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  • Page 1 User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Copyright And Trademarks

    Copyright and Trademarks Copyright and Trademarks • iAUDIO is a registered trademark of Cowon Systems, Inc. • Microsoft, Windows, Windows Media and the Windows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

  • Page 3: Notice For Users

    Notice for Users • The software provided with this player cannot be used with equipment other than that which is so designated. • Please note that, due to continued efforts to improve quality, the specifications of the player or the software provided with the player may be changed without notice.

  • Page 4: Limited Warranty

    All customers located outside of the United States of America shall be responsible for shipping and handling charges. IN NO EVENT SHALL COWON's LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE PAID FOR THE PRODUCTS FROM DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION.

  • Page 5: Fcc Statement

    FCC Statement FCC Statement These products have been tested and comply with the specifications for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used according to the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
  • Page 6 Precautions Never use the product for purposes other than those stated in this User Guide. Do not leave the product in an extremely hot or humid place. The warranty will be voided if this Pay attention to the USB cable direction when connecting the product to PC.
  • Page 7 Use only the AC Power adapter and USB cable supplied by COWON SYSTEMS with this product. When removing iAUDIO while it is connected to a PC by USB cable, be sure to use the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ or ‘Unplug or Eject Hardware’ features of Windows.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. iAUDIO What you can do with iAUDIO? Package Components Features and Specifications Names of Parts Charging iAUDIO / Connecting USB Cable LCD Display / LED Lights Basic Operations Advanced Operations Terminology Troubleshooting Using Buttons Menu Table 2.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Installing and Using JetAudio Upgrading Firmware Table of Contents iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 10: What You Can Do With Iaudio

    What you can do with iAUDIO iAUDIO is a portable digital music player produced by Cowon Systems, Inc. You can easily transfer digital music files from your computer to iAUDIO, and carry it anywhere to enjoy. It also supports FM radio listening/recording, as well as voice recording and direct encoding through the built-in microphone and Line-In input jack.

  • Page 11: Package Components

    Package Components Package Components LCD Remote Controller Earphones iAUDIO (Player Main Body) Installation CD (JetShell and JetAudio) Carrying Case User’s Guide Extension Connector USB 2.0 cable / Line-in recording cable AC Power Adapter Cradle (Option) iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 12: Features And Specifications

    Features and Specifications Features MP3, MP2, WMA *, and WAV ** Playback, Voice Recording. FM Tuner and FM Radio Recording, Direct MP3 Encoding, USB Portable Hard Drive. Built-in HDD (20GB ***) 6-Lines, 4-Gray Graphic LCD Remote Controller (Indigo Blue Backlight) USB 2.0 Interface Up to 14 hours of playback (Based on our company's test) (The playing time may be shortened according to settings)

  • Page 13: Names Of Parts

    Names of Parts Remote Controller Jack (Earphone Jack) Left Front Left MENU/ VOL+/VOL- Button HOLD Switch Bottom Names of Parts LED Lights (HDD, MODE, CHARGE) Front PLAY/STOP Button FF Button REW Button LCD Display Right Earphone Jack Right MODE/VOL+/ VOL- Button REC/A B Button HOLD Switch...

  • Page 14: Charging Iaudio / Connecting Usb Cable

    Charing iAUDIO / Connecting USB Cable Charing iAUDIO 1. Use only the supplied AC power adapter for safety. 2. Connect the AC Adapter to iAUDIO as shown below. Connecting USB Cable Precautions • Use only the supplied USB cable. • Never use a USB hub. Connecting with Extension Connector •...

  • Page 15: Lcd Display / Led Lights

    LCD Display Section Repeat Hold (Body, Remote Controller) Play Mode Current Track /Total Tracks Singer Name, Album Title Song Title Progress Bar Play Time Bitrate Sampling Rate JetEffect (BBE,M3B,3D,MP) The battery level icon indicates how much longer the battery can be used. Level decreases as battery is used.

