Hi-Tech HE-ZM883R, User Manual

Page 1: ...utions 4 3 Product Introduction 6 4 Features Introduction 7 5 Buttons and Interface 9 6 Charging the PMP 12 7 Basic Operation 14 8 Detailed Explanation of Operation 17 8 1 Video Player 18 8 2 Audio Player 19 8 3 Picture View 21 8 4 Camera 22 8 5 DV 25 8 6 AudioRec 26 ...

Page 2: ...12 VideoRec 33 8 13 Radio 35 9 U Disk and USB Driver 36 9 1 Computer Requirements 36 9 2 USB Driver Installation 36 9 3 Connecting PMP to your Computer 39 9 4 Using U Disk 40 9 5 Using SD Card 41 9 6 Adding and Removing Files 42 10 Video Image Files Conversion Software 44 10 1 ASF Transcoding Setup Tools 44 ...

Page 3: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 3 10 2 AVI Transcoding Setup Tools 0 9 7 3 48 11 Common Errors and Solutions 53 12 Product Technical Specifications 56 13 Accessories 59 ...

Page 4: ...ions described in this manual may differ from the actual product due to different models 2 PRECAUTIONS Before operating this PMP please read the following precautions carefully A Do not operate this PMP in extremely cold hot dusty or damp environment B Avoid putting this PMP under direct sunlight C Do not scrub this PMP with a hard thing it may result in scratches on the screen and or damage to th...

Page 5: ... not to charge the PMP while using it K Follow instructions in section U Disk and USB Driver for saving downloading video music photos or other files in appropriate folders Not following the instructions will result in the PMP failing to play these files L After deleting files directly from the PMP please turn off the PMP once before connecting it to the computer Otherwise the file folder DCIM 100...

Page 6: ...ec DVD image quality Audio play function supports MP3 WMA WAV PCM ADPCM formats Supports FLASH2 1 animation play Photo browse function supports JPEG GIF PNG and BMP and EXIF2 1 JPEG format Audio video output AV OUT NTSC PAL TV system Record function supports AV IN line in recording and microphone recording E Book read function Chinese English and English Chinese Dictionary Calendar solar Chinese l...

Page 7: ...port Yes No Digital Video Shoot Yes Digital Photo Shoot Yes Video Player Yes Audio Player Yes FM Radio Yes Flash Media Player Yes Photo Browsing Yes Digital Video Recording A V In Yes Voice Recording Yes Game Player Yes Calculator Yes Calendar Yes Memory Checking Yes ...

Page 8: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 8 Electronic Book Yes English Chinese Electronic Dictionary Yes Multi language Selection Yes Button Lock Function Yes Screen Saver Function Yes Audio Video Output Yes ...

Page 9: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 9 5 BUTTONS INTERFACE ...

Page 10: ...u key during file selection mode and Select key for a submenu in Play mode 6 X During Audio Video Playing change function of navigation arrow keys see explanation of navigation keys below for details and Skip during playing games 7 During Audio Playing switch to Repeat Mode 8 Press key 1 In play mode to play Previous Track 2 Press X key to switch modes and press this key to switch Equalizer mode 3...

Page 11: ...ncrease the Volume 3 Move the object Right when playing game 4 Move cursor select bar Right 12 RESET Reset key 13 HOLD Lock key 14 SD CARD SD card slot 15 3 0 inches true color TFT screen 16 Built in loudspeaker left right 17 AV OUT Standard earphone port AV OUT 18 DC DC power supply charging port 19 USB USB port 20 AV IN Audio and Video Recording port 21 Power ON indicator LED green 22 Charging i...

Page 12: ...ease charge the battery first II Charging Battery Insert AC charger into an electric outlet then insert the round output terminal of the charger into the charging port of this PMP 1 When the PMP is charging the charging indicator LED 6 will become red when battery is fully charged the LED will turn off When charging for the first time it may take up to 6 ...

Page 13: ...harger is for indoor use only Remove the charger from electric outlet when not in use Don t try to repair disassemble or modify the charger If you don t use the PMP for a long time please fully charge it every 2 3 months PMP can be charged with both Power ON or OFF But it s strongly recommended to charge the PMP with Power OFF ...

Page 14: ...on can turn on the PMP Important If this PMP has an SD or MMC card in the Card Slot while turning it on the screen may take longer to come on since the system is reading the card Don t press any buttons while the card is being read doing so may freeze the PMP and you may have to press the RESET button II Turning PMP OFF From any operating mode long pressing the POWER button will turn the PMP OFF e...

