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Zen Portable Media Center ................................................................................................................... 1-1
Windows Media Player 10............................................................................................................ 1-1
System Requirements............................................................................................................................... 1-2
Customer Support Services and Warranty Information............................................................... 1-3
Front Views................................................................................................................................................. 2-1
Top and Bottom Views............................................................................................................................ 2-3
Selecting Menu Options........................................................................................................................... 2-4
Navigation buttons.......................................................................................................................... 2-4
Play Control buttons................................................................................................................................ 2-5
Powering your player .............................................................................................................................. 3-2
Charging the battery ................................................................................................................................ 3-3
Battery charge status...................................................................................................................... 3-4
Setting Up Your Player ............................................................................................................................ 3-5
Connecting Your Player to a TV.......................................................................................................... 3-5
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Using the Protective Carrying Case .................................................................................................... 3-7
Locking and Unlocking your Player...................................................................................................... 3-7
Navigating Menus ...................................................................................................................................... 3-8
Transferring content................................................................................................................................. 3-9
Personalizing your player......................................................................................................................... 4-1
Equalization........................................................................................................................................ 4-1
Effects................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
International....................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Reset.................................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Information.................................................................................................................................................. 4-3
Resetting your player................................................................................................................................ 4-3
Getting Content......................................................................................................................................... 5-1
Transferring content................................................................................................................................. 5-2
Transferring Content Manually ................................................................................................... 5-2
Deleting Content............................................................................................................................. 5-2
Managing Videos......................................................................................................................................... 5-3
Locating a Video............................................................................................................................... 5-3
Playing a Video.................................................................................................................................. 5-3
Managing Programs................................................................................................................................... 5-3
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Managing Pictures...................................................................................................................................... 5-4
Locating a Picture............................................................................................................................. 5-4
Viewing a Slide Show...................................................................................................................... 5-4
Setting Up a Slide Show................................................................................................................. 5-4
Managing Audio.......................................................................................................................................... 5-5
Playing a Track ................................................................................................................................. 5-6
Viewing Track Information........................................................................................................... 5-6
Playing Tracks from an Album, Artist or Genre.................................................................... 5-6
Changing Play Modes...................................................................................................................... 5-7
Managing the Portable Playlist .................................................................................................... 5-7
Viewing the Contents of the Portable Playlist........................................................................ 5-8
Deleting All Tracks from the Portable Playlist........................................................................ 5-8
General Specifications for your player................................................................................................ A-1
Usage ............................................................................................................................................................. B-1
About Recovery Screens......................................................................................................................... B-4
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Li-Ion Polymer........................................................................................................................ C-1
NTSC........................................................................................................................................ C-1
Transcoding ............................................................................................................................ C-2
Windows Media Audio (WMA)....................................................................................... C-2
Windows Media Video (WMV) ....................................................................................... C-2
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Introduction
Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Zen Portable
Media Center!
Zen Portable
Media Center
With this device, you can have all of your favorite videos, music, and pictures at
your fingertips. Use your computer to create or download digital entertainment
programs, including recorded TV shows, videos, home movies, music, and
pictures, then store them all on your device. You can even connect it to your TV set
and view your pictures and videos!
Your player comes with Windows Mobile™ software, featuring an easy-to-use and
familiar Windows® Media Center Edition interface. You can easily create high-
fidelity WMA or MP3* files from your personal audio CD collection.
Connect your player with the supplied USB travel cable, so that you can transfer
audio tracks, TV shows, pictures and videos quickly and easily. Enjoy easy access
to all of your favorite entertainment — anytime, anywhere.
W indows Media
Player 10
With Windows Media Player 10, you can enjoy fast, flexible and high-quality
playback of your digital content. It also has smart jukebox features designed by
Microsoft® to make transferring content simple and easy.
Term inology
*
You cannot create digital audio files from Copy Control CDs.
