User manual CREATIVE ZEN VISION

VISION User's Guide 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. Copyright © 2005 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. The Creative logo, Zen and Creative MediaSource are trademarks or registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Media, Outlook and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Version 1.3 September 2005 Zen Vision at a Glance ................................................ 5 Zen Vision - Front View ................................................. 5 Zen Vision - Side Views................................................. 8 Zen Vision - Top and Bottom Views ............................ 10 Turning Zen Vision On and Off .................................... 12 Selecting Options......................................................... 12 Navigating Menus ........................................................ 14 Inserting a Memory Card ............................................. 15 Connecting Your Player to a TV .................................. 18 Locking Zen Vision ...................................................... 21 Main Applications......................................................... 22 Transferring and Managing Content ........................ About Content Types ................................................... Getting Content............................................................ Transferring Content.................................................... Synchronizing Content................................................. Managing Videos ......................................................... Managing Photos......................................................... Managing Audio........................................................... Using FM Radio ........................................................... Recording With Zen Vision .......................................... Using Zen Vision's Organizer Features................... Synchronizing With Microsoft Outlook ......................... Viewing the Calendar................................................... Viewing Today's Tasks ................................................ Viewing Contacts ......................................................... 25 25 25 26 31 32 34 36 42 44 47 47 48 48 48 Storing Data Files in Zen Vision............................... 49 Using Zen Vision as a Removable Disk....................... 49 Changing the Amount of Hard Disk Space in Removable Disk Mode.................................................................... 52 Stopping Zen Vision Properly .................................. 53 Adjusting Your Player's Settings ............................. Date and Time ............................................................. Information................................................................... Audio Settings.............................................................. Photo and Video Settings ............................................ Setting Preferences ..................................................... Theme.......................................................................... Language..................................................................... Resetting Zen Vision.................................................... 54 54 54 55 57 58 60 60 60 Frequently Asked Questions .................................... 61 Safety Advice ............................................................. 67 General Specifications .............................................. 68 Zen Vision at a Glance 5 Zen Vision at a Glance After completing the setup instructions in the Quick Start booklet, take some time to read this User's Guide to learn how to get the most out of your player. Zen Vision - Front View 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Zen Vision at a Glance 6 1 Infrared receiver Enables you to control your player via the IR remote control (available separately). Menu/Back button Displays the main menu, which contains most of your player's features. Press to return to the previous screen or menu. Press and hold to return directly to the main menu. 2 3 Options button Press this button to display the options available. 4 Navigation buttons Use these to select menu options. For more information , see "Selecting Options" on page 12. 5 Play/Pause button Starts, pauses and resumes playback. 6 Next/Fast-Forward button Press this button to go the next track. Press and hold this button to move forward within a track. 