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iAUDIO M5

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From the initial screen, you can go into Settings or choose Digital Music, Voice Rec, Line-In Rec and File 
Manager mode. For mode changes, please refer to simple operations by mode.

2. Menu

1. Equalizer
There are presets or the user can set up a 5-band EQ. Normal, Rock, Jazz, 
Classic, Pop, Vocal, and User EQ’s are available, and each EQ can be controlled 
depending on the user’s preference. 

2. BBE
    BBE is a sound field effect that makes music clearer.

3. Mach3Bass
    Mach3Bass is a bass boosting effect that reinforces super-bass frequencies.

4. MP Enhance
    MP Enhance is a sound field effect that compensates for the lost parts of sound.

3. JetEffect

Detailed Specifications for Each Menu Function

Equalizer

BBE

6

Mach3Bass

8

MP Enhance

ON

Summary of Contents for iAUDIO M5

Page 1: ...User s Guide Ver 2 0 E ...

Page 2: ...ed codified laws We recommend that you to go to http www iAUDIO com and register as an official customer as soon as you purchase this product You then will be eligible to receive special benefits only available to official customers who have completed the customer registration form If those users who did not complete the official customer registration form Certain issues will be considered the res...

Page 3: ...ion iii Section Repeat Setup iv Dynamic Play List Referred to hereafter as DPL Setup v Bookmark Setup vi Playlist M3U Playlist Setup 2 Voice Rec Mode Voice recording with a built in microphone 3 Line In Rec Mode Recording with a stereo cable 4 File Manager Mode 5 How To Use the Buttons Summary of simple button operations in each mode i Navigator Mode ii Digital Music Mode iii Voice Record Line In ...

Page 4: ...g iAUDIO in places with high occurrences of static electricity may cause malfunctions Always backup important files All data stored in iAUDIO may become deleted when being serviced Our after service center does not backup files in iAUDIO units Please note that Cowon Systems is not responsible for any data loss from products entrusted to us for service Be careful not to cut your hands when unpackin...

Page 5: ...rom magnets and direct magnetic fields as they can cause product failure Use only a soft dry cotton flannel cloth to clean the product Never use water soap benzene detergent If there is thunder or lightning unplug the PC power cables and the AC power adaptor from the power outlet for there may be lightning strikes which cause a fire hazard Do not connect to both the separately sold subpack s or cr...

Page 6: ... this feature Direct Encoding Line in accessory kit subpack cradle must be purchased separately iAUDIO provides direct encoding by which you can record output from an external audio device at a 1 1 ratio This means that you can connect the recording terminal and the output terminal of an external audio device with a bi directional stereo cable for recording Using this feature you can receive the d...

Page 7: ...emote Control Optional Bundled Earphones iAUDIO MP3 Player Main Body Install CD JetShell JetAudio Quick Guide Quick Guide Quick USB 2 0 Cable Line in Recording Cable Optional Cradle Optional Components in the Package AC Adapter Subpack Optional ...

Page 8: ...number total file number Supports MAC OS Only data transfer is supported Supports Linux v 2 2 or higher Only data transfer is supported Software JetShell File transfer MP3 WMA WAV AUDIO CD PLAY MP3 ENCODING JetAudio Integrated multimedia player software music conversion feature Supported Files Hard Disc PC Interface Battery Power Charge Time Buttons Display SNR Frequency Range Output Size Weight M...

Page 9: ...gation Enter Menu Navigation VOL Volumeincrease movecursor up increasesetupvalue REW Previoussong rewind FF Nextsong Fastforward VOL Volumedecrease movecursor down decreasesetupvalue Earphone Jack Connector Power Power Power Hold Switch REC A B Button PLAY Button MIC Reset USB A B Button NamesofParts ...

Page 10: ...ry or rechargeable batteries the bars of the battery level indicator may become unstable while the charge is being measured but this is normal When the battery needs to be charged the icon starts blinking At this time connect the AC power adapter and charge the battery If there is no AC power adapter available safely turn off the device Playback mode Hold main unit remote control Remaining battery...

Page 11: ...description on page 5 The maximum folder number and file number this product can recognize is 2 000 and 10 000 respectively 1 ConnecttheUSBporttothePC withthesuppliedUSBcable Copying Files and Disconnecting 1 OpenWindowsExplorerwhiletheiAUDIOM5isconnectedtoyourPC 2 Copyaudiofiles graphicfilesandotherfilestobeusediniAUDIOM5tothedrive 3 Aftersavingthefiles clickthe 3 Aftersavingthefiles clickthe 3 A...

Page 12: ... the Menu screen appears push the lever in the direction to switch to a desired menu item After moving the cursor to the desired menu you may press the lever playback button or push the lever in the direction to display direction to display the selected menu screen To exit the mode menu simply press the REC button or push the lever in direction to return to previous screen Press the REC button if ...