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System
Requirem ents
Minimum
Recommended
®
®
❍ Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP
Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition, or
Windows XP Tablet PC
®
®
®
®
❍ Intel Pentium II 233 MHz or better processor
❍ Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz or better processor
❍ CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction
support
❍ USB 2.0 port
❍ 64 MB RAM
❍ 256 MB RAM
❍ 100 Megabytes free hard disk space (more needed
❍ 300 Megabytes free hard disk space (more needed
for storing audio and video)
for storing audio and video)
❍ 56 Kbps Internet connection for Internet content
downloading and CDDB2™ support (any charges
incurred are the responsibility of the user)
❍ Broadband-based Internet connection for Internet
content downloading and CDDB2™ support (any
charges incurred are the responsibility of the user)
❍ SVGA graphics adapter (256 colors, 800 x 600
resolution or better)
❍ Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 or
Netscape Navigator 7.0
❍ Internet browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01,
For web pages with embedded digital media, use
only Netscape Navigator 6.x and 7.0 with the Java 2
Runtime Environment version 1.3.x.
®
Netscape Navigator 4.7 or better)
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Accessories
• Li-Ion Polymer battery
• FM Wired Remote
• IR Remote
• Docking Station
You can find Customer Support Services, Warranty and other information in the
Installation CD.
Custom er
Support
Services and
W arranty
Inform ation
Customer
Support
Services
d:\support\<language>\support.pdf
d:\warranty\<region>\<language>\warranty.pdf
Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the
warranty period.
Warranty
Regulatory
d:\fcc\<language>\doc.pdf
(replace d:\ with the drive letter of your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, <region> with
the region that you are in, and <language> with the language that your
document is in).
Please keep your Proof of Purchase for the duration of the Warranty
period.
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About Your Player
This section lists and describes your player’s buttons, controls and exterior
connectors.
Front Views
10
5
Power button
Start button
6
7
8
4
3
2
11
12
13
9
1
Figure 2-1: Your Zen Portable Media Center
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Button / Connector
Description
❍ Press to display menu options on the LCD.
❍ Press to switch between the main menu and the currently active screen.
Start button
❍ Press and hold briefly to turn your player on and off.
Power button
❍ Resets your player when you press it with the end of a thin object
1. Reset button
(like a straightened paperclip).
2. Navigation buttons
3. Power connector
4. Back button
❍ Use these to select menu options.
❍ Connect this to a power outlet using the supplied power adapter.
❍ Press to return to the previous screen or menu.
❍ Lights up in amber when the battery is charging.
❍ Lights up in green when the battery is fully charged.
5. Battery Charging Indicator
6. Volume Up / Down buttons
7. Play Control buttons
❍ Press and hold to quickly change volume levels.
❍ Use these to control content playback.
8. Integrated Speaker
❍ Enables you to hear audio when you have no headphones or speaker output.
❍ Displays menus or content.
9. Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
❍ Press and hold Preset buttons 1, 2, 3 or 4 to bookmark content.
❍ Press a Preset button to go to the bookmark.
10. Preset buttons
11. Headphone connector
12. Audio / Video Out connector
13. Button Lock switch
❍ Connect your headphones or Wired Remote to this connector.
❍ Connect this to your TV set to conveniently view videos, recorded TV
programs or pictures stored in your player.
❍ Move the switch to lock or unlock your player.
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Top and
Bottom Views
1
2
Figure 2-2: Your Zen Portable Media Center
Button /
Connector
Description
1. Battery
❍ Holds the high capacity battery.
Compartment
❍ Connects to the USB travel cable or optional docking
2. Data connector
station.
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Selecting Menu
O ptions
In the following sections of this document, we use the term ‘select’ to indicate that
you should use the Navigation buttons (Up, Down, Left or Right) to highlight
menu options, then press the OK button to select the option.
Navigation buttons
1
2
5
3
4
Button
Description
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection above the current
selection.
1. Up button
❍ When viewing pictures, press to see the previous picture.
❍ Press to select the highlighted menu option or selection on the
2. OK button
screen.
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection to the right of the
current selection.
❍ When playing audio, press to see different views of the album,
genre, playlist or track.
3. Right button
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection below the current
selection.
4. Down button
❍ When viewing pictures, press to see the next picture.
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Button
Description
❍ Press to go to the menu option or selection to the left of the
current selection.
❍ When playing audio, press to see different views of the album,
genre, playlist or track.
5. Left button
Play Control
buttons
2
1
3
Button
Description
❍ Press and hold to go backwards in an audio track, video or
program.
1. Previous button
❍ Press to go the previous content item.
2. Play / Pause
button
❍ Press to start, pause or resume playback.
❍ Press and hold to go forwards in an audio track, video or
program.
3. Next button
❍ Press to go to the next content item.