7 Integrated speaker Enables you to hear audio when you have no headphones or speaker output. For more information, see "Speaker" on page 56. Zen Vision at a Glance 7 8 Previous/Rewind button Press this button to go the previous track. Press and hold this button to move back within a track. NOTE In the process of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) manufacturing, instances of one or more pixels appearing in a dark or fixed color, or in an unchanging state, may occur. These appear on the screen as spots and may be fixed on a particular colour, such as, white or red. In line with industry standards and based on Creative's screen manufacturer's technical specifications, occurrences of fixed spots may appear and are considered acceptable if they do not impair display quality. If, however, you notice fixed spots on your Creative Zen Vision LCD interfering with your use, contact Customer Support Services. You can find Customer Support Services information in the Installation and Applications CD. Go to d:\support\\\support.chm. (replace d:\ with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, with the region that you are in, and with the language that your document is in) Zen Vision at a Glance 8 Zen Vision - Side Views 1 2 3 4 Zen Vision at a Glance 9 1 Compact Flash memory card slot Insert a memory card into this slot. For more information, see "Inserting a Memory Card" on page 15. 2 Headphone jack Connect earphones to this jack. 3 A/V Out jack To conveniently view videos or photos stored in your player, connect your TV set to this jack. For more information, see "Connecting Your Player to a TV" on page 18. 4 DC IN 5V jack To charge ZenTM Vision's battery, connect one end of Zen Vision's power adapter to this port, and the other end to a power outlet. Turn on the power outlet if necessary. Zen Vision at a Glance 10 Zen Vision - Top and Bottom Views 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 Zen Vision at a Glance 11 1 Volume Decrease button Decreases the volume. Press and hold to decrease the volume quickly. 2 Volume Increase button Increases the volume. Press and hold to increase the volume quickly. 3 Power switch Turns your player on and off. Slide and hold the switch towards the Power icon to turn your player on or off. For more information, see "Turning Zen Vision On and Off" on page 12. 4 Lock icon Slide the switch to the right to disable your player's buttons. 5 Microphone Make instant recordings with this built-in microphone. 6 Docking connector Connects to a docking station (available separately). 7 USB 2.0 port To transfer music and data files, connect one end of the supplied USB cable to this port, and the other end of the USB cable to your computer's USB port. For more information, see "Transferring Content" on page 26. Zen Vision at a Glance 12 Turning Zen Vision On and Off 1 To turn on your player, slide the Power switch towards the Power there until the LCD lights up. icon and hold it icon and hold it 2 To turn off your player, slide the Power switch towards the Power there until Shutting down... appears. Selecting Options In the following sections of this document, we use the term `Select' to indicate that you should use the Navigation buttons (Up, Down, Left or Right) to highlight menu options, then press the OK button to select the option. 1 2 5 3 4 Zen Vision at a Glance 13 1 Up button Press to go to the menu option or selection above the current selection. 2 OK button Press to select the highlighted menu option or selection on the screen. 3 Right button Press to go to the menu option or selection to the right of the current selection. 4 Down button Press to go to the menu option or selection below the current selection. 5 Left button Press to go to the menu option or selection to the left of the current selection. Zen Vision at a Glance 14 Navigating Menus Press the Up or Down Menu Music Library Photos Videos FM Radio Microphone Organizer Extras System Compact Flash Card Music Library Photos Videos FM Radio Microphone Organizer Extras System Compact Flash Card navigation button to move vertically in a menu. Menu You can also use the Left Now Playing or Right navigation buttons to move horizontally. Now Playing 1 of 4 1 of 4 1 q a z 2 w s x 3 e d c 4 r f v Accents Space 5 t g b 6 y h n 7 u j m Clear Bkspc 8 i k , 9 o l . OK 0 p 1 q a z 2 w s x 3 e d c 4 r f v Accents Space 5 t g b 6 y h n 7 u j m Clear Bkspc 8 i k , 9 o l . OK 0 p ? ? Caps Shift Symbols Caps Shift Symbols Zen Vision at a Glance 15 Inserting a Memory Card For information on transferring files from your memory card to your player, see "Transferring content from your memory card" on page 29. 1 Align the memory card with the Compact Flash memory card slot as shown below. Zen Vision at a Glance 16 2 Gently push the memory card into the Compact Flash memory card slot. NOTE Do not force the memory card into the Compact Flash memory card slot. If it does not fit properly, gently remove it and try again. Zen Vision at a Glance 17 3 To remove the memory card, pull out the memory card as shown below. NOTE To avoid permanent damage: DO NOT shake the memory card when removing it. Remove the memory card only when when your player is at the Main Menu or when your player is turned off . Zen Vision at a Glance 18 Connecting Your Player to a TV To view your player's content on a larger screen, connect your player to a TV. To do this, you must use the supplied video cable. NOTE Your player has been developed and tested to display photos and videos of high quality. When you view these photos and videos from a TV monitor, the display may vary in quality because of the TV model and/or display format (for example, PAL or NTSC). 