Creative ZEN Portable Media Center User Manual
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Page 2: Zen Portable Media Center
Zen Portable Media Center 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 3 Contents...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
1 Introduction Zen Portable Media Center ........................1-1 Windows Media Player 10......................1-1 Terminology ............................1-1 System Requirements..........................1-2 Accessories..............................1-3 Customer Support Services and Warranty Information............... 1-3 2 About Your Player Front Views ..............................2-1 Top and Bottom Views..........................2-3 Selecting Menu Options........................... - Page 5 Using the Protective Carrying Case ....................3-7 Locking and Unlocking your Player...................... 3-7 Turning the player on or off........................3-8 Navigating Menus ............................3-8 Transferring content..........................3-9 4 Personalizing Your Player Personalizing your player......................... 4-1 Equalization............................4-1 Display..............................4-1 Effects..............................4-2 International............................
- Page 6 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........................
- Page 7 DRM............................C-1 Li-Ion Polymer........................C-1 NTSC............................C-1 PAL............................C-1 Transcoding ..........................C-2 Windows Media Audio (WMA)..................C-2 Windows Media Video (WMV) ..................C-2 USB............................C-2...
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Page 8: Introduction
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Page 9: Zen Portable Media Center
Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Zen Portable Zen Portable Media Center! 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. -
Page 10: System Requirements
System Requirements 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... -
Page 11: Accessories
The following accessories will be available from www.creative.com: Accessories • Li-Ion Polymer battery • FM Wired Remote • IR Remote • Docking Station You can find Customer Support Services, Warranty and other information in the Customer Installation CD. Support Customer... -
Page 12: About Your Player
About Your Player... -
Page 13: Front Views
About Your Player This section lists and describes your player’s buttons, controls and exterior connectors. Front Views Power button Start button Figure 2-1: Your Zen Portable Media Center About Your Player 2-1... - Page 14 Button / Connector Description Press to display menu options on the LCD. Start button Press to switch between the main menu and the currently active screen. 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.
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Page 15: Top And Bottom Views
Top and Bottom Views Figure 2-2: Your Zen Portable Media Center Button / Description Connector 1. Battery Holds the high capacity battery. Compartment Connects to the USB travel cable or optional docking 2. Data connector station. About Your Player 2-3... -
Page 16: Selecting Menu Options
Selecting Menu 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 Options menu options, then press the OK button to select the option. Navigation buttons Button Description... -
Page 17: Play Control Buttons
Button Description Press to go to the menu option or selection to the left of the current selection. 5. Left button When playing audio, press to see different views of the album, genre, playlist or track. Play Control buttons Button Description Press and hold to go backwards in an audio track, video, 1. -
Page 18: Getting Started
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Page 19: Inserting The Battery
This chapter assists you in setting up and configuring your player, and also describes some basic operations. Inserting the battery Do not force the battery in if it does not fit. Check the battery orientation before trying again. Figure 3-1: Inserting the battery in your Zen Portable Media Center Getting Started 3-1... -
Page 20: Powering Your Player
Turn on the power from the power source. 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 Getting Started 3-2... -
Page 21: Charging The Battery
Charging the 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, battery 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. -
Page 22: Battery Charge Status
Your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s charged Battery charge status or the power source (battery or external power). status Icon Power State Notes the battery charging indicator lights up in your player is running from external amber when the battery is charging, and power only, but may still be lights up in green when the battery is fully... -
Page 23: Setting Up Your Player
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the software setup. If prompted, restart your computer. Connect your player to your computer as shown. Figure 3-3: Connecting your Zen Portable Media Center Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the setup. Getting Started 3-5... -
Page 24: Connecting Your Player To A Tv
TV, you must use the supplied video cable. A Your Player to standard video cable is not suitable. a TV Connect your player as shown, with the supplied video cable. Figure 3-4: Connecting your Zen Portable Media Center to your TV Getting Started 3-6... -
Page 25: Using The Protective Carrying Case
Using the Your player comes with a carrying case that you can use to prop up your player for better picture or video viewing. Protective Insert your player into the carrying case as shown. Carrying Case Flip the top of the case back to support your player. Figure 3-5: Using the protective carrying case Lock your player to disable all buttons on the player, when you want to Locking and... -
Page 26: Turning The Player On Or Off
Your player must be unlocked before you can use any buttons or controls. To Turning the unlock your player, see "Locking and Unlocking your Player" on page 3-7. player on or off To turn your player on: Press the POWER button. -
