Akai MP5956RD Operator's Manual

Text of Akai MP5956RD User Guide:

• English 38 Technical Specifications Capacity 128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB internal flash memory Display LCD display with backlight Interface USB 2.0 full speed Power 250 MA Lithium battery File type .MP3 (32kbps – 384kbps), .WMA (64kbps – 128kbps) for music at Constant Bit Rate .ACT and .WAV for recorded audio files S/N ratio 90dB Earphones output power 9mWx, 32ohm Power consumption Standby

• Akai MP5956RD, English 17 3. For Sleep Time, push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to set the sleep time in 0/10/20/30/40/50/60/70/80/90/100/110/120 seconds. In the IDLE mode (no button is pressed), the player will be off automatically based on the duration you set. You may set “0” to disable this function. Replay Mode There are Manual Replay and Auto Replay, Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to choose your desired option. Contrast 1. After entering Sys Function menu page, select Contrast by pressing MODE/CONFIRM to increase or decrease the contrast of the display. 2. Push and hold MODE/CONFIRM button forwar

• Akai MP5956RD, English 3 Table of Contents Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Features--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Package Contents---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Overview-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• English 27 3. Please select the capacity for the encrypted disk and set up the login name and password. Click Start finally. 3. A warning will be prompted to remind you that all data on the disk will be lost. Please click YES to proceed and wait for one minute.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 23 Converting .ACT audio to .WAV audio Step 1: After installing the driver and software utilities, click Start button, select Programs > MP3 Player Utilities 1.45 > Sound Convert Tool Step 2: The following screen will launch. Click Open button to browse which .ACT audio file will be converted to .WAV audio file.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 4 Editing Lyrics------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 Downloading MP3 and WMA songs------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 Folder Management and Navigation------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Folder Management-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Folder Navigation----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32 Sub-Folder-------------------------

• Akai MP5956RD, English 28 4. An encrypted drive will pop up and there is a file of RdiskDecrupt.exe generated under the encrypted drive. 5. Please click RdiskDecrupt.exe, the following window appears. Please enter the correct login name and password. to access the encrypted drive. 5. You are allowed to drag and copy the files into the encrypted drive. If the player is disconnected with the computer and re-connected, the user cannot see any files in the encrypted drive. If you want to see the hidden files again, please repeat the Step 3 and 4 to enter the encrypted drive. 6. You are allowed to reset the login name and password in Programs > MP3 Play

• English 19 4 When you finished the recording, press and hold PAUSE/STOP button. Release the button when the wording of “Saving…” shows on the display. The recorded audio files will be saved under Root Directory as default. Refer to Change Directory section for details. Repeat Mode In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select Repeat to enter the Repeat mode. Seven Repeat

• Akai MP5956RD, English 7 Buttons Operation Operation EARPHONES JACK Insert the earphones into the earphones jack USB PORT Connect the USB cable to the USB port of the computer for uploading the songs MICROPHONE Microphone for voice recording NEXT/ FAST FORWARD MODE/ CONFIRM/ DISPLAY LYRIC PREVIOUS/ FAST BACKWARD VOLUME + VOLUME - l In PLAYING mode, push the button rightward and release immediately to jump to next song l In PLAYING mode, push the button rightward and release immediately to jump to next song l In PLAYING mode, push and hold the button rightward to fast forward

• Akai MP5956RD, English 25 Step 2: Click Start button, select Programs > MP3 Player Utilities 1.45> MP3 Player Disk Tools. Step 3: The following screen will launch. The driver for the player is detected automatically and the driver letter will show on the screen. You may label the drive for the player and select the type of the formatting, then click Start button to process formatting.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 24 Step 3: Click Convert button to start converting process. You will see .WAV audio file was converted and located in the same directory as the directory of .ACT audio file. If you’re not able to locate the .WAV file, the location path is shown on the left- top corner of the window. Formatting the Internal Memory Step 1: Connecting the USB cable to MP3 Player and your computer. The following display will appear.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 16 2. Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward and leftward to change the selection and then press MODE/CONFIRM to confirm. Screen Picture 1. After entering System Function menu page, select Screen picture by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button to set the screen picture. The screen picture can be set in four pictures. Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to change the selection and then press MODE/CONFIRM to confirm. Language After entering Sys Function menu page, press MODE/CONFIRM button backward to select Language Function. Eleven languages are available as below. Power Off 1. After entering Sys Function menu page, press MODE/CONFIRM b

