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- Page 1 User’s Guide ver. 1.4 EN...
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Page 2: Cowon A3
We continue to strive to achieve a higher level of customer satisfaction and hope to instill “Digital Pride” to our customers. Please read this manual carefully before using our product(s), for better understanding of technical aspects of the COWON product(s). COWON A3... - Page 3 • This product is intended for personal use only and may not be used for any commercial purpose without the written consent of COWN SYSTEMS, INC. • Information in this document is copyrighted by COWON SYSTEMS, INC. and no part of this manual may be reproduced or distributed without the written permission of COWN SYSTEMS, INC.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
2. Package Components 3. Names of Parts 4. Power Connection and Charging 5. Connecting to your PC 6. Charging with your PC 7. Saving Files and Disconnecting A3 8. Upgrading Firmware 2)Basic Features 1. Running Files 2. Button Controls 3)Advanced Features 1. -
Page 5: Before Using This Product
• Using the player in places with high occurrences of static electricity may cause malfunctions. • In case of using this device primarily for a storage device, it is recommended to back up all data before use. COWON SYSTEMS Inc. - Page 6 • Do not drop or subject the product to any hard impact This may result in malfunctions and/or unit failure and void the warranty. • Price of the player may fluctuate due to unexpectedly commercial conditions. In this case, COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. has no responsibility to compensate for the price fluctuation.
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Page 7: Package Contents
2. Package Contents Bundle USB 2.0 Cable, Earphones Hand Strap Installation CD, Quick Guide Before Using this Product COWON A3 Body AV Cable HI Quality TV Cable USB Host Cable AC Power Adapter COWON A3... -
Page 8: Names Of Parts
Before Using this Product 3. Names of Parts LEFT FRONT BOTTOM COWON A3 RIGHT... -
Page 9: Power Connection And Charging
Connect the bundled earphone or any earphone with a standard 3.5 mm plug Earphone Jack : Connect the AV Cable to send A3 still/video images through composite ports of external AV devices. (TV etc) AV OUT : Connect the AV Cable/Line-In cable to record contents playing on external AV devices with your A3 player. -
Page 10: Connecting To Your Pc
6. Charging with your PC If connection to PC is made while HOLD switch is ON, A3 will only be charged thru USB port. - When using your player as a portable storage device, connect the adapter for stable power supply. -
Page 11: Saving Files And Disconnecting A3
7. Saving Files and Disconnecting A3 1. Launch COWON Mediacenter - JatAudio/Windows file explorer after connecting A3 to a PC. 2. Store video, audio, and other files to COWON A3. 3. After all files are saved, click the icon from the PC tray. -
Page 12: Upgrading Firmware
4. After disconnecting A3 from your computer, remove the USB cable. 5. When A3 is powered off, press the Joggle lever to the middle with your left hand and the Power button with your right hand at the same time to display the firmware upgrade image. -
Page 13: Basic Features
1. Running Files 1. Connect the earphones to A3. (No need to connect the earphones if you want to listen through the speakers.) 2. Press and hold the power switch to turn on the player. 3. Press Lever in each playing modes (Movie, Music, Photo, Document) to play media files. -
Page 14: Button Controls
MUSIC RADIO BROWSER ※“BACK” button operates in all modes at anytime. COWON A3 Description • Press and hold to browse files during file playback. • Moves to the previous page in text viewer • Press and hold to browse files during file playback. -
Page 15: Advanced Features
1. File Browser A3 provides 10 modes. Movie, Music, Photo, Document and Browser modes can be navigated by the File Browser Opening File Browser ■ Press the lever in Movie, Music, Photo, Text or Browser mode and the File Browser will appear. -
Page 16: Playlist
When playing files from a playlist, after a file is played the next file on the list will start to play.Maximum number of Playlists in Movie and Document mode is 100, and in Music and Photo mode are 300. COWON A3... -
Page 17: Usb Host Connection
USB Host can copy and delete files and folders in USB compatible devices (digital camera, iAUDIO, etc.). Connecting USB Host ■ Connect the USB Host cable to the “USB HOST” on your A3 and the USB port of the USB compatible device. Starting USB Host ■... - Page 18 Connecting TV receiver ■ Connect optional TV receiver to USB port on the left side of your A3. There are 3 types of receivers depends on the region and A3 will automatically detect and install: T-DMB (Korea), 1SEG (Japan), and DVB-T (Europe) Watching Mobile TV ■...
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Page 19: Radio Mode
6. Record Mode Usage Record using the AV, S-Video or Line-in cable and the built-in microphone. Connecting a Cable ■ COMPOSITE In (Record) Television COMPOSITE In (Record) WHITE YELLOW Advanced Features <Preset Mode> AUDIO In (Record) AUDIO In (Record) COWON A3... - Page 20 BLUE Connect the AV cable to the “AV IN” of your A3 and the “AV OUT (Video OUT, Audio OUT)” of the external AV device. For S-VIDEO recording, connect the S-VIDEO cable to the S-VIDEO Out of the external AV device.