Page 15: ... a If the PMP is not used for 3 minutes b If the battery charge is extremely low Important If the set time for automatic power off function is never then the PMP will not turn OFF automatically IV RESET position recovery button If the PMP gets locked or freezes due to wrong operation or some other reason press the RESET button 13 then long press the POWER button to turn the PMP back ON again V HOL...

Page 16: ... locking the buttons on the PMP surface to avoid wrong operations Under any operation mode you can move the HOLD key to the left to lock the Player a lock sign will be displayed on the bottom of the screen To unlock the buttons move the HOLD button to the right ...

Page 17: ...LAINATION OF OPERATION Main Menu The following section will highlight different Menu selections NOTE During menu operation navigation information is displayed at the bottom of the screen Please note that for OK press key and for MENU press O key ...

Page 18: ...the option means it has sub options press key to display sub options Press OK key to confirm the selection press ESC to exit to continue to set up press key to return to the previous menu e g press navigation arrow keys to select File Deletion option press key to select the submenu Delete One is to delete the selected file and Delete All is to delete all video files and press OK key to confirm Not...

Page 19: ...keys to play the previous next track press key to Fast Rewind Fast Forward press X key to switch the mode of navigation arrow keys after the mode is switched press keys to adjust the volume press keys to select the Equalizer mode Press ESC key to stop playing and return to the main interface of browsing video Note Big video file may stop working if Fast Rewind Fast Forward Exit In the main interfa...

Page 20: ...peration to the black screen mode in the play music mode Select never option to make the function unavailable If it s set to be 0 5 minute then the player will enter the black screen mode if no key operation is activated within 0 5 minute in the play music mode to enter the screen protection mode to save the power Note the user may also use the default setting press Play key to play the music afte...

Page 21: ...interface of music file browsing Exit press ESC key to stop playing and return to the main interface of browsing music files Press ESC key again to return to the Main Menu of the system Note the player supports LRC lyric synchronous display and supports LRC V0 2 format The lyrics file must in the same folder as the music file and must have exact same file name except for the file extension which i...

Page 22: ...firm and open the selected picture Other keys operation is as follows press key to skip to the previous picture press key to skip to the next picture and press ESC key to return to the root interface Play Slide show From the main interface of picture browse mode press O key to display sub menu under Display Mode select Slide and press OK to start Slide Show Press ESC key to exit and return to the ...

Page 23: ...re 7 options available with 6 options having submenus Single Multiple Shoot mode Auto Shoot 320 240 640 480 800 600 1024 768 1280 1024 Size 1600 1200 High Medium Quality Low Normal Negative SOLARIS mode Rilievo BINARIESV SEPIA mode Special effect Black and white High Medium Contrast Low ...

Page 24: ...t corner when it displays the clock icon it means auto shoot mode The waiting time in auto shooting mode is nine seconds by default when you press PLAY key it will take the photograph automatically after nine seconds You may use the auto shoot function to take photos of yourself In multiple mode camera takes three photos successively after pressing PLAY key Shoot After setting up the related param...

Page 25: ...able free memory space in MB by 5 or 10 depends on video quality setting 5MB 10MB memory is used for one minute of recording When the memory is full an error message No Space is displayed at the top right corner and video shooting is stopped Note Less memory is used when shooting video in dark environment and more memory is used when shooting video in bright and colorful environment That s one of ...

Page 26: ...to the Main Menu Note Hold PMP steady using both hands while shooting video Note While shooting video the built in microphone records the voice along with the video It s advised to keep the built in microphone as close to the sound source as possible Play DV Movie To play the video you just shot press ESC key to exit and return to the Main Menu select Video Player from the main menu and select the...

Page 27: ...e end of line in cable to the AV IN port of the PMP o Connect other end of the line in cable to an audio out port of any audio device like MP3 or CD player or a Radio o Use or key to change Recording mode to Line In o Press OK key to confirm and start recording the screen displays Red recording button and also a timer indicating it s recording o Press ESC or OK key to stop recording and save the r...

Page 28: ... keys to select the map type Press OK key to confirm Operating method When yellow map is displayed at the lower right corner press navigation arrow keys to move the box to the designated position Press ESC key to exit the game Game Room Select Game Room option and press OK key to enter game interface Note Games are included on the Games CD that came with this PMP Please connect PMP to your compute...

Page 29: ...ictionary Move the cursor on the input mode switch icon at the right of P press OK Two options will pop up English Pinyin press keys to select and press OK key to confirm English Chinese Dictionary when you select English option English Chinese press OK key to enter the dictionary interface press navigation arrow keys to move the cursor after selecting the right letter press OK key to confirm the ...