1 Slide the Power switch on your player towards the Power icon the LCD lights up. and hold it there until 2 3 4 5 Select System. Select Photo/Video Settings. Select Video Out. Select Auto (NTSC) or Auto (PAL). Be sure to choose the display format that matches your TV so as that you can better enjoy your videos. See the User's Guide for your TV if you are not sure about your TV's display format. Zen Vision at a Glance 19 6 Connect your player to a TV with the supplied video cable as shown below. DO NOT use other video cables. 1 2 3 4 COMP IN L AUDIO R 5 Zen Vision at a Glance 20 1 A/V Out jack Connect the supplied video cable to this jack on your player. Video In jack Connect the yellow connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV. Audio In (Left) jack Connect the white connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV. Audio In (Right) jack Connect the red connector on your video cable to this jack on your TV. Video cable Connects your player to a TV. 2 3 4 5 Zen Vision at a Glance 21 Locking Zen Vision Locking Zen Vision disables all the controls on Zen Vision. Lock Zen Vision when you want to prevent buttons from being accidently pressed. To lock Zen Vision Slide the Power switch towards the Lock right-hand corner of the LCD. icon. The Locked icon appears on the top Zen Vision at a Glance 22 Main Applications Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, Creative Media Explorer and Creative Media Toolbox applications are included with your Zen Vision. These applications are installed when you set up the Zen Vision software on your computer. In this document, we will use Creative Media Explorer to outline usage instructions. For usage information in Creative Media Explorer, refer to Creative Media Explorer's online Help. Creative Media Explorer Creative Media Explorer offers you the ease of managing music tracks and data files in Zen Vision, in a Windows Explorer environment. Use Creative Media Explorer, if: you already have an extensive MP3 or WMA collection and/or another preferred media player you prefer to view or manage Zen Vision as a removable disk drive under My Computer Both Creative Media Explorer and Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP 10) can be used with your player. With Creative Media Explorer, however, you can also: create a slideshow transfer data files or folders containing data files using the Transfer Documents button synchronize or edit "to do" tasks and contact information using the Personal Information Editor transfer video duration information for MPEG and MPG files. This ensures proper functionality when moving forward within a track. transfer the main folder and all sub-folders containing your video transfer files with the .DAT or .DivX extension automatically check all files for supported file formats before transfer Zen Vision at a Glance 23 NOTE After Creative Media Explorer is installed, the Creative Media Explorer appears under My Computer. icon NOTE You can also use WMP 10 to import or transfer music. For more information on using WMP 10, refer to WMP 10's online Help. Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer is your digital music center for playing, creating, organizing, synchronizing and transferring digital music. Use Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, if you: are new to digital music and intend to build up your MP3 or WMA library via CD ripping frequently need to play back or organize music in your computer require other features such as recording, audio conversion, Smart Playlist, CD burning and online music services (available only in certain regions) TIP By default, a window automatically appears at the lower right-hand corner, prompting you to launch Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, when you connect Zen Vision to your computer. To disable this feature, in Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, click Tools Settings, and then click the Detector tab. In the Device(s) to Detect window, disable your player. Zen Vision at a Glance 24 Creative Media Toolbox Creative Media Toolbox provides a single point of access to software applications for cleaning, organizing and converting your media files. Creative Media Toolbox consists of the following Creative applications: Auto Organizer Organizes and renames your music using categories, for example, genre or artist Auto Tag Cleaner Updates your music's ID3 tags using the MusicIDSM service from Gracenote® Tag Format Converter Converts non-English ID3 tags for proper display in your player Video Converter Converts unsupported video formats to a format supported by your player, for proper transfer and playback. Depending on your original video, the converted file may be of a lower quality or resolution than the original file. Audio Converter Converts your audio files from one format to another, for example, WAV to MP3. This application is only available with Creative MediaSource. Transferring and Managing Content 25 Transferring and