User manual CREATIVE MUVO SLIM

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, which employs intelligent track management and WMA compression view the contents of your computer and your Creative MuVo Slim using the dual-window transfer panel, convenient for file transfer locate songs in a few seconds, just by typing some keywords into the sophisticated music search engine Introduction xii Creative MediaSource Organizer Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® is a software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer platforms. 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® XP, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000, or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) 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 1.1TM port (USB 2.0 port recommended) 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 30 MB free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio) SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600 resolution or better) Introduction xiii 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 directions to prevent the loss of data, or damage to your product or system. Warning! This warns you of possible hazards that may result in bodily harm or life-threatening situations. Introduction xiv Web Information When checking on product information, go to your respective region. Visit www.creative.com regularly for information on: firmware updates tips and tricks FAQs troubleshooting documentation updates software updates or purchases technologies used in your player an online glossary Online Registration 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 Exclusive updates on promotions and events Introduction xv 1 A Tour of Your Player A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Volume Decrease button Volume Increase button Play/Pause button Scroller LCD screen Top View Front View Strap lug USB port Headphones connector connects to your headphones Battery panel Left View Right View A Tour of Your Player 1-1 Button PLAY/PAUSE What It Does Usage Tips press and hold until player turns on or off when your player is locked, press to turn LCD backlight on turns the player on and off activates LCD backlight starts, pauses or continues playback changes Scroller mode in FM Radio mode VOLUME INCREASE increases the volume press and hold to increase the volume quickly VOLUME DECREASE decreases the volume press and hold to decrease the volume quickly SCROLLER goes to the previous or next track moves ahead or moves back within a track scrolls through menu options selects menu options selects or scans FM radio channels during playback, turn and release the Scroller to go to the previous or next track. during playback, turn and hold the Scroller to move ahead or move back within a track turn the Scroller to scroll through menu options and press the Scroller to select them. This action is also referred to as "Scroll Select" A Tour of Your Player 1-2 Using the Scroller Scroll Select The Scroller is one of the most important features of your Creative MuVo Slim. 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 select the option by pressing the Scroller. To "Scroll Select", use the Scroller to scroll to the option you want, and select the option by pressing the Scroller. The Scroller (top view) Use the Scroller to scroll through options Press the Scroller to select an option Depending on the screen you are in, you can have different menu options. You can also choose options from a list or a confirmation box. Selecting menu options You can use the Scroller to make selections in menus. For example, if you are looking at the Menu screen: From the Menu screen to the Play Mode screen 1. Use the Scroller to scroll through the menu options. 2. Press the Scroller to select the menu item. A Tour of Your Player 1-3 2 Getting Started Getting Started Installing Drivers and Software Your Creative MuVo Slim includes software so that you can create audio tracks, manage your music library, and use your player in all supported Windows operating systems. Your Installation CD also includes the drivers necessary for Windows 98 SE. DO NOT connect your player to your computer when installing the drivers or software. Windows 98 SE users must install the drivers to charge the player's battery and transfer tracks or files to the player. 1. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. If not, you need to enable your CD-ROM drive's autoinsert notification feature. For more details, see "AutoPlay" on page C-1. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. For Windows 98 SE users, make sure the MuVo Slim Driver option is selected on the Install Software screen. 3. If prompted, restart your computer. To install the software, Windows XP and Windows 2000 users must log in as the System Administrator or a user with System Administrator privileges. For more information, refer to your operating system's online Help. Getting Started 2-1 Charging Battery To charge your battery, you can connect your player directly to the computer using the supplied USB cable, or to a USB charger (available separately). 1. Insert the supplied battery into your player. a b 2 1 2 c 1 When opening or closing the battery compartment, handle with care. When opening the panel, make sure you slide out the battery panel as far as you can. Figure 2-1 Getting Started 2-2 2. Connect your player to your computer's USB port using the supplied USB cable (see Figure 2-2). You can connect your player to a USB hub with an external power supply. If you are using a passive or bus-powered USB hub, and the charge symbol does not display, connect the player directly to your computer's USB port or to a USB hub with an external power supply. appears on your player's LCD. Figure 2-2 3. Charge the battery until appears on your player's LCD. Charging your battery for the first time will take about 3 hours. 4. Disconnect your player from the computer. Your player must be disconnected in a proper manner. For information on stopping your player, see "Usage" on page C-3. Getting Started 2-3 Power Source and Level Indicators After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery's status. Icon What the icon means Notes your player's battery is full this battery state icon shows that the battery is full The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, volume level). For more information, see "Usage" on page C-3. your player's battery is 60% full your player's battery is 30% full charge the battery at the earliest opportunity Getting Started 2-4 3 Using Your Software Using Your Software Creative MediaSource is included on your installation CD (see "Installing Drivers and Software" on page 2-1). To listen to transferred audio tracks, your player must be in Music mode. For more information, refer to "Using Your Player" on page 4-1. 