Page 30: ...itching into input mode to continue to inquire about other characters Note If wrong letter or character is entered select key to delete the letter or character Exit press ESC key to return to Learn menu E Book TXT format 1 From Learning menu use navigation arrow keys to select E Book option and press OK key to confirm to enter Press key to move the cursor press OK key to read when the browse mode ...

Page 31: ... It s same as eBook function under Learning Memory To switch between Internal memory and SD card Use or key to choose SD or Flash Tab and then press OK key to make that as your Work space Upgrade Press key to move the cursor to select USB SD if USB option is selected press OK key to confirm At this moment you may see the letters CONNECTING TO PC on the screen please connect the player and PC by th...

Page 32: ...the TV set in Power OFF mode Note Do distinguish the audio and video cable color when using the AV cable General the yellow cable is the video cable and the red and white ones are the left and right audio cables It s advised to turn power on after connecting the AV cable When properly connected video will be now displayed on the TV screen instead of the PMP LCD display If TV screen has no color im...

Page 33: ...press OK key to confirm after selecting Time Setup Use keys to move the cursor and press keys to adjust the time When done press OK key to confirm and return to the Setup Menu Press ESC key to cancel the operation Volume It s used to adjust the volume press key to decrease increase the volume press OK key to confirm and return to the Setup Menu 8 11 Flash Player From Main Menu Select Flash Player ...

Page 34: ...w mode press O key to enter the setup menu to select the video format and picture quality 320 240 Size 640 480 ASF Format AVI Exit o After selecting the video format and size press ESC key to go back to the Preview mode o Press OK key to confirm and start recording timer in the lower right corner indicates that PMP is recording what s being displayed on the PMP screen o Press ESC or OK key to stop...

Page 35: ...anual Use keys to manually select a station Press keys to save the station press OK key to confirm and save If you want to store the next station press key to skip over one station If the current station is 01 20 it needs to skip to 02 20 You can save up to 20 stations as pre sets Auto Use this option to search the stations automatically the station saving method is same as with the manual option ...

Page 36: ...bove without installing USB Driver software If your computer s Operating System is Windows 98SE then USB Driver software from the CD must be installed so that the U Disk function can be used on this PMP 1 Insert the CD labeled DRIVER which came with this PMP in your computer s CD ROM Drive 2 Connect the PMP to PC with the included USB Cable when the PMP is turned on see next section for details on...

Page 37: ...l PAGE 37 4 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next 5 Check box next to Specify a location and press Browse button 6 Select folder named USB Driver_v2 0 from your CD ROM Drive and Click OK ...

Page 38: ...R User Manual PAGE 38 7 Click Next button and a confirmation screen will appears as shown below 8 Press Next button to start USB driver installation program 9 After the installation is over restart the computer ...

Page 39: ...e Explorer or double click My Computer icon on the desktop 12 You will find 2 new Drives labeled as Removable Disk Drives the first one is for the Built in flash Memory and the second for the SD Card 9 3 Connecting PMP to your Computer Connect the USB cable to your PC and PMP as shown below ...

Page 40: ...ge Card Double Click on any one of these drives You will find five folders named DCIM MP3 EBOOK GAME and FLASH It shall be displayed after being opened Save the MP3 music file Save the EBOOK file Save the GAME file Save the FLASH file Important a For your computer to recognize the removable disk drives the PMP must be Powered On and connected to the PC b Users must put the files into corresponding...

Page 41: ... the above mentioned rules so that the PMP can identify and play the files c You need to copy Game Files from Game CD to the GAME folder on the PMP in order to play those games 9 5 Using SD Card This PMP supports external SD card Insert an SD card in the slot as shown below Important Turn off the PMP first before inserting the card Insert the card with metallic links facing up ...

Page 42: ...ame and Text files must be saved to the corresponding 5 folders MP3 DCIM 100MEDIA GAME EBOOK FLASH 9 6 Adding and Removing Files After the PMP is connected to the computer the computer will automatically identify PMP s storage media as Removable Disk Drives Since the PMP has External Storage Card therefore the computer will display two removable disks If the storage card is not inserted in the slo...

Page 43: ...onnect the USB cable to prevent data loss due to corruption of your PMP s storage media and requiring you to reformat it Note If you need to reformat the storage media make sure to format it with FAT and not FAT32 format After formatting is done the system will create the default folders after you turn the PMP OFF and then ON again Whenever you disconnect the PMP from the computer make sure that d...