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Getting Started
This chapter assists you in setting up and configuring your player, and also
describes some basic operations.
Inserting the
battery
1
2
Do not force the
battery in if it does not
fit. Check the battery
orientation before
trying again.
3
4
Figure 3-1: Inserting the battery in your Zen Portable Media Center
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1. Open the battery compartment in the direction of the arrows.
2. Move the activation switch in the direction shown in the diagram above. This
activates your player for use the first time you start it up.
3. Insert the battery as shown.
4. Close the battery compartment.
1. Connect the power adapter as shown in the diagram.
2. Turn on the power from the power source.
Powering your
player
Remember to use only
the accessories
packaged for you.
Substitute accessories
may damage your
player, or worse yet,
hurt you.
Figure 3-2: Powering your Zen Portable Media Center
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Charging the
battery
Fully charge the battery supplied with your player before you use it. For the first
time only, charge the battery for sixteen hours. From the second time onwards,
the battery should fully charge within six hours.
Your fully charged battery should give you up to twenty-two hours* of continuous
audio playback, or seven hours** of continuous video playback.
The battery charging indicator lights up in amber when the battery is charging,
and lights up in green when the battery is fully charged.
Available playtime for
audio or video may
vary, depending on
usage.
To charge your player’s battery, you should:
Check the battery indicator to see when the battery is fully charged.
*
Battery life estimated for playback of audio tracks encoded at 64Kbps (WMA) and 128Kbps
(MP3).
** Battery life estimated for playback of WMV files encoded at 500Kbps.
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Battery charge
status
Your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s charged
status or the power source (battery or external power).
Icon
Power State
Notes
❍ the battery charging indicator lights up in
amber when the battery is charging, and
lights up in green when the battery is fully
charged.
❍ your player is running from external
power only, but may still be
charging the battery
❍ your player is running from battery
❍ this battery state icon shows that the battery
power only
is fully charged, or is near full charge.
❍ your player’s battery has up to 60%
of its capacity remaining
❍ your player’s battery has up to 30%
❍ recharge the battery at the earliest
of its capacity remaining
opportunity
❍ your player is running from external
❍ charge the battery fully before disconnecting
power and is charging the battery
the player from the power outlet
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Setting Up
Your Player
DO NOT connect your player to your computer before installing the
software.
1. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.
The disc supports Windows Autoplay mode and starts running automatically.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the software setup.
3. If prompted, restart your computer.
4. Connect your player to your computer as shown.
Figure 3-3: Connecting your Zen Portable Media Center
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup.
You can also connect your player to your TV to view content on a larger screen. To
view your player’s content on your TV, you must use the supplied video cable. A
standard video cable is not suitable.
Connecting
Your Player to
a TV
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Connect your player as shown, with the supplied video cable.
Figure 3-4: Connecting your Zen Portable Media Center to your TV
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Using the
Your player comes with a carrying case that you can use to prop up your player for
better picture or video viewing.
1. Insert your player into the carrying case as shown.
2. Flip the top of the case back to support your player.
Protective
Carrying Case
Figure 3-5: Using the protective carrying case
Lock your player to disable all buttons on the player, when you want to
prevent buttons, like PAUSE, from being accidently pressed.
Locking and
Unlocking your
Player
To lock the player: Slide the Button Lock switch towards the icon.
To unlock the player: Slide the Button Lock switch away from the icon.
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Your player must be unlocked before you can use any buttons or controls. To
Turning the
player on or off
To turn your player on: Press the POWER
button. The main menu appears.
To turn your player off: Press the POWER
button. The player turns off.
Figure 3-6: Your player’s main
menu
Most of your player’s menus are arranged vertically, as shown below. Press the Up
and Down navigation buttons to move vertically in a menu.
Navigating
Menus
To ’select’ a menu
option, use the
navigation buttons
(Up, Down, Left or
Right) to highlight
menu options, then
press the OK button to
select the option.
Figure 3-7: Your player’s main menu and Display screen
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After making some menu selections, you can see a horizontal menu at the top of
the screen. Press the Left or Right navigation buttons to move horizontally
between views, for example, when viewing pictures, you can sort pictures by name
or date.
Figure 3-8: Your player’s artists and my pictures views
You can use Windows Media Player 10 to transfer videos, programs, pictures and
audio tracks into your Zen Portable Media Center. For details on transferring
Transferring
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Personalizing Your Player
This chapter assists you in personalizing your player.
