Pentagram Vanquish ICER User manual

2008-09-09
INDEX
INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................................EN - 2
GETTING STARTED ...............................................................................................................................EN - 4
USAGE ....................................................................................................................................................EN - 6
NAVIGATION...........................................................................................................................................EN - 8
FIRMWARE UPGRADE.........................................................................................................................EN - 18
TROUBLESHOOTING...........................................................................................................................EN - 19
SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................................................EN - 20
WPROWADZENIE................................................................................................................................... PL - 3
PRZYGOTOWANIE DO PRACY.............................................................................................................. PL - 4
OBSŁUGA ............................................................................................................................................... PL - 6
NAWIGACJA ........................................................................................................................................... PL - 8
AKTUALIZACJA FIRMWARE ................................................................................................................ PL - 19
ROZWIĄZYWANIE PROBLEMÓW ........................................................................................................ PL - 20
SPECYFIKACJA.................................................................................................................................... PL - 21

NOTE! Any information and technical data are subject to change without prior notification and/or
indication in this manual.
Copyright © 2008 PENTAGRAM
All rights reserved; copying and reproduction is strictly forbidden.
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powiadomienia i/lub zaznaczenia tego w niniejszej instrukcji.
Copyright © 2008 PENTAGRAM
Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone, powielanie i kopiowanie zabronione.

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Instruction Manual
The latest versions of the manual, software and applications are available at www.pentagram.eu

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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing PENTAGRAM Vanquish ICER. This player is an advanced type of a portable digital
multimedia player. It perfectly combines high quality digital audio (MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, WAV), direct video
playback with no need to transcode (AVI – DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, RM, RMVB, FLV, 3GP, ASF, WMV), voice recorder,
FM radio, FM recorder, photo album (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG), Flash animations viewer (SWF), eBook TXT reading
and playing games. Player also supports multitasking (you can read eBook while listening to music) and has built-in
microSD/SDHC card slot.
System Requirements
•PC with available USB port;
•Operating system: Windows Me / 2000 / XP / Vista.
Box Content
•PENTAGRAM Vanquish ICER (P 5118)
•Stereo earphones
•USB cable
•Instruction Manual
•Power adapter
•Velvet carrying pouch
•Soft wipe cloth

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Getting started
Safety precautions
•Please avoid placing the player directly in the sunshine or dusty, humid places or in 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;
•When start using the unit, please fully charge and discharge the battery for about 2 - 3 times to ensure
maximum battery life and power capacity;
•Please do not disassemble any part of the unit, any unauthorized disassembling will cause termination of
PENTAGRAM official warranty;
•Please don't use wet hands to plug/unplug or contact player to prevent electric shock or damage;
•Please don't unplug player while data is being transferred to/from 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;

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Battery charging
When you start using the unit, please fully charge and discharge the battery about 2 - 3 times to ensure maximum
battery life and power capacity.
In the top right corner of the display (in most modes), a battery charge indicator is visible. If the indicator is filled – the
battery is fully charged, if it’s empty – battery is almost discharged and must be charged as soon as possible. When
connected to AC power adapter the player will automatically start charging and will display a large battery indicator on
the screen. When the battery is being charged you can normally use the player. Just press any directional button to
go to Main Menu. During the charging process the indicator in upper right changes its appearance to battery with “+”
inside.
To charge the battery:
•connect the player to computer’s USB port, or
•connect the player to a power outlet via attached power adapter, or
•connect the player to a car lighter socket via car USB charger (not included).
Connecting to computer
The player has a USB 2.0 High Speed interface, and is recognized by operating system as a standard USB mass
storage device (second device recognized by system corresponds to microSD card reader). Player supports following
operating systems: Windows Me / 2000 / XP Vista. After connecting to the PC (several seconds later), the player will
display icon of USB connection (file management available). To use player when battery is charging from PCs USB
port, use Safely Remove Hardware feature of operating system. Doing this during data transfer may lead to data
corruption or data loss.

