Grundig LED User's Manual
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1. with Intel Pentium processor with at least 100 MHz clock frequency For the use of the Encoder software we recommend an Intel Pentium processor with at least 233 MHz Main memory 32 MB or higher Hard 5 MB free space at least on the hard disk in addition you will need more space on your hard drive for the MP3 files The amount depends on on the number of files you want to archive Graphics adaptor monitor with a resolution of at least 800 x 600 and 256 colours CD ROM drive min 8 x speed is recommended The manufacturer of your CD ROM drive will be able to tell you whether your CD ROM drive supports ripping Sound card Windows compatible sound card with loudspeakers so that you can listen to the music tracks on the PC before you download them Supported operating systems Windows 95 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 3 1 is not supported 2 Installing L E D Please terminate all active applications before you begin with the installation Insert the software CD in your CD ROM drive If the Autostart function of your CD ROM drive is activated the installation program will start automatically If it is not activa ted proceed as follows Start Windows Explorer and change to your CD ROM drive normally drive D or E Start SETUP EXE by double clicking the drive icon with the mouse Dur2. eee eee eee 7 3 1 1 Making your own settings 9 3 1 2 Creating and editing a Play list 1 eee eee 9 3 1 3 Loading music data onto the MultiMediaCard 10 3 1 4 Creating and processing programs 150 only 11 3 1 5 menus and the icon bar in the Download Play list window 12 371 65 Player DECOder 2 tua maw oe hu Ek la al besa OUD 15 3 2 CD Ripper Encoder window 0 eee teeta 16 3 21 RIPP OR ak bode ce lei a Q alana lola cb olan oats than 16 3 2 2 ENGOGER pier SLAG Berle ae hens eS 18 3 2 3 The menus and the icon bar in the Ripper Encoder window 19 4 Troubleshooting sastres i usya un Aa in aso Seats e au aa um ya Ow eS 22 Appendix Remarks about copyright laws page bie kOe Bhd uu hae GANGS Fee heeds 23 Warranty sin a etal ae ek Sew a BY eee PE Sa 24 aio tad tele S LE Oe 25 1 System requirements L E D runs on any Windows PC with 16 MB RAM and 5 MB free hard disk space However to ensure comfortable working we recommend the following minimum equipment
3. Determines the directory in which the Wave files are saved Determines the settings for the encoding Select desired encoder software you can choose between the Lame Encoder a good fast encoder and the Dialog Medien Encoder you should only use this if you have problems with Lame You can also install a different make of encoder as an external encoder For this you will have to enter the path to the program and various command line arguments you can determine the bit rate between 32 KBit and 256 KBit The higher the bit rate the better the quality but also the larger the file Here you can switch from mono to stereo encoding The default setting is stereo If you would like to reduce the amount of data or encode speech you can switch to mono The amount of data will then be redu ced by a half Here the sampling rate see glossary can be reduced to 22 kHz Here you can determine whether the original WAV files on your hard disk are automatically deleted after they have been encoded Here the encoder of another supplier can be implemented as an exter nal encoder In this event you must define a path to the program and enter various command line arguments Here you can determine the provisional name of the ripped wave files the tracks on the CD will be consecutively numbered e g from wave dump1 wavedump14 It is important to be able to change the default name if you want to rip more than one CD at one go
4. Save settings Help Select type of port COM1 to COM4 or LPT1 to LPT3 only available if you have selected either MPaxx100 serial or card station parallel at Device Only shows files in the Selection window with the extension MP3 Accepts other files for the Play list than just MP3 files If this option is activated you will be asked to confirm as soon as you try to delete a track in the Play list Here you can determine whether the ID3 tag of the file is used in the display of the Removes the Riff Wave Header in some MP3 files The MPAxx cannot read files with this header This function should only be activated if necessary because the process of downloading will otherwise be prolonged Restricts the length of the names of the music titles to 16 characters corresponds with the width of the display of the MPaxx Activates the automatic playback of highlighted MP3 files Displays the currently selected directory in the title bar Here you can choose between the English German or the French version Shows name of the inserted MultiMediaCard and information about the occupied and available storage capacity of the card Allocates a card name to the current Play list this will also be downloa ded to the MultiMediaCard and shown in the display of the MPaxx Here you can save your settings for future sessions immediately Provides you with comprehensive help functions Many of the menu options li
