Pentagram VANQUISH R POCKET User manual

Instruction Manual
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2007-10-26

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INDEX
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 3
BEFORE USE...................................................................................................... 4
USAGE ................................................................................................................ 5
NAVIGATION....................................................................................................... 6
CONNECTING TO COMPUTER........................................................................ 13
TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................... 17
SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................... 18
NOTE! Any information and technical data are subject to change without
prior notification and/or indication in this manual.
Copyright © 2007 PENTAGRAM
All rights reserved; copying and reproduction is strictly forbidden.

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing PENTAGRAM Vanquish R Pocket. This player
perfectly combines digital audio playing (MP3, OGG, WMA, WAV and
ASF), voice recording, FM radio, FM recording and USB mass storage
(pendrive).
System Requirements
•IBM PC, notebook or Mac with available USB port;
•Operating system: Windows 98 / 98SE / Me / 2000 / XP / Vista,
MacOS 10 or higher, Linux 2.4.2 or higher.
Box Contents
•PENTAGRAM Vanquish R Pocket (P 5114)
•Earphones
•USB cable
•CD with applications
•Instruction Manual
•Neckstrap
•Power adapter

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Before use
Safety precautions
•Please avoid placing player directly in the sunlight or dusty, humid
place or place with extremely low or high temperatures (i.e. car with
closed windows in summer);
•Please avoid dropping or impact upon player;
•Don't let liquid or objects into player;
•Don't use chemicals, such as gasoline or other diluents, upon
player's surface;
•Clean player only with soft cloth;
•Before cleaning, disconnect player from computer or other power
source;
•Please do not disassemble any part of the unit, any unauthorized
disassembling will cause termination of PENTAGRAM official
warranty;
•Please don't use wet hand to plug/unplug or contact player for
preventing shock or damage;
•Please don't unplug player while data is transferring with the
computer, otherwise the data may be lost;
•Please don't judder, otherwise player may be damaged;
•Files or data stored in player cannot completely avoid being
destroyed or lost due to improper use or other reasons. Please
backup files and data when necessary;
Battery charging
When you start using the unit, please fully charge and discharge the
battery 2 - 3 times to ensure maximum battery life and power capacity.
- indicates that battery is full.
- indicates that battery is empty.
To charge battery:
•connect player to computer’s USB port;
•connect player to power outlet via attached power adapter;
•connect player to car lighter socket via car USB charger (not
included).

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Usage
Player’s appearance
1. Earphone Mini-Jack 3,5mm
2. Power Switch
3. M (Mode) Button
4. ◄Button
5. ►Button
6. VOL Button
7. PLAY Button
8. Mini USB connector
Turning the player on
To turn the player on, you must move the power switch to ON position
and, if display is not lit, hold PLAY button for 3 seconds.
To turn the player off either hold PLAY button for 3 seconds or move the
power switch to OFF position.
Buttons
All buttons have their main functions available at all times and functions
which depend on current selected mode.
General
Power switch – power on/off the player
PLAY – hold for 3s – turn on/off the player
M– hold for 3s – return to main menu.

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Main Menu:
◄and ►– select main menu options.
M– confirm selection.
Submenu / file list
◄and ►– select submenu/list option.
M– confirm selection.
PLAY – return to previous menu.
Volume
In Music, Voice or FM mode, press VOL button to enter volume control
panel and then press ►to increase or ◄to decrease the volume.
Navigation
Main Menu
Use ◄and ►buttons to navigate through the main menu and press Mto
confirm selection. You can return to Main menu anytime by holding M
button for 2-3 seconds.

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Music Mode
In this mode you can listen to your music files (MP3, OGG, WMA and
ASF). WAV files can be played in Voice mode. Buttons functions in this
mode are:
PLAY – play / pause current audio file.
◄/ ►– previous / next audio file.
VOL – volume control panel.
M– pause menu / play menu.
Pause Menu
You can access the pause menu by pressing Mbutton when the music file
is stopped / paused. In this submenu the options are:
•Local Folder – audio files list.
•Del File – delete current file (use ◄and ►buttons to select Yes
and press Mto confirm deletion)
•Del All – delete all audio files (MP3, OGG, WMA and ASF) from
player’s memory (use ◄and ►buttons to select Yes and press M
to confirm deletion)
•Exit – return to Music mode.
Play Menu
You can access the play menu by pressing Mbutton when a music file is
being played. In this submenu the options are:
•Play mode – select play mode:
Normal – plays all files once.
Repeat One – repeats selected file continuously.
Folder – plays files in current folder once.
Repeat Folder – repeats files in current folder continuously.
Repeat All – repeats all files continuously.
Random – plays all files in random order.
Intro – plays first 10 seconds of each music file.
•Equalizer – select Equalizer preset:
Natural, Rock, Pop, Classical, Soft, Jazz, DBB.

