Creative ZEN ZEN Xtra 30GB, Jukebox ZEN XTRA - Nomad Jukebox ZEN XTRA, NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra User Manual

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User’s Guide

Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra

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.

Version 1.0

September 2003

Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Live!, EAX, the Sound Blaster logo, and the Creative logo are registered trademarks or 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.

Intel and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.

CDDB is a trademark of CDDB, Inc.

SmartMedia is a trademark of Toshiba Corp.

MP3.com and the MP3.com logo are trademarks of MP3.com, Inc.

All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Contents

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Contents

Safety and Handling Instructions

Caring For Your Player .............................................................. xiii

Battery Usage Precautions ....................................................... xiv

Introduction

Before You Begin

Package Contents .................................................................... xviii

Hardware ............................................................................... xviii

Software ................................................................................. xviii

Creative MediaSource Player ........................................ xix

Creative MediaSource Organizer .................................. xix

Creative NOMAD Explorer ............................................. xx

Adobe Acrobat Reader ................................................... xx

Minimum System Requirements .............................................. xxi

Document Conventions ................................................................. xxii

Web Information ............................................................................ xxiii

Optional Player Accessories ........................................................ xxiv

Online Registration ................................................................... xxv

1 A Tour of Your Player

Your Player at a Glance ..............................................................1-1

Using the Scroller ........................................................................1-2

Scroll Select ..............................................................................1-2

Selecting menu options .............................................................1-3

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Selecting list and confirmation box options .....................1-3

2 Getting Started

Inserting the battery .....................................................................2-1

Charging the Battery ........................................................................2-3

Power Source and Level Indicators ..........................................2-4

Installing Software ............................................................................2-5

Connecting your Player to your Computer ..................................2-6

Transferring Music .......................................................................2-7

Downloading from the internet ..................................................2-8

Ripping from a CD ....................................................................2-8

3 Playing and Managing Your Music

Playing Music ..............................................................................3-1

Music Playback .........................................................................3-1

Playing the Selected Music List .......................................3-1

Playing all tracks in your player .......................................3-2

Play Modes ......................................................................................3-3

Repeating music .......................................................................3-3

Shuffling music ..........................................................................3-4

Playing a track once ..................................................................3-5

Normal mode ............................................................................3-6

Bookmarking a track ........................................................................3-7

Organizing your Music .....................................................................3-9

Using the Music Library ............................................................3-9

Finding a Music Track in the Music Library .............................3-10

Adding Music Tracks to the Selected Music List .....................3-11

Viewing Track Information in the Music Library ......................3-13

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Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library ........................3-14

Using the Selected Music List ........................................................3-16

Viewing music tracks in the Selected Music List .....................3-16

Viewing track information in the Selected Music List ..............3-18

Removing music tracks from the Selected Music List .............3-19

Rearranging the Selected Music List ......................................3-21

Saving the Selected Music List as a playlist ...........................3-23

Enhancing Your Music ..............................................................3-25

Using EAX ...............................................................................3-25

Customizing EQ Settings in EAX ............................................3-27

4 Software Applications

About Creative MediaSource and NOMAD Explorer ...................4-1

Using Creative MediaSource ....................................................4-2

Ripping Audio CD Tracks ................................................4-2

Transferring tracks ...........................................................4-3

Using Media Sniffer ...................................................................4-3

Editing audio track information ........................................4-4

Creating a playlist ............................................................4-5

Adding audio tracks to a playlist ......................................4-6

Changing the playback order in a playlist ........................4-6

Deleting a playlist ............................................................4-6

Using NOMAD Explorer ............................................................4-7

Creating a folder ..............................................................4-7

Opening a folder ..............................................................4-7

Deleting a file or folder .....................................................4-8

Changing the name of a file or folder ..............................4-8

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A Technical Specifications

Size .................................................................................................A-1

Weight ............................................................................................A-1

Memory ...........................................................................................A-1

Capacity ..........................................................................................A-1

Battery type ....................................................................................A-1

Battery Life (playback time) ............................................................A-1

Interface ..........................................................................................A-1

Playback Formats ...........................................................................A-2

Signal to Noise Ratio ......................................................................A-2

Channel Separation ........................................................................A-2

THD ................................................................................................A-2

Frequency Response .....................................................................A-2

Harmonic Distortion ........................................................................A-2

Operating System/Firmware ...........................................................A-2

Headphone Out ..............................................................................A-2

LCD Display ....................................................................................A-2

Data Connector ..............................................................................A-3

EAX ................................................................................................A-3

Playback Speed ..............................................................................A-3

B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide

Information Diagrams ..................................................................B-1

Playback Icons .................................................................................B-2

Selected Music List Icons .................................................................B-3

Play Mode Icons ...............................................................................B-4

Navigational Icons ............................................................................B-5

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C Frequently Asked Questions and Error Diagrams

AutoPlay .......................................................................................C-1

Features .......................................................................................C-2

General .........................................................................................C-2

Maintenance ......................................................................................C-5

Usage ...........................................................................................C-5

Error Diagrams ..................................................................................C-7

D User Preferences

Setting User Preferences .............................................................D-1

Changing Settings .....................................................................D-1

Profiles .......................................................................................D-2

Setting Sleep Timer ..........................................................D-3

Contrast .....................................................................................D-3

Language Settings .....................................................................D-3

Menu Language ................................................................D-4

Input Language ................................................................ D-4

Time and Date ...........................................................................D-4

Setting time and date ........................................................D-4

Setting Wake-To-Music ....................................................D-5

Accessing the Information Screen .............................................D-5

Resetting your Player’s Settings ................................................D-6

Resetting your Player .................................................................D-6

Locking and unlocking your Player ............................................D-7

To lock your player ...........................................................D-7

To unlock your player .......................................................D-7

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Safety and Handling Instructions

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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 dismantle.

