Trio Trio T2810C User manual

Model T2810C
Instruction Manual
Congratulations on purchasing your Trio
Personal Media Player! To get the most out of your purchase,
please take the time to carefully read through this manual.
Foreword
If any problems occur during while using your Trio, please feel free to contact
Mach Speed technical support at 580-272-0035, or sending an email to
[email protected].
Thank you for your support and cooperation!
Mach Speed Technologies bears no responsibility for any damage or loss of
personal data due to misuse of software and/or hardware, damage to the player
caused by human factors, replacement of battery, or other unforeseen
circumstances. To prevent loss of your data, please backup your data regularly.

Information in the manual is subject to change without notice and is subject to
copyright protection. Copying or otherwise reproducing this material without prior
written consent is prohibited.
Due to Firmware changes, some of the pictures and functions described in this
manual may not be the same as are included with your player.
Do not dispose of this product in Fire. Batteries inside this Product may explode
or leak.
Note:
●The playback times listed refer to the maximum playback times possible, using
the best power savings. The actual playback time may differ as adjustments to
screen brightness, power savings modes, volume, etc are made.
●There are many brands of Micro SD cards in market, using different quality and
speed standards. Therefore, we are unable to guarantee that our product will be
compatible with all types or brands of Micro SD cards, but will be compatible with
those Micro SD cards with mainstream specifications in the market, and we will
constantly strive to provide the largest selection of cards possible.
●As parameters such as formats, bitrate, codecs, framerates, and resolutions
differ, the player will not be compatible with all listed files. If you are experiencing
issues playing your files on this player, we recommend using a supported
conversion tool to reconvert your file to the specifications of the device.
Caution
Modifications not approved by the party responsible for compliance could void
the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
NOTE- This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
Class B Digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generate, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or telephone reception,
which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user in
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver

Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Caution
•Do not use the player in exceptionally cold or hot, dusty, damp or dry
environments.
•Do not drop, strike, or throw your player. Physical damage to your player
will void ALL warranties.
•Please charge your battery when:
•Battery power icon shows an empty icon;
•The system automatically shuts down and the power is soon off when you
switch on the unit once again;
•There is no response if you tap an icon or press a button
•Please always follow the correct disconnect procedures for your operating
system. Do not disconnect power abruptly when the player is being
formatted or in the process of uploading or downloading files. Otherwise it
may lead to file corruption, firmware failure, and even hardware damage.
•We are not liable for any loss of data stored on this device.
•Please do not dismantle this player. Any disassembly not done by an
authorized technician will void ALL warranties
•This product and manual are change without subject to notice.
Features
•Touch Screen Operating system for ease of use
•2.8”, 240x320 resolution, 260k color TFT touch screen
•Supports the following audio formats: MP3, WMA (non encrypted), OGG,
APE, FLAC, and WAV
•Supports the following image formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF
•Supports the following Video formats: AVI (XVID), WMV (non encrypted),
and FLV. Files must be in 320x240 resolution and between 25 and 30
FPS.
•Supports eBook files in TXT format
•Built in Audio Recording software, which allows you to make voice notes
in either MP3 or WAV formats
•Built in Micro SD card slot for expandable memory

Basic Operations
Powering ON
To power the player on, press and hold the silver button on the front of the device
for 5 seconds.
Powering OFF
To power the player off, press and hold the silver button on the front of the device
for 5 seconds. You will get a message which states “double tap to power off”.
Tap this message twice to power down
Charging the Player
To charge the player, simply connect it to a powered USB port, or external AC
adapter. If you choose to use a third party adapter, please ensure that it is 5V
and between 350 and 1000mA, or 1amp.
When you connect the player to your computer, you will see the “USB
Connected” screen displayed above. When connected to a charger, you will see
the “Charging” screen. You can push the “back” button to enter the main menu
and use the player while it charges.
Inserting and removing the Micro SD card

Inserting: Ensure that the player is powered off, and disconnected from the
computer. Hold the Micro SD card face up (side with words aligned in the
opposite direction of the display screen), and slide the card into the socket on the
player, slightly past flush. When you hear the card click into place, you can
access the card.
Removing:Ensure that the player is powered off, and push the SD card just past
flush. When you hear the click, release pressure, and the card will slide out.
Caution: Please ensure that the power is off when you connect or disconnect
your SD card, or damage may occur to the player or your card.
Loading files
Using Windows Media Player
(Note: you must use Windows Media Player 10 or later to use this feature.)
(Note: this player does not support DRM encrypted audio or video files, such as
those downloaded from the Windows Media Player “Overdrive” download
service.)
1. Open Windows Media Player and connect the player to a working USB
port. Windows Media player will prompt you with a setup screen asking you to
name the MP3 player.
2. Once you have named your MP3 player, select Finish, and your Windows
Media Player will open to the Sync tab.

