LG FM30, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...the operating program 18 LG Media Center 19 LG Lyrics Center 20 Installing Win98SE MSC Device Driver 23 Installation of the music therapy feature 24 Connecting to the PC 25 To use a portable media device In the MTP mode 25 To download files 25 When MP3 Player is connected to PC in MTP Mode 26 To use the removable disk In the MSC mode 28 To download files 28 Replacing firmware 29 To upgrade firmwar...

Page 3: ... To add delete file to from the My Playlist 39 View All List 39 Playing video 40 To play video 40 To Play Pause 40 To play the next or previous video file 40 Speed search of video files 40 Capture Screen 40 EZ menu See on page 54 41 View Playlist 41 View All List 41 View Photo File 42 View the photo file 42 View Play Lsist 43 View All List 43 EZ menu See on page 54 43 View Text 44 View Text File 4...

Page 4: ...nu 54 Selecting EZ feature 54 Set Move Cancel Bookmark 55 Media selection 55 To select the media 55 To set Radio Channel 56 Search Page 56 Favorite songs 57 Setting details 58 Setup menu structure 58 Music 58 Photo 59 Radio 59 Record 59 Text 60 Battery 60 Time 60 General setting 61 USB 61 Using the application program 62 LG Media Center 62 LG Media Center Firmware Updating 62 LG Lyrics Center 63 V...

Page 5: ...ding on the go Photo viewer Store and display photos on the vivid display for enter taining slide shows Brilliant 1 77 Color OLED Screen Photos and videos are reproduced in vivid detail on the highly portable 260 000 color Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED screen File Format Flexibility Enjoy a wide variety of multi media file formats includ ing Text TXT Audio MP3 OGG WMA WAV ADPCM ASF Photo JPG B...

Page 6: ...u System Navigating menus is a snap with the colorful 3D graph ics and index finger navigation bar Powerful Battery Performance The rechargable Li Ion battery provides up to 60 hours of playback time audio files See Basic operation and Troubleshooting for more information on maximizing battery performance and battery performance limitations ...

Page 7: ...instruction may result in a light accident or damage Not following the instruction may result in death or serious injury Do not place an object on the product Do not use this product while driving Keep this product away from heat Do not drop an object or give shock on the product Do not disassemble repair or remodel the product Clean the PC with soft cloth Keep your computing environment clean and...

Page 8: ...e safety purposes Disconnect the AC adapter and the cable in case of a lightning or thunder Otherwise an electric shock or fire may occur Do not insert a metallic object coins or hair pins or flammable objects in the product Do not drop such objects on the product either Do not use the earphones loud while walking especially on the crosswalks Listening to the music loud for a long time may comprom...

Page 9: ...e receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV tech nician for help FCC WARNING This equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy Changes or modifications to this equipment may cause harmful interference unless the modifica tions are expressly approved in the instruction manual The user could lose the authority to operate this equip ment if an unauthorized change or ...

Page 10: ... such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ven tilation is provided or the manufacturer instructions have been adhered to Important Safety Instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers that produce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polar ized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with...

Page 11: ...efer all servicing to qualified service person nel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped ...

Page 12: ...imits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used inaccor dance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a par ticular installation If th...

Page 13: ...from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facili ties appointed by the government or the local authorities 3 The correct disposal of your old appliance will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health 4 For more detailed information about disposal of your old appliance please contact your city office waste disposal service or the shop where you...

Page 14: ...hones Quick Setup Guide Line in cable Options Contents of the product are subject to change without prior notice for functional improvement FM Radio reception recording voice recording and recording from external devices Line in are optional Model Names FM Voice Recording Line in MF FM30S O O O MF FM30E X O O MF FM30X X X X ...

Page 15: ... strap provides a convenient way to carry your Portable Digital Player 1 Rotate the bottom part of neck strap in the direction of arrow 2 Separate the bottom part of neck strap as shown on the picture 3 Connect the strap to the neck strap holder in the player ...

Page 16: ...Page Video mode Search Previous File Photo mode Previous Photo Setting mode Exiting the menu 4 Navigation Bar Move up down to control volume Move up down to navigate menus Press to make menu selections 5 Search FF Forward button Music mode Next Title Search Radio mode Optional Increase frequency Text mode Next page Video mode Next File Search Photo mode Next photo Setup mode Select the correspondi...