Page 27: Transferring Content
You can use Windows Media Player 10 to transfer videos, programs, pictures and Transferring audio tracks into your Zen Portable Media Center. For details on transferring content content to your player, see "Transferring content" on page 5-2. For details on media types, see "Playback Formats"... -
Page 28: Personalizing Your Player
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Page 29: Equalization
Personalizing Your Player This chapter assists you in personalizing your player. Your player offers you many personalization options. You can: Personalizing • Select equalization presets, see "Effects" on page 4-2. your player • Adjust display settings, see "Display" on page 4-1. •... -
Page 30: Effects
Select Backlight, Brightness or TV out to change any of these settings. You can choose to turn effects on or off, to make using the player a little more Effects interesting. Press the Start button. Select settings. In the Settings screen, select Effects. Select Screen Effects or Sounds to turn the effect on or off. -
Page 31: Information
Your player’s Information screen displays: Information • the player’s firmware and operating system version — so that you know if you have the latest updates • 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 To ’select’... -
Page 32: Managing Content
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Page 33: About Content Types
Managing Content Zen Portable Media Center plays many different types of content, including video About Content files, audio tracks, recorded TV programs and still pictures. Types When you transfer video and audio files to your player, Windows Media Player 10 changes them into WMV or WMA files respectively. -
Page 34: Transferring Content Manually
Transferring With Windows Media Player 10, you can choose between Automatic and Manual synchronization options. content 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. -
Page 35: Managing Videos
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 Managing categorized by name and date in your player’s Video Library. Videos Use the play controls to pause or resume playback, or to go forward or backward in the video. -
Page 36: Managing Pictures
Managing 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 Pictures memories with friends and family. Pictures are categorized by "date" and "name"... -
Page 37: Managing Audio
Use the navigation buttons to highlight Transitions. Press the OK button repeatedly to choose a transition time. It ranges from 5 seconds to 30 seconds. Press the Left button twice to view your slide show with the new settings. To view a slide show while playing audio tracks Play audio tracks as described in "Managing Audio"... -
Page 38: Playing A Track
Deleting, modifying or renaming albums, artists or genres, including renaming of audio tracks, must be done in Windows Media Player 10. Press the Start button. Playing a Track Select my music. Use the Left or Right buttons to navigate to a category (album, artist, playlist, song or genre). -
Page 39: Changing Play Modes
Select the play all option. When playing audio tracks, you can choose to change the play mode, enable an Changing Play equalizer preset, or purchase the track. Modes When playing audio tracks, press the Right button until you see four options for shuffle play, repeat play, equalizer and purchase. -
Page 40: Viewing The Contents Of The Portable Playlist
Use the Left or Right buttons to list tracks by album, artist, genre or song. Select a album, artist, genre or song. Select the add all to portable playlist option. The tracks are added to the portable playlist, and start playing. Press the Start button. -
Page 41: A General Specifications
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Page 42: General Specifications For Your Player
USB 2.0 Playback Formats Zen Portable Media Center — WMV (7, 8 and 9), WMA, JPEG Windows Media Player 10 — MPEG, MPE, MPG, M1V, DVR-MS, MP2, MP3, WAV, AU, SND Battery life estimated for playback of audio tracks encoded at 128Kbps (MP3) and 64Kbps (WMA). - Page 43 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% General Specifications A-2...
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Page 44: B Frequently Asked Questions
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Page 45: Usage
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. - Page 46 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 www.creative.com , or your local Creative office/distributor.
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Page 47: Updates
Where can I get information and updates for Zen Portable Media Center? Updates Visit www.creative.com for updates and downloads relating to Zen Portable Media Center and its accessories. You can also visit www.microsoft.com for updates and downloads relating to Windows Media Player 10. -
Page 48: About Recovery Screens
Likely Causes Suggested Action Connect your device to your Your player’s firmware may be computer with the USB travel cable. corrupted. Screen 2 (below) appears. Visit www.creative.com for firmware updates. Creative Customer Contact Support Services for assistance Frequently Asked Questions B-4... - Page 49 Your device has encountered a Creative Customer Contact problem that cannot be Support Services for assistance automatically fixed. Frequently Asked Questions B-5...
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Page 50: C Terms And Technology Explained
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Page 51: Glossary
Terms and Technology Explained This section provides you with a brief explanation of terms, technology and Glossary abbreviations used or referred to in this User’s Guide. 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. -
Page 52: Transcoding
Transcoding is the process of converting a media file from one format to another. Transcoding 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. Microsoft’s Windows Media Audio (WMA) format is suitable for audio tracks with Windows Media lower bitrates but can produce an audio quality that is almost indistinguishable...