Your player offers you many personalization options. You can:
Personalizing
your player
Equalization
You can choose from several equalization presets to make audio playback sound
better. For example, if you are listening to classical music, or watching a video with
a classical score, choose the Classical preset.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
3. Select Equalizer.
4. Select a preset from the list of equalizer presets that appears.
The current preset is highlighted.
Display
You can adjust your player’s display by selecting Backlight, Brightness and TV
out settings.
not be able to watch programs or videos properly. See the User’s Guide for your TV
if you are not sure about your TV’s display format.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
3. Select Display.
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4. Select Backlight, Brightness or TV out to change any of these settings.
Effects
You can choose to turn effects on or off, to make using the player a little more
interesting.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
3. In the Settings screen, select Effects.
4. Select Screen Effects or Sounds to turn the effect on or off.
International
You can change the default language and the language variant used on your
player’s screens.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
3. In the Settings screen, select International.
4. Select Language to choose a display language.
5. Select Standards to choose the language variant.
Reset
You can choose this option to restore your player’s default settings, in case you
want to start configuration over from the beginning. Resetting your player’s
settings will not cause you to lose content.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
3. In the Settings screen, select Restore original Settings.
A warning message appears.
4. To reset your player’s settings, select yes.
Otherwise, select no.
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Your player’s Information screen displays:
• the player’s firmware and operating system version — so that you know if you
have the latest updates
Inform ation
• the number of videos, programs, pictures and audio tracks stored in your player
• the total amount of space used in your player for storing media
• the available space in your player for storing media
To ’select’ a menu
option, use the
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select settings.
navigation buttons
(Up, Down, Left or
Right) to highlight
menu options, then
press the OK button to
select the option.
3. Select Information.
4. Select About Portable Media Center to see firmware and operating system
versions.
5. Select About Contents to see how much content is in your player.
If your player stops responding, reset the player. This should not cause you to lose
any videos, programs, pictures or audio tracks, unless you were in the middle of
transferring content.
Resetting your
player
Figure 4-1: Resetting your player
To reset the player: Gently push the end of a thin object (like a pin or
straightened paperclip) into the Reset button.
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Managing Content
Zen Portable Media Center plays many different types of content, including video
files, audio tracks, recorded TV programs and still pictures.
About Content
Ty p e s
When you transfer video and audio files to your player, Windows Media Player 10
changes them into WMV or WMA files respectively. Windows Media Player 10
changes recorded TV programs in DVR-MS format to the WMV format. Still picture
files are unchanged, but your player only displays pictures that are in the JPEG
(.JPG) format. Windows Media Player 10 may take longer to change video files that
are not already in the WMV format.
When you transfer a
video that has a
combined video and
audio bitrate greater
than 800kbps,
Windows Media Player
10 changes the bitrate
to less than 800kbps.
You can check a
video’s bitrate from
the Windows Media
Player 10’s Library
view.
You can acquire content from many legal sources. Here are some suggestions:
• Videos — purchased from online movie stores or digitized home video footage.
• TV programs — recorded programs from a digital video recorder, running on
Windows XP Media Center, or recorded TV programs from a Windows XP Media
Center Edition computer.
Getting
Content
• Audio tracks — ripped from personal audio CDs, home studio recordings or
purchased from online music stores.
• Pictures — purchased from online stores, encoded from your personal digital
camera or scanned from printed pictures.
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Transferring
content
With Windows Media Player 10, you can choose between Automatic and Manual
synchronization options.
Using Automatic synchronization, Windows Media Player 10 compares both the
media libraries in your player and computer and automatically transfers new
content from your computer to your player.
Using Manual synchronization, you can choose specific content to transfer to and
from your computer and player. For more details on Automatic and Manual
Synchronization, and other aspects of content transfer, refer to Windows Media
Player 10’s online Help.
Transferring
Content Manually
Before you add or delete content to or from your player, be sure that you have
properly connected your player to your computer with the USB travel cable, and
that you have properly installed Windows Media Player 10.
1. In Windows Media Player 10, click the Library tab.
2. In the library panel, right-click the content you want to add.
3. In the menu that appears, click the Add to option, then the Sync List option.
The content appears in the right panel.