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Battery Usage Precautions

When charging or handling your player’s battery, take note of these precautions:

Never modify or disassemble the battery. If there is leakage, stench, discoloration or deformation during charging or use, remove the battery and do not use it again. Clean your hands well before handling food or touching sensitive areas of your body, for example, your eyes.

Do not expose to heat or fire.

Avoid contact with metal objects like keys or necklaces.

Do not pierce or crush.

Store away from direct sunlight.

Avoid contact with moisture.

Do not store or use in areas exceeding 45ºC or 113ºF.

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Introduction

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Introduction

Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra!

Your new multi-format portable player is extremely lightweight, just about 8.0 ounces (226 grams). Even though it is no bigger than a normal portable cassette player, you can store thousands of songs in the player’s music library. Your player also comes equipped with an USB 2.0™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily.

Unlike other hardware-based players, the NOMAD Zen Xtra features an onboard real-time digital signal processor (DSP) and a real-time effects processor for superior audio playback and customization. Your player also supports EAX™ so that you can enhance your audio with Advanced EQ presets, headphone spatialization, environments and effects. Your portable digital audio player supports multiple audio file formats, including MP3, WMA and WAV.

The product name may vary from country to country.

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Before You Begin

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Before You Begin

Package Contents

Hardware

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NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra Player (with removable battery)

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AC Power Adapter

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Installation CD incorporating PDF User’s Guide

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Quick Start leaflet

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Stereo headphones

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USB cable

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Protective pouch

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Lithium-ion rechargeable battery

Software

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Creative MediaSource Player

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Creative MediaSource Organizer

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Creative NOMAD Explorer

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Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Creative MediaSource Player

Creative MediaSource Player is the only software you will need for music and multimedia entertainment. Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player is specially designed to access the power of NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra’s hardware. With it, you can:

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play back music and multimedia files: MP3, WAV, WMA, WMV, NVF, VideoCD, etc*

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enhance playback of ordinary music with surround effects using EAX

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vary the speed of audio playback without affecting the pitch (Time Scaling)*

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use Smart Volume Management to play back a list of songs at a similar volume level even if they were originally recorded at different loudness

levels

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switch between Creative MediaSource Organizer and Creative MediaSource Player with just a click of the mouse

Creative MediaSource Organizer

Managing a huge collection of audio CDs and MP3 files can be a headache. With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can find any track easily, no matter where it is stored on your hard disk or external storage devices.

* To enjoy this feature, you must have a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 audio card installed

in your system.

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Creative NOMAD Explorer

Creative NOMAD Explorer helps you manage your player’s audio tracks and data files within Windows® Explorer.

With Creative NOMAD Explorer, you can conveniently organize and transfer files between your computer and your NOMAD Jukebox, or between different NOMAD Jukeboxes, using familiar Windows methods, such as Drag-andDrop and Cut-and-Paste.

As Creative NOMAD Explorer has been integrated with Microsoft Windows Explorer, you can easily copy or move data files to and from your player, just like a portable storage device.

Creative NOMAD Explorer also lets you copy audio tracks to your player's Music Library. However, you will not be able to view your player's Music Library with Creative NOMAD Explorer. For more audio track management options for your player, it is recommend that you use Creative MediaSource instead.

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.

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Minimum System Requirements

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Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP

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Intel® Pentium® II 233 MHz, AMD®-K6-2® 266 MHz or better processor (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding)

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Sound Blaster Live!™, Sound Blaster Audigy™ or Sound Blaster Extigy™ for EAX enhanced MP3 encoding

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CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support

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USB 1.1 or 2.0 port

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64 MB RAM (128 Megabytes recommended)

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30 MB free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio)

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Internet connection for Internet content downloading and CDDB2™ support (any charges incurred are the responsibility of the user)

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Installed mouse

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SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600 resolution or better)

The software applications on the installation CD may have higher requirements for basic functionality. Refer to each application’s documentation for details

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Document Conventions

We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you:

Tip

. This tells you about shortcuts or hints relating to a feature.

Note.

This highlights additional or important information about

a feature.

Caution!

This highlights proper usage of your player. Use this

information to avoid situations involving risk.

Warning!

This warns you of possible hazards to yourself or

your player, which may result in injury or damage.

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Web Information

Visit www.NOMADworld.com regularly for information on:

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firmware updates

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NOMAD accessories

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tips and tricks

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FAQs

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troubleshooting

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documentation updates

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software updates or purchases

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technologies used in your player

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an online glossary

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Optional Player Accessories

Visit www.NOMADworld.com to learn more about these accessories.

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The Car Kit comes with a Cassette Adapter that connects your player to a car cassette player.

