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Cowon iAudio M3 User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s Guide...

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    Illegal distribution of this Manual in part or whole is prohibited. • The copyrights for JetShell and JetAudio belong to COWON SYSTEMS, INC. and these products cannot be distributed for commercial use without the written consent of COWON SYSTEMS, INC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Downloading MP3 Files onto iAUDIO Deleting MP3 Files from iAUDIO Formatting Memory Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Transferring Them to iAUDIO Converting Various Files Miscellaneous Functions Installing and Using JetAudio Upgrading Firmware Table of Contents iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 4: Precautions For Use

    Note that malfunctions may occur if you use the product in places where a build up of static electricity occurs frequently. iAUDIO M3 Take care not to cut your hands when handling the product box, User’s Guide, or components. If you disassemble or...
  • Page 5 Use only the AC Power adapter and USB cable supplied by COWON SYSTEMS with the packaged product. When removing iAUDIO while it is connected to the cradle or sub pack by USB cable, be sure to use the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’...

  • Page 6: Iaudio

    Mobile Disk iAUDIO M3 is recognized as a mobile disk peripheral as soon as you plug it into a PC via a USB cable. Extra small-capacity USB drives are not necessary any more.

  • Page 7: Package Components

    With JetAudio World-class integrated multimedia player software, ou can either listen to music or watch videos on your PC. Package Components LCD Remote Controller Earphone iAUDIO (MP3 player body) Installation CD (JetShell and JetAudio) Fashionable carrying case User’s Guide Sub pack USB 2.0 cable / Line-in recording cable AC Power Adapter Cradle (Option) iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 8: Features And Specifications

    128 X 96 dot, 6-Line 4-Gray LCD with LED backlight (Multilingual Support) 95 dB Output Frequency 20Hz~20KHz Output 16 Ohm Earphone: 20mW+20mW Size 103.7 mm x 60.8mm x 14.2mm (Height x Width x Thickness) Weight 136g (Including built-in battery) iAUDIO M3 , MODE, REC − , MODE, REC −...

  • Page 9: Names Of Parts

    Bottom Names of Parts HDD, MODE, CHARGE LED Front PLAY/STOP button FF button REW button LCD Display Right Earphone Jack Right MODE/VOL+/ VOL- Button REC/A B Button HOLD Switch RESET PLAY/STOP/FF/ REW Button MODE Button REC/A B Button iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 10: Using Ac Power Adapter /Usb Connection

    • Never use a USB hub. Connecting with sub pack • Connect the sub pack to the connector at the bottom of iAUDIO M3. • Connect the USB cable from the PC to the USB port at the bottom of the sub pack.

  • Page 11: Summary Of Status By Lcd Display/Led Lights

    VOICE RECORDER, LINE IN RECORDER Mode: Orange CHARGE Mode: Bluish Green when fully charged CHARGE LED Lights up RED while the battery is being re-charged, and goes off when it is fully charged Mode Play Status Battery Level Total Time 5 Band EQ iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 12: Basic Usage

    You should always reboot iAUDIO because the song files in HDD are searched during the first booting after the USB cable is disconnected. This takes some time if there are many song files. (20 to 25 seconds if the HDD is full.) iAUDIO M3 Press for a few moments...
  • Page 13 Basic Operation for Switching Mode There are four modes: Digital Audio, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, and Line-in Recorder. Move to the desired mode. Select with PLAY, MODE or MENU buttons. FM Radio → Basic Operation Voice Recorder Line-in → → iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 14 • Press the FF button to select a specific band in the selected Equalizer. • Adjust the dB level of the selected band with the VOL • Return to the previous menu by pressing the REW button, or finish equalizing the sound by pressing the PLAY button. iAUDIO M3 JetEffect Equalizer Mach3Bass...
  • Page 15 If you press MENU and select PLAY now from pop-up menu: → iAUDIO returns to the Digital Audio Mode and plays "01.MP3." When you select a file and press MENU. When you select a folder and press MENU. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 16: Adjusting Volume

    • You can add or delete desired links or you can select the "D-PLAYLIST " folder and links in it from Navigator to listen to selected DPL tracks only. iAUDIO M3 button to adjust volume while iAUDIO is playing.
  • Page 17 • Connect iAUDIO to a PC with a USB cable and iAUDIO is recognized as a portable disk. • Using JetAudio or Winamp software, create an M3U file with the tracks in the HDD of iAUDIO M3. • Save the created M3U file in the "PLAYLIST " folder under Root.