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Usage
Player’s appearance
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1. Power switch
2. Earphone socket
3. Microphone
4. Directional buttons ▲►▼◄
5. microSD/SDHC card slot
6. USB port
7. M button
8. PLAY button

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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.
In Settings menu user can select Screen orientation of buttons and display: for the right-handed or left-handed.
General
Power switch – Power on/off the player
PLAY (hold) – Turn on/off the player
M(hold) – Return to main menu.
Menus / file lists:
▼/ ▲– Select menu/list item.
►/ M/ PLAY – Confirm selection.
◄– Return to previous menu / parent folder.
◄(in main menu during music playback) – return to Music mode.
Buttons lock
To lock player’s buttons, please press Mand PLAY buttons at the same time. When the key lock is active, a padlock
icon appears in the upper right corner of the display.
To unlock player’s buttons, move press Mand PLAY buttons at the same time.

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Navigation
Main Menu
Use ▼and ▲buttons to navigate through the main menu and press ►or Mor PLAY to confirm selection.
Music Menu
Select Music in main menu to access Music menu in which you can choose playback criteria and other options:
All songs – Play list of all music files in player’s memory and inserted memory card. Files will be played in the same
order as shown on this list. This order can be changed in Files sorted by menu.
All folders– Select folder and file to play. Playback will stop when last file from selected folder ends. MUSIC is the
default folder for music files – press ◄button to access parent folder.
Play Mode – Select order and repeat mode of play list playback:
•Repeat all songs – Play all files on the play list repeating them indefinitely.
•Play all songs once – Play all files on the play list in order one time.
•Shuffle all songs– Play all files on the play list in random order one time.
•Repeat one song – play one file repeating it indefinitely.
•Play one song once – Play one file one time.
EQ Selection – Select equalizer mode: Normal, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Classic, Vocal, Treble, Bass.
Background music – Select On, if you want to listen music in background (will be turned off in some modes).
Files sorted by – Select sorting criteria for All songs play list:
•File name – Files on play list are sorted by file name.
•Title – Files on play list are sorted by Title field in ID3 tags.
•Artist – Files on play list are sorted by Artist field in ID3 tags.
•Album – Files on play list are sorted by Album field in ID3 tags.

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•Disabled – Files on play list are sorted by folders in which they are located.
Update Music Library – In some cases, after uploading or deleting files and also after inserting memory card you
should use this function to refresh audio files list. To update file list select this option, using ▼/▲select OK and press
Mor PLAY. This operation may take some time so please be patient.
Buttons function in music playback screen are:
PLAY – Pause / resume playback.
◄/ ►– Previous / next audio file. Hold to rewind / fast forward current file.
▼/ ▲– Volume control.
M– Return to file selection.
Lyrics Display
The player supports lyrics files In LRC format. Copy lyrics file to the folder with the corresponding music file and
ensure that both filenames are identical (i.e. “vanquish.mp3” and “vanquish.lrc”). The lyrics will be displayed
automatically when music file is being played. All songs which have a corresponding lyrics file, will be marked with a
small LRC icon on All songs list.
Video Menu
This mode is used for playing video files. Supported file formats are AVI (max. resolution 624x352), RM / RMVB
(max. resolution 624x352), FLV, 3GP, ASF and WMV. Note that large files will take longer to load than small ones.
Select Video in main menu to access Video menu in which you can choose playback criteria and other options:
Video – Select folder and file to play. VIDEO is the default folder for video files – press ◄button to access parent
folder. If Resume playing option is On and selected video file was previously watched you can resume playback
from last time by answering OK to Resume playing? question.
Show video duration – Select On to display current and total video times during playback or select Off to hide them.
Resume playing – Select On if you want to be able to resume playback from last time for previously watched video
file.

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Display mode – Select the screening format of a video file: Normal (play the video with no changes), Fit to screen
(automatically re-size the video to fit top and bottom edge of the display), Full screen (watch as widescreen).
Buttons function in video file playback screen are:
PLAY – Pause / resume playback.
◄/ ►– Previous / next video file.
▼/ ▲– Volume control.
M– Return to file selection.
Games Menu
Select Games in main menu to access Games menu in which you can choose one of three games to play:
Snake
In menu buttons
▼/ ▲– Previous / next menu item.
M– Confirm selection.
M(hold) – Return to Games menu.
In game buttons
◄/ ▲/ ►/ ▼– Snake steering.
PLAY – Pause / resume game.
M(hold) – Return to Games menu.

