Page 2 - Table of Contents
Table of Contents Safety Instructions ............................................................................................... 6 Chapter 1. Introduction ....................................................................................... 7 How to Use This Guide ...............................
Page 6 - Safety Instructions
6 Safety Instructions 1. Always read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User’s Guide for future reference. 3. Keep this equipment away from humidity. 4. Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock. 5. If any of the following situations arises, get ...
Page 7 - Chapter 1. Introduction
7 Chapter 1. Introduction C ongratulations on becoming a new user of MEGA PLAYER 521 . The new MEGA PLAYER 521 will improve the convenience of storing your personal data and the enjoyment of using various audio functions. We are proud to tell our users that MEGA PLAYER 521 is thoroughly tested and c...
Page 8 - How to Use This Guide
8 informed that the accuracy may vary due to different weight, stride, or unsteady vibration. Stopwatch – allows users to use MEGA PLAYER 521 as a stopwatch. USB Flash Disk – allows users to store data in MEGA PLAYER 521 . The MEGA PLAYER 521 provides Changeable Startup logo , you can edit, conv...
Page 9 - Unpack
9 Chapter 3, Driver and Utility Installation , describes how to install MEGA PLAYER 521 and the specially designed utility for your new MEGA PLAYER 521 . Chapter 4, Basic Usage , describes how to use MEGA PLAYER 521 in various ways. It is recommended to read this chapter carefully before using MEGA ...
Page 10 - Chapter 2. Getting Started; Overview
10 Chapter 2. Getting Started Overview 1. Power On/Off Press and hold to Power On or Power Off the MEGA PLAYER 521. Play/Pause In music playback mode, press to play or to pause the playback. In FM mode, press to select the stored favorite stations one by one. 2. 5-way MENU button Press the button an...
Page 11 - OLED Display; Eve r yt hi n g
11 push to left once can go to beginning of the playing sound track. 3. FM / A->B Press to select FM station mode. Or, in music playback mode, press to enable the A to B repeat function. 4. REC Press to start or stop the FM or voice recorder. 5. Hold Switch Switch to hold position to prevent acci...
Page 14 - M U SI C; Li-ion Battery Recharging
14 Eve r yt hi ng 02 : 35/ 0 4: 58 Eve r y t hi ng M U SI C 2 0 001/ 024 M P3 03:5 6 001/ 024 2 1 0 5 1 9 Operation Menu 20. Operation Menu These icons shift when MEGA PLAYER 521 is in different Operation mode which includes MUSIC, VOICE, SETTINGS, DELETE FILE, ABOUT, EXIT. Volume Adjustment 21. Vol...
Page 15 - Hold Switch
15 have adapter in hand, connect the other end of the USB cable to computer.) 3. While recharging is on going, a lightning icon will be shown in the display. C O N NE C T ED M P3 4. To stop recharging, disconnect USB cable from MEGA PLAYER 521 . Note: The built-in battery will also start recharging ...
Page 16 - Screen Saver; CAL; Sport Clip Earphone
16 Screen Saver MEGA PLAYER 521 has a Screen Saver program protecting the OLED screen. After having been idle for few seconds, the device will run the Screen Saver program automatically. When the pedometer function is switch on, the information of the pedometer will be flashing on the display. When ...
Page 18 - Chapter 3. Driver & Utility Installation; Connecting MEGA PLAYER 521 to Your Computer; Hardware Installation for Windows 98SE only
18 Chapter 3. Driver & Utility Installation Connecting MEGA PLAYER 521 to Your Computer 1. Plug one end of the supplied USB cable to your computer, and plug the other end to MEGA PLAYER 521 . 2. Once MEGA PLAYER 521 is connected to the computer, MEGA PLAYER 521 should be detected by the operatin...
Page 19 - Install Utilities
19 Install Utilities The supplied Driver CD includes a MEGA PLAYER 521 specialized driver. It is recommended to install even if your operating system is Windows 2000 or XP. Then, your system can recognize and fully support this device. The driver program includes a utility for upgrading the latest f...
Page 20 - Using the Utilities
20 Using the Utilities Once the driver is installed, you will be able to update a new firmware or format your MEGA PLAYER 521 with the Firmware Update utility. Firmware Updating To update the firmware, download the latest firmware from MSI website first, and follow the instructions below: 1. Place t...
