Nextar MA828 User manual

MA828 | Digital MP3 Player
Instruction Manual

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THANK YOU
Thank you for purchasing our Digital Mp3
Player. This uniquely designed device
combines an MP3 Player, voice recorder;
FM radio and removable Flash Memory drive
all in one unit. You can move and store les
between computers and enjoy your MP3
music collection anytime and anywhere.
1. FEATURE SUMMARY
Firmware Upgradable
Check our website often for the latest driver,
rmware and software updates:
www.nextar.com
Remove able Disk
Use this unit as a removable drive, storing
les, music or anything you want (drivers
required for operating systems prior to
Windows 2000)
“Dream-space” Disk Mode
With the utility included on the software CD,
you can partition the memory of this unit into
2 or more separate drives and encrypt these
partitions to keep others from accessing
your les and information.
Record/Replay
Recordyourvoicewiththebuilt-inmicrophone
and save in WAV or ACT formats. Playback
your recording at any time.
Seven Preset Equalizer
Built-In equalizer can be set to Natural,
Rock, Pop, Classical, Soft, Jazz or Heavy
Bass.
Multiple Playback Modes
Can be set to Normal cycle single song
Cycle Single Song, Play Directory, Cycle
Directories, Cycle All, Shufe or Browse
Shutdown Timer
Sleep mode and power-save mode to extend
battery life
Full Graphical Menus
Graphical menus with corresponding text
display.

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USB Connection
Quick connection to USB port.
Built-in FM Radio
Listen to FM stations and set your favorite
stations by using Auto Preset or Manual
Preset. The player can save 40 (20 for AM,
20 for FM) local stations.
2. 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
3. GETTING TO KNOW THE PLAYER
Display screen
4. BASIC FUNCTIONS
Start up/Shutdown
Start up or shutdown player by pressing and
holding the “PLAY” button.
Entering Menu Modes
Menus: Main menu (entered by momentarily
holding Mode key when not playing), Play
submenu (entered by pressing Mode key
while playing), and Stop submenu (entered
by pressing Mode key when not playing).
Browsing Tracks
Browse forward (to the next track) by
sliding Mode key clockwise, and backward
(previous song) by sliding Mode key counter-
clockwise.
Using the Different Function Modes
Enter the different modes from the main
menu by sliding Mode key clockwise or
counter-clockwise then pressing Mode key:

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Main menu:
Select Music mode, display shows:
Select Record mode, display shows:
Select Play mode, display shows:
Select System setup, display shows:
Enter USB mode*, display shows:
*must be connected to PC
Adjusting Volume
Decrease volume by pressing VOL -
Increase volume by pressing VOL+.
Key Lock (HOLD) Function
Move the HOLD switch to the position
showing the lock.
When Hold is ON, all controls are locked
out. If you press any controls, you will see
on the display:
When Hold is ON, USB mode will be
displayed as:

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5. BUTTON/CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Music mode and Voice mode
Key Action Stop state Play state Play submenu Stop Submenu
Play
Press and hold Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown
Press and release Play Stop Exit menu Exit menu
Mode
Press and hold Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu
Press and release Enter/stop submenu Enter/play submenu
Conrm this
option or enter
the next level
Conrm this
option or enter
the next level
Next
Dial Next song Next song
and play it Move submenu Move submenu
Hold Browser forward
continuously Skip forward Fast forward continuously
Fast forward
continuously
Last
Dial Last song Last song
and play it Move submenu Move submenu
Hold Browser backward
continuously Skip backward Fast backward continuously
Fast backward
continuously
Vol+
Press and release Increase volume
by one step
Increase volume
by one step X X
Hold Increase volume
continuously
Increase volume
continuously X X
Vol-
Press and release Decrease volume
by one step
Decrease volume
by one step X X
Hold Decrease volume
continuously
Decrease volume
continuously X X

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Record mode
Key Action Stop state Record state
Play
Press and hold Shutdown Stop record
Press and release Start to record Pause record
Mode
Press and hold Enter main menu X
Press and release Enter record submenu X

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6. PLAYING MUSIC
Adding and deleting les
To add and delete music le on your MP3
player, simply connect the unit to the USB
port of your PC or Notebook computer,
From the “My Computer” explorer, click the
“Removable Disk” drive (which is what the
MP3 player looks like to your computer) and
then copy/cut, paste and delete any le from
you PC to the MP3 player.
Before you disconnect the player, please
follow these steps or it may result in lost
les:
1). Double click the “Safely Remove
Hardware icon” in the dialog box (this icon
should be in the lower left bottom of your
screen, near the clock, and looks like a
green arrow).
2). Click stop and the next dialog box will tell
you that you can safely remove your hardware
now.
3). Click “OK”, then you can unplug the unit
safely.
To delete les in (stop submenu) mode:
Files can be deleted under their respective
modes.
1). At Stop Interface (no Stop Interface
exists in FM Mode).
2). Press MODE to enter Stop Submenu.
3). Press NEXT/LAST to select “Delete” or
“Delete All”.
4). Press MODE to enter Delete Interface.
5). Press NEXT to switch between “No” and
“Yes”.

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6). Press MODE to conrm and deletion
starts.
“Delete all” will delete all les in the current
mode under the current directory.
(For example, only music les will be deleted
if you choose Delete All under the music
mode).
Attention: you must remove the player
from your PC if you delete les on PC, or
you will receive a “the les are not deleted”
warning.
Getting Started
1). Connect earphone to earphone jack on
unit
2). Please make sure keyboard is unlocked.
3). Start up player and enter “Music mode”
By holding PLAY momentarily; press PLAY
again
To play music.
4). Choose music
Last: choose last song
Next: choose next song
5). Control volume
VOL+: increases volume
VOL-: decreases volume
Attention: All keys have no effect if HOLD
button is in the locked position; If “Power
Off/Power Save” mode is set, Player will
shut down automatically at sestet time.
Equalizer Mode
1). While playing music.
2). Enter play submenu by pressing MODE.
3). Dial Next to choose “Equalizer”.

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4). Enter “Equalizer” by pressing MODE.
5). Dial Next to choose, press Mode to
select.
6). Instruction for all kinds of sound effect
(EQ):
Displaying Synchronized Lyrics (Karaoke
function)
This player supports “LRC” les. (Search
online for “LRC lyrics” – these les play
lyrics along with music simultaneously.)
How to use lyric les:
Keep the names of lyric le and song the
same. Such as:
Name of song: Jay-Sky.mp3 / Name of lyric
le: Jay-Sky.lrc
How to know whether a song has lyrics:
If there is a lyric le matching the song, the
icon on the upper left corner of music mode
should change to “ “ .
How to display the lyrics:
1). Find lyric match with song:
2). Press and hold Mode to enter lyric
interface.
3). Display lyrics.
4). Return to music mode by pressing
Mode.
5). Cycle lyrics manually: Move lyrics forward
or backward by pressing VOL+ or VOL.

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7. VOICE RECORDER
Note: Voice recording requires signicant
battery power. Check you batteries before
recording.
You can save ninety-nine recorded les in
each directory.
Record mode
1). Enter main menu.
2). Dial Next to choose record mode.
3). Press Mode to enter record mode.
4). Press Play to start recording.
5). Other operations use steps 1 through 3.
6). Voice recordings are saved in the current
directory; set in “stop record/submenu/
directories of main disk”
If “The space is full” displays, there is no
more space for new les; delete other les
to free up space.
If “The directory is full” displays, there
are 99 record les in the current directory;
delete les or switch to another directory.
Choose Record Type
1). From the main recording interface:
2). Press Mode to enter record submenu.