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- Page 2 MuVo TX FM 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 ... vi Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents ... viii Software Included ... viii Creative Media Detector ... viii Creative MediaSource ... ix Creative MediaSource Player ... ix Creative MediaSource Organizer ... ix Adobe Acrobat Reader ... x 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 EQ Settings ... 4-21 Enhancing Your Music ... 4-21 Skipping Folders ... 4-23 Deleting Tracks ... 4-23 User Preferences ... 4-24 Rotating the LCD screen ... 4-25 Locking and unlocking your Player ... 4-27 Formatting Your Player ... 4-28 Appendixes A Technical Specifications Size ...
- 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 FAQs and Troubleshooting AutoPlay ... C-1 General ... C-2 Usage ... C-3 Digital Rights Management ... C-4...
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Page 8: 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 use in areas exceeding 45ºC or 113ºF. Do not expose to heat or incinerate. Keep away from strong magnetic fields. -
Page 9: Introduction
Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Creative MuVo Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player’s Music Library and also comes equipped with an USB 2.0™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. With your player’s built-in microphone you can record your voice, and with the FM... -
Page 10: Before You Begin
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 digital audio players. Upon recognition, the content in the media automatically starts playing. viii... -
Page 11: Creative Mediasource
MediaSource music. It includes several applications like the MediaSource Player and Organizer. For more information and usage details on Creative MediaSource, refer to its online Help. Creative Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player provides exclusive... -
Page 12: Adobe Acrobat Reader
Adobe Acrobat Adobe Acrobat Reader is a software application that enables you to view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files on all major computer Reader platforms. Minimum ❍ Microsoft (Me) or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE) System ❍ Intel Requirements (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding) -
Page 13: 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 product. Follow these directions to prevent the loss of data, or damage to your product or system. -
Page 14: Web Information
NOMAD MuVo NX player. Online Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your product during installation, or at www.creative.com/register. Registration Benefits include: ❍ Service and Product support from Creative ❍ Exclusive updates on promotions and events regularly for information on:... -
Page 15: Tour Of Your Player
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Page 16: Your Player At A Glance
A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Front View Earphone connector Play/Pause button Microphone LCD screen Side View Scroller Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button A Tour of Your Player 1-1... - Page 17 Button What It Does PLAY PAUSE ❍ turns the player on and off ❍ activates the LCD backlight ❍ starts, pauses or continues playback VOLUME INCREASE ❍ increases the volume VOLUME DECREASE ❍ decreases the volume ❍ SCROLLER skips to the previous/next track ❍...
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Page 18: Using The Scroller
Using the Scroller Scroll Select The Scroller is one of the most important features of your MuVo TX FM. 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 19: Getting Started
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Page 20: Inserting The Battery
Getting Started Inserting the Battery Getting Started 2-1... -
Page 21: Power Source And Level Indicators
Power Source After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status. and Level Icon Indicators The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, volume level used). For more information, see "Usage"... -
Page 22: Installing Drivers And Software
Installing Your MuVo TX FM comes with drivers for Windows 98 SE, together with software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and Drivers and use your player. Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Me users do not Software need to install drivers. -
Page 23: Connecting The Usb Flash Drive To Your Computer
FM features a USB 2.0 port for data transfers to and from your computer. Be USB Flash sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before connecting your Drive to your player. To transfer audio or data files to your player, refer to "Transferring Tracks or Files"... -
Page 24: Transferring Tracks Or Files
Transferring Tracks or Files... - Page 25 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 26: Downloading From The Internet
Downloading To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can use your MuVo TX FM player to download audio files from the from all the major Internet music download services. Follow the instructions internet on the site and download the music files to your computer. -
Page 27: Creative Mediasource
Creative Only basic instructions on how to use Creative MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter— extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource MediaSource Help file. Transferring With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. -
Page 28: 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 3. Select the Properties option. A dialog box appears. -
Page 29: 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 application uses the CD-ROM drive to read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on your hard disk or directly into your player. - Page 30 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 31: Using Your Player
Using Your Player... - Page 32 Using Your Player Your player can function in Music, Recordings, Microphone or FM Radio mode. In Music mode, only MP3 or WMA files are played back and in Recordings mode, only microphone and FM radio recordings that are recorded by the player, are played back. To switch between modes, see "Music Playback"...
