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Creative Digital Audio Player II MG
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Copyright © 2000 by Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
Version 1.0
September 2000
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- Page 1 Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 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 NOT INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. PROMPTLY RETURN, WITHIN 15 DAYS, THE SOFTWARE, ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND ACCOMPANYING ITEMS TO THE PLACE OF ACQUISITION FOR A FULL REFUND. This is a legal agreement between you and Creative Technology Ltd. and its subsidiaries (“Creative”).
- Page 3 Software (including any portions or copies thereof) to Creative. The license will also terminate automatically without any notice from Creative if you fail to comply with any term or condition of this Agreement. You agree upon such termination to return the Software (including any portions or copies thereof) to Creative.
- Page 4 PRODUCT RETURNS If you must ship the software to Creative or an authorized Creative distributor or dealer, you must prepay shipping and either insure the software or assume all risk of loss or damage in transit.
- Page 5 Upon receiving such a request, Creative shall determine whether you require such information for a legitimate purpose and, if so, Creative will provide such information to you within a reasonable time and on reasonable conditions. LIMITED WARRANTY...
- Page 6 Creative disclaims any liability with regard to the user’s illegal use of D.A.P II MG and Creative shall in no event be liable with regard to the origin of any data stored in a compressed audio file.
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Page 7: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG...i Software ...i What’s New in Creative D.A.P II MG? ... ii System Requirements ... ii Document Conventions ... ii 1 Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package In the Package... 1-1 Location Of Controls ... - Page 8 Extracting From Audio CD...A-1 Encoding To MP3...A-1 Memory And Audio Quality ...A-2 MP3 Web Sites ...A-2 B Technical Specifications and Troubleshooting Creative Digital Audio Player II MG DAP-6401 ...B-1 Troubleshooting...B-2 C Important Safety Instructions General Handling Instructions...C-1 Specific Handling Instructions ...C-2 Cleaning the Player ...C-2...
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Page 9: Software
Introduction Your Creative Digital Audio Player II The Creative Digital Audio Player II MG (D.A.P II MG) is a portable digital audio player for the Internet generation. With it, you no longer need to carry cassette tapes or CDs wherever you go. -
Page 10: What's New In Creative D.a.p Ii Mg
128 MB or even 196 MB in the future. System Requirements The minimum system requirements for Creative D.A.P II MG are: Microsoft® Windows® 98/2000 or Me 200 MHz or higher Pentium processor (Pentium II... -
Page 11: In The Package
Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package In the Package Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG player package contains the following items: D.A.P player II MG Docking station USB cable High-quality stereo headphones 1 software installation CD AC Adapter 1 MP3 content CD Figure 1-1: Creative D.A.P II MG package. -
Page 12: Location Of Controls
Location Of Controls PLAYER - Front View High resolution bit-mapped Electro-Luminescent (EL)-backlit LCD 1-2 Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package Docking station or Traveller’s USB cable connector Figure 1-2: Front view of the player. Microphone... -
Page 13: Player - Rear View
PLAYER - Rear View Flash Memory Card slot Flash Memory Card Eject lever Battery case Figure 1-3: Rear view of the player. Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package 1-3... -
Page 14: Top View
Marks segment of track for repeating /Store FM Presets Lock switch Note: This switch only locks the buttons on the player 1-4 Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package Right View Power On /Play /Pause /Select Power Off /Stop... -
Page 15: Docking Station - Front And Rear View
Docking Station - Front and Rear View Connectors Red: Charging Green: Fully charged USB port DC Adapter jack Figure 1-5: Front and rear views of the docking station. Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package 1-5... -
Page 16: Mount/Dismount The Player Onto The Docking Station
You should ‘feel’ a click when the player sits snugly on the station. Do NOT force the player down. 1-6 Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package Place your fingers against the back of the docking station. Use your thumb to slide the player up. -
Page 17: Remote Control
Skip Track Reverse /Scan frequency forward /Scan frequency reverse /Navigate right/down /Navigate left/up Volume + LOCK switch Volume - Note: This switch only locks the buttons on the remote control. Right View Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Package 1-7... -
Page 18: Setting Up Your Creative Digital Audio Player
Step 2: Connect Headphones, Remote Control And Player Connect your headphones, remote control and the player as shown in Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2: Connecting the headphones, remote control and player. Setting Up Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 2-1... -
Page 19: Step 3: Put On Your Headphones
3. In the Run dialog box, type D:\CTRUN\CTRUN.EXE (where D:\ is your CD-ROM drive) and click OK. 4. On the Creative D.A.P II MG setup screen, the applications to be installed are selected by default. Click the start button to begin the installation. -
Page 20: Step 5: Connect Creative Digital Audio Player Ii Mg To Pc
Plug the square end of the USB cable into the USB connector behind the Creative D.A.P II MG docking station. Figure 2-3: Connecting the Creative Digital Audio player II MG to a PC. Position the computer so that its USB ports can be easily accessed. -
Page 21: Step 6: Verify Creative Digital Audio Player Ii Mg Driver Installation
