Alarm Radio
Memory Card Reader & USB port 2.0
USER MANUAL

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Summary
1 Security ………………………………………………………………………………..... 2
2 General …………………………………………………………………………………….3
3 Accessories …………………………………………………………………………………3
4 Description………………………………………………………………………………….4
Remote description…………………………………………………………………4
Front panel description……………………………………………………………4
Back panel description…………………………………………………………….4
5 Basic Operations………………………………………………………………………….5
Photo View…………………………………………………………………………….6
Movie Browse…………………………………………………………………………7
Music Browse…………………………………………………………………………8
6 Aux Function……………………………………………………………………………….9
Aux 1…………………………………………………………………………………….9
Aux 2…………………………………………………………………………………..10
7 FM Radio Play……………………………………………………………………………10
8 Menu.……………………………………………………………………………………….11
9 Clock.……….………………………………………………………………………………12
10 Factory reset……………………………………………………………………………13
11 Trouble Shooting………………………………………………………………………14
12 Technical Specifications...................................................................15

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Security
Children plays this Digital Photo Frame product alone is prohibited.
Don’t use your Digital Photo Frame in an environment of, especially in hot, cool,
dustiness and moist.
The product must not be suffered by water-drops and water splash.
Please don’t break the Digital Photo Frame or friction and strike with bard stuff.
Please don’t try to decompose and transform this product.
Please don’t clear this product with chemical cleaning agent, or it will damage the
surface of the product.
It is prohibited to use overload power cord by overexert to bending or pressed by
heavy objects.
It is prohibited to plug the power with wet hand, to avoid the electrocution.
Please keep the electric power cut when the product has not been using.
Attention
Provide the items which need to be pay attention to.
Suggestion provides supplemental information of the product maintains.
Provide the supplemental information worth to refer.
The product you purchased according to the real product, the picture or photo
provided for reference only.

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General
Thank you for purchasing our Digital Photo Frame products.
It supports MP3 Music, broadcasting with high quality video picture, browsing FM
audio, receiving permanent calendar, display multiple multi-media card, running
iPod® connecting. It support iPhone®audio input with the IPOD-USB cable we
provided. It is very convenient to operate as you like. It also can beautify your
home and keep you into a perfect world of video play, build exquisite life for you
too.
Before using it, please make yourself to understand the instructions clearly. This
Instruction manual will show you the details of its functions. You will get the
introductions and methods of application from it to make you using it more
convenience.
Accessories
1) User Manual
2) Remote controller
3) AC/DC adapter
4) iPod®cable
5) FM antenna

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Description
Remote Controller
FRONT &SIDE PANELS
Ear phone *
Audio in
IPod® docking cable socket
DC Jack
USB stick socket
SD/MMC/MS Card socket
Back panel
Power
Left
Esc
Right
Up
Enter
Down
Power on / off Vol decrease volume
Home return to main menu Vol increase volume
Mute vol on/off Down
Time enter clock/alarm Photo enter photo play
Up Movie enter movie play
Esc exit Music enter music play
Left Aux enter aux play
Enter Radio enter radio play
Right Setup enter Setup menu
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Basic Operation
Main Interface:
When you insert two or more memory card (SD/MMC/MS or USB), you can press
or or or button or Photo, Movie, Music icons in the main Menu.

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1. Photo View
As connecting SD/MMC/MS and USB
memory device,
Press the button in main menu to
enter the memory card selection interface.
Press the or button to select the
SD/MMC/MS and USB memory device.
Press the key to enter 4-photos thumbnail
screen, and then you advance through the
photos by using the press , , or ,
and the press key to play. The slide show will begin to full screen play,
beginning with the selected image.
As only connecting SD/MMC/MS or USB memory device
Press the button in main menu to enter the memory card selection ，Interface
directness show 4-photos thumbnail screen，and then you advance through the
photos by using the press , , or , and the press key to play. The slide
show will begin to full screen play, beginning with the selected image.
REMARK:If no photo file, your Digital Photo Frame interface will show "no file or
memory device!"
In photo viewing with full screen,
press the button to pause the slide playing, and then press or to rotate
angle 90/180/270.
Press the button again to slide play. Press the button to stop and return to
thumbnail screen.
In photo viewing with full screen or 4-
photo thumbnail interface, press the
button to enter iPod® mode and iPod®
operation prompt display on the screen.
In the term, you can control by the
remote controller to iPod® menu.
Press the iPod® button again to exit
iPod® mode.
In any operation menu, you can press
any time to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu.
REMARK:
Press the button to Mute all sound, and press the or button to adjust the
sound volume.

