IRIVER IHP140 MP3 PLAYER User Manual USERS MANUAL 2

IRIVER LIMITED MP3 PLAYER USERS MANUAL 2

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USERS MANUAL 2

BASIC OPERATION FUNCTIONBASIC OPERATION FUNCTIONNAVIGATIONMENUMODEMain unit and Remote control both locked.Only Main unit is locked.Only Remote control is locked.The remote control operates every function by using 5 buttons.Menu OperationPLAY / PAUSESTOPTurn on the playerPlayback and PauseStop the playbackTo listen to the previous track,push the jog switch to the left.Press the Navi/Menu jog lever with a short click and find the desired track bypressing or . To play the track, press Navi/Menu with a short click.To move to upper folder, click the STOP button or long click NAVI/MENU button.If there is no upper folder, pressing the Stop button will exit the NAVIGATION mode.Changing ModeLong press of NAVI/MENU will enter the MENU.Scrolling between menus : Press andSelect Function: press Navi/Menu button.Exit: Press the stop button.While an audio file is playing, press and holdtheA-B/MODEbuttontoactivateplaybackmodes (Repeat, Shuffle, etc.).18 19To listen to the next track, pushthe jog switch to the right.Power OffNavigation OperationHDD FM ChangingSlide jog lever to the right toincrease volume or to the leftto decrease volume.Volume ControlTolistentotheprevious folder To listen to thenext folderTo change EQ/SRS Record Standby
Push the NAVI/MENU handle toward or to select a trackor folder to play.1. NAVIGATION USING FILE TREEPress A-B button once to selectthe beginning <A> Point.A-B interval will be repeated.Play selected interval repeatedly while playing.INTERVAL REPEATPress A-B button again toselect the ending <B> Point.In case the database file is damaged or deleted or DB SCAN OPTION is setto “OFF”, the Navigation function will use the normal "File Tree" method ofsearching. (Refer to page 24 for DB file information.)Press the NAVI/MENU button to play the selected track or display thecontents of a folder.Onceyouselectafolder,choosethesongyouwishtolistentoandpress the NAVI/MENU button.Push the NAVI/MENU handle toward to go the upper folder or theprevious menu.Press the NAVI/MENU button to display the list of audio tracks.The current track will also be displayed.Navigation mode is useful for quickly searching your files by using ID3 taginformation and file name.20 21
Press the NAVI/MENU button.The function selection graphic displays on the LCD.To search byartist s name To search byalbum’s name To search bysong titleTo search bygenre menu To search byfiles & foldersPress NAVI/MENU to display the details of the selected searching method.Press the NAVI/MENU handle toward or to select searching condition.Press the NAVI/MENU button to display the detail of the selected searchcondition.If the selected search condition does not have any details, playback ofmatching tracks will begin immediately.Repeat 4 ~ 5 steps to search for other tracks.Push to go back the previous step.When you select “Select All”, all tracks matching the selected conditionare played and " " (Indicating List Repeat Mode) is displayed.To cancel List Repeat Mode, press Stop to stop playback and pressStop again to cancel the List Repeat Mode.In order to use the navigation by Artist/Album/Genre/ and Title, the DBSCAN setting must be set to YES in the firmware menu, (refer to page 41).2. NAVIGATION USING MUSIC INFORMATIONPush the NAVI/MENU handle toward or to select the searchingfunction.22 23Caution:DB navigation does not work whenThe directory or file name is over 52 characters
Open Windows Explorer andselect the iHP drive.Connect the player to the host PC.(Refer to “Connecting the iHP to theHost PC”, page 10)Right click on the iHP. Select “DB File update” toactivate DB File update.TO UPDATE DBIf you are adding songs to the iHP and not deleting any files, you can savetime by adding the files to the DB instead of updating the entire DB file.After activating the explorer onthe PC, select iHP driver.Connect the player to the host PC.(Refer to “Connecting the iHP tothe Host PC”, page 10)Select “Add Music(s) to DB” toactivate this function.ID3 Tag information of theselected files are added to DB. Incase DB file is not, new DB file(iRivNavi.iDB) is created.TO ADD DBAfter disconnecting the playerfrom the host PC, you cansearch the added music by usingID3 Tag. (Refer to“Disconnecting the player fromthe Host PC”, page 13.)Click “OK”. After disconnecting the playerfrom the host PC, you can usethe Navigation function tosearch for songs using ID3 Taginformation. (Refer to“Disconnecting the player fromthe Host PC”, page 13.)Click the right button of mouseafter selecting MP3 files orFolders to add to DB.The DB is a DataBase of the songs on your iHP player. It indexes all theArtist, Album, Genre, and Title information as found in the ID tags of yourMP3 files. It is important to perform the steps below after loading the iHPplayer for the first time. This can also be used to re-create the DB file if it isdamaged or accidentally deleted. Any time songs are deleted from the player,the DB must be updated to keep the Artist, Album, Genre, and Title listsaccurate. When new songs are added the DB must be updated or the songsmust be added to the DB using the instructions on the following page.24 25The DB update will take from threeto five minutes depending on thenumber of songs loaded on the iHP.
