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iAUDIO 7

iAUDIO 7

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1) Introducing iAUDIO 7

1.1 iAUDIO 7 at a Glance

1.2 Package Contents

1.3 Features and Specifications

1.4 Identifying the Parts

1.5 Description of Display

1.6 Charging iAUDIO 7

1.7 Windows 98 Driver Installation

1.8 Connecting to PC and Transferring Files

1.9 Firmware Upgrade

2) Using iAUDIO 7

2.1 Basic Controls

2.2 Switching Between Modes

2.3 Navigating through Files and Folders

2.4 Changing Settings

2.5 Using Pop-Up Window

3) Using Advanced Features

3.1 Playing Audio and Video Files

3.2 Listening to FM Radio

3.3 Recording Using Built-In Microphone or Line-In Connection

3.4 Viewing Images

3.5 Reading Texts

3.6 Summary of Controls

Table of Contents

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Summary of Contents for IAUDIO7

Page 1: ...User s Manual ver 1 2 EN ...

Page 2: ...2 iAUDIO 7 ...

Page 3: ...with all other laws and regulations regarding consumer use of such media is the responsibility of the users Information in this manual including contents of product features and specifications is subject to change without notice as updates may be made This product has been produced under the license of BBE Sound Inc USP4638258 5510752 and 5736897 BBE and the BBE symbol are the registered trademarks...

Page 4: ...Connecting to PC and Transferring Files 1 9 Firmware Upgrade 2 Using iAUDIO 7 2 1 Basic Controls 2 2 Switching Between Modes 2 3 Navigating through Files and Folders 2 4 Changing Settings 2 5 Using Pop Up Window 3 Using Advanced Features 3 1 Playing Audio and Video Files 3 2 Listening to FM Radio 3 3 Recording Using Built In Microphone or Line In Connection 3 4 Viewing Images 3 5 Reading Texts 3 6...

Page 5: ...s Menu List 4 2 JetEffect 4 3 Play Mode 4 4 Display 4 5 Timer 4 6 General 4 7 Recording 4 8 FM Radio 4 9 Information 5 Additional Information 5 1 Resetting to Factory Default Settings 5 2 Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter JetAudio Troubleshooting 35 43 46 ...

Page 6: ...e and malfunctions Do not listen to the player at excessively high volume for long period of time Do not view the display screen of this player at a low illumination in a dark area for an extended time period Otherwise it can cause eye fatigue Avoid using the player at a location where static electricity is frequent Before any repair service you should back up all data from the player COWON SYSTEM...

Page 7: ...ium polymer battery The ultra power saving circuit of iAUDIO 7 enables up to 50 hours of continuous playback with a fully charged battery Based on company test results Audio playback It supports various popular digital audio formats including MP3 OGG WMA WAV and FLAC Free Loss lessAudio Codec Movie playback Video files of up to 15 frames per second can easily be converted and transferred with COWON...

Page 8: ...take advantage of the following sound effects to suit your favorite music BBE Sound effects that provide the clearest music Mach3Bass Abass booster that enhances super low end bass MP Enhance Sound effects that compensate for missing sound segments in MP3s 3D Surround Three dimensional surround sound effect Upgradeable firmware We may occasionally release firmware upgrades to incorporate improvement...

Page 9: ...able Optional 1 2 Package Contents Quick Guide Installation CD iAUDIO 7 ACAdapter Optional You can also use the provided USB cable to charge the player The above figures for package contents are provided for your reference and may differ from the actual contents ...

Page 10: ...tor Play PauseduringPlayback Record PauseduringRecording NextTrack PreviousTrack FastForward FastRewind InfiniteLoop Resume FadeIn AutoPlayfeaturesupport SearchSpeed SkipSpeedSetting DigitalVolumeControl 40levels VariousEQandSoundEffects JetEffect Useradjustable5 bandEQ Normal Rock Pop Jazz Classic Vocal User BBE Mach3Bass MPEnhance 3DSurroundSupport Clock Alarm ScheduledRecording SleepTimer AutoP...

