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Note: ensure that each movie file saved is limited to an hour of playback time per file before transcoding. Creative MuVo VIDZ has a built-in MP3 encoder that allows you to take an audio input (via the line- in port) from a voice recorder, CDP or other audio device, and save it as an MP3 file.
Table of Contents Product Features SAFETY CONCERNS Package Contents Name of Parts LCD Display Charging battery Connecting to PC Power on/Playing music Bookmark...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide EQ Selection/Navigation/Deleting a File Listening to FM Radio Recording Voice Recording external input Using a program list Playing video/Displaying images Using Text Viewer Using the M3U Playlist To use User’s Logo MENU Configuration...
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Using MENU MODE ................34 SYSTEM................35 CONTROL ................36 SOUND................39 DISPLAY ................40 Accessing the latest features through firmware upgrades Using Transcoder Specifications Troubleshooting Support Warranty...
Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Product Features MP3, WMA music files playback Save and play Microsoft WMA files as well as MP3 files. FM Reception and Recording Make an MP3 digital recording of an FM broadcast, while listening to it.
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Setting Variable Bit Rate (VBR) Adjust the recording quality for more efficient use of memory by configuring the voice or line-in recording bit rate according to your particular time requirements and location conditions. Speed Control Adjust the playback speed. Provide Convenient Text Viewer Function Can read text file by Text Viewer function.
Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide SAFETY CONCERNS The following cautions are provided to ensure user safety and to prevent damage to property. Please be sure to read it through thoroughly before using the product. Do not listen to the music for a...
Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Name of Parts Earphone Port/LINE IN Port Microphone Power/Play/Stop Button Navigation/Bookmark/EQ Button RESET Button HOLD Switch Record/Segment Button LED (Charge/ Operation Indication) Jog Key USB Port...
LCD Display Play mode / Segment Repeat indicator Current track number/ Hold(Lock indicator) Total number of saved tracks Operation Mode Battery life Play Control Playback progress Folder Format indicator/ Playing time Folder name File format indicator File name and ID3 Tag Info EQ Mode Level Meter Bit Rate...
Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Charging battery Charging via PC After turning your PC on, connect the product to the USB port of your PC using the USB cable. The charging time may vary depending on the USB usage of your PC.
Connecting to PC Installing the USB device driver USB device driver installation is only required for Window 98 SE/ME environments. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive of your PC and select ‘USB Device Driver’. The installation program runs automatically. Follow the instructions in the installation window. Restart your PC.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Connecting to PC Recommended PC requirements Part Specifications A PC with Pentium MMX or above Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Mac or Linux Hard Disk 50 Mbyte or more hard disk storage available Other CD-ROM drive, USB Port Power on the player.
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Installing the Windows 98 driver manually Power on the product and connect the USB port Press the [Update Driver] button. to your PC. Select [Control Panel System Device Manager] and the following window appears. After selecting ‘USB Device’, press the [Properties] button.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide After creating a driver list, select a driver to Press the [Have Disk] button. update and press the [Next] button. After inserting the provided CD into the CD ROM drive, choose [Browse] button and select the ‘Drivers Win98’...
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Press the [Next] button. Check whether it has been properly installed. Go to ‘Control Panel System’ for checking. Installation of the USB driver is now complete. Press the [Finish] button. - If after the above procedure has been completed the product is still not recognized, uninstall the USB driver completely and install it again.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Managing files Disconnecting from PC - The product is recognized as a removable disk - Data loss may occur if you disconnect the device when it is connected to your PC and it contains from your PC during data transfer.
Power on/Playing music Power on - Press the PLAY/STOP [▶/■] button briefly. - The product turns on and the CREATIVE screen or another user specified screen appears on the LCD. Power off - Press and hold the PLAY/STOP [▶/■] button for more than 2 seconds.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Volume Control - The volume level can be set between 0-39. - To increase the volume: Push the jog key in the ∧ direction. Push and hold it to increase the volume further. - To decrease the volume: Push the jog key in the ∨ direction. Push and hold it to decrease the volume further.
Bookmark Inserting a bookmark - While playing a music file, press and hold the jog key to insert a bookmark. (Up to 99 bookmarks can be inserted.) Searching for a bookmark - When stopped, press the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button briefly to display the bookmark list.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide EQ Selection/Navigation/Deleting a File EQ (Sound Effect) Mode - You can enjoy music in various tones. - The sound tone changes each time you press the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button briefly: - NORMAL, ROCK, JAZZ, CLASSIC, POP, USER EQ (user-defined)
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Listening to FM Radio Listening to FM radio (87.5~108.0MHz, 76.0~108.0MHz) - After displaying the main menu screen by pressing the jog key briefly, select MODE and use the jog key to select ‘FM’ mode. ※Please be sure to plug in the earphones before using FM mode. The earphones work as an antenna.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Storing a station channel - Press the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button Briefly in the center of the side of the player to create a new channel number and save the current frequency. Erasing a station channel - Select a channel and press the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button briefly to erase the channel number along with the stored frequency.