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You can get an additional removable Lithium-Ion battery for your battery.

Car Kit

Removable battery

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Online Registration

Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your products during installation, or at

www.creative.com/register.

Benefits include:

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Service and Product support from Creative.

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Exclusive updates on promotions and events!

To register online, your player must be connected to the computer.

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A Tour of Your Player

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A Tour of Your Player 1-1

A Tour of Your Player

Your Player at a Glance

USB connector

connects a USB cable from your player to your computer to transfer data or audio

Headphones connector

connects to your headphones.

Menu button

Play/Pause button

Forward/Reverse button

Scroller

LCD screen

Back button

Power adapter connector

Power button

Reset button

Volume button

Open switch

To change or insert the battery, push the switch to the right to open your player’s cover.

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Using the Scroller

Scroll Select

The Scroller is one of the most important features of your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. 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.

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.

To "Scroll Select", use the Scroller to scroll to the option you want, and select the option by pressing the Scroller.

Use the Scroller to scroll through options

Press the Scroller to select an option

The Scroller (side view)

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Selecting menu options

You can use the Scroller to make selections in menus. For example, if you are looking at the Menu screen:

1. Use the Scroller to scroll up and down in the menu.

2. Press the Scroller to select the menu item.

Selecting list and confirmation box options

You can also use the Scroller to select confirmation boxes or options in a list.

1. Move the Scroller to scroll through the options.

2. Press the Scroller to select the option.

From the Menu screen to the Settings screen

Scroller options

Unlocking the player

Constructing a title from a list

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Button What It Does Usage Tips

OWER

❍ turns the player on and off ❍ disables all buttons except for the scroller ❍ activates LCD backlight

❍ press and hold until player turns

on or off

❍ when the player is turned on,

press this button. The Lock player? window appears. Use

the scroller and select the check mark icon.

ENU

❍ accesses most of your player’s features

ORWARD

EVERSE

❍ skips to the next track ❍ skips forward to portions of a track when

you press and hold the button

❍ skips to the beginning of the current track,

or to the previous track

❍ skips to previous portions of a track when

you press and hold the button

❍ to skip forward or go back to

another track, press the Menu button, and then Scroll Select Selected Music to get to the Selected Music screen. Use the scroller and select the track you want to skip to.

LAY/PAUSE

❍ starts, pauses, or continues playback

❍ to play a track from the Music

Library screens, press and hold this button.

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OLUME

❍ increases the volume

❍ decreases the volume

❍ press and hold the end of

the button to increase the volume quickly

❍ press and hold the end of

the button to decrease the volume quickly

CROLLER

❍ scrolls up and down menus ❍ selects menu options

❍ turn the Scroller to scroll through

menu options and press the Scroller to select them. This action is also referred to as "Scroll Select". To Scroll tracks continuously, hold the Scroller until you reach the track that you want.

ACK

❍ goes to previously accessed screens

ESET

❍ resets your player if it stops reponding

❍ insert the end of a thin object,

like a paper clip, into the button

PEN SWITCH

❍ To change or insert the battery, push the

switch to the right to open your player’s cover.

Button What It Does Usage Tips

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Getting Started

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Getting Started

Inserting the battery

1. Push the

Open

switch to the right as shown in Figure 2-1. The cover

pops open.

2. Insert the battery into your player.

3. Position the hooks of cover over the openings as shown in Figure 2-2.

Open switch

Figure 2-1: Opening the cover.

Hook

Opening

Figure 2-2: Positioning hooks of cover.

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4. Press the cover gently to snap shut as shown in Figure 2-3.

Figure 2-3: Securing the cover.

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Charging the Battery

The high performance lithium-ion battery supplied with your player needs to be fully charged before you use it. Your player’s built-in battery charger will fully charge the battery (in approximately 4 hours) to obtain the maximum playback time. To charge your player’s battery:

1. Connect your player to the wall outlet (Figure 2-4). Your player will turn itself on.

2. Check the battery icon to see when the battery is fully charged.

AC adapter connector

Power socket

Figure 2-4: Connecting the player to a power socket.

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Power Source and Level Indicators

Your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s charged status or the power source (battery or electrical power).

Icon What the icon means Notes

❍ your player is running from electrical

power only

❍ your player is running from battery power

only

❍ this battery state icon shows that

the battery is fully charged

❍ your player’s battery is 60% full

❍ your player’s battery is 30% full

❍ recharge the battery at the earliest

opportunity

❍ your player is running from electrical

power and is charging the battery

❍ charge the battery fully before

disconnecting the player from the power outlet

❍ while charging, the icon will

alternate between this icon and a battery state icon, showing the approximate level of charge

❍ your player is running from electrical

power and has finished charging the battery

❍ to use battery power, disconnect

the player from the power outlet

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Installing Software

Your NOMAD Zen Xtra comes with software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and use your player.

1. Make sure that your player is not connected to your computer.

2. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. The Installation CD supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. If not, you need to enable your CD-ROM drive's auto-insert notification feature. For more details see "AutoPlay" on page C-1.

4. Click the

Install software for NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra

option to

select it.

5. Click the OK button.

6. Click the

button to register with Creative, so that you will be

updated on new developments for your Jukebox.