  • Page 16: Basic Operations

    Basic Operations Power On/Off, Charging & Connecting Basic Operations 1. Power On/Off • When you connect the power cable or press the "PLAY" button for a few seconds, the "iAUDIO" logo appears and the power comes on. • To turn the power off, press the "PLAY" button for a few seconds again. (Power cannot be turned off during recording or in the USB mode.) •...

  • Page 17: Changing Mode

    4. Switching Mode: There are four modes: Digital Audio, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, and Line-in Recorder. Example: Switching from "Digital Audio" to "FM Radio" mode Press MODE button. ■ Opening the Mode Selection Window. • To switch from one mode to another mode, press the MODE button. •...
  • Page 18 Basic Operation Using Menu 5. Using Menu Example: Changing the Equalizer of JetEffect from NOR(Normal) to ROC(Rock) MENU JetEffect PlayMode Display Timer General Select Equalizer Menu. ■ Opening Menu Window • To enter the Menu window, press the MENU button for a few seconds. •...

  • Page 19: Using Navigator

    6. Using Navigator Example: Choosing and playing "01.MP3" file in the b-2 folder when the iAUDIO folder structure is as follows: 01.MP3 02.MP3 03.MP3 04.MP3 Press Play, FF, or 05.MP3 MENU button. If you press MENU, select Expand from pop-up menu. ■...

  • Page 20: Adjusting Volume

    Basic Operations Digital Audio Player Digital Audio Player (Listening to music file) 1. Playback • Press the PLAY button for a few seconds. The iAUDIO logo appears and the power turns on. • To enter Digital Audio Mode from other modes, enter the Mode Switching window by pressing the Mode button, and then select "Digital Audio".
  • Page 21 ■ Adding tracks to DPL • Select a track in Navigator, open the pop-up menu, and select "Add To Playlist." The track is added to DPL. • Select a folder in Navigator, open the pop-up menu, and select "Add To Playlist." The tracks in the folder will be added to DPL.

  • Page 22: Listening To Fm Radio

    Basic Operations FM Radio FM Radio (Listening to FM Radio) Guide to General Operations in FM Radio Mode Select FM TUNER Mode FM Tuner Mode Preset Ch 01 None 02 None 03 None 04 None 05 None Press MENU button to enter Preset Ch menu. Switch to FM Pre-set Mode 1.

  • Page 23: Recording Fm Radio

    4. Recording FM Radio • Press the REC button for a few seconds to record the FM broadcast while listening to it. • The file recorded in preset recording quality is saved as ENC***.MP3 in the RECORD folder (***: a 3-digit serial number). •...

  • Page 24: Playing Recorded File

    Basic Operations Voice Recorder Voice Recorder (Recording Voice with Built-in Microphone) Select Voice Recorder Mode. Voice Recorder is in Stand By status. 1. Preparing Voice Recording • Turn on iAUDIO, press the MODE button and select Voice Recorder. • iAUDIO enters Voice Recording Mode and stays in STAND BY status. 2.
  • Page 25 Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) 1. Preparing Line-in Recording • Turn on iAUDIO, press the MODE button and select LINE-IN Recorder. • iAUDIO enters LINE-IN Recorder Mode and stays in Stand By status. • Connect the headphone jack of CDP and the LINE-IN jack of iAUDIO with a included stereo cable. 2.
  • Page 26 Basic Operations Line-in Recorder 3. Playing Recorded file • To play the last recorded file, press the PLAY button in STAND BY status. • You can also press the MENU button briefly in STAND BY status to enter Navigator Mode, and then select a file to play.

  • Page 27: Advanced Operations

    Basic Operations JetEffect Due to hardware limitations, EQ and/or other sound effects may not work for some music files. Currently, EQ is automatically turned off when playing OGG files of high bitrate (>192Kbps) or MP3 files of low sampling rate (<32KHz). 1.

