Creative ZENportable User Manual
User’s Guide
Zen Portable Media Center
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Copyright © 2004 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Version 1.0
July 2004
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Contents
1 Introduction
Zen Portable Media Center................................................................................................................... 1-1
Windows Media Player 10............................................................................................................ 1-1
Terminology...................................................................................................................................... 1-1
System Requirements............................................................................................................................... 1-2
Accessories.................................................................................................................................................. 1-3
Customer Support Services and Warranty Information............................................................... 1-3
2 About Your Player
Front Views................................................................................................................................................. 2-1
Top and Bottom Views............................................................................................................................ 2-3
Selecting Menu Options........................................................................................................................... 2-4
Navigation buttons.......................................................................................................................... 2-4
Play Control buttons................................................................................................................................ 2-5
3 Getting Started
Inserting the battery ................................................................................................................................ 3-1
Powering your player .............................................................................................................................. 3-2
Charging the battery ................................................................................................................................ 3-3
Battery charge status...................................................................................................................... 3-4
Setting Up Your Player............................................................................................................................ 3-5
Connecting Your Player to a TV.......................................................................................................... 3-5
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Using the Protective Carrying Case.................................................................................................... 3-7
Locking and Unlocking your Player...................................................................................................... 3-7
Turning the player on or off................................................................................................................... 3-8
Navigating Menus ...................................................................................................................................... 3-8
Transferring content................................................................................................................................. 3-9
4 Personalizing Your Player
Personalizing your player......................................................................................................................... 4-1
Equalization........................................................................................................................................ 4-1
Display................................................................................................................................................. 4-1
Effects................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
International....................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Reset.................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Information.................................................................................................................................................. 4-3
Resetting your player................................................................................................................................ 4-3
5 Managing Content
About Content Types ............................................................................................................................. 5-1
Getting Content......................................................................................................................................... 5-1
Transferring content................................................................................................................................. 5-2
Transferring Content Manually................................................................................................... 5-2
Deleting Content............................................................................................................................. 5-2
Managing Videos......................................................................................................................................... 5-3
Locating a Video............................................................................................................................... 5-3
Playing a Video.................................................................................................................................. 5-3
Managing Programs................................................................................................................................... 5-3
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Managing Pictures...................................................................................................................................... 5-4
Locating a Picture............................................................................................................................. 5-4
Viewing a Slide Show...................................................................................................................... 5-4
Setting Up a Slide Show................................................................................................................. 5-4
Managing Audio.......................................................................................................................................... 5-5
Playing a Track ................................................................................................................................. 5-6
Viewing Track Information........................................................................................................... 5-6
Playing Tracks from an Album, Artist or Genre.................................................................... 5-6
Changing Play Modes...................................................................................................................... 5-7
About the Portable Playlist........................................................................................................... 5-7
Managing the Portable Playlist .................................................................................................... 5-7
Viewing the Contents of the Portable Playlist........................................................................ 5-8
Deleting All Tracks from the Portable Playlist........................................................................ 5-8
Appendixes
A General Specifications
General Specifications for your player................................................................................................ A-1
B Frequently Asked Questions
Usage............................................................................................................................................................. B-1
Updates......................................................................................................................................................... B-3
About Recovery Screens......................................................................................................................... B-4
C Terms and Technology Explained
Glossary....................................................................................................................................................... C-1
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DRM.......................................................................................................................................... C-1
Li-Ion Polymer........................................................................................................................ C-1
NTSC........................................................................................................................................ C-1
PAL............................................................................................................................................ C-1
Transcoding............................................................................................................................ C-2
Windows Media Audio (WMA)....................................................................................... C-2
Windows Media Video (WMV)....................................................................................... C-2
USB............................................................................................................................................ C-2
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Introduction
Introduction
Zen Portable Media Center
Windows Media Player 10
Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Zen Portable
Media Center!
With this device, you can have all of your favorite videos, music, and pictures at
your fingertips. Use your computer to create or download digital entertainment
programs, including recorded TV shows, videos, home movies, music, and
pictures, then store them all on your device. You can even connect it to your TV set
and view your pictures and videos!
Your player comes with Windows Mobile™ software, featuring an easy-to-use and
familiar Windows
fidelity WMA or MP3
Connect your player with the supplied USB travel cable, so that you can transfer
audio tracks, TV shows, pictures and videos quickly and easily. Enjoy easy access
to all of your favorite entertainment — anytime, anywhere.
With Windows Media Player 10, you can enjoy fast, flexible and high-quality
playback of your digital content. It also has smart jukebox features designed by
Microsoft
®
to make transferring content simple and easy.