7. Follow the onscreen instructions.

8. When prompted to restart your computer, leave the CD in the CD-ROM drive, and then click the

Yes, I want to restart my computer now

option to select it.

9. Click the

Finish

button to complete the installation.

You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications.

You can also select the language that your player’s screens appear in. See "Language Settings" on page D-3.

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Connecting your Player to your Computer

You are now ready to connect your player to your computer. Your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra comes with a USB 2.0 cable for fast data transfers to and from your computer. Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before connecting your player.

You can listen to your player’s preloaded music immediately by pressing the Play button.

Basic instructions on how to use Creative MediaSource are provided in "Using Creative MediaSource" on page 4-2. Basic instructions on how to use NOMAD Explorer are provided in "Using NOMAD Explorer" on page 4-7.

USB port

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Transferring Music

Audio selections have been preloaded to your player to get you started quickly. If you wish to listen to music immediately, simply press the

Play

button .

However, 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 2-8) or have them "ripped" from audio CDs to your computer.

Music files must, however, be encoded into the supported formats (MP3, WMA or WAV file formats), then transferred to your player with Creative MediaSource Organizer.

Data files can also be transferred and stored in your player. For example, you want to transfer a large movie file from one computer to another. Data can be transferred to your player with the Creative NOMAD Explorer application.

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Downloading from the internet

To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are correct at the time of this document’s release):

Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer.

Ripping from a CD

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:

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CD-ROM drive speed

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defects, like scratches on the audio CD

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error-checking features on the CD-ROM drive

It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permission of the copyright holder(s).

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NOMADWorld

http://www.NOMADworld.com

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AMP3.com

http://www.amp3.com

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SoundClick.com

http://www.soundclick.com

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ArtistOne.com

http://www.artistone.com

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Epitonic.com

http://www.epitonic.com

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Soundbuzz.com

http://www.soundbuzz.com

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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.

See the Creative MediaSource Organizer online Help for more information.

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Playing and Managing Your Music

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Playing and Managing Your Music 3-1

Playing and Managing Your Music

Playing Music

Music Playback

Audio selections and an Audio Tour of your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra have been preloaded to your player to get you started quickly.

You can add audio selections from the NOMAD Zen Xtra’s Music Library to the player’s Selected Music List as described in "Adding Music Tracks to the Selected Music List" on page 3-11, then play back the entire Selected Music List.

To add audio tracks to NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra’s Music Library, see "Using Creative MediaSource" on page 4-2.

Playing the Selected Music List

Follow these steps to play the Selected Music List.

1. Press the

Play

button .

The

Play

icon appears onscreen and the Selected Music List is

played back, from the first track to the last.

2. Press the

button .

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3. Scroll Select

Selected Music

. The upper-left corner of the screen will

display the

Selected Music List

icon.

4. Press the

Back

button again to display the

screen.

5. Scroll Select

Now Playing

, which shows the track that is being played back or the track that has been selected. The upper-left corner of the screen will display the

Now Playing

icon.

Playing all tracks in your player

Follow these steps to play all audio tracks in your player.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select

Play any track

. All the tracks in your player are automatically added to the Selected Music List and are played back randomly.

Audio Selections

Selected Music List icon

Album Title

Elapsed Time Bar

Now Playing Icon

Tra c k T i t l e

Genre

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Play Modes

Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your Selected Music List is played back.

The following Play Modes are available:

❍ Repeat track ❍ Repeat all ❍ Shuffle ❍ Shuffle repeat ❍ Track once ❍ Normal

Play Modes are disabled by enabling the “Normal” mode as described in "Normal mode" on page 3-6.

Repeating music

You can choose to repeat a track or repeat the whole Selected Music List.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Play Mode...

. A list appears.

5. Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step:

To repeat a track in the Selected Music List

Scroll Select

Repeat track

The

Repeat Track

icon appears onscreen and the track is repeated

continuously until you stop it.

If there is only one track in the Selected Music List when "Repeat All" is enabled, that track will be repeated continuously.

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To repeat the whole Selected Music List

Scroll Select

Repeat All

The Repeat All icon appears onscreen and the Selected Music List is repeated continuously until you stop it.

Shuffling music

The Shuffle Play Mode can be used once (“Shuffle”) or continuously (“Shuffle Repeat”).

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Play Mode...

. A list appears.

5. Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step:

To Shuffle the Selected Music List once

Scroll Select

Shuffle

The

Shuffle

icon appears onscreen and a track is selected at random and played back. The Selected Music List stops playing once all the tracks in the Selected Music List are played back once.

If there is only one track in the Selected Music List when "Shuffle Repeat" is enabled, that track will be repeated continuously.

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To Shuffle Repeat the Selected Music List continuously

Scroll Select

Shuffle Repeat

The

Shuffle Repeat

icon appears onscreen and tracks are selected

at random and played back continuously until you stop playback.

Playing a track once

When the Selected Music List is played normally, each track in the Selected Music List is played, from the first track to the last. However, when the Track Once Play Mode is enabled, playback stops once the current track ends.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Now Playing

The

Now Playing

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Play Mode...

. A list appears.

5. Scroll Select

Track Once

. The

Track Once

icon appears onscreen.

The Selected Music List stops playing once the track ends.