  • Page 18: Listening To Fm Radio

    - Save Current: Set the current frequency to the pre-set channel. - Delete Ch: Delete the current pre-set channel. • You can save up to 24 pre-set channels. iAUDIO M3 Change frequency with REW/FF buttons (in 0.1 MHz intervals). Preset Ch...

  • Page 19: Recording Fm Radio

    - When free space in HDD is less than 128MB, recording does not start. If free space becomes less than 128MB during recording, iAUDIO automatically stops. Press REC for a few moments. FM recording starts. Simple Operations by Mode FM Radio Mode (Listening to FM Radio) Press REC button to finish recording. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 20: Voice Recorder

    128kbps) • When free space in HDD is less than 128MB, recording does not start. If free space becomes less than 128MB during recording, iAUDIO automatically stops. iAUDIO M3 Press REC button. Voice Recording Starts. Press REC button to finish recording.
  • Page 21 • You cannot turn off iAUDIO, nor change Menu, Navigator and Mode while recording. Select Line-in Recorder Mode. iAUDIO is in Stand By. Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) Press REC button. Line-in Recording starts. Simple Operations by Mode Press REC button to finish recording. iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 22 (Recording time for one file: Around 218 minutes per 320kbps) • When free space in HDD is less than 128MB, recording does not start. If free space becomes less than 128MB during recording, iAUDIO automatically stops. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 23: Detailed Features By Menu

    Pan is the feature to adjust the balance between left and right sound volumes. The same volume for left and right is 0, and you can select a level between –20 and +20 from left to right. Detailed Features by Menu JetEffect iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 24: Play Mode

    This sets whether or not to play tracks randomly within the boundary. PlayMode Check this to play the tracks in the boundary in random order Boundary Repeat When you uncheck this, the tracks are played in their original order. Shuffle iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 25 Language • If this setting is incorrect, the song information may not be displayed properly. Chinese(Simp.) • You can select Chinese (Simp), Chinese (Trad), English, Hangul(Korean), Japanese, or Chinese(Trad.) English Russian. Hangul(Korean) Japanese Detailed Features by Menu Display iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 26 • You can select On or Off. Skip Length Scan Speed Resume AutoPlay FadeIn 4. Auto Play • iAUDIO automatically starts playing after it powers on. General • You can select On or Off. Skip Length Scan Speed Resume AutoPlay FadeIn iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 27 • Set the volume level of the sound coming in from the built-in microphone. Mic Volume • You can select Low or High. When you select High, the recording sound quality may become High poor if the input sound is too loud. Detailed Features by Menu Recording iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 28 • HDD Free: The free space in the HDD is displayed. • Dirs: The total number of directories excluding the system directories is displayed. • Songs: The total number of music files excluding the recorded files is displayed. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 29: Terms And Definitions

    Fade-in The sound volume increases slowly from the lowest to the set upper volume limit when iAUDIO starts playing. DPL stands for Dynamic Play-List. This feature allows user to create his/her own play list and listen to it. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting

    • Installing the USB drive • Format in ‘Windows Explorer’ • Upgrade the firmware iAUDIO M3 Remedy iAUDIO does not work when the Hold button is set to ON. If the built-in battery is completely discharged, charge it with the adapter.

  • Page 31: Fm Radio Mode

    Skip to the next pre-set Skip to the previous pre-set Preset mode setting Setup menu Select a mode Increase volume Decrease volume Stop recording Start recording Using Buttons Digital Audio Mode / FM Radio Mode During Play Preset Mode iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 32 VOL - REC/A B Navigator Operation Play/Pause MENU MODE VOL + VOL - REC/A B iAUDIO M3 During Stop Play the previous recording file Power Off Navigator Setup menu Select a mode Increase volume Decrease volume Start recording When Selecting a File The selected file is played and then iAUDIO changes to MP3 Player mode.

