Nextar MA230 User manual

MA230 | Digital MP3 Player
Instruction Manual

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................1
2. Safety instructions...............................................................................................................1
3. Feature summary................................................................................................................ 3
4. Contents..............................................................................................................................3
5. Getting to know the player...................................................................................................3
6. Getting started.....................................................................................................................4
7. System functions.................................................................................................................5
8. Playback............................................................................................................................10
9. Recording..........................................................................................................................19
10. Operating the FM radio....................................................................................................21
11. Text view...........................................................................................................................22
12. Image view.......................................................................................................................24
13. How to use telephone book.............................................................................................25
14. Video playback.................................................................................................................27
15. Specications...................................................................................................................27
16. Install the software...........................................................................................................28
17. Conncting to the PC.........................................................................................................30
18. Software...........................................................................................................................30
19. Troubleshooting...............................................................................................................34

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1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing our MP3 player.
Before using the unit please read this
manual carefully to obtain the best possible
performance from your player. Keep this
manual for future reference
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
General instructions
Do not use the appliance while steering a
motor-driven vehicle, e.g. when driving a
car, or when riding a bike.
Never place the appliance on an uneven
surface. People may be injured if it falls
down.
Keep the appliance out of the reach of small
children.
If you connect the appliance to other
electronic equipment, read the safety
information and the owners guides for this
equipment as well.
In industrial facilities the accident prevention
regulations of the association of industrial
trade associations for electrical installations
and equipment must be observed.
In schools, training institutions, hobby or
self-help workshops operations of electronic
products must be supervised by trained
personnel.
If you have any questions regarding the
appliance, how it works, safety or correct
connections, please contact our technical
support service or ask any specialist.
Th e seller does not assume any
responsibility for damage caused when
the appliance is used or for claims by third
parties.
Never apply external voltage to the appliance
unless this is provided directly for operations
and is necessary.
Environmental conditions
Keep the appliance away from magnetic
cards, such as credit cards, or clocks with

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a balance, to prevent damage to the card
information from the loudspeaker magnets.
Keep the appliance away from heavy
mechanical loads. Protect it from vibrations
and severe impacts, and do not drop or
shake it. Excessive pressure on the LCD
may damage it.
Do not expose the appliance to high
temperatures (above 60° C) and severe
temperature uctuations. Protect it from direct
sunlight and keep it away from sources of
heat.
Pro tect the appliance from damp. Do not
use it in rooms with high humidity, e.g.
bathrooms.
Do not use the appliance in dusty places
and protect it from dust.
Parts of the appliance or asseccories may
contain so-called softeners, which may
damage sensitive furniture and plastic
surfaces. Avoid direct contact with sensitive
surfaces.
Technical problems
In case any foreign material or liquid gets into
the product, please immediately remove the
battery. Before you use it again, ask your
authorised dealer to check the product
carefully.
Please do not hesitate to contact our service
center.
Most electronic appliances, such as lamps,
adding machines, computers, telephones,
etc., generate an electromagnetic eld. Do
not place any electronic appliances next to
the radio to avoid unwanted interference.
Packaging material
Please don’t Keep any packaging material
within reach of small children. It can become
a dangerous toy.
Cleaning and maintenance
For cleaning use dry and soft cloth.

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3. FEATURE SUMMARY
• STN 64K color display
• Image, video and text display
• Automatic turn off (if the appliance is
not in use)
• Automatic numbering of recording
• Built-in equalizer
• USB 2.0 full speed
• Multilingual menu guidance
• Photo, lm and video playback
• MP3- and WMA les playback
• Up to 10 hours of playback time (one
cycle of charging)
• Built-in lithium battery
4. CONTENTS
MP3 Player Stereo earphones Users guide
USB cable CD-Rom
5. GETTING TO KNOW THE PLAYER
View of the player
Display

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6. GETTING STARTED
Turn on
Move the on/off switch in direction of the
arrow to turn on the appliance. The appliance
will need approximately 5 seconds to start to
play.
The dnt logo appears on the display and the
appliance will turn to Stop mode.
Turn off
Move the on/off switch against the direction
of the arrow to turn off the power of the
appliance. To put the V-Box into Standby
mode, press the Start/Pause button until the
display turns off.
Check battery condition
The appliance has a built-in Lithium battery.
The battery charges whenever the appliance
is connected to the USB interface. The
battery icon blinks on the display.
Battery charging time: approximately 3
hours.
If the battery is empty, the appliance
turns off or will not
start.
Recharging the battery / Operation with
external adapter
Connect the adapter to the USB connection
port.
The display shows the battery status icon
while charging.
Charging: Approx. 3 hours (at full
discharge).
You can use the Q-Style during charging it
you charge with the ext. adapter.

