Kubik Ray+ Media Player

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Kubik Ray+ Media Player User Guide Warranty Welcome P lease visit our website to register your product and activate the 12 month limited warranty. The limited warranty applies to the Kubik Digital product including all accessories as contained within the original Kubik Digital gift box (’the Product’). Kubik Digital warrants the product is, at the time of its original purchase, free of defects in materials and workmanship (’Limited Warranty’). The Limited Warranty is subject to terms and conditions which can be viewed in full at our website. T hank you for selecting the Kubik Ray+ Media Player. For your safety and enjoyment when using your Kubik Ray+ Media Player please take a few minutes to read this manual carefully to familiarise yourself with your player’s main functions and features before first use. Detailed guides and downloads for the Kubik Ray+ are available from the Help & Support section of our website. Please keep this manual for future reference. www.kubik-digital.com www.kubik-digital.com Visit us to: • Learn about our latest products • Find downloads, support information and in-depth guides for your player • Register with us to be kept informed of new downloads and guides as soon as they become available www.kubik-digital.com 2 3 Contents 02 03 04 05 07 10 11 12 15 16 20 20 21 22 22 24 24 25 Warranty Welcome Contents Safety Advice and WEEE Overview Charging Getting starting Transferring files Menu Music Photos Videos Ebooks Settings Radio Explorer Bluetooth Troubleshooting Safety Advice • Your hearing may be harmed permanently by listening to the player at high volumes for prolonged periods. It is advisable that before putting on the headphones you place them around your neck and turn the volume down. You can then put the headphones on and slowly increase the volume until you find a comfortable listening level. If you experience discomfort at any time, stop using the player immediately. • Do not allow the player to come into contact with, or become immersed in, water or other liquids. The player exterior has not been waterproofed. If the player comes into contact with water or salt air, wipe it dry with a soft, absorbent cloth. • Do not store the player in dusty or humid areas. Storage in these areas could lead to damage. • Avoid using, placing or storing the player in places where it can be exposed to strong light or high temperatures, such as the dashboard or boot (trunk) of a vehicle. Exposure to intense sunlight could cause the battery to leak. • Do not attempt to disassemble or repair the player. It may invalidate the warranty. The player contains no user serviceable parts. Please contact an approved warranty repair centre if a repair is required. • Do not drop, bend, open or insert foreign objects in the player. • Do not subject the player to excessive force when inserting or removing the USB lead or Earphones. 4 5 Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Your Kubik Ray+ at a Glance The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) was transposed into UK law in January 2007 by the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Regulations 2006. Contents The WEEE Directive aims to reduce the amount of electrical and electronic equipment being produced and to encourage everyone to reuse, recycle or recover it. The WEEE Directive also aims to improve the environmental performance of businesses that manufacture, supply, use, recycle and recover electrical and electronic equipment. To remind you that old electrical equipment can be recycled, it is now marked with a crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. One Kubik Ray+ MP3 Player Please do not throw any electrical equipment (including those marked with this symbol) in your bin. One Set Kubik HDS-100 Earphones We are pleased to offer our customers the facility to recycle their old Kubik Digital items by using our free take back service. Visit www. kubik-digital.com to learn more about this service. 6 One USB Lead 7 Player Outlines 1 Power Switch Press and hold the power switch to turn your Kubik Ray+ on or off. Press the power switch once to lock your device and press it again when you want to unlock it. 2 MicroSD Card Insert MicroSD card here to increase the storage capacity of the player. When a microSD is inserted, the player will show two options, allowing the user to choose between files on the player’s internal memory or the MicroSD card. The player’s internal memory will be displayed as Main Memory and the microSD card will be displayed as SD Card. 1 3 Enter/Play Use this button to select what you want in the menu or as the play/ pause button when listening to or watching media. 4 Navigation Arrows These buttons can be used to navigate through the menus and move backwards and forwards through songs. When you are listening to music or watching videos, the up and down arrows are used to control the volume and the left and right arrows are used to move backwards and forwards through the songs. 5 Mini USB Port 6 2 5 4 3 7 The supplied USB cable is connected here, use it to connect to your PC (the unit will charge while connected to a PC only if it is connected to a High Power USB port) or charge directly through the mains using the mains AC adapter (see section on Charging). 6 Earphone Socket When inserting your earphones into the player, ensure that they are fully inserted by pushing firmly. If no sound is heard through the earphones, check your volume settings. 