4. Choose the files you want to download and then click the Transfer button. A progress bar tracks the downloading process (see Figure 2-5 below). For details on how to use Creative PlayCenter 2, refer to its Online Help file. Figure 2-5: PlayCenter 2... -
Page 22: Step 8: Listen To An Mp3 Song
Detector Creative D.A.P II MG Detector is a small utility in the Taskbar (see Figure 2-6 below) that detects the connection between the Creative D.A.P player II MG and the PC via a USB cable. It is installed by default as part of Creative PlayCenter 2. -
Page 23: Led Status On Docking Station
5 to 10 minutes Charging Green Fully charged Full Charge If the batteries’ power is almost fully depleted (as shown by the battery indicator), charging to its full capacity takes about 3 hours. 2-6 Setting Up Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG... -
Page 24: Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player Ii Mg
The message “Shutting down” appears on the LCD. If the player is idle for 15 minutes, it turns off automatically. You can change the Power Off time in the SETTINGS sub-mode. SETTINGS Mode icon Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-1... -
Page 25: Lock
The track last played is displayed. 3-2 Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG Creative D.A.P II MG is designed to be future-proof as it is programmable. New audio formats can be downloaded into the player when they are available. Visit www.nomadworld.com for any new releases. -
Page 26: To Search Forward/Backward
Press the REP/EAX button and then select either Repeat Current Track, Repeat All, or Repeat Random, which appear in order. To cancel the operation, press the REPEAT button until the Repeat indicator disappears from the LCD. Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-3 Repeat All... -
Page 27: To Repeat A Section Of A Track Continuously
To cancel the operation, press the A-B button again. The A-B indicator disappears from the LCD and the track continues playing from the point where the section ends. 3-4 Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG To Use The Equalizer Left view 1. -
Page 28: To Erase A Music File
4. Repeat step 3 to preset other frequencies. “AutoScan completed” appears on the LCD when the process is finished. At any time you can press the MODE button if you want to stop the Scan process. Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-5... -
Page 29: To Preset Frequency Manually
Preset Channel. You can change the FM Sleep time in the SETTINGS Submode. You can go to Creative D.A.P Play Center 2.0 Settings option to edit the Preset Channels easily. For details, refer to Creative Play Center 2.0 online Help. -
Page 30: To Record A Radio Broadcast
“Free xxx min”. 2. Press the STOP button to stop recording. When the memory is full, a message appears and recording stops automatically. Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-7... -
Page 31: To Play A Voice Recording
Each of the track numbers following the erased track decreases by one. To Activate Time-Scaling Playback Creative EAX's Time-Scaling technology is able to vary the speed of audio playback without affecting audibility or clarity. Left view 1. Press and hold the REP/EAX button to display the Time-Scaling. -
Page 32: In Settings Mode
Information about the player: “Internal XX.XMB, Free XX.XMB, Memory Card XX.X MB.” scrolls from right to left on the LCD and the player firmware version, “vX.XX.X(X)” appears below. Player firmware version icon and then press the PLAY button. Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-9... -
Page 33: To Set Time/Day
Day, Month, Year and Day of the week. 5. Press the PLAY button to save the selected settings. The word “Saving” is shown on the LCD and the new settings appear. 3-10 Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG To Set Contrast Right view Left view 1. -
Page 34: To Set Backlight On Interval
24 hours. If you do not want the player to switch off automatically, press the VOL - button until “Off” appears. The FM Sleep Timer’s setting will override the Unit Sleep Timer’s setting if you are listening to FM Radio. Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG 3-11... -
Page 35: To Set Fm Sleep Time
24 hours. The player will not switch off if the setting is set to “Off”. 3-12 Using Your Creative Digital Audio Player II MG That’s all. We hope that you will enjoy using your Creative D.A.P player II MG. Please be advised to backup the digital audio content on your NOMAD player as a precautionary measure against possible data loss due to accidents or other unforeseen circumstances. -
Page 36: Using Soundjam™ Mp With Macintosh Os
Using SoundJam™ MP with Macintosh OS SoundJam MP is the ultimate MP3 music center—play all MP3 files, in any order, with a 10-band graphic equalizer to make the sound quality exactly what you want. SoundJam can also: Display animated graphics. Change its look, “skin,”... -
Page 37: Soundjam Mp And Digital Audio Player Ii Mg
Digital Audio Player II WINDOW D.A.P World logo: Click this logo to launch your Web browser and access the Creative Labs Web site: www.europe.creative.com. It includes music downloads, information about the D.A.P hardware and accessories, and more. 4-2 Using SoundJam™ MP with Macintosh OS Media: Allows you to choose between the External or Internal Memory content. -
Page 38: Soundjam Controls
SoundJam Controls The SoundJam control panel contains a volume slider, play and stop buttons, a counter, and other features. The illustration below identifies the controls most useful to you. Close Track Information: Toggles between the track title, album, and artist if available. -
Page 39: Creating A Playlist
Creating a Playlist A playlist is a list of songs arranged in a particular order. SoundJam’s Playlist Composer creates new playlists for you automatically, based on criteria that you supply. To build a playlist: 1. Open SoundJam, go to File menu. 2. - Page 40 6. When the conversion is complete, the playlist window reopens displaying the newly converted MP3 files. 7. Connect the D.A.P II MG to your Mac; the D.A.P II window opens automatically. 8. Select the files in the SoundJam playlist that you want to load into the D.A.P player II MG and drag them into the D.A.P II playlist.
