So here is a (badly scanned) top view of the Disco Trip. I apologize for the fuzziness. Labeled are all the buttons visible from the top of the player. Now for a brief list of what be up wid doze crazy buttons!

Open: Opens player (use care with this button!)
Rec / Dir / File: When the player is in record mode,it begins recording audio.When the player is in dir mode, it play files in specified directory.When the player is in file mode, it play all files in all directory.
Play / Mode: Cycle through play modes (All, Intro, Single, Random, Programmed)
Repeat / Enter: Toggle repeat of Play Mode (when done with selected mode, will repeat same mode)
Next: When pressed once, skips to next track. When pressed and held, fast forwards through current track. When pressed once, then pressed and held, skips through tracks at high speed
Preview: Same as Next but in the opposite direction
Stop: Stops play and turns player off. If in record mode, stops recording.
Play / Pause: Plays current track, or pauses it if it's already playing. When in record mode, plays back recorded audio.



Volume Control: Adjusts volume.
Remote Jack: Input for remote control (not currently available)
Headphone Jack: Headphone output.
Microphone Jack: Microphone input jack.
REC / PLAY: Switch between record mode and play mode.

AC Adapter In Jack: Input for external power adapter.
Normal / Hold: Toggles button funtionality (prevents accidental commands)

NOT SHOWN: BACK OF PLAYER
Line Out Jack: Line out audio output.

1) Turn on the player by pressing PLAY/PAUSE.

2) The player will go through its "sort" procedure, reading the file table. Wait until it starts playing track 1.

3) Press PLAY/MODE button 4 times to put it into DIR mode. Note that you will pass through "RAND" mode, making it start playing a random track.

4) Press REC/DIR/FILE once or twice until the display says "dir" (just once assuming you've just turned on the player). You don't need to hold this button down.

5) Press the PREVIEW button. The display will say "XX UP" where XX is the current directory number. Then, it will go back to the track/time display it had before, but the minute part of the time display will be blinking.

6) The minute section of the time display shows the directory number. Press PREVIEW to decrease the number and NEXT to increase it.

7) After you get to the directory you want, stop pressing any buttons until the directory number starts blinking. Then press *and hold* the NEXT button.

8) The display will say "XX doun" where XX is the directory number and start playing the first track in that directory. A couple of notes: * After all the files in that directory are played, the player will turn off. You don't *need* to use directory mode if you have CDs with directories on them. The files on the disc are numbered sequentially, regardless of what directory they're in. Example: Let's say you have a CD with 3 directorys, each with 10 songs. If you are on song 2 of directory 3, that's the same as track 22 (which is what the MPTrip will show). You can get to that song by going into directory mode OR just pressing NEXT 21 times assuming you're on track 1. * For PCs: In a DOS window, do: tree X:\ /f > list.txt *or* dir X:\ /s/b > list.txt where X is your CD-ROM's drive number. This creates a file called list.txt that gives you the songs in the order the DiscoTrip will play them.