Page 23 - Chapter 4. Basic Usage; Power On and Off; M S I
23 Chapter 4. Basic Usage Power On and Off 1. Press the / button once to turn the power on. When powered on, a power on icon and startup logo will be shown on the display. M S I 2. To power off MEGA PLAYER 521 , press and hold the / button until the power is switched off. Note that while pressing th...
Page 25 - D EL E T E FI L E; DEL MUSIC
25 normally do to hard drives. In other words, MEGA PLAYER 521 is a portable hard disk. Deleting a Track (File) 1. Press the Menu button once, and push the Menu button to right or left to select DELETE FILE . Press the Menu button again to enter. 2. Now, push the Menu button to right or left to sele...
Page 26 - D E L ET E FI L E; DEL ALL MUSIC; Music Playback
26 Eve r yt hi n g D E L ET E FI L E DEL ALL MUSIC 3. Push the Menu button to the right or left to select Y to delete all music files if you are sure about it, or select N to leave the current screen. Note that it may take several seconds to delete all of the files. 0 3:56 00 1/ 02 4 D EL ET E? Y / ...
Page 27 - Creating or Removing a Folder
27 Yes t e rd a y 00 2/ 02 4 M P 3 00: 5 0/ 03 : 42 2. Or, push the Menu button to the left once to go back to the previous track. Fast-Forward or Rewind 1. During playback, push Menu button to right and hold the position to fast-forward the current track. 2. Push Menu button to left and hold the po...
Page 28 - Editing Play List; P L AYL IS T
28 A L B UM O NE A L B UM T HR E E A L B UM T W O Editing Play List MEGA PLAYER 521 provides a convenience Play List for users to enable or disable a particular folder or a particular song (file) easily and quickly. With a simple select or deselect, you can decide which folder or which song (file) w...
Page 30 - Selecting Music Mode; the other
30 The check box goes empty when the song (file) is deselected. Read the check box to see if a song (file) is selected or deselected. Yes te r da y Sea so ns AL B UM O NE Ever y t hi ng E v er y t h i ng Sea so ns AL B U M O NE D rea m s C om e T 5. Once all the decisions are made, push the Menu but...
Page 31 - PLAYALL; W hen I Fa l l i n Love; EQ Settings
31 AL L PLAYALL PLAY LI ST AL L 3. Press the Menu button to confirm the selection, and the icon of the selected music mode will be shown in the display. Eve r yt hi n g 00 1/ 02 4 M P 3 02: 5 0/ 04 : 58 W hen I Fa l l i n Love 00 1/ 01 2 M P 3 00: 5 0/ 03 : 42 PLAYALL PLAYLIS T 4. Note that when a d...
Page 32 - SE TT I NG S; EQ; EQ; EQ; RO CK; EQ; EQ; SRS
32 Eve r yt hi n g SE TT I NG S EQ EQ 3. Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose the desired EQ mode between NORMAL , ROCK , JAZZ , CLASSICAL , and POP . The default EQ setting is NORMAL mode. 4. Once a desired EQ mode is selected, press the Menu button once, and you should se...
Page 33 - OFF; Repeat Settings
33 the left to select SRS. Eve r yt hi n g SE TT I NG S EQ SRS 3. Press the Menu button again to enter SRS selection mode. 4. Now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select ON to enable the SRS effect, and the SRS icon appears. If OFF is selected to disable the SRS effect, the SRS ic...
Page 34 - REPEAT; REPEAT ALL; R E P EA T; SHUFFLE REP; R E P EAT; FM Radio Mode
34 Eve r yt hi n g SE TT I NG S Eve r yt hi n g 00 1/ 02 4 EQ REPEAT 3. Press the Menu button, and now push the Menu button to the right or to the left to choose the desired REPEAT mode between NORMAL , REPEAT ONE , REPEAT ALL , SHUFFLE , or SHUFFLE REP as you want. 4. Once a desired REPEAT mode is ...
