Rave-MP RX128, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Guide RX128 256 Hard Drive MP3 Player Arc2 5 5 0 ...

Page 2: ... information contained herein Rave MP is a registered trademark of GoVideo MPEG Layer 3 audio coding technology licensed from Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson Multimedia This product includes technology owned by Microsoft Corporation and cannot be used or distributed without a license from Microsoft Licensing Inc Microsoft Windows Media and the Windows Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mic...

Page 3: ... 5 Need Help Troubleshooting 28 Technical Specifications 29 Rave MP Limited Warranty 30 Important Safety Instructions 32 Product Care 33 FCC Compliance 34 1 Getting Started Welcome 4 Player Overview 5 LCD Overview 7 Charging the Battery 8 Connecting the Earbuds 8 Installing the Software 9 2 Loading Your Tunes Connecting the Player to your Computer 10 Using Windows Media Player 11 Adding Tracks to y...

Page 4: ...rage For a change of pace check out the recordable FM tuner or voice recorder Cool Features MP3 and WMA playback PC Mac support Polished thin design Large 128x64 Mono backlit LCD Arc5 0 holds 2 500 WMAs 166 hours of music Arc2 5 holds 1 250 WMAs 83 hours of music Carrying case with arm band and clip FM Tuner and Recorder Voice Recorder Internal 15 hour LiON rechargeable battery WMA 9 DRM and USB 2...

Page 5: ...5 Player Overview 9 3 4 5 2 1 7 1 Mini USB Port Connects the player to your computer using the supplied USB cable 2 LCD Screen Displays the current status of the player see page 7 8 6 ...

Page 6: ...to the start of the current track Press and hold to scan backwards NEXT Skips to the next track Press and hold to scan forwards ENTER Makes selections in the menu system 6 DC IN Jack Connects to the supplied AC Adapter Charger 7 Stereo Headphone Jack Connects to the supplied earbuds or other headphones equipped with a 1 8 3 5mm stereo mini plug 8 POWER Button Turns the player on Press and hold to ...

Page 7: ... Off 5 Battery Level Displays current Battery status Full Medium or Low 6 Track Info Displays current Title Artist and Album 7 Progress Bar Graphically displays elapsed playback time 8 Track Status Displays Elapsed Time Volume Level Playback Status Icon Play Pause Stop etc Current Track Number Total Number of Tracks LCD Overview Alien Crime Syn Forever is Rock Ten Songs in the Key Of 02 23 VOL18 6...

Page 8: ...ter to the DC IN jack as shown 2 Plug the AC adapter into an electrical outlet 3 Turn the player on to check the status of the battery The battery icon on the LCD screen indicates current battery strength The player will charge whether it is powered on or off 4 When the battery is fully charged unnplug the AC adapter and disconnect it from the player Connecting the Earbuds Connect the supplied ear...

Page 9: ... do not already have Windows Media Player 9 you will be prompted to install it or update your current version 5 Browse the Installation CD to check out Bonus Music Tracks User s Guide PDF Adobe Reader 6 Installation is complete You re now ready to connect the player to your computer System Requirements Intel Pentium II 300 MHz or above 128 MB RAM minimum 150 MB available hard drive space USB port ...

Page 10: ... end of this cable to any available USB port on your computer The player will power on automatically If this is the first time you have connected the player to a PC running Windows ME 2000 or XP your PC will detect New hardware and install the required drivers automatically 3 The USB icon appears on the player s LCD screen 4 You re now ready to load your tunes Notice For Windows 98SE Users If you c...

Page 11: ...ng media 2 Media Guide Search for media music movies etc online 3 Copy from CD Burn CD Audio tracks to WMA format 4 Media Library Create playlists and manage your media files 5 Radio Tuner Tune into streaming radio stations 6 Copy to CD or Device Copy tracks to your player or to a recordable CD 7 Premium Services Subscribe to an online music service where you can browse and purchase tracks for your...

Page 12: ... in the selected folder s to your media library 5 When searching is complete click Close Ripping Tracks from your CDs You can also use Windows Media Player to build your media library by encoding your Audio CDs in WMA format 1 Insert an Audio CD 2 Click Copy from CD The contents of the CD will be displayed By default all tracks are checked 3 Click the check mark next to any track you do not wish t...

Page 13: ...to CD or Device 3 Under Items on Device select Removable Disk to view the contents of the player 4 Under Items to Copy browse to the folder containing the tracks you want to add to the player 5 Click the checkbox es next to the desired track name s 6 Click Copy 7 The selected track s are copied to the player When you re finished copying files see page 16 to safely unplug the player ...

Page 14: ...le with other music management applications If you prefer you can use these applications to manage your music files burn your CDs load your music etc NOTE Many online music stores offer their own music management applications which may or may not be compatible with the player The player is NOT compatible with iTunes ...

Page 15: ...ur online music store 1 Make sure the player is powered on and connected to your computer using the supplied USB cable 2 Double click the My Computer icon on your Windows desktop The player appears as a Removable Disk icon with its own drive letter On a Mac the player appears as a drive on the desktop 3 Double click the disk icon to view its contents 4 Drag and drop your music files from your compu...

Page 16: ...player as follows 1 Double click the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the Windows toolbar 2 Select the player from the list of Hardware Devices 3 Click Stop 4 Click OK to confirm 5 Click Close 6 It is now safe to unplug the player from your PC NOTE Make sure all file transfers are complete before disconnecting the player ...

Page 17: ...r to the start of the current track press PREV To skip to the next track press NEXT To scan backward within a track press and hold PREV To scan forward within a track press and hold NEXT Adjusting the Volume To adjust the volume press VOLUME Locking the Keys To temporarily lock the keys and prevent unwanted operation slide the HOLD button toward the lock icon About Menu Navigation To navigate the ...

