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Creative MUVOTX256 - Nomad MuVo TX 256 MB Digital Player Manual

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    User's Guide Creative NOMAD MuVo TX Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including
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    Contents
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    Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player vi Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents viii Software Included viii Creative Media Detector viii Creative MediaSource ix Creative MediaSource Player ix Creative MediaSource Organizer ix Adobe Acrobat Reader x Minimum System
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    and Software 2-3 Connecting the USB Flash Drive to your Computer 2-4 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading from the internet 3-2 Creative MediaSource 3-3 Transferring Tracks or Files 3-3 Editing audio track information 3-4 Ripping Audio CD Tracks 3-5 4 Using Your Player Turning On
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    Response A-2 Harmonic Distortion A-2 Operating System/Firmware A-2 Headphone Out A-2 LCD Display A-2 Data Connector A-2 Firmware Support A-2 B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams B-1 Playback Icons B-2 Play Mode Icons B-3 Error Diagrams B-4 C FAQs and Troubleshooting iv
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    AutoPlay C-1 General C-2 Usage C-3 Digital Rights Management C-5 v
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    Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player While your player is quite robust, observing these handling procedures will prolong its life. Do not store or use in areas
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    in purchasing the Creative NOMAD® MuVo® TX! Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player's music library and also comes equipped with an USB 2.0™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. Your player also supports Advanced EQ features
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    and region of purchase. Software Included Creative Media Detector ❍ NOMAD MuVo TX Player (consists of one USB Flash Drive and one battery module) ❍ Additional battery module ❍ Armband ❍ Installation CD incorporating PDF User's Guide ❍ Quick Start Guide leaflet ❍ Stereo earphones ❍ One AAA size
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    digital audio files (up to 320 kbps for MP3 and 160 kbps for WMA) ❍ configure the settings for the NOMAD MuVo TX while it is plugged-in to Creative MediaSource ❍ "squeeze" more audio tracks into your player with SmartFit, which employs intelligent track management and WMA compression ❍ view the
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    AMD® K6-2® 450 MHz or better processor (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding) ❍ CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support ❍ USB 1.1 port (USB 2.0 port recommended) ❍ 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) ❍ 30 MB free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio) ❍ Installed
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    Document Conventions We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you: Tip. This tells you about shortcuts or hints relating to a feature. Note. This highlights additional or important information about a feature. Caution! This highlights proper usage of your product. Follow these
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    ❍ troubleshooting ❍ documentation updates ❍ software updates or purchases ❍ technologies used in your player ❍ an online glossary Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your product during installation, or at www.creative.com/register. Benefits include: ❍ Service and Product support from Creative
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    1 A Tour of Your Player
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    A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Earphone connector Play/Pause button Microphone LCD screen Scroller Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button Front View Side View A Tour of Your Player 1-1
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    Button PLAY/PAUSE VOLUME INCREASE What It Does ❍ turns the player on and off ❍ activates the LCD backlight ❍ starts, pauses or continues playback ❍ increases the volume VOLUME DECREASE ❍ decreases the volume SCROLLER ❍ skips to the previous/next track ❍ fast-forwards/rewinds a track ❍ scrolls
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    you want, and select the option by pressing the Scroller. Selecting menu options The Scroller is one of the most important features of your NOMAD MuVo TX. In this document, we will use a new term, "Scroll Select", to indicate that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options and then
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    2 Getting Started
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    Getting Started Inserting the Battery a b c Getting Started 2-1
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    Power Source and Level Indicators The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, volume level used). For more information, see "Usage" on page C-3. After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery's status. Icon
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    feature. For more details see "AutoPlay" on page C-1. 3. Click the Install software for NOMAD MuVo TX option to select it. 4. Click the OK button. 5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. 6. If prompted, restart your computer. To install the software, Windows 2000
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    Computer You are now ready to connect your player to your computer. Your NOMAD MuVo TX comes with a USB 2.0 port for data transfers to and from your computer. Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before connecting your player. To transfer audio or data files to your player, refer
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    3 Transferring Tracks or Files
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    Creative MediaSource is the best way to organize and transfer audio to and from your player. This chapter includes basic instructions on using MediaSource to rip audio CDs, transfer tracks by manual the supported formats (MP3 or WMA file formats), then transferred to your player with Creative
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    .com http://www.epitonic.com ❍ AMP3.com http://www.amp3.com ❍ ArtistOne.com http://www.artistone.com ❍ Soundbuzz.com http://www.soundbuzz.com Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-2
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    with your player are provided in this chapter- extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource Help file. Transferring Tracks or Files You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications. With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to
