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- Page 2 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.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Caring For Your Player ... i Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents ... i Software Included ... i Creative Media Detector ... i Creative MediaSource ... ii Creative MediaSource Player ... ii Creative MediaSource Organizer ... ii Adobe Acrobat Reader ... ii Minimum System Requirements ... - Page 5 Connecting the USB Flash Drive to your Computer ... 2-4 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading from the internet ... 3-2 Creative MediaSource ... 3-3 Transferring Tracks or Files ... 3-3 Editing audio track information ... 3-4 Ripping Audio CD Tracks ... 3-5 4 Using Your Player Turning On/Off your Player ...
- Page 6 User Preferences ... 4-12 Locking and unlocking your Player ... 4-15 Using MuVo Initializer ... 4-16 Media Recovery mode ... 4-17 A Technical Specifications Size ... A-1 Weight ... A-1 Capacity ... A-1 Battery type ... A-1 Battery Life (playback time) ... A-1 Interface ...
- Page 7 B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams ... B-1 Playback Icons ... B-2 Play Mode Icons ... B-3 Error Diagrams ... B-4 C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting AutoPlay ... C-1 General ... C-2 Usage ... C-3...
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Page 8: Safety And Handling Instructions
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Page 9: Caring For Your Player
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 use in areas exceeding 45ºC or 113ºF. Do not expose to heat or incinerate. Keep away from strong magnetic fields. -
Page 10: Introduction
Introduction... - Page 11 Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Creative NOMAD MuVo NX! Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player’s music library and also comes equipped with an USB 1.1™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily.
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Page 12: Before You Begin
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Page 13: Software Included
Detector of different software to play different types of files. 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. -
Page 14: 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 15: Minimum System Requirements
Minimum Microsoft Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP System Intel Requirements (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding) CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support USB 1.1 port 64 MB RAM (128 MB recommended) 30 MB free hard disk space (more needed for storing audio) The software applications on the Installed mouse... -
Page 16: 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 17: Web Information
Online Register your products at 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! regularly for information on: www.creative.com/register or through the... -
Page 18: Tour Of Your Player
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Page 19: Your Player At A Glance
A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Front View Headphones connector connects to your headphones Play/Pause button Microphone LCD screen Side View Scroller Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button A Tour of Your Player 1-1... - Page 20 Button What It Does turns the player on and off PLAY PAUSE activates LCD backlight starts, pauses or continues playback VOLUME INCREASE increases the volume VOLUME DECREASE decreases the volume skips to the previous/next track SCROLLER fast-forwards/rewinds a track scrolls through menu options selects menu options Usage Tips press and hold until player turns...
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Page 21: Using The Scroller
Using the 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 22: Getting Started
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Page 23: Inserting The Battery
Getting Started Inserting the Battery Getting Started 2-1... -
Page 24: Power Source And Level Indicators
Power Source After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, and Level depending on the battery’s status. Indicators Icon The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, type of headphones used). For more information, see "Usage"... -
Page 25: Installing Drivers And Software
Installing Your NOMAD MuVo NX comes with drivers for Windows 98 SE/Me and software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and Drivers and use your player. Software 1. Make sure that your player is not connected to your computer. 2. -
Page 26: Connecting The Usb Flash Drive To Your Computer
MuVo NX comes with a USB 1.1 port for data transfers to and from your USB Flash computer. Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before Drive to your connecting your player. To transfer audio or data files to your player, refer to "Transferring Tracks or Files"... -
Page 27: Transferring Tracks Or Files
Transferring Tracks or Files... - Page 28 Creative MediaSource is included on your installation CD (see "Installing Drivers and Software" on page 2-3). Creative MediaSource 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...
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Page 29: 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 NOMADWorld http://www.NOMADworld.com... -
Page 30: Creative Mediasource
MediaSource MediaSource Help file. Transferring With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. Tracks or Files Using Creative MediaSource 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. -
Page 31: 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. You can only edit tracks that are in your 3. -
Page 32: Ripping Audio Cd Tracks
CD Tracks CD. To extract audio data, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract 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 33 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).
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Page 34: Using Your Player
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Page 35: Turning On/Off Your Player
To turn on your player Press and hold the Play/Pause button If there are no audio The CREATIVE logo appears onscreen, followed by the MuVo NX logo. tracks in your player, Music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. -
Page 36: Music Playback
Music To add audio tracks to your player, see "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. Playback If you are in Voice mode and the Voice Mode icon do the following to return to Music mode. To enable Music mode 1. -
Page 37: Playing Music Tracks
Playing music Follow these steps to play music tracks. tracks 1. Press the Play/Pause button The Creative MuVo NX logo appears onscreen, music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. To pause a track Press the Play/Pause button... -
Page 38: Play Modes
Play Modes Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. The following Play Modes are available: Repeat Track Only one Play Mode Repeat All can be enabled at a time. Repeat Folder Track Once Shuffle Repeat Shuffle... - Page 39 To repeat a track in the Playing List Scroll Select the Repeat Track icon. The Repeat Track icon continuously until you stop it or skip to another folder. To repeat a folder Scroll Select the Repeat Folder icon. Repeat Folder Mode The Repeat Folder icon is only available in current folder is repeated continuously until you stop it or skip to another...
