Brief Product Introduction ………….……………………….….….….…. 5 1.1 Function Overview …..…………….………….………….…………..….… 6 1.2 Specifications ……..………………….……….……………….…….……... 8 1.3 Packing List …………………..…….…………………….….….…..……… 10 2. Appearance Introduction ………….…….…………………….…………... 10 3. Operation Introduction …………………………….................................. 12 3.1 Simple Operation …...………………………………………...……………. 12 3.2 Basic Operation …….………………………………………...……………. 12 3.3 Enter Various Function Modes …….………………………...……………. 13 3.4 Music Mode Instructions .…………………………………………...……… 17 3.5 Sound Recording ....…………………………………………...……………. 29 3.6 Play Recorded File .…………………………………………...……………. 33 3.7 FM Radio …………………………………………………………………….. 35 3.8 System Setting ……..………………………..…………….……................. 37 3.9 Use USB Disk …….…………...........………..…………………………….. 48 3.10 Convert ACT to WAV …………….………………………………………... 49 4. Installation Program ………….…………………………………………….. 50 5. Important Recommendations ……………………………….…......…...... 52 6. Trouble Shooting ………………………………….………..……….……… 56 Legal Disclaimer 1. Astone Holdings Pty Ltd known herein as ‘Astone’, does not guarantee the accuracy or validity of the information outlined in this user manual, although all attempts have been made to display the most accurate information. 2. Astone will not be held liable for any loss, accident or miss use caused by incorrectly following these instructions. At the same time Astone will not be held responsible for damages caused by misinterpretation. 3. Furthermore any data files that have been damaged or accidentally erased during the course of operation and or use are not the responsibility or fault of Astone. 4. Astone holds the right to modify this user manual, software, product packaging or hardware without any advance notice. Warning Battery must be removed from the unit if it is to be left unused for an extended period. Failure to do so can result in the battery leaking, and damaging the unit. 1. Brief Product Introduction Thank you for purchasing this high quality Astone product. The Astone Samba 1000 Digital Audio Box is a unique unit capable of playing Mp3 music, FM Radio and recording high quality voice or radio. This awesome little Digital Audio Box is packed full of features including an equalizer with seven different sound effects, a huge support base capable of displaying eleven different languages, 20 preset radio channels and the display comes in a highly fashionable indigo blue backlight colour. Designed with modern and contemporary views in mind, the Samba 1000 Digital Audio Box fits perfectly in today’s technology and fashion conscious environment where having the best is only a matter of Astone. 1.1 Function Overview .. Support multiple audio frequency, such as MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF and WAV. .. Firmware updating Download the latest updating software from the website for function extension. .. FM stereo radio Automatic broadcast station searching with storage capability up to 20 broadcasting channels with various frequencies. .. Free-driver Flash Disk Function For WIN2000 and above, there is no need to setup the driver program. The file operation can be done directly though “flash disk” in “My Computer” without the management program. .. “ My Domain” Disk mode Using the tool attached to partition the disk into two disks and encrypt one of them, which can hide the space and leaves the encrypted part invisible to outsiders. .. Synchronized display of lyric (Karaoke) Support the most popular LRC lyric file on internet. .. Record/repeat Recording through microphone, then save it as WAV and ACT file format with the option to select section repeat or contrast repeat. This fulfills the function of digital repeat. .. Seven EQ Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz and DBB. .. Multiple play mode Normal, Single Circle, Directory Playing, Directory Circle, All Circle, Random and Browse. .. Set up cutting off time Sleeping mode and power saving mode can be set for your convenience. .. Animation menu Vivid animation menu comes along with the display of words, which makes it handy and easy to use. 1.2 Specifications .. Size: 60(L)*23(W)*15(H)mm .. Display screen: 32mm(L)*10mm(W), back-lighted EL .. Connection: USB2.0(FS) (read 1000K Byte/s, write 900K Byte/s) .. Memory: 128MB/256MB/512MB/1G .. Power : one AAA battery .. Record: Sampling 8KHZ Record format, WAV(32Kbps), ACT(8K bps) .. Record time: 9 hours .. MP3,WMA: MP3’s bit rate: 32Kbps-320Kbps WMA’s bit rate: 5Kbps-192Kbps Frequency response: from 20HZ to 20KHZ Signal to Noise ratio: >85db Distortion: <0.05% .. FM Radio Frequency response range: 76MHZ-90MHZ/87MHz-108MHZ .. Channels storage: 20 .. Music format: MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, WAV .. Temperature: -5 ~ 40 Centigrade .. Support multi-language: English, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish. Supported Operation System: Windows98/SE/ME/2K/XP, MacOS10.3, Linux2.4.2 1.3 Packing List MP...