Page 13: ... level of the band by pushing the lever toward the direction while the band is selected 0 12dB Push the lever toward the direction to return to the upper menu or press the PLAY button to direction to return to the upper menu or press the PLAY button to complete EQ setup e g ChangingJetEffectEQfromNOR Normal toROC Rock EntertheMenu Holdandpresstheleverfor2 secondstoenterthemenu DigitalMusicMode Mov...

Page 14: ...the lever toward the direction to select the desired popup item Press the PLAY button or push the lever toward the direction to select a popup item Press the REC button to cancel and close the popup window Closing Navigator Pressing the REC button will close the Navigator screen and return to the original screen Entering theNavigator Ashort taponthelever allowsyoutoenterthe Navigatorscreen iAUDIOF...

Page 15: ... AutoPlay is On playback is automatically started after the logo screen When Resume is On playback starts from the position last played Move the lever toward the direction to adjust the volume Song information displayed during playback depends on the Song Title setting It may take several seconds to playback a selected song due to characteristics of the hard disk This is not a product failure If t...

Page 16: ...nnect iAUDIO and the PC 4 Turn the power ON and select a text file saved in the TEXTFILE folder with the Navigator This will enable text file viewing 5 Moving the lever will move the text line by line and moving the lever with will move will move the text page by page 6 Press the lever to launch a separate window and move directly to a specified location 7 Press the REC button to exit TextViewer m...

Page 17: ...AYLIST folder and select Remove If you add an entire folder to Add To List all of the songs in the folder will be added to the DPL To remove all songs from D PLAYLIST select Remove All from the popup window Removing songs from D PLAYLIST is simply removing the link not the files If you want to remove the files you need to delete the files while in File Manager mode or when the device is connected ...

Page 18: ...p window for the songs you want to remove in the BOOKMARK folder and select Remove If a file has already been setup for a bookmark selecting Add Current will change the bookmark location to a new starting point To remove all the songs from the BOOKMARK select Remove All from the popup Removing songs from BOOKMARK is simply removing the link not the files If you want to remove the files you need to...

Page 19: ...efore deleting an M3U file will not delete the audio file Be sure to save M3U files only in the PLAYLIST folder You must create an M3U file for the files saved in iAUDIO while iAUDIO is connected to a PC If you create an M3U file in the PC or create one containing files saved in the PC after the device has been connected to the PC the M3U file will not playback properly M3U files will be recognize...

Page 20: ... because there is something wrong with the product To playback recorded files using Navigator you may run the Navigator in Digital Music mode If you were running Voice Record before turning off the product it will resume in Voice Record mode when the power is turned on again Recording consumes more battery power than usual Be sure to fully charge the battery before recording The quality and capaci...

Page 21: ...py Saves the selected file to the clipboard Paste Copies the content from the clipboard to the currently open folder Delete Deletes the selected file 6 You can move out of File Manager mode by turning off the power or go into another mode by holding down the menu button in File Manager mode 4 FileManagerMode filemanaging iAUDIO s top folder is HOST and it does not support connection to other devic...

Page 22: ...orEachMode REC A B REC A B REC A B REC A B REC A B Key Operation WhileStopped DuringPlayback Play Plays back the current file Stops the playback of the current file Operates the setting Operates the setting FF Goes to the next file Skips5secor10sec orskipstracks accordingtotheSKIPsetup Goes to the next file Fastforward REW Goes to the previous file Skips5secor10sec orskipstracks accordingtotheSKIP...

Page 23: ...ys back the recorded file Pause or records continuously MENU Navigator Mode Setup Menu Volume up Volume down REC A B Start recording Stop recording Voice Record LineIn Record Mode REC A B REC A B REC A B REC A B REC A B Inthekeyoperation indicatestopressonceand indicatestoholddownlongerthan1second ...

Page 24: ...s MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan Boundary Repeat Shuffle Language Song Title Play Time Album Scroll Title Scroll Lyrics Scroll Speed Contrast M Contrast R Backlight Time M Backlight Time R Clock Alarm Sleep AutoOff JetEffect PlayMode Display Timer Settings The setup menu is subject to change if there are any future firmware upgrades The language for the setup menu can be changed in 5 Display 1 The lan...

Page 25: ...ce 2 BBE BBE is a sound field effect that makes music clearer 3 Mach3Bass Mach3Bass is a bass boosting effect that reinforces super bass frequencies 4 MP Enhance MP Enhance is a sound field effect that compensates for the lost parts of sound 3 JetEffect Detailed Specifications for Each Menu Function JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach3Bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan 6 8 ON 6 0 JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mac...

Page 26: ...the previous Boundary 2 Repeat You can set and reset the repeat function within the designated Boundary range It repeats play when it is set to On and when it is set to All it repeats all the tracks within the selected boundary 3 Shuffle You can set and reset random play within the designated Boundary range When it is set to On the next track is chosen randomly and played 4 PlayMode Excessive adju...

