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Creative NOMAD MuVo NX User Manual

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Creative NOMAD MuVo NX
Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative
Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
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June 2003
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  • Page 1 Creative NOMAD MuVo NX Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
  • Page 2 Contents...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents ..............viii Hardware ............viii Software ............. viii Creative Media Detector ..........viii Creative MediaSource ............. ix Creative MediaSource Player .......... ix Creative MediaSource Organizer ........ix Adobe Acrobat Reader ............ ix Minimum System Requirements ..........x Document Conventions ...............
  • Page 4 Installing Software ..............2-2 Connecting your Player to your Computer ....... 2-3 3 Transferring Tracks/Files Downloading from the internet ..........3-2 Creative 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 ............
  • Page 5 Making a voice recording ........ 4-11 User Preferences ..............4-12 Locking and unlocking your Player ......... 4-14 Formatting your Player ............4-14 5 Voice Mode Turning On/Off your Player ............5-1 Voice Recording ............... 5-2 Making a voice recording ........5-3 Play Mode ................
  • Page 6 Interface ................ A-1 Playback Formats ............A-1 Signal 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 ............

  • Page 7: Safety And Handling Instructions

    Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For While your player is quite robust, observing these handling procedures will prolong its life. Your Player Do not store or Do not subject to use in areas excessive force or exceeding 45ºC impact. or 113ºF. Do not expose to Keep away from heat or incinerate.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    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 audio playback and customization. Your player also supports Advanced EQ features for audio enhancement.

  • Page 9: Before You Begin

    Media Detector automatically recognizes the insertion or connection of CDs, VCDs, and external devices like Creative NOMAD MP3 players. Upon recognition, the content in the media will automatically start playing without further intervention from the user.

  • Page 10: Creative Mediasource

    MediaSource MediaSource, refer to its online Help. Creative Creative MediaSource Player is the only software you will need for music and multimedia entertainment. Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource MediaSource Player is specially designed to access the power of NOMAD Player MuVo NX’s hardware.

  • Page 11: Minimum System Requirements

    ® ® Minimum Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows ❍ Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP System ® ® ® ® ❍ Intel Pentium II 350 MHz, AMD -K6-2 450 MHz or better processor Requirements (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding) ❍...

  • Page 12: Document Conventions

    Document We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you: Conventions Tip. This tells you about 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 situations involving risk.

  • Page 13: Web Site Information

    An online glossary Online Register your products at www.creative.com/register or through the registration program in the installation CD to enjoy a host of benefits such as: Registration ❍ Service and Product support from Creative. ❍ Exclusive updates on promotions and events!

  • Page 14: Tour Of Your Player

    A Tour of Your Player...

  • Page 15: Your Player At A Glance

    A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Headphones Connector connects to your headphones. Play/Pause/ Scroller Power Button Microphone Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button LCD Screen Front View Side View A Tour of Your Player 1-1...
  • Page 16 Button What It Does Usage Tips OWER PLAY PAUSE ❍ ❍ turns the player on and off press and hold until player turns ❍ activates LCD backlight on or off ❍ starts, pauses or continues playback ❍ press to turn LCD backlight on OLUME INCREASE ❍...

  • Page 17: Using The Scroller

    Scroller Scroll Select The Scroller is one of the most important features of your NOMAD MuVo NX. In this document, we will use a new term, “Scroll Select”, to indicate that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options and then select the option by pressing the Scroller.

  • Page 18: Getting Started

    Getting Started...

  • Page 19: Inserting The Battery

    Getting Started Inserting the Battery Power Source Your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status. and Level Indicators Icon What the icon means Notes ❍ ❍ your player’s battery is good for approximately 10 this battery state icon shows hours of continuous playback that the battery is fully charged ❍...

  • Page 20: Installing Software

    For more details see "AutoPlay" on page C-1. Windows 2000/XP users must log in as 4. Click the Install software for NOMAD MuVo NX option to select it. the computer 5. Click the OK button. administrator. For more information, 6.

  • Page 21: Connecting Your Player To Your Computer

    MuVo NX comes with a USB 1.1 port for data transfers to and from your your Player to computer. Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before your Computer connecting your player. To transfer audio or data files to your player, refer to "Transferring Tracks/Files"...

  • Page 22: Transferring Tracks/Files

    Transferring Tracks/Files...
  • Page 23 Creative MediaSource is included on your installation CD (see "Installing Software" on page 2-5). Creative MediaSorce is the best way to organize and transfer audio to and To listen to transferred from your player. This chapter includes basic instructions on using...

  • Page 24: Downloading From The Internet

    Downloading To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are from the correct at the time of this document’s release): internet ❍...

