Ferrari and Porsche PhatBox Digital Media Player PDF Quick Start Installation Guide

Section I : Installing the PhatBox
Mounting the PhatBox When choosing a mounting location remember: Leave at least 3 inches of clearance for the cable. The PhatBox should be mounted parallel or perpendicular to the floor of the car. Don’t mount near wiring or fuel lines. Leave the front of the PhatBox unobstructed for easy insertion of and removal of the cartridge. The unit should be mounted to a hard stable surface, such as particle board or sheet metal.

Connecting the PhatBox to a Car Stereo Head Unit
1. Turn off the car.
2. Gain access to the rear portion of your car stereo.
3. Plug the rectangular PhatNoise connector cable into the port on the rear of the car stereo. (back of car stereo)
4. Secure the PhatBox to a flat mounting location parallel or perpendicular to the floor of the car with the four included self-tapping screws.
5. Fully insert the cartridge into the front.
6. Plug the PhatNoise cable into the back of the PhatBox
7. The red and green lights should turn on. Green (Activity)
8. Approximately 5 seconds later, both lights should be off and stay off.
9. Turn on your stereo (usually by turning the key to ACC).
10. Switch to CD changer mode on your stereo by pressing the CD button. CDC should appear on the display.
11. Wait up to 15 seconds for a welcome message to play.
12. Congratulations! The PhatNoise PhatBox is installed and ready to be used. Turn off the stereo and remove the cartridge.

Section II : Setting up at home
Installing the PhatNoise PhatBox of the PhatNoise Music Manager Software The PhatNoise Music Manager software is included on the CD found in your package. Please make sure that the cradle is disconnected before installing the PhatNoise Music Manager.
1. Close all Windows programs that may be running.
2. Insert the PhatNoise Music Manager software CD into your PC’s CD-ROM drive. The PhatNoise Music Manager software installation program will launch automatically.
3. Follow the instructions to install the PhatNoise Music Manager software.
4. When the installation is finished, the program setup will ask you to reboot the computer.
5. Once your computer has restarted, plug the power connector into the USB cradle. Make sure the cradle is plugged into a power supply.
6. Connect the USB cradle to a USB port on your PC.
7. Insert the DMS cartridge firmly into the USB cradle. Avoid ‘slapping’ the cartridge into place. The green and red indicator lights should illuminate.
The DMS cartridge will then be detected by the computer’s operating system.

Launching the PhatNoise Music Manager
1. Launch the PhatNoise Music Manager software.
2. After the Music Manager splash screen appears, the Load Songs screen will appear. Choose a location on your computer that contains songs you wish to load into the PhatNoise Music Manager database. This may be a music folder you already have (i.e. ” C:My Music “).

Section III : Creating and Managing Playlists
Your PhatNoise Music Manager Software is used to create and manage playlists. If you do not have any digital music files on your computer please go to “Section III : Creating and Managing Playlists” of the user manual to learn how to convert audio CDs into MP3s. To search, create and manage your music playlists, click on the Library button.
1. Creating a new playlist. Click the Create Playlist button. Change the name of the playlist to a name of your choice.
2. Adding songs to a static playlist
1. Click on the All Songs playlist.
2. Type a keyword or phrase in the Search box.
3. Highlight the desired songs.
4. Drag the desired songs into your playlist.

There are many ways to search, organize, customize and add to your music collection. To learn how to create dynamic playlists please refer to “Section III : Creating and Managing Playlists” of the user manual. Transferring MP3s and playlists to the DMS cartridge
1. Make sure the DMS cartridge is inserted into the USB cradle. The LED lights on the cradle will flicker when the cartridge has been properly inserted.
2. Click on the Device Manager button to access the Device View.
3. The Devices view is organized in two parts:
·The PhatNoise Music Manager Playlist and Windows explorer panels.
·The All Supported Devices panels.
4. Activate the cartridge by clicking PhatNoise DMS in All Supported Devices If the DMS cartridge is connected properly, a summary screen appears with a red Go button. If the DMS cartridge has not been configured properly, a configuration wizard will launch. For more information, refer to Appendix A: Updating the Firmware in your PhatBox in the user manual.
5. Click the red Go button.

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