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    all changes have been made. The new track information will be stored. To edit information about multiple tracks 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. In the Content window, locate the tracks you want to edit, hold down the CTRL key
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    Ripping Audio CD Tracks Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and a program known as a Ripper. With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can rip tracks from most audio CDs. This program uses the CD-ROM drive to
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    Rip Now button. To rip tracks from an audio CD 1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 3. In the Sources window, select [e:] Audio CD (where e: represents your CD-ROM drive). 4. In the Content
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    4 Using Your Player
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    on whether you are in Music or Voice mode. Press and hold the Play/Pause button until your player turns on. The CREATIVE logo appears onscreen, followed by the MuVo TX logo. Music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. To turn off your player Press and hold the Play/Pause
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    Disconnecting your Player To stop your player in Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Me Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Taskbar, click Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device, and disconnect your player when you are prompted to do so. To stop your player in Windows 98 SE Make sure that
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    Music Playback To add audio tracks to your player, see "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. If you are in Voice mode and the Voice Mode icon do the following to return to Music mode. To enable Music mode 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-1) appears. appears onscreen, 2.
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    Playing music tracks Follow these steps to play music tracks. 1. Press the Play/Pause button for a few seconds. The Creative MuVo TX logo appears onscreen, and music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. Elapsed time Play Status Icon Music Mode Icon Play Mode Icon
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    Play Modes Only one Play Mode can be enabled at a time. Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. The following Play Modes are available: ❍ A-B ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat All ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Once ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍
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    Repeating music You can choose to repeat a track, folder, all tracks or a portion of a track. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-5) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears (Figure 4-6). 3. Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step: Figure 4-5
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    A portion of a track can only be repeated once; marking a new portion will automatically remove any markers in the track. To repeat all tracks Scroll Select the Repeat All icon. The Repeat All icon appears onscreen and all tracks are repeated continuously until you stop playback. To repeat a
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    Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used to shuffle all tracks (or tracks in a folder) once, or to repeatedly shuffle all tracks. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-7) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears (Figure 4-8). Figure 4-7 Figure 4-8 Depending
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    Playing a track once To Shuffle Repeat all tracks continuously Scroll Select the Shuffle Repeat icon. The Shuffle Repeat icon appears onscreen and tracks are selected at random and played back continuously until you stop playback. When the Track Once Play Mode is enabled, playback stops once the
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    Normal mode Once the "Normal" mode is enabled, each track is played back in a sorted order, from the first track to the last. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-11) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears. 3. Scroll Select the Normal icon (Figure 4-12). All tracks
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    Voice Recording Making a voice recording You cannot pause the voice recording. A great NOMAD MuVo TX feature is its ability to record audio. Recorded audio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) file format. When recording, note that
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    Classical ❍ Jazz ❍ Custom EQ You can use EQ settings with the audio being played back. This simple process is described in the following instructions. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-14) appears. 2. Scroll Select the EQ icon (Figure 4-15). Figure 4-14 Figure 4-15 Depending on which
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    To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select the Custom EQ icon. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 4-16) appears. 2. Five vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher Figure 4-16 frequencies that can be controlled. 62 Hz controls bass frequency,
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    you want to skip to. 4. To resume normal playback, press the Scroller again. Figure 4-17 This action permanently deletes tracks from your NOMAD MuVo TX. To delete a track 1. In Music mode, select the track that you want to delete. 2. Press the Scroller. 3. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure
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    User Preferences These features are only available in Music Mode and Voice Mode. Your player offers many configuration options. You can ❍ change the LCD orientation ❍ specify contrast settings ❍ change the LCD screen's backlight duration ❍ specify how long the player remains inactive before it
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    Depending on which configuration option you want, follow the corresponding step: To rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees Left-handed users may find this feature useful. Using your left hand Using your right hand Scroll Select the LCD Orientation icon . The LCD screen rotates 180 degrees (Figure 4-22
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    To set the contrast level for your player's screen 1. Scroll Select the Contrast icon. The Contrast screen (Figure 4-23) appears. 2. Use the Scroller to increase or decrease the LCD contrast. The lower the number, the lower the LCD contrast. Figure 4-23 To adjust the screen backlight duration 1.