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Tetris
Descriptions of directional buttons (◄▲►▼) in this game are based on how you see them when playing.
In menu buttons
▼/ ▲– Previous / next menu item.
M– Confirm selection.
PLAY or M(hold) – Return to Games menu.
In game buttons
◄/ ►– Block steering.
▲– Rotate block.
▼– Drop block down.
PLAY – Pause / resume game.
M(hold) – Return to Games menu.
Block breaker
Descriptions of directional buttons (◄▲►▼) in this game are based on how you see them when playing.
In menu buttons
◄/ ►– Select Sound at start, Change World in Choose Gate.
▼/ ▲– Previous / next menu item.
M– Confirm selection.
PLAY or M(hold) – Return to Games menu.
In game buttons
◄/ ►– Paddle steering.

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PLAY – Pause / resume game.
M– Launch ball.
M(hold) – Return to Games menu.
Graphics Menu
Select Graphics in main menu to access submenu in which you can choose Flash Animations mode or Photos
mode.
Flash Animations
In this mode you can view SWF Flash animations. Note that not all SWF files are compatible with player.
Use ▼/ ▲to select animation file you want to view and confirm selection by pressing ►or Mor PLAY button or
press ◄to change folder.
Buttons function in animation playback screen are:
PLAY – Pause / resume playback.
◄/ ►– Previous / next animation file.
▼/ ▲– Volume control.
M– Return to file selection.
Photos Mode
In this mode you can browse photos (JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG). Photo files must be placed in default PICTURE folder or
its subfolders. All supported graphic files will be displayed as thumbnails. Use ◄/ ▲/ ►/ ▼to select photo file you
want to view and confirm selection by pressing M. Press Mon subfolder you want to browse or PLAY to return to
parent folder or Graphics menu.
Buttons function in photo view screen are:

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M– Picture submenu.
◄/ ►– Previous / next file.
▼– Rotate current photo.
PLAY – return to file photo browser.
Photos submenu
Set as Music desktop – Set current photo as a background picture for Music playback screen.
Set as FM Radio desktop – Set current photo as a background picture for FM Radio screen.
Set as Recorder desktop – Set current photo as a background picture for Recording screen.
Set as eBook desktop – Set current photo as a background picture for eBook viewing screen.
Set as Main Menu desktop – Set current photo as a background picture for Main menu and its submenus.
Slideshow time – Select time after which next image will be displayed when Slide Show is enabled.
Start Slideshow / Close Slideshow – Begin / end slide show.
FM Radio Menu
Select Radio in main menu to access Radio menu in which you can set up and listen to the radio.
In this mode the earphones are used as antenna and they should be connected before the station tuning.
Listen to FM Radio – Select this option, to listen to the radio. During first run player will perform band scan.
Radio presets – List of saved radio stations from internal or external list (depends on option selected in Choose FM
playlist). Press M, to listen or delete selected station.
Search for stations – Select Manaul search or Auto search,to perform scan and save all available presets.
Stations are saved after whole band is scanned, which means that this scan must be performed and finished at least
once.
Background music – Select On, if you want to listen to radio in background (will be turned off in some modes). This
option must be set to On for FM recording.

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Presets list – Select which radio stations list you want to use. Internal list is saved during Update FM Playlist.
External list is located in FM.ini file in root folder of player’s memory. This file can be created in notepad or similar
application and can be edited to suit your needs; i.e. If you want stations 88.00 88.10 88.60 and 89.80to be on this
list, the FM.ini file should look like this:
CH01=088000
CH02=088100
CH03=088600
CH04=089800
When using external list stored in FM.ini file you can add names of radio stations. If you do so, the names of radio
stations will be displayed when listening to radio. In this case the FM.ini should look like this:
CH01=088000,MUSIC RADIO
CH02=088100,BBC
CH03=088600,NEWS
CH04=089800,VOA
Adjust signal – Select High, Middle or Low.
Stereo Switch – Select Yes to use stereo mode or No to use mono mode.
FM Region – Select region in which player will be used.
Buttons function in main screen:
◄/ ►– previous / next saved station.
▼/ ▲– Volume control.
PLAY – Enable / disable fine tuning. When enabled, use ◄/ ►buttons to change frequency by 0.1MHz.
M– return to Radio menu.