Page 17: ...n t accidently power on when it is stored 2 Line in USB ports Power connection 3 Earphones port 4 Play Pause button Power on off 5 EZ button 6 Menu button Press once to access the main menu When the Music Photo Video or Text menu icons are highlighted PRESS AND HOLD to view the files available in each folder 7 Record button A B Repeat 8 M I C hole Optional Reset hole Optional ...

Page 18: ...layer 10 menu For more information see the Help menu of Windows Media Player 10 Download the JANUS DRM applied files through the Windows Media Player 10 or LG Media Center MTP Mode only Download X Sync DRM applied files through the LG Media Center Download the music files purchased at the LG Media Cast or a music store through the LG Media Center LG Media Center Windows 2000 XP Windows Media Playe...

Page 19: ...tion 3 Follow the displayed instructions 4 Read the License Agreement Select the checkbox and click on Next button 5 Select the installation path and click on Next button 6 Click on Install button to start installation 7 During installation of the LG Media Center the user can install the Windows Media Player and the Internet Explorer for the operating environment ...

Page 20: ...k on Finish button 9 Click on Start All Programs LG Media Center to start the program LG Lyrics Center 1 Insert the operation program CD into the CD ROM 2 Select the LG Lyrics Center 3 Follow the displayed instructions 4 Select the language and click on OK button ...

Page 21: ...alling software 21 5 Click on Next button 6 Read the License Agreement and select the checkbox 7 Select the installation path and click on Next button 8 Program installation will start 9 Click on Yes button ...

Page 22: ...ftware 22 10 Windows media format installation screen will appear Click on Yes button 11 Click on OK button to finish installation of the program 12 Click on Start All programs LG Lyrics Cen ter to start the program ...

Page 23: ...d device driver can be used as a portable disk in the Windows Explorer 4 Check the installation status in System Prop erties as shown below Manual installation 1 Execute LGE203053 inst bat under Drivers Win98SE folder in the CD ROM 2 Reboot the PC and connect the MP3 player to the USB port 3 The installed device driver can be used as a portable disk in the Windows Explorer 4 Check the installation...

Page 24: ...gram is installed a shortcut icon will be created under Start All Programs Music Therapy 4 Connect the MP3 player to the USB port of the PC 5 Click on the shortcut icon after connecting the player 6 Select the device and click on Download but ton Then the therapy music file will be down loaded to the MP3 player Music Therapy files will refresh the user ...

Page 25: ... MSC mode although the player is set in the MTP mode Select the MSC mode for the USB in the setup menu for Windows 98 SE ME To download files 1 Select the MTP mode from the USB mode of the MP3 player The default is the MTP mode 2 Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB port of the PC and the other to the USB port of the player Check whether both ends of the cable are correctly plugged in 3 Che...

Page 26: ...file is copied the folders will be created in order of artist or intellectual property right holder and the album title contained in ID3TAG information of the music file In the player select Browser En tire List Contents to view the playing list In the MSC mode the playing list is not supported ASF Files can only be downloaded by Windows Me dia Player 10 or MSC Mode OGG Files can only be downloade...

Page 27: ...Upon manual setup When Synchronize Media File with Device has been selected or the Windows Media Play 10 is opened The data cannot be uploaded to the PC from the Windows Media Player 10 5 When the files to be synchronized are dragged to the left window 6 When files are synchronized and a new folder is created ...

Page 28: ... of the USB cable to the USB port of the PC and the other to the USB port of the player Check whether both ends of the cable are correctly plugged in 3 Check whether a new drive has been added in the Windows Explorer in the PC The drive name may differ depending on the OS 4 Drag the file to copy to the removable disk drive Disconnecting the USB cable while the file is being copied may cause malfun...

Page 29: ... PC 4 Check whether a new drive has been added in the Windows Explorer in the PC The drive name may differ depending on the OS 5 Select player rom file and copy it to the newly added drive In the MSC mode Highest root In the MTP mode Data folder 6 To safely remove the device remove the USB cable 7 When Firmware upgrade message is dis played click on button 8 The firmware updating progress bar will...

Page 30: ...completed will appear The user can charge the player while it is functioning The charging status is displayed through the battery icon When the player is connected to the PC through the USB cable the charging status will not be displayed Connecting the AD adapter to the player that is cur rently playing music the player will be turned off and will enter into Home menu Do not disconnect AC Adapter ...

