RCA MP3 Player TC1200 User Guide

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This version of the Audio Device Player

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Table of Contents

End User License Agreement

Profiling (Model Dependent) .9

Table of Contents

Disconnecting the Player . . . .10

Disconnecting Your Player from

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . .1

Computer System Requirements . . .1

What’s so special about this mp3

the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Troubleshooting Tips . . . . . . .11

player? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Insert the Included CD-ROM into

CD-ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Connecting to the Computer . .4

Connecting the Player to the

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Transferring Music . . . . . . . . . .5

Transferring Files to the Digital

Audio Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Transferring Files via Yahoo! Music

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Yahoo! Music Unlimited: Supercharge

the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Transferring Files via Windows Media

Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Transferring Files via Windows Explorer

(Drag and Drop) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

The descriptions and characteristics given in this document are given as a general indication and not as a guarantee. In

order to provide the highest quality product possible, we reserve the right to make any improvement or modification

without prior notice. The English version serves as the final reference on all products and operational details should

any discrepancies arise in other languages.

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Before You Begin

Dear RCA Customer,

Computer System

Requirements

Thank you for purchasing the RCA

Digital Audio Player. Our products

will play open mp3 and Windows

Media™ audio (WMA) content and

for certain models, content

•

Pentium III 500MHz or higher

recommended

•

Windows® 98SE, Me, 2000, or XP

Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

Internet access

100MB free hard disk space for the

software

purchased from most online music

download services.

After purchasing and downloading

music to your PC, you are now ready

to move content to your player. To

transfer the music, you may use the

applications recommended by the

online music download service.

•

64MB RAM (128 MB recommended)

CD-ROM drive capable of digital audio

extraction

•

USB port (2.0 recommended)

Sound card

Warning:

Use of this product is for your

personal use only. Unauthorized

recording or duplication of

copyrighted material may infringe

upon the rights of third parties and

may be contrary to copyright laws.

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Before You Begin

These components do the following:

What’s so special about

this mp3 player?

•

to install USB driver (for Windows

98SE users only),

This player is meant to play mp3 and

Windows Media^TMaudio files

to use a music management software

to organize your music collection,

to enable you to transfer files from

your computer to your Digital Audio

Player.

transferred in the built-in flash memory.

To do so, you need the use of a

Windows computer with USB port and a

music management software (Yahoo!

Music Engine or Window Media Player

recommended).

The Music Management CD that comes

with your Digital Audio Player contains

all of the necessary software

components you need to make your

Digital Audio Player work properly.

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Getting Started

2. If the setup screen does not appear,

double click My Computer, double click

your CD-ROM drive icon, and double

click “Install” to run the installer.

Inserting the Included CD-

ROM into CD-ROM Drive

1. Turn on your computer and place the

Music Management CD that comes

with your digital audio player into

your computer.

Note: The Music

Management CD may contain

one or more music management

software that can help transfer

music content to your digital audio

player. Please refer to the section on

your installed software for basic

transfer operations.

Note:

Don’t connect the USB device

to the PC or digital audio player before

or during the CD-ROM installation.

If you’re running Windows ME/ 2000/

XP, no additional drivers are required.

If you’re running Windows 98SE, you

must install the USB drivers from the

CD-ROM in order for the digital audio

player to function properly.

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Connecting to the Computer

Connecting the Player to

the Computer

Note

Connect the Digital Audio Player to your

computer. If a USB connection cable is

provided, connect it to the player first

before the computer. The larger end of

the cable should be connected to the

computer while the smaller end to the

player.

It might take several seconds

for the device (the Digital Audio

Player) to be detected, especially in

Windows 2000/XP. Click Refresh in My

Computer or Explorer to make sure the

device has been detected.

