Acer MF-580, User Manual

Page 1: ...asic Usage 15 Connecting the MP3 Storage Drive to Your Computer 16 Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE only 17 Utility Installation 20 Firmware update 24 Power On and Off 27 Editing Sound Tracks Files 28 Music Playback 30 Normal Playback 30 Select the Next or Previous Track File 30 Fast Forward or Rewind 31 Volume Adjusting 31 Delete a Track File 31 Delete All Tracks Files 32 EQ Settings 34 Rep...

Page 2: ...oice Files 41 Switch between Music Playback or FM mode 42 Switch from Music Playback mode to FM mode 42 Switch from FM mode to Music Playback mode 42 Voice Recording 43 Voice Recording 43 Play a Recorded Voice File 45 Delete a Recorded Voice File 46 Delete All Voice Files 47 Language Learning Function 48 Menu Mode 49 Other Settings 54 Backlight 54 Contrast 55 Power Off 56 Record Rate 58 Language 5...

Page 3: ...3 Chapter 1 Introduction ...

Page 4: ... s memory In addition to the functions that just now mentioned Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive also works as a portable USB data storing device that enables users to store their personal data in the memory of Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive Here are the five main distinguishing features of Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive Audio Player supports MP3 and WMA audio files FM Radi...

Page 5: ...ersonal data in Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive s memory Thank you for choosing Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive We hope you will continue to turn to us for additional quality products as your personal needs and interests grow ...

Page 6: ...driver Chapter 1 Introduction tells you the descriptions of all the accessories of Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive Please check out that if you have all the accessories included when you open the packing box If any item is damaged or missing please contact the vendor where you purchased Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive directly Chapter 2 Getting Started introduces the function keys ...

Page 7: ...7 Unpack 1 Multi Functional MP3 Storage Drive 2 Earphone 3 Driver Disk 4 USB Cable 5 Quick Guide ...

Page 8: ...8 Chapter 2 Getting Started ...

Page 9: ...playing 3 USB Connector Cap Remove the cap when connecting the MP3 Storage Drive to the computer 4 USB Connector Connect one end of the supplied USB cable 5 Play Pause In music playback Voice mode press to play or pause the playback in FM mode press to select the stored favorite stations one by one 6 Volume Press button to increase or decrease the volume level 7 MENU Press down the button or push ...

Page 10: ...ct FM station mode 9 REC Press to start or stop the FM or voice recording 10 MIC Microphone 11 Earphone Jack Plug the supplied earphone here 12 Line in Jack Accepts input from external microphones or other audio line in devices e g audio CD players stereo walkman and etc ...

Page 11: ...ume status 4 A to B Repeat Indicates when A to B Repeat function is enabled 5 Repeat Mode Indicates play mode that includes Normal Repeat One Repeat All Shuffle and Shuffle Repeat 6 Equalizer Indicates the EQ mode settings which include Normal Classical POP Rock and Jazz 7 Battery Status Indicates the Battery Status 8 Playing File Name Displays the current file name that is being played ...

Page 12: ...aying Li ion battery 420mA hr Max 16 hours for voice or FM radio recording Max 16 hours for audio playback Note 1 Use only battery of the same kind as replacement 2 Make sure the battery is taken out if you are not going to use this drive for a long period of time ...

Page 13: ...rged whenever the MP3 Storage Drive connects to the USB port on the power on Desktop or Laptop The screen will be changed to charging mode until battery is fully charged Note It takes around 2 5 hours when the Li ion battery is fully charged ...

Page 14: ...vides a Hold Switch which is located on the side of the Drive for preventing any miss touching while the Drive is recording or playing Once the hold switch is slide to the lock position all function keys on the Drive will be disabled instantly ...

Page 15: ...15 Chapter 3 Basic Usage ...

Page 16: ... of the supplied USB cable to your computer and plug the other end to the MP3 Storage Drive 3 And the MP3 Storage Drive should be detected by the operation system automatically Note If the operation system of your computer is Windows 98SE a hardware driver for the MP3 Storage Drive will be required ...

Page 17: ... will automatically detect the new hardware when the MP3 Storage Drive is first connected to your computer Please follow the following instructions to install the driver for this MP3 Storage Drive 1 Click Next to continue 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device to continue ...

Page 18: ...18 3 Insert the provided disk and select CD ROM to continue 4 Click Next to continue ...

Page 19: ...19 5 Click Finish and the driver is installed successful ...

Page 20: ... MP3 Storage Drive provides a useful utility for upgrading the latest firmware provided by Acer via the Internet To install this utility simply insert the supplied disc into the computer then follow the on screen instructions 1 Click Next to continue ...

Page 21: ...21 2 Click Yes to continue 3 Click Next to continue ...

Page 22: ...22 4 Click Next to continue 5 Installation is on going ...

Page 23: ...23 6 Click Finish to continue ...

Page 24: ... down the play button and do NOT release and then connect the drive to the host machine via the USB cable 2 The drive will enter recovery mode 3 A new drive called Player Recovery Device Class will appear in the Device Manager ...