26 27Make a new folder under ROOTfolder on the Windows Explorer.Push the NAVI/MENU levertoward ,or ,toselect the TEXT file under theTEXT folder.TO MAKE A TEXT FILEClick the NAVI/MENU button. TEXT file is displayed on theLCD.Click the REC button to switchthe display to the current songinformation. Click the REC buttonagain to return to the text file.Click the STOP button to exit thetext file and return to the songdisplay screen.TO READ A TEXT FILEClick the NAVI/MENU button togo to NAVI mode. Or select thefifth icon, “To search by files &folders” on the Navigation usingMusic InformationYou can read text files on your iHP player by creating a "TEXT" folder andcopying .TXT files into it.- The screen can display 19 characters across and 8 lines.- The text is not displayed on the remote.- Text files can not be deleted directly from the player, it must be connected tothe PC and files deleted from Windows Explorer.- The player can store 200 text files, and can read up to 240 Kbytesper each text file.Copy ***.txt files on the PC to theplayer.Type TEXT as a name of a newfolder on the Windows Explorer.NOTE
28 29TO SEARCH THE TEXT FILESPush ,levertomovetothenextlineduringreadingthetext.The number displayed is the Kilobyte size and Kilobyte locationin the text file.1. To Search a Text files generally2. To go to specific position (Useful for large files.)Push ,lever to move to the next page during reading the text.Click the NAVI/MENU button to move the desired position of the text.Push ,lever to select the desired Digit.Push ,lever to select the desired numeral.Click the NAVI/MENU button. The TEXT goes to the selected position.NOTE
Push orand select thedesired station tosave the station to.Select CH02Save completeagainwill exit thememory functionwithout saving.Select a station by pushing theorswitch to the left or the right.Note: The Auto Memory Function may not function well in weak transmission areas.Press and hold the A-B/MODE button.Press the NAVI/MENU button to exit the Preset mode.Automatically select station and save them in sequential order.While playing an Audio File, Press and hold the PLAY/PAUSE button.The FM function picture displays on the LCD.Push theorbutton to select FM frequency.Press the STEREO/PLAY/PAUSE button to select Stereo/Mono.To change frequency, push the or switch to the left or the right.Auto Scan function: To select a station to store, press the NAVI/MENU button toexit Preset mode and find a station by using or.ororOPERATING THE FM TUNERSELECTING FREQUENCYAUTO MEMORY FUNCTION (Save stations automatically)MEMORY FUNCTION (Save stations manually)PRESET Mode : To select a station saved in memory, press the NAVI/MENU buttonto enter Preset mode. Select a stored station by using the or switch.30 31Up to 20 stations can be stored.Exit PresetUp to 20 stations will be stored in channels 1~20 automatically.
Select the channel to be deleted at preset mode.Press and hold the memory button.- The next channel will appear when channel deletion is completed.Push the MEMORY button if you want to delete the next channel also.FM Tuner reception may vary in different areas.While in Preset mode, Auto Scan and Auto Memory functions are notavailable.When the player does not have any preset channels, EMPTY will beblinking at preset mode.MEMORY DELETE FUNCTION (Delete saved channels)Connect the stereo cable to the LINE INjack on the iHP and to the LINE OUT orHeadphone jack of an external audiodevice.CONNECTING THE PLAYER TO EXTERNAL AUDIO SOURCEPress the REC button to activate recording standby mode.Press A-B/MODE button or push the REC switch toward SOURCE/TYPEto select the source to record- To record voice with internal microphone : INT.MIC- To record voice with the external microphone: EXT.MIC- To record from an external audio device with an Optical Out: OPTICAL.-TorecordfromanexternalaudiodevicewithastandardLineOutorHeadphone jack: LINE-INIf the external audio device hasan Optical output, connect anOptical cable to the Optical Outjack on the external device and tothe Optical In jack on the iHP.When recording by using the external microphone,connect the external microphone to the Line-In jack.32 33RECORDINGPush the MENU/NAVI handle toward or ,or push the REC buttonon the remote control toward SOURCE/TYPE to select FILE TYPE tosave.