7 Exit Use this button exit the current menu and return to the previous menu. Press and hold to return directly to the main menu. 8 9 Charging the Player Important Charging Information When your player runs out of battery the ‘low battery’ symbol will be displayed and the player will switch itself off. Charging Icons It is recommended to set the Backlight Time to ‘5 Seconds’ as this reduces power consumption of the player. Charging From Your PC Connect the player using the USB cable to a free USB port on your PC. In order for the player to charge from a PC, it should be connected to a high power USB port. The USB ports built in to some keyboards and USB hubs are often not powerful enough. The PC must remain on during the charging process. When the player is charging it will display the charging icon, once the player has charged the fully charged icon will display: Charging Fully Charged USB Connected The charging icons shown opposite will not display when the player is connected to the PC. Instead, the USB connected icon will display but the player will still charge normally. Getting Started Charging From The Mains (AC Adapter available separately) Connect the USB cable into the AC mains adapter and plug it into a socket. Charging the player for 1-2 hours using the mains charger is sufficient to fully charge the player. It is not recommended to leave the player charging for long periods of time e.g. overnight. The ‘charging’ and ‘fully charged’ icons (shown on next page) will display to indicate the charging status. Fully Charge 1-2 hrs Preparation For First Use Charge the player fully for four hours before first use. For subsequent charges, charge the player for 1-2 hours until full. Please see ‘Charging The Player’ section for instructions on how to charge the player. How to turn the Player On/Off Press and hold the power button to turn the player ON. Press and hold the same button to turn the player OFF. Zap Charging When there is not enough time to charge the player fully, it is possible to charge the player for a short burst and still receive good playback performance. The player has been designed to absorb maximum charge from the first fifteen minutes of charging. However, it is recommended to follow the steps on the next page to enhance the battery life of the player when the player has been ‘Zap’ charged. A 5-minute charge can give over an hour of playback. 10 11 Transferring Files To The Player 1 The player is fully Plug & Play - no driver installation is required. 2 Connect the player to a free USB port on your computer using the supplied USB cable. Your desktop quick start menu may display ‘New Hardware Found’. If your player’s battery is flat when you first connect the player using the USB cable your computer may display a message saying that your device is not recognised. If this happens simply disconnect your player from the USB cable and reconnect it. 5 When you have finished transferring files to your player, close all windows that show the contents of your player or that are using any of the files on your player. If the Quick Start menu on your computer desktop displays the icon ‘safely remove hardware’, left click and choose to eject the relevant drive referring to your media player, and once successful, disconnect the USB cable. If this icon is not shown, please ensure all programs using the player are closed before disconnecting the USB cable. Do not disconnect the USB from either the computer or the player whilst files are being transferred (or synchronisation is still taking place if using Windows Media Player). This may result in the files becoming corrupt or unusable. Important Notes 3 On your computer, the player will be displayed with the name Kubik Ray+. The micro SD card appears as a Removable Disk. 1 In order to keep your files organised you should keep them in separate folders on your player. Files can simply be dragged and dropped to the appropriate folder (or use the copy and paste function). 2 For music uploaded with ID3 tags, 4 Double Click the Kubik Ray+ drive to open the storage drive of the player. The simplest method of adding content to your player is to drag and drop files from your computer directly to the player’s drive. Not all operating systems will display the unique Kubik Ray icon. the player will organise the music according to Artist, Album, Genre etc. Uploaded music should be in a compatible format: MP3. This player is not a DRM (Digital Rights Media) enabled player; it will not play protected content. Playing protected music will cause it to display ‘Format Error’. We recommend Windows Media Player to convert your CD collection straight to MP3 format including ID tags. MP3 Music Format Windows Media Player 3 Windows Media Player can also be 12 used to add music to the player. When the player is connected to the PC, Windows Media Player will detect it and prompt you to name the player. Use the sync tab to add your music library to the player. You can also use Windows Media Player to convert music from your CD collection: choose to rip the music to MP3 format. 13 4 Before transferring files they need to be converted to the correct format for viewing on your player’s screen. For more information see the ‘Watching Video Files’ section. 5 In order for video files to be viewed correctly on the player they must first be converted to AVI format using an AVI conversion program (even if they are already AVI format files). To do this you can download an AVI conversion program from our website at www.kubik-digital.com - click on the Help & Support link on the homepage and follow the instructions. Navigating the menu system 1 When you turn on your player, the main menu will be displayed. 