Astone EVO, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ... 1 Power On Power Off player 17 2 3 2 Playing Music 18 2 3 3 Selecting application Mode 19 3 Basic Operation 20 3 1 Browser 20 3 1 1 Using browser 20 3 1 2 Coping and Pasting 22 3 1 3 Deleting Files 24 3 1 4 Checking Properties 25 3 1 5 Renaming file or folder 26 3 1 6 Create a folder 27 3 1 7 Use the soft keyboard 28 3 2 Music Play 31 3 2 1 Start to play music 31 3 2 2 Basic operation in music pl...

Page 2: ...rowsing 47 3 3 4 Image zoom move delete 48 3 4 Recording 50 3 4 1 Voice recording 50 3 4 2 LINE IN Recording LINE IN 52 3 4 3 FM Recording 54 3 4 4 Recorder operation stop pause cancel 56 3 4 5 Play recording file 58 3 4 6 Recording setup 59 3 5 FM Radio 61 3 5 1 Turn on off FM Radio 61 3 5 2 Scan FM station preset 63 3 5 3 Auto scan radio station 64 3 5 4 Manual scan radio station 65 3 5 5 Delete...

Page 3: ...SB Host 75 3 8 1 Enter digital partner function 75 3 9 Parameter setup 76 3 9 1 Enter parameter setup 76 3 9 2 Backlight setup 77 3 9 3 Language setup 78 3 9 4 Power off 79 3 9 5 Version information 80 3 9 6 Upgrade 81 4 Other Functions 83 4 1 Install fonts library 83 4 2 Charging battery 84 5 Communicate and transfer data with computer 85 5 1 Connect with computer 85 5 2 Install driver in Windows...

Page 4: ... 4 www astone com au 5 3 Disconnect USB 90 5 4 Product specification parameter 91 ...

Page 5: ...t be held liable for any loss accident or miss use caused by incorrectly following these instructions At the same time Astone will not be held responsible for damages caused by misinterpretation 3 Furthermore any data files that have been damaged or accidentally erased during the course of operation and or use are not the responsibility or fault of Astone 4 Astone holds the right to modify this us...

Page 6: ...el 4 Do not use headphones earphones while cycling driving or operating any motorized vehicle 5 Do not use headphones earphones at high volume and do not use at high volume for continuous listening 6 Do not drop or subject the device to impact avoid damage the player permanently 7 Keep the player away from strong magnets damage to your player may result from magnets such as CRT TV monitor and spea...

Page 7: ...layback such as MP3 WMA ASF 2 Supports JPG GIF and BMP image formats and it can zoom in out MP4 Video play Digital Recording 3 Supports AVI video format with XVID encoding 4 Supports voice recording line in MP3 code File Management High Speed Mass Storage 5 Powerful file manager allows copying pasting removing and other functions 6 Supports USB2 0 High Speed transfer Maximum transfer rate up to 48...

Page 8: ...uch as Box Block etc 87 5 108MHz and stores up to 20 channels Digital Partner Firmware Upgrade Function 9 OTG function can backup the data of UMS device such as U disk or digital camera to hard disk 10 You can obtain more functions by firmware upgrade ...

Page 9: ...2 Quick Start 2 1 Location of Controls n F1 o Volume p F2 q Back r Play Pause s Forward t Cancel u Volume v F3 power on 9 www astone com au ...

Page 10: ...terface 1 Main Menu Menu List File Manager Photo Viewer Music Play Record Settings Game 10 www astone com au FM Radio Battery Status Title Bar Menu Item Current Item NOTE F1 To enter the record interface F2 To display the system status ...

Page 11: ...2 Browse file 11 www astone com au Pop up Menu F3 Sequence Icon Name bar F1button F2 button Battery Title ...

Page 12: ...3 Music Play 12 www astone com au Pop up menu F3 1 Browse music files F2shortcut F1shortcut NOTE F1 To switch the play mode F2 To enter the playlist window ...

Page 13: ... 13 www astone com au Pop up Menu F3 2 playing NOTE F1 To switch EQ F2 To switch play mode 1 Play status Song Artist Album Progress Bar Played time Total time F1shortcut F2shortcut ...