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Recording Voice Voice Recording - After selecting MODE by pressing the jog key briefly, select ‘Voice’ mode. - In the Recording mode, press the [REC/A-B] button briefly to start recording. To pause voice recording: - Press the PLAY/STOP [▶/■] button to pause recording and press it again to resume recording.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Recording external input Entering the Line-in Recording mode - Connect an external device to the line-in port of the player with the line-in cable. - Press the jog key to display the main menu. - Select ‘ENCODING’ mode in the MODE menu and press the jog key.
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Using a program list To create a program list: - Select a track in navigation mode to add it to a program list by pressing the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button briefly. (Up to 99 files can be added.) To view a program list: - Go to ‘CONTROL PROGRAM’...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Playing video/Displaying images Playing video - Press and hold the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button and select an MV4 file by pushing the jog key in the ∧ or ∨ direction. After selecting an MV4 file, push the jog key in the >> direction.
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Displaying an image - Press and hold the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button and push the jog key in the ∧ or ∨ direction to select a JPG file. - After selecting a JPG file, push the jog key in the >> direction to view the image file as a slide.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Using Text Viewer Using Text Viewer - Press and hold the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button, and select a TXT file by moving the jog key in the ∧ or ∨ direction. - After selecting a TXT file, push the jog key in the << or >>...
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Using the M3U Playlist Using the M3U Playlist: - Press and hold the [NAVI/B-MARK (EQ)] button, and select an M3U file by moving the jog key in the ∧ or ∨ direction. - After selecting an M3U file, push the jog key in the ∧ or ∨ direction. The playlist is played beginning with track #1, and the PLAY MODE icon is changed to M3U ( To Select a Track:...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide To use User’s Logo Connect the player with PC and Push to PLAY/STOP [▶/■] button for Power On. The [Removable Disk] will be shown in [My Computer]. Save the Logo File Rename the picture as ‘LOGO00.BMP ~ LOGO11.BMP’ (The other name and format can not be available, and it should be use LOGO00.BMP format)
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‘INTERVAL’ time setting Copy and Paste the picture file in ROOT Remove the USB cable out, and power off & Directory after connecting PC. power on again. The ‘USERLOGO.LOG’ file is coming in the root directory by automatically, and saved ‘BMP’ file & ‘TXT’ file will be Create the TXT file under name of eliminated automatically too.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide MENU Configuration MENU MODE SYSTEM CONTROL SOUND DISPLAY MUSIC FORMAT LANGUAGE SELECT EQ CONTRAST FM RADIO DEFAULT PLAY MODE SETTING SCR SPEED BACK LIGHT VOICE LANGUAGE PROGRAM ENCODING SYS INFO RECORDING BLINK LED MEM INFO...
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Using MENU MODE Jog key Move/Select MUSUC: Play various file formats - including MP3, VOICE: Record voice. WMA, JPG, TXT and MV4. ENCODING: Record audio signals from an external FM: Listen to or record FM radio. device to an MP3 file.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide SYSTEM Jog key Move/Select FORMAT: Used to format the memory. Use with caution MEM INFO: Display memory-related information: as formatting results in the loss of all files. total memory space, used memory space and available memory space.
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CONTROL Jog key Move/Select LANGUAGE: Select a language to be used for will - Play Mode be used to displaying ID3 TAG NORMAL: Play the entire tracks once in a information. sequential order. NORMAL DIR: Play the tracks within a directory once.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide CONTROL Jog key Move/Select PROGRAM: Allows you to listen to the selected RECORDING: Adjust the recording quality of tracks only. external input, FM radio and voice recording. To perform track programming: - BITRATE: Specify the recording quality that you Press and hold the want.
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CONTROL Jog key Move/Select - MIC VAD: During voice-recording, stops recording STUDY KEY: Set the time interval that is skipped when there is no signal. when the jog key is pushed in the << or >> direction. This function allows you to skip the specified time interval by pushing the jog key in the <<...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide CONTROL SOUND VOL LIMIT: Limit the post power-on volume level. SELECT EQ: Specify the music tone appropriate for (e.g. if you set the value to 10, then the each genre: volume level will be set to 10 whenever...
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DISPLAY Jog key Move/Select CONTRAST: Adjust the contrast of LCD. (00~06) BACK LIGHT: Adjust the LCD backlight time. (00~180 Sec) - After Setting ‘Not Use’ in Screen Turned Off SCR SPEED: Adjust the filename scroll function, if use long, the Afterimage could be speed.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide DISPLAY Jog key Move/Select ID3 DISP: Display the ID3 TAG information SCREEN SAVER: The ‘USERLOG.LOG’ images in instead of the filename. the root directory as user selected will be displayed after user set the SCR SAVER time.
