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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 

 

 

 

COPYRIGHT NOTICE 

Copyright© 2005 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved. The Creative logo and MuVo VIDZ are 
trademarks or registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. 
Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.   
All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby 
recognized as such.   

 

Creative MuVo VIDZ 

 

1. 

Creative MuVo VIDZ is a portable digital audio player that can save and play Microsoft® WMA files 
as well as MP3 files.   

2. 

Creative MuVo VIDZ allows you to play video in MV4 format and display JPG images on its color 
LCD. You can also select segments of video for transcoding.   
Note: ensure that each movie file saved is limited to an hour of playback time per file before 
transcoding. 

3. 

Creative MuVo VIDZ has a built-in MP3 encoder that allows you to take an audio input (via the line-
in port) from a voice recorder, CDP or other audio device, and save it as an MP3 file.   

4. 

Creative MuVo VIDZ also has a built-in FM radio allowing you to listen to FM broadcasts and save 
them as MP3 files.   

Summary of Contents for MuVo Vidz

Page 1: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ is a portable digital audio player that can save and play Microsoft WMA files as well as MP3 files 2 Creative MuVo VIDZ allows you to play video in MV4 format and display JPG image...

Page 2: ...t i v e M u V o V I D Z 2 Table of Contents Product Features 5 SAFETY CONCERNS 7 Package Contents 8 Name of Parts 9 LCD Display 10 Charging battery 11 Connecting to PC 12 Power on Playing music 18 Boo...

Page 3: ...igation Deleting a File 21 Listening to FM Radio 22 Recording Voice 24 Recording external input 25 Using a program list 26 Playing video Displaying images 27 Using Text Viewer 29 Using the M3U Playlis...

Page 4: ...u V o V I D Z 4 Using MENU 34 MODE 34 SYSTEM 35 CONTROL 36 SOUND 39 DISPLAY 40 Accessing the latest features through firmware upgrades 42 Using Transcoder 44 Specifications 53 Troubleshooting 55 Suppo...

Page 5: ...gnals as an MP3 file with the world s best sound quality Recording external audio input signals as an MP3 file Convert and save audio signals from any analog audio device directly to an MP3 file witho...

Page 6: ...uirements and location conditions Speed Control Adjust the playback speed Provide Convenient Text Viewer Function Can read text file by Text Viewer function Playing video Displaying an image Enjoy vid...

Page 7: ...is might be a reason of product trouble Do not listen to the music for a long time with a high volume This might damage your hearing ability Clean the product with soft and dry cloth and do not use be...

Page 8: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 8 Package Contents Creative MuVo VIDZ Player Software Installation CD User Guide USB Cable Carrying Case Necklace type earphone LINE IN Cable...

Page 9: ...User Guide 9 Name of Parts Earphone Port LINE IN Port Power Play Stop Button Navigation Bookmark EQ Button Record Segment Button USB Port Jog Key LCD LED Charge Operation Indication HOLD Switch Micro...

Page 10: ...track number Total number of saved tracks Play Control Folder Format indicator Folder name Playing time Battery life Bit Rate Hold Lock indicator Playback progress File name and ID3 Tag Info File for...

Page 11: ...USB cable The charging time may vary depending on the USB usage of your PC IMPORTANT Be sure to power off the product before connecting it to your PC for battery charging Failing to do so may result i...

Page 12: ...USB device driver installation is only required for Window 98 SE ME environments 1 Insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive of your PC and select USB Device Driver The installation program run...

Page 13: ...re hard disk storage available Other CD ROM drive USB Port 1 Power on the player 2 Connect it to the USB port of your PC A new Removable Disk is created in My Computer 3 After selecting a file to save...

Page 14: ...on the product and connect the USB port to your PC 2 Select Control Panel System Device Manager and the following window appears After selecting USB Device press the Properties button 3 Press the Upda...

Page 15: ...t a driver to update and press the Next button 6 Select Hard disk controllers and press the Next button 7 Press the Have Disk button 8 After inserting the provided CD into the CD ROM drive choose Brow...

Page 16: ...USB driver is now complete Press the Finish button 11 Check whether it has been properly installed Go to Control Panel System for checking If after the above procedure has been completed the product...

Page 17: ...aved to the RECORD folder The player can hold up to 999 files in 999 folders Disconnecting from PC Data loss may occur if you disconnect the device from your PC during data transfer In Windows ME XP 2...

Page 18: ...in the indicated direction to disable all buttons To play a track Press the PLAY STOP button to play an MP3 or WMA file To select track Push the jog key in the or direction to skip to the previous nex...

Page 19: ...turned off and used when the product is turned on again Please exercise caution Exposure to loud volumes for an extended time may result in hearing impairment and earphone damage Segment Repeat Press...