Page 11: ...company test About 3 5 hours Swing Touch REC PLAY Power Hold VOL VOL MENU 1 3 inch 160 x 128 dot 260 000 color TFT LCD 95dB A Weighted 20Hz 20KHz 16 Ohm earphones 24 5mW 24 5mW 35 6 X 76 1 X 19 mm Width x Length x Thickness 53g includes lithium polymer battery Supported File Formats Memory USB Interface File Transfer Rate Power Supply Charging Time Buttons Display SNR Output Frequency Output Dimen...

Page 12: ...12 iAUDIO 7 Bottom Top Front Right Back MIC Line In Jack Earphone Jack LCD Display REW FF VOL Reset MENU REC PLAY STOP HOLDSwitch USB Connec tion Jack VOL 1 4 Identifying the Parts Introducing iAUDIO 7 ...

Page 13: ...s in the battery icon may increase or decrease irregularly when the remaining charge is being measured This is normal When the battery runs out the battery icon starts to blink If this happens the player will automatically power off after about 30 minutes 1 5 Display Play Mode Hold Battery Status Artist Name Boundary Total Time Play Time Album Title Song Title Current Track Total Tracks Current Ti...

Page 14: ...of the player and directly to your computer The con nection to an external USB hub is not supported The player must be directly connected to the PC via a USB cable ii If the connection is made properly the player will display an image showing charging status iii To check the charging status run Safely Remove Hardware wizard on your PC Then iAUDIO 7 will display charging status on its screen iv Slo...

Page 15: ...and the USB jack of the player ii Once connected the player will automatically turn on and start charging iii Once the player is fully charged the charge complete screen will appear as shown AC adapter is sold separately and works for both 110V and 220V For your safety use only the adapter supplied by the manufacturer ...

Page 16: ...r for the PC to recognize the player Windows 2000 and later versions automatically recognize the player Installing the driver 1 Connect the player to your PC using the supplied USB cable 2 Add New Hardware Wizard will appear as shown Click Next 3 Click Search for the best driver for your device Recom mended and then click Next ...

Page 17: ... location and click Browse button 5 Select Win98 folder in the installation CD and then click Next button Drivers are also available for download from www COWON com 6 Once the drivers are recognized click Next Introducing iAUDIO 7 ...

Page 18: ...18 iAUDIO 7 Introducing iAUDIO 7 7 Continue to click Next 8 Click the Finish button to complete the driver installation The newly added drive can be seen in Device Manager or Explorer ...

Page 19: ...Computer or Windows Explorer check the connection and settings and then re connect Separate driver installation is required for Windows 98 If the USB cable is connected after running Safely Remove Hardware wizard from the steps listed above the player stays in the battery charging mode To access its hard drive iAUDIO must be disconnected first and reconnected In Windows 98 and 98 SE the icon for Sa...

Page 20: ...ons of firmware may contain program bugs that will be fixed in the later versions You can find the current firmware version of your player by selecting Settings Information Upon upgrading the firmware any data stored in the player may be lost so it is recommended that data be backed up before upgrading the firmware The method of installing firmware may vary with each version Be sure to check out further ...

Page 21: ...eft and hold it until shut down starts 2 2 Switching between Modes iAUDIO 7 has 6 modes of operation Music Video FM Radio Record Picture Text and Settings menu To switch between these modes Press MENU button twice Mode selection screen will appear Pressing the MENU button once will switch the display to current folder view Using the arrow touch buttons select one of the 7 modes or Settings icon On...

Page 22: ...one of Music Video Record Picture Text modes the Navigator will appear showing the current folder view JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach4bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan Play Speed 5 10 0 0 100 JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach4bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan Play Speed 5 10 0 0 100 If the player is in FM Radio mode radio frequency tuning screen appears ...

Page 23: ...ch REC button In the root folder the Navigator will close and return to the previous play mode screen To play a selected file touch PLAY button 2 4 Changing Settings Using iAUDIO 7 To close the Navigator either press MENU twice or touch REC button in the root folder Selecting items in Settings Mode Using the and touch buttons select one of categories in Setings menu JetEffect Play Mode Display Time...