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Normal mode

Once the Normal mode is enabled, each track in the Selected Music List is played, from the first track to the last.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Play Mode...

. A list appears.

5. Scroll Select

Normal

. The Selected Music List plays back normally.

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Bookmarking a track

Bookmarking a track sets a playback point—you can jump to this point whenever you play the bookmarked track. This is useful if, for example, you want to bookmark an audio book.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Now Playing

The

Now Playing

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step:

To bookmark a track

Scroll Select

Set Bookmark

at the point where you want to set the bookmark. A message box appears, telling you that the bookmark has been set at the selected point.

To play the track from the bookmarked point

Scroll Select

Go to Bookmark

. The track plays from the bookmarked

point.

A track can only be bookmarked once; setting a new bookmark will automatically remove any previous bookmark in the track.

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To remove a bookmark

Scroll Select

Clear Bookmark

(see below). A message box appears,

telling you that the bookmark has been cleared.

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Organizing your Music

To effectively manage the music in your player, you should be familiar with what the Music Library, Selected Music List and Playlists are. These will be described extensively in the following sections:

❍ "Using the Music Library" on page 3-9 ❍ "Using the Selected Music List" on page 3-16

Using the Music Library

When audio tracks are transferred to your player, they are organized into the following Music Library categories:

❍ Playlists ❍ Albums ❍ Artists ❍ Genres ❍ All Tracks

All transferred tracks can be found in the "All Tracks" category, but depending on your Creative MediaSource 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 movie "The Big Sneeze". Besides "All Tracks", the "Toffee Apple Smile" song would also be found in the "Soundtrack" genre, 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 the “Unknown” category. You can use the Music Library to:

❍ Add audio selections to the Selected Music List ❍ Find tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres ❍ View track information ❍ Delete tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres ❍ Preview a track

To transfer audio tracks to NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra’s Music Library, see "Using Creative MediaSource" on page 4-2.

Modifying or renaming albums, artists, or genres must be done in Creative MediaSource. Only Selected Playlists can be renamed in the player.

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Finding a Music Track in the Music Library

In the following example, you will be shown how to find a track by navigating through your Music Library.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to find a track in a particular album, Scroll Select

Albums

Note:

If Scroll Selecting

All Tracks

, go to Step 5.

4. Scroll Select the sub-category. For example, under Albums, Scroll Select an album title. A list appears.

5. Scroll Select

Open

. The tracks within the sub-category appear.

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Adding Music Tracks to the Selected Music List

Audio selections from the Music Library can either be added sequentially after selections already in the Selected Music List ("Add to Play") or placed at the front of the Selected Music List for immediate playback ("Play Now").

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to add a track in a particular album, Scroll Select

Albums

4. Scroll Select the sub-category. For example, under Albums, Scroll Select an album. A list appears.

Note:

If adding an entire album, artist, genre or playlist, skip to step 6.

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5. Scroll Select

Open

. The tracks within the sub-category appear.

6. Scroll Select

Add to Play

to add the audio selection to the back of the

Selected Music List.

7. Scroll Select

Play Now

or press the

Play

button to add the

selection to the front of the Selected Music List and immediately play it back.

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Viewing Track Information in the Music Library

Detailed information about tracks in the Music Library is readily available. This includes the track’s title, artist, album and genre that the track belongs to, as well as the track’s length.

To view information about tracks in the Music Library

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to find a track in a particular album, Scroll Select

Albums

4. Scroll Select the track you want information on. A list appears.

5. Scroll Select

Track Details

. A message box appears, listing track

information.

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Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library

This action permanently deletes tracks, albums, artists, genres or Selected Music Lists from your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra.

To delete a track

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to find a track in a particular album, Scroll Select

Albums

4. Scroll Select the track you want to delete. A list appears.

5. Scroll Select

Delete Track

. A confirmation box appears, asking you if

you want to delete the selected track.

6. Scroll Select the check mark

The track is permanently deleted from your player.

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To delete an entire album, artist, genre or Selected Music List

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Music Library

3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to delete a particular album, Scroll Select

Albums

4. Scroll Select

Open

5. Scroll Select the sub-category. For example, under Albums, Scroll Select the album title you want to delete. A list appears. Depending on what you are deleting, Scroll Select

Delete Album, Delete Artist, Delete Genre

Delete Playlist

. A confirmation box appears, asking you if you want to

delete the selected album, artist, genre or playlist.

6. Scroll Select the check mark

. The album, artist, genre or playlist is

permanently deleted from your player.

You can also view track information from the Selected Music List. See "Viewing track information in the Selected Music List" on page 3-18

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Using the Selected Music List

You can do more than play audio selections in the Selected Music List. You can:

❍ View audio in the Selected Music List ❍ View information about tracks in the Selected Music List ❍ Remove audio ❍ Rearrange the Selected Music List ❍ Save the Selected Music List as a playlist

Viewing music tracks in the Selected Music List

When entire albums, artists or genres are added to the Selected Music List, the tracks within them are hidden (or "collapsed"). To see these tracks, you must "Expand" the album, artist or genre. Similarly, to hide these tracks, you should "Collapse" the album, artist or genre. This can be useful in reducing screen clutter.

To expand an album, artist or genre

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Scroll Select the album, artist or genre to expand. A list appears.