4. Click the Sync tab.
5. In the right panel, be sure that your player is the selected device.
6. In the left panel, click the checkbox next to the media file to select it for
synchronization.
7. Click the Start Sync
icon.
Your player displays the "Updating" screen.
Deleting Content
You may want to delete old videos, programs, pictures and audio tracks from your
player, to make space for new ones.
1. In Windows Media Player 10, click the Sync tab.
2. In the right panel, right-click the content you want to delete.
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3. In the menu that appears, click the Delete from Device option.
Your player displays the "updating" screen.
To play videos, you must first transfer the videos to your player. The videos are
categorized by name and date in your player’s Video Library.
Managing
Videos
Use the play controls to pause or resume playback, or to go forward or backward
in the video. Use the navigation buttons to view the sorted lists of videos.
Locating a Video
The videos in your player are sorted by name and date for quicker searches.
When you select my videos from the main menu, your player shows you recently
loaded videos in the "New" category. Press the Right button to list videos sorted by
name or date.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my videos.
A list of videos is displayed.
3. Use the navigation buttons to search for the video.
Playing a Video
1. Locate a video as described above.
2. Select a video.
Video playback starts automatically.
If playback was paused or interrupted previously, you can choose the resume
option to continue from where you left off. Otherwise, choose the play from
beginning option.
You can manage recorded TV programs in the same way as videos. When locating
or playing a program, select my TV instead of my videos.
Managing
Program s
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Managing
Pictures
With Zen Portable Media Center’s high-capacity storage, you can store thousands
of photos in your player, and even set up a slide show, so that you can share
memories with friends and family. Pictures are categorized by "date" and "name"
in Picture Library. Your player only displays pictures that are in the JPEG (JPG)
format.
Locating a Picture
You can sort pictures by date or name for quicker searches.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my pictures.
3. Use the navigation buttons to search for the picture.
Viewing a Slide
Show
A slide show is automatically set up when you have pictures in your player, and
these are sorted by name.
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my pictures.
3. Select the play slide show option.
The slide show starts.
Setting Up a Slide
Show
You can display picture names, change the order in which pictures are displayed,
and specify the delay in between picture transitions. You can also view your slide
show while playing audio tracks.
To display the picture name while viewing the slide show: Press the Right
button once.
To randomly shuffle the pictures
1. During the slide show, press the Right button twice.
2. Use the navigation buttons to highlight Shuffle.
3. Press the OK button.
To change the transition delay
1. During the slide show, press the Right button twice.
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2. Use the navigation buttons to highlight Transitions.
3. Press the OK button repeatedly to choose a transition time. It ranges from 5
seconds to 30 seconds.
4. Press the Left button twice to view your slide show with the new settings.
To view a slide show while playing audio tracks
2. Press the Start button.
3. View the slide show.
When audio tracks are transferred to your player, they are organized into the
following Music Library categories:
Managing
Audio
•
•
•
•
•
•
New
Playlists
Albums
Artists
Genres
Songs
All transferred tracks can be found in the "Songs" category, but depending on your
Windows Media Player 10 settings, tracks can also be found in other categories.
For example, take a fictitious track called "Toffee Apple Smile", performed by "The
Nano Singers", from the soundtrack to the "The Big Sneeze" movie. Besides
Songs, the "Toffee Apple Smile" song would also be found in the "Soundtrack"
genre, the "Songs from The Big Sneeze" album, and the "The Nano Singers" artist
category.
Tracks not belonging to any album, artist or genre, can only be found in "Songs".
You can also use Music Library to:
• Add audio selections to the portable playlist
• Find tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres in your player
• View track information
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Deleting, modifying or renaming albums, artists or genres, including renaming of
audio tracks, must be done in Windows Media Player 10.
Playing a Track
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to navigate to a category (album, artist, playlist,
song or genre).
Press the Left or Right
navigation buttons to
see different views of
the currently playing
album, genre, playlist
or track.
4. Select a category.
A list of tracks in the category appear.
5. Select a track, and press the Play button.
Track playback starts.
Viewing Track
Inform ation
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to navigate to a category (album, artist, playlist,
song or genre).
4. Select a category.
A list of tracks in the category appear.
5. Select a track.
You can see the information for that track displayed on your player’s screen.
To see information about the next track, press the Right button.