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 selection and edit track information. If you wish to download additional music tracks to your player, you can either download music tracks from Internet music sites (see "Downloading from the Internet" on page 3-2) or "rip" them from audio CDs to your computer. Music files must, however, be encoded into the supported formats (MP3 or WMA), which can then be transferred to your player with Creative MediaSource Organizer. You may use also Windows Explorer to transfer audio and data files. Using Creative MediaSource, data files such as presentation or graphics files, can also be transferred to and stored in your player. Using Your Software 3-1 Downloading from the Internet To get music files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with music content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are correct at the time of this document's release): SoundClick.com http://www.soundclick.com ArtistOne.com http://www.artistone.com It is illegal to encode music files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permission of the copyright holder(s). Epitonic.com http://www.epitonic.com Soundbuzz.com http://www.soundbuzz.com AMP3.com http://www.amp3.com Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer. Using Your Software 3-2 Transferring Tracks or Files With Creative MediaSource or Windows Explorer, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. You must restart your computer after installing the Creative applications. Using Creative MediaSource 1. Connect your player to your computer's USB port using the supplied USB cable (see Figure 2-2). 2. Click Start Programs Creative Creative MediaSource Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer. 3. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 4. Click the Show/Hide Right Panel button. 5. In the Sources window, select the source device. If you are transferring files from PC Music Library to a portable hard disk, select PC Music Library as your source. 6. In the Content window, select the tracks to transfer. CTRL-click to select multiple tracks. 7. In the Right Panel window, click the Source bar and select the destination. Using Your Software 3-3 8. Click the Destination Transfer button to transfer the selected tracks. The Now Transferring dialog box appears, showing the current transfer status. Using Windows Explorer 1. Connect your player to your computer's USB port using the supplied USB cable (see Figure 2-2 on page 2-3). 2. On your desktop, right-click the My Computer icon, and then click Explore. 3. Copy the files into your player using a drag-and-drop operation. WMA files with Digital Rights Management cannot be copied to your player using Windows Explorer. You can only do so with applications like Windows Media Player or Creative MediaSource. Using Your Software 3-4 Creative MediaSource Editing audio track information Only basic instructions on how to use Creative MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter -- configuration instructions and more detailed usage information are found in the Creative MediaSource Help file. You may need to edit track information when the information is incomplete or wrong. To edit information about a track 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. In the Content window, locate the track you want to edit, and right-click it. 3. Select the Properties option. A dialog box appears. 4. Select the Tag Information tab. 5. Click a track property under the Property column. The entire row of information is highlighted. 6. Click an information in the Value field to edit it. 7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to change other track properties. 8. Click the OK button when 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 and select them. 3. Right-click to edit the Album, Artist or Genre. Using Your Software 3-5 4. Type in the new Album, Artist or Genre. 5. Click the OK button. Ripping Audio CD Tracks Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD information from CDDB before ripping tracks. The first phase in making an MP3 file is extracting audio data from an audio CD. To extract audio data, you will need 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 read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on your hard disk. The time needed for a successful audio extraction depends on: CD-ROM drive speed defects, like scratches on the audio CD error-checking features on the CD-ROM drive Encoding is the second phase of making an MP3 file. Encoders are used to convert the stored audio tracks, usually WAV files, into MP3 files. MP3 encoding is considered lossy compression, which means that some data is lost during compression. However, using the standard sampling rate and bitrates will ensure that your MP3 files retain much of their audio quality. The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps, although some are set higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Higher bitrates will result in larger MP3 file sizes, with better audio quality. Use Creative MediaSource Organizer to extract audio tracks and encode MP3s. You can rip an audio CD's tracks to your player, hard disk or PC Music Library. You can choose to rip an entire CD, or selected tracks from the audio CD. Using Your Software 3-6 Change the default ripping format and bitrate for higher or lower quality audio. See Creative MediaSource's Help file for details To rip a 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 (replace E: with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive). 4. In the Task bar, click the 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 (replace E: with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive). 4. In the Content window, select the tracks to rip. Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple tracks. 