  • Page 25: Creative Mediasource

    MediaSource MediaSource Help file. Transferring With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. Tracks/Files To transfer audio tracks or data files from one source to another 1.

  • Page 26: Editing Audio Track Information

    To edit information about a track 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. In the Content window, locate the track you want to edit, and right-click it. 3. Select the Edit Track Properties option.

  • Page 27: Ripping Audio Cd Tracks

    CD. To extract audio data, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract CD Tracks digital audio data, and 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 your hard disk.
  • Page 28 To rip a CD 1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 3. In the Sources window, select [E:] Audio CD (where E: represents your CD-ROM drive).

  • Page 29: Music Mode

    Music Mode...

  • Page 30: Turning On/Off Your Player

    Music Mode To turn on your player Turning On/Off your Player Press and hold the Power/Play/Pause button for a few seconds. The Creative message (Figure 4-1) appears onscreen, followed by the MuVo NX message (Figure 4-2). Remember to unplug Figure 4-1...

  • Page 31: Music Playback

    Music To add audio tracks to NOMAD Jukebox MuVo NX’s Playing List, see "Transferring Tracks/Files" on page 3-3. Playback Your player can function in Music or Voice mode. In Music mode, only MP3 or WMA files are played back and in Voice mode, only recorded files are played back.

  • Page 32: Playing Music Tracks

    Playing music tracks Follow these steps to play music 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. Setting...

  • Page 33: Play Mode

    Play Mode Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your Playing List is played back. The following Play Modes are available: ❍ ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat All ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍...
  • Page 34 To repeat a track in the Playing List Scroll Select Repeat Track. The Repeat Track icon appears onscreen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it. To repeat a folder Scroll Select Repeat Folder. The Repeat Folder icon appears onscreen and tracks in the selected folder is repeated continuously until you stop it To repeat all tracks...

  • Page 35: Shuffling Music

    Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used once (“Shuffle"/"Shuffle Folder”) or continuously (“Shuffle Repeat”). 1. Press the Scroller. The Play Mode screen (Figure 4-8) appears. If there is only one Figure 4-8 track in the Playing List when "Shuffle 2.

  • Page 36: Playing A Track Once

    Playing a track When all tracks are played back normally, each track is played, from the first track to the last. However, when the Track Once Play Mode is enabled, once playback stops once the current track ends. 1. Press the Scroller. The Play Mode screen (Figure 4-10) appears.

  • Page 37: Eq Settings

    EQ Settings Enhancing Your Your player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EQ settings. EQ settings available in your player include: Music ❍ Rock ❍ ❍ Classical ❍ Jazz ❍ Custom You can use EQ settings with your currently playing audio. This simple process is described in the following instructions.

  • Page 38: Skipping Folders

    To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select Custom. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 4-16) appears. 2. Three vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher Figure 4-16 frequencies that can be controlled. 3. 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.

  • Page 39: Deleting Tracks

    Deleting This action permanently deletes tracks from your NOMAD MuVo NX. To delete a track Tracks 1. In Music mode, play the track that you want to delete. 2. Press the Scroller. 3. Scroll to the Delete screen (Figure 4-18).

  • Page 40: Microphone Recording

    Microphone Another great NOMAD MuVo NX feature is its ability to record audio. Recorded audio is encoded directly into .WAV file format. Recording When recording, note that the available recording time is determined by: ❍ available hard disk space in your player ❍...

  • Page 41: User Preferences

    User Your player offers many configuration options. You can ❍ rotate the LCD screen Preferences ❍ specify contrast settings ❍ change the LCD screen’s backlight timing ❍ specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down ❍ select the default language ❍...
  • Page 42 To set the contrast level for your player’s screen 1. Scroll Select Contrast. The Contrast screen (Figure 4-25) appears. 2. Use the Scroller to increase or decrease the contrast. The lower the number, the lower the Figure 4-25 contrast. To adjust the screen backlight duration 1.

  • Page 43: Locking And Unlocking Your Player

    Locking and Locking your NOMAD MuVo NX will disable all buttons on the player except for the Scroller. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for unlocking your example, Pause) pressed accidentally. Player If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears for you to unlock the player.

  • Page 44: Voice Mode

    Voice Mode...

  • Page 45: Turning On/Off Your Player

    Voice Mode To turn on your player Turning On/Off your Player Press and hold the Power/Play/Pause button for a few seconds. The Creative message (Figure 5-1) appears onscreen, followed by the MuVo NX message(Figure 5-2). Remember to unplug Figure 5-1...

  • Page 46: Voice Recording

    2. Scroll Select Voice (Figure 5-5). 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 recording, note that the available recording time is determined by: ❍...