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7. SYSTEM FUNCTIONS
Clock
You should set date and time before you
start recording with the appliance. The date
will be set in US format: Year - Month - Day
Press the mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item Systime time.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to set the
value.
Use the Start/pause button to get to the next
position .
Press the Mode button again to exit.
The Recording time has to be set again
every time.
LCD set with this function you can set the
display.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.

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Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item LCD set.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Brightness
Select the menu item Brightness and press
the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select a
value from 0 to 15.
Press the Mode button to conrm. Use the
Forward/Rewind buttons to select the menu
item Exit.
Dimming
To save battery power, the brightness of the
display can be reduced with the time set.
Select the menu item darkle and press the
Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select a
value from 0 to 60 seconds where 0 means
the function is disabled.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item Exit.

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Black
To save battery power, the display can be
turned off according to the time set.
Select the menu item Auto Power Off and
press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select a
value from 0 to 60 seconds, where 0 means
the function is disabled.
Press the Mode button to conrm. Use the
Forward/Rewind buttons to select the menu
item Exit.
Language
With this function you can select the font
and the displayed language respectively.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the main menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Language.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the desired language.
Press the Mode button again to exit.

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Power OFF
With this function you can set a turn-off time
for the MP3 Player. Here you differentiate
between the turn-off time if the appliance is
not in use and a sleep timer. With the sleep
timer the appliance turns off automatically
according to the time programmed.
Press the Mode button to get to the menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Power off.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
from off time and Sleep time.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Off time
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
a turn off time in 3 steps 0, 50 and 100
seconds.
00 seconds means the function is disabled.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item Exit.
The appliance switches off automatically
if no button is pressed during the time
programmed.
The appliance will not switch off if Auto
off is set Inactive (0 seconds).

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Replay mode
Select from automatic and manual A-B
playback.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Replay mode.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
from Manual replay and Auto replay.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item Exit.
Memory info
In the menu item Memory info the display
shows the memory in use.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the main menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.

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Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Memory info.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
The used memory appears on the display.
Press the Mode button to conrm and exit.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item Exit to exit.
8. PLAYBACK
Online-Mode
Refer to chapter “Software”.
Firmware version (F/WVersion)
With this function, the current software
version is displayed.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the main menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item SYS.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Firmware version.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Press the Mode button again to exit.

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Volume setting
Set the volume of the appliance according
to your personal needs.
Before you use the earphones and
start playback, be aware that the volume is
set to a comfortable level to avoid injuries.
Press the MODE button in the mode of
music playing/FM/VOICE, you will nd the
below picture.
Select change volum
mode and press Mode
button to conrm then
appearing the following
picture:
Use the Forward/
Rewind button to set
the desired volume.
Press the MODE
button again.
Playback music
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the menu item MUS from the main menu.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select a
MP3 or WMA le.
Press the Play/Pause buttons to start
playback. The time played appears right
above on the display.
Press the Play/Pause button again to Stop.
Press the Play/Pause button another time
to continue playback. The appliance has
a Resume function, With this function,
playback will continue at the position where
it was stopped.
A lyric is available if the Lyrics icon is
displayed.
If, during playback, you press the Mode
button for approximately 2 seconds, lyrics, if
available, are displayed.

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How to play DRM music
System Requirement:
* Windows XP+SP2;
* Windows Media Player 10.3646 or above
(New install do not upgrade from old
version);
Although you can copy music les from
somewhere, you can't get the DRM license.
Only Windows XP support MTP(Media
Transfer Protocol).
You can setup the player as a U-disk or MTP
device.
How to add DRM music
1). Connect player to PC, after 10 seconds a
dialog will be appear, select "Take no action"
or click "Cancel" button to continue.
2). Open "My Computer", clean up the
device as the following steps:
a). Click the MTP device icon use the
right button of the mouse, and then select
"Format";
b). Waiting for the format processing until
nish.
3). Run "WMP10"(Windows Media Player
10), the "MTP" device will be discovered.