Page 44: ... computer s CD ROM drive and a To install ASF conversion program open Folder named ASF TRANSCODING SETUP TOOLS and then select appropriate sub folder WIN98 ME if you have Windows 98SE or ME on your PC or WINNT 2000 XP if you have Windows NT 2000 or XP on your PC and run setup program if you want to convert to ASF Video format b To install AVI conversion program open AVI TRANSCODING SETUP TOOLS 0 9...

Page 45: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 45 After installation is complete you can launch PMP Transcoding Tool to convert video files to ASF format that will be playable on this PMP ...

Page 46: ...t Conversion Mode Media CD or Image To convert Video file Select Media Mode o Select Audio Sample Rate 8K 16K or 48K o Select Video Quality Best Normal or Bad o Select the file you want to convert o Select location and name of the ASF file that will be created by the conversion ...

Page 47: ...Convert You will see the following screen After conversion is finished press STOP button and exit from the program Copy the converted file ASF format to the DCIM 100MEDIA folder on the built in memory or external storage card for playing on the PMP ...

Page 48: ...older on the built in memory or external storage card for playing on the PMP To Convert Image Files Select Image Mode The operation of converting image files is same as that of the video conversion Just select Image Mode in Step 1 Copy the converted file JPEG format to the DCIM 100MEDIA folder on the built in memory or external storage card for playing on the PMP 10 2 AVI TRANSCODING SETUP TOOLS 0...

Page 49: ... IMPORTANT During installation you may be prompted to install other plug ins like Storm Code After the installation is completed you will be prompted to restart your PC Please select Yes to restart the PC to finish the installation ...

Page 50: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 50 Using conversion software 1 Launch Transcoding tool from SPCA5000 Transcoding Tool program group 2 The following screen will appear 3 Select appropriate conversion mode ...

Page 51: ...on Conversion o Select Open file to choose the file you want to convert o Select Output path to choose location and name of the AVI file that will be created by the conversion program o Use Settings option to choose the audio and video quality of the converted file ...

Page 52: ...k on Start to convert the file After conversion is finished press STOP button and exit from the program Copy the converted file AVI format to the DCIM 100MEDIA folder on the built in memory or external storage card for playing on the PMP ...

Page 53: ...d causes PMP to turn off automatically Please charge the battery b The setting of PMP s automatic power off is set to a low value Increase sleep time to a higher number III Buttons don t respond a The HOLD key is in locked position moving it to the right will unlock the keys IV After USB is inserted no removable disk symbol can be found a Make sure the PMP is powered on b Make sure the PMP is conn...

Page 54: ...dio output device is not set correctly From Main Menu Setup Sound Change built in speakers setting to ON or OFF c The music files are not the right format d VI Recorded files can t be saved a The built in memory or external storage card is full delete some of the files or move them to other storage e g your PC to release space d Default storage setting is not correct From Main Menu Tools Memory se...

Page 55: ...ted Make sure the Audio and Video cable connectors are connected to the right jacks on the video device and the PMP Yellow connector is for the video and red and white are for Audio signals IX Movies can t be played normally a Check whether the movie format is supported If not install ASF convert tool software from the CD and then use the installed software to convert other supported formats to AS...

Page 56: ...he proper folders and are in the format supported by this PMP 12 Product Technical Specifications Unit size 125mmX65mmX17mm LENGTHXWIDTHXTHICKNESS Weight 100g Screen 3 0 260K true color TFT screen Transmit speed Read 650Kbps Write 600Kbps USB interface USB2 0 full speed Battery After full charge for around 4 hours or under power save mode around 7 hours times may vary based on the mode of use and ...

Page 57: ...se 20HZ 20KHZ Distortion 0 1 S N rate 80Db Signal separate degree 80Db MP3 WMA WAV Audio frequency standard output About 5MW 5MW 32Ω Resolution 2 mega pixels Color bit 24 bits Focus model scope 4 times focusing 0 6m to infinite distance CMOS camera White balance User selectable with 5 preset selections Shoot format AVI ASF ...

Page 58: ... ASF Video resolution 960 240 Frame rate 30fps Video output level 1 0VPP FLASH playing Support FLASH2 1 Music format MP3 WMA WAV Operation environmental temperature 0 to 40 0 C Menu language Chinese English Note The technical specifications can be changed without any prior notice ...

Page 59: ...HE ZM883R User Manual PAGE 59 13 Accessories 1 User Manual 1 2 Software CD 1 3 USB Cable 1 4 Earphones 1 5 A V Cable 1 6 Audio Line in Cable 1 7 A C Charger 1 8 Game CD 1 ...