Getting started

Hello, new listener.

From box to play in about five minutes in five easy steps.

1 Meet your player2 Charge it right3 Start listening4 Add anything5 Snip the ads
STEP 1

Meet your player.

Up front: the screen and the click wheel — MENU up top, skip on the sides, play/pause at the bottom, select in the middle. Flip it over to the bottom edge and you'll find everything else:

  • Power button — press and hold to turn on or off. Yes, it's on the bottom. Retro, remember?
  • USB-C port — for charging and nothing else. There's no data connection to worry about.
  • Headphone jack — plugs straight into the included kid-size earbuds.
🔊Where's the volume? Press MENU until you reach the main menu, open Settings — Volume is the very first item at the top.
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STEP 2

Charge it right.

Plug the included USB-C cable into the port on the bottom edge and charge with a 5V-1A charger — the small, standard wall brick most households have a drawer full of.

  • Any basic phone charger rated 5V-1A (or a computer USB port) is perfect.
  • Skip the high-wattage fast chargers made for laptops and modern phones — this little guy likes a gentle sip, not a firehose.
  • Charge it fully before the first listen for the best battery life.
🔌Won't turn on? Give it 30 minutes on the charger first — a fully drained battery needs a small head start before the screen wakes up.
STEP 3

Three ways to listen.

Out of the box it just plays — through the built-in speaker or the included earbuds in the headphone jack. Want to pair Bluetooth headphones?

  1. Open Bluetooth from the main menu and switch the toggle on.
  2. Put your headphones in pairing mode.
  3. Open Available Devices and select them from the list. Done — they'll reconnect automatically next time.
🎧Tip for car rides: pair it once with a Bluetooth speaker or the car itself, and the whole backseat gets story time.
Step 4 · The easy button

Add anything with the Storybutton App.

The easiest way to put new content on your player: the Storybutton App. Pop the micro SD card into the included USB-C adapter, plug it into your phone, and any podcast is 3 clicks from your player.

1 Find a show2 Add to Card3 Eject & play
First time connecting? After you tap Connect a Card in the app, your phone opens a Browse screen. Look under Locations and tap the card — fresh cards usually show up as "NO NAME." That's yours. Tap it once and you're in.
  • Download any podcast onto the card — kids' favorites, audiobooks, your own picks
  • Create original music albums — turn any idea into a song
  • Stream all the Storybutton Originals right in the app
  • See what's on the card and manage space at a glance
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STEP 5

Snip the ads out.

Downloaded a podcast that has ads baked into its episodes? The app has scissors. Every Storybutton Original is already ad-free — this is for everything else you bring aboard.

  1. On the Card tab, tap the ⋯ next to any episode and choose Edit audio.
  2. Tap Remove Ads, then select the stretch of audio you want gone on the waveform.
  3. Tap Process Changes — the cleaned-up episode is saved right back to the card.
✂️Preview before you snip: use the play button on the edit screen to scrub through and find exactly where the ad starts and ends.
You're all set

Press play. We'll handle the rest.

Stuck on something? Real humans (who are also parents) are happy to help — and every player is covered by our 1 year warranty.

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