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  • Page 1 User’s Guide ver. 1.3 EN COWON...
  • Page 2 Thank you for purchasing a COWON product. We do our utmost to deliver DIGITAL PRIDE to our customers. This manual contains information on how to use the product and the precautions to take during use. If you familiarize yourself with this manual, you will have a more enjoyable digital experience. Introduction to website + The address of the product-related website is http://www.COWON.com.
  • Page 3 + COWON SYSTEMS, INC. owns the copyright to this manual, and any unauthorized distribution of its contents, whether in part or in its entirety, is strictly prohibited. + COWON SYSTEMS, INC. complies with laws and regulations related to records, disks, videos and games. Users are also encouraged to comply with the relevant laws and regulations.
  • Page 4 Before you start! Precautions Package Components Names of Parts and Functions Power Connection and Charging Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Firmware Upgrade Basic Use Buttons Display Music Videos Pictures Documents Flash Browser Radio Recorder...
  • Page 5 Utilities Settings JetEffect 3.0 Display Time Music Video Recording Bluetooth System Additional Product Specification Converting Files Using COWON MediaCenter – JetAudio Troubleshooting...
  • Page 6 The company will not be held responsible for any accident that may occur due to the failure to heed these precautions. The following information applies commonly to all products manufactured and produced by COWON SYSTEMS, INC. + Do not use this product for other purposes than those described in this manual.
  • Page 7 + All data stored in the player may become deleted when being serviced. Our Service Center does not back up files while repairing players. Please note that COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. is not responsible for any data loss from products entrusted to us for service.
  • Page 8 + If you find any abnormalities with the battery such as swelling, press the RESET button immediately to stop the operation and contact the place of purchase. + The price of the product may fluctuate due to unexpected commercial conditions. COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. accepts no liability to compensate for any price fluctuation.
  • Page 9 Before you start! + Package Components Manual CD, Quick Guide Earphones TV-Out Cable Line-in Cable USB Cable COWON J3 (Optional) (Optional) COWON J3...
  • Page 10 + Names of Parts and Functions AMOLED Display Power / Hold Earphone COWON J3 Reset Fast Forward Rewind Play/Pause Volume Up (+) Volume Down (–) Speaker USB/EXT Port MicroSD Card Slot...
  • Page 11 - When charging the player for the first time or the player has not been charged for an extended time, fully charge the battery before use. - COWON J3 has a built-in Lithium Polymer battery. To prolong the life of the battery, it is recommended that you charge the device frequently, as opposed to fully discharging and then charging the device.
  • Page 12 + Connecting and Disconnecting the PC 1. Use the USB cable to connect COWON J3 to the PC. 2. COWON J3 displays the following image if properly connected to the PC. 3. Also make sure to check My Computer or Windows Explorer to see if COWON J3 is properly connected to the PC.

  • Page 13: Firmware Upgrade

    1. Download the latest firmware from the SUPPORT section of the website (http://www.COWON.com). 2. Use the USB cable to connect COWON J3 to the PC. 3. Unzip the downloaded firmware and copy it to the root folder of COWON J3.
  • Page 14 - Touchscreen and buttons are disabled in Hold mode. - Setting the product in Hold can prevent unwanted operations. 3. Briefly Press Twice: Display Off - Press the button once more to switch back to Display On. COWON J3 Play/Pause Volume UP (+) Volume DOWN (–) Fast Forward...
  • Page 15 + Display COWON J3 enables intuitive control on Capacitive Touchscreen and provides three main menus (Dynamic Square, Counting Text, Smart Widget) of distinguished styles. Play Status Indicator Earphone/Speaker Usage Indicator Time Quick Player COWON J3 Volume Battery Indicator Quick Player Quick Player displays music and recorded file information and en- ables the user to play/pause music and recorded files.
  • Page 16 To reset icon positions to the initial alignment, swing soft to the left. COWON J3 Counting Text Counting Text is an intuitive text menu. Convenience is enhanced by showing properties (e.g.
  • Page 17 Recycle Box. Smart Widget menu can be consisted of three pages, so it can be used in various ways. To use the function, directly select the shortcut icon that appears when you touch the Recycle Box. Recycle Box COWON J3...