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Accessing the latest features through firmware upgrades Download the latest firmware version from www.creative.com and save it in your player. The firmware upgrade file must be saved in the root directory. Power off and then power on the player; the firmware is automatically upgraded.
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Introdution Transcoder is a program that converts video file formats such as WMV, ASF, MPG or AVI that are commonly used in desktop PC environments to the MV4 format (which Creative MuVo VIDZ uses). Input: File (WMV, ASF, MPG, AVI) Output: .MV4 File...
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Using Transcoder Install Run [Transcoder]. The following window is When the installation is complete, press the displayed. Press the Next button to proceed. [Finish] button. After specifying a directory to install to using the Browse button, press the [Next] button.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Transcoding To specify another output file, press the Double-click the icon. [Save as] button and enter the filename of the file to be created. Press the [Open] button to select an input file. The input file name is given a ‘*.MV4’ extension.
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Selection Transcoding Press the button to stop transcoding. When transcoding is complete, the You can also select specific segments for button is pressed automatically. transcoding. Select to choose a file to transcode. Select to start playing the selected file. Press the button to set the start point.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Press the button to set the end point. Press the button to confirm the is displayed over the selected point - selected segment. The selected segment is showing that it is the end point. highlighted in sky blue, indicating that the segment has been confirmed.
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Multi Transcoding You can select multiple files and transcode them at the same time. Press the button repeatedly to select multiple files. Alternatively, drag & drop all the desired files onto the Transcoder window at the same time to register all of them automatically. To perform Selection Transcoding from a registered list, click a desired file and repeat the above Selection Transcoding procedures.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Setup You can set the video and audio options and specify a directory to save output files to. Press the button to display the tab dialog, where you can specify file attributes. Select the Video tab to set various video related 1) Video Rotate: Rotate a video image by 90, 180 options.
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Video Rotation 2) Video Quality: Adjust video quality. You can specify a desired setting (number) in the Video Quality combo box. The video quality degrades as the number increases. Video Symmetry...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Audio Setup: Press the Audio tab to set the Specify the output file directory. You can sampling rate to 32.0 or 44.1 KHz and the specify a directory to save output files to that audio bit rate to 96, or 128 Kbps.
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Player The transcoded file can be played with Player. Press the button to minimize the window Double-clikc the icon. and the button to exit. Press the button to select a file to play. Press the button to start playing. Press the button to change the playing location.
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Specifications Type Option Specification No of channels Stereo (L/R) Frequency range 20 Hz ~ 20 kHz Audio Headset output L 12 mW + R 12 mW (Max. Volume, 16 Ω) Signal to noise Ratio > 87 dB (30 kHz LPF) Frequency range 87.5 MHz ~ 108.0 MHz...
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Type Option Specification Dimension (W×H×D) Appr. 32×65×15.7 mm Weight Appr. 33 g (Including the battery) Up to 10 hours (based on 128 kbps, MP3, EQ Normal, Back Playing time (music file) Light Off, Vol 20) Playing time (FM Radio) Up to 14 hours (based on Back Light Off, Vol 20) Voice Recording Time About 36 hours (16 kbps, 256 MB) General...
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Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide Troubleshooting When a problem occurs while using the product, please use the following checklist: The product fails to operate Recharge the built-in battery. with nothing displayed on the ▶ LCD. No sound during playback. - Ensure that a track has been saved to the removable disk.
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Support Creative Knowledge Base Resolve and troubleshoot technical queries at Creative’s 24-hour self-help Knowledge Base. Go to www.creative.com, select your region and then select Support. Product Registration Registering your product ensures you receive the most appropriate service and product support available.
バッテリーの充電 PC による充電 PC の電源をオンにしたら、USB ケーブルを使用してプレーヤーを PC の USB ポートに接続します。 バッテリーが空の常態から満充電にはおよそ 4 時間程度を要します。充電時間は PC で使用されている USB によって異なる場合が あります。 ※重要:バッテリー充電の際は必ずプレーヤーの電源をオフにしてから、PC に接続してください。 電源をオンにしたままで接続すると、 プレーヤーの OLED ディスプレイが損傷して使用不能になる可能性があります。 - 充電中はプレーヤーの充電 LED ランプ(青)が点灯し、充電が完了すると消灯します。...
Creative MuVo VIDZ User Guide インストール USB デバイスドライバーが必要になるのは Windows 98 SE 環境の場合のみです。 USB デバイスドライバーのインストール インストール CD を PC の CD-ROM ドライブに挿入して、 ライセンスに同意して[I Accept...]オプションを選択して [USB Device Driver]メニューをクリックします。 [Next]ボタンをクリックします。 [Next]ボタンをクリックします。 使用者の名前や会社名を入力して[Next]ボタンを クリックします。...
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