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Important Notice
If you buy the player with inside flash, although the operations of it is
almost the same as that without flash, following statements you should
know:
1. In case that SD/MMC card doesnt insert, all functions still can
be executed because of its inside flash. But if you purchase the
player without flash inside, you must insert SD/MMC card before
using it.
2. The playback will start from the tracks on the internal flash then
external SD/MMC card.
3. Connected the player to the computer, two new disk symbols
with two disk number will appear on My Computer, one is for
internal flash disk, the other is for external SD/MMC card. User
can drag and drop the files on both of them randomly.
4. Other operations with inside flash and operations without
internal flash are the same.

Package Content

AU231 - Digital Audio Player*1

USB extension cable*1 (mini USB to standard USB)
Stereo Earphone*1
User Manual*1
AAA battery *1

Product Overview
Features:

MP3/WMA digital audio player

USB 2.0 high speed flash disk (0MB~1GB)
SD/MMC card reader (up to 2GB)
7 segment display with Blue LED backlight
Five preset EQ modes for user choose: Popular, Classic, Normal,
Rock & Jazz

Four play modes to select: Random, Normal, Repeat 1 & Repeat

all

Support OS: Window 98SE/2K/XP/ME, Mac 9.2 and above.

(Note: For Windows 98SE user, please download driver from our
website: http://www.apacer.com)

Locating controls
Note: Actual player may differ slightly from image below.

Button Description

Screen display

Display description (the black frame is not the part of the LCD display):

Main function and basic operation

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Turning on/off the player :

Press and hold

key 2 seconds, the player will be power on and the

LED backlight will be lit on. After HELLO displays it will enter into
music idle mode, in which displays the total track number and total
play-time of the final track before last power off with displaying.

If turn on the player without inserting SD card, no-sd prompts:

Press and hold

key 2 seconds in music mode to turn off the player
(except PC-Link mode).

Music mode
Play/Pause:
z

Press

key once to start playing in idle/pause mode,

appears

and elapsed playtime start counting time.

Note: 003 is the previous track before last power off.

z

Press

key once to pause current track during playing,

disappears and elapsed playtime stops counting. Then press it once

again to resume playing from the pause point.

Search the tracks:

z

Next track and last track search

Press

or

key to select next track or previous track one by one

in music mode idle/play/pause/stop status. Hold

or

key in

music idle/stop mode to fast search previous or next track continuously,

and track number displayed will change quickly.

Fast-forward and backward

In music play or pause mode, hold

key or

key to fast-forward

or rewind the current track until reach your desired stage then release.
EQ mode selection:
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five EQ modes provided, and select desired one to meet your personal
taste.

In music pause, stop or idle mode, press and hold

key to cycle

through all the EQ selections, then release when you reach desired
one, also can hold

key 2 seconds then release to change EQ

mode one by one in the following sequential loop :

'Normal Jazz Pop Rock Classic
z

System default EQ is Normal mode, which doesnt appear icon on the

LCD.

Play mode setting:

z

Four play modes are available for user. And system default play mode
is Normal, which doesnt appear icon on the LCD.

In music idle, stop or pause mode, hold

key to cycle through all

play modes, then release when you reach desired one, also can hold

key 2 seconds then release to change play mode one by one in

the following sequential loop:
Normal -

(Repeat 1) -

(Repeat all)-

(Random) -

Play mode explanation:

Normal: Play all tracks sequentially one time.
(Repeat 1): Play one selected track repeatedly all the time.
(Repeat all): Repeatedly play all tracks in sequence.
(Random): Play all tracks at random.

Adjusting the volume

z

When the player is in music mode, press

or

key to

increase or decrease volume, meanwhile the volume icon changes

correspondingly.

Bookmark function
z

Auto Reload Playback Settings:

Auto reloads the previous playback settings after power on the device.
Such as volume, play mode and track number. You dont have to
reconfigure your preferred settings.

SD/MMC Card
Please insert or eject the SD/MMC card when the device is in off status.
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If the memory card were in LOCK status, the data inside would be
read-only. You could make no changes to the data, but all buttons are
still effective.

Our player supports major original SD/MMC card of original factory. If

be incompatible with SD/MMC card or cant be detected by the
computer etc., please negotiate with original SD/MMC card
manufacturers.

LED Backlight
z

The display will light up each time a key is pressed and last for 10
seconds. If none key is pressed within 10 seconds, backlight will turn
off automatically.

Connecting to the PC
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Connect the player to the PC, the player display changes as following
sequence with backlight lighting: HELLO - PC-LK Usbby - PC-LK.
And a new disk symbol with new disk number appears on the My
Computer of the PC.

Take data transferring or deleting on the PC port, and USbby

displays on the player screen. And during this process, dont eject the
player.

Safely remove from the PC after transferring, and player will auto
power off.

Note: Below flow chart is the LCD display of the player when
connected to PC.

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Auto power off

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The player will be auto power off if none key is pressed within 3
minutes in pause, stop or idle mode.

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