• Akai MP5956RD, English 35 Formatting the Internal Memory There are two ways to format the internal memory. Note: This formatting procedure will cause all files in the player lost. Using the Formatting Software Utilities Please refer to Installing Driver and Software Utilities section for details. Using the Formatting in Windows® 1. Click My Computer on your desktop. 2. And you will see a Removable Disk, right click on Removable Disk and click Format on the menu. 3. After you clicked Format, you will see the following screen and click Start button to start formatting.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 13 5. Put the sound source near the built-in microphone. Press MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the selection and then press REC to start recording. You are allowed to press PLAY/PAUSE button to start or stop the recording. 6. When you finished the recording, press and hold MODE/CONFIRM button. Release the button when the wording of “Saving…” shows on the display. The recorded audio files will be saved under Root Directory as default. Refer to Change Directory section for details. Recording Mode 32K WAV It performs High recording quality in .WAV file format but the file size is relatively larger. 8K ACT It performs Low recordin

• English 26 Note: Don’t disconnect the USB cable or switch off the power during formatting. It may cause the player mal-functioning. Dividing Partition and Setting Password The memory capacity of the player can be divided into two partitions. All files stored under one of the partitions will be hidden and protected by a password after the software is install

• English 33 3. Press the MODE button to confirm your selection Sub-folder 1. You may enter each folder in order to locate your desired sub-folder. Then press MODE button for confirmation. 2. You may go back to the previous layer by selecting “/” on the LCD display Root Directory 1. You may select “ROOT” for going backward to the root directory. Using USB Mass Storage F

• Akai MP5956RD, English 15 System Settings 1. After entering Main Menu page, press MODE/CONFIRM button to select System Function. 2. Press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter System Function menu page. Record Time 1. After entering Sys Function menu page, select Record Time. 2. Press PLAY/PAUSE button to enter setting of Year, Month, Date and Time 3. Press MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward for Year, Month, Date and Time increment and decrement 4. Press MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the current date and time settings. Screen Saver 1. After entering System Function menu page, select Screen Protect Time by pressing MODE/CONFIRM button to set the ba

• Akai MP5956RD, English 20 EQ Mode In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select EQ Select to enter the EQ mode. Seven EQ mode are available: DBB, Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft and Jazz Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to change the EQ mode and press MODE/CONFIRM button to confirm the EQ mode. The setting of EQ mode is able to apply in Playing Song and Playing Recorded Voice mode. Changing Playing Rate 1. In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select Tempo Rate to enter the sub menu. 1. Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to adjust the playing rate of a song. A status bar will be shown on the display. Note: Thi

• Akai MP5956RD, English 2 Operator’s Manual THIS INSTRUCTION BOOK MAY CONTAIN ERRORS AND OMISSIONS. DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronics or mechanical, including photocopying and recording or translated to another language for any purpose without the prior written consent of the manufacturer. All brand names, logos and registered trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. © 2005. A

• Akai MP5956RD, English 29 Editing Lyrics An instruction for teaching you edits the lyrics synchronous with the songs. Step 1: Click Start button, go to Programs > Accessories > Notepad to open a new text document. Step 2: Write the lyrics as the following format. The corresponding time to lyrics should be typed in [ ] bracket format. Step 3: Then save the text file in extension of .LRC file. Step 4: Copy the lyrics file (.LRC) and its song into the player under the same directory. You will see the lyrics scrolling on the display. Note: The function of scrolling lyrics should be enabled, please refer to Lyric section for details.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 37 If the mp3 player can’t play the mp3 music file, skip to the next song until the mp3 music files are not compressed in MPEG1 LAYER1 /MPEG1 LAYER2. Delete those files which can’t be played in the player My player can’t play the mp3 music files Most of mp3 music files in the market are compressed in MPEG1, MPEG2, LAYER3 standard. In earlier days, some mp3 music are compressed in MPEG1 LAYER1 and MPEG1 LAYER2. Please note our player doesn’t support MPEG1 LAYER1, MPEG1 LAYER2 or an mp3 compressed in more than one compression standards. Change the compression standard of a mp3 music file in MPEG1 LAYER3 The player doesn’t suppo