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2. MOVIE BROWSE
This function is used to play a movie.
From the main menu, select “Movie” and
press ENTER.
Press the or button to select the
SD/MMC/MS or USB memory device.
On the second screen select the device or
memory where the file is located.
The third screen shows the name of the
clips available.
Press the or button to select the movie file and then press the button to
play the movie with full screen.
Press the button to Pause/Play, and press the or to realize 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x,
32x play with fast forward / back.
Press or button to play Previous/Next clip.
Press the button to Mute all sound, and press the or button to adjust the
sound volume.
REMARK
In any operation menu, you can press any time to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu

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3. MUSIC BROWSE
This function is used to play an audio file.
From main menu select “music” and press
ENTER.
Press the or button to select the
SD/MMC/MS or USB memory device.
On the second screen select the device or
memory where the file is located.
The third screen shows the name of the audio files
Press the or button to select the audio file and then press the button to
enter play interface.
In the music play screen, press or button to select the operation icon.
= ESC = PLAY = PAUSE = STOP
= 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x fast forward
= 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x fast back
= PREVIOUS = NEXT.
Press the button to Mute all sound, and press the or button to adjust the
sound volume...
REMARK
Slideshow + Music play: In the music play interface, press the button to enter
photo viewing and music playing.
In any operation menu, you can press any time to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu

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4. AUX FUNCTION
4.1 Aux 1
Setting for iPod®
Before the iPod® connect to the PHOTO FRAME would you please set you
iPod® according to the following operation.
a. Photos →Slideshow Setting →TV Out →ON
b. Video →Video Setting →TV Out →ON
iPod® operation introduction by remote controller
In Main Menu of photo frame, press button enter select AUX1 or AUX2
viewing, select AUX1 to enter the iPod® mode. If the iPod® setting is OK, the
iPod®’s video display in the photo frame screen.
In the photo slide show and thumbnail view term, you can press the button
to play the iPod®’s music only.
As your iPod and PHOTO FRAME connect
true. The prompt “iPod® Operation” will
display on the photo frame screen.
In the iPod® mode, you can press the
button to control the iPod®menu.
Press the button to enter next operation,
and press the button return to period
operation. You can press the button to
adjust the sound volume, too.
If not detect the iPod® insert cable, the
prompt “No Video Signal” in the screen.
REMARK:
Support：Ipod® nano (ver: 1.3.1) ：audio file
Ipod® video (ver：1.3）： video file, audio file
Ipod® touch（ver:1.1.4）： audio file
Iphone®（ver:1.1.4）： audio file

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4.2 Aux2
Use audio line connect Photo Frame and
audio player ,press the button to enter
Aux2 viewing, Photo frame will show Time
viewing on screen ,speaker will have audio
player sound.
Press the button to Mute all sound, and
press the or button to adjust the
sound volume.
In any operation menu, you can press any times to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu.
REMARK:
In any operation menu, you can press any time to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu.
5. FM RADIO PLAY
This function is used to play FM radio.
From the main menu, select “ ” and
press button to enter the FM play
interface.
FM Channel Scan
Press the button to auto-scan the FM
channel. After scanning you can press
button to manual scan, press button
to save channel
Press the or button to play the Radio.
Press the button to delete channel
Press the button to mute all sound, and press the or button to adjust the
sound volume.
REMARK
In any operation menu, you can press any time to exit previous operation or
press the button one time return to main menu.
Before enter FM function, please connect FM antenna, so Photo Frame have strong
signal.

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6. MENU
This function is used to set up
personalized operational parameters.
Functions include language, slide
Interval, clock settings, alarm settings,
etc
Press the button or to set option,
and press or button relation adjust
the parameters.
Auto Play: Slide show On/Off
Slide interval: Set the play interval between the photo: 3seconds /5seconds/
10seconds/ 15seconds /20seconds
Data setting: Adjust Month/Day/ Year
Time setting: Adjust Hour/Minute /Second.
Time format：12H or 24H display
Alarm SETUP
Alarm On/Off: Once/ Workday/Everyday/Off
Setup Alarm on is included Once/Workday/Everyday
Alarm time: Adjust alarm time.
Adjust Hour/Minute as the alarm time
After selected alarm on and the real time
reaches set-alarm-time, the Alarm wake up
screen will display with alarm ring.
Alarm Ring: set the Buzzer or FM sound as
wakeup ring.
Auto Power Off ：On/Off
Power Off Time: Adjust Hour/Minute
Auto Power On: On/Off
When the Photo frame was in standby mode, and the real time reaches set-alarm-
time, the photo frame will auto-start and play Music in the SD/MMC/MS/ USB if
available.
Power On Time: Adjust Hour/Minute
OSD Language:6 languages (English/Deutsch/France/Italian/Nederland/
Spanish)
Brightness: Adjust he brightness of the LCD Range (0~20)
Contrast: Adjust he contrast of the LCD Range (0~20)
Screen Saver: 1Min/10Min/30Min/Off
Default: Setup default states
Software Version: software version control