Page 27: ...he LCD display One Way scrolls only left Two Way scrolls left and right 6 Lyrics You can set to display the lyric of the track When it is set to On you can view the lyrics of the song on the LCD If the lyrics have not been input the lyrics will not be displayed even though it is set to On For more details please refer to the beginner s guide at our homepage at www iAUDIO com Display Language Song ...

Page 28: ...ff OFF 30s Clock Display Title Scroll Lyrics Scroll Speed Contrast M Contrast R Backlight Time M Backlight Time R 5 7 ON ON Display Language Song Title Play Time AlbumScroll Title Scroll Lyrics Scroll Speed ON ON Display Title Scroll Lyrics Scroll Speed Contrast M Contrast R Backlight Time M Backlight Time R 5 7 ON ON ON Display Title Scroll Lyrics Scroll Speed Contrast M Contrast R Backlight Time...

Page 29: ... device is running 1 Skip Length It sets up the length of time to be skipped when the buttons are pushed buttons are pushed 7 General 2 Scan Speed It sets up the speed for fast forward and rewind when the buttons are pushed The higher the double speed gets the faster the possible search Timer Clock Alarm Sleep AutoOff OFF 30s Timer Clock Alarm Sleep AutoOff OFF 30s Alarm Timer Clock Alarm Sleep Au...

Page 30: ...fault Track x64 ON OFF 2s General Skip Length Scan Speed Resume AutoPlay FadeIn Controls Load Default Track x64 ON OFF 2s Controls PLAY long REC long PLAY long JetEffect Boundary Shuffle Equalizer Add to DPL Add to Bookmark Lyrics On Off REC long Voice Record Boundary Shuffle Equalizer Add to DPL Add to Bookmark Lyrics On Off General Scan Speed Resume AutoPlay FadeIn Controls USB Mode Load Default...

Page 31: ...e lower the number is the higher the sensitivity to sound When you are recording something very important be sure to set it to Off 8 Recording Version It indicates the current firmware version HDD Total It indicates the total capacity on the hard disk HDD Free It indicates the remaining capacity on the hard disk Dirs number of folders It indicates the total numbers of directories not including the...

Page 32: ...tallingtheDeviceDriver 1 Connect the device to the PC using a USB cable Please refer 7 Connecting to a PC Before Using Driver installation 2 The Add New Hardware wizard window shown in the picture appears Click Next 3 Check Search for the best driver for your device and click Next 4 Check Specify a location and click Browse Additional Information ...

Page 33: ...load the file from the Download menu at our homepage www iAUDIO com 6 After designating the desired location for saving the file click Next 7 Click Next again 8 Click finish and the driver installation is complete You can view the newly added drive from Windows Explorer Additional Information ...

Page 34: ...ions or debug it through an upgrade The functions and the menu are subject to change without warning through firmware upgrades and some beta version firmware can have minor errors in their operation which will be corrected in the final version 2 UpgradingtheFirmware Do not unplug the adapter or turn off the power before the firmware upgrade is complete Make a backup file on your PC since the saved...

Page 35: ...el Therefore the sound of the hard drive running may be recorded while recording ThelettersontheLCD areallbroken Set to English in the Country Language menu or use the File Name menu in the ID3 tag control menu Thecomputerdoesn t recognizethedevice If they are connected by a USB cable then turn the power ON A separate driver has to be installed for iAUDIO that is running under Windows OS except fo...

Page 36: ...iAUDIO installation CD in the CD ROM drive the installation program starts automatically It may not start automatically depending on the settings of Windows In this case run x setup exe or x JetShell setup exe where x is the letter of your CD ROM drive 2 When the installation finishes Start Program COWON iAUDIO M5 program group is created ConnectingiAUDIO Windows ME 2000 XP 1 Connect the iAUDIO USB...

Page 37: ... for the best driver for your device and click Next Con n ect i n g i A UDI O a nd I n st a l l i n g J e t S he l l ForWindows98 98SE 1 Do not perform the following steps if you are using an Operating System other than Windows 98 SE 2 The E drive shown in the illustration is an example and it may be different from the actual drive name used by your PC It was given for your reference only ...

Page 38: ...tonwhenthe AddHardwareWizard windowappears withthetitle iAUDIOM5DigitalAudioPlayer 8 ThedriverfilesarecopiedandinstalledfromtheInstallationCD Whentheinstallationfinishes amessagenotifyingyouofcompletion appearsasshowninthepicture ClickFinish 9 Finally makesurethatinstallationofiAUDIOwascompletednormally bychecking iAUDIOM5DigitalAudioPlayer displayedunder Harddiskcontroller of ControlPanel System Ha...

