Kogan KAUSBTNTBLA User manual

BEFORE USE
1. Choose a safe location and avoid placing the unit in direct sunlight or near
any heat source.
2. Avoid environments subject to vibration, excessive dust, cold or moisture.
3. Due to the ris of electrical shoc , do not open the casing. Should a
foreign object accidentally find its way into the interior of the unit, contact
the Kogan customer support team.
4. Do not attempt to clean the unit with chemical solvents as this might
damage the finishing, A clean, dry cloth is recommended for cleaning.
5. Keep a copy of this manual handy for future reference.
TURNTABLE PARTS
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1. TONE ARM REST: this rest is used to hold the tone arm while you are
loading your record,
2. RPM: 45RPM Adapter
3. ARM CLIP: This specially designed arm clip secures the tone arm when
nor in use at upright position. When the unit is in use, fold this tone arm
down so as to not bloc your record.
4. TONE ARM: The turntable comes with a ready to use, pre-balanced tone
arm and cartridge. The tone arm is raised and lowered by hand, Please
note that the tone arm needs to be moved away form its resting position
on the arm clip for the turntable motor to start,
5. CARTRIDGE PROTECTOR: Please remove the plastic cartridge protector
before placing the cartridge on a record by sliding it forward, off of the
cartridge.
6. RUBBER MAT: Protects your records while playing.
7. RCA OUTPUT: Use to connect to external spea ers (not included).
8. USB JACK: for charging and connecting to PC for recording and editing
by USB cable.
9. 33/45: Alternate play speeds between 33/45 RPM.
LISTENING TO A RECORD
1. Lower the ARM CLIP so you can place a record.
2. Place a record on the turntable and set the player speed to match the
record speed.
NOTE: when playing a single (a 45 rpm record) and/or records with large
center holes, use the 45 rpm adapter.
3. Remove the needle arm from its rest, and gently move it to the desired
position over the record. The turntable platter will begin when the arm is
moved towards it. Gently let the needle arm descend onto the record to
begin playing.
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HOW TO REPLACE THE NEEDLE
To replace the needle, please refer to the instructions below.
Remov ng the needle form the cartr dge
1. Place a screwdriver at the tip of the needle heads hell and push
downwards in the direction shown in s etch “A”
2. Remove the needle head shell by pulling it forwards and pushing
downwards.
Insert ng the needle
1. Hold the tip of the needle head shell and insert it by pressing in the
direction illustrated by “B”
2. Push the needle head shell upwards in the direction illustrated by “C” until
the needle loc s into the tip position.
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Hardware and Software Installation
NOTE: Connect your turntable to your computer w th the USB cable.
No extra dr ver s requ red.
1. Hardware Installat on
The Audio Capture device doesn’t need any driver installation, as
Windows OS will install the driver automatically. Please connect audio
capture USB connector into one of your computer’s free USB2.0 ports.
The system will note “Found new hardware.” Please wait for a moment
until system reports “The device is ready to use”. Please chec hardware
installed correctly.
Right clic “My Computer” and select “Properties”, and select “Hardware”
Option, please clic “Device Manager” ey.
Then, please clic “Sound, video and game controllers”, then you will find
the Device name –“USB Audio Device”.
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2. Software Installat on
Insert the CD (supplied) into the CD drive and follow the onscreen
instructions. Once the software is installed, you can connect the record to
digital converter to your computer using the USB cable (supplied) to transfer
your audio.
Please insert software CD in your CD drive, and double clic ”My Computer”
And “USB Turntable” CD icon.
Please double clic “audacity” to install software, and clic or select
“Next” , ”I accept the agreement ” and/or “ finish” to finish the software
Installation.
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3. Operat on.
Double clic “audacity” icon on your computer’s des top, please select your
Language first, then clic ”OK”.
Please clic “Edit” ey on the software panel, and select “Preferences”
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Please select recording device to be “USB Audio Device”, and channels to Be
“2(Stereo)”.And select ”Play other trac s while recording new one” and
“Software Play through (Play new trac while Recording it)”,then clic “OK”.
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B，Now, we start to record analogue audio to be a digital MP3 file.
Please clic red record ey to start recording audio that you want. When
you are finished, please clic the yellow stop ey.
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For the first time, we need to do more steps if we want to export as MP3
file. Clic “File”, and select “Export As MP3”.
You need to give one file name and location now.
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Then you may wish to fill out any additional artist or album information.
Now you can transfer the mp3 music file(s) to your iPod, Smartphone or other
digital music streaming device.
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