  • Page 28: Play Mode

    Advanced Operations Play Mode Play Mode 1. Boundary: All, Single, Dir, SubDir You can set which files are played from this menu. Boundary "All" plays all tracks, "Single" plays one track, "Dir" plays all tracks in a folder, Single "SubDir" plays al tracks in the folder and subfolders. The recorded files under RECORD and VOICE folders are excluded.

  • Page 29: Backlight Time

    Display 1. Play Time • Select the display time format for the track being played. Play Time • Elapsed: The elapsed time from the beginning of the current track is displayed. Elapsed • Remain: The remaining time of the current track is displayed. Remain 2.

  • Page 30: Auto Play

    Advanced Operations Timer, General Timer 1. Auto Off • iAUDIO turns off if no button is pressed within a preset time while it is stopped. Language • You can select Off, 30 seconds, or 1, 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes. 30 sec 1 min 5 min...

  • Page 31: Load Default

    5. Fade in • The volume increases slowly when iAUDIO starts playing after it has been stopped or FadeIn paused. • You can set the time period over which the volume increases. 1 sec 2 sec • You can select Off, or 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 seconds. 3 sec 4 sec 6.
  • Page 32 Advanced Operations FM Radio/Information FM Radio 1. Stereo • Select Stereo or Mono when listening to FM Radio. Stereo Stereo Mono 2. FM Region (Country Setting) • Set the country in which you are listening to FM radio. FM Region •...

  • Page 33: Terminology

    Terminology Terminology Sound field effects of high frequency resolution that reinforce treble sound and make music clearer Mach3Bass An elaborate bass booster that reinforces super bass of low-frequency bands, creating a richer and denser bass sound MP Enhance Sound field effects that compensate for lost sound segments of tracks in the device during playback 3D Surround Three-dimensional sound that gives a sense of spatial separation Boundary...

  • Page 34: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Symptom Check if the ‘Hold’ button is set to ON. iAUDIO does not power on. If it is, set the ‘Hold’ button to OFF and try again. See if the same phenomenon occurs when you connect the AC adapter. Make sure that there are music files in You cannot hear any sound or there...

  • Page 35: Fm Radio Mode

    Digital Audio Mode Button Main Remote Body Controller Play/ Pause MENU MODE VOL + VOL - REC/ For Operation, indicates pressing the key briefly, and FM Radio Mode Operation Enter Preset mode Play/Pause Power ON Increase frequency Search the next FM station Decrease frequency Search the previous FM station Preset mode setting...
  • Page 36 Increase volume Decrease volume Start recording When Selecting a File The selected file is played and then iAUDIO changes to MP3 Player mode. The selected file is played and iAUDIO stays in Navigation mode. Go to the parent folder. Pop-up Menu...

  • Page 37: Menu Table

    JetEffect Equalizer Equalizer Mach3Bass Mach3Bass MP Enhance MP Enhance 3D Surround 3D Surround Balance Play Mode Boundary Boundary Repeat Repeat Shuffle Shuffle Display Play Time Play Time Scroll Speed Scroll Speed Scroll Type Scroll Type ID3 Tag Song Title Backlight Time Backlight Time Contrast Contrast...

  • Page 38: Connecting Iaudio

    Connecting iAUDIO Connecting iAUDIO Connecting USB Cable Precautions • Use only the provided USB cable. • Never use a USB hub. Connecting with Extension Connector • Connect the Extension Connector to the the bottom of iAUDIO. • Connect the USB cable from the PC to the USB port at the bottom of the Extension Connect0or. Connecting with Cradle •...

  • Page 39: For Windows 98Se

    For Windows 98SE 1. The E:\ drive shown in the illustration is an example, and it may be different from the actual drive name used by your PC. It was given for your reference only. 2. Connect iAUDIO and PC with a USB cable. In the normal Windows environment, a message saying that the iAUDIO M3 Digital Audio Player device was found will be displayed as shown in the left picture.

  • Page 40: What Is Jetshell? And Installing Jetshell

    Windows operating system. In this case, directly run CD-ROM:\Setup.exe or CD-ROM:\JetShell\Setup.exe. 2. When the installation finishes, JetShell is registered in Start → Programs → Cowon → iAUDIO M3 program group.