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Page 33: Turning On/Off Your Player
To turn on your player Press and hold the Play/Pause button If your player contains The CREATIVE logo appears onscreen, followed by the MuVo TX FM no audio tracks, the logo. Music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. -
Page 34: Disconnecting Your Player
To disconnect your player in Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Disconnecting Windows Me your Player Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon remove USB Mass Storage Device, and disconnect your player when you are prompted to do so. To disconnect your player in Windows 98 SE Make sure that the icon below appears on the LCD screen for at least five seconds before disconnecting your player. -
Page 35: Music Playback
Music To add audio tracks to your player, see "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. Playback If you are in Recordings mode and the Recordings Mode icon onscreen, do the following to return to Music mode. To enable Music mode 1. -
Page 36: Playing Music Tracks
Playing music Follow these steps to play music tracks. tracks 1. Press the Play/Pause button The MuVo TX FM logo appears onscreen, and music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. To pause a track Press the Play/Pause button To stop a track Press the Play/Pause button Scroller towards the right. -
Page 37: 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 can be enabled at a ❍ Repeat All time. -
Page 38: Repeating Music
Repeating music You can choose to repeat a track, folder, all tracks or a portion of a track. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-5) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears (Figure 4-6). 3. - Page 39 To repeat a portion of a track 1. Scroll Select the A-B icon select a start point for the portion of music to repeat. A portion of a track 2. Press the Scroller to mark the begining of the portion you wish to repeat. can only be repeated once;...
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Page 40: Shuffling Music
Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used to shuffle all tracks (or tracks in a folder) once, or to repeatedly shuffle all tracks. 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 sequence 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: Normal Mode
Normal mode Once the "Normal" mode is enabled, each track is played back, from the first track to the last. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-11) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears. 3. - Page 43 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-14) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Settings icon (Figure 4-15). A list appears. 3. Scroll Select the FM Region icon (Figure 4- 16). A list appears. 4. Scroll Select the region that you are in. To perform an autoscan and autosave 1.
- Page 44 4. Scroll Select the Autoscan icon (Figure 4-20). The player scans and stores channels it detects. At the end of the autoscan, it plays the first channel. To select a channel 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-21 appears.
- Page 45 3. If you see a preset channel, press the Play/ Pause button view. The preset channel disappears. 4. To scan for a channel, move the Scroller towards the right or left, and hold for one Turn the Scroller second. towards the right 5.
- Page 46 5. Scroll Select the Delete Preset icon (Figure 4-31). 6. Scroll Select the Delete Preset x icon (Figure 4-32). The preset channel is deleted and your MuVo TX FM plays the next available preset channel. To switch to FM Preset view or Manual Scan view In FM Preset view, you can see the preset channels and scroll from one preset channel to another.
- Page 47 4. Scroll Select the Scroller mode icon (Figure 4-36) to switch to the different views. Alternatively, you can press the Play/Pause button to switch to the different views Figure 4-36 while playing a station. Using Your Player 4-16...
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Page 48: Voice Recording
Voice Another great MuVo TX FM feature is its ability to record voice and FM radio. Recorded voice is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) Recording file format and recorded FM radio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 16 kHz, 4-bit, Stereo) file format. -
Page 49: Recording Fm Radio
Recording FM When recording FM radio, you will see one bar showing you the time available for recording, and another showing you the elapsed recording time. Radio Also the FM Radio icon appears in the bottom-left corner of the LCD screen. To make an FM radio recording 1. -
Page 50: Playing Recordings
5. Scroll Select the FM Recording icon (Figure 4-42). A recording bar appears on the LCD screen and recording starts. 6. Press the Play/Pause button to end the recording. A name is automatically assigned to your FM radio recording and the file is saved in your player. The naming convention typically used is: FM [Current File Number]. - Page 51 To play a recording 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 4-44 A recorded voice file appears. name starts with "VOC" and an FM 2. Scroll Select the Recordings icon (Figure 4- radio file name starts with "FM". 45).