Page 14: ...4 Photo Viewer 14 www astone com au Pop up Menu F3 NOTE F1 To diminish a picture F2 To enlarge a picture ...

Page 15: ...5 Recording 15 www astone com au Pop up Menu F3 NOTE F1 To switch input source F2 To switch sound quality REC time Sort order L channel R channel ...

Page 16: ...6 FM Radio Pop up menu press F3 16 www astone com au Pop up menu press and hold F3 Frequency Track Pointer Scale ...

Page 17: ... player Power on 17 www astone com au 1 Press and hold F3 button then the start up screen will be displayed Power off 2 Press and hold F3 button until the message box of Keep holding to power off is displayed Then the player will be shut down ...

Page 18: ... start up please restart the player If there is still error please check disk or format disk with your PC If all the operations above fail please contact the dealer 2 3 2 Playing Music 1 Using F1 button in the main menu enter the sub menu of music 2 Using volume and volume to adjust the volume while playing Volume adjustment window will be displayed 18 www astone com au ...

Page 19: ...plication Mode 1 Using the Backward Forward button to switch the application mode The ICON of selected mode will be displayed in the Current Item zone 2 Press OK button to enter the selected mode 3 In any mode press CANCEL button to return the previous operating interface press and hold CANCEL button to return main menu 19 www astone com au ...

Page 20: ...here are seven modes in the player as following NOTE file music recording game FM setup photo 3 Basic Operation 3 1 Browser 3 1 1 Using browser 1 Select browse mode in the main menu 20 www astone com au ...

Page 21: ...re more than one partition the disk name will be C D E in the order 3 Use the keys to select folder or file volume up a row volume down a row forward down a page back up a page OK enter the sub folder or run selected file CANCEL Return to the previous directory 21 www astone com au ...

Page 22: ...Type signs of browser as following NOTE disk folder music movie photo unknown 3 1 2 Coping and Pasting 1 Select the source files in the browser press F3 button to pop up menu 22 www astone com au ...

Page 23: ...ner 3 Enter the destination folder in browser Press F3 button to pop up menu 4 Use volume volume button to select Paste item and press OK button The copying window will be displayed The clipboard icon will disappear when return the main menu You will have to repeat the operation NOTE 23 www astone com au ...

Page 24: ... be removed and Press F3 button to pop up menu 2 Use volume volume button to select delete item and press OK button The delete dialog will be displayed 3 Select YES and press the OK button The system will display Deleting message box 24 www astone com au ...

Page 25: ...y the folder and then delete it NOTE 3 1 4 Checking Properties 1 Select target file or folder in the file browser 2 Press F1 button to view the properties of the file or folder The system displays a message box of all properties such as name size date and the status 25 www astone com au ...

Page 26: ...er Press F3 button to pop up menu 2 Select rename item and press OK button The system displays the soft keyboard and dialog box 3 Use the soft keyboard press and hole OK button to confirm rename 4 Press and hole OK to end input If you want to cancel input press C 26 www astone com au ...

Page 27: ...r will be Press F3 button popup menu 2 Select new folder press OK button to confirm The system displays the soft keyboard and dialog box 3 Key in new name using the soft keyboard 4 Press and hold OK to end input If you want to cancel input press C 27 www astone com au ...

Page 28: ...keyboard 1 You can key in English letters or numbers using soft keyboard There are 12 keys 10 numeric buttons and mode button and backspace button Backspace Key mode 28 www astone com au 2 Switch between English and Character input modes Key in ...

Page 29: ...irection keys to select the key in for example select the key of 5 for N and press OK button to select the letter Use arrow buttons to select the character And the selected letter will be displayed in black with white background Press OK to confirm and the letter will appear in the key in dialog box Press cancel to cancel that character 29 www astone com au ...

Page 30: ...press OK button to select the letter Press OK to confirm and the letter will appear in the key in dialog box Delete key in character number 5 Press soft keyboard to delete the typed in character number End Cancel all of input 6 Press and hold OK to end all of input Press C to cancel all of input 30 www astone com au ...