Playing Tracks
from an Album ,
Artist or Genre
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to navigate to the album, artist or genre
category.
4. Select an album, artist or genre.
A list of tracks in the album, artist or genre category appear.
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5. Select the play all option.
Changing Play
Modes
When playing audio tracks, you can choose to change the play mode, enable an
equalizer preset, or purchase the track.
1. When playing audio tracks, press the Right button until you see four options
for shuffle play, repeat play, equalizer and purchase.
2. Use the Up or Down buttons to navigate to one of the options.
3. Select shuffle play to play the tracks in a random order.
4. Select repeat play to repeat playback of all the tracks.
5. Select equalizer to enable an equalizer preset. Press the OK button until you
find a preset you want.
6. Select purchase to purchase the downloaded track.
About the Portable
Playlist
The portable playlist is a permanent playlist on your player for audio content in
your player. You can add or remove tracks, playlists, albums, artists or genres to or
from the portable playlist.
Managing the
Portable Playlist
You can add tracks, artists, albums or genres to the portable playlist to play back
selected tracks in a specific order.
To add a track to the portable playlist
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
To add more tracks,
use the Left or Right
buttons to navigate to
other tracks and select
the add to portable
playlist option.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to list tracks by album, artist, genre or song.
4. Select a track.
5. Select the add to portable playlist option.
To add a group of tracks to the portable playlist
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
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3. Use the Left or Right buttons to list tracks by album, artist, genre or song.
4. Select a album, artist, genre or song.
5. Select the add all to portable playlist option.
The tracks are added to the portable playlist, and start playing.
Viewing the
1. Press the Start button.
Contents of the
Portable Playlist
2. Select my music.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to see the portable playlist.
4. Select portable playlist, then press the OK button.
A list of tracks in the playlist appears.
Deleting All Tracks
from the Portable
Playlist
1. Press the Start button.
2. Select my music.
3. Use the Left or Right buttons to see the portable playlist.
4. Select portable playlist.
5. Select the remove all from playlist option.
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General Specifications
Size (W x H x D)
❍ 144 mm x 80.7 mm x 27 mm or 5.67" x 3.18" x 1.06"
Weight
❍ 340 gms or 12 oz with a battery
Capacity
General
Specifications
for your player
❍ 20 GB hard drive
Display
❍ Large 96.5 mm or 3.8" 64k color 320 x 240 pixel resolution backlit display
Battery Life (playback time)
*
❍ Up to 22 hours of continuous audio playback from fully charged Lithium-Ion Polymer
battery
❍ Up to 7 hours of continuous video playback from fully charged Lithium-Ion Polymer
**
battery
The following may reduce the playback time:
• playback of tracks encoded at bitrates higher than 64Kbps (WMA) or 128Kbps (MP3)
• playback of WMV files encoded at bitrates higher than 500Kbps
• use of EQ presets
• skipping, fast forward or reverse during playback
• using passive speakers or high-power headphones
• long backlight timeout setting (more than 10 secs)
Data Connector
❍ USB 2.0
Playback Formats
***
❍ Video playback formats — Windows Media™ Video (WMV) 7, 8 and 9
❍ Audio playback formats — WMA (Lossless, Standard, Voice), MP3
*
Battery life estimated for playback of audio tracks encoded at 64Kbps (WMA) and 128Kbps
(MP3).
** Battery life estimated for playback of WMV files encoded at 500Kbps.
***Some formats may require additional codec or software support. Codec support and firmware
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❍ Picture format — JPEG
*
❍ Windows Media Player 10 supported formats — ASF, DVR-MS, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2 , MPE,
M1V, MPG, MP2, WAV, AU, SND
Frequency Response
❍ 20 Hz~20000 Hz
Headphone Out
❍ 1/8" stereo minijack
AV Out
❍ PAL or NTSC
Operating Environment
❍ Temperature: 5 to 40 ° Celsius
❍ Humidity: 10% to 80%
Storage Environment
❍ Temperature: -20 to 60 ° Celsius
❍ Humidity: 5% to 85%
*
To play this format, you must install an MPEG2 decoder on your computer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
This section covers common questions you might have while using your player. If
you have an issue with this product, you may wish to consult our self-help tool
“Knowledge Base” for online troubleshooting and solutions. Go to
www.creative.com and select your region.
Why does the player skip certain tracks?
