RCA M4804rc Manual

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Connecting to the computer•  Connect the player to your computer with the USB cable provided. The player will turn on automatically. 
•  The player will be connected in MSC (Mass Storage Class) mode. It will appear as a drive letter on your computer and behave as a detachable drive for file transfer in one or both directions.
•  The RCA easyRip TM 
Media Software installer is stored on the player. Go to My Computer in the Start 
menu, fi  nd and open the drive letter associated with the player (i.e....

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Managing files on your RCA Player
Before you begin using your RCA player, you’ll want to copy your media files to the player. You can use any 
of the following methods to transfer content:
• RCA easyRip
•  Drag and drop files using Windows Explorer
•  Software provided by online music stores
The player must be in MTP mode for subscription content transfer. Use the software provided by the online 
music store for content transfer. Refer to page 31 for instruction on how to change Protocol modes.
Using...

Using Windows ExplorerTo copy files in MSC mode:
1.  Open the player in Windows Explorer.
 
2.  Drag and drop music files into the Music folder and picture files into the Photo folder.
 
To copy files in MTP mode:
1.  Open the player in Windows Explorer
 
2. Open Internal Storage.
 
3.  Drag and drop music files.
Deleting files from the playerYou may delete any files transferred to the player.
1.  Connect the player to your computer.
2.  Open the player in Windows Explorer and then navigate to the folder...

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General controls
Turning the player on and offTurn player on/off: Slide and hold the Power/Lock Slider (/) towards from the headphone jack. 
Locking the player controlsLock player controls: Slide the Power/Lock Slider (/) away from the headphone jack.
•  When the controls are locked, ock icon will flash on the display three times if any buttons are  pressed.
Unlock player controls: Slide the Power/Lock Slider (
/) toward the middle position.
Resetting the playerIf the player stops operating properly,...

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Menu typesThe player has two menu types: 
Player menu
The player menu appears when you turn on the player or if you press and hold 
 while listening to the 
player. It lets you:
•  Browse for and play music, audiobook, video and picture files
•  Listen to the radio
•  Record and play back voice memos
•  Change the player’s settings – language, display brightness, etc.
Option menu
The option menu appears if you press 
  at the playback (Now Playing) screen while listening to the player. It 
provides...

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•  If the highlighted item is playable (for example, an audio file), press 
 to start playback.
•  If the highlighted item indicates the current setting (for example, the repeat mode setting), press 
 to 
change the setting.
Press 
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The Home menuThe top-level or “Home” menu is always displayed when you press and hold . The menu options are:
Audiobooks
Press 
 to enter the Audiobook menu and choose a particular audiobook for listening. 
Radio
Press 
 to enter the Radio menu and choose to either listen to the radio or play vrecordings of 
previous radio shows.
Voice memo
Press 
 to enter the Voice memo menu and choose to either start recording or play recordings 
of previous voice memo.
Videos
Press  
 to enter the Videos menu and...

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Playing music filesThe player sorts your music files by track name (title), artist, album and genre.
1.  In the Home menu, press + or – and 
 or  to navigate to Music.
 
2. Press  to enter Music mode.
3. Use  + or – and 
 or  to navigate through the menus and highlight the desired item, then press  or  to start listening.
Music
Note:
 In other playback modes, press and hold  to return to the Home menu.  

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The following options are available:
• Add to Favorites   – Adds the current file to the Favorites playlist (read page 26).  Each file can be added 
to the Favorites playlist multiple times.
•  Repeat – Toggles repeat mode. Options available: Off, One 
1 , and All  (corresponding icons show on 
the display).
•   Shuffle – Toggles shuffle mode. Plays media randomly when shuffle is On.
•  Album Art – Toggles album art display.
•   Equalizer – Toggles equalizer mode. Options available: Flat, Bass, Pop,...

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Music playback display
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1.  Current file number/total number of files
2. Song name 
3. Artist name 
4. Album name 
5.  Elapsed playback time
6.  File total time
7.  Playback progress bar
8. File bitrate
9.   File type
The information provided in the playback screen depends upon the ID3 tags that have been set up for the 
music file.