NAC Portable Standalone Cassette Player User Guide

Quick Start Guide

With this portable standalone cassette to MP3 converter, you can easily convert your old tape to MP3 without a computer, you just need to plug a USB Flash disc on then press “record” button, and the device will convert all of the music on tape to your USB Flash disc in MP3 format automat-ically. You can also playback on it, or just put USB Flash to other place (computer, portable speaker, or transfer to your mobile phone, iPod, etc.) to play the recorded music.

Box Contents

Device
3.5mm earphone
USB power cable
Quick Start Guide

Overview

1. Lid switcher – Slide down to open the lid, so can put cassette in.

2. AUX port – Line out to earphone or an external speaker, or line in from audio source.

3. OTG – Plug in USB flash driver or a USB card reader with SD card, to save recorded music. Only support FAT/FAT32/exFAT formats. Please use a USB flash drive with a capacity of 32GB or less.

4. Volume control.

5. Window

6. Cassette operate buttons – See following details.
   PLAY – press to play the tape.
   DIR – Change the direction of cassette playing.
   – Auto Reverse switch, slide to engage Auto Reverse mode.
   F.F – Fast forward.
   REW – Rewind.
   STOP – press to stop playing tape.

7. DC port – 5V 1A DC. USB power adapter is not included.

8. Convert operate buttons – See following details.

| Press to start/stop record. The recorded file will be saved on USB flash drive
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| Press to start/stop playback
| Previous track
| 1. Next track during playback.
2. Long press to switch recording modes between Manual and Auto in Standby mode.
3. On Manual record mode, press to save the recording file in USB flash drive, and start the new recording automatically.
+/-| Playback volume increase/decrease

LED indicator

Keep on – Standby mode, USB flash drive slotted in.
Flashes quickly (2 times per second) – Recording.
Flashes slowly (1 time per second) – Playback.
Green LED – Manual record mode.
Blue LED – Auto record mode.

Preparation before use

There are three power supply options.

Insert 2 AA batteries
You must open the lid of the cassette player to access the battery compartment. Please follow the polarity illustrations (+ or -) when inserting batteries.

Powered by computer USB port
Connect the included USB power cable with computer USB port and cassette player DC port.

1. Power Jack
2. USB Poet
3. USB Power Cable

Powered by 5V/1A USB power adapter
Connect the included USB power cable with USB power adapter/AC socket and cassette player DC port.

1. USB AC Adapter (Not Included)
2. Power Jack
3. AC 100V
4. USB Power Cable

Cassette Operation

Play cassette tape:

1. Insert a cassette in.
2. Connect a speaker, headphone, or earbuds to “AUX” port of device.
3. Press the “PLAY” button on the top of device. You should hear the music from your cassette.
4. Adjust the volume to your comfort.

Note: To conserve battery power, the conversion mechanism will only work when there is a USB flash drive. You can still play cassette without a USB flash drive, but you cannot record without a USB flash drive.

Record / Convert cassette tape to mp3
Plug in your USB flash drive into the “OTG” port. You will see the GREEN indicator light.

Note: The device supports FAT/FAT32/exFAT formats. NTFS is not supported. Please use a USB flash drive with a capacity of 32GB or less.

1. Only FAT/FAT32 exFAT supported

Press the “PLAY” button on the top of device.
Press the record button and device will begin to convert your cassette to mp3. The GREEN LED will be flashing during recording, and save the mp3 file in your USB flash drive. Press the record button again to stop recording.

You can choose the recording mode to Manual record mode or Auto record mode.

Manual record mode:

After powering on, the device defaults to Manual record mode.
When the cassette playing and a USB flash drive is connected to the device, the device is under standby mode, the GREEN LED shows it is in Manual record mode.
In Manual record mode, you can start and stop recording at any time you like. You can also manually split the recording, to end one track and begin recording a new track.

EXAMPLE: You probably want each song to be saved in a separate mp3 file when you convert the music cassette. In this case, you can quick press the button between the break of the two songs. The device will save the song that just ended and start a new track for the next song.

Note: All files will be saved in the folder named “TAPEMP3” in the USB flash drive, and the files will be named from “FV0001” to “FV9999”. A USB flash drive can only save 9999 mp3 files.

Auto record mode:
In Auto record mode, the device will detect pauses between songs and automatically create new tracks for each song.
To turn on Auto record mode, long press the button for three to five seconds till the LED turns to blue

EXAMPLE: If there are six songs on one side of the cassette, the device will create seven mp3 file. File one to six are the songs, and the seventh file is an empty track for the blank space after the sixth song.

To switch back to Manual record mode, long press the button for three to five seconds till the LED turns back to GREEN.
Note: If the audio is lost for a few seconds during recording, please use the USB flash drive with 40-60 Mb/S read/write speed.

Known problems in Auto record mode: This device works by detecting the level of music. You may encounter these two issues when recording in Auto record mode.

1. If there is a long pause during the song, the device may “think” it is detecting two different songs and split the recording into two separate files. In this case, we recommend using Manual record mode.
2. If the pause between two songs is too short, the device “think” it is one song, and save both songs as one file. In this case, we recommend using Manual record mode.

When you face the above issues, you can use a free software to edit your recorded mp3 files -Audacity. Please download form: https://www.audacityteam.org/download

Note: We don’t suggest to power off or unplug the USB flash drive during recording even though the device is designed to automatically save the mp3 file for previous recording when device is powered off or USB flash is unplugged during recording.

Record / Convert via AUX port
Use the auxiliary line in port (AUX) to record music from other sources, such as the radio, mini disc, CD player, or anything with an audio line out. Use Manual record mode or Auto record mode as described above.

Note: AUX cable is not included.

Playback mp3 files:

The device has playback function so you can check the recorded mp3 files immediately.
Press the playback button, the device will start to play the recorded mp3 music files, and the indicator will be flashing slowly.
Press the playback button again to stop playback, and go back to standby mode.
During playback, use   buttons to play previous or next file. And use +/- buttons to adjust playback volume.

Note: Please do not press the record button during playback. Doing so might delete your data. You can also use the device to play other mp3 files stored in the USB flash drive, but they must be in the “TAPEMP3” folder.

Please make sure the file name of all recorded files by the device are not changed. Otherwise the files might not be played.

Specifications

Convert format: mp3
Power supply: 2 AA battery, any USB port power supply (5V DC adapter, USB form computer, etc.)
USB flash drive: Supports FAT, FAT32, exFAT formats, not NTFS. Better capacity is 32GB or less.
Working time: 2 hours with battery
Audio channel: Stereo L/R
Bit Rate: 128Kbps
Dimensions: 113(L) x 82(W) x 32(H) mm
Weight: 186g (without battery)

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