Page 39: ...WindowsExplorer UpgradingiAUDIO sfirmware PlayerSection DoubleclickanMP3 MP2 WAV WMA ASF AudioCDtrack orPlaylist m3u fileinthe FileManagement Window ordraganddropfilesonthe PlayerWindow shownabove Youcanalsoselectmultiplefilesandthen pressthePlaybutton Ontheblackscreeninthemiddle variousinformationofcurrentfileisdisplayed andtwotypes ofspectrumscreensappear Youcanstartandstopplayingthefilewiththebuttons...

Page 40: ...m PC to iAUDIO by the user are displayed in the middle window The Memory used bar shown at the bottom right indicatestheusedmemorysizeofthetotalmemoryofiAUDIOM5 Ifthisbarisalmostfull itmeansthatthereisalmost nofreespaceavailableiniAUDIOM5 Button Function Explanation Up Movetotheupperfolder Properties Displaythepropertiesoftheselectedfile Refresh Refreshthecontentsofflashmemory Delete Deletetheselect...

Page 41: ...allycoolspectrums Whenyouclickonthespectrumdisplayarea thescreenchangesasfollows Spectrum Display and Sound Effects Youcanalsoenjoyvariousequalizersandsoundeffects Various Equalizers Various Sound Effects SpectrumDisplayandSoundEffects ...

Page 42: ...e selected files from the File Management Window to the Flash Memory Management Window 3 Theprogresswindowappears Backlightturnsonwhentransmitting NeverdisconnecttheUSBcablewhenthe backlightison 4 Anothermethodistoputthefilesinthe DownloadListWindow first andtransferthemlater Thisisusefulwhenyouwishtodownloadfilesindifferentfolders 5 YoucanalsodownloadthefilesexistingoutsideofJetShellbydragginganddropp...

Page 43: ... appears when you right click your mouse after selecting a file in the memory window FormattingHDD iAUDIO requires formatting as HDD does You should be careful when formatting iAUDIO since all data in the memory will be deleted 1 Click DeviceMemoryFormat fromtheFilemenu Thefollowingwindowappears YoumayformatasFAT32 IfnotformattedasFAT32 iAUDIOwillberecognizedasaUSBstoragemediumonly andtheMP3Playerw...

Page 44: ... thespeedisveryfast 1 Before getting started you must choose the quality of the MP3 files to create Click Setup MP3 Encoder Option to set the desiredbitrateoftheMP3files Thefilescompressedinahighbitratehaveahighersoundqualityandabiggerfilesize 2 From the File Management section select the CD ROM drive in which theAudio CD is inserted Select the audio tracksfromtherightwindowandclick or File ConvertCDt...

Page 45: ...iAUDIO M5 45 Converting Audio CD T racks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO 4 Theconvertingprocessisdisplayedasshownbelow ...

Page 46: ... WAV file to an MP3 on the PC Click File Menu from JetShell and then click the WAV to MP3 conversion button The conversion window appears ToConvertaWMAFileToanMP3File This is a function that changes a WMA file to a MP3 on a PC Click File Menu from JetShell and then click the WMA to MP3 conversion button ...

Page 47: ...AVFile This is a function that changes an MP3 file to a WAV file on a PC Click File Menu from JetShell and then click the MP3 to WAV conversion button The conversion window appears The conversion window appears T o Convert V arious Files ...

Page 48: ...ThisisanaudioCDthatcontainsvideoordataforaPC 2 AccessingInternetCDDatabase Whenyoupressthe button theinformationontheCD suchasthesingerandsongtitlecanbeacquiredthroughtheInternet TouseCDdatabase theInternetconnectionmustbeenabled Youmaynotbeabletousethisfeaturedependingonthestatusofthenetwork ortheproxyserversettings The tracks appear when you right click your mouse When incorrect data is stored i...

Page 49: ...5 DownloadingLogoFile YoucandownloadalogofiletochangethelogoscreenthatappearswheniAUDIOpowerson Select DownloadLogoFile fromthemenu Whenthe Open windowappears selectthedesiredlogofileandclickOpen Thenthe logofileisdownloadedandapplied 3 EditingID3Tag YoucanedittheID3tagofaMP3filebyselecting Tools EditMP3ID3Tag fromtheJetShellmenu ...

Page 50: ...aplayer JetAudio isincludedintheiAUDIOInstallationCD Toinstall JetAudio runthefile CD ROM JetAudio setup exe FordetailedinformationonusingJetAudio refertotheJetAudio Help afterinstallation orpostyourquestionontheQ Aboardatthesite http www JetAudio com Installing and Using JetAudio ...

Page 51: ...iAUDIO M5 51 ...

Page 52: ...Customer Service Center Address 20 Fairbanks Suite 171 Irvine CA 92618 Tel 1 888 453 8283 Homepage www cowonamerica com Email tech_support cowonamerica com ...

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