Page 18: ...lay Music Tuner Voice Equalizer Settings Play Music Play All Albums Artists Genre Tracks Settings Playback Power Contrast Resume About PlayerCal Tjader Storage FM Tuner Tuner Recordings Voice Recordings Record Recordings Equalizer Normal 5 Band EQ Rock Jazz Classical Pop p 19 p 20 22 p 23 p 24 p 25 26 p 27 ...

Page 19: ...ess ENTER to play only that track Artists Lists all artists on the player Select an artist and press ENTER Select Play All to play all tracks by that artist or select an album and press ENTER to view the contents of that album Genres Lists all genres on the player Select a genre and press ENTER Select Play All to play all tracks in that genre or select a track and press ENTER to play only that tra...

Page 20: ... Strong Signal Appears if a strong FM radio signal is received 2 FM Frequency Slider Graphically displays FM radio band 3 Current Frequency Displays current radio station frequency 4 Volume Level Displays current volume level 5 FM Tuner Mode Displays current Tuner mode Manual or Preset Press ENTER to toggle between Tuner modes VOL18 90 95 100 105 MANUAL 100 30MHz 1 3 4 2 5 ...

Page 21: ...at the desired frequency You can store up to 20 presets in this manner Using the FM Tuner continued While you are in FM Tuner mode you can search for stations save Presets and select Presets Searching for FM Stations To manually search for stations in 0 1 step increments press or To automatically scan for stations press and hold or Store Preset Select preset 1 100 30MHz VOL18 PRESET 100 30MHz 88 5...

Page 22: ...LAY PAUSE to start recording 6 Press STOP to stop recording 7 A WAV file is created with the name R00 wav and added to your list of recordings Playing Your FM Radio Recordings To playback your FM recordings 1 Press MENU 2 Select Tuner and press ENTER 3 Select Recordings and press ENTER 4 Select the desired recording from the list of WAV fils and press ENTER 5 The selected FM recording will play FM T...

Page 23: ...ilt in microphone 5 To stop recording press STOP 6 A WAV file is created with the name V00 wav and added to your list of recordings Playing Your Voice Recordings To playback your voice recordings 1 Press MENU 2 Select Voice and press ENTER 3 Select Recordings and press ENTER 4 Select the desired recording from the list of WAV fils and press ENTER 5 The selected voice recording will play Voice Record...

Page 24: ...nd EQ 4 Set each of the five frequency sliders to the desired levels Each band can be adjusted from 14 to 14 Selecting a Preset EQ Setting You can also choose a preset EQ level for five popular music genres 1 Press MENU 2 Select Equalizer 3 Choose from the following Preset EQ levels Normal Rock Jazz Classical Pop Equalizer Normal 5 Band EQ Rock Jazz Classical Pop Equalizer db 80 250 1K 4K 12K ...

Page 25: ... the current track Select Off to disable Repeat mode Power Options Sets the current Backlight and Auto Power Off mode 1 Press MENU 2 Select Settings and press ENTER 3 Select Power and press ENTER 4 Select from the following options Backlight Select On to have the backlight glow briefly when you press any button on the player Select Off to disable the Backlight feature Auto Off Select to have the pl...

Page 26: ... player 1 Press MENU 2 Select Settings and press ENTER 3 Select Resume and press ENTER 4 Select from the following options Track Select Current to resume playback of the last played track Select First to play the first track on the player Timecode Select Current to resume playback from the same point in the last played track Select Start to resume playback from the beginning of the last played trac...

Page 27: ...firmware upgrades see below Storage Select Storage to view the status of the internal and external memory including the total used and available space About Firmware Upgrades The Rave MP is firmware upgradable so new functionality can be added as it becomes available Visit the Rave MP Web Site www rave mp com to check on the availability of firmware upgrades for your specific model About PlayerCal Tja...

Page 28: ...ou purchased the files Q How do I check battery life A Look at the battery indicator on the main LCD screen The more the battery is filled in the more charge remains Q Why don t the playback controls work A Check the Hold switch on the side of the player If it is in Lock position all keys on the player are locked to prevent accidental operation Q How do I change the Copy Settings in Windows Media Pl...

Page 29: ... 48Khz Internal Memory 2 5 5 0GB LCD 128x64 dot matrix LCD display with LED backlight Voice Record Format WAV format IMA ADPCM at 4 bit mono 8K sampling rate FM Record Format ADPCM format FM Frequency Range 87 5 108 0 MHz Interface USB 2 0 High Speed mini USB connector Maximum Output 12mW 12mW 16ohm headphone S N Ratio 90 dB THD 0 01 0 5 Frequency Range 20Hz 20KHz Dimensions 2 2 W x 3 8 H x 0 7 D ...

Page 30: ...replacement parts supplied during the Warranty Period are covered only for the remaining portion of the original Warranty Period The Rave MP Warranty Administrator shall have no liability for service under this warranty if non OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer replacement parts are used in the repair of your Rave MP product What the Owner Must Do If Service is Required Please contact our custome...

Page 31: ...ditional information contact your authorized Rave MP dealer Rave MP is not responsible for any shipping handling or insurance charges This Exclusive Limited Warranty excludes all incidental and consequential damages Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental and consequential damages so the above exclusion may not apply to you ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHA...

Page 32: ...elds close to TV or speakers Do not use in places where the humidity is excessively low Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other The wide blade is provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being w...

Page 33: ...olored or the player may malfunction Do not use the player near an open flame If moving from a cold environment to a warm environment let the player s temperature stabilize before operation Keep dirt sand dust and moisture from entering the player Do not use in areas of excessive dust Do not use in places where the humidity is excessively high Do not drop or subject the player to shock If interfere...

Page 34: ... and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the ...

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