Egoman Technology MD398IFOD User manual

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For your safety ─Read this user guide carefully to ensure proper
use of the product and to avoid any danger of physical damage.
Us e Safely

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Note: Please recharge the digital player before using it!
Function features
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The player supports MP3, WMA and WAV format music files. I ncluding WMA
files with DRM (Digital Rights Management) function.
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Support USB 2.0 capability, much faster than USB 1.1, to enable faster
communication with your PC.
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The player can record outside voice and FM radio.
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The player has repeat functions.
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T he player has Video Playback, Photo Viewer, Ebook, FM transmitter, slide
show functions, etc.
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The player can power off automatically after a preset time.

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A ccessories
Installation CD USB Cable Earphones User Guide

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Components and Button functions
1.
Power on/off or play/pause
2.
Forward/Volume up
3.
Backward/Volume down
4.
MENU button
5.
Record/Volume
6.
LCD display
7.
Micro SD/Tflash card slot
8.
USB port
9.
Earphone jack
10.
HOLD button
11.
RESET hole/Microphone
12.
Hang strip hole

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C harging Li – polymer battery safely
1.
Connect the PC USB port and the player USB port with the provided USB cable.
2.
The power sign is shown dynamic when charging, once full charged, the power
sign will stop moving, power is full, please shut off the power. T he charging time is
approximately 2 hours.
3.
T o stop recharging, disconnect the USB cable.
Notes
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Before your first time use, please recharge your digital player.
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Your computer must be turned on while connected to your player for charging.
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Do not overcharge your player, or it may shorten the battery ’ s life.
CAUTION
1.
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same
or equivalent type.
2.
Do not disassemble, crush, shortcircuit or incinerate your battery as it may cause
fire, injury, burns, or other hazards.
B asic operations
Turn power on and play music
1.
Connect earphone to earphone jack.
2.
Switch HOLD button to unlock position
3.
P ress and hold button to turn on and enter main menu (the default menu is
“ Music ” menu).
4.
T o return main menu: Press and hold Mbutton.
T o Pause/Play: Short press button.

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To change tracks: Short press 【/】button .
To turn unit off: P ress and hold button.
NOTE:
1.
Please reset your player by pressing the RESET hole while failing to power on or
hanging up in power on mode.
2.
Please insert Micro SD/TFlash card as the indicated direction, in case of
happening anything wrong, do not insert or pull out the card while power on.
Volume Adjustment:
In m usic or MTV files playing , Voice, FM tuner mode, short press R/V button to pitch
on the volume rim , at this time press 【/】button to turn down or turn up volume.
Adding/Removing files/Folders – you can use the player as a removable USB storage.
1.
Connect the PC USB port and the player USB port with the provided USB cable.
2.
Add files/folders to the USB storage ‘s folder.
Ⅰ.Open files/folders to transfer from your computer.
Ⅱ.Open My Computer →Removable Disk from the desktop.
Ⅲ. Select the files/folders to transfer from your computer and draw and put them to a
folder of your choice in the Removable Disk (you also can transfer files on your PC to the
player using the "Copy" and "Paste" functions).

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3.
Delete files from the removable USB storage (use the "Delete" command).
Remove the player from PC –please follow the steps in case of damaging the player or
data loss.
1. Click the left mouse button on the icon that is on the taskbar at the bottom
right corner of the desktop.
2. Click the " Safely remove USB Mass storage Device – Drive (X:) " column.
3. Disconnect the player from your computer.

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CAUTION:
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Do not remove the player while files within the USB Mass Storage are being
played on your computer.
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Do not disconnect the player from your computer or press M/ while
transferring file s , or it will cause damage to the player or data loss.
Menu Navigation
Mbutton: Enter main menu, submenu or return.
Skip button 【/】: Shift menus.
Play/Pause button ( ): Play, Pause, or confirm.
1.
P ress and hold Mbutton to enter main menu.
2.
P ress 【/】button s to select your desired option (e.g. MUSIC, FILE, VOIC E,
PHOTO, FM, SETUP, VIDEO, EBOOK, FM Tx.).
MUSIC
P ress and hold button to turn unit on and enter main menu, then select “ Music ”
menu and enter by pressing button.
Select the music files and press button to playback it.
Music Playback Submenu
Short press Mbutton to enter into submenu and short press 【/】buttons to
select your desired mode (e.g. File, Classified, Play List, Storage. Repeat, Equalizer, 3D,
Slide Show, AB, Play Rate).
File
1.
Select File mode and short press button to enter.

