Lasonic MP-5K User manual

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User Manual
MP3PLAYER/USB-Disk/
Voice Recorder

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Trademark
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trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands or product names mentioned in this
manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Disclaimer
Lasonic shall not be liable for any errors contained herein or for incidental consequential
damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This
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transferred through any medium without prior written permission by Lasonic. We reserve the
rights to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without further obligation to
notify any person of such revision or changes. We also reserve the right to change the
specification without notice and may therefore not coincide with the contents of this document.
Lasonic assumes no responsibilities with regard to the performance or use of third party
products.

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Health and Safety Precautions
•This device is an electronic device. It needs careful handling and use.
•Do not drop the device. You might damage the device.
•Observe the local law regarding using earphones while driving a motor vehicle. Some
locale allows only one ear to be covered by an earphone.
•Do not operate the control while driving a motor vehicle, you might be distracted and
cause an accident.
•Follow the instructions regarding the use of electronic equipment while on a
commercial airplane. If you have question, please ask the flight crew.
•Do not turn up the volume on the device too loud. You might damage your hearing from
extended period of excessive volume.
•Do not expose the device to direct sunlight. Keep away from extreme heat or cold
environment.
•Keep the device free from dust and other contaminant.
•Keep liquid and moisture away from the device. Cleaning agent could damage the
surface of your device.
•Clean the exterior by wiping with soft dry cloth, do not use any cleaning liquid on it. Do
not uses lens cleaner; they might cause damage to your device.
•Remove the battery when unused for a long period of time.
•Do not attempt to service the product yourself. Removing the cover can expose you to
high voltage and other dangerous conditions. You will also break the seal and void the
warranty. Request qualified service personnel to perform servicing.
•Please dispose of the device or the battery properly. Do not put in the trash with your
regular household waste. Contact the local authority on how to recycle them.

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Foreword
Please read this manual carefully before using the player to ensure a trouble-free experience.
This product is a flash based digital music player capable of playing MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA,
WMV, ASF, and WAV music file formats.
Features
•Compact size
•USB connection to computer for music download
•Also operates as a USB flash drive for data storage
•Plays virtually all music file formats such as: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV
•Driver-free installation for Windows 2000 or higher. Windows 98 requires installation of
driver from CD.
•Digital voice recording
•6 mode Equalizer: Normal, Pop, Classical, Jazz, Bass and Rock
•Extensive Music repeat modes: Normal, Repeat one, Repeat all, Shuffle Repeat, Dir
Normal, Dir Repeat one, Dir Repeat all, and Dir Shuffle Repeat
Technical Specifications
Specifications
•USB interface
•USB Mass Storage Class, Bulk-only Transport standard
•Flash memory based for music storage
•Operates on 1 AAA battery
•MP3, WMA, and WAV
•Stores 500 Songs per 1GB
Note: 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4
minutes per song and 64-Kbps wma encoding; actual capacity varies by content.

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PC system requirements
•PC with USB port
•500MHz processor or faster
•64MB RAM, 128MB or higher recommended
•Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, or later
•CD/DVD-ROM drive for driver installation in Windows 98SE only
Macintosh system requirements
•Macintosh computer with USB port
•G4, G5, or Intel processor with 500MHz processor or faster
•64MB RAM, 128MB or higher recommended
•Mac OS 9.2.2 or OS X 10.2.8 or higher
Environmental requirements
•Operating Temperature: 32°~95° F (0°~35°C)
•Operating Humidity: 10%~70% noncondensing
•Storage Temperature: -4°~113° F (-20°C~45°C)
•Storage Humidity: 20%~90% noncondensing
Package contents
•Digital music player
•Earphone
•Manual
•Windows 98 Driver CD
•AAA battery

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Location of Control:
1. Headphone jack:
Plug the earphone into the jack and listen to your player.
2. USB connector:
You can upload/ download files via this port when connected to your computer.