Page 24: ...d EQ band to adjust the dB level of the band 12dB 12dB To escape the Equalizer menu and return to previous menu screen touch REC button 2 5 Using Pop Up window When the PLAY button is touched for extended time a pop up window will appear with its content as listed in the table Using and PLAY buttons popup menu items can be selected Touching REC button cancels and closes pop up window Mode Pop Up C...

Page 25: ...ted by COWON MediaCenter Jetaudio will not play in iAUDIO 7 If theAuto Play option is enabled in the Settings menu the player will automatically start playing media files upon power up If Resume is enabled in the Settings menu iAUDIO will resume playback from the position where it was previously turned off The display format of track information during playback can be set in Settings Display Title ...

Page 26: ...tion repeat to work Section repeat function will be cancelled if another track is selected Section repeat function only works with music files and does not apply to video files Using Dynamic Playlist DPL This function lets you edit a list of favorite music files By using DPL user can access music files in various folders without navigating each folder iAUDIO 7 contains a virtual folder named Dynamic P...

Page 27: ...op up window And then select the Add to DPL from the pop up menu 2 To add a track or folder to DPL select a track or a folder in Navigator screen touch and hold the PLAY button to open a pop up window And then select the Add List from the pop up menu 3 To remove a single track from DPL select the file under Dynamic Play List folder Then touch and hold the PLAY button to open a pop up window And the...

Page 28: ...ved from the Bookmark Maximum 200 files can be added to Bookmark 1 During a music playback touch and hold the PLAY button to open a pop up window Select the Book mark in the pop up menu 2 If the file already has a Bookmark its previous bookmark will be replaced with the new one 3 To play a file with a Bookmark select the file from the Bookmark folder 4 To remove a Bookmark display the pop up menu from...

Page 29: ...y start with the FM Radio when turned on Earphone wire works as an antenna for FM Radio signals and thus improves the quality of reception when straightened Setting and Using Preset Channels Setting preset channels to favorite stations avoids manual scanning through all frequencies Preset List 01 91 90Mhz 02 None 03 None 04 None 05 None 06 None 07 None Preset List 01 91 90Mhz 02 None 03 None 04 No...

Page 30: ...Y button to open a pop up window 5 Select Save current Ch to add the current frequency to the preset channel 6 Listen to the preset channels by selecting Listen Ch or delete preset channels by selecting Delete Ch 7 Touch PLAY button in the preset mode to return to a manual tuning mode The PRESET icon will disap pear from the screen and touching buttons will allow tuning frequency at 0 1Mhz step Re...

Page 31: ...e 4 During recording touch the PLAY button to pause or resume the recording 5 Touch REC button to end recording 6 To play recorded files touch PLAY button 3 3 Recording Using Built In Microphone or Line In Connection 1 Set the correct time on iAUDIO Refer to section 4 5 2 In the Settings Timer menu select the Wakeup Mode and set it to FM Recording 3 In the Settings Timer menu select the Wakeup Time...

Page 32: ... the Line In cable to connect the headphone jack of your audio source device with the Line In jack of iAUDIO 2 Make sure the recording mode is set to Line In in Settings Recording Recording Mode menu 3 Switch to the Record mode by pressing MENU button and then choose Record icon 4 Start the playback on your CDP and then press the REC button on iAUDIO to start recording 5 During recording touch the...

Page 33: ... excluded image files are supported and other image file formats cannot be viewed Very large image files make take a while before viewing 3 5 Reading Texts 1 Connect iAUDIO and computer with the USB cable 2 Transfer copy the text files from PC to iAUDIO 3 Disconnect iAUDIO from PC 4 After the player is turned on select the Text mode by pressing MENU button then choosing Text icon Select the text files ...

Page 34: ... hold this to rewind the current track In File Navigator moves the highlight down In Settings menu moves the highlight down or left During playback touch this briefly to play the next track During playback touch and hold this to fast forward the current track In File Navigator moves the highlight up In Settings menu moves the highlight up or right During playback touch this briefly to pause or resum...

Page 35: ...h3Bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan Play Speed JetEffect Preset Play Mode Boundary Repeat Shuffle Display Language Title Play Time Album Scroll Title Scroll Scrollspeed Wallpaper Lyrics Auto Display Off Brightness Timer Time Setup Wakeup Mode Wakeup Time Sleep Auto Off General Skip Length Scan Speed Slient Scan Resume Auto Play Fade in USB Charging Beep User defined button Load Default Recording LineI...