  • Page 33: Menu Table

    FM Radio bps Music Line-in bps Line Volume Line-in Volume Voice bps Mic. Volume Mic Volume Stereo Stereo FM Region Region Firmware Version Information HDD Total Capacity HDD Free Space Total Directories Total Track Files (Excluding recorded files) iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 34: Jetshell

    Windows operating system. In this case, directly run CD-ROM:\Setup.exe or CD-ROM:\JetShell\Setup.exe. 2. When the installation finishes, JetShell is registered in Start M3 program group. Connecting iAUDIO Windows ME/2000/XP 1. Connect the USB ports of iAUDIO and your PC with a USB cable. (You should not use a USB hub, but directly connect to the USB port on the main board.)
  • Page 35 2. Connect iAUDIO and PC with a USB cable. In the normal Windows environment, a message saying that the iAUDIO M3 Digital Audio Player device was found will be displayed as shown in the left picture. Click on the ‘Next’ button.
  • Page 36 Installation CD. When the installation finishes, a message notifying you of completion appears as shown in the picture. 7. Finally, make sure that installation of iAUDIO M3 was completed normally by checking "iAUDIO M3 Digital Audio Player" displayed under Control Panel →System →Device Manager →...

  • Page 37: Configuration Of Jetshell

    You can start and stop playing the file with the buttons at the right, and adjust the volume with the + and - buttons. To skip instantly to a specific position of the track being played, click on the position bar. JetShell Configuration File Management Window Download List Management Section iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 38: Memory Management

    New folder Copy Paste Transfer to Memory Transfer to PC iAUDIO M3 Explanation Move to the upper folder. Display the registration information of the file. The contents of flash memory are reread and updated. Delete the selected file or folder.

  • Page 39: Spectrum Screen And Sound Effects

    Spectrum Screens and Sound Effects JetShell displays visually cool spectrums. When you click on the spectrum display area, the screen changes as follows. You can also enjoy various equalizers and effects. Various Equalizers Various Effects iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 40: Downloading Mp3 Files Onto Iaudio

    This is useful when you wish to enter files in different folders with the + button and then download them all at once. 5. You can also download the files existing outside of JetShell by dragging and dropping them onto the ‘Memory’ Window. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 41: Deleting Mp3 Files From Iaudio

    MP3 Player. Therefore, be sure to format as ‘FAT32’ only, and never use the NTFS file system supported by Windows 2000 and XP. You can also format by right clicking your mouse on the iAUDIO drive in Windows Explorer. button. Then the confirmation window "Delete from flash iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 42: Converting Audio Cd Tracks To Mp3 Files And Transferring Them To Iaudio

    2. From the ‘File Management’ section, select the CD-ROM drive in which the Audio CD is inserted. Select the audio tracks from the right window and click from the menu. 3. Specify the path ‘iAUDIO’ (Mobile Disk) to save the MP3 files in. iAUDIO M3 or [File] –[Convert CD to MP3]...
  • Page 43 Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Directly Downloading Them to iAUDIO 4. The converting process is displayed as shown below. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 44: Converting Various Files

    Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert WAV to MP3" button. The conversion window appears. Converting WMA file to MP3 file You can convert WMA files in PC to MP3 files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert WMA to MP3" button. iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 45 The conversion window appears. Converting MP3 file to WAV file You can convert MP3 files in PC to WAV files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert MP3 to WAV" button. The conversion window appears. iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 46: Other Features

    When incorrect data is included in the CD text received from CDDB, the fonts (including Korean letters) may appear broken on your PC. This is not an error of JetShell but the information stored in CDDB. iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 47 You can download a logo file to change the logo screen that appears when iAUDIO powers on. Select ‘Download Logo File’ from the menu. When the ‘Open’ window appears, locate the desired logo file and click ‘Open’. Then the logo file is automatically downloaded and applied. Other Features iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 48: Installing And Using Jetaudio

    The worldwide renowned integrated multimedia playing program ‘JetAudio’ is included in the iAUDIO Installation CD. To install ‘JetAudio’, run the file "CD-ROM:\JetAudio \setup.exe." For detailed information on using JetAudio, refer to the JetAudio ‘Help’ after installation, or post your question on the Q&A board at the site "http://www.jetAudio.com." iAUDIO M3...

  • Page 49: Upgrading Firmware

    3. Click on the icon in the tray and select "Unplug or Eject Hardware." 4. Disconnect the USB cable. 5. Connect the adapter after confirming that iAUDIO has powered off. 6. When you connect the adapter, iAUDIO powers on and the firmware is upgraded. Upgrading Firmware iAUDIO M3...
  • Page 50 Address : COWON SYSTEMS, Inc., 7th Floor, STX Building, 448-2, Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea Customer Support Team : 080-668-8282 (Free Collect Call) A/S Center : Room No.23, 5th Floor, Tourist Terminal, 40-969, Hangangno 3-ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea Homepage : COWON SYSTEMS - http://www.cowon.com...

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