Slacker G1 4GB, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 Slacker Portable User Guide Copyright Slacker Inc 2008 Version 1 1 4 22 08 ...

Page 2: ...Contextual Player 13 Section 4 Playing Slacker Radio Stations 15 Play a Slacker Radio Station 15 Favorite and Ban Songs 16 Now Playing Views 16 Section 5 Playing Library Music 17 Add Songs to the Library 17 Navigate the Library 17 Remove Songs from the Library 18 Play Music 18 Repeat Songs and Playlists 19 Change Library View 20 Section 6 Managing Playlists 21 Create a Playlist 21 Play a Playlist ...

Page 3: ...volutionary way to take your Slacker Radio stations with you wherever you go Built in Wi Fi automatically refreshes your personalized Slacker stations and the music plays whether you are connected or not You also can play your personal music collection and custom playlists Plus the large 4 screen displays album art artist information and album reviews in vivid color ...

Page 4: ...lacker Radio song as a favorite Favorites will be played more often on that station If you have a Premium Subscription your favorites are saved to the Portable Library and can be listened to anytime Rating songs as Favorites affects what will be played on that station Ban Press the Ban button to ban a Slacker Radio song from being played again on that station Banning songs affects what music will ...

Page 5: ...en You will not be able to play music while on this screen To return to normal operation simply unplug your Portable When the battery runs low the Portable will display a warning message You can click the scroll wheel to dismiss the message and the Portable will continue running If you ignore the message then the Portable will power off The Portable provides up to three warning messages Once the t...

Page 6: ...elease the scroll wheel twice Use this to add songs from your Library into the Current Playlist Press Hold Press down the scroll wheel but do not release it until the Portable displays a menu The menu is a contextual options menu similar to a right click menu on many computer software applications The touch strip is a convenient way to select items To use it simply tap the strip next to the item y...

Page 7: ...ons without taking any other steps But eventually you will need to refresh your stations When you refresh your stations the Slacker Radio service downloads new content onto your Portable And you also need to follow the refresh process if you want to add new stations to your Portable In order to refresh your stations you first must complete these tasks Install the Slacker Software Player Activate y...

Page 8: ...ter charges your Portable while connected NOTE This method works with PC computers that have the Slacker Software Player installed and running If you have a MAC you cannot transfer local music and you must connect via a Wi Fi network To connect via USB do the following Plug the supplied USB cable into your PC and the other end into the Slacker Portable 1 NOTE While connected to your PC your Portab...

Page 9: ... The Slacker Portable may not be able to access these types of networks To connect via a Wi Fi network do the following From the Main Menu scroll to 1 Connect and click the scroll wheel The Portable will search for an available Wi Fi network If it can connect it will and then will sign in to your 2 Slacker Account and begin the refresh process NOTE 1 If the Portable cannot connect it will display ...

Page 10: ...e genre and custom stations there are tens of thousands of artist stations Unless you have marked artist stations as a Favorite or you have recently played the stations the artist stations will not appear in the list on the left To add one of these stations do the following In the left column click the 1 Stations button If you are leaving the Portable Manager make sure you have saved your changes ...

Page 11: ...ayer or Web player In the left column click the 2 Portable button to navigate to the Portable Manager Move the station in one of two ways 3 In the right column click and hold on a station and then drag it to the desired spot Release the mouse button when done OR In the right column right click on a station A menu is displayed Select Move Up or Move Down Click 4 Save The Slacker Radio service will ...

Page 12: ...w Playing Stations Library Playlists Settings Connect To select any of the features use the scroll wheel to scroll to the desired feature When the feature is highlighted click the scroll wheel once You can return to this screen from any point in the Portable one of two ways Press the Home button to retrace your navigation steps Press hold the Home button to return to the Main Menu in one step Retu...

Page 13: ...d playlist Current Playlist if you are playing music from the Library USB icon This is displayed when the Portable is connected to a computer Not shown To left of battery Wireless icon This is displayed when the Portable is connected to a Wi Fi network Not shown To left of battery Battery icon This icon always is displayed and shows the battery strength or AC power Album Art This is the image of t...

Page 14: ...wheel to perform the function You also can use the Pause and Skip Forward buttons on the right side of the Slacker Portable Playlist Menu When you are playing music from the Library or a playlist the Portable displays a drop down menu You scroll to it and click the scroll wheel to access the menu items To back out of the menu without making a selection press the Home button The menu contains the f...