  • Page 41: The Whole View

    Introducing JetShell The Whole View Play and Management Section File Management Section iAUDIO Management Section When JetShell is running, it controls the iAUDIO. Therefore, you should exit JetShell before performing the following tasks. • Installing the USB drive • Formatting in Windows Explorer •...
  • Page 42 Introducing JetShell Playing MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, ASF, Audio CD, and Playlist (m3u) The File Management Section of JetShell looks just like Windows Explorer. The left window shows folders, disks, and CD-ROM in a tree structure, and the right window shows the file list in a folder. iAUDIO Management The bottom part of JetShell consists of ‘iAUDIO Management Section’...
  • Page 43 JetShell displays visually cool spectrums. When you click on the spectrum display area, the screen changes as follows. You can also enjoy various equalizers and effects. Various Equalizers Various Effects Introducing JetShell iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 44: Downloading Music Files To Iaudio

    Downloading Music files to iAUDIO Downloading Music files to iAUDIO 1. Downloading music files to iAUDIO is very simple. Select files to download from the ‘File Management Section’ and click on the down arrow. 2. Or you can also drag and drop the selected files from the ‘File Management Section’...

  • Page 45: Deleting Files In Iaudio

    ‘FAT32’ and format, iAUDIO is recognized as just a USB storage media and will not function normally as an MP3 Player. Therefore, be sure to format as ‘FAT32’ only, and never use the NTFS file system supported by Windows 2000 and XP.

  • Page 46: Converting Audio Cd To Mp3 Files And Downloading

    Converting Audio CD to MP3 files and Downloading Converting Audio CD to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO With JetShell, you can easily convert your Audio CD into MP3 files and download them to iAUDIO. 1. Before getting started, you must choose the quality of the MP3 files to create. Click [Setup] –[MP3 Encoder Option] to set the desired bitrate of the MP3 files.
  • Page 47 Converting Audio CD to MP3 files and Downloading 4. The converting process is displayed as shown below. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 48: Converting Files

    Converting Files Converting WAV file to MP3 file You can convert WAV files PC to MP3 files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert WAV to MP3" button. The conversion window appears. Converting WMA file to MP3 file You can convert WMA files to MP3 files.
  • Page 49 Converting Files The conversion window appears. Converting MP3 file to WAV file You can convert MP3 files to WAV files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert MP3 to WAV" button. The conversion window appears. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 50: Other Features

    Other Features 1. Ripping Enhanced CD For some enhanced CDs, you cannot directly select the tracks on the CD. In this case, you can right click your mouse and select a track to convert to file as shown in the picture below.
  • Page 51 3. Editing ID3 Tag You can edit the ID3 tag of a MP3 file by selecting [Tools] – [Edit MP3 ID3 Tag] from the JetShell menu. 4. Changing MP3 Bitrate You can change the bitrate of MP3 files by selecting ‘MP3 Bitrate Conversion’ from the menu. 5.

  • Page 52: Installing And Using Jetaudio

    Installing and Using JetAudio Installing and Using JetAudio The worldwide renowned integrated multimedia playing program ‘JetAudio’ is included in the iAUDIO Installation CD. To install ‘JetAudio’, run the file "CD-ROM:\JetAudio\setup.exe." For detailed information on using JetAudio, please visit "http://www.jetaudio.com." iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 53: Upgrading Firmware

    Upgrading Firmware A. What is Firmware? Firmware is a program embedded in the hardware, which activates various features. By upgrading the firmware, you can enhance the features of the product and eliminate the bugs. B. Notice for Legal Limitations and Responsibilities Regarding Firmware •...
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  • Page 60 JetAudio, Inc. Customer Service Center Address: 20 fairbanks, Suite 171, Irvine, CA 92618 Tel : 1-888-453-8283 Homepage : www.jetaudio.com Email : techsupport@jetaudio.com...

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