  • Page 18: Music

    Only files within the currently playing folder will be played. * Sub folders will be included automatically. All music files in COWON J3 will be played. Playback speed can be set. * Playback speed of currently playing file can be set (50%~150%).
  • Page 19 Touch the Album Art to view the detailed file information * The album image is displayed on the playback screen for a file with its album art image presented in ID3 tag, and the J3 basic album image is displayed for a file without an album art image.
  • Page 20 + Videos COWON J3 Move to the main menu. Touch once to switch to the Preview List. The number of file lists and background image can be set from the Preview List. Touch any file name, then List/Background setting icons will be displayed.
  • Page 21 + Videos COWON J3 Screen Select screen aspect ratio among Full Screen Aspect Ratio (16:9), 4:3, Original Size and Original Ratio. Set the brightness level. Brightness * Brightness can be selected from Level 1 to Level 7. Turn TV-Out On/Off.
  • Page 22 + Videos COWON J3 Set JetEffect 3.0 (See p.31) During the playback, preview the video by elapsed time. Select a Preview thumbnail to play the video from the selected sector. * For preview configuration, it can be selected among 6, 12 and 24 divisions.
  • Page 23 + Pictures COWON J3 Move to the main menu. View the picture list or go to the previous picture. A background color of the picture list can be selected. Slide show the image files in the specified folder. Set the slide show rate. (5~20 sec) Set the slide show type.

  • Page 24: Documents

    + Documents COWON J3 * Save the text file in the Documents folder. * Move text by line – Drag the screen upward and downward. Move text by page –Touch the upper/lower part on the screen. Full screen – Touch the central area of the screen.
  • Page 25 Basic Use + Flash Execute Flash files (extension: swf) stored in COWON J3. A simple Flash game or animation can be played. To stop a flash file, press the Play/Pause button on the right. +/–/L/R buttons are allocated as follows: up/down/left/right.
  • Page 26 + Browser COWON J3 Move to the main menu. Search files in the current folder / files including subfolders. The Case Sensitive/Insensitive option can be used when searching in English. * Searching is not supported for the Root folder of the browser.
  • Page 27 + Radio COWON J3 Show the setup icons. * Frequency gap is set to 0.1MHz or 0.05MHz depending on the selected country. * Touch the Play/Pause button briefly to use the Mute function and touch the button once more to reset it.
  • Page 28 + Recorder COWON J3 Show the setup icons. Move to the main menu. Select Mic/Line-in recording. Set quality of recording file. Higher BPS provides better recording quality but requires a larger file size. Set the recording volume. Start recording. It can be paused during recording. Touch the Stop button to enable Auto Save function.

  • Page 29: Basic Use

    A simple Flash game using a gravity sensor. After selecting HUNTER a level, you can play the game of avoiding flying stones by tilting the COWON J3. TYPIST Create memos using the keyboard. COWON J3...
  • Page 30 Time Music Video Recording Bluetooth System COWON J3 Select from 39 JetEffect 3.0 presets. Set COWON J3 Display parameters. Set Time/Alarm/Timer. Set music parameters. Set video parameters. Set recording parameters. Connect COWON J3 to the Bluetooth Headset. Set system parameters.
  • Page 31 You may hear distortion or noise when using extreme settings of JetEffect 3.0. For more information about JetEffect 3.0, visit us at www.COWON.com COWON J3 Normal / BBE / BBE ViVA / BBE ViVA 2 / BBE Mach3Bass / BBE MP / BBE Headphone / BBE Headphone 2 / BBE Headphone 3 /...

