[vip_students] Tiny Tunes talking mp3/radio from FutureAids.com ships
- From: "Aedan O'Meara" <aedanomeara@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2012 16:28:38 -0000
Hi all,
My order for Tiny tunes mp3 player has shipped. It was on order since
September, but has only now come into stock as a new device, for $75 . Below
is the instruction manual for it. What do you think Albert?
From:
http://www.futureaids.com
Directions for theTiny Tunes MP3 Player From Future Aids.
Introduction
The Tiny Tunes MP3 Player from Future Aids is a small, unassuming-looking
device. It is an inch wide, half an inch thick, and about as long as your
Pinky finger. It weighs less than an ounce (a full 25 grams). The features
it offers, however, are nothing short of extraordinary.
Buttons
On the front of the player below the display screen, you will find three
raised bars. These are the only controls you will need to operate the
device. Each button bar can be pressed from either the left side or the
right side.
The top-left button is Play, and to the right is Mode.
In the middle, you'll find the Volume bar. Press the Left side to turn down
the volume, and the right side to make it louder.
On the bottom, you'll find what you might think of as the arrow keys. Press
the Left side to move Back, and the right side to move forward.
At the very top of the unit, on the side, you will feel a raised,
rough-textured switch, which is the Lock switch. To the left is unlocked,
and to the right is Locked. When locked, none of the buttons will have any
affect when pressed. This prevents buttons from stopping your music from
playing when you're out walking or traveling.
On the very bottom of the player, again on the side, you will feel two
openings. The rectangular one on the left is the USB port, and on the right
is the headphone jack. The player comes complete with a USB cord and a pair
of headphones. However, both these connections are the standard size, so any
cables here should work nicely.
That's it! Pretty easy to remember, huh?
Getting Started
First, hold down the Play button for a second, then release it. After a
couple of seconds, the unit turns on and announces Music. You're ready to
roll!
The Main Menu
The player always turns on in the main Menu. From here, you can choose
between eight options, by pressing the Forward and Back buttons. Of course,
as you move through the options, the current selection is spoken aloud, so
you always know where you are. Once you come to the option you want, simply
press Mode to select it. A new list of choices is presented - and the first
choice is spoken to you.
Music. Lets you select the music you'd like to listen to. The default option
is All Songs, but instead you can select by Genre, Album, or Artist. If
you're in the mood for Country music, for instance, just press Forward once
to select Genre, and press Mode. Use the Forward and Backward buttons to
select Country from the list of Genres you have in your music library, then
press Play. Hit Mode to select Folder Play - and Play to start listening!
Record. Lets you make voice recordings you can listen to later. Press the
Mode button to select this option, and hold down Play for half a second,
then start speaking. You can press Play to pause the recording, and Play
again to resume. When done, press Mode for a second. The recording is
immediately saved, and you are moved to the Recordings folder so you can
listen to it.
Voice. This area lets you listen to recordings you've made. Press Mode to
select Voice, and use the Forward and Back buttons to select the recording
you want. Then, press Play to listen to it.
FM. Lets you listen to the radio. When you press Mode here, the station you
were listening to before will immediately turn on. Press the Forward and
Backward buttons to select different stations.
E-Book. Here is where you go to have a book read to you. First, press Mode
to pull up a list of books you've copied to your player. When you find the
one you would like to read, press Mode to select it. If you've started
reading this book, the player will ask if you'd like to continue reading
where you left off - and you can just press Mode to confirm. Now, hit Play -
and sit back. Your book will be read to you out loud.
Browse. Lets you take a look at everything on your player, including music,
recordings, and E-Book text-files. Just press Mode to open a folder, and
Play to delete a file.
Settings. Lets you configure nine different aspects of your player. More
about that later.
Now Playing. Lets you continue listening where you left off. Just press the
Mode button to return to your previous Playlist - and Play to start
listening.
General Use
Whenever you're listening to music, you can always hold down the Play button
for just a second, and the player will speak the name of the current song.
You can tap Play to pause, at which point you can just tap Play again to
continue listening. You can even hold down the Forward and Back buttons to
skim quickly through a song - if you want to jump right to the chorus for
example.
When listening to an E-Book, you can press the Forward and Back buttons to
control how fast it reads the text. You can also quickly press the Mode
button to jump to a certain page in the book, or set and find your own
Bookmarks.
At any time, you can hold down the Play button for five seconds to turn off
the player.
The internal Lithium Ion battery in your new player will last about seventy
hours before needing to be recharged. Whenever it's running low, just
connect it to a computer to recharge the battery. Even if you're copying
recordings onto your computer or new music onto the player, the battery will
still recharge for you. Note, the player will only charge when the switch is
in the Unlocked, or left, position.
When you connect the player to your computer's USB port, Windows immediately
assigns it a drive letter, and offers to open the folder to view files. To
copy music onto it, simply select this option (or navigate to its temporary
drive letter) and copy and paste music using Windows file management. You
can place both MP3 and TXT files right on the root of the drive, as the
player will sort them out for you. Alternatively, if you use music
management software such as Digital Jukebox, your software will detect the
player and can load music onto it for you.
Voice recordings are stored in Wav format, and can be copied off the player
from the Recordings folder. They are encoded in IMA ADPCM, 8 kHz, 4 Bit
Stereo.
The Settings Menu
These Nine options allow you to completely customize the player to your
liking. Just use the Forward and Back buttons to select the option you want,
and press Mode to change it. Use the Forward and Back buttons to select the
new setting, and press Mode to confirm.
Sound. Lets you configure EQ and SRS sound. These are advanced options for
the best playback quality on high-end speaker systems.
Play Mode. Normally, you will want to hear each song once, in the order it
is in your album. However, you can mix things up with these options. You can
select Normal, Repeat Once, Repeat all, Random, or Random No Duplicates.
Screen. Controls how quickly the screen shuts off to conserve battery power.
Shut Down. Sets how quickly the MP3 player shuts off after no activity, in
order to preserve battery life.
Sleep Time. Allows you to set a length of time to listen before the player
automatically powers down. This is especially handy if you like to drift off
to sleep listening to quiet music or your favorite book.
Language. Currently, only English is supported.
Menu Audio Control. Lets you toggle the player's speech on and off. Blind
users will always want this on.
Default. Gives you the option to reset the player to default settings. Don't
worry, Menu Audio Control is On by default.
Storage Info. Gives you useful information about your player such as how
much space you've used, and how much space is still free.
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