RCA MC4018 - Manuals

5 Some of the following information may notapply to your particular product; however, aswith any electronic product, precautionsshould be observed during handling and use.• Read these instructions. • Keep these instructions. • Heed all warnings. • Follow all instructions. • Do not use this apparatus...

End user license agreement 6 IMPORTANT: READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADING ORINSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE! THIS END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (THIS “EULA”) IS ALEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND THOMSON INC., ORANY THOMSON GROUP ENTITY, AS DEFINED BELOW(COLLECTIVELY “THOMSON ENTITY”), FOR THE RCA ORTHOMSON BRA...

Before you begin 8 Computer system requirements • Pentium III 500MHz or higher recommended • Windows® 2000 (Service Pack 3) or Windows® XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) orWindows Vista TM • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher with Internet access • 250MB or more free hard disk space for the software • 128M...

9 Before you begin Software setup • If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or discontinue use. • You should use extreme caution or temporarily discontinue use in potentiallyhazardous situations. • Even if your headset is an open-air type designed to let you hear outside sounds,don’t...

Connecting to the computer 10 Connecting the player to thecomputer Connect the player to your computer with theUSB cable provided. The player will turn onautomatically. In Windows Vista TM or Windows® XP (when Windows Media Player10 or above is installed), the player willappear as a Windows portable...

Transferring files to the player 11 Transferring files to the player You may select one of the following methodsto transfer music content to your player: 1)Yahoo! Music TM Jukebox, 2) drag-and-drop via Windows Explorer. For method 1, you firstneed to have successfully installed thesoftware packages ...

Transferring files to the player 12 Transferring files via WindowsExplorer (Drag-and-Drop) In Windows® XP (with Windows MediaPlayer 10 installed) In Windows® XP and when Windows MediaPlayer 10 is installed, the player is connectedto the computer in MTP mode. In theWindows Explorer, when the player i...

13 Transferring files to the player Disconnecting your player fromthe computer For Windows Vista TM or Windows® XP (with Windows Media Player 10 or above installed),your player is connected in MTP mode to yourcomputer by default, you may disconnect theUSB cable directly when file download iscomplete...

General controls 14 Before you begin The following examples illustrate what youshould 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 player t...

15 General controls Navigation display 1. Indicates whether the player is playing or paused. 2. Indicates that if shuffle mode is on/off.3. Indicates that if repeat mode is on/off.4. Indicates that the key lock function is activated. 5. Indicates the battery level of the player. Navigation menus The...

17 Listening, viewing and recording Music playback Music playback display Audiobooks playback Skips to the previous file*, pressand hold to scan backwards withina file. Skips to the next file, press andhold to scan forward within a file. Starts/ pauses playback. Increases or decreases the volume or ...

18 Listening, viewing and recording Picture viewing Scrolls up during file navigation. Scrolls down during filenavigation. Goes back, skips backward. Advances, skips forward. Starts/ pauses slideshow ifslideshow is activated*. Press M twice during playback to return to file navigation. * Refer to pa...

19 Listening, viewing and recording Video converter Your video has to be converted to optimumformat before transferring to this player forplayback. To do so, you need to install theRCA Video Converter in your computer. Youcan install the Converter from the musicmanagement CD or go tohttp://www.rcaau...

20 Listening, viewing and recording Tip: For operation details of the video converter, please open thehelp file by pressing the ‘F1’ key on yourcomputer. Note: • Picture files should be copied to the “Media” folder for viewing inWindows® XP if Windows Media Player10 is installed. If Windows Media Pl...

21 Listening, viewing and recording Playback voice recording 1. Follow steps 1-2 above to enter the Voice Recording sub-menu. 2. Press or to highlight “Play Back” and press to confirm your selection. 3. Press or to highlight the recorded file and to start playback. Deleting recorded files 1. While a...

Player’sMenuitems 22 Player’s menu Accessing the player’s menus Press M during playback to access the Player’s menu. Navigation and selection Player’smenus ShuffleRepeatDSPSlideshowAdd to MySelClear MySelSettingsSystem Info CustomizemenuThemeBrightnessScreensaverPowerSaveLanguageRestoreDefaults Curr...

Additional information 24 Tips and troubleshooting • Problem: Cannot delete files on the player.– For any files you have transferred to the player, you may delete them while youhave connected the player with yourcomputer. Highlight the unwanted file inthe player’s file directory on yourcomputer and ...

Additional information 25 • Problem: Why the player cannot play the video files from the computer? – All video contents must be converted by the video converter which comes with theplayer (please refer to the CD). Otherformat of video file will not be supported. – The converted video contents must b...

Limited warranty 26 For US What your warranty covers:• Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase:• One year from date of purchase.• The warranty period for rental units begins with the first rental or 45 days fromdate of shipment to the rental firm,whichever comes first. ...

27 Limited warranty For Canada Thomson multimedia Ltd. warrants to thepurchaser or gift recipient that if anymanufacturing defect becomes apparent inthis product within 1 year from the originaldate of purchase, it will be replaced free ofcharge, including return transportation.This warranty does not...