3. Drag your music to the sync list (on the right of the screen) from the list on
the left. Once you have selected the music you wish to add to the player, press
Sync.
4. Windows Media player will load the songs on to your player.

5. Once all the songs you have added are synced to the unit, and Windows
Media Player says that is safe to disconnect your MP3 player, disconnect the
device.
COPY AND PASTE
Note- This alternate method is used to load videos, pictures, and ebook files as well as audio files
1. Connect the MP3 player to a working USB port.

2. When the unit is connected to your computer, it will create a gray and
green icon in the system tray (lower right hand corner of your desktop). The icon
will be called safely remove hardware.
3. Go to the “My Computer” section of your computer. In there you will find a
section called “devices with removable storage”
4. Locate the drive created by the unit, generally just called Removable Disk,
with a letter in Parenthesis. Drive letters vary depending on your system
configuration.
5. Open the drive by either double left clicking on the drive itself, or by right
clicking to open the option menu then left click on the desired drive.

6. Locate the music stored on your computer. Generally this is stored in the
“My Music” folder of your computer.
NOTE: if you are unable to locate the music on your computer, click on start,
search, files and folders, then search for “*.MP3, *.WMA”.

7. Once you have located the song files, you can right click on the song itself,
and select “copy”. Open the removable disk drive, right click on in the empty
space, and select Paste. This will transfer the song on to your player.
8. Repeat step 7 for as many songs as you want to copy on to the unit.
NOTE: MAC Computers
When connected to your MAC computer, the device will act as a removable
drive. Simply drag your files to the device.
Main Menu
This player uses a touch screen interface, with 3 buttons; a V+, V- and Home
button. The V+ and V- buttons will adjust your player’s volume in Music, Video,
and Radio Modes. The Home button located on the front of the device will return
you to the desktop when pressed.
Some common icons are shown below
Return icon- touching this icon will return you to the previous
screen.
Desktop icon- touching this icon will return you to the desktop

Delete icon- touching this icon will delete the currently selected
file or folder
Date and time- this is generally displayed in the upper
left hand corner of the screen and is set in the
“system settings” mode
Battery Indicator- this is generally located in the upper right hand
corner of the screen, and indicates how “full” the battery is
Touching one of the mode icons on the main menu will enter that mode.
Music Mode
The Music mode is a catch all audio playback mode. this will play music files,
voice recordings audio samples, and audio books you may load to the player.
•Note- this player will playback files which are in MP3, WMA (non
encrypted), OGG, APE, FLAC, and WAV formats. If your audio files are
not in one of these formats, the files will not play.

Icon explanation (from top to bottom)
File count- displays the number of the file you are on and the
total number of files.
Playmode icon- allows you to adjust your playmode. Chose from
play all, play by rating, play one, repeat one, and repeat all
Shuffle icon- Allows you to select your shuffle mode. Choose from
Shuffle or Play in order
Equalizer setting- this will allow you to select from one of several
equalizer presets, or a user defined preset.
Progress Bar- displays the progress of the file currently playing. You can drag the
slider forward or backwards to fast forward or rewind the track to a specific point.

