User's Guide Creative Rhomba 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. 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Contents Contents Safety and Other Instructions Caring For Your Player.............................................................................................................................. i Technical support .............................................................................................................................. i Introduction Before You Begin......................................................................................................................................... i Package Contents .............................................................................................................................. i Software Included .............................................................................................................................. i Creative Media Detector............................................................................................................... ii Creative MediaSource..................................................................................................................... ii Creative MediaSource Player.............................................................................................. ii Creative MediaSource Organiser ...................................................................................... 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........................................................................................................................ 1-1 Using the Menu Scroller....................................................................................................................... 1-4 Scroll Select..................................................................................................................................... 1-4 2 Getting Started Installing Software................................................................................................................................... 2-1 Charging the Player................................................................................................................................ 2-2 Power Level Indicators ......................................................................................................................... 2-3 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 Adjusting the Volume............................................................................................................................ 4-2 Playing Audio............................................................................................................................................ 4-2 Playing music or recordings....................................................................................................... 4-3 Repeating a section....................................................................................................................... 4-4 Playing FM Radio ..................................................................................................................................... 4-4 Changing FM frequency............................................................................................................... 4-4 Storing your FM channel............................................................................................................. 4-5 FM Radio recording...................................................................................................................... 4-5 Voice Recording...................................................................................................................................... 4-5 Making a voice recording............................................................................................................ 4-6 Changing Player Settings....................................................................................................................... 4-6 Selecting equaliser setting......................................................................................................... 4-10 Repeating music........................................................................................................................... 4-10 Editing play list.............................................................................................................................. 4-10 Deleting tracks............................................................................................................................. 4-11 Changing the LCD setting........................................................................................................ 4-12 Turning on backlight................................................................................................................... 4-12 Changing the Visualiser setting............................................................................................... 4-13 Changing FM region ................................................................................................................... 4-13 Enabling the audio track marker ............................................................................................ 4-13 Changing microphone sensitivity ........................................................................................... 4-14 Locking and unlocking your player.................................................................................................. 4-14 Formatting the Player.......................................................................................................................... 4-15 A Technical Specifications Size.......................................................................................................................................... Weight................................................................................................................................... Capacity................................................................................................................................. Recording time.................................................................................................................... Battery type ......................................................................................................................... Battery playback time ....................................................................................................... Interface ................................................................................................................................ Playback Formats ............................................................................................................... Voice Recording Format.................................................................................................. Signal to Noise Ratio......................................................................................................... FM Frequency Range......................................................................................................... THD....................................................................................................................................... Earphone Output............................................................................................................... LCD backlight...................................................................................................................... A-1 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 B Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting AutoPlay..................................................................................................................................................... B-1 General ...................................................................................................................................................... B-2 Usage .......................................................................................................................................................... B-3 Safety and Other Instructions Safety and Other Instructions Caring For Your Player While your player is quite robust, observing these handling procedures will prolong its life: Follow the information in this User's Guide only. Do not take the product apart or make alterations to the player, including the built-in battery. This could make irrelevant any or all services the product entails, including any free after-sales services. Do not use your earphones at high volume continuously as this may damage your ears. Do not shake or vibrate your player excessively as this may damage your player or cause it to malfunction. Do not expose the player to high temperature or extreme temperature change. Keep the player away from strong magnetic fields. Keep the player away from excessive moisture. Keep the player away from chemicals like alcohol, polish, or benzene. Visit www.creative.com and go to your region's web site for general help. Creative will not be responsible for any loss of data due to any reasons whatsoever, including loss of data due to product breakage or malfunction. Technical support Safety and Other Instructions i Introduction Introduction Creative Rhomba allows you to play both MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) formats. Its built-in internal memory provides ample capacity to store your favorite music files, and doubles as a storage device for documents, presentations and other data files. The player also has a built-in microphone and an FM radio. Before You Begin Package Contents The package contents listed here may differ from country to country. Creative Rhomba Earphones Installation CD including User's Guide (on CD) Quick Start leaflet Neck strap USB cable Software Included Creative Media Detector Creative MediaSource Introduction i Creative Media Detector 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 m ...