RCA CTM-980723-KS5 - Manuals

8 Before You Begin Unpacking Your Unit Your player came with everything you need to make music portable — all of the itemsshown below should have been packed in the box with your player. Explore a world of accessories! Jump on the Internet and go to www.rca.com todiscover the additional accessories ...

Before You Begin 9 Computer System Requirements • Pentium III 500MHz or higher recommended, running Windows ® 98SE, Me, 2000 orXP SP1 (SP= Service Pack). • Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher • Internet access (broadband recommended) • 100MB free hard disk space for the software • 64MB RAM (128MB recomm...

10 Before You Begin Caution While Driving Use of headphones while operating an automobile or moving vehicle is notrecommended and is unlawful in some states and areas. Be careful and attentive on theroad. Stop operation of the unit if you find it disruptive or distracting while driving. Back up your...

11 Software Setup The Music Management CD that comes with your player contains all of the necessarysoftware components you need to make your player work properly. These components do the following: • enable you to transfer files from your computer to your player • format and sort the contents, updat...

13 Connecting to the Computer Connecting the Player to the Computer Connect the digital audio player to your computer with the mini USB cable provided.The unit will turn on automatically. The player will appear as a removable drive(Windows 98SE, ME and 2000) or a Windows portable device (Windows XP)...

14 Connecting to the Computer Charging the Battery Your RCA digital audio player is charged through the USB connection when it isconnected to your computer. To fully charge the player, make sure your computer is onand the device is connected for at least 3 hours. Important Battery Information • Char...

15 Transferring Files to the Player Transferring Files to the Player You may select one of the methods to transfer music contents to your player: 1) Yahoo!Music Engine, 2) Windows Media Player and 3) drag-and-drop via Windows Explorer. Formethod 1 and 2, you first need to have successfully installed...

16 Transferring Files to the Player Transferring Files via Yahoo! Music Engine (Windows XP only) Yahoo! Music Engine lets you manage your music easily and organize like a pro. Createyour own playlists: music for work, the gym, or even dinner. You can also buy downloadmusic and transfer to your playe...

17 Transferring Files to the Player Yahoo! Music Unlimited: Supercharge the Engine Yahoo! Music Unlimited is a subscription service with access to over 1 million songs,plus much more. For a low monthly price, you can: • add any of those million songs to your personal music library to listen, • trans...

18 Transferring Files to the Player Transferring Files via Windows Media Player 9 If you want to take your music collection with you, you can easily transfer items fromyour library to your portable device. For complete details, see related topic in theWindows Media Player 9 help documentation. 1. Co...

19 Transferring Files to the Player Transferring Files via Windows Explorer (Drag and Drop)(Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 only) If your player is not already connected to your computer, connect it to the computerusing the provided USB cable and turn on the unit. From Windows Explorer, highlight all the fil...

20 Transferring Files to the Player 1. For Windows XP, from the System Tray, doubleclick the left mouse button on the icon andselect Safely Remove Hardware . Select the drive corresponding to your player and click STOP . 2. The Stop a Hardware device screen appears. Select the device to be stopped a...

General Controls 21 Before You Begin The following example illustrates what you should do before operating your player. 1. These instructions presume you’ve already done the followings: • Installed all necessary applications. • Transferred music from your computer to the player. • Allowed your devic...

22 General Controls Overview of General Controls 1 2 5 8 Front View 1. The display 2. Navigation control / Volume control - During menu navigation, rotate clockwise to select next option or anti-clockwise to select previous option. During playback,rotate clockwise to increase or anti-clockwise to de...

General Controls 23 Top View 7. USB connector - Attach the small end (Type mini-B) of the mini-USB cable here. Attach the large end (Type A) to your computer’s USB port. The player will enterUSB mode automatically, and you can transfer files to and from the computer. The player’s battery will also b...