• Akai MP5956RD, English 34 Step 2: The following window will appear. Click Stop button. Step 3: Another window will pop up. Select “GENERIC USB DISK DEVICE USB Device” and click OK button to confirm. Step 4: Click Close button to exit the window. You are allowed to disconnect the USB cable from the USB port of your computer.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 5 Introduction Thank you for choosing our digital MP3 player. You can use this versatile MP3 player not only for playing MP3 and WMA songs, but also recording voice and serving as a USB flash disk. Features l Large 2-color OLED display with backlight l Support MP3 (MPEG1/2 Layer2) and WMA music playback l Digital voice recorder l Line-in Recording l USB mass storage function for data storage l 7 EQ settings l Built-in Lithium battery supports long playing time l No driver installation is required (except Windows® 98/98SE) Package Contents l User's manual l Earpho

• Akai MP5956RD, English 36 Trouble Shooting Symptom Reasons Solution Press the POWER button, the display does not turn on The battery has run out l Replace battery with a new one. After turning on the player, no response is given when pressing any buttons HOLD button is locked Check if HOLD button is locked and push to unlock mode The software utilities (included in CD) has not yet installed on Windows® 98/98SE l Insert the CD l Click the setup to install the software utilities l Follow the on- screen instruc

• Akai MP5956RD, English 31 You find a Removable Disk on the Window. Since Windows® will assign a drive letter to the Removable Disk according to system configuration of the computer, the drive letter may be different when the player is connected to a different computer. Step 5: Double click Removable Disk. . Note: “Busy…” will appear during downloading or uploading the files, please don’t disconnect the USB cable or turn off the player at this moment. If “Busy…” disappears on the display, you are allowed to disconnect the cable.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 32 Step 6: Drag and drop .MP3 and .WMA music file into Removable Disk. Note: You are allowed to create any directories and files in Removable Disk. The file in extension of .LRC is the lyric file which stores the lyrics synchronous with its song. Please refer to Editing Lyrics section for details. The file in extension of .ACT is the recorded voice file which’s the special audio format developed by vendor. For common software audio players in the market, it can’t play .ACT audio files. Therefore, .ACT file is necessary to convert to .WAV for playback on the c

• Akai MP5956RD, English 21 In PLAYING mode, press MODE/CONFIRM button and select Replay Gap to enter the sub-menu. The idle duration between mark A and mark B can be adjusted. Installing Driver and Software Utilities System Requirements l PC with Pentium class or faster processor l 64MB RAM l USB port l CD-ROM drive for software installation l 30MB free hard disk space l Windows® 98/98SE/Me or Windows® 2000/XP The Driver and Software Utilities contain the followings in one Setup.exe file. Noted: The software is not recommended to install on MAC OS. 1. The driver for Windows® 98 /98SE A driver makes your player properly work on Windows® 98/98SE.

• Akai MP5956RD, English 11 1. After entering Main Menu page, select Music and press MODE/CONFIRM button to enter Playing Song mode. Note: Only .MP3 and .WMA format will be played under Playing Song mode. 2. The display will return to the following screen in STOP mode. 3. Push MODE/CONFIRM button leftward or rightword to select your desired song. 4. Press PLAY button to start playing selected .MP3 or .WMA music. If there is no .MP3 and .WMA files, “No Music Files” will show on the display. Skip a Song Push MODE/CONFIRM button rightward or leftward to jump to next o

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