- Page 21 ■ Connect the AV cable to the “AV OUT” of your A3 and the “AV IN (Video IN, Audio IN)” of the external AV device. Change the input mode of AV device. For more information, check the manual of your AV device.
- Page 22 - Choose Setup ->Display ->AV Out -> select “Component” or “S-Video” - To the external AV machineries and tools according to A3 “AV OUT” sets only the terminal of one in Component or S-Video connects and does. The case product which will connect Component and S-Video in same time malfunction is a possibility of doing.
- Page 23 After setting an item, press the lever to apply and return to the Setup mode setting screen. Press the “BACK” button to cancel the value set and return to the Setup mode setting screen. For details on Setup items, see 4. See Setup feature descriptions. Advanced Features COWON A3...
- Page 24 1. Setup General Display Wallpaper Appearance General Sound JetEffect General Movie Player Screen Subtitle Music Player General COWON A3 LCD Brightness LCD Color TV Standard Information AV Out AV In Mobile TV Wallpaper Brightness Preview Menu Language System Language Radio...
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Page 25: Av Out
Setting system language for subtitles, document files, and other system files. • Text Scroll Speed Adjust the scrolling speed of the text displayed in the File Browser. • Menu Style Customizing appearances for menu. “Simple” layout is recommended when using personal wallpaper. Setup Features COWON A3... -
Page 26: Sound
• 3D Stereo 3D Surround provides three-dimensional sound effects during movie playback. • Playback Speed Adjust playback speed. • Repeat If set to “All”, A3 continually plays all files in the folder. If set to “Current”, A3 repeats the current file. -
Page 27: Music Player
If set to On, playback is repeated after all files within the range are played. If set to Current, only one file is played. • Shuffle Within the range specified in Boundary, random playback can be set. If set to On, files within the range are randomly played. • Playback Speed Adjust playback speed. Setup Features COWON A3... -
Page 28: Information
6. Information General 7. Mobile TV General COWON A3 • Lyrics Display/undisplay lyrics entered using LDB Manager on the LCD screen. If set to ‘ON’, Lyrics will be displayed on LCD. Please visit our website at www.COWON.com for more details on Lyrics. -
Page 29: Radio
Adjust the volume level coming into the built-in microphone. Sound increases as much as the number goes higher. • Mic. AGC Adjust and normalize the volume of recording. Higher the level, more sensitive the recording eception. Setup Features COWON A3... - Page 30 Setup Features Video Audio COWON A3 • Video Quality When recording Video, set the quality of the video file recording through the AV IN. Higher the bps and resolution is better the quality of video, but the size of the file becomes larger and more battery power is used.
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Page 31: System
This feature does not function during file playback. • Power Save Powersave setting for internal Hard drive If disabled, system response may fater, but playing time may reduce. Setup Features COWON A3... -
Page 32: Product Details
USB Port DirectX 9 or higher QuickTime 6 or higher * Data transferable in PCs with MAC OS 10.X / Linux v2.4 or above. COWON A3 4 in., 800x480 resolution, 16 mega color Digital TFT LCD NTSC / PAL Stereo... - Page 33 MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG FLAC, APPLE Loss- less, AAC/AAC+, AC3, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, WavPack, G.726, PCM Note6 Max 96KHz, 1.4Mbps Note3 0.5X ~ 2X ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, APE Tag V2, MP4 Tag, MATROSKA Tag, WMA Tag Product Details COWON A3...
- Page 34 File format Audio resolution FLAC (Free Lossless Audio CODEC) supported for lossless audio recording. Note1 COWON A3 10 band, 8 presets (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Metal, Vocal, User) JetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP3 Enhance, 3D Surround) Sound Spectrum Up to 9 hours of continuous playing...
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Page 35: Installation Cd
2. Installation CD The installation CD contains the world famous integrated multimedia program COWON MediaCenter- JatAudio. A3 software, multimedia sample files are also included in the CD. 3. Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JatAudio 1. Install and run the COWON MediaCenter - JatAudio. - Page 36 - “Preview” allows checking the converted video before starting conversion. - To convert a file with subtitles or to change settings on subtitles, click on “Convert Options”. - SMI files for subtitles must have the same file name as its video file. COWON A3...
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Page 37: Troubleshooting
Perform a HDD check (chkdsk) before using. If HDD error is occurred, system may malfunction. Connect A3 to a System crashes during PC. Type chkdsk e: /f at the cmd prompts. (Replace e: with the disk letter assigned to your A3 on your PC). For further playback. - Page 38 A3 hard disk uses FAT32 format. Due to limitations of FAT, avoid saving too many files in the Root Directory. After saving hundreds of files in the Root folder, A3 may not work properly.
- Page 39 Notice of GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE This product has some free software which are copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation and the library includes the software is subject to the observance of the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
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