User's Guide Creative MuVo Slim 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 © 2004 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. Version 1.0 March 2004 MediaSource, EAX and the Creative logo are trademarks or registered 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. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contents Contents Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player....................................................................................................................... viii Introduction Before You Begin.................................................................................................................................... xi Package Contents ......................................................................................................................... xi Software Included ......................................................................................................................... xi Creative Media Detector........................................................................................................... xi Creative MediaSource................................................................................................................ xii Creative MediaSource Player......................................................................................... xii Creative MediaSource Organizer................................................................................. xii Adobe Acrobat Reader................................................................................................... xiii Minimum System Requirements ..................................................................................................... xiii Document Conventions.................................................................................................................... xiv Web Information ................................................................................................................................. xv Online Registration ............................................................................................................................... xv 1 A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance..................................................................................................................... 1-1 Using the Scroller ................................................................................................................................ 1-3 Scroll Select.................................................................................................................................. 1-3 Selecting menu options............................................................................................................ 1-3 iii 2 Getting Started Installing Drivers and Software........................................................................................................ 2-1 Charging Battery .................................................................................................................................. 2-2 Power Source and Level Indicators ..................................................................................... 2-4 3 Using Your Software Downloading from the Internet...................................................................................................... 3-2 Transferring Tracks or Files ............................................................................................................. 3-3 Using Creative MediaSource.................................................................................................. 3-3 Using Windows Explorer........................................................................................................ 3-4 Creative MediaSource........................................................................................................................ 3-5 Editing audio track information ............................................................................................. 3-5 Ripping Audio CD Tracks....................................................................................................... 3-6 4 Using Your Player Turning On/Off your Player............................................................................................................. 4-1 Enabling a Mode ................................................................................................................................... 4-2 Playing Music Tracks........................................................................................................................... 4-2 Skipping Folders.................................................................................................................................... 4-4 Changing Play Modes.......................................................................................................................... 4-5 Repeating music................................................................................................................ 4-5 Playing a track once......................................................................................................... 4-7 Shuffling music................................................................................................................... 4-8 Playing all tracks................................................................................................................ 4-9 Listening to FM Radio...................................................................................................................... 4-10 Recording Audio............................................................................................................................... 4-15 iv Recording Voice...................................................................................................................... Recording FM Radio............................................................................................................... Playing Recordings............................................................................................................................ EQ Settings ......................................................................................................................................... Enhancing Your Music ................................................................................................. Deleting Audio Files......................................................................................................................... User Preferences .............................................................................................................................. Locking and Unlocking Your Player............................................................................................ Formatting your Player ................................................................................................................... 4-15 4-16 4-18 4-19 4-19 4-21 4-21 4-24 4-25 Appendixes A Technical Specifications Player ...................................................................................................................................................... A-1 USB Travel Charger (available separately).................................................................................. A-3 B On Screen 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 v Usage ...................................................................................................................................................... C-3 vi 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 subject to excessive force or impact. Do not expose to heat or incinerate. Keep away from excessive moisture. Keep away from strong magnetic fields. Do not bend the player or it could be damaged permanently. Safety and Handling Instructions viii Introduction Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing Creative MuVo Slim! Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player's Music Library, and is equipped with a USB 2.0TM port, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. With your player's built-in microphone you can record voice, and with the FM radio, you can listen to your favorite radio stations. You can also record FM radio on your player. Your player also supports Advanced EQ features for audio enhancement. Your portable digital audio player supports multiple audio file formats, including MP3 and WMA. Recordings are saved in IMA ADPCM formats -- mono for voice and stereo for FM radio. Introduction x Before You Begin Package Contents Contents may vary depending on product model and region of purchase. Creative MuVo Slim Pouch Installation CD incorporating PDF User's Guide Quick Start booklet Stereo headphones Li-Ion battery USB cable 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 of CDs, and connection of external devices like Creative MuVo Slim. Upon recognition, the content in the media will be displayed. Introduction xi Creative MediaSource Creative MediaSource is your ultimate all-in-one digital entertainment software, designed for playing, creating, organizing and transferring digital music. It includes several applications like the Player and Organizer. For more information and usage details on Creative MediaSource, refer to its online Help. Creative MediaSource Player Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player provides exclusive features (such as SmartFit), specially designed to manage and configure your Creative MuVo Slim more efficiently. With Creative MediaSource Player, you can play back a wide variety of digital audio and video formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV, Audio CD, Midi, VCD, AVI and MPEG-1 on the computer. You can also use the integrated recorder in Creative MediaSource to record audio. The Organizer can be considered an extended view of the Player, as it provides additional features to help you manage a huge music library more easily. With it, you can: rip Audio CDs and create high quality digital audio files (up to 320 kbps for MP3 and 160 kbps for WMA) configure the settings for Creative MuVo Slim while it is plugged-in to Creative MediaSource "squeeze" more audio tracks into your player with SmartFit, w ...