Centon's Craze is a sleek and wearable MP3 player.

Centon Craze Overview
Congratulations on your purchase of the Centon Craze!
Centon’s Craze is a sleek and wearable MP3 player. It has a FM tuner for radio broadcasts and display
screen. Additionally, you can enjoy a built-in microphone for voice recording. The Centon Craze comes with a
built in rechargeable battery.
Features
Digital Audio Player
FM Radio- Includes an integrated FM radio for listening to live-broadcast FM radio as well FM radio
recording capabilities
stations.
Voice Recorder- Supports voice recording function with built-in microphone.
Internal Memory- Allows users to store data on internal memory.
Package Contents
Please unpack your Centon Craze and check that the following were included:
-Centon player with magnetic cap
-Headphones
-USB cable extender
Basic Usage:
Power On: Slide the power switch on the side to the on position. The screen will light
up and then when directed to “press on key”, hold down Play until the menu appears.
Power Off: Slide the power switch to off position or hold the play button down for 3
seconds. If the Centon Craze is inactive for an extended period of time it will
automatically power off.
Connecting to your computer:
To connect the Centon Craze to your computer, follow these instructions:
1. Take the cap off the Centon Craze, move power switch to ‘ON’ and connect the USB cable into an
available USB port on the computer.
2. The Centon Craze will appear in My Computer as a ‘Removable Disk”.
3. To remove the Centon Craze from your computer, simply disconnect the USB cable from the computer
after you have finished charging, transferring, upgrading, or synchronizing files. Be sure to click on ‘Safely
remove USB Mass Storage Device” icon on your Windows taskbar before unplugging it.
WARNING: Do not disconnect the Craze while it’s transferring data. Disconnecting
the player from the computer while the data is being transferred can damage the
device and void the warranty.
Loading Music
You can transfer music from your computer to the Centon Craze using the drag-and-drop
method or synching off of your favorite music management software.
1. Connect your Centon Craze to your computer.
2. Go to your My Computer folder and open up your Centon player folder.
3. Open up your music management library.
4. Drag-and-drop music files from your music management library into your Centon Craze
music folder.
5. It is important to structure files on your computer the way you want to browse on your Centon
Craze screen.
Creating Playlist
1. Open up your Centon Craze folder.
2. Create a new folder within the Centon Craze folder and type in the name of your
playlist.
3. Drop-and-drag songs from your Centon Craze library into your playlist folder.
You may also drag-and-drop songs from other software into your playlist folder.
4. Connect Centon Craze to your computer to sync.
Keys
M- The M Button will direct you to main menu, sub menu’s, and is used to select. Different menus may
assign different functions. Different functions may call for a ‘quick press’ or a ‘long press’.
>ll- The >ll Button will be used to play/pause songs, recordings, or replays.
VOL- The VOL Button will be used to control volume.
>>l- The >>l Button will be used to scroll forwards or move to next song, recording, or
replay.

Main Menu
Once the Centon player has been turned on the Main Menu will appear. Files on the
Main Menu will include:
1. Music will appear as MSC. This file will hold all music, playlists, and
recordings.
2. Recordings will appear as REC. This file can be used to record music, speeches,
or reminders.
3. Replay will appear as RPL. This file can be used to listen to recordings.
4. FM will appear as FM. This file can be used to listen to local FM radio
frequencies.
5. Systems will appear as SYS. This file can be used to switch settings to your
preferences based on options provided.
Playing Music:
Follow these steps to play music:
1. Go to MSC on the main menu and press the “M button”.
2. Press the “M button” to search local folders for artists, albums, songs, or playlists.
Local folder on the Centon Craze will mirror how your folders are set up on your
computer.
3. To get back to previous screen and main menu, hold down the “M button” until
previous screen appears. (insert picture)
4. To search artists, albums, songs or playlist in the local folder, use the l>l.
Press the “M button” to select desired track or file to play.
5. Once song is selected, press “M button” to play. To stop song from playing, press
the play button.
6. Press >>l button to skip to the next song or press-and-hold to fast forward.
7. Press ll so that the player reads “yes”. Then when player reads “yes” press “M
button” to delete the file.
To delete music files using the computer, follow these steps:
1. Connect your Centon Craze to the computer.
2. Open My Computer folder and select Centon Craze.
3. Local folder where your music files are stored.
4. Right click and delete the music files or folder you desire to delete.
FM Radio
To listen to live broadcast FM stations, follow these steps:
1. Select FM from the Main Menu.
2. A radio frequency bar will appear.
3. Press l>l to adjust and search for the desired frequency. Short press to tune to
desired frequency. Long press to scan to frequencies with detected strong/good signal.
Press same l>l to stop scan.
To record off of a FM broadcast follow these steps:
1. Select FM from the Main Menu.
2. A radio frequency bar will appear.
3. Press l>l to adjust and search for the desired frequency.
4. Press M Button in FM mode and scroll to record. Then press M Button.