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3. MENU
Press to enter menu or sub-menus to configure difference settings of the player.
Press to confirm the selected menu option
4. A-B/ REC
Repeat between Section A and B during music mode.
Press to start or stop voice recording.
5. Backward
Press to skip to previous track.
Press and hold to fast reverse within the current track.
6. Forward:
Press to skip to next track.
Press and hold to fast forward within the current track.
7. Vol+
Press to increase the volume level.
8. Vol-
Press to decrease the volume level.
9. Power On/ Play/ Pause/ Stop/ Power Off
Press the button to power on the player.
Playback or pause player of music or voice file.
Press and hold to power off the player.
10. Hold
11. LCD
12. Microphone
Buttons used for “Mode” and “Play / Pause button” can each be controlled in 3
different ways:
1. Press - press the button then release it immediately.
2. Long press - press and hold the button for about 2 seconds then release it.
3. Press & Hold - press and keep holding the button.

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Installing Battery
Before you can use the player, you need to install the battery into the unit. The unit operates
on 1 AAA battery. Please use high quality Alkaline or Ultra Alkaline for longer music playing
time.
1. Look at the bottom of the player. Place your thumb on the battery cover and slide out.
Lift out the cover.
2. Insert an AAA battery into the player in the direction shown inside the battery
compartment.
3. Place the battery cover on top of the battery and slide it back to close.
Note: If the battery is left inside this unit after they become drained they may leak and cause damage to
the battery compartment terminals - please remove exhausted batteries promptly.
Installing Earphones
Be sure the device is powered off before inserting the earphone. Insert the earphone plug into
the jack on the side of the player.
Connecting to Computer
Note: Before plugging into the USB port in the computer, be sure to remove the cap. Put back
the cap after you done to help protect the USB connector. To connect the device to your
computer, plug in the device into the USB socket on your computer. The player will power on
automatically. When “Ready” appears on the LCD of the player, the connection with the
computer has completed successfully.
Overview
Before plugging in the device, make sure your computer system have a USB port available.
You need to download MP3 or WMA music files into the player before you can play back
music. This player only supports unprotected music files. It does not play back music file with
DRM copy protection. Most online music selling site supports DRM music files only. Those

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protected music files will not play back in this device. You need to transfer music files without
DRM protection into the player. You can do this by encoding music file from your music CD
without selecting the copy protection option. You can use Windows Media Player that comes
with Windows to rip music into wma/mp3 format.
Caution: It is illegal to distribute or share MP3 and WMA songs. You are only allowed to rip
music CD that you own and the resulting MP3 and WMA files are for personal use only.
Windows ME, 2000, XP, and Vista Setup
1. Start up the computer and boot into Windows.
2. Normally your machine will be ready to install new hardware. However, if you are using
Windows 2000 or XP and are unable to install new hardware, you might not have
Administrator privilege. Check with your computer manufacturer or your computer
administrator to receive advice on how to install new hardware device.
3. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer. Windows will start searching for
driver.
4. If Windows ask you to reboot, click on yes to reboot.
Windows 98SE Setup
For Windows 98 user, please install the driver from the bundled CD and restart your computer
to take effect.
Mac Setup
1. Start up the computer and boot into Mac OS.
2. Plug in the device into the USB port on your computer.
3. The drive icon will show up on the desktop.
4. Now you can transfer your music files to the device.
5. Before removing the device, you have to drag its icon to the trash to unmount it.

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When your MD217 is connected to your computer, it starts working as a removable hard disk
(external drive) on your computer. You can transfer, copy, paste, and delete the data (audio
files, voice recording files, etc.), which stored on your player into your computer very
conveniently. It can also be used for storage of non-music files.
! Attention:
The removable drive (MD217) can be found under “My computer” or “Windows Explorer”. Also,
open the “Device Manager” of your Windows and you will see the player is recognized as
“USB mass Storage Device”’ which becomes one of the disk drives in your computer observe
the diagrams for illustration.