5. and the files are to be saved in the same directory By altering the default name you can prevent the music tracks from the first CD from being overwritten 20 Select ripping mode Here you can select the ripping mode generally speaking you should always choose the Burst mode because this is the fastest method If difficulties arise during ripping you can change over to another mode in an attempt to solve the problem Further information You can also check here whether an ASPI driver see glossary has been loaded and find information about the current audio CD in the CD ROM drive Save settings Here you can save your settings for future sessions immediately Icon bar By clicking the appropriate icon you can trigger the most important functions directly without having to make a detour through the menus In terms of its functions the integrated Player Decoder for WAV files corresponds with the one for MP3 files described in section 3 1 5 D ee L N Go to Download Refresh Rip and encode Only ip Reload selected Play list window window files in list files in list CD ROM drive 21 4 Troubleshooting Known problems MPaxx interrupts download The MultiMediaCard is not being recognized although the MPaxx is set to Download Wait and the software is active Ripping is not possible Reason This can occur as a result of a communication problem with Windows So
6. software and load them onto MultiMediaCards see 3 1 Also included within the software is a Player Decoder which enables you to listen to music files on your PC This makes it easier for you to choose the files that you want to store on your PC 3 1 The Download Play list window Click the Windows Start button select Programs in the menu and then L E D When the program has been opened it is in the Download Play list mode In this mode you will determine which files are to be copied to the MultiMediaCard and also perform the download of the files to the MultiMediaCard N led__cd both Music jamgam tars mp3 jamgam E misc 3 pic suedpol aS demos Winamp media file Winamp media file Winamp media file Winamp media file For All My Life Good Morning Nobody is better 3 444 913 N led__cd both Music jamgam 3 598 719 N led__cd both Music jamgam y 3 454 973 N led__cd both Music misc Che 3 1 1 Making your own settings The first thing you should do is adapt the software to your own personal require ments In the Settings menu under the option General you need to choose the device you are using under the Device menu a MPaxx 150 USB b MPAxx 1 00 serial c Card station SR52 PPA d Card station SR54 USB e Card station parallel If you choose b or c the heading Port will appear Here enter the port the device is connected to COM1 COM4 or
7. Display Program menu see below instead of Playlist menu Loads the files in the Play list onto the MultiMediaCard and deletes all existing files Loads the files in the Play list onto the MultMediaCard without overwrit ing existing files Downloads a selected file without overwriting existing files For renaming a selected file ID3 tag information for the selected file can be entered here You can type in the title of the track the artist the title of the album the year it was released the type of music and any remarks In addition technical informa tion about the track will be displayed such as the bit rate and the frequency Deletes all entries in the current Play list Deletes selected entries in the Play list Display Playlist menu see above instead of Program menu Read program from a multimediacard Write program on to a mulitmediacard Delete program on a multimediacard Delete all entries in the program window Delete the entries selected in the program window The following settings can be made Select device which MP3 player or which card station is connected to the PC 13 Port type Show only MP3 files Accept all files for the Play list Confirm when deleting the Play list Use ID3 tag for title in Play list Remove Riff Wave Header before downloading Cut names to display length Autoplay highlighted MP3 file Display directory path Select language MultiMediaCard Play list
8. LPT1 LPT3 Then select the language you would prefer for your L E D software English French or German All further settings can be made at a later date 3 1 2 Creating and editing a Play list You will see a window in front of you that is divided into four sections similar to Windows Explorer On the left hand side you will see the directories on your hard disk On the right hand side in the Selection window the files in the selected directory are dis played HINT If you would only like to see the files with a MP3 extension in the Selection window go to the Settings menu under the option General and click the box that says Display only files in MP3 format On the bottom right hand side you will see the Playlist window The files You want to copy to the MultiMediaCard must be in this window You can transfer the files that you want to copy onto the MultiMediaCard by means of drag and drop or by double clicking the file name HINT To drag and drop an item simply click the item and drag it into the Playlist Window and then click again In the Playlist Window you can also change the sequence of the tracks also by means of drag and drop as well as remove tracks from the list by highlighting them and pressing the delete key on your keyboard In the status bar under the Playlist Window you will see how much storage capacity your Playlist requires and whether the MultiMediaCard has enough
9. Manual GRUNDIG Software L E D Windows 95 98 NT LOAD ENCODE DECODE Welcome We are happy that you have chosen a Grundig MPaxx Player which is supplied with the L E D Load Encode Decode software The Windows version of this software enables you to load MP3 music files from your PC to a MultiMediaCard and to transfer music from audio CDs to the hard disk of your PC The integral encoder which allows you to convert audio files to MP3 files is enclosed as a 30 day demo version If you wish to continue using the enco der you will have to buy a licence key You can do this at http www cydanza com Updates will be available at irregular intervals at our website http www grundig com Here you can also find command line versions for Linux and Windows which can be downloaded free of charge Grundig AG wishes you a lot of fun with your MPaxx Trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Intel Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation All other trademarks are trademarks of the respective owners Grundig AG D 90748 Furth Internet http www grundig com Table of contents 1 System reg iremEntS aou ae eal pose Bd a eek ane ole Rees Wah ae 5 2 Installing bade 6 3 Using LED Heise eho OLS a Whe OMG Gage ss gla d wau 5 7 3 1 The Download Play list window