2 Battery status icon displays the battery level or charging status. 3 You can scroll through the menu using the left/right arrow navigation buttons. Use the enter button and the menu button to navigate back and forth between all menus and submenus. AVI Converter Scroll through the menu M Download an AVI conversion program from our website www.kubik-digital.com Help & Support 14 Navigate back & forth 4 From the main menu you can select from: • Music • Photos • Videos • Settings • Explorer • Ebooks • Record • Radio • Bluetooth 15 Listening to Music 5 Select the track you want to listen to using the ‘enter’ button. The up/down arrows control the volume and the right and left arrows allow you to skip between tracks. If you want to fast forward or rewind, hold down the right/left arrow. Use the ‘menu’ button to return to the previous sub-menu or press and hold then ‘menu’ button to return to the main menu. The Play Music Screen Enter Previous Track Fast Rewind Track Next Track Fast Forward Track Return to the previous sub-menu M Return to the main menu 1 Enter the music mode by selecting music from the main menu. You now have the option to browse your audio collection by: • • • • All Music Artists Albums Genres • Directory • Recordings • Favourites 2 Selecting ‘playing now’ allows you to see the track that is currently playing. 3 If you have uploaded music into specific folders e.g. Audiobooks or Playlists you can use the Directory to access your folders. 4 Use the ‘enter’ button to explore sub-menus and the ‘menu’ button to exit them. Directory The normal music menu will arrange all music by the designated Artist or Album, regardless of the name of the folder the music is placed inside when uploaded to the player. The Directory function allows you to browse the player’s folders in the format you uploaded them. For example, if you have created playlists you can access them here. Recordings Play voice recordings that you have made using the record function; this is the default location for all voice recordings. Enter the sub-menus 16 M Exit 17 Managing Favourites To create a list of favourite tracks, select songs, albums, artists through any of the sub-menus. To add a track, album or artist to the favourites list, first highlight the desired track. Now press and hold the right arrow button. Select ‘Add To Favourites’ to add to the favourites list. To remove a track from favourites, enter the Favourites sub-menu and scroll to the song you wish to remove. Press and hold the right arrow button, Select ‘Delete File’ to remove the track. Use the ‘Clear All’ function to remove all songs from the favourites list. All Music Favourites Music 1.mp3 Add To Fav? Exit Music 1.mp3 Press and hold the right arrow button. Select ‘Add To Favourites’ to add to the favourites list. Delete File Clear All Exit Press and hold the right arrow button. Select ‘Delete File’ to remove the track. Music Settings From the main menu enter the Settings Menu. Then enter the Music settings menu. 1 Repeat Mode: Play Track Once Play the selected song once Repeat Track Play the selected song continuously Play Folder Once Play all songs in the current folder/album once Repeat Folder Play all songs in the current folder/album continuously Play All Once Play all songs once Repeat All Play all songs continuously Intro Mode Play the first 10 seconds of each song 2 Shuffle Mode: Shuffle off Play all songs in the current folder/album in order. Library Update After adding new songs to the player, the player will automatically update the library list, however, occasionally it may be necessary to update the library manually to make new music appear in the player’s library. How to pause a track and return to it later: Resume Play Each time the player is turned off it automatically stores the current song, podcast or audiobook, which you can return to at a later time. Simply select Resume Play from the Music menu and your player will continue playing from the last paused or played position. Shuffle all songs in the current folder/album. Use the ‘All Shuffle on Music’ selection from the music menu to shuffle all songs on the player. 3 EQ Select: Select from 8 equaliser settings: Normal, Rock, Pop, Classical, Bass, Jazz, or User EQ. 4 User EQ Setup: Enter the EQ setup menu to change the dB value and set frequency. Lyric Display The player can display lyrics to a song provided they have been added to the player with the music file. This requires use of a .lrc file (lyric). 18 19 Viewing Photos Watch the video Fast Rewind Increase Volume To view your photos go to the main menu > photos and then access the photos folder. Selecting the photo you want to view by using the enter/select button will enable you to view the photo in full screen mode. You can scroll through the photos using the left/right navigation arrows. To view a slideshow of the photos on your player press the play button once you have selected a photo. Press the button again to stop the slideshow. You can change the time intervals of the slide show via the settings menu > autoplay time settings. View the photo View/stop a slideshow Scroll through the photos Decrease Volume Fast Forward M Return to main menu Browse the videos Reading E-Books The player supports eBooks in Text (.txt) format. Enter the E-Book mode from the main menu > Ebooks > eBook folder. In the folder a list of available eBooks will be displayed for selection. Use the Next/ Previous buttons to move through the pages of the eBook. Press and hold the Menu button to exit and