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Page 41: A An Mp3 Primer
An MP3 Primer What Is MP3 ? MP3 is the acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Layer 3, a type of audio data compression technology that can reduce digital sound files by as much as one-twelfth of their original size, with virtually no loss in quality. -
Page 42: Memory And Audio Quality
This leads to more data storage and memory requirements. The amount of memory required for the Creative D.A.P player II MG is proportional to audio playback time. Set your encoding bitrate at 128 kbps (see Figure A-1) for optimal quality when you create MP3 files from audio CDs using Creative Digital Audio Center. -
Page 43: B Technical Specifications And Troubleshooting
Technical Specifications and Troubleshooting Creative Digital Audio Player II MG DAP-6401 Size (W x H x D)/ Weight 58 x 90 x 18 mm / 77.1g (without battery) Memory Internal Memory 64MB Type of removable memory 1 x SmartMedia™ slot... -
Page 44: Troubleshooting
Windows 98 detects the Media Card reader/writer as an external removable drive in Windows Explorer. Thus, you can only format the flash memory card into FAT16 format and Creative D.A.P II MG is unable to recognize the FAT16 format. Solution... -
Page 45: C Important Safety Instructions
Important Safety Instructions General Handling Instructions Do not subject the player to extreme force Vibration during walking or exercising will not affect the Creative D.A.P player II MG. However, dropping the player or dropping a heavy object on the player may result in distorted sound. -
Page 46: Specific Handling Instructions
Store the player set carefully Avoid keeping the Creative D.A.P player II MG, docking station, and the Flash Memory Card or near high heat source(s) or in places with high humidity or strong magnetic field. Read and take note of the following safety and operating instructions carefully. -
Page 47: Power Sources
Power Sources The product should be operated only with the bundled power source. If you are not sure of the power supply cord type in your home, consult your product dealer. If you are using batteries with your product, refer to the operating instructions included in your documentation and markings, if any, on the product. -
Page 48: Technical Support
We are committed to giving you the best product as well as the best technical support. For fast and efficient Technical Support solutions, please use the Creative Web Support services in the first instance. If your Creative product was pre-installed in your computer, your primary source of technical support is the Personal Computer supplier who provided the system. -
Page 49: If You Have A Problem
Please retain all contents including packaging and proof of purchase until you are fully satisfied with product. Problem If you have a problem installing or using your Creative product, please use the Creative Web Support and/or Telephone Support services for assistance. Note the following information for reference should you require technical assistance:... -
Page 50: Returning A Product For Repair
90 days from the date of shipment from Creative, or what is left on the original item’s warranty, whichever is longer. To avoid tariffs when shipping a product to Creative Labs from outside the E.U., you must complete the relevant customs documentation before shipping the product (please allow 30 days). -
Page 51: Limited Warranty
This warranty gives you specific arising from or relating to the use of this product, even if Creative or its licensors have legal rights. You may have other been advised of the possibility of such loss. -
Page 52: Creative European Help Line
Orario d’ufficio Lunes-Viernes Horario de oficina Maandag-Vrijdag Kantooruren Segunda a sexta-feira Horário de expediente Internet To receive technical support via the Internet, please e-mail: support@europe.creative.com Web Site www.creative.com Italy +39 (02) 48280001 Austria +43 (01) 589 244 321 Belgium +32 (02) 7171196...