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4. Scroll Select

Expand

. The tracks in the selection appear beneath the

album, artist or genre.

To collapse an album, artist or genre

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Scroll Select the expanded album, artist or genre. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Collapse

. Tracks within the formerly expanded album,

artist or genre are hidden.

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Viewing track information in the Selected Music List

Information about tracks in the Selected Music List can be easily accessed and viewed. The information provided is identical to that described in "To view information about tracks in the Music Library" on page 3-13.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select either

Selected Music or Now Playing

Track information can be viewed in either the

Selected Music List

Now Playing

screen.

3. On the

Selected Music List

screen, Scroll Select the track that you want to view information about. On the

Now Playing

screen, press the Scroller.

In either case, a list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Track Details

. A message box appears, listing track

information.

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Removing music tracks from the Selected Music List

When tracks, albums, artists or genres are removed from your player’s Selected Music List, they are only removed from the Selected Music List— audio still remains in the Music Library. To delete audio completely, tracks, albums, artists or genres must be deleted from the Music Library as shown in "Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library" on page 3-14.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Scroll Select the track, album, artist or genre to remove from the Selected Music List. A list appears.

4. Depending on whether you want to remove a track or remove all audio from the Selected Music List, follow the corresponding step:

To remove a track, album, artist or genre from the Selected Music List

Scroll Select

Remove

. The track, album, artist or genre is removed from

the Selected Music List.

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To remove all audio from the Selected Music List

1. Scroll Select

Remove All

. A confirmation box appears, asking you if you

want to remove all tracks in the Selected Music List.

2. Scroll Select the check mark . All audio selections are removed from the Selected Music List.

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Rearranging the Selected Music List

If you want to listen to tracks in a particular order, you can rearrange the tracks in the Selected Music List by artist, genre or individual track.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Scroll Select the album, artist, genre or individual track to move. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Change Order

. An icon appears next to the selected

album, artist, genre or individual track.

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5. Using the Scroller, move the album, artist, genre or individual track to the preferred position in the Selected Music List.

6. Press the Scroller to set the position you have selected.

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Saving the Selected Music List as a playlist

If you like the contents and arrangement of your current Selected Music List, you can choose to save it as a playlist for retrieval and playback later.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

Selected Music

The

Selected Music List

screen appears.

3. Press the Scroller. A list appears.

4. Scroll Select

Save as Playlist

. A list appears.

When you remove audio tracks from the Selected Music List, you are not permanently deleting the selections from your player.

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5. Scroll Select the letters on the list to form a name for your playlist. This name appears in the box at the bottom of the screen.

Note:

When entering letters into the box, you can switch from upper to lower case (or vice-versa) by simply Scroll Selecting the letter and holding the Scroller until the letter changes to the case you want. You can also use different character sets, such as accented characters or numerals, by Scroll Selecting the

Charset

option on the list.

6. Scroll Select the OK option to save the playlist with the name you have entered.

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Enhancing Your Music

Using EAX

Your player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EAX technologies also available with Creative's Sound Blaster Live! and Audigy 2 audio cards. EAX technologies (or "Settings") available in your player include

❍ Environment, a collection of presets that allows you to experience audio in the

virtual environment of your choice. Choose from the following Preset settings: Auditorium, Bath Room, Cathedral, Concert Hall, Garage, Indoor Arena, Jazz Club, Living Room, Opera House, Small Room and Theater.

❍ Time Scaling, which allows you to speed up or slow down audio without

changing pitch or distorting sound quality. Choose from the following Rate settings: 0.50x, 0.75x, 1.00x, 1.25x and 1.50x.

❍ Advanced EQ, a collection of equalizer settings which can enhance audio of a

particular genre. Consists of Custom EQ, Acoustic, Classical, Disco, Jazz, New Age, Pop, Rock, and Vocal. Scroll Select Custom EQ to set it from +12 dB (maximum) to -12 dB (minimum). See "Customizing EQ Settings in EAX" on page 3-27.

❍ Spatialization, which enhances your audio soundstage, useful if, for example,

you are listening to audio with headphones. Choose from the following Mode settings: Full, Narrow and Wide.

❍ Smart Volume Management (SVM), which intelligently controls the dynamic

range of audio, providing a superior audio experience in difficult listening environments such as in a plane or car.

General information about EAX is available at www.NOMADworld. com.

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To use EAX with your currently playing audio:

1. Turn on EAX.

2. Select an EAX setting.

3. Select a preset, rate or mode to use with the selected EAX setting.

This simple process is described in the following instructions.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

EAX Audio

3. Follow the corresponding step to either turn on EAX, select an EAX setting, or select a preset, rate or mode for use with your EAX setting:

To turn on EAX:

Scroll Select

EAX:Off

. The

EAX

icon appears onscreen and is

applied immediately to the audio being played.

To select an EAX setting

Scroll Select

Setting:X

(replace X: with the EAX setting currently

selected). A list appears.

Scroll Select the EAX setting you want.

To select a preset, rate or mode for use with your EAX setting

Scroll Select

Preset:X, Rate:X

Mode:X

(replace X with the preset,

rate or mode currently selected). A list appears.

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Scroll Select the preset, rate or mode you want to use with your EAX setting.