  • Page 32: Display

    COWON J3 Select a preferred language for COWON J3. Set a preferred font type for COWON J3. A TTF font file can be used as a user font by changing the file name into a USER.TTF file and copying in the SYSTEM folder. When the user font is applied, device operation may be a little delayed or characters may be truncated.
  • Page 33 Mode Sleep Timer Timer Auto off COWON J3 Set alarm once or daily. Select from Always on /20 min /40 min /60 min /80 min /100 min /120 min. Select from Off /Music alarm /FM alarm /FM recording. Automatically turn off the power at the specified time even though a file is being played.
  • Page 34 Turn On/Off lyrics if the lyrics are applied to the files. If turned on, lyrics will be displayed during Lyrics the playback. For more information on lyrics application, check the LDB manager section at www. cowon.com. COWON J3 icons briefly. icons.
  • Page 35 Compensate for the change of intonation of an audio signal when adjusting the playback speed in Pitch correction Video mode (50%~150%). Subtitle Turn On/Off the subtitle display. Select a subtitle language (All / Language 1/ Language 2). Subtitle language Tone Set the video quality sharpen/soften. COWON J3...
  • Page 36 Line-in volume Mic volume Auto sync COWON J3 Set the quality (32~256k) of line-in recording. Higher BPS provides better recording quality but requires a larger file size. Set the quality (32~256k) of Mic recording. Higher BPS provides better recording quality but requires a larger file size.

  • Page 37: Bluetooth

    + Settings 7. Bluetooth Search for Bluetooth headsets in COWON J3’s proximity. Be sure to have the Bluetooth headset in pairing mode. Pair the COWON J3 with the discovered Bluetooth headset to use. Please refer to headset’s manual for its pairing instructions.
  • Page 38 Update the file list of the device. DB Update Load defaults Restore all settings to the factory default, except for the language setting. Version: Current firmware version. Information Total space: Total capacity of internal memory. Free space: Remaining memory of internal memory. COWON J3...

  • Page 39: Product Specification

    Requirement USB Port G-Sensor MicroSD card slot Built-in Speaker COWON J3 Built-in rechargeable lithium polymer battery Music Max 64 hours / Video Max 11 hours USB : 3.5 hours(5V/500mA or higher) Pentium lll 500MHz or higher Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000 / ME: Support all functions MAC OS 10.x / Linux v2.4 or higher: File transfer only...
  • Page 40 File format Video codec Video Video resolution Audio codec Subtitle COWON J3 20Hz~20,000Hz Stereo, 29mW + 29mW (16Ω earphones) 95dB MP3/2, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE, WAV MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo WMA : ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1KHz, Mono/Stereo...
  • Page 41 The play time based on the test environment of the company may be different from the actual play time. FM radio does not support Bluetooth. Uncertified Bluetooth headsets, receivers, etc. may not be compatible with the product. COWON J3 Video : Composite, Audio : Stereo NTSC / PAL 87.5~108 MHz (KR,US,EU), 76~108 MHz (JP)
  • Page 42 + Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio 1. Install and run the COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. COWON J3 2. Click “Convert” button on the top right hand side. From drop-down menu, select “Convert Video”. 3. From the Convert Video window, click “Add File” to select the files to convert.
  • Page 43 Before doing so, please make sure that the movie files play properly on the PC first. - Files already damaged before conversion may not work on COWON J3 even if the conversion process is successful. - Conversion time may vary depending on PC performance, source file size and codec types.

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    For your information, RESET will just disconnect the power and does not damage the product or delete any files stored on the device. COWON J3 + The touch pad and buttons do not work properly. Check if the power switch is positioned to HOLD.
  • Page 45 Korean Windows OS, and this may cause corruption of some special fonts or languages on the display. COWON J3 + Computer cannot recognize the player when connected. Try the RESET button in the back. If you experience a frequent...
  • Page 46 • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. COWON J3 Caution Modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

  • Page 47: Battery Replacement

    The rechargeable batteries have limited number of charge cycles, and it will require a replacement as capacity to hold power will eventually diminish. The rechargeable batteries in COWON products should be replaced only by official COWON service centers. Please contact batteryreplace@cowon.com for more information on official COWON service centers.
  • Page 48 COWON SYSTEMS, lnc. www.cowon.com...

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