The player

Note

The Digital Audio Player is

capable of transferring files

at full-speed when a USB 2.0

connection is used. USB 2.0 is up to

40 times faster than USB 1.1. If a

USB 2.0 port is available on your

computer, use it to connect to your

Digital Audio Player. The player is still

backward compatible with the older

USB 1.1 ports. However, you will not

be able to take full advantage of the

potential speed increase.

Some models can be directly connected to

the USB port of the computer. If

necessary, an optional USB extension

cable can be used.

The digital audio player will appear as a

removable disk drive.

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Transferring Music

Transferring Files to a

Digital Audio Player

Note

• Secure music download

Depending on the availability of software

files can be transferred to

on your Music Management CD specific

to your digital audio player, you can

transfer files to your Digital Audio Player

via 1) Yahoo! Music Engine (Windows XP

only), 2) Windows Media Player or 3)

Windows Explorer (requires no software

installation).

your player through Windows Media

Player or Yahoo! Music Engine. (Note:

Services and applications must be

Windows Media audio-compliant and

support Digital Rights Management.

Windows XP with Service Pack 1

required.) (Apple iTunesTM music

content is not supported).

If your Digital Audio Player isn’t already

connected to your computer, connect it to

the computer using the provided USB

cable as illustrated on the previous page.

For more information on Yahoo! Music

Engine, visit

http://music.yahoo.com/musicengine

For more information on Windows

Media Player, visit

•

Transferring files via Yahoo! Music

Engine (Windows XP only) - refer to

page 6,

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/w

indowsmedia.

•

Transferring files via Windows Media

Player - refer to page 8,

Transferring files via Windows Explorer

(drag-and-drop) - refer to page 9.

• Some wma files may be DRM

protected. You must acquire licenses

for DRM protected wma files before

they can be played on the player.

For more information, go to

www.microsoft.com/windows/

windowsmedia/drm

Attention

Do not disconnect the USB

connection during music

download. Doing so may corrupt system

files or the files being downloaded.

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Transferring Music

4. From a playlist (My Playlists in the left

Transferring Files via

Yahoo! Music Engine

(Windows XP only)

Yahoo! Music Engine lets you manage

your music easily and organize like a pro.

Create your own playlists: music for

work, the gym, or even dinner. You can

also buy music and transfer to your

digital audio player in seconds. Just drag

and drop and you ‘re done. For more

information on the installation and

operations, please visit:

navigation pane): at the bottom of the

Yahoo! Music Engine window, click the

Transfer to Device button and select

the drive letter to where the playlist is

to be transferred. OR

5. From My Music: drag and drop files

from My Music to the digital audio

player. (You may also drag artists and

albums from My Music).

6. The Yahoo! Music Engine will check to

see if there is sufficient storage space

on the device to copy the songs. If not,

you will have to reduce the number of

songs you are transferring.

http://music.yahoo.com/musicengine/

Note: Yahoo! Music Engine

only works on Windows XP.

with Service Pack 1 or higher.

Attention

Make sure all data are

transferred to the Digital

Audio Player before unplugging the

USB connection.

1. Launch the Yahoo! Music Engine.

2. Attach the digital audio player to your

computer. You should see the Jukebox

name appear in the left navigation

pane.

3. In the Yahoo! Music Engine, click My

Music or click on a playlist on the left

navigation pane.

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Transferring Music

To subscribe, click Y! Unlimited in the

left navigation pane then click on the

graphic offering you a 7-day free trial.

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:

If you have a Yahoo! ID, you will be

taken through the account setup

process. If you do not have a Yahoo! ID,

you will be prompted to sign up for a

free Yahoo! account, then you will be

taken through the Y! Music Unlimited

setup process.

•

add any of those million songs to your

personal music library to listen,

transfer to your digital audio player,

share with others*,

•

buy burnable downloads,

listen to LAUNCHcast Plus, the

commercial-free radio service.

For more information, please visit:

http://music.yahoo.com

* Yahoo! Music does not permit copying or transferring music files to other users.

