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
This section introduces your player and its parts. Click the numbered labels for more information.
Turning Your Player On and Off
To turn on your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch toand hold for a few seconds.
The display screen lights up.
To turn off your player
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Slide the Power/Lock switch toand 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, pressto view the available options.
To exit, press.
Selecting an item
1.
Pressorto highlight a menu or option item.
2. Pressto 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 fromback 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 USBMass Storage Device from the taskbar.
If you are using Windows Media Player, make sure that your contents are in personal folders specified under
WindowsMedia 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 MusicNow Playing .
2.
Pressfollowed 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 pressingwhile 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.
Pressand select Delete.
3. Press.
4.
Pressorto 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 DJList 01, DJList 02 or DJList 03
Plays user created list which is created on the player.
Creating a DJ List
You can use the DJList function to create a list of your favourite songs on the player.
1. In the DJview, select DJ List 01, DJ List 02 or DJ List 03 and pressto go into the list.
2.
Pressand select Edit. Once in the All Tracks menu, a list of all the songs available will be shown.
3.
Use theorkey to choose the song you would like to add to the current list. Pressto 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.
Pressto return to the DJList menu.
5.
To start playing from the list, useorto go to the song you want to start playing from and pressto 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 DJList only and does not delete the songs from the player main memory.
1.
In the DJList view, pressand select Edit.
2. Once in the All Tracks menu, a list of all the songs available will be shown.
3.
Useorto go to the highlighted song you want to remove. Press theto unhighlight to remove the song from the DJList.
Repeat this action until you have chosen all the songs you want to remove from the list.
4.
Pressto return to the DJList menu.
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