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Page 52: 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 EQ You can use EQ settings while audio is being played back. This process is described in the following instructions. - Page 53 Depending on which EQ setting you want, follow the corresponding step: To select Normal, Rock, Pop, Classical or Jazz Scroll Select the EQ setting you want. The selected EQ setting icon appears onscreen. To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select the Custom EQ icon. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 4-48) appears.
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Page 54: Skipping Folders
Skipping This action skips the playback to a selected folder. To skip to the next folder Folders 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Skip Folder icon (Figure 4-49). 3. Scroll to the folder that you want to skip to. Your player can only 4. -
Page 55: User Preferences
User Your player offers many configuration options. You can: ❍ Change the LCD orientation Preferences ❍ Specify contrast settings ❍ Change the LCD screen’s backlight duration ❍ Specify idle time duration before the player automatically shuts down ❍ Select the default language ❍... -
Page 56: Rotating The Lcd Screen
Rotating the LCD MuVo TX FM has a handy feature: you can rotate the LCD screen by 180 degress. This may be useful for left-handed users. Follow the step below to screen rotate the LCD on your player. To rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees Scroll Select the LCD Orientation icon The LCD screen rotates 180 degrees (Figure 4-54). - Page 57 To set the contrast level for your player’s screen 1. Scroll Select the Contrast icon. The Contrast screen (Figure 4-55) appears. 2. Use the Scroller to increase or decrease the LCD contrast. The lower the number, the lower the LCD contrast.
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Page 58: Locking And Unlocking Your Player
Locking and Locking your MuVo TX FM will disable all buttons except the scroller on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, unlocking your Pause) pressed accidentally. Player If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears, prompting you to unlock the player. -
Page 59: Formatting Your Player
Formatting If you need to format your player, first backup the files on your player to your computer. When you format your player, all songs and files will be deleted. Your Player By default, your player is already formatted. 1. Connect your player to your computer’s USB port. 2. -
Page 60: A Technical Specifications
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Page 61: Size
Technical Specifications ❑ 36.7 mm (L) x 74.0 mm (H) x 16.0 mm (W) Size ❑ 32 g (without the battery) or 43 g (with a AAA battery) Weight ❑ 128 or 256 MB built-in memory Capacity ❑ One Alkaline AAA size battery Battery type ❑... -
Page 62: Channel Separation
1/8" stereo minijack, 5~7 mW Headphone Out ❑ Large 96 x 32 pixel, blue EL backlit display LCD Display ❑ USB 1.1 Data Connector ❑ USB 2.0 ❑ Programmable Firmware Support Firmware upgrades are available from www.creative.com Technical Specifications A-2... -
Page 63: B Onscreen Diagram And Icon Guide
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Page 64: 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 65: 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 66: Play Mode Icons
Play Mode Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Repeat All ❍ Shuffle Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Repeats a selected section of a track Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3... -
Page 67: 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) - Page 68 Diagram Likely Causes ❍ unsupported file format ❍ the player’s low remaining storage space is depleted; recording cannot proceed ❍ battery is depleted, player cannot start Suggested Action ❍ check that the file you are trying to play back is a .WMA, .MP3 or recorded voice file ❍...
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Page 70: 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 71: 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 72: 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. Transfer may have been interrupted. Before disconnecting your player from your computer, make sure that you stop your player properly first. -
Page 73: Digital Rights Management
page 4-28. ❍ use fresh batteries if batteries used are depleted. Can I use the MuVo TX FM for portable data storage? Yes, you can. I have to change the battery quite often. Is there anything I can do to make it last longer? Some operations consume more battery power: ❍...