Page 31: ...3 2 Music Play 3 2 1 Start to play music 1 Select music mode in the main menu 2 Press OK button to enter the sub menu of music Select the music file you want to play 3 31 www astone com au ...

Page 32: ...is music folder If such folder doesn t exist the system will automatically create the folder The music browser list only music files mp3 wma You can select other music files with file browser If the song selected can t be played the next song will be automatically played You can sue shortcut to play reference to 2 3 2 32 www astone com au ...

Page 33: ... Pause 1 Press PLAY PAUSE button to pause the music when playing the music Repress PLAY PAUSE to continue Volume adjust 2 Press volume volume button to adjust the volume when playing the music 3 Play the last or next song 33 www astone com au ...

Page 34: ...RWARD play the next song BACK play the last song Forward Reverse 4 Press and hold FORWARD BACK to forward or reverse when playing music FORWARD fast forward REVERSE fast back Setting audio effect EQ 5 When playing music press F1 button to switch between different EQ modes normal jazz classic pop rock ...

Page 35: ...hen playing the music all Play all of music files in order and cycle random Randomly play all music files single Repeat a single song Exist music playing 7 Press C button to quite playing music and return to the upper menu Press and hold C button to quit playing music and return to the main menu ...

Page 36: ...opup menu in music play select play speed and press OK button 2 The system displays the dialog box of set speed 3 Use FORWARD BACK button to adjust the play speed The speed can be from 70 to 130 of normal speed 100 is normal speed 36 www astone com au ...

Page 37: ... songs you like in the browser and press F3 button to pop up menu And select favorite and press OK button Add songs to Favorites in music play 2 Press F3 button popup menu when playing the music Select Add favorites and press OK button 3 View the favorites 37 www astone com au ...

Page 38: ...to view the favorites Delete songs from the favorites 4 Choose the target songs from the favorites list and press F3 button popup menu Select delete in the menu and press OK button The system will prompt for confirmation to delete Press OK button to delete the song from the favorites 38 www astone com au ...

Page 39: ...ong to the beginning of the favorites list Select to bottom to move the song to the end of favorites list Play the songs in the favorites 6 Choose the songs in the favorites list window and press OK button to play The player will automatically form Mplist txt and save in the directory SYS of disk NOTE 39 www astone com au ...

Page 40: ...You can download the LRC files from the internet or create own LRC files with the LRC software Save the LRC files 2 Copy LRC files to the directory where the songs are and make sure they have the same name 3 Turn on LRC in music play 40 www astone com au ...

Page 41: ...Press F3 button popup menu and select turn on lyrics and press OK So the subtitle will be displayed in LRC area and will scroll forward LRC 41 www astone com au ...

Page 42: ...Turn off LRC in music play 4 Press F3 button popup menu and select turn off lyrics and press OK 3 3 Photo viewer JPG BMP GIF 3 3 1 Photo browser 1 Select photo mode in the main menu 42 www astone com au ...

Page 43: ... sub menu of photo 3 Use the direction key to select the image file you want to view 4 press OK button to start viewing images The system will automatically adjust the size of the image to display it full screen 43 www astone com au ...

Page 44: ... lists only image files jpg bmp gif You can select the images in other directories by file browser Size of the photo is less than 6M files size can t exceed 6MB animation can t be displayed Jpg bmp gif when it requires more than 3MB RAM Photo viewer support 24 bit jpg bmp files NOTE 3 3 2 Auto browsing 1 Start auto browsing 44 www astone com au ...

Page 45: ...ide show press OK button switch to OPEN Press C or F3 to return to the browsing window then start auto browsing Setting slide show delay 2 Press F3 button pop up menu in the photo viewer Select delay and press OK then you can choose the appropriate value and press OK The delay can be 1 sec 2 3 5 or 10 seconds 45 www astone com au ...

Page 46: ...top corner displays the order of current slide Press PLAY button again to continue slide show NOTE Only fully display JPG BMP photo or GIF pause can execute F3 function Auto browsing will pause whiling operating photo e g zoom in out Press C to stop playing for GIF photo 46 www astone com au ...