Page 15: ...dio song you can do the following to the currently playing song Pause Stop the song at the point it is playing When you un pause it will begin playing where you stopped To pause a song press the Pause button on the right side of the Portable To un pause press the Pause button again Skip Forward Skip to the next song The Portable can skip up to 6 times per station per hour If you are a Slacker Prem...

Page 16: ...ker Radio station music from your Library or a playlist Your Slacker Portable provides the same great Now Playing views that are available on the Software Player and Web Player These views provide detailed information about the artist and album They display high resolution artwork And they enable you to review a station s playlist The Slacker Portable provides four Now Playing views Album Art Disp...

Page 17: ...o a connected state You will not be able to listen to music or access any Portable features until you unplug your Portable The Portable will display a screen to show that it is connecting to the Internet Once connected the Slacker 2 Radio station refresh process begins You can let the Portable complete the process or you can press the scroll wheel to select Cancel Transfer MP3s to transfer files i...

Page 18: ... or Skip Forward buttons on the right side of the Slacker Portable The Play Skip Back and Skip Forward icons in the Contextual Player are interactive when playing music from the Library or a playlist Scroll to one of these icons and click the scroll wheel You play one song in the Library and then the Portable continues to play the songs in the order the songs are displayed in the Library The order...

Page 19: ...he scroll wheel Click the scroll wheel until you see the 2 Playlist view For more details on the Now Playing views refer to Now Playing Views Once you start playing songs you can turn on the Repeat mode When on the Portable will start playing the songs again once it has played all of the songs one time Scroll up to the 1 Playlist menu in Contextual Player and click the scroll wheel NOTE The Portab...

Page 20: ...y in folders where the artist is the top folder and the album is a sub folder NOTE When you are playing your personal music content the Portable will not display the Artist Biography and Album Review views You can change the Library view to any one of the 4 views Scroll up to the 1 Playlist menu in Contextual Player and click the scroll wheel NOTE The Portable only displays the Playlist menu while...

Page 21: ...ss hold the scroll wheel and select Add To Current Playlist Repeat the steps to add and remove songs until you have made all desired change NOTE If you scroll to a folder press hold the scroll wheel and select Add To Current Playlist the Portable adds all the songs in the folder to My Current Playlist Scroll up to the 3 Playlist menu in the Contextual Player and click the scroll wheel Scroll to 4 ...

Page 22: ...nt Playlist Repeat the steps to add and remove songs until you have made all desired change Scroll up to the 6 Playlist menu in the Contextual Player and click the scroll wheel Scroll to 7 Save Playlist and click the scroll wheel Remove Songs From the Main Menu scroll to 1 Now Playing and click the scroll wheel Click the scroll wheel 4 times to navigate to the Playlists view 2 Scroll to the 3 song...

Page 23: ...when you are not interacting with the Portable From the Main Menu scroll to 1 Settings and click the scroll wheel From the Settings menu scroll to 2 Backlight Time and click the scroll wheel Scroll to the 3 desired duration and click the scroll wheel The default setting is 15 seconds NOTE A shorter duration will save battery power and increase overall playtime on the Portable The Slacker Portable ...

Page 24: ...ble still is associated with your Slacker account From the Main Menu scroll to 1 Settings and click the scroll wheel From the Settings menu scroll to 2 Factory Reset and click the scroll wheel The Portable displays a confirmation message asking you if you want to reset the Portable Click 3 OK to continue or Cancel to quit the reset If you click OK the Portable displays one more message Are you sur...

Page 25: ...is running Windows XP or Windows Vista and that you have downloaded and installed the Slacker Software Player Once the Software Player is installed connect your Portable to your computer using the USB cable supplied with the Portable The Software Player should find and install the drivers for your Slacker Portable and attempt to refresh the content on your Portable 3 Q When I connect my Slacker Po...

Page 26: ... process but you cannot select which stations are refreshed If you no longer want a particular station you can remove it from the Portable To remove a station refer to Remove Slacker Radio Stations 6 Q How do I restart my Slacker Portable if I need to A You can restart the Slacker Portable by holding the Power Switch down for 10 seconds When the screen goes black release the Power Switch The scree...