TV1 Digital Player User s Manual

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TV1 Digital Player User s Manual Note: Screen shots taken in this manual may appear different on the player itself. Table of Content: Computer System requirements... 1 Notes... 2 Product Introduction.

1 TV1 Digital Player User s Manual Note: Screen shots taken in this manual may appear different on the player itself. Table of Content: Computer System requirements... 1 Notes... 2 Product Introduction... 2 Buttons & Interface... 3 Basic Operation... 3 Video Playback... 5 Audio Playback... 6 Photo Playback... 7 Program Recording... 7 Accessories... 9 Settings...11 Troubleshooting...14 Specification & Accessory...15 Computer System Requirements: a. The minimum PC system requirements: WIN98SE/ME/2K/XP CPU: Pentium 200MHz or above processor, USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, 32M or above system memory (For Windows2K, it is recommended to use 128M). 20MB of unoccupied hard disk space. DVD/VCD-ROM, Sound card (optional), an internet connection (recommended) b. Connecting the MP4 to your PC: Connect the small end of the provided USB cable to the TV1. With this end attached, plug the other end of the USB cable to any USB port on your Computer. Turn the unit on, and your Computer should recognize the player. Note: Do not turn on the power before inserting the USB cable. Doing so may damage the player. Do not use any other USB cables except the one we ve provided. If you need a replacement cable, please contact the manufacturer.

2 Notes: Thank you for purchasing our product! Before operating this unit, please read the following precautions carefully: 1. Avoid environments with high temperatures, high humidity, the normal operating temperature for this unit is 0C-40C 2. Avoid direct sunlight. 3. When removing or putting in an SD Card, make sure that the player is turned off. Doing so while on may cause damage to the player. 5. Do not disassemble this unit. Doing so may cause damage and void your warranty. 6. Do not try replacing the battery. Product introduction: 1) Movie play function: This is used for playing movies; MPEG4 supports ASF format or any file with ASF format converted by software. The playback resolution is 2) Audio play function: Used for playing various files with audio formats that includes MP3, WMA and WAV etc. 3) Photo browsing function: This is used for browsing various photos taken by digital camera. Built-in microphone recording function supports Line-in recording. 4) Supports video recording, AV IN 5) Supports video output, AV OUT ( NTSC/PAL ) 6) Game, Calendar, clock for time display. 7) Multi-language setting. 8) Expansion slot for inserting SD/MMC card for larger capacity storage. 9) Built-in lithium cell 10) Built-in speaker

3 Buttons and interface: To exit from your current operation, press ESC button The LED on the player can have two states. If the light is green, the unit is on. If the light is red, it means the unit is charging. Basic operation: 1). Power on operation: Press the power button for 2 seconds. The first screen you see is the main menu. 2). Power off operation: Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to turn the unit off. 3). Charging the unit: Connect the charger to a wall socket and then plug it into the unit. The LED light should turn red and the player will be charging at this point. Note: You can charge the player even if it is on! 4). Connecting the unit to your computer: Turn the player off; connect USB cable s smaller port with mini USB port and the bigger one with the USB port on your computer. Your Computer should now recognize the player. Open My Computer and you will find one/two removable disks. If you have an SD Card inserted in the player you should see two removable disks. 5.) Ejecting your player from the computer. Make sure that you take the time to eject your player from your computer after each session. This is important because not doing so can potentially harm the player and/or cause data corruption/loss. When you plug the player in, your computer puts an icon in the lower right hand corner of your desktop as show here:

4 When you re ready to eject the player, roll over this icon and click once. It ll display an option that says safely remove hardware Click that, and it ll eject the player so you can remove it from your computer. Tip: It s usually a good idea to rename your removable drives to minimize confusion. To do this, start by plugging just the player into your computer. When your PC recognizes it, open My Computer and right-click on the removable disk. Select the Rename option and give it a name. Once you ve done this, eject the mp3 as described above and put the SD Card in if you have one. At this point, you ll see two drives. One of them you ve already named, the other one is your SD Card. Video Playback: a. Press button to select the video function, and then press Menu to confirm the selection. b. After choosing the video option, press to select the video and then press Menu again to confirm your selection. c. Before playing the video, you can press Menu to enter into the video settings. Use the up and down buttons to select the operations such as EQ mode, Playing mode, File Protection and Delete File.

d. Press the 4D button rightward to enter into the pre-selection submenu using the up and down buttons. Press Menu to confirm the selection and exit from the present screen.

Video playback submenu Play mode: Repeat present, Repeat all, Random Playing, Normal Playing Delete options: Delete all the video files without write-protection in the file folder

rate of the file. (If the sample rate was 8 KHz when you recorded it, the file needs to be 8 KHz when you play it back.) Audio Playback: 1.