Page 31: ...e USB port of the player Check whether both ends are correctly plugged in 2 If the USB device is normally recognized after the cable is connected the following will be displayed 3 In case of a correct connection the icon will be displayed on the taskbar of the PC The icon shapes on the task bar may differ depend ing on the OS of the PC ...

Page 32: ...he connection in the MTP mode 1 Double click on Remove Hardware icon on the taskbar of the PC 2 Click on Stop button when the window appears 3 Click on OK button 4 After a message that the large capacity USB storage can be safely removed is displayed remove the player from the PC If the USB cable is disconnected while the player is connected to the PC to store or delete the file the data may get l...

Page 33: ... arrow key and unlock the device Reset feature This feature is to reset the player when it does not function any more 1 Press the reset hole at the lower part of the player using a sharp object 2 After the power is turned off press button for two seconds or longer Then the power will be turned on When the player is connected to the AC adapter it will be automatically turned on Reset function initi...

Page 34: ...es 4 Radio Receives and records FM broadcasting Optional according to model 5 Record Supporting Line in Voice Recording Optional according to model 6 Text Plays the text file 7 Setup Sets the operating environment of the player Selecting features 1 Press button shortly to start the Home menu Home menu appears if button is pressed shortly in Play or Stop mode 2 Adjust button in or direction to con ...

Page 35: ...rics file is available and the lyrics display feature is enabled 3 Playing time bar 4 Playback time 5 Current time 6 Battery status 7 A B Repeat display To play the music file 1 Move to the Home menu and adjust button in or directions to select Music mode 2 Press or button to enter 3 Press button shortly to start the Home menu ...

Page 36: ...ar on the display 2 To select the ending point shortly press Repeat button again Then the Repeat feature will be set icon will appear on the display 3 To cancel Repeat feature press button again icon will disappear EZ menu See on page 54 With this You can do Bookmark The user can set Set Cancel Move Book mark features Media The user can view the photo or text file during playing music Play mode Th...

Page 37: ...ess or button to play Select Play Folder to lay all titles in the folder Depending on the setting of the playing mode the number of played song or the playing order may dif fer 5 Press button for two seconds or longer to enter into the playlist again Playlist PC Playlist Enables the MP3 player to automatically play the play list created in the WMP 10 Windows Media Player 10 or the LG Media Center ...

Page 38: ...tist Album Plays songs by album Year Plays songs by year All Songs Plays all songs New music Plays newly added songs every day week or month Recorded file Optional according to model See on page 14 1 Press button for two seconds or longer while the player is playing the music or paused 2 Select Recorded File in the view Playlist menu 3 Press or button to play F051019_0001 Recorded file from radio ...

Page 39: ...file and press button shortly 4 Select Add in the play list and press or button to add the file to the play list icon will appear on the display Only one song at a time 5 To delete a song from the play list click on Delete View All List 1 Press button for two seconds or longer while the player is playing the music or paused The entire list of MP3 files will appear 2 Adjust button in or direction t...

Page 40: ...previous or next file Moving to the previous next file and playing it Press button five seconds after playing starts Then the current video file will be played from the be ginning Speed search of video files 1 Press or button for two seconds or loner to fast search the video files The file will start playing as soon as the user stops pressing the button The next video file not the previous video f...

Page 41: ...ortly to play the video file View All List 1 Press button for two seconds or longer while the player is playing the video file or pausing The entire list of MP3 files will appear 2 Adjust button in or direction to select the file 3 Press or button to play With this You can do Bookmark The user can set Set Cancel Move Book mark features Brightness The user can adjust the brightness in 10 levels fro...

Page 42: ...oto file 3 To go to the full view press button Large sized photos may not be opened In case of BMP file only 24 bit colors will be support ed Only the BMP files downloaded in the MSC mode are supported In case of the JPG file downloaded from the LG Me dia Center all photos can be viewed regardless of the size It is recommended to download JPG files from the LG Media Center for quicker display Enab...

Page 43: ...e entire list of MP3 files will appear 2 Adjust button in or direction to select the file 3 Press or button to play EZ menu See on page 54 Under Media menu radio is an optional feature See on page 14 With this You can do Media The user can listen to the music or radio while viewing the photo file Slide Show The user can On Off the slide show display Slide interval The user can set the slide show i...