Managing Content About Content Types Creative Zen Vision plays many different types of content, including videos, TV recordings, audio tracks and still photos. You can use Creative Video Converter to convert unsupported video formats to the WMV format 320 x 240 pixel resolution, for proper transfer and playback. Depending on your orginal video, the converted file may be of a lower quality or resolution than the previous file. For more information, refer to its online Help. Your player only displays photos that are in the JPEG (JPG) format. Getting Content You can acquire content from many legal sources. Here are some suggestions: Videos -- purchased from online movie stores or digitized home video footage. Audio tracks -- ripped from personal audio CDs, home studio recordings or purchased from online music stores. Photos -- encoded from your personal digital camera or scanned from printed photos. TV recordings -- recorded using Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition. Transferring and Managing Content 26 Transferring Content Transferring content from your computer 1 Connect Zen Vision to your computer's USB port with the supplied USB cable. 2 Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. Alternatively, click Start My Computer. 3 Click the Creative Media Explorer icon. Transferring and Managing Content 27 4 To transfer audio files, videos, TV program recordings or photos to your player, click the Import Media button and follow the instructions on the screen. button. 5 To transfer data files to your player, click the Transfer Documents Locate your data files on your computer and copy them to your player using the drag-and-drop method. NOTE When you connect your player to your computer, the Creative Zen Vision icon appears under My Computer. Locate your data files, audio tracks, videos, TV recordings or photos on your computer and copy them to your player using the drag-and-drop method. TV recordings must be converted to a supported format using Creative Video Converter. All transferred videos are located in Videos Video and all transferred TV recordings are located in Videos TV. You can also transfer TV recordings to your player using WMP 10. TIP You can also use Creative MediaSource to transfer media files to Zen Vision. For more information, refer to its online Help. Transferring and Managing Content 28 Preserving the directory structure when transferring content When using the Import Media button in Creative Media Explorer to transfer files, only the files and folder containing the files are transferred for easy navigation. This method does NOT preserve the directory structure as shown below. Before Transfer To transfer files with the directory structure: AfterTransfer From the Creative Media Explorer home page, click the Organize Media button. The Media Library window appears. Locate the folder you want to transfer. Using the drag-and-drop method, copy the root (first level) folder into Creative Zen Vision Media Library Video/Music/Pictures/TV. NOTE For proper playback of media files, be sure to copy them into the appropriate folder (Video, Music, Pictures or TV). Transferring and Managing Content 29 Transferring content from your memory card All content in your memory card is transferred to your player. Transferred photos and videos can be viewed on your player. Other files need to be viewed on your computer. 1 Insert your memory card into your player's Compact Flash card slot. For more information, see "Inserting a Memory Card" on page 15. 2 3 4 5 In the main menu, Select Compact Flash Card. Select Copy from Compact Flash. Select a copy option. When a message appears, telling you that the transfer is complete, press any button on your player to close the message. Videos Imported Files . For example, if you transfer content on August 15, 2005 at 2:57 pm, the folder name is CF 2005-08-15 14H57M00S. 6 To view transferred photos (JPEG) or videos (AVI) using your player, Select Photos/ 7 To locate all transferred content, connect your player to your computer using the supplied USB cable, and then click the Creative Zen Vision icon under My Computer. Click Data Imported Files . Transferring and Managing Content 30 8 To transfer new content from a previously transferred folder in the same memory card, Select Append from Compact Flash. NOTE You cannot transfer content from your player to your memory card. Your player only supports memory cards formatted with FAT16 or FAT32 file systems. To ensure that your memory card is of the correct format, it is recommended that you use a 128 MB or higher capacity memory card. You can also view transferred photos or videos by Selecting Compact Flash Card Browse Imported Pictures or Browse Imported Video. For accurate folder names, make sure that you set the correct date and time in your player. To change the date or time, see "Date and Time" on page 54. Transferring and Managing Content 31 Synchronizing Content You can use Sync Manager to update and synchronize music, photos, videos, contacts, calender and tasks in Zen Vision and your computer. 