5 d. Press the 4D button rightward to enter into the pre-selection submenu using the up and down buttons. Press Menu to confirm the selection and exit from the present screen. (Shown in the figure below) Select Video Playing EQ Mode: You can choose to switch the EQ settings in this menu. Video playback submenu Play mode: Repeat present, Repeat all, Random Playing, Normal Playing Delete options: Delete all the video files without write-protection in the file folder Audio Settings: 8 KHz, 16 KHz, 24 KHz, 32 KHz, 48 KHz Note: While playing the recorded (TV, DVD, VCD) ASF files or other ASF files, pay attention to your original selected sample rate of the file. (If the sample rate was 8 KHz when you recorded it, the file needs to be 8 KHz when you play it back.) Audio Playback: 1. Select the Audio option on the main screen by using the buttons. Once it s highlighted press the Menu button to confirm the selection. 2. Once you re in the Audio playback, move the up and down button to select the songs you want to hear and press the Play button to begin playback. Operation details:

Selecting the Audio track Playback screen 3). EQ convert: Under the Song selection screen, press the Menu button to enter into the Settings screen, and select EQ Mode.

As the audio is playing you can press the Menu button, to switch among the 4 functions: Repeat (play mode), Loop (next song), Volume, EQ. In the left corner of the screen, it has display.

6 Selecting the Audio track Playback screen 3). EQ convert: Under the Song selection screen, press the Menu button to enter into the Settings screen, and select EQ Mode. Press the button to enter into the submenu, highlight your EQ mode and press the Play button to confirm the selection. EQ settings have 6 selections: Classical, Pop, Rock, Jazz, DBB and normal 4). As the audio is playing you can press the Menu button, to switch among the 4 functions: Repeat (play mode), Loop (next song), Volume, EQ. In the left corner of the screen, it has display. Press up and down button to adjust the various functions. Note: During video playback, you can switch among the 4 modes Repeat, Loop, Volume and EQ by pressing Menu. Photo Playback: 1 Select the Photo option on the main menu screen using the buttons, press Menu button to confirm the selection. 2 Select the photo you want to view using the 4D button, then press the Play button over the selected picture to view it. The selected photo will enlarge to a full screen display. You can press the Mode button to set it to automatic photo browsing. The automatic photo page

7 turning is 3 seconds. To stop photo browsing, press Mode button again. Photo browsing 3 If you want to lock a photo from being deleted, you can press Menu button to enter into the settings menu, then select File protect to lock it. If you want to unlock it, you can select Unprotect and press the Menu key to confirm the selection. 4 If you want to delete some photos, you can enter into the delete sub-menu to execute this operation. You can also delete one photo, you can also delete the files without write-protecting under the present file folder. 5 If the photos downloaded from the computer can t be displayed, you must convert the image to a lower resolution. The screen resolution of this unit is 240x160. Tip: Microsoft has an add-on to Windows XP ONLY that will let you resize photos while retaining the image quality. You can find this utility and others here: Note: This add-in is not supported by Microsoft or Mach Speed Technologies. Tip: While browsing through your photos, pressing and holding the Menu button will set the photo you currently have on the screen as the default. This means every time you turn the unit on, you ll see this photo. Program Recording: 1 Turn on MP4 player and enter into standby interface. Select Recording menu through button. Press Menu to enter into record interface:

8 2 Recording has 3 modes: Line-In recording, Mic recording and Video recording 3 By default the mode is set to Video recording. At this moment if there is video frequency signal input, then it will be shown after being turned on; if there isn t any video frequency signals input, it will be black screen. Press Play button when there is video frequency signal, it will start to record the signal. Meanwhile, Camera icon changes from yellow to red and flickers constantly. Press Play button again, recording will be stopped, Camera icon will change from red to yellow and stop flickering. 4 Under the standby state of video frequency recording, press Menu button, you can choose the other 2 recording modes: Mic recording or Line In recording. 5 After selecting the right recording mode, press Play button to start recording, if you want to stop recording, you only need pressing Play button again. Note : Under Mic recording or Line In recording mode, you must set the screen saver time under audio frequency as long as possible, otherwise, the unit will automatically turn off when the previous set time is up. Accessories: Games: Snake:

1 Select Accessories through, press Menu to enter into the submenu. Select Snake and press Menu button to start the game. 2 The game won t start until you press the Menu button.

The object of the game is to collect the small apples without touching another part the wall or another part of the snake. 4 Press Menu button to pause/resume game operation during play.

9 1 Select Accessories through, press Menu to enter into the submenu. Select Snake and press Menu button to start the game. 2 The game won t start until you press the Menu button. When you press that button, the snake will start to move in the direction it s facing. 3 Pressing Up, Down, Left and Right button controls the snake s rotation in the corresponding direction. The object of the game is to collect the small apples without touching another part the wall or another part of the snake. 4 Press Menu button to pause/resume game operation during play. Tip: You can accelerate by holding down the direction the snake is heading in. I.E. if the snake going left, continue to hold the left button to speed it up. Russian: 1 Turn on MP4 player, select accessory through, press Menu to enter into the submenu, select Russian, and press Menu button to start the game. Operation details: Accessory Screenshot Russian 2 When you start the game, the first block is on the screen. You press up or down to select the speed of the blocks starting out. After you ve selected the difficulty, press the Menu key to start the game. Use the Left and Right buttons to move the block, and up to rotate the block 90 degrees. Pressing the Down button accelerates the fall to place the block faster. The object of the game is to create whole horizontal lines. See how many lines you can get in one turn! 3 During the game, press Menu button to pause or resume it 4 Pressing ESC brings you back to the Accessories page. Storage Information:

This function is used for checking the storage status to see how much space is left. 1 Under Accessory, highlight Storage Information then press the Menu button to confirm the selection.