Page 36 - SAV E TO PO 1; SAV E TO PO 5
36 0 3:56 00 1/ 02 4 FM1 0 3 . 3 MH z 0 3:56 00 1/ 02 4 SAV E TO PO 1 3. Push the Menu button to the right or left to select a desired station number. 4. Press the Menu button again to confirm saving the selected frequency to the selected favorite station number. To set another favorite station, rep...
Page 38 - DEL VOICE
38 the Playback mode. Press the Menu button once, and then push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select VOICE . 2. Press the Menu button again, and use the Menu button to select a desired recorded FM voice file by pushing the Menu button to the right or left. 3. Once desired voice file...
Page 39 - DEL ALL VOICE; Switching between FM and Playback mode
39 Deleting All FM/ Voice Files 1. Press the Menu button once, and push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select DELETE FILE . 2. Press the Menu button again to enter DELETE FILE submenu. Now, push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select DEL ALL VOICE , and then press the ...
Page 40 - Voice Recorder
40 Switching from FM mode to previous mode Press FM/A-B button once to leave FM mode. Voice Recorder MEGA PLAYER 521 also works as a synchronizing recorder. You can use it to record your own voice, an interview or a speech, and so on. Recording Voice 1. Press the REC [ y ] button to start voice reco...
Page 41 - VOI CE
41 Eve r yt hi n g VOI CE / V 002 .W A V 00 3/ 00 5 WAV 00: 3 8/ 03 : 19 3. Once the desired voice file is selected, press the / button to start playing the file. Note: all the recorded voice files will be displayed by sequence. Deleting a Recorded Voice File 1. To delete a recorded voice file, pres...
Page 42 - D EL ET E FI L E; Language Learning Function
42 0 3:56 00 1/ 02 4 D EL ET E? Y / EX IT N / V00 2 .W AV Note: you can easily use Windows Explorer to manage/ delete recorded files. Deleting All recorded Voice/ FM Files 1. To delete a recorded voice/ FM file, press the Menu button once, and push the Menu button to the right or to the left to sele...
Page 43 - Stopwatch Function
43 during music or voice playback. With this function, users will be able to pay attention to the repeated section and to achieve the result of language learning. 1. During music playback, find the starting point of the repeating section to set, and press FM/A-B button. You will see the indicator of...
Page 44 - ST OP WATC H; S TO P WATC H S TA RT
44 Eve r yt hi n g ST OP WATC H S TO P WATC H S TA RT 3. To start the stopwatch, press the / button once, and the stopwatch starts running. To stop the stopwatch, press the / button again. 0 0: 00 : 00 STOPWATCH STAR T 0 0 1: 25 : 48 6 STOP WATCH STAR T 4. To leave the STOPWATCH START mode, push the...
Page 47 - RECO RD S AVI N G
47 0 1: 25 : 48 STOP WATCH STAR T 6 0 0: 00 : 00 STOP WATCH STAR T 0 Memorizing the Stopwatch Record 1. To memorize the current stopwatch record, push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select the Floppy icon. 2. Press the Menu button, and select the record saving location from 1 to 10 b...
Page 48 - EXI T; Pedometer Function
48 memory location. 01: 25: 48 01/10 6 00: 46: 30 05/10 1 2 3 n Memory Location (Current location / Total locations) o Stopwatch Record Leaving the STOPWATCH Mode 1. Select EXIT and then press the Menu button once to leave the STOPWATCH mode. EXI T Pedometer Function MEGA PLAYER 521 ’s pedometer hel...
Page 49 - P E D OM ET E R; CO U NTER SET
49 PEDOMETER . 2. Press the Menu button again to enter PEDOMETER mode. Select COUNTER SET by pushing the Menu button to the right or to the left, and then press the Menu button to enter the COUNTER SET mode. Eve r yt hi n g P E D OM ET E R Eve r yt hi n g CO U NTER SET 3. Push the Menu button up or ...
Page 50 - S TEP; ON; S TEP; S TEP
50 Eve r yt hi n g S TEP S TEP CAL OFF 0 0000 000 0 000 CAL 2. Push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select the OFF icon, and then press the Menu button once to start the pedometer. When the pedometer is switched on, the OFF icon becomes ON icon. 3. Wear the MEGA PLAYER 521 on the uppe...