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Transferring Music

4. Select Sync from the menu bar, a

screen will appear as below:

Transferring Files via

Windows Media Player

If you want to take your music collection

with you, you can easily synchronize

items in your library to your digital audio

player. The Sync feature in the latest

version of Windows Media Player and

allows you to synchronize files in

categories and playlists in your library to

your digital audio player. For complete

details, see the “Synchronizing media to

your device” topic in the Windows

Media Player help documentation.

5. Select Start Sync, the selected items

will now be automatically transferred

to your player.

1. Connect your player to the computer

and open Windows Media Player,

select Library from the menu bar, a

screen will appear as below:

Attention

Make sure all data are

transferred to the Digital

Audio Player before unplugging the

USB connection.

2. From the left column, select the songs,

categories and/or playlist items you

want to copy to the player.

3. Drag the selected items to the right

column.

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Transferring Music

Transferring Files via

Windows Explorer (Drag

and Drop)

From Windows Explorer, highlight all the

files/folders you want to transfer to your

Digital Audio Player and drag them to the

drive letter that is associated with it.

Attention

Make sure all data are

transferred to the Digital

Audio Player before unplugging the

USB connection.

Attention

Some wma files may be DRM

protected and they must be

transferred to your player via

music management software that

supports Windows Media DRM such as

Yahoo! Music Engine and Windows

Media Player. You cannot listen to

these protected files if transferred

via Windows Explorer.

For more information, go to

www.microsoft.com/windows/

windowsmedia/drm

Profiling (Model Dependent)

Some models need to be profiled after

file transfer. Profiling helps sort audio

files on your player so that you can view

in the navigation menus and play them

properly.

Please check the player’s user manual if

this step is necessary on your player.

Follow the instruction to profile your

newly transferred files.

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Disconnecting the Player

Before disconnecting the USB connection

Disconnecting Your Player

from the Computer

from the computer or the Digital Audio

Player, be sure the "Safe to Remove

Hardware" message is displayed.

For Windows XP, from the System Tray,

double click the left mouse button on the

icon

and select Safely Remove

Hardware. Select the drive corresponding

to your player and click STOP.

Attention

If you want to go back to USB

mode for file transfer at this

stage, you need to unplug and connect

the player to the PC again.

Attention

The Stop a Hardware device screen

appears. Select the device to be stopped

again for confirmation and click OK.

Make sure all data are

transferred to the Digital

Audio Player before unplugging the

USB connection.

The description on this page is based

on Windows XP. If you are running

other operating systems, there may

be some differences. See the

Windows Help for details about safely

removing hardware.

You can also stop your player by left

clicking on the

icon from the system

tray and selecting the drive

corresponding to your player.

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Troubleshooting Tips

Problem

Checkpoints / Action

After connecting the player to computer,

"USB connected" does not appear on the

display.

• Make sure the device is powered on. Some

players do not automatically come on when

plugged into the computer.

• Make sure that the USB connections to the

computer and device are securely in.

Cannot access the player via Windows 2000

computer.

• Install the Service Pack 3 for Windows

2000. Visit

www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com

to check for the latest updates.

Cannot playback tracks on the player.

• Make sure audio tracks are encoded in the

mp3 or Windows Media formats at

supported bitrates. Please check the player’s

user manual for bitrates supported.

• WMA files may be DRM protected and you

don’t have the proper rights (license) to play

the files.

Check the website and/or application help

system of the music download service

provider from where the content was

purchased from for license acquisition

details.

For more information on how license

acquisition works, go to

www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/drm

What does the PlaysForSure logo mean?

(available on certain models)

PlaysForSure is a new logo program from

Microsoft®. Consumers can match the

PlaysForSure logo on a large selection of

devices and online music stores. If you see

the logo, you’ll know your digital media will

play for sure.

For more information on the Microsoft

PlaysForSure program, visit

www.PlaysForSure.com.

For more information on RCA PlaysForSure

devices, visit www.rca.com.

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