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Page 40: Shuffling Music
Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used to shuffle a track/folder once or to repeatedly shuffle all tracks continously. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-7) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears (Figure 4-8). -
Page 41: Playing A Track Once
To Shuffle Repeat all tracks continuously Scroll Select the Shuffle Repeat icon. The Shuffle Repeat icon at random and played back continuously until you stop playback. Playing a track When the Track Once Play Mode is enabled, playback stops once the current track ends. -
Page 42: Voice Recording
Voice A great NOMAD MuVo NX feature is its ability to record audio. Recorded audio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) file format. Recording When recording, note that the available recording time is determined by: available hard disk space in your player battery power remaining in your player When recording, you will see a bar showing you the time available for... -
Page 43: 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 Normal Rock Classical Jazz Custom You can use EQ settings with your currently playing audio. This simple process is described in the following instructions. -
Page 44: Skipping Folders
To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select the Custom icon. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 4-16) appears. 2. Five vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher frequencies that can be controlled. 62 Hz controls bass frequency, 250 Hz adjusts the low mid-range frequency, 1 kHz adjusts the mid-range frequency, 4 kHz adjusts the upper mid-range frequency and 16 kHz adjusts the treble frequency. -
Page 45: Deleting Tracks
Deleting This action permanently deletes tracks from your NOMAD MuVo NX. Tracks To delete a track 1. In Music mode, go to the track that you want to delete. 2. Press the Scroller. 3. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure 4-18). A list appears. -
Page 46: 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 duration specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down select the default language access the information screen These features are 1. - Page 47 To rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees Left-handed users may find this feature useful as shown below: Using your left hand Scroll Select the Rotate 180 icon. The LCD screen rotates 180 degrees (Figure 4-22). To set the contrast level for your player’s screen 1.
- Page 48 To adjust the screen backlight duration 1. Scroll Select the Backlight icon. 2. Scroll Select the backlight duration or disable it. A lower number setting conserves battery power for longer playback time. To specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down 1.
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Page 49: Locking And Unlocking Your Player
Locking and Locking your NOMAD MuVo NX will disable all buttons on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Pause) unlocking your pressed accidentally. Player If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears for you to unlock the player. -
Page 50: Using Muvo Initializer
To clear your player’s memory 1. Connect the USB Flash Drive to your computer. 2. Click Start -> Programs/All Programs -> Creative -> NOMAD MuVo DO NOT use the NX -> MuVo Initializer. The NOMAD MuVo NX Media Initializer dialog... -
Page 51: Media Recovery Mode
2. Wait 60 seconds to let your computer detect your player. Found dialog box appears, ignore it 3. Click Start -> Programs/All Programs -> Creative -> NOMAD MuVo and wait at least 60 NX -> NOMAD MuVo NX Media Initializer. The NOMAD MuVo Media seconds for the Initializer dialog box appears. -
Page 52: A Technical Specifications
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Page 53: Size
Technical Specifications Size 36.7 mm (L) x 74.0 mm (H) x 16.0 mm (W) Weight 31.5 g (without the battery) or 43 g (with a AAA battery) Capacity 128/256 MB built-in memory Battery type One Alkaline AAA size battery Battery Life MP3 128 kbps, up to 11 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkaline atteries. -
Page 54: Signal To Noise Ratio
Signal to Noise >90 dB (Headphones) Ratio Channel >63 dB (Headphones) Separation 0.05% Frequency 20 Hz~20000 Hz Response Harmonic 0.05% Distortion Operating System/ Upgradeable via Internet Firmware Headphone Out 1/8" stereo minijack, 5~7 mW (Wide, Narrow, Front only) LCD Display Large 96 x 32 pixel, blue EL backlit display Data Connector USB 1.1... -
Page 55: B Onscreen Diagram And Icon Guide
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Page 56: Information Diagrams
Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams Diagram your player is connected to your computer. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. files are being transferred to your player. Action/Meaning Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-1... -
Page 57: Playback Icons
Playback Icons The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used. Icon Action/Meaning Play Pause Stop Forward Reverse Skip forward Skip back Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-2... -
Page 58: Play Mode Icons
Play Mode Icons Icon Action/Meaning Repeat Track Repeat Folder Repeat All Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Shuffle Folder Play Track Once Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3... -
Page 59: Error Diagrams
Error Diagrams If an error occurs, you may see the following diagram, indicating the general nature of the problem. Diagram Likely Causes physical defects numerous high- impact shocks unexpected power loss while saving settings player is unable to perform the selected task (for example, deleting a file) unsupported file... - Page 60 Diagram Likely Causes player’s hard disk space is running low battery is too depleted, player cannot start up Suggested Action delete some files insert a new battery Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-5...
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Page 61: C Frequently Asked Questions And Troubleshooting
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Page 62: Autoplay
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 63: 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 64: Usage
Usage After playing a sequence of tracks, the player skips a track. The player will only play valid formats (.MP3, .WMA or .WAV recordings). Other types of files will be skipped. Files/tracks are corrupted when transferred to the player. Before removing the USB Flash Drive from your computer, wait at least 10 seconds after the file/track transfer is complete. - Page 65 turning the player on/off too many times. use of passive speakers or high-powered headphones. playback of .WMA files FAQs and Troubleshooting C-4...