Creative TravelSound MP3 User Manual
User’s Guide
Creative TravelSound MP3
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Copyright © 1998-2003 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Ver s io n 1. 0
April 2003
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Contents
Contents
Introduction
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
README File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
1 About Creative TravelSound MP3
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Top View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Bottom View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fold Out View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Player Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Player Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Player LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Other Parts of the Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
2 Setting Up Creative TravelSound MP3
Inserting Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Using the Universal Power Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Inserting the SmartMedia Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
3 Installing Creative TravelSound MP3
Installing Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
In Windows 98 SE/Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
In Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
In Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Uninstalling Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
In Windows 98 SE/Me/2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
In Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
4 Transferring Files
Using Windows Explorer to Transfer Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Starting Windows Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Transferring Files or Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Transferring MP3 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Removing Your Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
5 Using Creative TravelSound MP3
Player Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Wide Stereo Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Playback Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Voice Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
USB Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Volume Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Formatting a SmartMedia Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
In Windows 98 SE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
In Windows Me/2000/XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
A Technical Specifications
B FAQs and Troubleshooting
FAQs and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
C Note on USB Compatibility
D An MP3 and WMA Primer
About MP3 and WMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Memory and Audio Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
E Precautions
Introduction
Introduction
Creative TravelSound™ MP3 is a digital audio player with speakers that give superb sound quality. With
its titanium drivers and built-in digital amplifier, Creative TravelSound MP3 delivers sound clarity and
bass strength unheard of in this class of players. Your player supports multiple audio file formats,
including MP3 and WMA.
Being compact, light and foldable, Creative TravelSound MP3 is entirely portable. Its great battery life
makes it an ideal companion to other portable devices such as a portable DVD player or notebook. It is a
must-have for those who want great sound on the go!
Your player comes with accessories such as a universal power adapter, a carrying case and lots more.
Before You Begin
Package Contents Your Creative TravelSound MP3 package contains the following items:
• Creative TravelSound MP3
•Carrying Case
• Universal Power Adapter
The items described may
vary depending on
country of purchase.
• Power Cable
• USB Cable
• Stereo-to-Stereo Cable
• Quick Start Guide
• Technical Support
• Creative TravelSound MP3 Installation CD, which includes this manual.
README File The README file on the CD-ROM contains information not available at the time of printing. Read it
before you begin installing Creative TravelSound MP3.
Introduction i
System
Requirements
• Genuine Intel® Pentium® 200 MHz (Intel Pentium II recommended for MP3 encoding) or faster
processor
• 64 MB RAM on motherboard (128 MB or more recommended)
• 30 MB free hard disk space (or more for audio content storage)
• Available USB port or self-powered USB hub
• Microsoft Windows
®
98 Second Edition (SE), Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000
or Windows XP
• CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support
• Sound Blaster
®
Live!™, Sound Blaster Audigy™, Sound Blaster Extigy™ or Sound Blaster Audigy
2 for EAX™ enhanced MP3 encoding
• Installed mouse
• SVGA graphics adapter 256 colours, 800 x 600 pixels
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 that may result in injury to you,
or damage to your player.
Introduction ii
1
About Creative TravelSound MP3
About Creative TravelSound MP3
In this chapter, you can read about your player’s exterior features and accessories. We will show and
explain your player’s buttons, controls and connectors.
Front View
Microphone
Play/Pause
button
Reverse button
Figure 1-1: Creative TravelSound MP3 - Front View
Blue and Orange
LED indicators
Forward button
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-1
Stop
button
To p V i e w
With your Creative
TravelSound MP3, you can
augment your audio
experience by using the
Wide Stereo Effect feature.
This feature can make it
seem as if your speakers
are placed further apart
than they really are.
Wide Stereo
Effect switch
Universal Power
Adapter
connector
Power On/Off
switch
Volume Up
button
USB
connector
Figure 1-2: Creative TravelSound MP3 - Top View
Volume Down
button
Headphones
connector
Line-in
connector
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-2
Back View
SmartMedia Memory
card slot
SmartMedia Memory card Eject lever
Figure 1-3: Creative TravelSound MP3 - Back View.
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-3
Bottom View
Normal/Repeat All/Random
switch
Figure 1-4: Creative TravelSound MP3 - Bottom View
Fold Out View
Battery compar tment
Figure 1-5: Creative TravelSound MP3 - Fold Out View
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-4
Player Controls
The controls help you access many of your player’s features. The table below describes each control and
its function.
Controls Function Notes
POWER ON/OFF
BUTTON
PLAY/PAUSE BUTTON
STOP BUTTON
FORWARD BUTTON
REVERSE BUTTON
VOLUME UP/
V
OLUME DOWN
BUTTONS
NORMAL/REPEAT ALL/
R
ANDOM SWITCH
WIDE S TEREO EFFECT
SWITCH
BLUE AND ORANGE
LED
INDICATORS
❍ turns on and turns off your player
❍ starts, pauses or continues playback ❍ press to start, pause or unpause playback
❍ starts or stops playback/recording
❍ 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
❍ increases or decreases the volume ❍ press and hold to change the volume level
❍ sets the playback mode to Normal, Repeat All or
Random
❍ enhances the spatial separation of the speakers
❍ lights up to show your player’s status and operating
modes
❍ press and hold to start recording
❍ press to stop playback/recording
❍ see "Player LED Indicators" on page 1-7 for
details
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-5
Player Connectors
Part Function Notes
UNIVERSAL
POWER ADAPTER
CONNECTOR
Your player has external connectors that are used for connecting to other devices. The table below
explains what each connector is used for.
❍ connects to your player’s universal power adapter ❍ use only the supplied adapter
HEADPHONES
CONNECTOR
LINE-IN CONNECTOR
USB CONNECTOR
❍ connects to your headphones
❍ connects to external audio devices, such as a portable
CD player
❍ connects your player to your computer
❍ speaker output automatically mutes when
headphones are plugged in
❍ audio from the line-in source is mixed with
currently playing audio
❍ connect a USB cable from your player to your
computer to transfer data/audio or to upgrade
your player’s firmware
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-6
Player LED Indicators
Your player’s LED indicators show you the current mode or state. The table below explains what these
modes or states are.
Blue LED
state
Orange LED
state
Meaning / notes
When both LEDs are
blinking and you are not
recording anything, it
means that battery power
is low. Recharge or replace
the batteries as soon as
possible.
ON OFF
BLINKING OFF
ON ON
OFF ON
OFF BLINKING
BLINKING BLINKING
RAPID BLINKING RAPID BLINKING
❍ Player mode
❍ playback is paused
❍ Voi c e m od e
❍ playback of recorded tracks
❍ USB mode
❍ player controls are inactive
❍ player is entering USB mode
❍ file transfer in progress
❍ starting recording
❍ when not recording, this indicates low battery power
❍ not enough memory left for recording
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-7
Other Parts of the Player
Part Function Notes
SMARTMEDIA
M
EMORY CARD SLOT
SMARTMEDIA
M
EMORY CARD EJECT
LEVER
MICROPHONE
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
❍ holds the SmartMedia Memory card
❍ ejects the SmartMedia Memory card (available
separately) from the slot
❍ records audio
❍ holds the player’s batteries
❍ your player supports 3.3 V cards up to 128 MB
only
❍ push down to eject
❍ recorded audio is stored in your player’s
internal memory as a .WAV file; recordings
cannot be stored in the SmartMedia Memory
card
❍ use any type of AAA size batteries
❍ use only one type of battery at a time; for
example, do not mix acid and alkaline batteries
About Creative TravelSound MP3 1-8
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