RCA M45 series - Manuals

4 Contents Important safety instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................................................................................................1Important battery information .........................................................................................................

7 End user license agreement End user license agreement IMPORTANT: READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE! THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT ( THIS “EULA”) IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND AUDIOVOX CORPORATION AND, AS APPLICABLE, ANY AUDIOVOX SUBSIDIARY, AS DEFINED BELOW (CO...

9 Before you begin Dear RCA Customer, Thank you for purchasing the Player. This product will play mp3 and Windows Media™ audio ( WMA) content as well as content purchased from most online music download services. RCA easyRip™ Media Software, installed automatically when you connected this player to ...

10 Connecting to the computer • Connect the player to your computer with the USB cable provided. The player will turn on automatically. • The player will be connected in MSC (Mass Storage Class) mode. It will appear as a drive letter on your computer and behave as a detachable drive for file transfe...

11 Managing files on your RCA Player Before you begin using your RCA player, you’ll want to copy your media files to the player. You can use any of the following methods to transfer content: • RCA easyRip • Drag and drop files in Windows Explorer • Software provided by online music stores To transfe...

Using Windows Explorer To copy files in Windows XP with Windows Media Player 10 installed: 1. Open the player in Windows Explorer. 2. Drag and drop music files onto the Music folder. To copy files in Windows Vista or Windows® 7 or Window XP with Windows Media Player 11 installed: 1. Open the player ...

13 General controls Turning the player on and off To turn the player on, slide / downward. Slide downward again to turn the player off. Locking the player controls To lock the player controls to prevent them from being activated accidentally, slide / upward. To unlock, slide / to the middle position...

14 Menu types The player has two types of menu: Player menu The player menu appears when you turn on the player or if you press and hold while listening to the player. It lets you: • Browse for and play music, audiobook, video and picture files • Listen to the radio • Record and play back voice memo...

16 The Home menu The top-level or “Home” menu is always displayed when you press and hold . The menu options are: Music Press to enter the Music menu and choose an artist, album, genre or individual title. Videos Press to enter the Videos menu and choose a particular video for viewing. Pictures Pres...

17 Playing music files The player sorts your music files by track name (title), artist, album and genre. 1. In other modes, press and hold to display the Home menu. Press + or – and or to select Music . 2. Press to enter the Music menu. 3. Use + or – and or to navigate through the menus and select t...

18 The following options are available:• Add to Favorites/Clear from Favorites – to add the current file in the Favorites playlist (read page 26). If the file is already in the playlist, this option changes to Clear from Favorites to remove the current file from the playlist • Repeat – press repeate...

20 Videos Video viewing Goes back, skips backward. Press and hold to scan backwards within a file Advances, skips forward. Press and hold to scan forward within a file Starts/pauses playback Increases or decreases the volume during playback Shows/hides option menu Back to previous navigation level. ...

21 Pictures Picture viewing Goes back, skips backward Advances, skips forward Starts/pauses slideshow if it is activated Shows/hides option menu Back to previous navigation level. Press and hold to enter Home menu Refer to page 11 for transferring picture files to the player. Option menu (picture vi...

22 Audiobooks Audiobooks playback controls Playing audiobooks Audiobook playback is similar to music playback. 1. In other modes, press and hold to display the Home menu. Then press + or – and or to select Audiobooks . 2. Press to enter Audiobooks. 3. Use + or – and or to navigate through the menus ...

23 Skipping through audiobook sections If the currently playing audiobook contains sections, you can choose to skip forward and back between sections when you press or , instead of skipping between files. To choose section-by-section skipping: 1. Press to pause playback and press to display the Opti...

24 Radio Playing FM radio To turn the radio on: 1. In other modes, press and hold to display the Home menu. 2. Press + or – and or to select Radio and press to enter the radio menu. 3. While Listen is highlighted, press or to start listening. The frequency screen appears. To tune the radio: • Press ...

25 Improving FM radio sound If stereo reception is noisy, you can often reduce the noise by switching to mono. To switch between stereo and mono: 1. While the radio is playing, press to display the Option menu. 2. Press + or – to highlight Mode and then press to switch between Stereo and Mono . 3. P...

26 Creating a "Favorites" playlist You can create a playlist of your favorite music by adding new files to the playlist as you listen to them.This function is not available for other media formats such as videos, pictures, audiobooks and recordings. To add the currently playing music file in...

27 Recording voice memo You can record voice and play back recordings as well as copy the recordings ( WAV files) to your PC. To record voice: 1. In other modes, press and hold to display the Home menu. 2. Then press + or – and or to select Voice Memo , and press to enter the Voice Memo menu. 3. Pre...

28 Settings Changing the player’s settings To change the player settings: 1. In other modes, press and hold to display the Home menu. 2. Press + or – and or to select Settings and press to enter the settings menu. 3. Press + or – to select a setting and then press to change it. Shuffle • Press repea...

29 RecDur (Record duration) To change the duration (Max, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour) for radio and voice memo recording. FreqStep (Frequency Step) To changes the way that the player scans through the radio frequencies. Switch to EU if you bring the player to Europe; switch back to US when you ret...

30 Tips and troubleshooting Cannot delete files on the player. • For any files you have transferred to the player, you may delete them while you have connected the player with your computer. Highlight the unwanted file in the player’s file directory on your computer and press the delete key on your ...

33 Warranty information Limited warranty 12 Month Limited WarrantyApplies to RCA Audio/Video Products AUDIOVOX ELECTRONICS CORP. (the Company) warrants to the original retail purchaser of this product that should this product or any part thereof, under normal use and conditions, be proven defective ...