Page 44: ...be opened The player supports maximum 99999 pages If the user selects the automatic page moving at the EZ menu the page will be automatically moved at ev ery interval defined View Playlist 1 Press button for two seconds or longer while viewing the text In case the language code is not correct the charac ters of the text file may be displayed broken or may not be displayed You should convert the te...

Page 45: ...menu radio is an optional feature See on page 14 With this You can do Bookmark The user can set Set Cancel Move Book mark features Media The user can play the music or the radio while viewing the text Auto Page In 1 sec 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec or defined time the page will be automatically moved Page Find Moving to the page search mode Brightness The user can adjust the brightness in 10 lev els from 0 ...

Page 46: ...tton to open the recording screen 3 Press or button in the voice recording status to open the recording standby screen 4 Press this button to start recording 5 To pause recording stop button 6 Press or button to stop and press or button Select Continue to resume recording The recorded files will be stored under Record folder named V0510190001_001 YearMonthDate_Order ...

Page 47: ...orded files To Connect to the external device Optional according to model See on page 14 1 Connect the Line in cable to the line out port of the external device and to the line in port of the MP3 player To Record through an external device 1 Move to the Home menu and adjust button in or directions to select Record mode 2 Press or button to open the recording mode setup screen ...

Page 48: ...ress or button Select Continue to resume recording The recorded files will be stored under Record folder named L051127_0004 MP3 YearMonthDate_Order 7 To stop recording press button Files less than one second long will not be stored Recording time by its quality 8 Refer to Recorded file on page 38 and View All List on page 39 to play prerecorded files Recording quality Recording time for 512MByte 9...

Page 49: ...el mode To listen to the FM radio 1 Move to the Home menu and adjust the but ton in or directions to select Radio mode 2 Press or button shortly to open the reception screen To search the FM radio stations Manual Search 1 In Tuner Mode Press or button shortly to gradually increase decrease the fre quency Automatic search 1 In Tuner Mode Press and buttons for two seconds or longer to automatically ...

Page 50: ...hannel the user can man ually set the channel through EZ menu 2 Select Manual in the channel setup and press or button 3 Adjust button in or direction to con trol the frequency 4 Press or button to select Save Then press button to save the channel By adjusting button up and down the user can change the frequency and save maximum 20 channels The user can delete the channel using EZ menu 5 Select Ca...

Page 51: ... channel mode 2 Press button for two seconds or longer to enter into the frequency mode To search Channel Manual Search 1 Press button for two seconds or longer to enter into the channel mode while listening to the radio If there is no channel saved the player will not enter into the channel mode 2 Press or button shortly to go to the saved channel Search by Channel List 1 Press button for two sec...

Page 52: ...ved channels are deleted Delete from Channel List 1 Press button for two seconds or longer to open the channel list If there is no channel saved the player will not enter into the channel list 2 Press button shortly and select Delete from EZ menu Only the received channels will be deleted Set Cancel Mute 1 Press button while listening to the radio Then the sound will become mute icon will appear a...

Page 53: ...cord folder named F051127_0004 MP3 YearMonthDate_Order 4 To stop recording press button Files less than one second long will not be saved 5 Refer to Recorded file on page 38 and View All List on page 39 to play prerecorded files EZ menu See on page 54 With this You can do Media The user can view the photo or text file while listening to the radio Channel The user can save or delete the channel Cha...

Page 54: ...while playing music and video listening to the radio and viewing the text or photos then the EZ menu setup window will appear Depending on the current menu the EZ menu setup window will differ 2 Adjust button in or direction to select the item 3 Enter the lower adjustment item by pressing or button 4 Change the setting by adjusting button in or direction and store the new setting by pressing butto...

Page 55: ...t mode The user can listen to the music or radio In the radio mode The user can view the photo or text Radio is optional according to model See on page 14 To select the media 1 Press button shortly when two modes are activated at the same time 2 Change the setting in Media field While the music is playing Media will be automati cally changed into Music While the user is listening to the radio Medi...

Page 56: ...ect Auto in the channel setup and press or button Twenty channels can be stored and the existing channels will be deleted In an area with weak reception the detected chan nels may be less than 20 When the user selects Manual the manual channel storing window will appear Search Page 1 Press button while viewing the text 2 Select Search Page and press or button 3 Press or button to move the page The...