Page 25: ...se the play button 5 Run the Update program from the Start menu Start Programs Acer MF 580 MP3 USB Storage Drive Update This will load the firmware to update 6 After loading firmware you will see an update dialog ...

Page 26: ... it will format the MP3 drive first then download the firmware otherwise it will download the firmware only 8 Press the Start button to start the download 9 If you delete the settings dat all of your MP3 player settings will be cleared ...

Page 27: ...and hold the Play Pause button until the power is switched off While you are long pressing the Play Pause button to power off the MP3 Storage Drive you will see a Power Off Status Bar appearing on the Display to show you the Power Off status and note that it takes about three to five seconds to turn the power off ...

Page 28: ...ble to your computer and plug the other end to the MP3 Storage Drive 3 Once the MP3 Storage Drive is connected to the computer press the Play Pause button to start connection You will see the screen shown as below 4 Go to Start Program Windows Explore MP3 Storage Drive 5 Select the desired sound tracks files from your own folder and move them into the MP3 Storage Drive While the selected sound tra...

Page 29: ...le transferring is still on going otherwise it may cause some system failure 6 Under the MP3 Storage Drive you are allowed to add delete or edit a folder as what you will do under a disk as usual In another word this MP3 Storage Drive works as another portable hard disk of yours ...

Page 30: ...elected file 2 During playback press the Play Pause button again to pause the playback Select the Next or Previous Track File 1 During playback push the Menu button to the right once to skip to the next track 2 Or push the Menu button to the left once to skip back to the previous track ...

Page 31: ...ld the position to rewind the current track Volume Adjusting 1 Press the Volume Up or Down button to adjust the playback volume up or down 2 You may check the LCD Display to see the Volume status Delete a Track File 1 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right four times and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display ...

Page 32: ... button to the right or to the left to select Yes to delete the file shown on the Display or select No to skip to the next file or select EXIT to leave the current screen Delete All Tracks Files 1 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right four times and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display ...

Page 33: ...hen push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL MUSIC 3 Once you read DEL ALL MUSIC on the screen press down the Menu button and then select Y to delete all music files Note that it may take several seconds to delete all the files ...

Page 34: ...essage of SETTINGS appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and you should read the message of EQ appearing on the Display 3 Press down the Menu button once and switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose the EQ mode between NORMAL ROCK JAZZ CLASSICAL and POP The default EQ setting is NORMAL mode 4 Once a particular EQ mode is selected the indicator for each diff...

Page 35: ...nu button once and then push the Menu button to the right three times and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and you should read the message of REPEAT appearing on the Display 3 Press down the Menu button once and switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose NORMAL REPEAT ONE REPEAT ALL SHUFFLE or SHUFFLE REP ...

Page 36: ... the side of the MP3 Storage Drive for one second to select FM Mode 2 Or you can press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice 3 If you read the message of FM RADIO appearing on the Display press down the Menu button once to select FM Radio Mode ...

Page 37: ... the desired station you will read the frequency appearing on the Display Storing a Favorite Station With this favorite station memory function you will be able to store 10 favorite stations named from P01 to P10 into the memory of this MP3 Storage Drive 1 To store a favorite Station select a desired frequency first 2 Press the Menu button once and you should read the massage of SAVE TO P01 appear...

Page 38: ...electing the Stored Favorite Station 1 To select the stored favorite station press the button repeatedly 2 Once the desired stored favorite station appears on the Display release the button Recording Radio Broadcast 1 Select a desired station frequency 2 Press and hold the REC y button located next to the Fn button for 2 seconds and then release the REC y button ...

Page 39: ...me sequence starts from F001 WAV and then F002 WAV and so forth 4 To stop recording press the REC y button or the Menu button again 5 The maximum length of the recording depends on how much available memory space is left while recording Play a Recorded FM Voice File 1 To play a recorded FM voice file press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right once and now you should...

Page 40: ...e that while you are searching for the desired recorded voice file all the recorded FM voice files will be displayed by sequence Delete a Recorded FM Voice File 1 To delete a recorded FM voice File press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right four times and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and th...

Page 41: ...M Voice Files 1 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right four times and now you should read the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL VOICE 3 Once you read DEL ALL VOICE on the screen press down the Menu button and then select Y to delete all FM voice fil...

Page 42: ...ayback mode to FM mode Press and hold the Fn button located on the side of the MP3 Storage Drive for few seconds to select FM Mode Switch from FM mode to Music Playback mode Please press Fn button for one second to leave FM mode and back to Music playback mode again ...

Page 43: ... y button located next to the Fn button to start voice recording function 2 On the Display a recording file should be generated and placed under the folder of VOICE The recording file name sequence starts from V001 WAV and then V002 WAV and so forth Note When the record source is set to LINE IN the recording file name starts from L001 WAV and then L002 WAV and so forth 3 To stop recording simply p...