Usage
The player will only play valid media formats. Other types of media formats are
Formats" on page A-1 for more information.
Why does the player turn off immediately after it is turned on?
The battery may be too depleted to power your player. Try charging the battery.
File transfers to the player are very slow (less than 100 KB/Sec). What do
I do?
You may be transferring files that may be configured for other devices and
formats, or your computer’s CPU does not meet the recommended system
requirements. Windows Media Player 10 changes or transcodes files before
transferring them to your player.
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Files that exceed the following specifications may require more time to change or
transcode:
This
should be less than or equal to
Bitrate
800 kbps
Video or image resolution
Frames Per Second (FPS)
WMA Profile
320 x 240
30
Simple (SP)
I have to charge the battery quite often. Is there anything I can do to
make it last longer?
❍ Set a shorter backlight setting.
❍ Set a lower brightness setting.
❍ Avoid skipping ahead and back within tracks unnecessarily.
❍ Avoid turning the player on and off unnecessarily.
❍ Avoid using passive speakers or high-powered headphones.
Should I leave my player plugged into the power adapter when it is not in
use?
You can leave your player plugged in when it is not near any heat source. However,
it is generally recommended that you disconnect it from the power adapter after
charging your battery or after use.
If I damage or lose my power adapter, can I buy a similar, off-the-shelf
adapter?
No. The power adapter may not be compatible with your player, and may even
damage it. You should get a replacement adapter from Creative at
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About
Recovery
Screens
If an error occurs, you may see any one of the following diagrams, indicating the
general nature of the problem.
Recovery Screen
Likely Causes
Suggested Action
❍ Connect your device to your
computer with the USB travel cable.
Screen 2 (below) appears.
❍ Your player’s firmware may be
corrupted.
updates.
❍ Contact Creative Customer
Support Services for assistance.
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Recovery Screen
Likely Causes
Suggested Action
❍ Content in your player has been
corrupted by resetting the
player during a synchronization
session.
❍ Reset your player, then connect your
player to your computer and re-
synchronize the content.
❍ Your device has encountered a
problem that cannot be
automatically fixed.
❍ Contact Creative Customer
Support Services for assistance.
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Terms and Technology Explained
This section provides you with a brief explanation of terms, technology and
abbreviations used or referred to in this User’s Guide.
Glossary
DRM
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a technology which enables the copyright
owner of intellectual property, like a digital audio track, to control how you, the
listener, can use the file. It is normally used to allow you to download digital audio
tracks while preventing you from distributing the files to other people or other
devices. With DRM, digital audio tracks contain digital signatures.
Li-Ion Polymer
Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries are ideal for portable devices like your player. Your
player uses an updated form of the Li-Ion battery, the Li-Ion Polymer battery. This
type of battery has significant advantages over the older Li-Ion battery.
Li-Ion Polymer batteries can be thinner, and safer than the standard liquid
electrolyte Li-Ion battery. They come in more diverse shapes, and use a dry
polymer electrolyte that is more resistant to overcharging and virtually eliminates
the danger of flammability.
NTSC
PAL
This is short for National Television System Committee, and is commonly used in
the United States of America and Japan. The NTSC standard delivers 525 lines of
resolution at 60 half-frames per second. Your computer’s video adapter may
This is short for Phase Alternating Line, and is commonly used in Europe and some
of America, PAL delivers 625 lines at 50 half-frames per second. Your computer’s
video adapter may support both NTSC and PAL signals.
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Transcoding
Transcoding is the process of converting a media file from one format to another.
Windows Media Player 10 transcodes digital audio files, videos, pictures and other
media types transferred from your computer to your player. Windows Media Player
10 converts videos and audio tracks to WMV and WMA formats respectively.
Windows Media
Audio (WMA)
Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio (WMA) format is suitable for audio tracks with
lower bitrates but can produce an audio quality that is almost indistinguishable
from the original audio when encoded at 128 kbps. Some WMA files are protected
Windows Media
Video (WMV)
Microsoft’s Windows Media Video (WMV) format is the video counterpart of WMA.
The WMV format uses MPEG-4 compression technology to squeeze your favorite
programs and videos into smaller-sized video files.
USB
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus. It is a moderately high-speed input/output
technology for “hot swap” data transfers, meaning that you can connect or
disconnect a USB device without turning off your computer.
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