10. dia file 17 If all the tracks you want to rip encode are listed in the lower window you can begin ripping The Start Ripping only command in the Encoder menu only converts the files form your audio CD into WAV files These will be saved in the directory of your choice You also have the possibility of ripping and encoding the files at the same time by selecting the Start Ripping Encoding option in the Encoder menu 3 2 2 Encoder With the aid of the Encoder you can convert the WAV files into the MP3 format Add all the WAV files you want to encode to the Rip Encode list Now select the Start Ripping Encoding option in the Encoder menu The software automati cally recognizes that the selected files have already been ripped and encodes them The MP3 files which are created will be saved in the directory which you have spe cified Notice The ripping and encoding can take considerable time This depends upon the speed of your computer and your CD ROM drive The higher the bit rate you have selected the longer the process takes As a reference point A Pentium processor with 233 MHz MMX should be able to encode a data amount of 128 Kbit in real time i e encode five minutes of music in five minutes 18 3 2 3 The menus and the icon bar in the Ripper Encoder window You can make a variety of settings using the menus Menu File Go to Download Switches to Download Play li
11. free space to load the complete list 3 1 3 Loading music files onto the MultiMediaCard Connect your MPaxx MP3 player or your card station to your PC via the appro priate interface i e COM1 COM4 or LPT1 LPT3 Please read the operating instructions for your device carefully and make sure the appropriate drivers are installed for the 150 and card stations SR52PPA and SR54USB If you are using the MPaxx 100 make sure it is in Download mode before beginning your download Also make sure only one MultiMediaCard is in the MPaxx If you click the Check MultiMediaCard option from the MultiMediaCard menu at the top of the window the MultiMediaCard in your device will be identified The message Online will then be displayed in the lower left hand window You will also see any saved files if present on the card and the amount of used and available space The music tracks in the Play list will be copied in the given order Should the capa city of the MultiMediaCard inserted be exceeded a message is displayed stating that the card is full Downloading is terminated 10 3 1 4 Creating and processing programs 150 only The MP3 player normally plays pieces of music in the physical order in which they are stored on the MultiMediaCard The Program function allows you to store additional information on the MultiMediaCard which tells the MPAxx150 in what order to play the music You ca
12. ic The tag can be edited and is saved with the MP3 file The file format for music which has been compressed according to the MPEG Layer 3 standard or an earlier version of the MPEG standard MPEG a z Motion Picture Experts Group MultiMediaCard Memory card with a flash memory which can be rewritten more than 100 000 times You can obtain further information in the Internet at the website of the MultiMediaCard association http www mmca org Parallel port A standard PC port which is often used for the printer Ripper Software which reads music files from an audio CD and copies them on the hard disk of a computer Record On Silicon Record On Silicon is a ROM Read Only Memory card Its contents cannot be overwrit ten or deleted and it is sold prerecorded Sampling rate The sampling rate is defined in kHz The higher the sampling rate the better the recor ding quality of the music file Serial port RS 232 A standard PC port USB Universal Serial Bus interface for data transmission available most recent PCs Macs Older models can be updated with a plug in board Status February 2000 subject to technical alterations 25
13. ing the installation you will be asked in which directory you want to install L E D Click the Browse button if you would like to select a directory other than the default one L E D will be automatically added to the Windows Start menu In addition a sub directory named MP3 will be created under the same directory in which L E D has been installed Here you can find examples of MP3 files When the installation has been completed you should start Windows again You must have administrator rights in order to be able to install L E D correctly under Windows NT Before ripping CD files under Windows NT you must install the ASPI driver first In order to do so change to your CD ROM drive and run aspi_nt exe 3 Using L E D software With the L E D software you can load MP3 files onto MultiMediaCards These files can either be downloaded from the Internet or created by converting the music off your audio CDs In order to create files from your audio CD s the music has to be read and stored on the hard disk of your computer in a PC compa tible format This can be done with the CD Ripper integrated in the L E D software A further component of the software is the Encoder The Encoder converts the data into MP3 files which require about 1 12 the storage space of the original audio files see section 3 2 You can archive your MP3 files on the hard disk of your computer compile them in the form of Playlists with the L E D