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Select "Sync",and then open the local folder
where your music les saved.
4). Select all music you want to sync to
player, and drag them to the "Sync List" on
the left side of WMP 10, click "Start Sync" to
begin downloading:
5). When nish downloading, you can see
the music les on the right side of WMP 10.
Browser "My Computer", you can see the
les already downloaded to player.
6). Disconnect the player, it will make ID3
Playlist automatic, this will cost about 8
seconds.
7). Then the player will process DRM licence,
it will cost 5~10 seconds.

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How to play
At rst, you must enter into System setup
and set up the "DRM Time", set it to current
time, otherwise the DRM music can't be
played accurately.
After setting up "DRM Time", you can go
back to music mode to play and listen to
music.
Playback voice les.
Press the Mode button for more than 3
seconds to get to the menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu icon RECORD.
Press the Mode button to conrm. The Voice
icon is displayed.
WAV will be displayed as le type for
recorded voice recordings with 32kbps
bitrate. ACT will be displayed for recordings
with 8kbps bitrate.
Press the Play/pause button to start
playback. The time played appears right
above on the display.
Press the Play/pause button again for
Pause.
Press the Play/pause button another time to
continue playback.
Playback menu
The playback menu has different setting.
These settings are the repeat function,
equalizer setting, tempo rate and A-B
replay.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select a
track or a voice le.

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Press the Start/stop button to start
playback.
Press the Mode button to get to the playback
menu.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
from Repeat, Equalizer, Tempo rate, A-B
Replay, Replay Times, Replay gap or Exit.
Press the Mode button briey to conrm.
Repeat
You have the oppurtunity to select from
playback all MP3 les of a folder for once,
endless playback of a MP3, endless
playback of all MP3 or playback in random
mode.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
menu item Repeat.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
one of the following menu items:
Normal=No repeat
Repeat one=Endless playback
Folder=Plays folder one time, no
repeat
Repeat folder=Endless playback of the
folder
Repeat all=Endless playback
Random=Playback in random mode.
Intro=Playback of the rst 10 seconds
of a track.

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Press the Mode button to conrm.
Equalizer (Music only)
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
the menu item Equalizer.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind button to select
one of the following menu items:
Tempo rate
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
menu item Tempo rate.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to set the
tempo rate you need.+ faster / - slower
A-B-Replay
Selective playback of a part of a track.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
menu item A-B Replay.
Press the Forward button to mark the
beginning A- of the section. A- blinks on the
display.

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Press the Forward button to mark the end.
- B blinks on the display.
Press the Forward button again to start
playback.
To stop playback, press the Mode button.
A-B Repeat time (music only)
With A-B Replay the number of repeats can
be set.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
menu item Replay time.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
the number from 0 to 10.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
A-B Replay gap (music only)
This function sets gap between repeats.
Use the Forward/Rewind buttons to select
menu item Replay gap.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
You can set a gap from 1 to 10 using the
Forward/Rewind buttons.
Press the Mode button to conrm.
You can start A-B Replay as well by pressing
the Functions button during playback.

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Forward/Rewind
There are two different possibilities to use
forward or rewind mode.
Forward/Rewind to a specic track:
Press the Forward/Rewind buttons until a
desired track appears on the display.
Forward/Rewind within a track:
Start playback. To look for a specic point
within a track during playback, press the
Forward/Rewind button until you nd the
desired point. The playback time appears
in relation to the beginning of the track right
above on the display.
The Mp3 Player has a so-called Follow
Read mode.
Mark the part with the A-B Replay
function..
Press the Forward button. The A-B
display shows a microphone icon next.
Now you can sing the part that you have just
listened to.
The A-B display changes and the
original track is played.
Press the Forward button again to to compare
the original with your own recording. If you
press the Rewind button at this point, the
action is repeated.
The display changes and your recording
is played.
If the playback of the recording ends,
the original is played again.
The recording will be played next etc., until
either the number of repeats, programmed
in A-B Replay , is reached or the Mode
button is pressed.
By using the the Rewind button, you will get
back to the beginning. By using the Mode
button playback is nished.