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7. CLOCK
This function is used to set Calendar /Clock and Alarm. From the main menu,
enter “ ” to Time viewing.
Press the or button to browse the Month and press the or button to
browse Year.
Press any time to exit previous operation or press the button one time will
return to main menu.
In the alarm, press "Home" key then exit
Alarm Menu.
In the alarm, don’t press any key, the alarm time
delay to 60 sec, after delay 10min, than alarm
buzzer/FM can alarm again.
In the alarm, press other any key, alarm is stop,
after delay 10min, alarm buzzer/FM can alarm
again.
REMARK:
The real time clock and alarm can configure in the Setup menu

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Reset factory
Setup Items
Initial
Settings
Parameters
Auto play
On
On/Off
Slide show
Interval
10 Seconds
3/5/10/15/20 Seconds
Time Setting
24H
12/24 H
Alarm On-off
Off
Off/Once/WorkDay/EveryDay
Alarm time
0：00
-
Alarm Ring
Buzzer
Buzzer/ FM
Auto power off
Off
Off/on
Power off time
0：00
-
Auto Power On
Off
Off/on
Power On Time
0：00
-
OSD language
Français
Français/italiano/Nederlands/espagnol/ENG/Deutsch
Brightness
10
0~20
Contrast
10
0~20
Screen saver
Off
Off/1Min/10Min/30Min
Volume
10
0~20

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Trouble Shooting
Question
Answer
1.How far away can I use the
remote control？
Up to 5m
2. Why can’t I play some of my
video clips？
Some video file formats are not supported.
Please refer to the specifications
3. Why can’t I play some of my
music tracks？
Some music file formats are not supported.
Please refer to the specifications
4. Why can’t I display some of
my Photos？
Some photo/image file formats are not
supported. Please refer to the specifications
5. Why FM have weak signal？
Please check connect FM antenna, so Photo
Frame have strong signal.
6. Why Digital Photo Frame
Can’t display iPod® playing？
Please check iPod® setup and iPod connect by
iPod cable assured
7. Why speaker can’t sound？
Please check if you Enter “mute”key
8.why remote control no
function？
Please check remote control battery if having
energy and change battery

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Technical Specification
LCD
Size
7’
Resolution
480*234
Aspect ratio
16:9
Brightness
250cd
Contrast ratio
450：1
Visualization
zone
155*87mm
View angle
65°
Storage
memory card
SD/MMC/MS
USB port
USB 1.1&2.0
Remote Function
Remote control
18keys 5M
Remote control
battery
3V battery CR2025 type
Media Files Support
Photo format
JPEG (up to 10MPixel ),
Music format
MP3, WMA
Video format
MPEG1&2&4
Speaker
stereo
2W*2
Power Adapter
adapter
AC:100~240
DC:9v 1.5A
Weight
N.W
480g
Size
L*W*H
210*30*170mm
Buttons Operation
7 keys
Power/Esc/Up/Down/Left/Right/Enter
Socket
Earphone / audio in /iPod®port
FM
87.5~108Mhz
Save 20 stations
Alarm Ring
FM/Buzzer
OSD Language
6 languages
English/Deutsch/France/Italian/Nederland/
Spanish
Power Consumption
5W working mode
4.5W on screen saver mode
1.5W in stand-by mode
Use Temperature
5~35℃
Storage
Temperature
-10~50℃

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As per the EN 60065 norm requirements, please pay particular attention to
the following safety guidelines. Do not obstruct the air vents with objects
such as newspapers, table cloths, curtains etc.
Allow at least 5 cm around the product to allow enough ventilation. Do not
place the product on or near flammable objects such as lit candles. The
device may not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no object filled
with liquid, such as vases, must be put on the device.
Please respect the environment and the law: do not throw batteries with
the household rubbish; take them back to your retailer and dispose of them
in the correct container.