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    Locking and unlocking your Player Locking your NOMAD MuVo TX will disable all buttons on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Pause) pressed accidentally. If you
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    Player Windows 98 SE users must install the NOMAD MuVo TX drivers before formatting the player. For more information on appears (replace f:\ with the drive letter of your player). 4. Follow the onscreen instructions to format your player. Windows 2000 and Windows XP users must select FAT only in
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    A Technical Specifications
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    Formats Voice Recording Formats ❑ 36.7 mm (L) x 74.0 mm (H) x 16.0 mm (W) ❑ 31.5 g (without the battery) or 43 g (with a AAA battery) ❑ 128 or 256 MB built-in memory ❑ One Alkaline AAA size battery ❑ MP3 128 kbps, up to 14 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkaline atteries. ❑ WMA 64 kbps
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    ❑ Upgradeable via Internet Headphone Out ❑ 1/8" stereo minijack, 5~7 mW LCD Display ❑ Large 96 x 32 pixel, blue EL backlit display Data Connector ❑ USB 1.1 ❑ USB 2.0 Firmware Support** ❑ Programmable ** Firmware upgrades are available from www.NOMADworld.com Technical Specifications A-2
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    B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide
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    Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams Diagram Action/Meaning ❍ your player is connected to your computer. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. ❍ files are being transferred to your player. Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-1
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    Playback Icons The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used. Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Play ❍ Pause ❍ Stop ❍ Forward ❍ Reverse ❍ Skip forward ❍ Skip back Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-2
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    Play Mode Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Repeat All ❍ Shuffle Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Repeats a selected section of a track Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3
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    the problem. Diagram Likely Causes Suggested Action ❍ physical defects ❍ numerous high- impact shocks ❍ call Technical Support ❍ task (for example, deleting a file) ❍ clear your player's memory ❍ call Technical Support ❍ unsupported file system ❍ corrupted file system ❍ check that the
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    back is a .WMA, .MP3 or recorded voice file ❍ delete some files ❍ battery is depleted, player cannot start up ❍ insert a new battery Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-5
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    C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting
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    FAQs and Troubleshooting AutoPlay What do I do when the installation does not start . 2. Right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then click AutoPlay. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions. To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification 1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2. Double
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    ? Visit NOMADworld for updates and downloads relating to all NOMAD products, Creative's MP3 players and accessories. Visit www.NOMADworld.com. Windows XP tells may choose to click the Continue Anyway button. Creative has tested this driver or update on Windows XP, and it does
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    following: ❍ format your player. For more information, refer to "Formatting Your Player" on page 4-19. ❍ check that the batteries used are not depleted. FAQs and Troubleshooting C-3
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    file naming convention (for example, 12345678.MP3) you can store up to 256 files in your player's root directory. Note that a folder is considered as number of characters in the file name. Can I use the NOMAD MuVo TX for portable data storage? Yes, you can. I have to change the Troubleshooting C-4
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    Digital Rights Management Can I play DRM-protected WMA files on my Nomad MuVo TX? Yes. FAQs and Troubleshooting C-5
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