Customizing EQ Settings in EAX

Under the EAX Advanced EQ settings, a Custom EQ option lets you define your own EQ settings.

1. Press the

button .

2. Scroll Select

EAX Audio

3. Scroll Select

Setting: Advanced EQ

4. Scroll Select

Preset: Custom EQ

. A list appears.

5. In the

Preset

screen, Scroll Select

Custom EQ

again. Four vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher frequencies that can be controlled. 100 Hz controls bass frequencies, 800 Hz and 3 KHz adjust the mid-range and low-treble frequencies. 12 KHz controls the highest treble frequencies.

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6. Scroll Select each vertical control level. Use the Scroller to move the control knob up or down to vary the amount of boost or reduction in the selected frequency range.

7. Scroll Select the check mark to return to the EAX Audio Settings.

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Software Applications

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Software Applications 4-1

Software Applications

About Creative MediaSource and NOMAD Explorer

Creative MediaSource, Creative NOMAD Explorer, and other useful software, are included on your installation CD (see "Installing Software" on page 2-5).

Creative MediaSorce 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 or with AudioSync, edit track information as well as to create and edit playlists.

Creative NOMAD Explorer helps you manage your NOMAD Jukebox's data files within Windows Explorer. This chapter includes basic instructions on using NOMAD Explorer to manage the file and folders in your player.

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Software Applications 4-2

Using Creative MediaSource

Only basic instructions on how to use MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter — extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource Help file.

Ripping Audio CD Tracks

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.

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

with your

CD-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 your

CD-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

Transfer Queue

dialog box appears, showing the current ripping

status.

Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD information from CDDB before ripping tracks.

Change the default ripping format and bitrate for higher or lower quality audio. See MediaSource’s Help file for details

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Transferring tracks

With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player.

To transfer files from one source to another

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. Click the

Show/Hide Right Panel

button.

3. 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.

4. In the

Content

window, select the tracks to transfer.

CTRL-click to select multiple tracks. If you do not see any tracks, use

Media Sniffer

(see section below) to update the Content window.

5. In the

Right Panel

window, click the

Source

bar and select the

destination.

6. Click the

Destination Transfer

button to transfer the selected tracks.

The

Now Transferring

dialog box appears, showing the current transfer

status.

Using Media Sniffer

Media Sniffer can be activated to monitor selected folders for newly added music files. It will then update your PC Music Library for you automatically.

1. Go to

Tools -> Settings ->Media Sniffer

2. Click

Enable Media Sniffer

. A tick mark appears in the check box.

3. Click

Add Folders

and then select the folder(s) in which you store all

your music.

4. Click

Apply

and then click OK to close the settings page.

If you are using Creative MediaSource Organizer for the first time, it needs to know which folder(s) contain(s) your music files, so that the songs can be displayed in the Content window. Use the Media Sniffer to help MediaSource Organizer find your songs and list them in your PC Music Library.

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Software Applications 4-4

Editing audio track information

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

Edit Track Properties

option.

4. type in the new information.

5. Click the OK button. The track's information is changed.

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, and right-click

them.

3. Select to edit the Album, Artist or Genre.

4. Type in the new Album, Artist or Genre.

5. Click the OK button.

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Software Applications 4-5

Creating a playlist

Creative MediaSource allows you to create playlists from the Selected Music List or from the PC Music Library. You can create playlists by:

❍

clicking the

New Playlist

icon

❍

saving the

Selected Music List

❍

saving tracks from the

Content

window

To create a playlist

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. In the

Sources

window, select

PC Music Library

3. On the

Task

bar, click the

New Playlist

icon.

4. Type in the name of the playlist.

5. Click the OK button.

To create a playlist by saving the Selected Music List

1. When you have the tracks in the order that you like in the

Selected

Music

List, click the

Save As

button.

2. Type in the name of the playlist.

3. Click the OK button. The playlist appears in the

Sources

window, in PC Music Library

To create a playlist by saving tracks from the Content window

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. In the

Content

window, locate the track that you want.

3. Right-click the track, and select the

Add to playlist

option.

Owing to copyright limitations, preloaded tracks in your player cannot be transferred to your computer.

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4. In the

Add Tracks to Playlist

dialog box, enter a playlist name to create a new playlist with the selected track, or select an existing playlist to add the track to.

5. Click the OK button.

6. Continue selecting tracks until your playlist is complete.

Adding audio tracks to a playlist

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. In the

Sources

window, click the plus sign next to

Playlists

and select

the playlist.

3. Select

PC Music Library

4. In the

Content

window, select the track you want to add.

5. Click and drag the track to the selected playlist.

Changing the playback order in a playlist

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. In the

Sources

window, click the plus sign next to

Playlists

and select

the playlist to be changed.

3. Click and drag tracks to their new positions in the playlist.

Deleting a playlist

1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the

Player/Organizer View

button.

2. In the

Sources

window, click the plus sign next to

Playlists

and right-

click the playlist to be deleted.

3. Select the

Delete

option.

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Software Applications 4-7

Using NOMAD Explorer

Instructions on how to use NOMAD Explorer are in the NOMAD Explorer Help file—only basic instructions are provided here.

Creating a folder

1. In Windows Explorer, locate and click the

Nomad Explorer

icon .