1 Connect Zen Vision to your computer. 2 Start Sync Manager. You can start Sync Manager in either Creative Media Explorer or Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer. 3 Select My Computer and Zen Vision as the devices you want to synchronize, and then click the Next button. 4 5 6 7 Select the checkboxes that you want, and then click the Sync Now button. To configure the synchronization settings, click the Next button. Follow the instructions on the screen. Click the Finish button. Transferring and Managing Content 32 Managing Videos To play videos, you must first transfer the videos to your player. For more information, see "Transferring Content" on page 26. The transferred videos are categorized by name, with duration, in your player's Video Library. Use the Play/Pause button to pause or resume playback. Use the Next/Fast-Forward navigation buttons to go navigation buttons to change or Previous/Rewind buttons, or Left or Right forward or backward in a video. Use the Up or Down the playback speed. NOTE To display the last viewed video, Select Videos Recently browsed videos. Locating a video The videos in your player are sorted alphabetically for quicker searches. 1 In the main menu, Select Videos. A list of videos is displayed. 2 Use the navigation buttons to search for the video you want. Playing a video 1 Locate a video as described above. 2 Select a video. Video playback starts automatically. 3 To adjust the viewing window size, press the Options window size that you want. button and Select the viewing Transferring and Managing Content 33 Deleting a video 1 In the main menu, Select Videos. 2 3 4 5 Use the navigation buttons to highlight the video that you want to delete. Press the Options Select Delete Video. Select Yes. button. Transferring and Managing Content 34 Managing Photos With Creative Zen Vision's high-capacity storage, you can store thousands of photos in your player, and even set up a slide show, so that you can share memories with friends and family. Photos are categorized by name in Photo Library. Your player only displays photos that are in the JPEG (JPG) format. NOTE To display the last viewed photos, Select Photos Recently browsed photos. When viewing transferred photos for the first time, the photos may take a while to appear. Locating a photo Use your computer to sort photos by date or alphabetically for quicker searches. 1 In the main menu, Select Photos. 2 Select Pictures. 3 Use the navigation buttons to search for the photo you want. Viewing a slide show A slide show is automatically set up when you have photos in your player, and these are sorted alphabetically. 1 2 3 4 5 In the main menu, Select Photos. Select Pictures. Use the navigation buttons to highlight the folder of photos that you want in your slideshow. Press the Options button. Select Start Slideshow. The slide show starts. Transferring and Managing Content 35 Viewing photo information 1 In the main menu, Select Photos. 2 3 4 5 Select Pictures. Select a photo. Press the Options button. Select View Details. You can see information for that photo displayed on your player's screen. Deleting a photo 1 In the main menu, Select Photos. 2 3 4 5 6 Select Pictures. Use the navigation buttons to highlight the photo that you want to delete. Press the Options Select Yes. button. Select Delete Picture. Transferring and Managing Content 36 Managing Audio When audio tracks are transferred to your player, they are organized into the following Music Library categories: Now Playing Playlists Albums Artists Genres All Tracks Recordings Bookmarks DJ All transferred tracks can be found in the "All Tracks" category, but depending on your player's settings, tracks can also be found in other categories. For example, take a fictitious track called "Toffee Apple Smile", performed by "The Nano Singers", from the soundtrack to the "The Big Sneeze" movie. Besides All Tracks, the "Toffee Apple Smile" song would also be found in the "Songs from The Big Sneeze" album, and the "The Nano Singers" artist category. Tracks not belonging to any album, artist or genre, can only be found in "All Tracks".You can also use Music Library to: Add audio selections to the portable playlist Find tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres in your player View track information Modifying or renaming albums, artists or genres, including renaming of audio tracks, can be done in Creative Media Explorer or Creative MediaSource. Transferring and Managing Content 37 Playing a track 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). A list of tracks from the category appear. 3 Select a track. 4 Select Play. Track playback starts. NOTE To search for a track alphabetically, press the Right alphabetical menu on the right. Use the Up Select an alphabet. navigation button to access the navigation buttons to or Down Viewing track information 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). A list of tracks in the category appear. 3 Select a track. 4 Press the Options button. 