Page 47: ...up menu in this mode Select slide show and press OK to set to OFF Then press C or F3 button to start manual browsing View the last or next image 2 In manual browsing use FORWARD BACK button to view last next image F view the next photo B view the last photo 47 www astone com au ...

Page 48: ...IF photo to forward or back until stop playing press C to stop playing 3 3 4 Image zoom move delete Zoom in 1 Press F1 button to zoom in out the image in photo browser F1 zoom in Press OK or C button to cancel zoom in out 2 Move the magnified image ...

Page 49: ...ght B move left V move up V move down Remove image in photo browser 3 Press F3 button in photo browser to pop up menu Select delete and press OK A dialog box is displayed to ask if you want to delete it permanently Press OK to confirm 49 www astone com au ...

Page 50: ... GIF photo can t be magnified NOTE The proportion of the photo is the displaying 100 200 3 4 Recording 3 4 1 Voice recording Select record in the main menu 1 50 www astone com au ...

Page 51: ...2 press OK enter 3 Press F1button to set REC quality suggest to select the normal 4 Press OK button to start REC press and hold OK to pause REC 51 www astone com au ...

Page 52: ...3 4 2 LINE IN Recording LINE IN 1 Connect line out of external audio devices to LINE IN port of player with line in out cable 52 www astone com au ...

Page 53: ...2 Press F1 button switch REC sources to line In other operation same to MIC recording 3 Press OK to start recording You can listen with earphone 53 www astone com au ...

Page 54: ... including output Recommended set the MAX VOL of the external device NOTE 3 4 3 FM Recording 1 Enter the FM radio interface and select the channel you want to record 2 Press C button quit radio back to recording 54 www astone com au ...

Page 55: ...3 Press F3 button pop up menu and switch REC sources to radio Use F1 function to select the recording quality Press OK to start 4 55 www astone com au ...

Page 56: ...on stop pause cancel Stop recorder 1 Press and hold OK button to stop REC and the record file will be saved automatically Pause recorder 2 Press OK button to pause REC and press OK again to continue REC 56 www astone com au ...

Page 57: ...he REC paused Select cancel current and press OK to cancel current recording Only the button OK C HOLD can be operated while recording If the memory full or electricity in deficiency the player will stop recording automatically NOTE 57 www astone com au ...

Page 58: ...3 4 5 Play recording file 1 Press F3 button pop up menu when the REC stop 2 Select Play REC and press OK the player will play the file that was just recorded 58 www astone com au ...

Page 59: ...directory The files are in mp3 format and the naming convention is recxxxx mp3 while xxxx is the order of the file You can use file browser to select and play the files 3 4 6 Recording setup REC sources 1 Press F3 pop up menu select REC source and press OK to select ...

Page 60: ...enu and select quality select and press OK to select normal REC duration will be about 326 hours 32kbps 16khz good REC duration will be about 214 hours 48kbps 22khz better REC duration will be about 160 hours 64kbps 22khz best REC duration will be about 81 hours 128kbps 44khz Calculation base on the storage of 4 4G ...

Page 61: ...3 5 FM Radio 3 5 1 Turn on off FM Radio 1 Select radio in the main menu 2 Turn on FM and enter FM interface 61 www astone com au ...

Page 62: ...Turn off to turn off the FM radio and return to the main menu Make sure the earphone is connecting while FM transmitting NOTE FM will turn off automatically when you playing music recording playing video and browsing photo 62 www astone com au ...

Page 63: ...n preset mode If FM is in other modes press F3 button popup menu and select Preset confirm 2 Press FORWARD BACK button to skip to the last or next FM station Press and hold FORWARD BACK button to decrease increase the frequency 3 63 www astone com au ...

Page 64: ...adio station 1 Press F3 button popup menu in FM Radio mode 2 Select Auto Scan and press OK Player will be to auto scan status 3 The player will auto search all radio station and store them in order 64 www astone com au ...

