Mpio Fl 500 User manual

Table of Contents

Getting Started

Name of the Parts .................................................................... 3

LCD Screen ............................................................................... 3

Components ............................................................................ 4

Recharging .................................................................................. 4

Connection

Connecting to a PC ................................................................ 6

Installing USB Driver Manually .......................................... 7

Using a Removable Disk ....................................................... 7

Downloading/Uploading Files ............................................ 7

Disconnecting the USB Cable ............................................ 8

Usage

Basic Operation ........................................................................ 9

To Play Music (Turning Power ON) ................................... 9

If you want to adjust the volume ..................................... 9

Lockdown ................................................................................ 9

To Stop (Turning Power OFF) ............................................... 9

Searching for the desired section during playback ..... 10

Searching for the desired ﬁle during playback ............. 10

Searching for the desired ﬁle during pausing ............... 10

Using the Navigation ............................................................. 10

Changing Modes ..................................................................... 11

Voice Recording ....................................................................... 11

Setting A↔B Section Repeat .............................................. 12

Listening to the FM radio .................................................... 13

Manually Searching the Frequency .................................. 13

Automatically Searching the Frequency ......................... 13

Saving Channels .................................................................... 13

Changing a Saved Frequency ............................................ 14

Listening to a Saved Frequency (Channel mode) ......... 14

Recording the FM Radio ....................................................... 14

Menu Operation ...................................................................... 15

Moving in the menu ............................................................. 15

Saving the settings ................................................................ 15

Leaving the submenu ........................................................... 15

Audio Settings ........................................................................... 16

Setting EQ ................................................................................ 16

Setting User EQ ...................................................................... 16

Setting A-B .............................................................................. 16

Setting Repeat ........................................................................ 17

Radio Settings

Saving Channels in Menu ................................................... 17

Setting Bandwidth ................................................................ 17

Setting FM Sound .................................................................. 18

Saving Auto Preset ............................................................... 18

Setting Seek Step .................................................................. 18

Recording Settings ................................................................. 19

Setting Voice Recording Quality ....................................... 19

Setting FM Recording Quality ........................................... 19

Setting Voice Signal Ampliﬁcation .................................. 19

Setting the VOR (Voice Operation Recording) ............. 19

Screen Settings ........................................................................ 20

Setting Visual Effect ............................................................. 20

Setting the Language .......................................................... 20

Setting File Information ...................................................... 20

Setting Playback Time ......................................................... 21

Setting Text Flow Speed ..................................................... 21

Setting the Back Light ......................................................... 21

System Settings ....................................................................... 21

Setting Auto Play .................................................................. 21

Setting Resume ..................................................................... 22

Setting Fade In ....................................................................... 22

Setting Device Info ............................................................... 22

Setting Sleep .......................................................................... 22

Setting Auto Off ................................................................... 23

Initializing Settings ............................................................... 23

Adjusting Playback Speed .................................................. 23

Customer Support

Upgrading Firmware ............................................................. 24

LCD Screen

Name of Parts

Repeat

Playback Time

Display of music

Hold

Battery

Sleep

Visual Effects

(File Info/ Progress

Status/Stereo Image)

All Tracks

Current Track

EQ A-B section repeat ( :DRM)

Earphone Jack

Hold Switch

Mode Key ( MP3,FM,REC)

Volume Control Wheel

USB Connector

Necklace(Belt Clip) Hole

Menu / Rec Start / Rec End

Power/Play/Pause/

Navigation Setting/

Changing Track/

Fast Forward & Rewind

Button(lever)

LCD Screen

Components

Note

Actual player’s components may vary

slightly from images shown, and sub-

ject to change without notice.

Broken components may be purchased

separately at MPIO Service Center.

Additional components(For example,

Earphones, Belt Clip & Necklace) can

differ depending on the sales area.

Recharging

Charging the battery while the power is on/off

If the charge is insufﬁcient, the low battery message appears on the LCD screen,

and you must charge the battery.

Connect the product to the USB port on the computer with the USB connector as in

the ﬁgure.

The USB connector connection screen is displayed on the LCD

screen.

USB connection screen when the power is ON/OFF (Figure.1)

When the USB connector is connected and no data is transfe-

rred from the portable disk, a CHARGING image appears on

the LCD and the battery starts to charge.

Player Earphones Utility CD

USB Cable

User’s Manual Instructions

Product Warranty

Necklace Belt Clip

Do not disconnected!!!