To check the internal memory, power the unit off and take out the SD card. Then turn it back on and get back to this screen.

Turn on MP4 player, select Accessory through button, press Menu button to enter, select Calendar and then press Menu to display Calendar. 2.

10 This function is used for checking the storage status to see how much space is left. 1 Under Accessory, highlight Storage Information then press the Menu button to confirm the selection. Highlight memory information and then press Menu to display the how much space you have. If there is a SD/MMC card, the system will check the external memory card first. To check the internal memory, power the unit off and take out the SD card. Then turn it back on and get back to this screen. Accessory Screen Memory checking Calendar: This unit supports a Calendar function. 1. Turn on MP4 player, select Accessory through button, press Menu button to enter, select Calendar and then press Menu to display Calendar. 2. Press Menu to open the Calendar, by default, the position that the cursor is at when it comes up should be the present date. Calendar interface: 3. Press Menu or Esc to confirm and exit 4. The time and date can be set through the Time menu under Settings. Settings: The Settings menu has many different options. Time: Changing the time is as simple as using the directional pad to select which parameter

11 you would like to change. Once you ve selected what you would like to change, press the up or down key to make the change. Speaker: This option allows you to turn the sound on and off. Language: There are two languages for choice: English and Simple Chinese. Pressing Menu confirms the selection. TV output: Using the Video cable we supplied with the unit, plug the mini jack end into the unit where the hole is labeled TV OUT. The other end of the plug has three colored ends. The yellow input is for the video, and the white and red inputs are for left and right audio, respectively. Connect these inputs to your TV. Select the proper input channel for the corresponding input jacks. (If you aren t sure how to do this, please consult your television manufacturers instruction manual.) On the player itself under the Setup submenu, you ll see a selection called TV_out. Upon selecting this you ll get three choices: TV PAL: This is mainly for use in other countries. TV NTSC: If you re living in The United States, this is most likely the option you ll want to choose when you want to display a signal on your television. Almost all TV s in the USA operate through the NTSC standard. LCD: This option switches the display of the TV5 back to the built in LCD. Default Settings: This switches the player back to the factor settings. Basically like when you first got it out of the box. Automatic Power off timer: This unit has an Auto-Off feature for when it sits idle for too long, it powers itself off to save battery life. Your options are 3 minutes. Storage: The options listed under this submenu designate where the TV1 saves the data. You have three options under this menu. Nandflash: Saves the data on the TV1 internal memory Card: Saves the data on an external SD Card. Appendix:

12 5 Select Program file 6 After selecting the path (or keeping it as the default path) the program will start copy into that directory. Appendix: At this point you ve successfully installed the Transcoding software.

$If you re viewing this document on line and have the CD in your drive you can Click Here to install it (If your CD-ROM drive letter is not the default D:\ you will need to change$

13 1 You can find the installation file on the cd that came with the TV1 on this directory. If you re viewing this document on line and have the CD in your drive you can Click Here to install it (If your CD-ROM drive letter is not the default D:\ you will need to change the letter to what you have your drive set as.) This is a screen shot of the Transcoding program

14 Troubleshooting: Problem: I turn the unit on, but I get no display. The unit comes on very briefly and then turns back off immediately. The buttons have no response. My computer isn t recognizing the device. (Windows XP) My computer isn t recognizing the device. (Windows 98SE) I can t hear any audio/see any video on my recordings. Possible Resolution: Start by charging the battery for approximately 2 hours. If that doesn t work, try clearing the unit by holding in the reset button on the back of the player. It s possible that the unit doesn t have enough of a charge. Try charging it for approximately 2 hours. Keep in mind that this unit has a feature where it turns itself off after a period of no operation. Make sure that the Lock button isn t switched to the Locked position. Make sure you have completed all of your Windows Updates. In some instances the generic USB driver that this device uses only works properly after at least Service Pack 1.q Install the driver included with the disk. Make sure that the RCA cables are inserted ALL the way into the jacks. If you have any other questions, please feel free to visit our website at for updates, changes to this manual, and contact/support information.

15 Product Specification & Accessory : Storage Memory 128/256/512Mb SNR 90dB Battery Built-in Lithium Earphone Output Power 5mW+5mW Battery Display Screen 2.5 TFT Screen Output Frequency Range 20Hz-20KHz Product Size 90*60*17.5mm Recording Rate 8Hz-48KHz ( L*W*H ) USB Interface USB1.0 Support Compressed bit MP3 8Kbps to 320Kbps rate WMA 24Kbps to 128Kbps Please check whether the following accessories are included in your color box: User Manual pc Stereo Earphone pair Installation CD pc USB cable pc Record Convert Cable pc Video cable pc Charger pc MP4 Unit pc

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