Page 65: ... in FM radio mode 2 Select Manual Scan press OK to enter manual scan mode 3 Press FORWARD BACK button to manual scan Press FORWARD BACK decrease increase the frequency by 0 1 Mhz Press and hold FORWARD BACK auto scan last next radio station 65 www astone com au ...

Page 66: ...lect station NO window Press FORWARD BACK button select the station NO 6 Press OK to save the station If the current station NO has been saved the system will prompt to ask if you are sure to save and press OK to confirm NOTE You can save up to 20 stations 66 www astone com au ...

Page 67: ...station 1 Choose FM station you want delete in preset mode 2 Press and hold F3 button to select delete this station 3 The system will prompt to ask if you are sure to delete and press OK to confirm 67 www astone com au ...

Page 68: ...3 5 6 Mono Stereo Press F1 button to switch MONO STEREO in FM radio mode MONO STEREO 1 NOTE Recommend set MONO radio effect can be better 68 www astone com au ...

Page 69: ...cy and the name 87600 station 1 88700 station 2 107300 station 20 While 87500 means 87 5 MHz and station1 is the name of that station and it can be any name You can name up to 20 stations When finished editing that file transfer that file to sys directory by USB link and restart the player NOTE The setting file will not work when the auto scan or manual scan is selected You need to restart the pla...

Page 70: ...3 6 Video play 3 6 1 Play a video 1 Select video file you want to play in the browser 2 Press OK button begin play video 70 www astone com au ...

Page 71: ...of the video files is AVI and they are XVID encoding 71 www astone com au NOTE You can use the video convert software to convert e g RMVB WMV RM ASF AVI different formats in PC 3 6 2 Operation in video play 1 Pause video play ...

Page 72: ...one com au Press PLAY PAUSE button to pause while playing video The system displays time information current time total duration on the right corner Press PLAY PAUSE button again to continue 2 Fast forward reverse ...

Page 73: ... The extension file name of the video files is AVI and they are XVID encoding You can use the video convert software to convert e g RMVB WMV RM ASF AVI different formats in PC 3 7 Game 3 7 1 Start game 1 Select game in main menu ...

Page 74: ...2 Press OK popup the games menu and select the game you want to play and press OK to enter game Two games are built in block and box NOTE 74 www astone com au ...

Page 75: ...nction 1 Firstly please connect the storage devices that supports UMS protocol like digital camera flash disk card reader to USB host port by the cable and select digital partner in the main menu Press OK to begin digital partner function 2 75 www astone com au ...

Page 76: ...3 9 Parameter setup 3 9 1 Enter parameter setup 1 Select setup in main menu 2 Press OK button enter the setup windows 76 www astone com au ...

Page 77: ...t setup in backlight setup windows volume move up volume move down 2 Use FORWARD BACK button to set parameter value Set backlight delay time to low can extend battery use time 77 www astone com au NOTE Set value off 5sec 10sec 20sec 30sec 1min 2min 5min keep on ...

Page 78: ... language setup in backlight setup windows volume move up volume move down 2 Use FORWARD BACK button set parameter value NOTE The player support multi languages including Chinese English French German Spanish Italian and Dutch etc 78 www astone com au ...

Page 79: ...elect POWER OFF in backlight setup windows 1 volume move up volume move down 2 Use FORWARD BACK button set parameter value Set delay time to power off automatically when no operation Set value never 1min 2min 5min NOTE 79 www astone com au ...

Page 80: ...ton to select VERSION INFO in backlight setup windows volume move up volume move down 2 Press OK pop up VERSION INFO dialog box NOTE Version information contains version number size or delay memory ROM space and ID number 80 www astone com au ...

Page 81: ...pgrading program to sys directory make sure the device in charging status 2 Use arrow button to select UPGRADE in backlight setup windows volume move up volume move down 3 Press OK pop up SURE dialog box 81 www astone com au ...

Page 82: ... of upgrading will be displayed 5 When the upgrading is finished the system will power off automatically Power on the player again the new program will be in function Make sure the player is in USB charging status while upgrading NOTE 82 www astone com au ...

Page 83: ...have been pre installed If other fonts have to be installed such as Chinese You need to copy those fonts files to sys directory and restart the player NOTE The system is Unicode so you should set corresponding language in system setup while browsing and copying otherwise it will be wrong ...