Page 53 - Operation Menus
53 will record the steps taken and calories burned at the same time. Eve r yt hi n g 00 1/ 02 4 M P 3 02: 5 0/ 04 : 58 2. If the pedometer function is switched on, this icon means the pedometer will record the steps taken only. Eve r yt hi n g 02: 3 5/ 04 : 58 00 1/ 02 4 M P 3 Operation Menus MEGA P...
Page 55 - S TO P WATC H
55 SCREEN SAVER 30 SECS/1 MIN/ 2 MINS/ 5 MINS EXIT Exit to the main menu DEL MUSIC Delete a Music file (.mp3) DEL VOICE Delete a Voice/ FM recorded file (.wav) DEL ALL MUSIC Delete all Music files DEL ALL VOICE Delete all Voice or FM radio recording files DELETE FILE EXIT Exit to the main menu ABOUT...
Page 56 - M USI C; STARTUP LOGO; MSI
56 Eve r yt hi n g P E D OM ET E R Eve r yt hi n g S TEP 4. Select MUSIC and press the Menu button to enter music playback mode. Eve r yt hi n g M USI C Eve r yt hi n g 00 1/ 02 4 M P 3 02: 5 0/ 04 : 58 5. Select VOICE and press the Menu button to enter voice playback mode. Eve r yt hi n g VOI CE / ...
Page 57 - A B OU T; EX I T; Other Settings
57 Eve r yt hi n g D E L ET E FI L E 8. Select ABOUT to read the information of MEGA PLAYER 521, including the firmware version, total memory, and free memory. Eve r yt hi n g A B OU T Fr ee : V0. 0.8 25 6 MB 1 17 MB 9. Select EXIT to return to Music Playback mode. Eve r yt hi n g EX I T Other Setti...
Page 58 - POWER O FF; DISABLE; PO WER OF F; RECORD RATE
58 Eve r yt hi n g SE TT I NG S EQ POWER O FF 3. Push the Menu button to right or left to select a timer to turn off the MEGA PLAYER 521 when it is idle for a certain period. If DISABLE is selected, your MEGA PLAYER 521 will always stay on until you turn it off. 5 MINS PO WER OF F DISABLE PO WER OF ...
Page 59 - BEST; R E CO RD R ATE; BETTER; RE C OR D RATE; STANDARD; R ECO R D R ATE; LANGUAGE; ENGLISH; LAN GU AGE; 繁 體 中 文
59 Rate between STANDARD , BETTER , and BEST . BEST R E CO RD R ATE BETTER RE C OR D RATE STANDARD R ECO R D R ATE 4. When a selection is decided, press the Menu button once to confirm. Language You are able to select the language of the MEGA PLAYER 521 interface. 1. Press Menu button once, and push...
Page 61 - SCREE N SAVE R; S CREEN SAVER; USB Flash Disk
61 Screen Saver Under this Screen Saver setting, you are able to select the screen saver timer as your needs. 1. Press the Menu button, and push the Menu button to the right or to the left to select SETTINGS . 2. Press the Menu button again, and push the Menu button to the right or to the left to se...
Page 63 - Appendix A. Specifications
63 Appendix A. Specifications MEGA PLAYER 521 Dimension 82 (W) x 51 (D) x 18.6 (H) mm Weight 60g with battery Operating Temperature 0 °C ~ 45°C Storage Temperature -20°C ~ +70 °C Audio Spec Output : 60mW rms ( 30mW / channel) Frequency: 20 to 20K Hz SNR: >90dB Voice / FM Recording Record format: ...
Page 64 - Appendix B. Driver and Utilities CD
64 Appendix B. Driver and Utilities CD Insert the supplied CD disk into the CD drive. Install MEGA PLAYER 521 Driver MEGA PLAYER 521 has a specialized driver. It is recommended to install to let system recognize and fully support this device. The driver program includes a utility for upgrading the...
Page 65 - Appendix C. Screen Editor
65 Appendix C. Screen Editor The Start up logo of MEGA PLAYER 521 is changeable. With Screen Editor tool, you can design personalized startup logos. Click Install Screen Editor button on autorun screen of the Driver and Utilities CD to start installation. You will see a screen as below, follow the m...