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Recorder Menu
Select Recorder in main menu to access Recorder menu in which you can change recording settings, record voice
via a built-in microphone or from FM and listen to previously saved recordings. Recorded files are named
VOCxxxx.mp3 for voice record and FMVOCxxxx.mp3 for FM record.
Start recording – Enter voice recording mode.
Play recording – Enter recorded files playback mode. This mode uses Play Mode and EQ Select settings from
Music menu.
Record current Radio station – Enter FM recording mode. Radio must be active in background.
Record quality – Select quality of recorded files: Low, Middle or High.
Buttons functions in recording modes are:
PLAY – Start recording.
PLAY / ◄/ M(hold) – While recording – stop recording, save file and return to Recorder menu.
Buttons functions in playback mode are:
PLAY – Pause / resume playback.
◄/ ►– Previous / next audio file. Hold to rewind / fast forward current file.
▼/ ▲– Volume control.
M– Return to file selection.

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eBook Menu
Select eBook in main menu to access eBook menu in which you can read TXT files.
Buttons function in file view screen are:
M– E-Book submenu.
▼/ ▲– Scroll text up / down one line.
◄/ ►– Scroll text up / down one page.
PLAY – Return to file selection screen.
eBook submenu
Scrolling speed – Select speed of smooth text scrolling. To disable this function press M.
Bookmarks – Bookmarks management:
•Set xBookmark – Save bookmark for current page in selected position.
•Go to xBookmark – Jump to bookmark saved on xposition.
Auto page-turning – Select time after which next page will be displayed. To disable this function enter eBook
submenu.
Explorer Menu
This mode is a file browser. Select a file and press Mto display menu for this file. If file is supported by player you
can select to open this file in appropriate mode or delete it. If file is not supported you can only delete file.

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Settings Menu
System Set menu is used to configure various player functions.
System information – Displays information about player.
Desktops – Select one of predefined visual themes.
Display
•Brightness – Select display brightness.
•Fonts colour – Change Main Menu font colour.
•System desktops – Change background images to default.
eBook font size – select Large or Small font for eBook
Lighting time – Select idle time after which backlight will be turned off.
Auto power off – Select idle time after which player will be turned off.
Language – Select player interface language.
Screen orientation – Select orientation of display and buttons for the right- or left-handed.
Default setting – Restore player’s settings to factory defaults.

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Firmware upgrade
NOTE:
•The firmware upgrade is meant to improve and optimize the performance of the player. The normal work of the
player will not be affected even if the firmware isn’t upgraded. The wrong operation of upgrading firmware
would cause the device not to work normally!
•Before firmware upgrade we recommend you to backup the files stored inside the player’s memory. Files may
be erased during the upgrade procedure. PENTAGRAM Europe cannot be held responsible for any data loss.
•Make sure that you use only the genuine PENTAGRAM firmware for upgrading this player. You can download
the latest firmware from www.pentagram.eu/support
•Do not turn off player while the firmware upgrade procedure is in progress. This may cause a critical
malfunction.
•Make sure that battery is charged before upgrade process.
Follow this steps to upgrade player’s firmware:
1. Download latest Firmware from www.pentagram.eu/support
2. Connect the player to PC.
3. Go to the disk of the player.
4. Decompress the Firmware archive file.
5. Copy all firmware files to root directory of the player.
6. Disconnect the player from PC.
7. Turn off player.
8. Hold ►button, and turn player on.
9. Release ►button and wait until Firmware is updated.
10. Player’s firmware will be upgraded and player will be restarted after the process.