Creative NOMAD Jukebox ZEN NX 20GB User Manual Download

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Page 2: ...the software for backup purposes The Software License Agreement is found in a separate folder on the installation CD Copyright 2003 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 May 2003 So...

Page 3: ...Contents...

Page 4: ...xviii Creative MediaSource Player xix Creative MediaSource Organizer xix Creative File Manager 2 xx Adobe Acrobat Reader xx Minimum System Requirements xxi Document Conventions xxii Web Information xx...

Page 5: ...ing from a CD 2 8 3 Playing and Managing Your Music Playing Music 3 1 Music Playback 3 1 Playing the Selected Music List 3 1 Playing all tracks in your player 3 2 Play Modes 3 3 Repeating music 3 3 Sh...

Page 6: ...ancing Your Music 3 25 Using EAX 3 25 Customizing EQ Settings in EAX 3 27 4 Software Applications About Creative MediaSource and File Manager 2 4 1 Using Creative MediaSource 4 2 Ripping Audio CD Trac...

Page 7: ...al to Noise Ratio A 2 Channel Separation A 2 THD A 2 Frequency Response A 2 Harmonic Distortion A 2 Operating System Firmware A 2 Headphone Out A 2 LCD Display A 2 Data Connector A 3 EAX A 3 Playback...

Page 8: ...alize your Jukebox D 1 Profiles D 2 Using Sleep Timer D 3 Contrast D 3 Language Settings D 3 Menu Language D 4 Input Language D 4 Time and Date D 4 Setting time and date D 4 Setting Wake To Music D 5...

Page 9: ...Safety and Handling Instructions...

Page 10: ...player is quite robust observing these handling procedures will prolong its life Do not store or use in areas exceeding 45 C or 113 F Do not subject to excessive force or impact Do not expose to heat...

Page 11: ...ration or deformation during charging or use remove the battery and do not use it again Clean your hands well before handling food or touching sensitive areas of your body for example your eyes Do not...

Page 12: ...Introduction...

Page 13: ...ped with an USB 2 0 connector so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily Unlike other hardware based players the NOMAD Jukebox Zen NX features an onboard real time digital signal pro...

Page 14: ...Before You Begin...

Page 15: ...th removable battery AC Power Adapter Installation CD incorporating PDF User s Guide Quick Start leaflet Stereo headphones USB cable Protective pouch Lithium ion rechargeable battery Software Creative...

Page 16: ...playback without affecting the pitch Time Scaling use Smart Volume Management to play back a list of songs at a similar volume level even if they were originally recorded at different loudness levels...

Page 17: ...2 has been integrated with Microsoft Windows Explorer you can easily copy or move data files to and from your player just like a portable storage device Creative File Manager 2 also lets you copy aud...

Page 18: ...ced MP3 encoding CD ROM drive with digital audio extraction support USB 1 1 or 2 0 port 64 MB RAM 128 Megabytes recommended 30 MB free hard disk space more needed for storing audio Internet connection...

Page 19: ...shortcuts or hints relating to a feature Note This highlights additional or important information about a feature Caution This highlights proper usage of your player Use this information to avoid sit...

Page 20: ...tion Visit www NOMADworld com regularly for information on firmware updates NOMAD accessories tips and tricks FAQs troubleshooting documentation updates software updates or purchases technologies used...

Page 21: ...sit www NOMADworld com to learn more about these accessories The Car Kit comes with a Cassette Adapter that connects your player to a car cassette player You can get an additional removable Lithium Io...

Page 22: ...benefits by registering your products during installation or at www creative com register Benefits include Service and Product support from Creative Exclusive updates on promotions and events To regis...

Page 23: ...A Tour of Your Player...

Page 24: ...omputer to transfer data or audio Headphones connector connects to your headphones Menu button Play Pause button Forward Reverse button Scroller LCD screen Back button Power adapter connector Power bu...

Page 25: ...ler to scroll through options and then select the option by pressing the Scroller Depending on the screen you are in you can have different menu options You can also choose options from a list or a co...

Page 26: ...wn in the menu 2 Press the Scroller to select the menu item Selecting list and confirmation box options You can also use the Scroller to select confirmation boxes or options in a list 1 Move the Scrol...