5. Drag the selected tracks to PC Music Library in the Source window. The Now Transferring dialog box appears, showing the current ripping status. Using Your Software 3-7 4 Using Your Player Using Your Player Your player can function in Music, Recordings, Microphone or FM Radio mode. In Music mode, only .MP3 or .WMA files are played back and in Recordings mode, only microphone and FM radio recordings that are recorded by the player, are played back. To switch between modes, see "Enabling a Mode" on page 4-2. Your player also has play modes that allow you to change how your audio tracks are played back. For more information, see "Changing Play Modes" on page 4-5. Turning On/Off your Player To turn on your player Press and hold the Play/Pause button until your player turns on. Audio tracks are played back in alphanumeric order. The CREATIVE logo appears on the screen, followed by the MuVo Slim logo. Your player will enter the last mode you were in before you turned if off. To turn off your player Press and hold the Play/Pause button after the Power off message disappears. for a few seconds until Using Your Player 4-1 Enabling a Mode 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-1 appears. 2. Scroll Select the Music icon icon icon , Microphone icon . , Recordings or FM Radio Figure 4-1 Playing Music Tracks To play a track 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-2 appears. Figure 4-2 If there are no audio tracks in your player, the "No music" message will appear on the screen. 2. Scroll Select the Music icon (Figure 4-3). 3. Scroll Select a song you want to play. The track is played back automatically. See Figure 4-4 for normal playback view. Play mode icon EQ setting icon Elapsed time Lock Figure 4-3 To add audio tracks to your player, see "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. Play status icon Current playing mode Track title Battery level indicator Current track number/ Total track number Figure 4-4 Using Your Player 4-2 To pause a track Press the Play/Pause button To go to the previous track . Turn the Scroller towards the left To go to the next track and release it. Turn the Scroller towards the right To stop a track and release it. 1. Press the Play/Pause button to pause the track. 2. Turn the Scroller and release it. The Stop icon appears on the screen. Using Your Player 4-3 Skipping Folders When you have audio files grouped in different folders, and you want to listen to those in a particular folder immediately, use this feature. After the last audio file in that folder has been played back, those from the next folder will be played next. To select a folder Skip Folder mode is only available in Music mode. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-5 appears. Figure 4-5 Your player can only recognize up to one sub folder level in the root directory. 2. Scroll Select the Skip Folder icon (Figure 4-6). The Skip Folder icon appears on the screen. 3. Scroll to the folder that you want to select. Figure 4-6 Using Your Player 4-4 Changing Play Modes Your player has play modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. You can select the play modes during music, voice or FM radio playback, or when you are in Music or Recordings modes. The following play modes are available: Only one play mode can be enabled at a time. Play modes are available in Music and Recordings mode, and during music, voice or FM radio playback. A-B Repeat Track Repeat All Repeat Folder (available in Music mode only) Track Once Shuffle Repeat Shuffle Once Shuffle Folder (available in Music mode only) Normal Play modes are disabled by enabling the "Normal" mode as described in "Playing all tracks" on page 4-9. Repeating music You can choose to repeat a track, folder, all tracks or a portion of a track. 1. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-7 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon (Figure 4-7). A list appears (Figure 4-8). Figure 4-8 Using Your Player 4-5 Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step: To repeat a portion of a track A portion of a track can only be repeated once; marking a new portion will automatically remove any markers in the track. 1. Scroll Select the A-B icon (Figure 4-9). The icon appears on the screen. 2. Press the Scroller to mark the begining of the portion you wish to repeat. The icon appears on the screen. Figure 4-9 3. Press the Scroller again to mark the end of the portion. The icon appears on the screen. The marked portion is played back repeatedly. 4. To resume normal playback, enable "Normal" mode as described in "Playing all tracks" on page 4-9. To repeat a track in the Playing List Scroll Select the Repeat Track icon (Figure 4-10). The Repeat Track icon appears on the screen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it or skip to another folder. To repeat all tracks Figure 4-10 Scroll Select the Repeat All icon (Figure 4-11). The Repeat All icon appears on the screen and all tracks are repeated continuously until you stop them. Figure 4-11 Using Your Player 4-6 To repeat a folder Repeat Folder mode is only available in Music mode. Scroll Select the Repeat Folder icon (Figure 4-12). The Repeat Folder icon appears on the screen and tracks in the current folder are repeated continuously until you stop them or skip to another folder. Figure 4-12 Playing a track once When the Track Once play mode is enabled, playback stops once the current track ends. 1. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-13 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon (Figure 4-13). A list appears (Figure 4-14). Figure 4-14 3. Scroll Select the Track Once icon (Figure 4-15. The Track Once icon appears on the screen. Playback stops once the track ends. Figure 4-15 Using Your Player 4-7 Shuffling music You can choose to randomly play tracks. 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon (Figure 4-16). A list appears (Figure 4-17). Figure 4-16 Depending on the mode you want, follow the corresponding step: To randomly repeat all tracks continuously Figure 4-17 Scroll Select the Shuffle Repeat icon (Figure 4-18). The Shuffle Repeat icon appears on the screen and tracks are selected at random and played back continuously until you stop playback. To randomly play all tracks once Figure 4-18 Scroll Select the Shuffle Once icon (Figure 4-19). The Shuffle Once icon appears on the screen and a track is selected at random and played back. Playback stops once all the tracks in your player are played back once. Figure 4-19 Using Your Player 4-8 To randomly play all tracks in a folder once Scroll Select the Shuffle Folder icon (Figure 4-20). The Shuffle Folder icon appears on the screen and all tracks in the folder are selected at random and played back. Playback stops once all the tracks in the folder are played back once. Figure 4-20 Playing all tracks When the Normal mode is enabled, all tracks are played back once, in the order that they appear in the play list. 1. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-21 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon (Figure 4-21). A list appears (Figure 4-22). Figure 4-22 3. Scroll Select the Normal icon (Figure 4-23). All tracks play back normally. Figure 4-23 Using Your Player 4-9 Listening to FM Radio With MuVo Slim, you can listen to your favorite radio station. Your player can automatically scan for stations available in your region, and store the stations as presets for you. In FM Radio mode, your player will display the current radio channel and its preset number. FM radio channel If there are no saved preset channels in your player, the "No preset found" message will appear on the screen. FM tuning status FM radio mode Preset number Figure 4-24 To change the FM region Perform these steps first when scanning for stations for the first time. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-25) appears. Figure 4-25 2. Scroll Select the Settings icon (Figure 4-26). A list appears. Figure 4-26 3. Scroll Select the FM Region icon (Figure 4-27). A list appears. 4. Scroll Select the region that you are in. Figure 4-27 Using Your Player 4-10 To perform an autoscan and autosave 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-28 appears. Figure 4-28 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 4-29). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 4-30). Figure 4-29 3. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-30 4. Scroll Select the Autoscan icon (Figure 4-31). The player will scan and store channels it detects. At the end of the autoscan, it will play the first channel. To select a channel Figure 4-31 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-32 appears. Figure 4-32 If you do not see a preset channel, press the Play/Pause button. 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 4-33). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 4-34). Figure 4-33 Using Your Player 4-11 3. Turn the Scroller to select the preset channel you want. To manually scan an FM radio channel Figure 4-34 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-35 appears. Figure 4-35 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 4-36). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 4-37). Figure 4-36 3. If you see a preset channel, press the Play/ Pause button to switch to Manual Scan view. The preset channel disappears. Figure 4-37 Turn the Scroller towards the right to increase the frequency or towards the left to decrease the frequency. To scan for a channel, move the Scroller towards the right or left, and hold for one second. Press the Scroller. Scroll Select the Save Preset icon (Figure 4-38). Figure 4-38 4. 5. 6. 7. Using Your Player 4-12 8. Turn the Scroller to select the preset number you want. Your channel is stored and appears at the bottom-left corner of your screen. 9. Repeat steps 2 to 6 to store another channel. To delete a channel 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-39 appears. Figure 4-39 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 4-40). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 4-41). Figure 4-40 If you do not see a preset channel, press the Play/Pause button. 3. Turn the Scroller to select the preset channel you want. 4. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-41 5. Scroll Select the Delete Preset icon (Figure 4-42). Figure 4-42 6. Scroll Select the Delete Preset x icon (Figure 4-43). The preset channel is deleted and your MuVo Slim plays the next available preset channel. Figure 4-43 Using Your Player 4-13 To switch to FM Preset view or Manual Scan view In FM Preset view, you can see the preset channels and scroll from one preset channel to another. If you need to fine-tune the radio channel, switch to Manual Scan view. The preset channel disappears in this view. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-44 appears. Figure 4-44 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 4-45). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 4-46). Figure 4-45 3. Press the Scroller. Figure 4-46 4. Scroll Select the Scroller mode icon (Figure 4-47) to switch to the different views. Alternatively, you can press the Play/Pause button to switch to the different views while playing a station. Figure 4-47 Using Your Player 4-14 Recording Audio Another great MuVo Slim feature is its ability to record voice and FM radio. Recorded voice is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) file format and recorded FM radio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 16 kHz, 4-bit, Stereo) file format. When recording, note that the available recording time is determined by: available memory space in your player battery power remaining in your player Recording Voice When recording voice, you will see one bar showing you the time available for recording, and another showing you the elapsed recording time. Also the microphone icon appears in the bottom-left corner of the LCD screen. Elapsed recording time Play status icon Microphone mode Lock Battery level indicator Remaining time available for recording Figure 4-48 Using Your Player 4-15 To make a voice recording You cannot pause a voice recording. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-49 appears. Figure 4-49 2. Scroll Select the Microphone icon (Figure 4-50). The recording bar appears on the screen. 3. Press the Play/Pause button the recording. to start Figure 4-50 4. Press the Play/Pause button again to end the recording. A name is automatically assigned to your recording and the file is saved in your player. The naming convention typically used is: VOC [Current File Number]. Recording FM Radio When recording FM radio, you will see one bar showing you the time available for recording, and another showing you the elapsed recording time. Also the FM Radio icon appears in the bottom-left corner of the LCD screen. Elapsed recording time Lock Battery level indicator Play status icon FM Radio mode Remaining time available for recording Figure 4-51 Using Your Player 4-16