return to the main menu. Select the eBook Move through the pages Watching Video Files Enter the Video mode from the main menu>videos>video folder Use the navigation arrows to browse the available videos and the enter button to select the one you want to watch. The video will start playing in landscape mode, with information bars displayed at the top and bottom of the screen. After 5 seconds the information bars will disappear. Press the enter button and the information bars will reappear. Use the left and right navigation arrows to select other videos in the list. Press and hold left/right navigation arrow to fast forward or rewind a video. Press the menu button to return to the main menu. 20 M Return to main menu Autoplay Use the function to automatically scroll through the pages of an E-Book at your desired pace. To begin Autoplay press the play button once, press again to pause. The interval for the page turns can be set from System Settings. From the main menu, go to System > Text Settings > Autoplay time. 21 Settings Entering the settings menu allows you to change your player’s settings as follows: 1 Music settings (see the ‘playing music’ section of this user guide for more information on how to change your music settings). 2 Radio Settings - enables you to change the FM region of your radio. You can choose between China, Europe, Japan and North America). 3 Record Settings – enables you to adjust the recording volume (15) and choose from either high or standard recording quality. 4 Autoplay time settings – choose the autoplay time for your ebooks and photos, you have the choice of 2,4,6,8, or 10 seconds. 5 Display Settings - Adjust the backlight time (5,10,20, 30 seconds or always on). 6 System Settings – in this section you can upgrade your player’s software, revert your player back to the default settings and change the language. Recordings 1 Enter the record from the main menu. To begin recording press the play button, and to pause the recording press the play button again. To stop the recording press the menu button and your recording will be saved automatically in a .wav format. To return to the main menu press and hold the menu button. 22 Record / Pause M Stop the recording Return to main menu 2 Change the voice recording quality in the settings menu. 3 Play your voice recordings from the music menu. Radio You can use the radio function to listen to FM radio stations on your player. The earphones act as the aerial. You can adjust the volume using the up/down arrows as normal. If you want to change the FM region of the radio on your player this can be done in the settings menu > radio settings. 1 Radio Menu: When in Radio mode press the Enter button to display the Radio Menu. 2 Select from: Manual – Select this to manually tune radio stations using the left and right navigation arrows. Save stations by selecting Save Stn from the Radio menu. Up to 30 stations can be saved. Auto – This will begin the Auto tune function, once selected it cannot be stopped until it has cycled the full FM spectrum. It will automatically save any found stations. Preset – Use this mode to quickly move between your saved stations using the left and right navigation arrows. 23 Explorer Accessing the explorer mode allows you to see all the files you have on your player. Bluetooth 1 Bluetooth can be used to connect to other devices. 2 In Bluetooth mode use the right arrow to turn on Bluetooth and your player will search for other Bluetooth devices and display them. Press Enter to connect to the displayed Bluetooth device. 3 Once connected to a Bluetooth speaker or Headset, any music you play will automatically play via the Bluetooth device. 4 When you want to turn off the Bluetooth, use the left arrow. Bluetooth mode Turn off the Bluetooth Turn on the Bluetooth 24 Troubleshooting 1 Player does not turn on Check battery is charged. Ensure that if using a PC to charge the player that the PC remains on during the charging process. 2 Poor FM Radio reception • Adjust the earphone cable - try increasing the distance between the earphone and the player to improve reception. • Try performing an Auto Search to re-scan for available stations. 3 No sound through earphones • Check that your earphones are properly inserted into your player. • Check that volume level is not set to 0. • Check there is no damage to the earphones (try using another set of earphones). • Check the file on your computer to ensure the file is playing the sound properly there. 4 Noise through earphones Check the earphone plug is clean. Foreign particles can cause static to be heard through the earphones during playback. 5 Cannot connect to PC • Check that the USB cable is properly connected to both the computer and the player and that the USB cable isn’t damaged. • If this doesn’t resolve your issue, try restarting your computer and reconnecting the cable. • If your player has no battery power when you connect it, you may have to disconnect and reconnect it. 25 6 Files cannot be downloaded • Make sure your player is connected to your computer • Check that the USB cable is working • Make sure there is enough space on your player to download the file 7 Audio files are not playing Ensure the file is in MP3 format and is not copy protected (DRM). 8 Video files are not playing Ensure that the video file is the correct size and format Please visit the Help & Support section of our website for a comprehensive list of Frequently Asked Questions for your product. www.kubik-digital.com 2015 Kubik Digital Electronics. 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