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Setting Up Your NOMAD IIc Player 2-7

For Macintosh users

Refer to “Transferring music files from iTunes 
to your NOMAD IIc player” on page 5-2.

Step 9: Listen to 
MP3/WMA songs

Press the MENU button on the player and you 
will see the NOMAD II main menu. The 
MUSIC icon is blinking, which means that it is 
selected by default. Press the PLAY button to 
go to the MUSIC submenu and then press the 
PLAY button again to enjoy clear digital 
music.

Step 10: Make a Voice 
Recording

Thinking of finding out how your voice 
sounds on NOMAD IIc? Wait no more!

Press the MENU button to go to the NOMAD 
II main menu and then press the FORWARD 
button once to navigate to the VOICE icon. 
Press the PLAY button to go to the VOICE 
submenu. Press and hold the REC button to 
start the recording. To stop the recording, press 
the STOP button.

For more details on how to use your 
player more effectively, please refer to 
Chapter 3, “Using Your NOMAD IIc 
Player”.

NOMAD Detector

For Windows users only

NOMAD Detector is a small utility in the 
Taskbar (see Figure 2-7 below) that can detect 
a connection between the NOMAD IIc player 
and the PC via a USB cable. It is installed by 
default as part of Creative PlayCenter 2.

To disable NOMAD Detector

1. Right-click the NOMAD Detector icon to 

show the shortcut menu. 

Enable 

NOMAD Detector

 is selected by default.

2. Click the 

Enable NOMAD Detector

 to 

disable it. 
If you want to enable it again, click 

Start

 

-> 

Programs

 -> 

Creative

 -> 

Creative 

PlayCenter 2

 -> 

Creative PDE Detector

.

You can also click 

Exit

 to quit 

NOMAD Detector if you do not need 
to use the utility. The utility will 
appear the next time you restart your 
PC.

Ensure that the utility is enabled or 
launched, otherwise the PlayCenter 2 
application will not launch 
automatically when the NOMAD IIc 
is connected to your computer.

Figure 2-7:   NOMAD Detector.

Summary of Contents for NOMAD IIC

Page 1: ... are registered trademarks and Sound Blaster Live and EAX are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and or other countries NOMAD is a registered trademark of Aonix and is used by Creative Technology Ltd and or its affiliates under license Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Ma...

Page 2: ...iver 2 5 For Windows users 2 5 For Macintosh OS 9 users and Macintosh users that installed OS X over OS 9 Dual Boot 2 6 For Macintosh users that installed OS X only 2 6 Step 8 Download MP3 WMA Files to Your Player 2 6 For Windows users 2 6 For Macintosh users 2 7 Step 9 Listen to MP3 WMA songs 2 7 Step 10 Make a Voice Recording 2 7 NOMAD Detector 2 7 3 Using Your NOMAD IIc Player Power ON OFF 3 1 ...

Page 3: ...oice files from your player to your computer 4 2 To delete files from your player 4 2 To change PlayCenter 2 s settings 4 2 To format your Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia 4 3 To connect to the NOMAD website 4 3 5 Using iTunes in Macintosh OS Transferring music files from iTunes to your NOMAD IIc player 5 2 Transferring music files from your NOMAD IIc player to iTunes 5 3 A An MP3 Primer What...

Page 4: ...the first NOMAD the NOMAD IIc features MP3 playback and voice recording capability The sound in this light shock resistant player will not skip or stretch at all even during vigorous exercise or after repeated playbacks The ID3 Tag information such as song title and artist name is also conveniently displayed on the LCD for easy reference NOMAD IIc also comes bundled with the following software and...

Page 5: ...iMac G3 or higher Internet connection for Internet content downloading or CDDB support any charges incurred are the responsibility of the end user 64MB RAM 128MB recommended USB port USB Manager version 1 2 or higher 6MB free hard disk space more for audio content storage Installed mouse CD ROM drive with digital audio extraction support Document Conventions The following typographical conventions...