5 Select View Details. You can see the information for that track displayed on your player's screen. Changing play modes When playing audio tracks, you can choose to change the play mode. For more information, see "Play Mode" on page 55. Transferring and Managing Content 38 Adding a track to the Now Playing folder 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). A list of tracks in the category appear. 3 Select a track. 4 Press the Options button. 5 Select Add to Selected. Adding a group of tracks to the Now Playing folder 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 3 4 5 Select a category (album, artist, playlist or genre). Highlight an album, artist or genre. Press the Options button. Select Add to Selected. Transferring and Managing Content 39 Creating a playlist Add tracks, artists, albums or genres to a playlist to play back selected tracks in a specific order. You can only create a playlist from tracks in the Now Playing folder. 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 3 4 5 6 Select Now Playing. Press the Options button. Select Save As Playlist. Use the navigation buttons to create a name for your playlist. Press the OK button. Playing a playlist 1 In the main menu, Select Music Library. 2 Select the playlist that you want. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Deleting tracks from a playlist In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select the playlist that you want. Select the track that you want to delete. Press the Options Select Delete Track. Select Yes. button. Transferring and Managing Content 40 Inserting a bookmark You can insert bookmarks during playback. A bookmark helps you mark a point within a track, so you can return to it at a later time. For example, if you are listening to your recording of an interview, insert a bookmark if you need to stop halfway through. When you want to continue listening from where you left off, go to this bookmark. You can use up to 10 bookmarks at any one time. 1 In the Now Playing screen, press the Options 2 Select Set Bookmark. 3 Select a bookmark number. button. Your bookmark is assigned to the selected bookmark number. If all 10 bookmark numbers have been assigned, you can replace an existing bookmark with the new one. Going to a bookmark 1 Press the Menu/Back button. The main menu appears. 2 Select Music Library. 3 Select Bookmarks. 4 Select the bookmark that you want. Transferring and Managing Content 41 Clearing a bookmark 1 Press the Menu/Back button. The main menu appears. 2 3 4 5 Select Music Library. Select Bookmarks. In the Bookmarks screen, press the Options Select Clear Bookmark. Using Zen Vision's DJ Instead of selecting tracks yourself, you can let Zen Vision's DJ pick out tracks for you. button. 1 2 3 4 In the main menu, Select Music Library. Select DJ. Select Album of the Day to play an album of music tracks selected by Zen Vision's DJ. Select Random Play All to let Zen Vision's DJ randomly play all tracks, including your recorded tracks. 5 Select Most Popular to let Zen Vision's DJ play the most played tracks. 6 Select Rarely Heard to let Zen Vision's DJ play rarely played tracks. Transferring and Managing Content 42 Using FM Radio Listening to the radio 1 Make sure your earphones are connected to your player when scanning for radio stations. The earphone cable acts as an antenna for radio reception. 2 In the main menu, Select FM Radio. 3 To automatically scan and save radio stations, press the Options button and select Autoscan. The player scans for all radio stations with clear reception. At the end of the autoscan, Zen Vision automatically saves all stations as preset channels and tunes in to the first preset. or Down navigation buttons to select a different preset. 4 Use the Up TIP If you are using the Zen Vision wired remote control, you can press the MODE button to switch between the Now Playing and FM Radio screens. Manually tuning or scanning for a radio station 1 Press the Left or Right navigation button to fine tune the radio frequency or manually scan for a radio station. or Right navigation button for one second to scan for the next available radio station. 2 Hold down the Left 3 To save a radio station as a preset, press the Options 4 Select a preset number. button, select Save as Preset. You can also press and hold the OK button until the Save as Preset screen appears. Transferring and Managing Content 43 Renaming a radio preset 1 In the main menu, Select FM Radio. 2 3 4 5 6 Select a preset. Press the Options Select Name preset. Use the navigation buttons to type a name for your preset. When complete, select OK. button. Deleting radio presets 1 In the main menu, Select FM Radio. 2 Press the Left or Right navigation button to select the preset you want to delete. 3 Press the Options button and select Delete preset. 4 Select Yes. Transferring and Managing Content 44 Recording With Zen Vision Recording radio broadcasts 1 While listening to a radio broadcast, press the Options Radio to start recording. button and select Record 2 While recording, you can press the Options items: button and select one of the following