(Figure.1)

Getting Started

After the battery is fully charged the following ﬁgure will be

displayed.

Charge for more than 1 hour before using for the ﬁrst time.

Charging time: 1 hour.

Note

Do not disconnect the player during data-transfer.

Playtime capacity is a maximum of 15 hours.

Playtime and charging time may differ depending on the user’s computer

environment.

Please remove the USB connector when it is not in use for charging or for a re-

movable disk.

About the Internal Rechargeable Battery

The battery is not fully charged when the product is purchased.

Please fully charge the product before use.

Battery can be charged at any time but we recommend the battery to be fully

charged before use.

If the battery usage time is shorter compared to the charging time, this means the

battery must be changed.

Please fully charge the battery at initial use or after it has not been used for a long

period of time.

The built-in battery is expendable, therefore the battery usage time will gradually

reduce after purchase.

Always charge and store the produce at room temperature.

The battery usage time will differ depending on how the product is used and how

long, usage temperature, and other environmental matters.

Note

Contact MPIO Service Center for replacing the internal battery.

Connecting to a PC

Connect the product (FL500) to the USB connection port on the computer with the

USB Cable.

- Removing USB cable, while installing the USB driver or executing a command, may cause malfunction to

the computer.

The USB Driver will be installed with a message indicting “Looking for a New De-

vice”. The installation screen may not appear.

Note

MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

- MTP is a mode to connect to a computer using the Windows Media Player 10 in a Win

dows XP environment.

If Windows Media Player 10 is installed in a Windows XP environment, you will automati

cally be connected to MTP mode.

- Once in MTP mode, music ﬁles stored in the library can be synchronized to the product

(FL500), and music ﬁles with Microsoft’s Janus DRM (Digital Rights Management) can be

downloaded.

- Songs listed in a playlist in the Windows Media Player can be downloaded easily to the

product (FL500) when Windows Media Player 10 is synchronized.

MSC (Mass Storage Class)

- MSC is a mode for USB Mass Storage that enables the product to be used as a portable

disk, regardless of the operating system, such as Windows98/ME/2000/XP & Mac or others.

This feature is the same as our other products. (You can download or upload ﬁles like

Removable Disk)

But if you are using Windows 98/98SE operating systems, please refer to “USB Driver

Manual Installation” before installing the USB driver.

To switch between MTP and MSC modes

- While the computer and the product (FL500) are connected, press the MENU button

shortly to switch between MTP and MSC modes.

Connection

Installing USB Driver Manually

Please refer to the below paragraph only if the device is not plugged with Windows 98SE

Connect the product (FL500) to a computer with the USB cable.

When Add New Hardware Wizard window appears on the screen, click the [Next]

button.

Check “Search for the driver for your device”, click the [Next] button.

Insert the CD included in the package into the CD-ROM, check CD-ROM DRIVE and

click the [Next] button.

When the driver installation is completed, the “Installation complete” window will

appear on the screen. Then, click the [Finish] button.

Go to the following destination to conﬁrm that the installation was completed suc-

cessfully.

Windows 98SE:

[Control Panel] → [Systems] → [Device Manager] → [Hard Drive] → MPIO FL500 USB

Device

Note

In Windows 98SE, the program must be installed to use FL500 as a removable disk.

Please install the USB driver before use.

Using a Removable Disk

Downloading/Uploading Files

You can connect to the PC with the USB cable while the product (FL500) is on or off.

If connected, a connection icon will appear on the LCD screen.

If connected in MTP mode, press the MENU button shortly to switch to MSC mode.

Run Windows Explorer on the PC

A Removable Disk Drive (FL500) Icon will be created in Windows Explorer.

The user can store, delete data and create a folder in the same way as a hard drive.

Copy & Paste, Drag & Drop commands can be used in the same way to store data.

Copy & Paste: Select the data to store, click on right mouse button.

Select [Copy] and then [Paste] in the Removable Disk drive.

Drag & Drop: Select the data store, click and hold down the left mouse button to drag the ﬁles

into the Removable Disk drive, and then release the left mouse button

Caution

If the USB cable is disconnected while a ﬁle is being uploaded or downloaded, the device

may malfunction.

The music ﬁle display order in Windows Explorer when you select a removable disk can be

different from the actual playback order.

If you rename music ﬁles like 001***, 002***… in Windows Explorer, you can play them

back by the order of number in the ﬁle name.