  • Page 47: Making A Voice Recording

    Making a voice To make a voice recording recording 1. Press the Scroller. Scroll to the Recording screen (Figure 5-6). 2. Press the Scroller. The recording bar appears onscreen. Figure 5-6 3. Press the Power/Play/Pause button to start the You cannot pause the voice recording.

  • Page 48: Play Mode

    Play Mode Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your recorded tracks is played back. The following Play Modes are available: ❍ ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat All ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍...
  • Page 49 3. Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step: To repeat a recorded track Scroll Select Repeat Track. The Repeat Track icon appears onscreen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it. To repeat a folder Scroll Select Repeat Folder.

  • Page 50: Shuffling Recordings

    Shuffling The Shuffle Play Mode can be used once (“Shuffle"/"Shuffle Folder”) or continuously (“Shuffle Repeat”). recordings 1. Press the Scroller. The Play Mode screen (Figure 5-9) appears. Figure 5-9 2. Press the Scroller. A list appears (Figure 5-10). If there is only one recorded track in 3.

  • Page 51: Playing A Recording Once

    Playing a When the recorded tracks are played normally, each track is played, from the first track to the last. However, when Track Once Play Mode is enabled, recording once playback stops once the current track ends. 1. Press the Scroller. The Play Mode screen (Figure 5-11) appears.

  • Page 52: Deleting Recorded Tracks

    Deleting This action permanently deletes tracks or folders from your NOMAD MuVo Recorded To delete a recorded track Tracks 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.

  • Page 53: Eq Settings

    EQ Settings Enhancing Your Your player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EQ settings. EQ settings available in your player include: Music ❍ Rock ❍ ❍ Classical ❍ Jazz ❍ Custom You can use EQ settings with your currently playing recorded track. This simple process is described in the following instructions.
  • Page 54 To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select Custom. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 5-19) appears. 2. Three vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher Figure 5-19 frequencies that can be controlled. 3. 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.

  • Page 55: Locking And Unlocking Your Player

    Locking and Locking your NOMAD MuVo NX will disable all buttons on the player except for the Scroller. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for unlocking your example, Pause) pressed accidentally. Player If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears for you to unlock the player.

  • Page 56: A Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications...

  • Page 57: Size

    Technical Specifications ❑ 36.7 mm (L) x 74.0 mm (H) x 16.0 mm (W) Size ❑ 31.5 g (without the battery) or 43 g (with a AAA battery) Weight ❑ 128/256 MB hard drive Capacity ❑ AAA battery Battery type ❑...

  • Page 58: Signal To Noise Ratio

    Signal to Noise Ratio ❑ >90 dB (Headphones) ❑ >70 dB (Headphones) Channel Separation ❑ 0.05% ❑ 20 Hz~20000 Hz Frequency Response ❑ >0.05% Harmonic Distortion ❑ Upgradeable via Internet Operating System/ Firmware ❑ 1/8" stereo minijack, 100 mW (Wide, Narrow, Front only) Headphone Out ❑...

  • Page 59: B Onscreen Diagram And Icon Guide

    Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide...

  • Page 60: Information Diagrams

    Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagram Action/Meaning Diagrams ❍ your player is connected to your computer. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. ❍ files are being transferred to your player. Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-1...

  • Page 61: Playback Icons

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

  • Page 62: Play Mode Icons

    Play Mode Icon Action/Meaning Icons ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Repeat All ❍ Shuffle ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍ Play Track Once ❍ Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3...

  • Page 63: Error Diagrams

    Error Diagrams If an error occurs, you may see the following diagram, indicating the general nature of the problem. Diagram Likely Causes Suggested Action ❍ physical defects ❍ ❍ numerous high- call Technical Support impact shocks ❍ download a newer ❍...
  • Page 64 Diagram Likely Causes Suggested Action ❍ player’s hard disk ❍ delete some files space is running low ❍ battery is too ❍ depleted, player insert a new batteryr cannot start up Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-5...
  • Page 65 Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting...

  • Page 66: C Faqs And Troubleshooting

    FAQs and Troubleshooting 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 installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu 1.

  • Page 67: General

    You may see this message when installing this driver or update. If you do, you may choose to click the Continue Anyway button. Creative has tested this driver or update on Windows XP, and it does not impair or destabilize your computer.

  • Page 68: Usage

    You can take a nice long walk with your player, though. Can I use the NOMAD MuVo NX for portable data storage? Yes, you can. However, your player is designed for storing and playing audio, not as an extra hard drive.
  • Page 69 I have to change the battery quite often. Is there anything I can do to make it last longer? Filling your player to capacity is not recommended. However, some operations consume more battery power: ❍ a long backlight timeout setting. A shorter timeout conserves battery power. ❍...

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