®
Media Center Edition interface. You can easily create high-
*
files from your personal audio CD collection.
Terminology If you are unfamiliar with the terms used in this document, you can refer to "Terms
and Technology Explained" on page C-1.
* You cannot create digital audio files from Copy Control CDs.
Introduction 1-1
System Requirements
Minimum Recommended
❍ Microsoft
Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, or
Windows XP Tablet PC
❍ Intel
❍ CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction
support
❍ USB 2.0 port
❍ 64 MB RAM ❍ 256 MB RAM
❍ 100 Megabytes free hard disk space (more needed
for storing audio and video)
❍ 56 Kbps Internet connection for Internet content
downloading and CDDB2™ support (any charges
incurred are the responsibility of the user)
❍ SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600
resolution or better)
❍ Internet browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01,
Netscape
®
Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows XP
®
Pentium
®
II 233 MHz or better processor ❍ Intel
®
Navigator 4.7 or better)
®
Pentium® 4 1.6GHz or better processor
❍ 300 Megabytes free hard disk space (more needed
for storing audio and video)
❍ Broadband-based Internet connection for Internet
content downloading and CDDB2™ support (any
charges incurred are the responsibility of the user)
❍ Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 or
Netscape Navigator 7.0
For web pages with embedded digital media, use
only Netscape Navigator 6.x and 7.0 with the Java 2
Runtime Environment version 1.3.x.
Introduction 1-2
Accessories
The following accessories will be available from www.creative.com:
• Li-Ion Polymer battery
•FM Wired Remote
•IR Remote
• Docking Station
Customer Support Services and Warranty Information
You can find Customer Support Services, Warranty and other information in the
Installation CD.
Customer
Support
Services
Warranty
Regulatory d:\fcc\<language>\doc.pdf
(replace d:\ with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, <region> with
the region that you are in, and <language> with the language that your
document is in).
Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the Warranty
period.
d:\support\<language>\support.pdf
d:\warranty\<region>\<language>\warranty.pdf
Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the
warranty period.
Introduction 1-3
About Your Player
About Your Player
This section lists and describes your player’s buttons, controls and exterior
connectors.
Front Views
Start button
5
6
7
10
Power button
4
3
2
1
8
11
12
13
9
Figure 2-1: Your Zen Portable Media Center
About Your Player 2-1
Button / Connector Description
Start button
Power button
1. Reset button
2. Navigation buttons ❍ Use these to select menu options.
3. Power connector ❍ Connect this to a power outlet using the supplied power adapter.
4. Back button ❍ Press to return to the previous screen or menu.
5. Battery Charging Indicator
6. Volume Up / Down buttons ❍ Press and hold to quickly change volume levels.
7. Play Control buttons ❍ Use these to control content playback.
8. Integrated Speaker ❍ Enables you to hear audio when you have no headphones or speaker output.
9. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) ❍ Displays menus or content.
10. Preset buttons
11. Headphone connector ❍ Connect your headphones or Wired Remote to this connector.
❍ Press to display menu options on the LCD.
❍ Press to switch between the main menu and the currently active screen.
❍ Press and hold briefly to turn your player on and off.
❍ Resets your player when you press it with the end of a thin object
(like a straightened paperclip).
❍ Lights up in amber when the battery is charging.
❍ Lights up in green when the battery is fully charged.
❍ Press and hold Preset buttons 1, 2, 3 or 4 to bookmark content.
❍ Press a Preset button to go to the bookmark.
12. Audio / Video Out connector
13. Button Lock switch ❍ Move the switch to lock or unlock your player.
❍ Connect this to your TV set to conveniently view videos, recorded TV
programs or pictures stored in your player.
About Your Player 2-2
Top and Bottom Views
1
2
Figure 2-2: Your Zen Portable Media Center
Button /
Connector
1. Battery
Compartment
2. Data connector
Description
❍ Holds the high capacity battery.
❍ Connects to the USB travel cable or optional docking
station.
About Your Player 2-3
Selecting Menu Options
Navigation buttons
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
5 3
4
Button Description
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection above the current
1. Up button
2. OK button
3. Right button
4. Down button
selection.
❍ When viewing pictures, press to see the previous picture.
❍ Press to select the highlighted menu option or selection on the
screen.
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection to the right of the
current selection.
❍ When playing audio, press to see different views of the album,
genre, playlist or track.
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection below the current
selection.
❍ When viewing pictures, press to see the next picture.
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About Your Player 2-4
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