14. lity or provide any guarantee for the suita bility of the programs or the MPaxx for purposes which deviate from those described in the directions for use Grundig AG can only be made liable for damage which results directly or indirectly from the use of the MPaxx the accompanying software or the manuals or for possible consequential or incidental damage in the event of gross negligence or intent We accept no claims for the loss of or damage to hardware and or software or data as a result of direct or indi rect defects as well as for costs which occur in connection with the accompanying software the documentation or the MPaxx Grundig AG accepts no liability for lost profits The information in this documentation and the accompanying software may be altered for the purpose of tech nical improvement without prior notice 24 Glossary ASPI driver Advanced SCSI Programming Interface A driver which is used to control the CD ROM drive also for ATAPI drives Bit The data transmission rate which is necessary for a continual music playback This is defi ned when the music files are converted into MP3 format The higher the bit rate the better the quality and the larger the file Encoder Software which converts music into the MP3 format 103 Information about the title the artist the year the song was released the type of mus
15. lution Switch the MPaxx into the download mode again Reason There are various possible causes Solution Check whether the right interface menu Settings General has been selected check all connections and click the Check Multi MediaCard option As soon as the message Online will appear in the lower left hand window try to download the files to the MultiMedia Card again If you want to use the same interface for the MPaxx and your modem you must start Windows anew after exchanging the plugs Otherwise the MPaxx will not be recognized Reason An ASPI driver is not present or not correctly installed Solution Install an driver or obtain an up to date driver from the manufacturer of your CD ROM drive If the same problem occurs ask the manufacturer if the drive does not generally support ripping Reason The audio CD is not being recognized Solution Click the Reload CD ROM drive option in the Encoder menu If the problem persists check whether it is really an audio CD and if it is in order Problem The ID3 tag cannot be read Solution The problem is either an invalid format or a new specification of the ID3 tag At the moment there is no solution for this problem at hand 22 Appendix Remarks about copyright laws Intellectual property and this includes music is protected worldwide by copyright In most countries it is permitted to make a copy of legally acquired sound carrier
16. n also repeat individual pieces several times e g 1 2 3 1 5 2 etc In the Playlist menu go to Display program The menu name changes and is now called Program The Playlist Window at the bottom right also changes and is now called Program window At the bottom left you can see the contents of the MultiMediaCard either in the 150 or the card station whichever is connected Click the song you want on the MultiMediaCard and take it by the drag and drop method to the program window If you want that song more than once in your program then drag and drop it in the program window as many times as you want Continue adding songs to the Program List in whichever order you like If you make a mistake simply high light the song and press the delete key on your keyboard To load your program onto the MultiMediaCard select the command Write Program from the Program menu Further functions of the program menu are described in 3 1 5 below 11 3 1 5 The menus and the icon bar in the Download Play list window Menu File New Play list Open Play list Open recent Play lists Save Play list Save Play list as Print Play list Print MultiMediaCard Start Ripper Encoder Exit Menu MultiMediaCard Check MultiMediaCard Rename MultiMediaCard Rename title Delete all Delete last Uploading Menu Play list Creates a new Play list Ope
17. ns a saved Play list Opens one of the last Play lists saved Saves the current Play list Saves the current Play list under a different name Prints the current Play list Prints a list of the titles of the current MultiMediaCard Switches to the Ripper Encoder window Closes the program Identifies the current MultiMediaCard the message Online will appear in the lower left hand window and a list of the tracks on the card Renames the current MultiMediaCard Renames the selected file on the MultiMediaCard Deletes all files on the MultiMediaCard this is only necessary if you pass on the MultiMediaCard to someone else because data which are already present on the MultiMediaCard will be automatically overwritten when you rerecord it via Download overwrite Deletes the last music track recorded on the current MultiMediaCard Possibility of uploading files from the MultiMediaCard to the hard disk of the PC As the MultiMediaCard only saves the first 22 characters of the original file name the name may have to be completed manually Some functions in this menu are only available if a file is selected highlighted 12 Display program Download overwrite Download append Download title Edit title Edit ID3 Tag Delete all Delete selected Menu Program Display Playlist Read program Write program Delete program Delete all entries Delete entry Menu Settings General Device
