Califone 8200 user manual Music App, Movies App, Music Player, Playlists, Movie Player

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5.2MUSIC APP

5.2MUSIC APP

There are many ways to play music files once in the Music App. The following submenus are available:

Now Playing: Opens the Music Player to the song currently playing.

All Music: Shows a list of all the music files in the MUSIC folder on the device.

Artist: Lists all the music files by artist.

Album: Lists all the music files by album.

Genre: Lists all the music files by genre.

Favorites: Lists only those files that have been selected as favorites from the Music Player.

Directory List: View the files by directory on the internal memory or SD card.

Playlists: Lists all the music playlists in the Music directory.

Play Mode: Allows different playback such as normal playback (no repeat), Repeat (repeats one song), Repeat All (repeats all songs in the current list continuously, Shuffle (plays songs from the current list at random.

Background Play: Enable or disable this function as desired. When enabled, the song will play even when exiting to the main menu and performing other functions on the device. Playback will stop when playing a movie/game/etc.

Equalizer: Select different equalizer settings between Normal, Pop, Rock, Country, Jazz, Speech.

MUSIC PLAYER

Once playback of a music file starts, the Music Player will open.

Press on the bar on the bottom to ‘scrub’ or skip to different locations in the music file.

Press MENU to enter the Music Player submenu. The submenu includes functions to set the current song as a favorite, enable/ disable Background Play, and return to the previous menu.

PLAYLISTS

This section describes the playlist files that can be used to play audio and video files in a specific order. Create playlist files on a computer by creating a plain txt file with a name such as: “playlist1.txt”. Open the file and put the text in the same exact format as the example here:

[Playlist]

NumberOfEntries=3

File1=nfl:\MUSIC\file1.mp3

File2=nfl:\MUSIC\Folder1\file2.mp3

File3=nfl:\MUSIC\file3.wav

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1.Replace the folder/file names in the example above with the actual folder/file names.

2.Ensure the files are in the location specified in the 8200 internal memory or SD card.

3.Once finished editing the playlist, rename the txt file with a “pls” extension, such as “playlist1.pls” and then put it into the MUSIC folder on the device.

NOTES:

For video files, replace “MUSIC” with “MOVIES” and put the video files and playlist file into the MOVIES folder instead.

Adjust the NumberOfEntries as appropriate to the correct number of files.

Continue to increment the X in FileX based on the number of files in the playlist.

For files located on an SD card, replace “nfl:\” with “mmc:\”.

5.3MOVIES APP

The Movie App allows playback of movie /video files. Upon entering the app, the following submenus are available:

All Movies: Shows a list of all the movie/video files in the Movie folder on the device. Use the OK button to start playing a file.

Playlists: Lists all the movie playlists in the MOVIE directory.

Resume Playback on Shutdown: Enable this function so that the movie will resume from the point that playback was stopped/ paused even after the 8200 power is turned off.

Display Mode: Change the setting between Original, Normal, or Full Screen to best fit the display or TV. Default is Normal.

Display Bar Option: Switch between displaying the Play Bar with the play buttons, the Time (shown in the upper part of the screen), or Subtitle (when available).

MOVIE PLAYER

Once playback of a movie file starts, the Movie Player will open.

Press anywhere on the screen to open the Movie Player control bar. The control bar includes volume up/down and play/pause buttons. Quickly press the skip forward/reverse buttons to skip to the next or previous movie file. Hold down the skip buttons to fast forward or rewind within the current movie file.

Press the MENU button to enter the Movie Player submenu. The submenu includes functions to change the video size setting

(Original, Normal, or Full Screen), change the display bar, and Return to the Movie Menu.

PLAYLISTS

For information, see PLAYLISTS section in 5.2 MUSIC APP.

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Califone 8200 Music App, Movies App, Music Player, Playlists, Playlist NumberOfEntries=3 File1=nfl\MUSIC\file1.mp3