Page 20: ...y mode indicator The same button operations apply as when navigating Deleting a bookmark When stopped press the NAVI B MARK EQ button briefly to display the bookmark list After moving to the desired b...

Page 21: ...OP USER EQ user defined Navigation Press and hold the NAVI B MARK EQ button to enter Navigation mode After locating the desired file with the jog key push the key in the direction to play the selected...

Page 22: ...nd hold the jog key to enable or disable the Preset mode AUTOSCAN Press and hold the NAVI B MARK EQ button The device then automatically scans frequencies and stores up to 20 present channels PRESET S...

Page 23: ...ing to FM press the REC A B button to start recording To pause recording Press the PLAY STOP button to pause recording and press it again to resume recording When paused is displayed To finish recordi...

Page 24: ...resume recording When paused is displayed To finish voice recording Press the REC A B button briefly to stop recording The recording file is automatically saved in the RECORD folder It displays the re...

Page 25: ...ecorded file is automatically saved in the RECORD folder The recording time is displayed When the max recording time determined by memory capacity is reached recording is automatically stopped and the...

Page 26: ...in the PROGRAM list by pushing the jog key in the or direction press the direction key While in program play mode is displayed To delete a program list After moving to the desired file in the PROGRAM...

Page 27: ...elect a teack Push the jog key in the or direction to skip to the previous next track To stop Press the PLAY STOP button to stop Press the PLAY STOP button again to resume playing During Playback if p...

Page 28: ...ush the jog key in the or direction to select a JPG file After selecting a JPG file push the jog key in the direction to view the image file as a slide To finish viewing an image file Press the jog ke...

Page 29: ...ed pressing the PLAY STOP button pauses and or cancels Automatic Page Advancement To Use the bookmark in Text Viewer Push the Jog key to the direction of to memorize the present page push the Jog key...

Page 30: ...ntained in a chosen M3U file Select the desired track and press to start playing from the selected point To Disable M3U MODE Enter NAVIGATION MODE in the M3U MODE to display the list of music files co...

Page 31: ...sk will be shown in My Computer Save the Logo File Rename the picture as LOGO00 BMP LOGO11 BMP The other name and format can not be available and it should be use LOGO00 BMP format BMP File Maximum 12...

Page 32: ...e Example The INTERVAL The Gap of Files time range Can be adjusted between 100ms 5000ms INTERVAL 100 After 0 1 sec Move to the next image INTERVAL 300 After 0 3 sec Move to the next image If have no L...

Page 33: ...NGUAGE SYS INFO MEM INFO POWER OFF MENU CONTROL LANGUAGE PLAY MODE PROGRAM RECORDING SLEEP TIME STUDY KEY PLAY SPEED VOL LIMIT Radio CTRL SOUND SELECT EQ SETTING MUSIC FM RADIO VOICE ENCODING MODE CON...

Page 34: ...D Z 34 Using MENU MODE MUSUC Play various file formats including MP3 WMA JPG TXT and MV4 FM Listen to or record FM radio Jog key Move Select VOICE Record voice ENCODING Record audio signals from an ex...

Page 35: ...s LANGUAGE Convert system language SYS INFO Check the firmware version Jog key Move Select MEM INFO Display memory related information total memory space used memory space and available memory space U...

Page 36: ...IR Play the tracks within a directory once REPEAT ALL Play the entire tracks repeatedly REPEAT DIR Play the entire tracks repeatedly REPEAT One Play a single track repeatedly SHUFFLE RPT Play the enti...

Page 37: ...begin play with and push the jog key in the direction to play tracks in the programmed order Jog key Move Select RECORDING Adjust the recording quality of external input FM radio and voice recording B...

Page 38: ...imer time Jog key Move Select STUDY KEY Set the time interval that is skipped when the jog key is pushed in the or direction This function allows you to skip the specified time interval by pushing the...

Page 39: ...0 when you turned the power off RADIO CTRL Select the frequency range for your country 76 0 108 0 MHz US Europe Japan SOUND SELECT EQ Specify the music tone appropriate for each genre NORMAL ROCK JAZZ...

Page 40: ...speed 00 06 Jog key Move Select BACK LIGHT Adjust the LCD backlight time 00 180 Sec After Setting Not Use in Screen Turned Off function if use long the Afterimage could be continuous on LCD BLINK LED...

Page 41: ...ch JPG file is displayed 00 15 Sec Automatically proceeds to the next file after the specified time period Jog key Move Select SCREEN SAVER The USERLOG LOG images in the root directory as user selecte...

Page 42: ...rmware is automatically upgraded The firmware upgrade should be done only when there is sufficient battery icon with two bars If the upgrade process is interrupted by a power off due to insufficient b...