Page 44: ...and then V002 WAV and so forth Note When the record source is set to LINE IN the recording file name starts from V001 WAV and then V002 WAV and so forth 7 To stop recording simply press down the Menu button or the REC y button again and you will see the message on the screen return to the previous status 8 To exit the RECORD mode push the Menu button to the right once to Exit and then press the Me...

Page 45: ...ring on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button again and then use the Menu button to select a desired recorded voice file by pushing the Menu button to the right or to the left 3 Once the desired voice file is selected press the button to start playing the file 4 Note that while you are searching for the desired recorded voice file all the recorded voice files will be displayed by sequence ...

Page 46: ...essage of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right to select DEL VOICE 3 All of the recorded file will be displayed by sequence Switch the Menu button to the right or to the left to select Y to erase the file shown on the Display or select N to skip to the next file or select EXIT to leave the current screen ...

Page 47: ...d the message of DELETE FILE appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select DEL ALL VOICE 3 Once you read DEL ALL VOICE on the screen press down the Menu button and then select Y to delete all voice files Note that it may take several seconds to delete all the files ...

Page 48: ...2 When you first press the Fn button you will see the indication of A appearing on the screen 3 Then find the terminal point of the repeating playback that you wish to set and press the Fn button again 4 When you press the Fn button the second time you will see the indication of A B appearing on the screen and that means you have set the repeating playback successfully 5 Once the indication of A B...

Page 49: ...ncludes most function designed for Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive With this Menu switching button in addition to switch between Music Playback FM Radio or Recording mode EQ setting or any other setting for the MP3 Storage Drive can be also adjusted quickly and easily ...

Page 50: ... 2 MINS 5 MINS 10 MINS RECORD RATE 8000Hz 11025Hz 16000Hz 22050Hz 32000Hz 44100Hz 48000Hz RECORD SOURCE MICROPHONE LINE IN LANGUAGE TRAD CHINESE ENGLISH SETTINGS EXIT DEL MUSIC Delete a Music file each time mps wav DEL VOICE Delete a Voice or FM radio recording file each time wav DEL ALL MUSIC Delete all Music file DEL ALL VOICE Delete all Voice or FM radio recording files DELETE FILE EXIT ABOUT E...

Page 51: ...the desired function 2 Select MUSIC by pressing down the Menu button once to enter music playback mode 3 Select VOICE by pressing down the Menu button and press the Menu button the right once to enter voice playback mode 4 Select FM RADIO by pressing down the Menu button to enter FM radiobroadcasting mode ...

Page 52: ...ustment for all items under the menu of settings can be made during music playback or when music playback is stopped 6 Select DELETE FILE by pressing down the Menu button to delete music or voice files 7 Select ABOUT to read the information of this Acer Multi functional MP3 Storage Drive 8 Select RECORD to start recording through MIC or FM radio station ...

Page 53: ...53 9 Select EXIT to return to Music Playback mode ...

Page 54: ...hould read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button again and then push the Menu button to the right twice to select BACKLIGHT Once the massage of BACKLIGHT appears on the screen press down the Menu button again 3 Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired time to turn off the backlight of the LCD Display If select DISABLE and the ...

Page 55: ... set a time to turn off the backlight of the LCD Display automatically 1 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right three times and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button again and then push the Menu button to the right three times to select CONTRAST Once the massage of CONTRAST appears on the screen press d...

Page 56: ...press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection Power Off Under this Power Off setting you are able to set a time to turn off this MP3 Storage Drive automatically 1 Press down the Menu button once and then push the Menu button to the right three times and now you should read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display ...

Page 57: ... OFF appears on the screen press down the Menu button again 3 Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired time to turn off this MP3 Storage Drive If select DISABLE and the power of this MP3 Storage Drive will always stay on 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection ...

Page 58: ...on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button again and then push the Menu button to the left three times to select RECORD RATE Once the massage of RECORD RATE appears on the screen press down the Menu button again 3 Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a proper Record Rate 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm the selection Note The recor...

Page 59: ...ld read the message of SETTINGS appearing on the Display 2 Press down the Menu button again and then push the Menu button to the left twice to select LANGUAGE Once the massage of LANGUAGE appears on the screen press down the Menu button again 3 Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select a desired language 4 When a selection is decided press down the Menu button once to confirm ...

Page 60: ...in various formats to its memory If you like you can say that this MP3 Storage Drive works as another hard disk but a portable small and exquisite one To save data into the memory of this MP3 Storage Drive simply connect it to your computer and use Windows Explorer to manage your data ...

Page 61: ...61 Appendix A Specifications ...

Page 62: ...t 60mW rms 30mW channel Frequency 20 to 20K Hz SNR 90dB LCD module Dimension 29 5 L x 11 W mm 96 x 25 pixels Memory Size 256 512 MB I O Input 1 Stereo Audio out 3 5mm 2 LINE IN 3 5mm 3 USB connector EMI and Safety BSMI FCC Class B and CE Interface Language English Traditional Chinese Earphone with neck strap Stereo Output 3mW Max input 15mW Battery Li ion battery Manual English Traditional Chinese...

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