Page 27: ...RWARD REVERSE skips to the next track skips forward to portions of a track when you press and hold the button skips to the beginning of the current track or to the previous track skips to previous por...

Page 28: ...scroll through menu options and press the Scroller to select them This action is also referred to as Scroll Select To Scroll tracks continuously hold the Scroller until you reach the track that you wa...

Page 29: ...Getting Started...

Page 30: ...Open switch to the right as shown in Figure 2 1 The cover pops open 2 Insert the battery into your player 3 Position the hooks of cover over the openings as shown in Figure 2 2 Open switch Figure 2 1...

Page 31: ...Getting Started 2 2 4 Press the cover gently to snap shut as shown in Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Securing the cover...

Page 32: ...battery charger will fully charge the battery in approximately 4 hours to obtain the maximum playback time To charge your player s battery 1 Connect your player to the wall outlet Figure 2 4 Your pla...

Page 33: ...attery is fully charged your player s battery is 60 full your player s battery is 30 full recharge the battery at the earliest opportunity your player is running from electrical power and is charging...

Page 34: ...see AutoPlay on page C 1 4 Click the Install software for NOMAD Jukebox Zen NX option to select it 5 Click the OK button 6 Click the Next button to register with Creative so that you will be updated o...

Page 35: ...from your computer Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before connecting your player You can listen to your player s preloaded music immediately by pressing the Play button Basic inst...

Page 36: ...Internet music sites see Downloading from the internet on page 2 8 or have them ripped from audio CDs to your computer Music files must however be encoded into the supported formats MP3 WMA or WAV fil...

Page 37: ...a program known as a Ripper With Creative MediaSource Organizer you can rip tracks from most audio CDs This program uses the CD ROM drive to read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on yo...

Page 38: ...sion However using the standard sampling rate and bitrates will ensure that your MP3 files retain much of their audio quality The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps although some are set h...

Page 39: ...Playing and Managing Your Music...

Page 40: ...to the player s Selected Music List as described in Adding Music Tracks to the Selected Music List on page 3 11 then play back the entire Selected Music List To add audio tracks to NOMAD Jukebox Zen N...

Page 41: ...rack that has been selected The upper left corner of the screen will display the Now Playing icon Playing all tracks in your player Follow these steps to play all audio tracks in your player 1 Press t...

Page 42: ...at a track or repeat the whole Selected Music List 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Press the Scroller A list appears 4 Scroll Select Pla...

Page 43: ...The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Press the Scroller A list appears 4 Scroll Select Play Mode A list appears 5 Depending on which mode you want follow the corresponding step To Shuffle the Sele...

Page 44: ...Music List is played normally each track in the Selected Music List is played from the first track to the last However when the Track Once Play Mode is enabled playback stops once the current track e...

Page 45: ...elected Music List is played from the first track to the last 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Press the Scroller A list appears 4 Scroll...

Page 46: ...ress the Scroller A list appears 4 Depending on which mode you want follow the corresponding step To bookmark a track Scroll Select Set Bookmark at the point where you want to set the bookmark A messa...

Page 47: ...Playing and Managing Your Music 3 8 To remove a bookmark Scroll Select Clear Bookmark A message box appears telling you that the bookmark has been cleared...

Page 48: ...ories For example take a fictitious track called Toffee Apple Smile performed by The Nano Singers from the soundtrack to the movie The Big Sneeze Besides All Tracks the Toffee Apple Smile song would a...

Page 49: ...1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Music Library 3 Scroll Select an audio category For example if you want to find a track in a particular album Scroll Select Albums Note If Scroll Selecting All...

Page 50: ...yback Play Now 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Music Library 3 Scroll Select an audio category For example if you want to add a track in a particular album Scroll Select Albums 4 Scroll Select...

Page 51: ...s within the sub category appear 6 Scroll Select Add to Play to add the audio selection to the back of the Selected Music List 7 Scroll Select Play Now or press the Play button to add the selection to...

Page 52: ...the track belongs to as well as the track s length To view information about tracks in the Music Library 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Music Library 3 Scroll Select an audio category For ex...

Page 53: ...Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Music Library 3 Scroll Select an audio category For example if you want to find a track in a particular album Scroll Select Albums 4 Scroll Select the track you w...

Page 54: ...nder Albums Scroll Select the album title you want to delete A list appears Depending on what you are deleting Scroll Select Delete Album Delete Artist Delete Genre or Delete Playlist A confirmation b...

Page 55: ...sic tracks in the Selected Music List When entire albums artists or genres are added to the Selected Music List the tracks within them are hidden or collapsed To see these tracks you must Expand the a...

Page 56: ...um artist or genre To collapse an album artist or genre 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Scroll Select the expanded album artist or genre...

Page 57: ...tracks in the Music Library on page 3 13 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select either Selected Music or Now Playing Track information can be viewed in either the Selected Music List or Now Playing...

Page 58: ...rary as shown in Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library on page 3 14 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Scroll Select the track album...

Page 59: ...udio from the Selected Music List 1 Scroll Select Remove All A confirmation box appears asking you if you want to remove all tracks in the Selected Music List 2 Scroll Select the check mark All audio...

Page 60: ...racks in the Selected Music List by artist genre or individual track 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Scroll Select the album artist genr...

Page 61: ...nd Managing Your Music 3 22 5 Using the Scroller move the album artist genre or individual track to the preferred position in the Selected Music List 6 Press the Scroller to set the position you have...

Page 62: ...choose to save it as a playlist for retrieval and playback later 1 Press the Menu button 2 Scroll Select Selected Music The Selected Music List screen appears 3 Press the Scroller A list appears 4 Sc...

Page 63: ...s into the box you can switch from upper to lower case or vice versa by simply Scroll Selecting the letter and holding the Scroller until the letter changes to the case you want You can also use diffe...

Page 64: ...changing pitch or distorting sound quality Choose from the following Rate settings 0 50x 0 75x 1 00x 1 25x and 1 50x Advanced EQ a collection of equalizer settings which can enhance audio of a particu...

Page 65: ...turn on EAX select an EAX setting or select a preset rate or mode for use with your EAX setting To turn on EAX Scroll Select EAX Off The EAX icon appears onscreen and is applied immediately to the aud...

Page 66: ...u button 2 Scroll Select EAX Audio 3 Scroll Select Setting Advanced EQ 4 Scroll Select Preset Custom EQ A list appears 5 In the Preset screen Scroll Select Custom EQ again Four vertical control levers...

Page 67: ...6 Scroll Select each vertical control level Use the Scroller to move the control knob up or down to vary the amount of boost or reduction in the selected frequency range 7 Scroll Select the check mark...

Page 68: ...Software Applications...

Page 69: ...est way to organize and transfer audio to and from your player This chapter includes basic instructions on using MediaSource to rip audio CDs transfer tracks by manual selection or with AudioSync edit...

Page 70: ...with your CD ROM drive 4 In the Task bar click the Rip Now button To rip tracks from an audio CD 1 Insert an audio CD into your CD ROM drive 2 If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer...

Page 71: ...e Right Panel button 3 In the Sources window select the source device If you are transferring files from PC Music Library to a portable hard disk select PC Music Library as your source 4 In the Conten...

Page 72: ...e the track you want to edit and right click it 3 Select the Edit Track Properties option 4 type in the new information 5 Click the OK button The track s information is changed To edit information abo...

Page 73: ...the name of the playlist 5 Click the OK button To create a playlist by saving the Selected Music List 1 When you have the tracks in the order that you like in the Selected Music List click the Save As...

Page 74: ...t 3 Select PC Music Library 4 In the Content window select the track you want to add 5 Click and drag the track to the selected playlist Changing the playback order in a playlist 1 If you are not alre...

Page 75: ...ive Only one NOMAD Jukebox can be active at any one time 4 On the File menu point to New and click Folder Or click the New Folder icon on the toolbar of Windows Explorer 5 A new folder appears with a...

Page 76: ...older you want to delete 5 On the File menu click Delete Or click the Delete icon on the toolbar of Windows Explorer Changing the name of a file or folder 1 In Windows Explorer locate and click the NO...

Page 77: ...Technical Specifications...