24 General Controls 1. Indicates whether the device is playing or paused. 2. Indicates the shuffle mode. 3. Indicates the repeat mode. 4. Indicates that the key lock function is activated. 5. Indicates the battery level of the unit. When charging, the icon will animate. 6. Indicates that the item ca...

General Controls 25 1. Current file number / totalnumber of file 2. Song name 3. Singer name 4. Album name 5. Genre type 6. Elapsed playback time 7. Indicates whether the device isplaying or paused. 8. Indicates the shuffle function isactivated. 9. Indicates the repeat function isactivated. 10. Indi...

26 General Controls Selecting What You Want to Play The following example illustrates steps to select and play songs in the Artists category. 1. Highlight Music by rotating the navigation control. Press to enter the highlighted item. 2. Highlight Artists by rotating the navigation control. Press to ...

General Controls 27 3. The Artists menu appears with the artists stored on your player listed in alphabetical order. • Rotate the navigation control to scroll up and down the Artists menu. • To return to the previous menu, press . • To go to the root music menu directly, press and hold . • To view t...

28 My Selections 1. In the navigation menu, select “My Selections”.Press to enter the Playlists menu. 2. Press to start playback of the selected items. Playing My Selections Adding Items to My Selections You can select your favorite songs, albums, artists as MySelections . • Highlight the desired so...

30 Player’s Menus Press m in any mode to access the player’s menu. Note: during playback m has to be pressed twice to display the player’s menu. Accessing the Player’s Menus Player’s menus Shuffle Repeat DSP Profile Settings System Info Customize Menu Contrast Backlight Power Save Sleep Language Adv...

Player’s Menus 31 Shuffle Press repeatedly to select shuffle on or off. Files will be played randomly whenshuffle is activated. Repeat Press repeatedly to select a repeat mode. Repeat One - Repeat the current item Repeat All - Repeat all items. Repeat Off - Repeat is Off. Note: Repeat and shuffle wi...

32 Player’s Menus Settings Press to enter the Settings menu and rotate the navigation control to select an item.Refer to the player for options available within each item. Press repeatedly to selectsettings. Customize Menu : to customize the music menu to show and hide certain menu items. Constrast ...

33 Additional Information Tips and Troubleshooting Problem: Player repeats same tracks or all tracks. • Repeat play is turned on. Press the MENU button ( m ) to change the play mode. Problem: Audio distorted at high volume. • Select another DSP setting. • Turn down the volume. Problem: The audio tra...

34 Additional Information Cannot playback tracks on the player. • Make sure audio tracks are encoded in the mp3 or Windows Media formats atsupported bitrates.Bitrates support by the player:mp3 – 32 to 320 kbpswma – 48 to 192 kbps • WMA files may be DRM protected and you don’t have the proper rights ...

35 Additional Information Specifications Hardware • Dimensions: 92 mm H, 52 mm W, 16 mm D • Unit Weight: 75 g • Stereo Headphones Jack • Mini USB Connection Jack • Battery Operated: Rechargeable lithium polymer battery. 1GB = 1 x 10 9 Hard Drive • External Hard Drive: When connected to a computer vi...

36 Additional Information Limited Warranty (U.S.) What your warranty covers: • Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • 90 days from date of purchase - Unit repair or exchange, which includes parts andlabor. • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - Unit repair or e...

37 Additional Information • Write the SR number on the outside of the carton used to return the unit. Make sureyou insure your shipment in case of damage or loss. • Carefully pack the unit using the original box and packing material if possible.Please retain all non-defective accessories that were i...

38 Additional Information Limitation of Warranty: • THE WARRANTY STATED ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY APPLICABLE TOTHIS PRODUCT. ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED(INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESSFOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. NO VERBAL ORWRITTEN IN...

40 Additional Information EXPORTER Thomson Inc. P.O. Box 1976 Indianapolis, IN 46206-1976 ©2006 Thomson Inc. Trademark(s)® Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s) www.rca.com v 6 .0 Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in thismanual or on the carton. This will only add delays...