Page 6: ...kage In the Package Your NOMAD IIc player package contains the following items USB cable 1 Installation CD Figure 1 1 NOMAD IIc player package NOMAD IIc player 1 AA size battery Belt clip Belt clip screw Quick Start guide ...

Page 7: ...rds Creative SmartMedia to ensure 100 percent compatibility with your NOMAD IIc player Availability of Flash Memory Cards Creative SmartMedia varies according to region Figure 1 2 Optional accessories Docking station USB cable AC Adapter 1 1 rechargeable NiMH battery Docking Station Kit 2 3 Additional Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia Car Cassette Adapter Kit ...

Page 8: ...ks segment of track for repeating Skip track forward Navigate right down Repeat 1 All Random None Microphone Power On Play Pause Toggle MUSIC VOICE Select Menu Skip track reverse Navigate left up Power Off Stop Cancel Docking station connector PLAYER Front View LEGEND Bold Press and hold the button Italics For menu navigation ...

Page 9: ...ge 1 4 Battery case Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia cover Flash memory card Eject button Belt clip Note Belt clip may not be screwed on when you first open the box Figure 1 4 Rear view of the player PLAYER Rear View ...

Page 10: ...y locks the buttons on the player USBconnector cover Volume Volume Record Erase DSP Headphone jack Docking station connector rubber cover Note The docking station connector is used only together with the optional docking station that also acts as a battery recharging station Left View Right View Top View Bottom View ...

Page 11: ...Welcome to NOMAD MP3 song So you can start enjoying MP3 songs without connecting your NOMAD IIc player to a PC Just follow these steps and you can get up and running straightaway Step 1 Insert Battery Remove the battery case Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia cover Insert the battery Figure 2 1 Insert battery Step 2 Connect Earphones to Player Earphones may not be included in your package Step ...

Page 12: ... window appears 4 Double click the iTunes v1 1 for Mac OS 9 folder The iTunes v1 1 for Mac OS 9 window appears 5 Double click the language folder you want For example if you want to install the English version of iTunes double click the English folder The respective language window appears For example if you double click the English folder the English window appears 6 Double click the Install iTun...

Page 13: ...en click OK An introduction to iTunes appears in the Install iTunes for Mac OS X window 10 Read the introduction then click Continue The iTunes readme text appears in the Install iTunes for Mac OS X window 11 Read the readme text then click Continue The Software License Agreement appears in the Install iTunes for Mac OS X window 12 Read the Software License Agreement then click Continue A dialog b...

Page 14: ...must be in the player and the player turned on NOMAD IIc is not a USB powered device Position the PC so that its USB ports can be easily accessed Note The USB port s on your PC may be found on the front panel instead of the back panel Plug the flat USB connector of the bundled standard USB cable to the PC Plug the square connector of the USB cable to the NOMAD IIc player A diagram appears on the L...

Page 15: ...on 3 Clear the Floppy disk drives check box and select the CD ROM drive option 4 Click the Next button twice in succession The dialog box similar to Figure 2 4 appears 5 Click the Finish button Step 7 Verify Correct Installation of NOMAD II Driver For Windows users 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 In the Control Panel window double click the System icon 3 In the System Properties dialog box ...

Page 16: ...ins folder The Plug ins window appears 7 Be sure that the NOMAD II Plugin bundle icon is listed Note The NOMAD Jukebox icon is also listed representing the additional driver installed during the setup Step 8 Download MP3 WMA Files to Your Player For Windows users 1 To start PlayCenter 2 double click the Creative PlayCenter 2 icon or connect the USB cable from your PC to your NOMAD IIc player By de...

Page 17: ...P button For more details on how to use your player more effectively please refer to Chapter 3 Using Your NOMAD IIc Player NOMAD Detector For Windows users only NOMAD Detector is a small utility in the Taskbar see Figure 2 7 below that can detect a connection between the NOMAD IIc player and the PC via a USB cable It is installed by default as part of Creative PlayCenter 2 To disable NOMAD Detecto...