Page 78: ...to 14 hours of continuous playback from a fully charged Lithium ion battery The following may reduce the playback time playback of tracks encoded at bitrates higher than 128Kbps use of EAX effects or...

Page 79: ...p to 98 dB Headphones Channel Separation Up to 75 dB Headphones THD 0 1 Frequency Response 20 Hz 20000 Hz Harmonic Distortion 0 02 Operating System Firmware Upgradeable via Internet Headphone Out 1 8...

Page 80: ...2 0 USB 1 1 EAX Environment effects Parametric equalization Headphone spatialization Smart Volume Management Advanced EQ Time Scaling Playback Speed Up to 1 5 times faster or 0 5 times slower for aud...

Page 81: ...Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide...

Page 82: ...s actively managing your player To use your player disconnect it from your computer Warning Do not disconnect your player while your computer is still actively managing it your computer is NOTactively...

Page 83: ...Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B 2 Playback Icons Icon Action Meaning Play Pause Forward Reverse Skip forward Skip back...

Page 84: ...B 3 SelectedMusic List Icons Icon Action Meaning Album Artist Genre Track Track within audio category Audio selected for playback or that is currently playing back The following icons are commonly fo...

Page 85: ...iagram and Icon Guide B 4 Play Mode Icons Icon Action Meaning Repeat Track Repeat All Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Play Track Once The following icons appear onscreen when the respective audio enhancements...

Page 86: ...ational Icons The following icons appear onscreen when you are in the associated firmware section Icon Action Meaning Menu Selected Music List Now Playingk Music Library Playlists category All Tracks...

Page 87: ...Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B 6 Genre category EAX Find Settings About Icon Action Meaning The following icons appear on screen when you are in the associated firmware section...

Page 88: ...Frequently Asked Questions and Error Diagrams...

Page 89: ...eference AutoPlay What do I do when the installation does not start automatically after the Installation CD is inserted The AutoPlay feature in your Windows system may not be enabled To start the inst...

Page 90: ...oose to repeat one track or all tracks Why does my player show me track titles starting with B when I m looking for a track title starting with A When you look for a track using the FIND feature your...

Page 91: ...FAQs and Troubleshooting C 3 How can I get accessories for my Jukebox Visit www NOMADworld com for the latest news on accessories...

Page 92: ...dware solutions for certification If a hardware device driver is not submitted or does not qualify for Microsoft certification a warning message similar to the one below appears You may see this messa...

Page 93: ...io not as an extra hard drive You can use the USB cable for speedy transfers to and from your player Your player will not be recognized as a drive Use the File Manager 2 application to help you manage...

Page 94: ...After charging the battery or using the player disconnect it from the AC power adapter Leaving it plugged in leads to heat buildup which is not good for the player or the battery If I damage or lose m...

Page 95: ...loss while saving settings download a newer firmware version reload firmware call Technical Support physical defects numerous high impact shocks call Technical Support battery is too depleted player...

Page 96: ...User Preferences...

Page 97: ...player s buttons access the information screen Personalize your Jukebox In this screen you can set the owner s name return to the previous screen 1 From the Settings screen Scroll Select Personalizati...

Page 98: ...r using a Car Kit see Optional Player Accessories on page xxiv it will turn itself on and off when you turn the car engine on or off adjust the screen backlight duration A lower number setting conserv...

Page 99: ...s option sets the contrast level for your player s screen The lower the number the lower the contrast 1 From the Settings screen Scroll Select Contrast A list appears 2 Scroll Select the contrast sett...

Page 100: ...croll Select a language Time and Date This option allows you to set the date and time and set the Wake to Music feature The Wake to Music feature lets you play the last heard music track at a specifie...

Page 101: ...ccessing the Information Screen The Jukebox About screen shows you the player s firmware version so that you know if you can upgrade the firmware the total amount of space in your player for storing m...

Page 102: ...ow appears 4 Scroll Select the check mark Resetting your Player If your player stops responding reset the player This should not cause you to lose any data or audio tracks unless you were in the middl...

Page 103: ...he player is locked a popup window appears for you to unlock the player This popup disappears if you don t use the Scroller to make a selection within a few seconds To lock your player 1 Press the Men...

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