18. nsideration that ripping is not possible with some CD ROM drives especi ally older ones If you are not sure whether your drive does support ripping ask the manufacturer of your CD ROM drive The files which have been copied from the audio CDs will be in the WAV format and have to be compressed i e encoded before they can be transferred to the MPaxx This is done by the L E D Encoder 3 2 1 Ripper You will see a window that is divided into three sections Similar to the Download Play list window the directories on your hard disk are shown at the top left hand side At the top right hand side in the Selection window you can see the files of the selected directory Insert the audio CD in your CD ROM drive and call up your CD ROM drive in the window on the left The tracks that are on the audio CD will appear in the Selection window at the top You can now make a Rip Encode list by means of drag and drop or double clicking the desired track All the files you wish to encode should appear in the lower win dow of the screen 16 Ripper and Encoder ES kissingrain mp3 aa led test E kissingrain wav diag z kissingrain wav pk Rip Encode Encoding file G Temp led test wave Track03 way kissingraind4 way Track03 wav HFIS WAV Winamp media file WinZip Datei Winamp media file Winamp media file WinZip Datei WinZip Datei Winamp media file Winamp media file Winamp me
19. s e g CDs prerecorded MCs or music files e g from the Internet for personal use The following is certain It is not permitted to offer these copies for sale or to pass them on to third parties Take care when downloading MP3 files from the Internet Check that the files are properly licensed i e that the seller is in possession of the rights to the tracks he is offering 23 Warranty The manuals and the enclosed software programs are protected by copyright The manuals and the software programs are in the present form the subject matter of a license contract and may only be used in accordance with the contract conditions of the license contract The licensee alone carries the risk for any dangers or impairments of quality which may arise from the the use of the product The software programs and the manuals may not be transmitted altered or reproduced either in whole or in part in any form or by any means Furthermore they may not be translated into another natural or machine language The licensee however is permitted to make a backup for his own personal use The passing on of information which is contained in the manuals and the software programs to third parties is only permitted with the written consent of Grundig AG All software programs and the manuals were prepared with the greatest care and checked in accordance with the state of the art Grundig AG does not accept either explicitly or implicitly any liabi
20. st window Exit Closes the Encoder Ripper window Menu Encoder Delete all Deletes all entries in the current Rip Encode list Delete selected Deletes the selected entry in the Rip Encode list Reload CD ROM drive Rereads the CD Start Ripping Encoding Rips audio files and then encodes them or encodes WAV files which have already been ripped Start Ripping only Rips audio files transfers them from the audio CD to the hard disk Menu Settings General The following settings can be made Show only Wave Shows only Wave and CD audio files in the Selection window and CD Audio files Accept all files Accepts other than Wave and CD audio files for the Rip Encode list for the Rip Encode list Confirm when deleting If this option is activated you will be asked to confirm as soon as you the Rip Encode list try to delete a track in the Rip Encode list Autoplay highlighted Wave file Activates the automatic playback of highlighted Wave files Play Sound An acoustic signal will be played back when ripping encoding is over You can assign a Wave or MP3 file of your choice for this purpose Directory to store Determines the directory in which the target files in MP3 format are encoded MP3 files saved 19 Directory to store ripped WAV files Encoder Select encoder Select Bit rate Mono Stereo Downsample to 22 kHz Delete wave files after MP3 is created Use external encoder Ripper CD ROM Default filename
21. sted here are also available in the pop up menus which you can activate by clicking the right mouse button in the individual windows Selection list Play list MultiMediaCard window 14 Icon bar By clicking the appropriate icon you can trigger the most important functions directly without having to make a detour through the menus ol sia a a Start Ripper Playlist Save Refresh Edit ID3 Ta Edit card title Download Ceck Encoder Play list window for selecte and show Play list to MultiMedia file card infos the Multi Card MediaCard 3 1 6 Player Decoder You can also listen to MP3 music tracks on your computer if you have a sound card with loudspeakers or headphones It works in the same way as a HiFi device with Play Start Stop buttons etc b If you want to play a music track which can either be in the Selection window at the top right hand side or already in the Play list on the PC select it first and then press gt If no track is selected the playback will begin with the first track in the Play list 15 3 2 Ripper Encoder window You can gain access to the Ripper Encoder window by clicking the appropriate icon on the icon bar or via the Start Ripper Encoder option in the File menu A new window will open By means of the Start Ripper function music files can be read from an audio CD and converted into a PC compatible format Please take into co
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