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•Tempo Rate – use ►/ ◄to increase / decrease playback speed
(MP3 file format only).
•Replay – enter A-B Replay mode (see below).
•Replay Times – select number of times to play file fragment in
Replay mode.
•Replay gap – break period between each replay of selected in
Replay mode file fragment.
•Exit – return to Music mode.
A-B Replay
A-B Replay mode is available in Music and Voice mode – the player will
repeat the fragment of music file selected by the user. To exit this mode
and its sub-modes press Mbutton.
•Select Replay option in Play Menu to activate A-B Replay mode.
•Replay Mode icon now appears on the display and a letter Ais
flashing. Press ►to set starting point A.
•Letter Ain Replay Mode icon is flashing. Press ►to set the ending
point B.
•Selected A-B fragment will be repeated 1-10 times (this value can
be set in Replay Times option in Play Menu). During replaying
press ◄to select a new starting point A(and new segment).
A-B Record™ (only in Music Mode)
During replaying A-B segment press ►to enter A-B Record. The Repeat
icon changes to and microphone is used to record user’s voice. The
recording time is as long as A-B segment. After the recording time, the
icon changes to and the original fragment is being played. Push ◄to
return to A-B Replay or ►to enter Comparison.
A-B Comparison™ (only in Music Mode)
In Comparison A-B Replay icon is changed to and the file recorded
by the user is being played. After playing the recorded file, the icon
changes to , and the original A-B segment is being played. Press ◄to
return to A-B Record.
Lyrics display
Vanquish R Pocket supports lyrics files (*.lrc), which are displayed
synchronously while playing music. In order to be used, lyrics file must be
named same as the corresponding music file, i.e.: “sample.mp3” and
“sample.lrc”. If the current song has a matching lyrics file, the lyrics icon
(shown below) will be displayed at the left side of the display.

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To display the lyrics, long press Mwhile the music is being played. To exit
lyrics mode press M.
Caution: If the lyrics icon is not displayed, the lyrics file name does not
match the music file name or this file name is too long.
Record Mode
This mode can be used to record sound from a built-in microphone (select
Record option from main menu) or FM mode (select Record option from
FM mode submenu). Buttons functions in this mode are:
PLAY – start / pause recording.
M– Record mode submenu (not during recording or pause), hold to save
file and return to the main menu or FM mode.
Submenu
•Local folder – select folder where recorded file will be saved and
stored.
•REC type – select quality of recording: Fine REC (high quality,
large file, WAV format) or Long REC (low quality, small file, ACT
format; not available when recording from radio)
•Exit – return to Record mode.
Messages
•Overflow – the player’s flash memory is full. Please delete some
files to make some space available.
•Over record – there are 99 recorded files in current directory.
Please switch to another directory.

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Voice Mode
In this mode you can listen to the files recorded in Record mode (WAV,
ACT) and play music files in WAV format. Buttons functions in this mode
are:
PLAY – play / pause current file.
◄/ ►– previous / next audio file.
VOL – volume control panel.
M– pause menu / play menu.
Pause Menu
You can access the pause menu by pressing Mbutton when the music file
is stopped / paused. In this submenu the options are:
•Local Folder – audio file list.
•Del File – delete current file (use ◄and ►buttons to select Yes
and press Mto confirm deletion)
•Del All – delete all recorded audio files (WAV, ACT) from player’s
memory (use ◄and ►buttons to select Yes and press Mto
confirm deletion)
•Exit – return to Music mode.
Play Menu
You can access the play menu by pressing Mbutton when the music file is
being played. In this submenu the options are:
•Play mode – select play mode:
Normal – plays all files once.
Repeat One – repeats selected file continuously.
Folder – plays files in current folder once.
Repeat Folder – repeats files in current folder continuously.
Repeat All – repeats all files continuously.
Random – plays all files in random order.
Intro – plays first 10 seconds of each file.