Page 57: ...ht 1 Press button for two seconds or longer while the player is playing the music or paused 2 Adjust button in or direction to select Playlist Library 3 Select the file and press button shortly 4 The user can check the current favorite song in Favorite Songs menu Adjust button in and directions to give the favorite score The favorite songs are of five levels 1 5 ...

Page 58: ...in the folder Play speed The user can set the playing speed of MP3 files The user can select X0 3 X0 5 X1 X1 5 and X2 The default value is X1 MP3 files sampled less than 32KHz can support only X1 Sound effect EQ The user can set the sound effect Auto EQ Normal Pop Rock R B Soul Hip Hop Rap Jazz Classical Dance Live User EQ 3D Sound The user can experience 3D sound ef fects 3D sound effects may be ...

Page 59: ...e more frequency channels The user can select High Standard or Low Country The user can set the reception area The user can select countries Reserved recording The user can reserve the FM radio recording The user can set the frequency for reserved record ing Reserved recording feature is activated only when the player is turned off The user can set only one reserved recording Recording can be made...

Page 60: ...n select Off 30 sec 1 min 5 min or 10 min Time Sleep reservation When the defined time passes the player will be automatically turned off The user can select Off 10 minutes 30 minutes 1 hour or 2 hours If the user sets the turning off reservation the player will automatically store files and turn off at the re served time After the player is turned off at the reserved time the turning off reservat...

Page 61: ...er is initialized the player will be auto matically turned off System info The user can check product informa tion The firmware version the entire memory space the used memory and the remaining memory space are displayed Language The user can select the language Korean English Traditional Chinese Simplified Chi nese French German Japanese Portuguese Rus sian Spanish Format The user can delete all ...

Page 62: ...a new version of firmware Functions only in the Internet connected PC 1 Connect one end of the USB cable to the USB port of the PC with the LG Media Center installed and the other to the USB port of the player 2 The LG Media Center will compare the firm ware versions of the player and the server If it detects a new firmware version it asks the user whether to update the version 3 Click on OK butto...

Page 63: ...requiring a separate program or tool and can be downloaded to a large capacity storage The user can make volumes of several MP3 files same A Windows Explorer like UI providing maximum con venience for users Run the program and click on F1 Help The user can view the Help menu Be sure to check model name and synchronize be fore downloading files View the manual PDF document The user needs the Adobe ...

Page 64: ...he earphones Q After the files are downloaded the play list will not show the newly added files A Update the list in the Setup menu A Format the product and download the file Q After the firmware is updated the player is not normally functioning A Reset the product See page 33 A Back up the data and format the player Q Sometimes files are not downloaded A Check the USB mode of the player See page ...

Page 65: ...t files A If the text file is encoded in a format that your text file viewer doesn t understand text data seem to be gar baged or corrupted A You should convert the text file into Unicode on a PC which supports your language of choice and down load it See page 44 ...

Page 66: ... product model Operating temperature 0 40 Audio Frequency range 20Hz 20kHz Signal to noise ratio 85dB Channel response 35dB 1kHz Maximum output 18mW 18mW FM radio Optional according to model Frequency range 87 5 108MHz Signal to noise ratio 50dB Channel response 25dB 1kHz Antenna Earphones antenna Playback time Video Maximum 12 hours Viewing Photos while playing music About 7 hours Audio Maximum 5...

Page 67: ...roduct is available at this site By updating the firmware the user can improve the performance of the product Files Audio MP3 OGG WMA WAV ADPCM ASF video LG AVI Image viewer JPG BMP Text viewer TXT Display Display 1 77 OLED 260 000 colors Type Item Specifications ...

Page 68: ...bps Spec WMA Decoder WMA ASF audio only Decode Support S Stereo M Mono OGG Decoder Q 1 Q 10 Support ADPCM Decoder WAV File Format MS ADPCM Decode Bitrate Mpeg1 32KHz 44 1KHz 48KHz 32 OK OK OK 40 OK OK OK 48 OK OK OK 56 OK OK OK 64 OK OK OK 80 OK OK OK 96 OK OK OK 112 OK OK OK 128 OK OK OK 144 OK OK OK 160 OK OK OK 192 OK OK OK 224 OK OK OK 256 OK OK OK 320 OK OK OK ...

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