5. Press Play button to start recording.
6. To stop recording, press Play button. To save the recording, hold down the Play
button for 3 seconds until “saving…” is displayed on the screen. The recording
will be saved in the Replay folder.
Programming FM Presets
You can program up to 20 preset stations. To program the preset stations on your
Centon Craze follow these steps:
1. Scroll to desired radio frequency.
2. Press the M Button in FM mode.
3. Scroll to Save and press M Button.
4. To scroll through preset frequencies, press the Play button.
5. To delete a preset frequency, scroll to the desired frequency and press M button.
6. Scroll to Delete and press M Button. To delete all presets, select Delete All.
Recording
The Centon Craze has a built-in microphone allowing you to record your own voice, an
interview, or a speech.
To start voice recording, follow these steps:
1. Press REC button on the Main Menu.
2. Press Play button to start recording.
3. To stop recording, press Play button. To save the recording, hold down the Play
button for 3 seconds until “saving…” is displayed on the screen. The recording
will be saved in the Replay folder.
NOTE: For Home and Personal Use:
This product is intended to be used for recording and playback for your home and
personal enjoyment. Copying and commercial use of copyrighted material without
permission of the copyright owner may be prohibited by law. Use of your Craze,
in compliance with all copyright and applicable intellectual property laws, remains the
responsibility of the user of the product.
To listen to voice recording, follow these steps:
1. Press RPL button on the Main Menu.
2. Press Play to listen recording.
3. Press M button to view local folders for previous recordings.
4. Press M button once previous recording has been selected to listen.
System
You can personalize your Centon Craze settings by scrolling down to SYS and setting
it from the Main Menu.
Record Time
This feature shows you the date and time as programmed by the user. To set the record time:
1.Press VOL to toggle desired value in sequence – year – month – date – hour – minute –seconds -
2. Press l>l to adjust while value is flashing – press M Button to save changes.
Backlight
The Backlight timer program can save power. After having been idled for predefined
seconds, the device will trigger the Backlight timer program automatically and cease
the backlight. You can press any button to wake the backlight up. To set the
backlight timer, please execute the following steps:
1. Press SYS on Main Menu.
2. Move to Backlight and select it.
3. Press l>l button to select desired backlight timer.
Backlight Mode
Each number represents a different background color. 0 through 6 represents different individual colors
and 7 represents rainbow mode which will change the background color each time a button is pressed
on the player.:
1. Press SYS on Main Menu.
2. Move to Backlight Mode and select it.
3. Select color preference by using l>l button.
Language
This shows the language that will be displayed on the Centon Craze.
1. Press SYS on Main Menu.
2. Move to Language and select it.
3. Select a desired language.
Power Off
You can set the timer under Power Off settings to turn off the Centon Craze
automatically when it has gone untouched for a specified time.
Off time (30)- This shows how long the Craze will remain on while inactive before turning
off.
Sleep time (30)- This shows how long the Craze will remain on while inactive before going
to sleep.
1. Press SYS on Main Menu.
2. Move to Power Off and select it.
3. Press the “M Button” once you see a picture on the Centon Craze screen.

4. Press l>l button to select desired Power Off timer.
Replay Mode
The main intent of this feature is for language learning.
“Replay Mode” setting:
Sets “Replay mode” to Manual or Automatic
“Manual mode” indicates that at A-B replay, the player will stop manually.
“Auto Mode” indicates that at A-B replay, the player will stop automatically.
Contrast
To adjust the display contrast for better viewing in different lighting environment,
please execute the following steps:
1. Press SYS on Main Menu.
2. Move to Contrast and select it.
3. Select contrast preference by using l>l button.
Online Mode
Sets the drive mode when connected to the PC via your USB port. The “online mode” choices are
Multi drive ~ Normal Only ~ Encrypted Only.
Operating systems before windows 2000 SP4 cannot support more than one partition on a
USB mass storage device (i.e. with two drive letters).
If the drive has been partitioned and encrypted (password protected) the “online mode”
Function allows you to choose if the drive should be recognized as a “single normal disk”,
“Single encrypted disk” or as “multi drive”.
Memory Mode
This will automatically update on the Centon Craze to show how much memory space is available.
Version
This represents the version in use on the Centon Craze.
Firmware Upgrade
This feature can be used if and when new versions can be upgraded on the Centon
Craze.
Additional Information:
*File Formats supported are MP3 and WMA.
*Operating system compatibility include Windows98/SE/ME/2K/XP/VISTA, Mac OS 10, Linux 2.4.2
*Software and drivers- Windows 98 need install driver, others not required.
*USB2.0 transfer,1M⁄S