Push the MENU/NAVI handle toward or ,or push the REC button onthe remote control toward BITRATE to select BITRATE TYPE to setrecording quality. This is only for MP3 file.Push the REC button to start recording.When recording from an external audio device, be sure to start theplayback on that device when recording on to the iHP.Press the REC button to pause recording. And press the REC buttonagain to restart recording.Volume level can not be controlled on the iHP while recordingfrom an external device.While recording, press (STOP/PWR OFF) to stop recording andswitch to recording standby mode. Press the REC button again tobegin recording to a new file.34 35At recording standby mode, press and hold button to go previousmode.During recording, press REC button to pauserecording, press REC button again to startrecording.TO STOP RECORDINGTO PLAY THE RECORDED FILEPress button to play the recorded file at therecording standby mode.TO PAUSE RECORDINGWhen saving as WAV file, the Bitrate generally is 1411Kbps.(44.1 KHz, 16Bit, Stereo)When saving the optical signal with 48KHz as WAV file,the Bitrate is 1536Kbps. (48 KHz, 16Bit, Stereo)NOTERecorded files are stored in folders matching the source name fromwhere the audio was recorded.- Line In/Optical In : ROOT\RECORD\AUDIO\AUDIOXXX.MP3(WAV)- INT/EXT Mic : ROOT\RECORD\VOICE\VOICEXXX.MP3(WAV)Recording is automatically stopped if:- The iHP's memory is full.- When the recorded MP3 file size is over 195MB- When the recorded WAV file size is over 795MB- The recorded time is longer than 5 hours.- The battery is low.- When sampling rate is changed during optical recordingCautionOptical recording can sample at 44.1KHz or 48KHz. It is important to match therecording sampling rate with the playback sampling rate of your optical output device.Note, when the player is is Record Standby Mode, it will automatically shut offaccording to the "STOP POWER OFF" setting (Refer to page 43).
When the A-B/MODEbutton is pushed, theplayback modechanges and an iconindicating the mode isdisplayed.REPEATPlay a single track repeatedly. Press or to play the previous ornext track.Play all tracks in the folder and stop.Play all tracks in the folder repeatedly.Play all tracks in the player repeatedly.Randomly play all tracks in the player and stop.Play a single track repeatedly. Press or to switch to a newrandom track.Randomly play all tracks in the folder and stop. Press or toswitch to a new random folder.Randomly play all tracks in the folder repeatedly.Randomly play all tracks in the player repeatedly.INTRO: Play beginning 10 seconds of each track in sequential order.INTRO HIGHLIGHT: Plays 10 seconds from 1 minute into each track insequential order. You can set this function in the MENU function.SHUFFLEINTROThe iHP has various playback modes.Please refer to the function controls (see page 44 for details) for user-definedconfigurations.36 37You can change the EQ to match your music style.- Normal / Rock / Jazz / Classic / Ultra Bass / User EQ-SRS / TruBass / WOW (Preset) / WOW (User)Whenever the REC button is pressed, EQ changes as the following order :(Normal Rock Jazz Classic Ubass User EQ SRSTruBass WOW(Preset) WOW(User))You can set the EQ function by using Function Menu. Refer to page 44~45.EQ/SRSEQSRS1) SRS Selection-SRS( ) : SRS is activated.- TruBass : TruBass is activated.- WOW (Preset) : WOW (Preset) isoperated as a preset settingorganized by SRS +TruBass+Focus function.- WOW (User) : WOW (User) is operated as a setting ofSRS +TruBass +Focus adjusted in the SRS Settings on the menu byuser.2) SRS Settings (The defaults is 5, 7, High, 60Hz)-SRS( ) : SRS range can be set from 1 to 10.- TruBass : TruBass range can be set from 1 to 10.- Focus : The fineness of the sound can be selected. (Low, High)- Boost : You can set the Bass according to the using earphones orthe Bass. (40, 60, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400Hz)SRS( ) is the trade mark of SRS Labs. Inc.What is SRS( )?.....SRS-WOW is simulated 3D surround sound developed by SRS Lab andis composed by SRS, TruBass, Focus, and WOW.- EQ (SRS Off) : SRS is deactivated and EQ set by user is operated.(Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, UBass, User EQ)

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