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. RCA MP3) and then double-click 
the  rcaeasyrip_setup.exe fi  le to launch the installer. 
•  The software installer can be deleted from the player after installation to free up more storage space*. 
•  It may take several seconds for the player to be detected. Click View -> Refresh  in My  Computer or Windows Explorer to make sure the player has been detected.
•  The player is capable of transferring files at USB 2.0. If a USB 2.0 port is available on your  computer, use it to connect to your 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.
•  IMPORTANT:  Do not disconnect the USB cable from either the PC or the player during the 
software installation.
* The latest software can be downloaded from  www.rcaaudiovideo.com.
The player must be in MSC mode to run the RCA easyRip installer from the player. Your player is 
in MSC mode by default. You can change modes by selecting  Protocol in the Settings menu.
Charging the player
The player charges automatically every time you connect it to your computer. To fully charge the player, 
make sure your computer is on and the player is connected for at least 3 hours. Refer to the battery level 
icon 
  
on the display to check the battery level. Recharge the player when the icon is empty.
Player USB port of your 
computer
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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 RCA easyRipeasyRip lets you:
•  Import music from CDs
•  Organize your music library on your PC
• Create playlists
•  Copy files from your library to the player
•  Copy files from the player to your library
•  Delete files from the player
To start easyRip:
•  Click on the RCA Detective system tray icon and select RCA easyRip from the menu.
•  Double-click the easyRip icon on your PC’s desktop. The easyRip dock appears at the side of your screen.
 
• Help – For detailed explanation on using easyRip, click the Help module on the Module 
Dock.  
•  Video files must be converted and transferred via RCA easyRip for playback on your player.
•  Video, photo, and audiobooks must be transferred while the player is in MSC mode to their  respective folders on the player to ensure proper detection and playback. 
						

							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 containing the files.
3.  Select the files you want to remove and then press the Delete key on the keyboard of your PC.
•  It is best to remove subscription files from the player by using Windows Media Player.
Disconnecting the player from the PCIf the player is mounted in MTP mode:
•  Unplug the player from the PC when no file transfer is in progress.
If the player is mounted in MSC mode:
1.  In the Windows system tray, click the  Safely Remove Hardware icon 
 and then select the device with 
the appropriate drive letter from the list of devices.
2. When the  Safe to remove hardware  message appears, unplug the player from the PC.
IMPORTANT: Do not disconnect the USB connection during file transfer. Doing so may corrupt 
system files or the files being transferred.
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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, you can reset it by pressing the RESET  button on the back of the 
player with a non-metal pointed object (e.g. toothpick).
Display
Option menu
Earphones  Jack Reset  
button
USB jack Play/pause/select 
menu option
Back/Home
Navigate to 
the left/skip  
back/reverse/
menu backNavigate or scroll up/
increase volumeMicrophone
Navigate to the right/skip 
forward/fast forward/menu 
advance
Navigate or scroll 
down/decrease 
volume
Power on/off, 
Lock/Unlock 
						

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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 different options depending on what you are listening to when you press .
Using the menus
Option Menu 
(Now Playing) Menu titles
Menu items
Menu navigationWhen a menu is displayed:
• Press + and – to scroll up and down the list of menu items.
• Press 
 to go to the next menu level. Press   to return to the previous menu level.
Press  
Press 
Press 
+
Press  – 
						

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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 choose a particular video for viewing. 
Music
Press 
 to enter the Music menu and choose an artist, album, genre or individual title. 
Pictures
Press 
 to enter the Pictures menu and choose a particular image for viewing. 
Settings
Press 
 to enter the Settings menu, which lets you:
•  Choose the shuffle playback mode
•  Choose a repeat playback mode
•  Choose an equalizer setting
•  Customize the music menu
•  Set the slideshow image duration
•  Change the screen brightness
•  Change the screensaver setting
•  Choose the power saving setting
•  Choose a record duration setting
•  Switch between US and European radio frequency steps
•  Change the language of the player’s menus
•  Switch between MTP and MSC modes
•  Perform sorting to all music files. 
•  Display the firmware version, space used, and space available
•  Reset the player’s settings to the factory defaults
•  Format device to cleanup all data and old license file
Favorites
As you listen to music, you can add individual titles to a “favorites” playlist. Press 
 to enter the 
Favorites menu and choose a particular title or edit the playlist.
Now Playing
Available only during playback. 
Press 
 to return to the currently playing file. 
						

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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, Rock and Jazz.
•   Delete  – Deletes the currently playing media file from the player.
Skips to the previous file; press and 
hold to scan backwards within a file
Skips to the next file; press and hold to 
scan forward within a file
Starts/ pauses playback
Increases or decreases the volume 
during playback
Shows/hides option menu
Back to previous navigation level. Press 
and hold to enter Home menu 
 
+ or –
 
Option menu (music playback)
Press   at the playback (Now Playing) screen to show the Option menu. Press  + or – to highlight an option 
and then press  to confirm the selection or change the setting.
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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.