RCA S2501 - Manual

6 PLEASE READ AND SAVE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE 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 in...

7 IMPORTANT: READ CAREFULLY BEFORE DOWNLOADINGOR INSTALLING 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 BRANDED PORTABLE DIGITAL AUDIO...

9 Before you begin Dear RCA Customer,Thank you for purchasing the RCA Player. Thisplayer will play open mp3 and WindowsMedia™ audio (WMA) content as well ascontent purchased from most online musicdownload services. After purchasing and downloading music toyour PC, you are now ready to move contentto...

10 Using armband/wristband Slide the small ends of the armband orwristband through the player’s rings andsecure with the buttons as shown below.Adjust the length of the armband if necessary.The length of the wristband is not adjustable. Before you begin Caution while driving • Use of headphones whil...

11 Software setup The Music Management CD that comes withyour player contains all of the necessarysoftware components you need to make yourplayer work properly. These components enable you to transfer filesfrom your computer to the player. Inserting the included CD into CD Drive1. Turn on your compu...

12 Computer connection Charging the player Your player will charge through the USBconnection when it is connected to yourcomputer. The display below shows where theanimated battery icon is displayed whencharging. To fully charge the player, makesure your computer is on and the device isconnected for...

13 Transferring files to the player You may select one of the followingmethods to transfer music contents to yourplayer: 1) Yahoo! Music TM Jukebox, 2) drag- and-drop via Windows Explorer. For method1, you first need to have successfullyinstalled the software packages included inthe Music Management...

15 Disconnecting your playerfrom the 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 iscompleted. For Windows® 2000 or Windows® ...

16 General controls 1. To access the wireless menu (refer to page 34-35 for details) 2. m • To access the player or option menu.• Press and hold to lock or unlock the player’s keys. • To stop the radio recording. 3. USB jack – Attach the small end (Type mini-B) of the mini-USB cable here. Attachthe ...

17 Turning on or off the player • Press and hold to turn on the player. • Press and hold to turn off the player. Locking the keys Press and hold m to lock (or unlock) keys to prevent accidental key activation.To unlock the keys after the screensaver hasactivated, press and then press and hold m whil...

18 3. The artist menu appears with the artists listed in alphabetical order. Highlight adesired artist by pressing + or – , then press to advance. 4. The albums of the selected artist appear. Highlight a desired album by pressing + or – , then press to advance. 5. The songs of the selected album app...

19 Player menu Files transferred to the player are sorted automatically according to their file types. Once yourplayer is switched on, you will see the player menu as below. The player menu is displayedwhen m is pressed once during playback. Now Playing Music Pictures Videos Radio Audiobooks My Sele...

21 Music playback Music playback controls To decrease the volume To increase the volume Press once to skip to thenext file, or press andhold to fast forward. Press once to skip to the previous file*, or press and hold to fast reverse. Press once to start the playback. Press during playback to pause ...

22 My Selections My Selections is a playlist of your preferredmusic files (audible and radio recorded filesare not selectable). To select a music file as My Selections: 1. While listening to a favorite music file, press m twice to show the option menu. 2. Highlight “Add to MySel” by pressing + or – ...

23 Picture playback Picture playback controls Press once to skip to thenext file. Press once to skip to the previous file. Press once to start theslideshow. Press duringslideshow to pause andagain to resume. Press to go to the option orplayer menu (refer to page 17).Press and hold to lock or unlockt...

24 Video playback Video playback controls To decrease the volume To increase the volume Press once to skip to thenext file, or press andhold to fast forward. Press once to skip to theprevious file*, or pressand hold to fast reverse. Press once to start theplayback. Press duringplayback to pause anda...

25 time for the conversion at the lower rightcorner. 8. To resize the output video,click "VideoMode". Select"Full Screen" tofully utilize thescreen of the player, yet part of the videomay be cropped during video playback.Select "Full Image" to keep the ratio of thevideo size ...

26 Radio (switching off) 1. While listening to the radio, press m twice to show the option menu. 2. While “Turn off radio” is highlighted, press or to turn off the radio. • Alternatively, press and hold until the player powers off to switch off the player. Radio Radio (switching on) 1. Select “Radio...

28 Radio recording Start recording Radio program can be recorded as .mp3format.1. While listening to the radio, press m twice to access the option menu and then press + or – to highlight “Start Recording”. 2. Press to start recording. 3. Press to pause recording, press again to resume. 4. Press m to...

29 To decrease the volume To increase the volume Press once to skip to thenext file*, or press andhold to fast forward. Press once to skip to theprevious file*, or pressand hold to fast reverse. * For sectioned audible files only: during playback or pause of a sectioned audible file, press m twice t...

30 Audible playback Audible playback display Key lock is activated Battery level indicator Elapsed time of current file Playback mode File title Author name Current file number / total number of files (skipping- by-file mode is selected) Current section number / total number of sections (skipping-by...

32 Using stopwatch 1. In the player menu, press + or – to highlight "Stopwatch" and press or to advance. 2. Press to start the stopwatch. Press again to stop the stopwatch. 3. While the stopwatch is stopped, press – to reset the stopwatch. Stopwatch Multiple lap timing 1. In stopwatch mode, ...

34 Connecting with the player The earphones should be charged and placednear the player for connection.1. Turn on the player. It will start searching for wireless device in its proximity. 2. Turn on the earphones. When the player has detected the earphones, the icon (asshown above) stops blinking. Y...

36 The player does not work after reformat.• In case you need to reformat the player, it must be in FAT or FAT32 format. The playerdoes not work in NTFS format. The player cannot be recognized by AudibleManager• Your previously installed Audible Manager may not work with this player. You have torein...

39 Limited Warranty For U.S. 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 beginswith the first rental or 45 days from date ofshipment to the rental firm, whichever comesfirst. W...

40 Limited Warranty For Canada Thomson multimedia Ltd. warrants to the purchaser or gift recipient that if any manufacturingdefect becomes apparent in this product within 1 year from the original date of purchase, itwill be replaced free of charge, including return transportation.This warranty does ...