Page 84: ... be charged automatically by computer 3 The battery status will show the full bar when fully charged Normally it will take 1 5 2 hours to charge the battery fully with computer NOTE Skill you should connect USB port to the player as charging as operating the system will display switch USB select C is ok 84 www astone com au ...

Page 85: ...5 Communicate and transfer data with computer 5 1 Connect with computer 1 Connect the player USB SLAVE port to the USB port of a computer with USB cable 85 www astone com au ...

Page 86: ...n System will display change to USB mode 3 Press OK to confirm System goes into USB transfer window 4 The windows system will display found new hardware icon if it s first time to connect the computer to the player 86 www astone com au ...

Page 87: ...5 A local disk icon will appear in the windows explorer 87 www astone com au ...

Page 88: ... player just like mobile hard disk NOTE If you connect to a PC running Windows 98 SE for the first time you need to install the driver Please refer to install driver in Windows98 5 2 Install driver in Windows 98 1 Insert driver CD to CD ROM in computer 2 Run win98drv Setup exe in the CDROM ...

Page 89: ...3 Select choose setup component in the Select components window and click next 4 Please restart the PC after installation Connect the player to PC as in 5 1 5 89 www astone com au ...

Page 90: ... pop up windows Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device and Click OK when prompted with the safely remove hardware window and unplug the USB cable Disconnecting the USB link without using safely remove hardware might cause the loss of data or even damage the hard disk NOTE 90 www astone com au ...

Page 91: ...d in Lithium ion 780mA H rechargeable The working time to the large extend is 10 hours Charge parameter The most charge current 500A charge time 1 5 2 hours Working current 1 65mA play Mp3 low backlight close hard disk 2 85mA play Mp3 high backlight close hard disk 3 300mA play MP3 turn on backlight read write hard disk 4 500mA the largest working current f hard disk start Working 0 40 ...

Page 92: ...ayer3 ISO compliant MP3 and WMA MP3 bit rate 8Kbps 320Kbps VBR CBR TAG ID3 V1 Tag ID3 V2 2 0 ID3 V2 3 0 File size limit 240MB EQ Normal pop classic jazz rock Cycle mode All of songs cycle single cycle and play at random Intonation speed adjustment Adjustable 12grades of intonation speed MP3 WAM play Play list Support 99 files at most ...

Page 93: ...on 0 1 Frequency response 20Hz 20KHz Earphone output Max 7mW X 2 32 ohm Supporting code flow frequency MP3 8kbps 320kbps WMA 192Kbps Supporting sampling frequency MP3 8KHz 48KHz WMA 8KHz 44KHz SNR 60db at 1mv 98 1 Mhz FM Stereo Radio Preset station 20 个 ...

Page 94: ...l search Distortion 0 8 Max at 1mv 98 1 Mhz Output Max 7mW X 2 32 ohm Frequency scope 87 108Mhz Noise limit 40 μv Format BMP 24bit file JPG 24bit file GIF all Photo browse File size limit 6MB Format XVID code AVI file format MP4 video play Frame rate 15 frame seconds ...

Page 95: ... to XVID format File size limit No Block 9 grades Game Box 340 pass Support device mode Great capacity storage device USB Mass Storage Current voltage output 500mA 5V Digital partner Transmission speed 4Mbps read write operation Recording format MP3 Digital recording Recording sound source Mic Line In and FM ...

Page 96: ...g mode 32 192KBKS SNR 60db Distortion 15 0 2 Frequency scope 300Hz 5 0Khz 6db output Max 7mW X 2 32 ohm Compressed and sampling rate of recording MP3 code Compressed rate 8Kbps 192Kbps sampling rate 8KHz 48KHz Read 6MB S USB2 0 Write 2 3 2 5MB S ...

Page 97: ... 97 www astone com au LINE IN 3 5mm mini plug stereo Earphone 3 5 mm earphone mini plug stereo IMP 32ohm Host USB2 0 full speed support UMS device I O USB spec port USB 2 0 High Speed ...