Volume bar- you can drag the slider forward or backward to increase or decrease
the volume.
Previous and Next icons- located next to the Play button,
touching these icons will skip the previous or next file.
Play/Pause icon- when you enter the music mode, your song
will begin playing automatically. Tap this icon to pause or
resume playback.
Music Menu
There are several icons at the bottom of the screen which are your menu icons.
Browser- this will allow you to select files using one of
several options.
A. Main Dir- select files loaded on the player’s memory
B. Card Dir- select files loaded on the SD card
C. All Music- select from a list of all audio files
D. ID3 list- select from one of several ID3 categories
E. Play List- select from one of your playlists
F. Tag List- select one of the audio tags you created
Setting- this will allow you to adjust several settings in Music
mode
A. SRS- allows you to adjust your SRS sound effects
B. User EQ- Allows you to create your own equalizer setting
C. Add List- allows you to add the current file to a playlist
D. Add Tag- allows you to “tag” the current file and location to
return to at a later date. This functions identically to audio
bookmarking
Format- this will display information about the file including
song name, artist, album, genre, sample rate, bitrate and
whether the file is DRM encrypted or not.
Lyric Display
If you have the corresponding .LRC files for your audio files, this player will
display the lyrics of your songs while they play. To do so, please ensure that the
lyric file is named identically to your music file and is located in the same folder.
As a example, if your music file is named “Together.mp3” then the lyric file must
be named “Together.lrc” and be loaded in the same folder.

Video Mode
Video mode will allow you to watch your movie and video files loaded on the
player.
•Note- this player will playback files which are in AVI (XVID), WMV (non
encrypted), and FLV formats. If you are having a hard time viewing your
video files, please convert them using the AVI conversion tool included
with the player.
Icon Explanation (Left to right)
Browse- this will allow you to select files using one of
several options.
A. Main Dir- select files loaded on the player’s memory
B. Card Dir- select files loaded on the SD card
C. Tag List- Select one of the video tags you have created
Tag- this feature allows you to “tag” the current spot in the
video file, allowing you to return to this spot at a later time.

Play- when you enter video mode, the player will
automatically begin playing your file, and you will see the
play icon displayed. If you touch this icon, it will pause the
file and the icon will change to the Pause icon. Tap it again
to resume playback.
Volume- touch this icon to change the progress bar to a
volume adjustment bar. Drag the slider left or right to
decrease or increase the volume.
Desktop- touching this icon will return you to the main menu
Progress Bar- displays the progress of the file currently playing. You can drag the
slider forward or backwards to fast forward or rewind the track to a specific point.
Previous and Next icons- located on either side of the
progress bar, touching these icons will skip the previous or
next file.
Photo Mode
Photo mode will allow you to view your image files, whether they are photos,
computer generated images, album art, etc.
Note- this player will only display images in the following formats: JPEG,
BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. We recommend converting your files to 320x240 or
240x320 dimensions before loading them to the player for optimum quality.

When you enter photo mode, you will see a list of thumbnail images to browse
through. Tap one of the thumbnails to view the image. Tapping the “List” icon will
change your view from thumbnails to a simple list of files.
Icon explanation (Left to right)
Slideshow- tap this icon to alternate from manual image
viewing to slideshow mode.

Browse- this will allow you to select files using one of several
options.
A. Main Dir- select files loaded on the player’s memory
B. Card Dir- select files loaded on the SD card
Slideshow timer- set the time that an image is displayed
before changing to the next in slideshow mode.
Previous and Next icons- touching these icons will skip the
previous or next file.
Desktop- touching this icon will return you to the main menu
Ebook Reader
The eBook reader will allow you to view text files on your player, such as eBooks
and even notes you create using the built in note pad.
Note- this player will display only eBook and text files which are in .txt format.
You can create these files using your windows “Notepad” or “WordPad”
programs.

When you enter eBook mode, a list of text files are displayed, and you can tap
the one you wish to view.
Icon Explanation (Top, Left to right)
Slideshow- tap this icon to alternate from manual image
viewing to slideshow mode.

Slideshow timer- set the time that a page is displayed before
changing to the next in slideshow mode.
Bookmark- allows you to set a bookmark on your current file,
or to recall a bookmark you have previously set.
Skip to- select this item to skip ahead in the current eBook
file.
Icon Explanation Continued (Bottom, Left to right)
Browser- this will allow you to select files using one of
several options.
A. Main Dir- select files loaded on the player’s memory
B. Card Dir- select files loaded on the SD card
Page Up- returns to the previous page of text
Page Down- Go to the next page of text
Camera
The player comes with a 1.3MP digital camera built in which will allow you to
snap pictures, record video, and even act as a webcam!

Camera Interface
1. Desktop- Return to the Main Menu.
2. Self-timer- off, 5 sec, 15 sec, 20 sec. Default is off.
3. Space- Shows the remaining number of pictures you can take in your current
settings, until the memory is full.