Page 43: ...requirements The system should run Microsoft Windows XP or above and Microsoft DirectX 9 0 or above It should also have the filters required for video play properly installed CPU Intel Pentium 4 1 GHz...

Page 44: ...der Install 1 Run Transcoder The following window is displayed Press the Next button to proceed 2 After specifying a directory to install to using the Browse button press the Next button 3 When the in...

Page 45: ...t files are displayed in the window The initial information of the output file is the same as that of the input file 3 To specify another output file press the Save as button and enter the filename of...

Page 46: ...the file list pane select View File Information to view information on the selected file Selection Transcoding You can also select specific segments for transcoding 1 Select to choose a file to trans...

Page 47: ...int 5 Press the button to confirm the selected segment The selected segment is highlighted in sky blue indicating that the segment has been confirmed Press the button to cancel the selected segment 6...

Page 48: ...at the above Selection Transcoding procedures 3 After selecting a list that you do not want to transcode among the registered lists right click on it and choose Delete selected list Choose Delete all...

Page 49: ...ons and specify a directory to save output files to Press the button to display the tab dialog where you can specify file attributes 1 Select the Video tab to set various video related options 1 Video...

Page 50: ...I D Z 50 Video Rotation Video Symmetry 2 Video Quality Adjust video quality You can specify a desired setting number in the Video Quality combo box The video quality degrades as the number increases...

Page 51: ...Setup Press the Audio tab to set the sampling rate to 32 0 or 44 1 KHz and the audio bit rate to 96 or 128 Kbps 3 Specify the output file directory You can specify a directory to save output files to...

Page 52: ...yer 1 Double clikc the icon 2 Press the button to select a file to play 3 Press the button to start playing 4 Press the or button to change the playing location 5 Press the button to pause and the but...

Page 53: ...dio Signal to noise Ratio 87 dB 30 kHz LPF Frequency range 87 5 MHz 108 0 MHz FM Radio Signal to noise ratio 58 dB with filter applied Decoding file MPEG 1 2 2 5 Layer3 WMA JPG MV4 PIXTREE FORMAT TXT...

Page 54: ...rmal Back Light Off Vol 20 Playing time FM Radio Up to 14 hours based on Back Light Off Vol 20 Voice Recording Time About 36 hours 16 kbps 256 MB Language Multiple language supported USB Spec USB 2 0...

Page 55: ...een saved to the removable disk Check whether the volume level is set to 0 Ensure that the earphones are properly plugged in Button keys do not work Check whether they have been locked Hold mode Canno...

Page 56: ...at www creative com register Please note that your warranty rights are not dependent on product registration Warranty Customer Support Services and Warranty You can find Customer Support Services and...

Page 57: ...ll rights reserved Creative MuVo VIDZ Creative Technology Ltd Microsoft Windows Windows Microsoft Corporation Creative MuVo VIDZ 1 Creative MuVo VIDZ WMA MP3 MPEG4 JPEG OLED 2 Creative MuVo VIDZ MPEG4...

Page 58: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 58 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 71 73 74 FM 75 77 78 79...

Page 59: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 59 80 M3U 81 82 83 84 MODE 84 SYSTEM 85 CONTROL 86 SOUND 89 DISPLAY 90 92 94 101 103 104 104...

Page 60: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 60 WMA MP3 MPEG4 MV4 JPEG FM FM M3U M3U M3U Microsoft Windows Media Player Windows Media Player...

Page 61: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 61 VBR 128 80 65 000 OLED PC USB...

Page 62: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 62 LCD 35 5...

Page 63: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 63 Creative MuVo VIDZ CD USB...

Page 64: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 64 A B OLED LED...

Page 65: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 65...

Page 66: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 66 PC PC USB PC USB 4 PC USB PC OLED LED...

Page 67: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 67 USB Windows 98 SE USB 1 CD PC CD ROM USB Device Driver 2 Next 3 I Accept Next 4 Next...

Page 68: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 68 5 Complete Next 6 Install 7 8 Finish...

Page 69: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 69 PC PC PC CPU Pentium MMX PC OS Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 50 CD ROM USB 1 2 PC USB 3 Windows...

Page 70: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 70 PC FM RECORD MP3 WMA MV4 JPG 999 999 PC PC Windows ME XP 2000...

Page 71: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 71 2 CREATIVE 2 MODE MUSIC 3 3...

Page 72: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 72 0 39 A B A B REC A B A B REC A B A B REC A B A B...

Page 73: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 73 99 NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ...

Page 74: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 74 NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ REC A B REC A B...

Page 75: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 75 FM FM MODE FM FM FM 2 NAVI B MARK EQ 20 1 76 0 2 79 5 3 80 0 76 1 80 0MHz...