Page 18: ...s idle in 3 minutes it will turn off automatically You can change the Power Off time in the SETTINGS submenu Lock Ensure that the LOCK switch is not on before you continue Battery indicator Flash Memory Card Smart Media indicator Lock indicator Volume indicator Repeat Segment MIC Input indicator Note MIC HI LO only appears while recording Repeat Track indicator PLAY STOP VIEW OF ALL ICONS Lock ico...

Page 19: ...bmenu MAIN menu Press the PLAY button to access a submenu represented by an icon or a playlist item on the LCD Press the FORWARD button to navigate to the next item on the right or below Press the REVERSE button to navigate to the previous item on the left or above Press the MENU button to go to the MAIN menu or to return to the submenus after operating the functions SETTINGS submenu TIME submenu ...

Page 20: ...ent track or press it again to pause During Pause the Pause icon appears During the playback the Play icon time elapsed song order the song title artist bitrate sampling rate and DSP mode are displayed on the LCD 2 Press the STOP button to stop the playback If held down for longer than 1 second the power will be turned off You can press and hold the PLAY button to toggle to the VOICE submenu and b...

Page 21: ...or disappears from the LCD and the track continues playing from the point where the section ends To use the DSP Equalizer Press the DSP button to select the Equalizer mode Then press repeatedly to select NORMAL USER POP ROCK CLASSIC and JAZZ that appear in turn Only the USER option allows you to customize the Bass and Treble level To set either level press the FORWARD or REVERSE button to select t...

Page 22: ...When the action is cancelled it returns to the MUSIC submenu In VOICE Submenu To go to VOICE submenu press the PLAY button when the VOICE icon is blinking The VOICE submenu appears with the first recording selected To change microphone input Microphone input affects the quality of a voice recording by adjusting the loudness of environment noise Choose HI if you are recording in a quiet environment...

Page 23: ...ress it again to pause To resume playback of the current track press the PLAY button To erase a voice recording 1 Select the desired track using the FORWARD or REVERSE button 2 After selecting a track press the ERASE button A confirmation message appears on the LCD 3 Press the PLAY button to erase 4 To cancel the operation press any button other than the PLAY button or do not press any button for ...

Page 24: ...rtMedia the firmware version and the remaining power of the battery displayed on the LCD You can change the owner s name using PlayCenter 2 s Settings option To change the owner s name 1 In PlayCenter 2 s NOMAD II window click the right arrow to scroll right until the Settings icon appears 2 Click the Settings icon The Settings dialog box appears 3 Type in your name Go to INFORMATION submenu in yo...

Page 25: ...on Note To cancel the operation press the MENU button to return to the SETTINGS Submenu Press the FORWARD button to navigate to the next icon on the right or below Press the REVERSE button to navigate to the previous icon on the left or above Backlight Contrast Power off if idle SETTINGS submenu Audio output ...

Page 26: ...ord Saved appears on the LCD and the SETTINGS submenu appears The maximum duration is 12 seconds To turn on off Backlight Press and hold the MENU button to turn on off the backlight To set Contrast 1 Navigate to the CONTRAST icon and then press the PLAY button 2 Press the VOL or VOL buttons on the player to increase or decrease the contrast level 3 Press the PLAY button to save the selected settin...

Page 27: ...operations 3 Press the PLAY button to save the selected setting The word Saved appears on the LCD and the SETTINGS submenu appears To set Audio output 1 Navigate to the OUTPUT icon and then press the PLAY button 2 Press the VOL or VOL buttons on the player to select headphone output or line output for audio 3 Press the PLAY button to save the selected output The word Saved appears on the LCD and t...

Page 28: ...ting mode The Hour value blinks ready to be set 2 Press the VOL or VOL buttons on the player to increase or decrease the Hour value 3 Press the FORWARD or REVERSE button to shift to the Minute AM PM Day and Date in order and repeat step 2 to adjust the values 4 Press the PLAY button when the setting is completed VOL REC That s all We hope that you will enjoy using your NOMAD IIc player Do remember...