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2.
Short press 【/】button s to select the music files.
3.
Press R/V button and you can select: “ Add to list" or “ Delete ” .
4.
Press button to confirm.
5.
You can select one of the music files and press button to playback.
6.
Press Mbutton to return to previous list.
Classified
1.
Select Classified mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select “ No ” or “ Yes ” .
3.
Press button to confirm.
NOTE:
1.
It will take longer time to build classify list, or you can press Mbutton to cancel
the classify process.
2.
After classify, the “ Classified ” menu will appear “ Genre ” , “ Artist ” , “ Album ” , “ Title ”
lists.
You also can use Music Classification AP to download, create or delete music
classification database on PC.
NOTE: ClassifyMusic_V1.5 will download music files into Root\MUSIC folder
automatically.
AP Usage Step:
1.
Connect your player to the PC (Require the PC operating system: Windows 2000,
XP , Vista).
2.
Put CD disk into the CD driver and open “ ClassifyMusic_V1.5 ” folder.
3.
Click “ MusicClassify ” MFC application.

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4.
Download music files to the player .
1 ) . Click “ Select Music ” command to i nput music files (*.mp3, *.wma formats ) .
2 ) . Click ” Download Music ” command to d ownload selected music into the device
and create/refresh music classification database.

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5. Click “ Delete Music ” command to d elete music files on t he device side and create
/refresh music classification database.
NOTE:
1.
The “ ClassifyMusic_V1.5 ” AP only can classify music files within the internal flash;
2.
About the detailed introduction to the Classify Musi c AP, please refer to: CD
dis k → ” ClassifyMusic_V1.5 ” fo lder →“ Music_Classification_AP ” word format file .
Play List
Press button to enter and you can see the play list (My List, *pla, *m3u, *wpl),
open one of the play list and select the music files, then you can press button to
playback it.
NOTE:
1.
Please build the play list (except *pla play list) based on the device ’ s music files;
2.
You must put the play list files (*.m3u or *.wpl) into [Root\P LAYLIST ] folder;
3.
The music playback will pause for several seconds while open a play list.
Storage
1.
Select Storage mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】buttons to select Internal or Micro SD/TFlash.
3.
Short press button to confirm (the LCD will display: Checking … ).
Repeat
1.
Select Repeat mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select your desired option (e.g. No Repeat,
Repeat One, Repeat All, Random All, Folder Normal, Folder Repeat, Folder
Random).
3.
Short press button to confirm.

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Equalizer
1.
Select Equalizer mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select your desired op t ion (e.g. Normal, Pop,
Rock, Classic, Jazz, Bass, Custom EQ).
3.
Short press button to confirm.
Custom EQ: you can setup the EQ as your opinion, just need to pitch on the
adjustment frame by pressing R/V button and press 【/】button s to adjust.
NOTE: EQ mode is not obvious while playing WMA format music files.
3D
1.
Select 3D mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select your desired option (e.g. Off, On).
3.
Short press button to confirm.
Slide Show
1.
Select Slide Show mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select the time: Off, 5 Seconds, 10 Seconds, 15
Seconds, 30 Seconds, 60 Seconds
3.
Short press button to confirm, and it will playback slide show file after
playback music for the selected time.
You can use slide show maker AP (open the provided CD and you will see the slide
show maker AP) to make slide show files for our portable audio player chip. It transforms
many images files into single slide show file. The effect of the slide show is like the
window protection program on PC Windows. When a music file is played for a while and

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end users do not have any actions, the pictures in the slide show file will be displayed
one bye one. Four (Normal, Shutter (Left to Right), Shutter (Top to Down), Circle) modes
of the slide show are supported. Different modes show different visual effect s.
NOTE: The player just can playback one slide show file, so put one SLS file into the
SLS.DIR folder at one time.
Slide Show AP Usage:

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Make Slide Show
1. Required System:
Windows 2000, XP , Vista
2. AP Operation:
1) View of “ Image File Name List ” – Show all image input files.
2) View of “ Preview Window ” – Show an image file or the effects of the slide show
3) Mode Selection – Four modes: Normal, Shutter (Left to Right), Shutter (Top to
Down), Circle
4) Command of “ Load Image ” – Input image files. (*.jpg, *.gif, *.bmp)
5) Command of “ Preview ” – Show the effects of the slide show.
6) Command of “ Transform ” – Transform all image input files to single slide show file.
7) Command of “ Cancel ” – Cancel preview or transformation.
8) Command of “ Delete ” – Delete selected image files in the image file name list.
9) Command of “ Up ” – Move the selected image file up in the image file name list.
10) Command of “ Down ” – Move the selected image file down in the image file name
list.
3. AP Usage Step:
1) Set configuration files. (Language , Panel Size, Panel Type)
NOTE: You must set the panel size is 160X128 .
2) Click “ Load Image ” command to l oad Images (*.jpg, *.gif, *.bmp)
3) Manage Image File Name List (Using the “ Delete ” , “ Up ” , “ Down ” command)
4) Select a mode of the slide show & Preview : Normal, Shutter (Left to Right), Shutter
(Top to Bottom ), Circle .
5) Click “ Transform ” command to transform the images into SLS file.
NOTE: About the detailed introduction to the slide show AP , please refer to: CD