2. On the

View

menu, point to

Active Device

and click

NOMAD Jukebox

3. If you have more than one NOMAD Jukebox connected to your computer, click the NOMAD Jukebox that you want to set as active. Only one NOMAD Jukebox can be active at any one time.

4. On the

File

menu, point to

New

and click

Folder

. Or, click the

New

Folder

icon on the toolbar of Windows Explorer.

5. A new folder appears with a temporary name.

6. Type a name for the new folder and then press <ENTER>.

7. In Windows Explorer, locate and click the Nomad Explorer icon .

Opening a folder

1. On the

View

menu, point to

Active Device

and click

NOMAD Jukebox

2. If you have more than one NOMAD Jukebox connected to your computer, click the NOMAD Jukebox that you want to set as active. Only one NOMAD Jukebox can be active at any one time.

3. Double-click the folder you want to open.

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Deleting a file or folder

1. In Windows Explorer, locate and click the

NOMAD Explorer

icon .

2. On the

View

menu, point to

Active Device

and click

NOMAD Jukebox

3. If you have more than one NOMAD Jukebox connected to your computer, click the NOMAD Jukebox that you want to set as active. Only one NOMAD Jukebox can be active at any one time.

4. Click the file or folder you want to delete.

5. On the File menu, click

Delete

. Or, click the

Delete

icon on the toolbar of

Windows Explorer.

Changing the name of a file or folder

1. In Windows Explorer, locate and click the

NOMAD Explorer

icon .

2. On the View menu, point to

Active Device

and click

NOMAD Jukebox

3. If you have more than one NOMAD Jukebox connected to your computer, click the NOMAD Jukebox that you want to set as active. Only one NOMAD Jukebox can be active at any one time.

4. Click the file or folder you want to rename.

5. On the

File

menu, click

Rename

6. Type the new name, and then press <ENTER>.

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Creative MediaSource needs to know where your music is stored before the music information can be displayed in the PC Music Library view

1. Goto the Tools menu bar at the top and select Settings. Next click on the "Media Sniifer"

2. Check "Enable Media Sniffer". Then click "Add Folders" & select the folder in which you store all your music e.g. C:\My Music.

3. Click "apply" and then "ok" to close the settings page.

4. You should be able to see your songs in the PC Music Library. (Note: if you have many songs, it would take some time to register all the music files. Click F5 to refresh the PC Music Library view)"

Although the correct way is for the user to go through the Import Wizard, using the media sniffer would be the fastest and easiest way for users who already have music on the PC, which are likely to be properly tagged.

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Appendixes

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Technical Specifications

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Technical Specifications

Size

❑

2.99" (W) x 4.43" (H) x 0.95" (D) or 75.9 mm x 112.5 mm x

24.1 mm

Weight

❑

8.0 oz or 226 gms (with the battery)

Memory

❑

8 MB SDRAM buffer

Capacity

❑

20/30 GB hard drive

Battery type

❑

Lithium-ion battery (removable)

Battery Life (playback time)

❑

Up to 14 hours of continuous playback from a fully charged Lithium-ion battery. The following may reduce the playback time:

• playback of tracks encoded at bitrates higher than 128Kbps

• use of EAX effects or environments

• skipping, fast forward or reverse during playback

• using passive speakers or high-power headphones

• long backlight timeout setting (more than 10 secs)

• playback of WMA files

Interface

❑

USB 2.0/USB 1.1

* Battery life estimated for continuous playback of tracks encoded at 128 kbps.

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Playback Formats

❑

MP3 (at 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz)

❑

WMA (at 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz)

❑

Wave (at 32, 44.1, 48 kHz)

Signal to Noise Ratio

❑

Up to 98 dB (Headphones)

Channel Separation

❑

Up to 75 dB (Headphones)

THD

❑

<0.1%

Frequency Response

❑

20 Hz~20000 Hz

Harmonic Distortion

❑

<0.02%

Operating System/ Firmware

❑

Upgradeable via Internet

Headphone Out

❑

1/8" (3.5 mm) stereo minijack, 100 mW (Wide, Narrow, Front only)

LCD Display

❑

Large 160 x 104 pixel EL backlit display, in Sky Blue

** Firmware upgrades are available from www.NOMADworld.com

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Data Connector

❑

USB 2.0/USB 1.1

EAX

❑

Environment effects

❑

Parametric equalization

❑

Headphone spatialization

❑

Smart Volume Management

❑

Advanced EQ

❑

Time Scaling

Playback Speed

❑

Up to 1.5 times faster or 0.5 times slower for audio book content, WMA, WAV and MP3 audio playback

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Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide

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Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide

Information Diagrams

The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used.

Diagram Action/Meaning

❍ your computer is actively managing your player.

To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. Warning: Do not disconnect your player while your computer is still actively managing it.

❍ your computer is NOT actively managing your

player. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer.

❍ you are upgrading your player’s firmware.

❍ the firmware upgrade is complete. Reset your

player to enable the new firmware to take effect.

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Playback Icons

Icon Action/Meaning

❍ Play

❍ Pause

❍ Forward

❍ Reverse

❍ Skip forward

❍ Skip back

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Selected Music List Icons

Icon Action/Meaning

❍ Album

❍ Artist

❍ Genre

❍ Track

❍ Track within audio

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