Disconnecting the USB Cable

It is recommended that you follow these directions for separating the device from the PC safely.

If these instructions are not followed, it may result in data damage or product malfunction.

Windows 98SE Users

There is no Safely Remove Hardware command in Windows 98SE.

The user must wait until the ﬁle/data transfer is complete, and then disconnect the USB cable.

Place the mouse cursor on the “Stop a Hardware Device” icon in the system tray,

and click the right mouse button.

Select “Stop USB Mass Storage Device”.

Select USB Mass Storage Device from the list of hardware, and click the [Stop] but-

ton. When the “Stop a Hardware Device” window appears, select MPIO FL500 USB

Device. Then, click the [OK] button and disconnect the USB cable.

Note

In Windows 2000, disconnect the USB cable by clicking the [OK] button after the “Safely

Remove Hardware” message appears.

If you are using Windows XP, disconnect the USB Cable when the Safe To Remove Hardware

message appears.

Basic Operation

To Play Music (Turning the Power ON)

Navigation screen will appear by pressing MENU button after turning the player on

with a logo screen. Select ﬁle you wish to playback.

Press the button to play music.

For more details of how to move folders or ﬁles, see [Using the Navigation] in page10.

Note

After turning on the power, if you don’t want the navigation screen to come up, change the

setting to Auto Play in the menu. (See page 21).

If you want to adjust the volume

During playback or pausing, you can adjust the volume by Volume Control Wheel in

(clockwise/counter clockwise) directions

You can adjust the volume from 0~40.

If you spin the wheel, it adjusts one step; if you spin the wheel again and again, it adjusts

continuously

Lockdown

Push the (hold ) switch at the product (FL500) toward the direction of the arrow.

Note

When the Lockdown function is set, buttons will not operate when pressed and the

following image will appear on the LCD window.

To unlock, push the switch in the opposite direction of the arrow.

To Stop (Turning the Power OFF)

Press the button shortly to pause during playback and it is automatically turned

off if there is no any further operation for 3 minutes. (In case default setting)

It is turned off if the button is pressed longer during playback as well.

Note

In the menu, you can change the time settings for Auto Off. (See page 23)

Usage

Searching for the desired section during playback

During play, push and hold the lever in directions to ﬁnd the part you want to

listen.

When you remove your hand from the pushed lever, it plays automatically.

Searching for the desired ﬁle during playback

Push the lever in : direction to play the next ﬁle.

When you push the lever in direction less than 10 seconds after starting playback,

it goes to the previous ﬁle

if you push the lever in direction 10 seconds after playback begins, its plays from

the current ﬁle.

Searching for the desired ﬁle during pausing

During pausing, if you push the lever in directions, you can move to the previ-

ous/ next ﬁle.

Press the button to play the ﬁle.

Note

MP2 or MP1 format ﬁles may not play when the extension is changed to MP3 before

For VBR ﬁles, previous songs may not play even if the lever was pushed in 9 direction

within 10 seconds after playback starts.

Using the Navigation

You can search for the desired ﬁle or folder easy using the navigation.

During playback or pausing, if you press the MENU button shortly

it moves to navigation mode.

The ﬁle list screen comes up on the LCD screen.

Select the ﬁle you want to play

Play ( ) button : Play selected ﬁle or Move to subfolders.

MENU button : Move to previous folders, unselect and cancel folders.

FF/REW ( ) : Move folders or ﬁles in the same lavel.

If you press the button, it plays the selected ﬁle.

ROOT

RECORD

MUSIC

Changing Mode

Turn the Mode Key toward one of MP3, FM and REC mode during playback or pause

status.

Whenever you switch the mode key, the palyer will change the mode among MP3,

FM and REC mode.

Note

To play the music properly after switching from FM Radio mode to Music Playback mode,

set the Auto Play from the menu. (See page 21)

Voice Recording

Switch to REC[Record] Mode by Mode key, then Choose voice recording mode.

Voice recording will be started by pressing MENU button, You cannot voice record

while music is playing.

Press the Play button to pause the recording and press again to continue the record

ing.

If you press the MENU button, it ends after saving the recording

Note

The ﬁles will be stored in order of VOICE001, VOICE002, etc. And it will be stored in the

RECORD folder as a WAV ﬁle.

When storing the voice recording ﬁles, recording wills stop automatically if there aren’t

sufﬁcient memory space.

You can set the sound quality for the voice recording.(See page 19)

VOICE001. WAV

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