Page 76: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 76 NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ FM FM REC A B 1GB 16 128kbps 36 64kbps 72 32kbps 108 16kbps REC A B RECORD...

Page 77: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 77 MODE VOICE 1GB 16 128kbps 36 64kbps 72 32kbps 108 16kbps REC A B REC A B RECORD 00 00 00...

Page 78: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 78 MODE ENCODING 1GB 16 128kbps 36 64kbps 72 32kbps 108 16kbps REC A B RECORD...

Page 79: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 79 NAVI B MARK EQ 99 CONTROL PROGRAM NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ...

Page 80: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 80 NAVI B MARK EQ MV4 MV4 REC A B CD MV4 1 NAVI B MARK EQ JPEG JPEG JPEG...

Page 81: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 81 M3U M3U M3U NAVI B MARK EQ M3U NAVI B MARK EQ M3U M3U NAVI B MARK EQ M3U M3U...

Page 82: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 82 12 LOGO00 BMP LOGO11 BMP Windows LOGINFO TXT INTERVAL xxx xxx 100 5000 100 5000 128 80 BMP BMP 1MB BMP PC BMP LOGINFO TXT 2 2 USERLOGO LOG BMP DISPLAY SCREEN SAVER...

Page 83: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 83 FM FM LED...

Page 84: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 84 MODE MUSIC MP3 WMA JPEG MV4 FM FM FM VOICE ENCODING...

Page 85: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 85 SYSTEM FORMAT DEFAULT LANGUAGE SYS INFO MEM INFO POWER OFF 1 30...

Page 86: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 86 CONTROL LANGUAGE ID3 PLAY MODE PLAY MODE NORMAL 1 NORMAL DIR 1 REPEART ALL REPEART DIR REPEAT ONE SHUFF RPT SHUFF DIR INTRO 10 PROGRAM BOOKMARK REC A B...

Page 87: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 87 CONTROL PROGRAM NAVI B MARK EQ NAVI B MARK EQ CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDING FM BITRATE AUTO SYNC 3...

Page 88: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 88 CONTROL MIC VAD SLEEP TIME SET TIMER 60 TIMER STUDY KEY 300 PLAY SPEED 100 60 140...

Page 89: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 89 CONTROL VOL LIMIT 10 10 10 RADIO CTRL FM SOUND SELECT EQ NORMAL ROCK JAZZ CLASSIC POP USER EQ SETTING USER EQ...

Page 90: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 90 DISPLAY CONTRAST 0 6 SCR SPEED 6 BACK LIGHT 180 BLINK LED LED LED...

Page 91: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 91 DISPLAY ID3 DISP ID3 JPG SLIDE JPEG 15 SCREEN SAVER USERLOG LOG 30...

Page 92: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 92 1 www creative com 2 3 2 Web...

Page 93: ...uide 93 AVI MPG MPEG WMV ASF MPEG MV4 Windows PC Microsoft Windows XP OS 9 0 Microsoft DirectX CPU Intel Pentium 4 1 GHz PC 20 OS Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Microsoft Media Player 9...

Page 94: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 94 1 CD PC CD ROM Transcoder 2 Next 3 Browse 4 Next...

Page 95: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 95 5 6 Finish 1 2 Open 3 Save As...

Page 96: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 96 4 1 5 View File Information 1 2 3 4...

Page 97: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 97 5 6 1 1 2 Delete Selected List Delete All List 3 4 5...

Page 98: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 98 Setting 1 Video 1 Video Rotate 90 180 270 0 90 180 270 0 symmetry 90 symmetry 180 symmetry 270 symmetry...

Page 99: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 99 2 Video Quality 2 Audio 32 0 44 1 KHz 96 128 Kbps 3 4 OK...

Page 100: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 100 PC MV4 MV4 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 101: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 101 L R 20 Hz 20 kHz L 12mW R 12mW 16 SN 87 dB 76 0 MHz 108 0 MHz FM SN 58 dB MP3 WMA MV4 JPG MP3 8 kbps 320 kbps VBR WMA 32 kbps 192 kbps ID3 V1 V2 MP3 16 192 kbps CBR...

Page 102: ...C r e a t i v e M u V o V I D Z 102 W H D 32 65 15 7 mm 33 g 10 128 kbps MP3 20 FM 14 20 130 16 kbps 1GB USB USB 2 0 1 1 4 USB 3 7 V 480 mAh 1 18 EL 128 80 65 000 5 35 10 75...

Page 103: ...Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide 103 0 PC USB...

Page 104: ...104 FAQ Creative www creative com FAQ jp creative com www creative com register CD d support language support chm d warranty region language warranty chm d CD region language asia japanese...

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