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dis k → ” SlideShowMaker_V1.12.0 ” folder →“ Slide_Show_Maker_AP ” word format file .
AB
1. Select AB mode and short press button to enter.
2. Short press R/V button to select A point, short press R/V button again to start AB
repeat mode, short press R/V button for the third time to cancel A B repeat mode.
Play Rate
1.
Select Play Rate mode and short press button to enter.
2.
Short press 【/】button s to select your desired speed (e.g. 1.00X, 1.14X,
1.33X,1.60X,0.50X,0.67X, 0.80X).
3.
Short press button to confirm.
NOTE: If the audio file is WMA format, it does not support “ Play Rate ” mode.
FILE
1.
In main menu, short press 【/】buttons to select FILE mode and enter by
pressing button .
2.
Short press 【/】buttons to choose your desired file(including MTV files,
music files, photo files, recorded files and TXT files, etc)
3.
Short press R/V button to enter “ Delete ” menu, and press 【/】buttons to
select “ No ” or “ Y es ” , then short press button to confirm.
4.
P ress and hold Mbutton to return to main menu.
VOICE
1.
In main menu, short press 【/】buttons to select “ Voice ” mode and enter by
pressing button .

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2.
Short press 【/】button to choose the recorded files, and press button t o
playback your desired recorded file.
3.
P ress and hold R /V button to start record ing.
4.
Short press Mbutton to save the record ed file, and press button to play back
it.
5.
Whilst in playback mode short press Mbutton to enter into submenu (e.g. File,
Storage Repeat, Equalizer, 3D, AB, Play Rate). this part please refer to <music
playback submenu>
6.
P ress and hold Mbutton to return to main menu.
PHOTO
1.
In main menu, short press 【/】buttons to select “ Photo ” mode and enter by
pressing button .
2.
Short press 【/】buttons to choose your desired photo file.
3.
Press R/V button to enter “ delete ” menu, and press 【/】buttons to select
“No ”or “Yes ”, then press button to confirm.
4.
Press Mbutton to return to photos list, select one of the photos and press
button to browse it.
5.
Short press button again to browse all photos one by one, or press 【/】
buttons to scan previous or next one.
6.
P ress and hold Mbutton to return to main menu.
NOTE:
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The player supports JPEG (Bestline & Progressive mode) and BMP format
image files.

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2.
I f the JPEG image files has thumbnail , you can see their miniatures in
PHOTO list.
FM(Optional function)
1.
Short press 【/】buttons to select “ FM “ mode, and short press button to
enter.
2.
Press button to switch Normal and Preset mode.
3.
In “ Normal ” mode, short press 【/】button to tune FM frequency between
87.5MHz and 108MHz. (At intervals of 0.1 MHz); Or in “Preset ”mode,
Press 【/】button to select the preset stations (Total 30 preset stations).
4.
Short press Mbutton to enter submenu: Save Preset, Auto Scan.
5.
You can press and hold R/V button to start recording FM stations, and press M
button to save the FM recorded file.
6.
P ress and hold Mbutton to return to main menu.
SETUP
1.
In main menu, short press 【/】buttons to select “ Setup “ mode and enter b y
pressing button .
2.
Short press 【/】buttons to select the submenu: USB Mode, Power,
Language, Display, Record, Sys Tools, Storage.
3.
Short press button to confirm.
USB Mode
Short press 【/】buttons to select USB Mode (MSC mode or MTP mode)

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NOTE: If using Micro SD/TFlash card in MTP mode, you must insert the card firstly then
connect with PC, or the PC will not identify it.
DRM 10 (optional function)
What is DRM?
Stands for digital rights management, a technology used to protect digital products
from copyright infringement. When a customer buys a DRMprotected music download,
the download is encrypted specifically for that customer. T o allow the customer to use th e
file on a separate digital player they must link the DRM enabled player to Windows
Media Player 10 and link both applications. This allows the downloaded music file to then
be used on a separate digital music player.
How to synchronize the DRM songs into your digital player?
1.
Purchase DRM songs from the internet, and download them into your computer.
2.
Playback the songs that you downloaded, if it could be played, the download is
successful, or you need to download again.
3.
To make DRM function , the computer OS must be Windows XP system SP2 or
higher version, installed with Windows Media player 10 or above, and have a
valid internet connection.
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Connect the DRM digital player with your PC, your PC will display:

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NOTE: There are 2 ways to set your MP4 player into MTP mode
(1) In “ USB Mode ” select “ MTP mode ” mode and short press button to confirm.
(2) After connecting the player with your P C , press and hold 【M】button for 3 seconds to
switch between “ MSC mode ” and “ MTP (Media Transfer Protocol ) mode ” for
DRM function.
5. Click “ OK ” to start synchronization, your PC will display: