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Minimum
System
Requirements

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Microsoft

Windows

98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows

Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP

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Intel

Pentium

II 350 MHz, AMD

-K6-2

450 MHz or better processor

(Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding)

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CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support

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USB 1.1 port

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64 Megabytes RAM (128 Megabytes recommended)

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30 Megabytes free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio)

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Installed mouse

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SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600 resolution or better)

The software
applications on the
installation CD may
have higher
requirements for
basic functionality.
Refer to each
application’s
documentation for
details

Summary of Contents for NOMAD Muvo NX

Page 1: ...installation CD Copyright 2003 Creative Technology Ltd All rights reserved Version 1 0 June 2003 Sound Blaster the Sound Blaster logo and the Creative logo are registered trademarks and EAX are trade...

Page 2: ...Contents...

Page 3: ...e Media Detector viii Creative MediaSource ix Creative MediaSource Player ix Creative MediaSource Organizer ix Adobe Acrobat Reader ix Minimum System Requirements x Document Conventions xi Web Site In...

Page 4: ...ive MediaSource 3 3 Transferring Tracks Files 3 3 Editing audio track information 3 4 Ripping Audio CD Tracks 3 5 4 Music Mode Turning On Off your Player 4 1 Music Playback 4 2 Playing music tracks 4...

Page 5: ...ng a voice recording 5 3 Play Mode 5 4 Repeating recordings 5 4 Shuffling recordings 5 6 Playing a recording once 5 7 Normal mode 5 7 Deleting Recorded Tracks 5 8 EQ Settings 5 9 Enhancing Your Music...

Page 6: ...A 2 Harmonic Distortion A 2 Operating System Firmware A 2 Headphone Out A 2 LCD Display A 2 Data Connector A 2 Firmware Support A 2 B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams B 1 Playback...

Page 7: ...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 or incinerate Ke...

Page 8: ...library and also comes equipped with an USB 1 1 connector so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily Unlike other hardware based players the NOMAD MuVo NX features has superior audi...

Page 9: ...a Detector Media Detector makes it easy for users to access multimedia content from various internal or external media There is no need to hunt through a maze of different software to play different t...

Page 10: ...ed of audio 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 loud...

Page 11: ...ed for MP3 encoding CD ROM drive with digital audio extraction support USB 1 1 port 64 Megabytes RAM 128 Megabytes recommended 30 Megabytes free hard disk space more needed for storing audio Installed...

Page 12: ...s 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 situations i...

Page 13: ...ing documentation updates software updates or purchases Technologies used in your player An online glossary Online Registration Register your products at www creative com register or through the regis...

Page 14: ...1 A Tour of Your Player...

Page 15: ...1 1 A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Play Pause Power Button LCD Screen Headphones Connector connects to your headphones Microphone Scroller Volume Decrease button Volume Increase button...

Page 16: ...volume quickly VOLUME DECREASE decreases the volume Press and hold to decrease the volume quickly SCROLLER skips to the previous next track fast forwards rewinds a track scrolls through menu options s...

Page 17: ...nu options You can also choose options from a list or a confirmation box Selecting menu options You can use the Scroller to make selections in menus For example if you are looking at the Menu screen 1...

Page 18: ...2 Getting Started...

Page 19: ...What the icon means Notes your player s battery is good for approximately 10 hours of continuous playback this battery state icon shows that the battery is fully charged your player s battery is good...

Page 20: ...If not you need to enable your CD ROM drive s auto insert notification feature For more details see AutoPlay on page C 1 4 Click the Install software for NOMAD MuVo NX option to select it 5 Click the...

Page 21: ...nstalled Creative MediaSource before connecting your player To transfer audio or data files to your player refer to Transferring Tracks Files on page 3 3 DO NOT connect more than one USB Flash drive a...

Page 22: ...3 Transferring Tracks Files...

Page 23: ...wish to download additional music tracks to your player you can either download music tracks from Internet music sites see Downloading from the internet on page 3 2 or have them ripped from audio CDs...

Page 24: ...cument s release Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permissio...

Page 25: ...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 Content window select the tracks to transfer CTRL...

Page 26: ...cate the track you want to edit and right click it 3 Select the Edit Track Properties option 4 Enter the new information 5 Click the OK button The track s information is changed To edit information ab...

Page 27: ...tracks usually WAV files into MP3 files MP3 encoding is considered lossy compression which means that some data is lost during compression However using the standard sampling rate and bitrates will en...

Page 28: ...utton To rip tracks from an audio CD 5 Insert an audio CD into your CD ROM drive 6 If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer click the Player Organizer View button 7 In the Sources wind...

Page 29: ...4 Music Mode...

Page 30: ...e MuVo NX message Figure 4 2 To turn off your player Press and hold the Power Play Pause button for a few seconds until after the Power off message Figure 4 3 disappears Remember to unplug the USB Fla...

Page 31: ...mode only MP3 or WMA files are played back and in Voice mode only recorded files are played back By default your player is in Music mode If however you are in Voice mode and the Voice Mode icon appear...

Page 32: ...sic tracks 1 Press the Play Pause Power button The Creative MuVo NX logo appears onscreen and the music tracks in your player are played back from the first track to the last Mode Icon Play Mode Icon...

Page 33: ...d by enabling the Normal mode as described in Normal mode on page 4 7 Repeating music You can choose to repeat a track folder all tracks or repeat a portion of a track 1 Press the Scroller The Play Mo...

Page 34: ...eat All icon appears onscreen and all tracks are repeated continuously until you stop it To repeat a portion of a track 1 Scroll Select A B 2 Press the Scroller This marks the begining of the portion...

Page 35: ...laying once all the tracks in in your player are played back once To Shuffle a folder once Scroll Select Shuffle Folder The Shuffle Folder icon appears onscreen and all tracks in the folder are select...

Page 36: ...e 4 10 appears 2 Press the Scroller A list appears Figure 4 11 3 Scroll Select Track Once The Track Once icon appears onscreen Playback stops once the track ends Normal mode Once the Normal mode is en...

Page 37: ...ings with your currently playing audio This simple process is described in the following instructions 1 Press the Scroller 2 Scroll to the Play Mode screen Figure 4 14 3 Scroll Select EQ Setting Figur...

Page 38: ...ve the control knob up or down to vary the amount of boost or reduction in the selected frequency range 4 Scroll Select the check mark to exit the Custom EQ window Skipping Folders This action skips t...

Page 39: ...to the Delete screen Figure 4 18 4 Press the Scroller A list appears 5 Scroll Select Delete Figure 4 19 The track is permanently deleted from your player Voice Mode In Voice mode you can play back re...

Page 40: ...another bar showing you the elapsed recording time Making a voice recording To make a voice recording 1 Press the Scroller 2 Scroll to the Recording screen Figure 4 21 3 Press the Scroller The record...

Page 41: ...s down select the default language access the information screen 1 Press the Scroller 2 Scroll to the Setting screen Figure 4 22 3 Press the Scroller A list appears Figure 4 23 Depending on which conf...

Page 42: ...number setting conserves battery power for longer playback time To specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down 1 Scroll Select Idle Shutdown A list appears 2 Scroll...

Page 43: ...ke a selection within a few seconds To lock your player 1 Press the Scroller 2 Scroll to the Lock screen Figure 4 26 3 Press the scroller A list appears 4 Scroll Select Lock The player is locked To un...

Page 44: ...5 Voice Mode...

Page 45: ...MuVo NX message Figure 5 2 To turn off your player Press and hold the Power Play Pause button for a few seconds until after the Power off message Figure 5 3 disappears Remember to unplug the USB Flash...

Page 46: ...oller The Play Mode screen Figure 5 4 appears 2 Scroll Select Voice Figure 5 5 A great NOMAD MuVo NX feature is its ability to record audio Recorded audio is encoded directly into WAV file format When...