Page 29: ... II in PlayCenter 2 also refers to the NOMAD IIc player Introducing PlayCenter 2 Creative PlayCenter 2 allows you to manage the contents on your NOMAD IIc Transfer MP3 and other files to your NOMAD IIc Transfer the files except protected MP3 or WMA files on your NOMAD to your computer To open PlayCenter 2 1 Connect NOMAD IIc to your computer 2 Start PlayCenter 2 by either of the following methods ...

Page 30: ...and then click the Preview icon To transfer voice files from your player to your computer 1 In the Main Window click the My Computer button and locate the folder or album where you store the voice files 2 Click the NOMAD II button in the Transfer window 3 Click the Media bar in the Transfer window and select the voice files you want to transfer from your player 4 Click the upper Transfer button To...

Page 31: ...rd 3 With the Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia contents displayed click the Format icon in the Toolbar If the Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia is already formatted you can add or delete files to and from the card If you change the Flash Memory Card Creative SmartMedia click the Refresh button to display the file information for the new card To check the status of the Flash Memory Card Cr...

Page 32: ...e currently selected source Song information such as artist and song length is also provided when available Random Button Click once to play songs in the playlist at random Repeat Button Click once to repeat all songs in the playlist Click again to repeat the currently selected song Click a third time to resume normal playback Figure 5 1 The iTunes interface Music Visualizer Button Click once to l...

Page 33: ...ect your NOMAD IIc player to your Macintosh A NOMAD II icon appears in the Source box 3 With the Library icon selected click and drag the songs you want to transfer from the playlist to the NOMAD II icon in the Source box 4 The selected songs are transferred to your NOMAD IIc player 5 After the songs have been copied to your player click the NOMAD II icon in the Source box Be sure that the songs t...

Page 34: ...NOMAD IIc player to your Macintosh A NOMAD II icon appears in the Source box 3 Click the NOMAD II icon in the Source box 4 With the NOMAD II icon selected click and drag the songs you want to transfer from the playlist to the Library icon in the Source box 5 The selected songs are transferred to iTunes 6 After the songs have been copied to iTunes click the Library icon in the Source box Be sure th...

Page 35: ...o CD extraction phase depends on many factors The speed of a CD ROM drive is one of the most important elements in overall extraction speed The speed ratings commonly seen on CD ROM drives like 8X 24X and so on refers to the speed in reading data CDs or CD ROMs Your particular drive may be fast for non audio data but slow at reading audio CD data Other factors are defects or scratches on an audio ...

Page 36: ... 1 for optimal quality when you create MP3 files from audio CDs Figure A 1 Playing time versus encoding rate for different memory capacities MP3 Web sites Through web sites you can download MP3 files either with or without charge and get information about the latest techniques and software related with MP3 Examples of web sites with MP3 content are NOMAD World http www nomadworld com EMusic http e...

Page 37: ...layback Usage 1 x AA battery 8 10 hours for MP3 voice playback with alkaline battery Signal to Noise Ratio 95 dB Frequency Response 20 Hz 20 KHz Maximum Output 5 7 mW Harmonic Distortion Output 0 05 at 1 khz with 32 ohm load DSP 5 presets and 1 user setting bass and treble control Audio Codec support MPEG Audio Layer 3 MP3 Windows Media Audio WMA and future formats Firmware Flash based User upgrad...

Page 38: ...ormat FAT12 The NOMAD II button is not on the Transfer window of PlayCenter 2 Cause It is disabled Solution To enable the NOMAD II button 1 Click the Settings button 2 Click the PlayCenter 2 tab 3 Select the NOMAD II check box under Right Panel 4 Click the OK button 5 Exit PlayCenter 2 6 Restart PlayCenter2 The NOMAD II button appears Upgrading your player s firmware sometimes causes the player to...

Page 39: ...ing a heavy object on the player may result in distorted sound Keep the player away from water at all times The player may be damaged if water enters it If the player comes in contact with water wipe it immediately with a dry cloth If the player set is not functioning call Technical Support Storing the player set Avoid keeping the NOMAD IIc player docking station and the flash memory card in place...

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