User's Guide Creative NOMAD MuVo NX 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 photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. The licensee may make one copy of the software for backup purposes. The Software License Agreement is found in a separate folder on the installation CD. Copyright © 2003 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. Version 1.0 July 2003 Sound Blaster, the Sound Blaster logo, and the Creative logo are registered trademarks, and EAX are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. NOMAD is a registered trademark of Aonix and is used by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or its affiliates under license. Microsoft, MS-DOS, and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Intel and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. CDDB is a trademark of CDDB, Inc. SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corp. EMusic, Emusic.com, and the EMusic.com logo are trademarks of EMusic.com Inc. MP3.com and the MP3.com logo are trademarks of MP3.com, Inc. Audible and the Audible logo are trademarks of Audible, Inc. audiohighway.com and the audiohighway.com logo are trademarks of audiohighway.com. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Contents Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player .............................................................................. i Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents ..................................................................................... i Software Included ...................................................................................... i Creative Media Detector ....................................................................... i Creative MediaSource ......................................................................... ii Creative MediaSource Player ....................................................... ii Creative MediaSource Organizer ................................................. ii Adobe Acrobat Reader ........................................................................ ii Minimum System Requirements ............................................................ iii Document Conventions ........................................................................... iv Web Information ....................................................................................... v Online Registration ................................................................................... v 1 A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance ....................................................................... Using the Scroller ................................................................................. Scroll Select ..................................................................................... Selecting menu options ................................................................... 1-1 1-3 1-3 1-3 2 Getting Started Inserting the Battery ............................................................................. Power Source and Level Indicators ................................................. Installing Drivers and Software ............................................................. Connecting the USB Flash Drive to your Computer ............................. 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading from the internet ............................................................. Creative MediaSource .......................................................................... Transferring Tracks or Files ............................................................. Editing audio track information ........................................................ Ripping Audio CD Tracks ................................................................ 3-2 3-3 3-3 3-4 3-5 4 Using Your Player Turning On/Off your Player .................................................................. 4-1 Music Playback .................................................................................... 4-2 Playing music tracks ................................................................. 4-3 Play Modes ........................................................................................... 4-4 Repeating music ....................................................................... 4-4 Shuffling music ......................................................................... 4-6 Playing a track once ................................................................. 4-7 Normal mode ............................................................................ 4-7 Voice Recording ................................................................................... 4-8 Making a voice recording .......................................................... 4-8 EQ Settings .......................................................................................... 4-9 Enhancing Your Music .............................................................. 4-9 Skipping Folders ................................................................................. 4-10 Deleting Tracks .................................................................................. 4-11 User Preferences ............................................................................... Locking and unlocking your Player ..................................................... Using MuVo Initializer ......................................................................... Media Recovery mode ....................................................................... 4-12 4-15 4-16 4-17 A Technical Specifications Size ........................................................................................... Weight ...................................................................................... Capacity .................................................................................... Battery type .............................................................................. Battery Life (playback time) ...................................................... Interface .................................................................................... Playback Formats ..................................................................... Voice Recording Formats ......................................................... Signal to Noise Ratio ................................................................ Channel Separation .................................................................. THD .......................................................................................... Frequency Response ............................................................... Harmonic Distortion .................................................................. Operating System/Firmware ..................................................... Headphone Out ........................................................................ LCD Display .............................................................................. Data Connector ........................................................................ Firmware Support ..................................................................... A-1 A-1 A-1 A-1 A-1 A-1 A-1 A-1 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 A-2 B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams ........................................................................... Playback Icons ..................................................................................... Play Mode Icons ................................................................................... Error Diagrams ..................................................................................... B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting AutoPlay ............................................................................................... C-1 General ................................................................................................. C-2 Usage ................................................................................................... C-3 Safety and Handling Instructions 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 exceeding 45ºC or 113ºF. Do not expose to heat or incinerate. Do not subject to excessive force or impact. Keep away from excessive moisture. Keep away from strong magnetic fields. Do not dismantle. i Introduction Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Creative NOMAD MuVo NX! Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player's music library and also comes equipped with an USB 1.1TM connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. Your player also supports Advanced EQ features for audio enhancement. Your portable digital audio player supports multiple audio file formats, including MP3 and WMA. i Before You Begin Before You Begin Package Contents The package contents listed here may differ from country to country. NOMAD MuVo NX 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 headphones One AAA size battery Software Included Creative Media Detector Creative Media Detector Creative MediaSource Adobe Acrobat Reader Media Detector makes it easy for you to access multimedia content from various internal or external media. There is no need to hunt through a maze of different software to play different types of files. Media Detector automatically recognizes the insertion or connection of CDs, VCDs, and external devices like Creative NOMAD MP3 players. Upon recognition, the content in the media will automatically start playing. i Creative MediaSource Creative MediaSource Player Creative MediaSource includes several components like the Player and Organizer. For more information and usage details on Creative MediaSource, refer to its online Help. Creative MediaSource Player is the only software you will need for music and multimedia entertainment. Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player is specially designed to access the power of NOMAD MuVo NX's hardware. With it, you can: play back music and multimedia files: MP3 and WMA enhance playback of ordinary music with surround effects using EAX vary the speed of audio playback without affecting the pitch (Time Scaling) use Smart Volume Management to play back a list of songs at a similar volume level even if they were originally recorded at different loudness levels switch between Creative MediaSource Organizer and Creative MediaSource Player with just a click of the mouse use the built-in Creative MediaSource Recorder to record audio Managing a huge collection of audio CDs and MP3 files can be a headache. With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can find any recording easily, no matter where it is stored on your hard disk or external storage devices. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms. Creative MediaSource Organizer Adobe Acrobat Reader ii Minimum System Requirements The software applications on the installation CD may have higher requirements for basic functionality. Refer to each application's documentation for details Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP Intel® Pentium® II 350 MHz, 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 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 30 MB free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio) Installed mouse SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600 resolution or better) iii 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 player. Use this information to avoid situations involving ...