Creative Labs DVP FL0019 User Manual

Introduction

This user guide details the features of your Creative ZEN®X-Fi3. Creative ZEN X-Fi3 is a music and video player, voice recorder, and FM radio, all rolled into one. It can also stream music output to Bluetooth®compatible devices.
For setup and installation instructions, refer to the printed Quick Start leaflet that comes with your player.

Your Player at a Glance

Turning Your Player On and Off

To turn on your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch to and hold for a few seconds. The display screen lights up.
To turn off your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch to and hold until the Shutting down... message appears.

Selecting Menus and Options

Your player has menus and options from which you can select. This section explains the difference between menus and options, and how to access them.
Menus are categories of content or player information. Examples of menus are Music and System.
Options are actions you can perform on a menu item. Examples of options are EQ and Delete. When you turn on your player, you see the main menu. The main menu on your player leads to secondary menus called submenus. Sub-
menus themselves can lead to other menus. For more information, click the screen diagrams below.

Options

At any menu, press to view the available options. To exit, press .

Selecting an item

1.
Press or to highlight a menu or option item.
2. Press to select.

Locking Your Player

Locking your player disables the functions of all buttons on your player. Locking your player is useful when you do not want to acci­dentally activate functions on your player, such as when your player is in your pocket or bag.
To lock your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch to .
To unlock your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch away from back to its original position.

Playing and Managing Media Files

Ripping Music

When you rip music, you convert music tracks (often from CDs) into a format suitable for playback on your computer. You can rip music using applications such as Windows Media
®
Player. For more information, refer to the help that comes with the application.

Transferring Files to Your Player

You can use Windows Explorer or Windows Media refer to the help that comes with the application.
Warning:
Please ensure that you do not disconnect your player from your computer during file transfer.
To disconnect, click Safely Remove Hardware -> Safely Remove USBMass Storage Device from the taskbar.
If you are using Windows Media Player, make sure that your contents are in personal folders specified under
WindowsMedia Player, namely, My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos.
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Player to transfer files from your computer to your player. For more information,

Playing and Managing Music Tracks

You can search for music tracks by album, artist or genre. If you have combined tracks from various albums, and saved them as playlists, you can also search your tracks by playlist.
To play a music track
1. On the main menu, select Music.
2. Select a category, such as Albums, Artists or Genres. If you want to search by track title, select All Tracks.
3. Select the track you want, and press .
For effective searches, add the relevant media information (i.e. ID3 tags) to your tracks using an application such as Windows
Media Player.
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Adjusting Volume

While a song or video is playing, press the + or - button at the right hand side of the player to increase or decrease the volume.

Shuffling and Repeating Tracks

You can shuffle or repeat your list of selected tracks by selecting a different play mode.
1. On the main menu, select Music Now Playing .
2.
Press followed by .
3. Select one of the following options:
l Normal
Plays your selected tracks in sequential order.
l
Track Once
Stops playing after the current track ends.
l
Repeat Track
Repeats the current track.
l
Shuffle Repeat
Plays and repeats all selected tracks, in random order.
l
Repeat All
Repeats all selected tracks.
l
Shuffle
Plays all selected tracks in random order, once only.
You can also access these options by pressing while playing a track.

Deleting a Track

To permanently delete a track from the player:
1. In the Music view, select Albums, Artists, Genres or All Tracks to locate the song you would like to delete.
2.
Press and select Delete.
3. Press .
4.
Press or to highlight Yes.
5. To confirm the deletion, press .

Being Your Own DJ

Instead of selecting tracks yourself, let your player's DJ pick out tracks for you.
1. On the main menu, select DJ.
2. Select one of the following:
l Album of the Day
Plays any album.
l Random Play All
Plays all tracks, including your recorded tracks, in random order.
l Most Popular
Plays frequently played tracks.
l DJList 01, DJList 02 or DJList 03
Plays user created list which is created on the player.

Creating a DJ List

You can use the DJList function to create a list of your favourite songs on the player.
1. In the DJview, select DJ List 01, DJ List 02 or DJ List 03 and press to go into the list.
2.
Press and select Edit. Once in the All Tracks menu, a list of all the songs available will be shown.
3.
Use the or key to choose the song you would like to add to the current list. Press to confirm selection and the selected song will be highlighted. Repeat this action until you have chosen all the songs you want to play in the list.
4.
Press to return to the DJList menu.
5.
To start playing from the list, use or to go to the song you want to start playing from and press to start playing. Alternatively, you may also choose Shuffle to let the player randomly shuffle songs within the list.

Removing Songs from the DJ List

This action removes songs from the DJList only and does not delete the songs from the player main memory.
1.
In the DJList view, press and select Edit.
2. Once in the All Tracks menu, a list of all the songs available will be shown.
3.
Use or to go to the highlighted song you want to remove. Press the to unhighlight to remove the song from the DJList. Repeat this action until you have chosen all the songs you want to remove from the list.
4.
Press to return to the DJList menu.
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