Page 36: ...ocal Each preset EQ can be edited to match user s preference 2 BBE BBE is the sound effect that provides clear music 3 Mach3Bass Mach3Bass is the base booster that enhances super low end bass 4 MP Enhance MP Enhance Sound effect that compensate for missing sound segments 5 3D Surround 3D Surround provides three dimensional sound effects 6 Pan Pan adjusts the left and right volume balance ...

Page 37: ...or load the previous settings touch and hold PLAY button to open pop up window and select SAVE or LOAD 4 3 Play Mode 1 Boundary Function that sets the playback section of files and folders Various playback ranges can be set Boundary function is not available for recorded MP3 files All Plays all tracks in all folders Single Plays only one track Folder Plays files in the current folder Subfolder Plays ...

Page 38: ...yed on the screen If set to OFF scrolling will be disabled and if set to One Way text will scroll starting from the left side 6 Scrollspeed Sets the scrolling speed for text displayed on the screen Larger the number faster the scrolling speed 7 Wallpaper Sets the wallpaper for Music mode If None is selected wallpaper is not displayed If Defaults is selected default wallpaper will be displayed If C...

Page 39: ... radio frequency from the preset time during the specified time 3 Wakeup Time Sets the time to automatically turn the player on Once sets the alarm for one time use Daily sets the alarm for daily use Duration is the period of time during which the alarm will stay on 4 Sleep Automatically turns off the power after a specified time After the preset time has passed the player will automatically turn of...

Page 40: ...yed will automatically start When Resume is enabled the player automatically plays from the last position 6 Fade in Gradually increases volume when resuming playback after stop or pause Sets how long it takes to increase the volume 7 USB Charging Sets the charging mode When set to Normal the built in battery will be charged in normal speed When set to Slow battery charge will be slower When set to...

Page 41: ...ity of scheduled FM recording file The higher Kbps the better the recording quality is but file size also becomes larger 4 Mic volume Adjusts the volume level of audio recorded through the built in microphone 5 Line volume Adjusts the volume level of audio recorded through the Line In 6 Auto Sync Recognizes input sound through the Line In and generates a new file automatically If there is no sound in...

Page 42: ... support Mono will not support the Stereo feature 2 Auto Scan Automatically scans for FM frequency channels and sets to preset channels 3 Region Selects the country in which you are listening to FM radio 4 9 Information Version The current version of Firmware Total Space Total memory capacity Free Space Currently available memory capacity ...

Page 43: ... When initialized all setting values will be deleted and changed to Factory default settings If the player operates improperly press the RESET button at the bottom of the player and then restart the player If malfunc tion continues please initialize the player to Factory Default setting 5 1 Resetting the Player to Factory Default Settings Press Long Country selection China Simplified China Traditio...

Page 44: ...Using COWON MediaCenter JetAudio 1 Install and then run COWON MediaCenter JetAudio 2 Click Convert Video on the top to convert the video file 3 From the Convert Video window click Add File to select the files to convert Additional Information ...

Page 45: ...lready damaged before conversion may not work on iAUDIO 7 even if the conversion process is successful Conversion time may vary depending on PC performance source file size and codec types Preview allows checking the converted video before starting conversion To convert a file with subtitles or to change settings on subtitles click on Convert Options SMI files for subtitles must have the same file nam...

Page 46: ...on of the earphones to the iAUDIO Loose or blocked connection can cause inadequate contact between earphone jack and the iAUDIO Video won t play It is recommended that all video files are converted with COWON MediaCenter Jetaudio for use in iAUDIO Any video file that has not been encoded with COWON MediaCenter Jetaudio may not play in iAUDIO FM Radio does not work iAUDIO does not have a separate ant...

Page 47: ...perly connected to PC iAUDIO must be recognized in the Windows for it to work with JetShell Additional driver installation is required for Windows 98 and 98 SE users See section 1 7 Within JetShell set Settings Device to match your iAUDIO model Memory capacity of the player is different or smaller than specified The hard drive capacity indicated by Windows Explorer may be different from that indica...

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