Page 47: ...recording bar appears onscreen 3 Press the Power Play Pause button to start the recording 4 Press the Power Play Pause button again to end the recording A name is automatically assigned to your recor...

Page 48: ...es are disabled by enabling the Normal mode as described in Normal mode on page 5 7 Repeating recordings You can choose to repeat a recorded track all recorded tracks a folder or a portion of a record...

Page 49: ...t Repeat All The Repeat All icon appears onscreen and all recorded tracks are repeated continuously until you stop it To repeat a portion of a recorded track 1 Scroll Select A B 2 Press the Scroller T...

Page 50: ...layback stops once all the recorded tracks are played back once To Shuffle a folder once Scroll Select Shuffle Folder The Shuffle Folder icon appears onscreen and all tracks in the folder are selected...

Page 51: ...ppears 2 Press the Scroller A list appears Figure 5 12 3 Scroll Select Track Once The Track Once icon appears onscreen Playback stops once the track ends Normal mode Once the Normal mode is enabled ea...

Page 52: ...MAD MuVo NX To delete a recorded track 1 In Voice mode play the track that you want to delete 2 Press the Scroller 3 Scroll to the Delete screen Figure 5 15 4 Press the Scroller A list appears 5 Scrol...

Page 53: ...s with your currently playing recorded track This simple process is described in the following instructions 1 Press the Scroller The Play Mode screen Figure 5 17 appears 2 Scroll Select EQ Setting Fig...

Page 54: ...will appear in the display Each lever represents successively higher frequencies that can be controlled 3 Scroll Select each vertical control level Use the Scroller to move the control knob up or down...

Page 55: ...ke a selection within a few seconds To lock your player 1 Press the Scroller 2 Scroll to the Lock screen Figure 5 20 3 Press the scroller A list appears 4 Scroll Select Lock The player is locked To un...

Page 56: ...A Technical Specifications...

Page 57: ...charged AAA batteries The following may reduce the playback time playback of tracks encoded at bitrates higher than 128Kbps use of EAX effects or environments skipping fast forward or reverse during p...

Page 58: ...sponse 20 Hz 20000 Hz Harmonic Distortion 0 05 Operating System Firmware Upgradeable via Internet Headphone Out 1 8 stereo minijack 100 mW Wide Narrow Front only LCD Display Large 96 x 32 pixel blue E...

Page 59: ...B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide...

Page 60: ...n Guide B 1 Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams Diagram Action Meaning your player is connected to your computer To use your player disconnect it from your computer files are being tr...

Page 61: ...Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B 2 Playback Icons The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used Icon Action Meaning Play Pause Forward Reverse Skip forward Skip back...

Page 62: ...Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B 3 Play Mode Icons Icon Action Meaning Repeat Track Repeat Folder Repeat All Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Shuffle Folder Play Track Once A B...

Page 63: ...ll Technical Support unexpected power loss while saving settings download a newer firmware version reload firmware call Technical Support player is unable to perform the selected task for example dele...

Page 64: ...nscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B 5 player s hard disk space is running low delete some files battery is too depleted player cannot start up insert a new batteryr Diagram Likely Causes Suggested Action...

Page 65: ...C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting...

Page 66: ...then click AutoPlay 3 Follow the onscreen instructions To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification 4 Click Start Settings Control Panel 5 Double click the System icon The System Properties di...

Page 67: ...I do At the time of this product s release Microsoft strongly encouraged companies to submit their hardware solutions for certification If a hardware device driver is not submitted or does not qualify...

Page 68: ...Explorer delete the SETTINGS DAT file from your player File transfers to the player is very slow less than 100 kb sec Try formatting your player For more information refer to Formatting your Player on...

Page 69: ...However some operations consume more battery power a long backlight timeout setting A shorter timeout conserves battery power a high contrast setting Position the player so that you can read the disp...

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