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- Page 1 User’s Guide ver. 1.6 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). - 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
4. MOVIE Player 5. MUSIC Player 6. Information 7. Mobile TV ( DMB Mode ) 8. Radio 9. Recorder 10. System 5)Product Details 1. Product Specifications 2. Installation CD 3. COWON MediaCenter - File conversion using JatAudio Troubleshooting COWON A3... -
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.
- Page 7 Before Using this Product 2. Package Contents COWON A3 Body Bundle USB 2.0 Cable, AV Cable HI Quality TV Cable AC Power Adapter Earphones Hand Strap Installation CD, USB Host Cable Quick Guide COWON A3...
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Page 8: Names Of Parts
Before Using this Product 3. Names of Parts LEFT FRONT RIGHT BOTTOM COWON A3... -
Page 9: Power Connection And Charging
The LED may not light up red, but the player will charge normally. A sufficient amount of time is needed to fully charge the player. - For your safety, only use the adapter included with your player at purchase. The adapter is 100/240V. COWON A3... -
Page 10: Connecting To Your Pc
- USCharging thru USB port takes longer to fully charge A3 than it would take with AC adapter. - If the player is connected to an USB hub, the player may not charge properly or malfunction. Be sure that to connect your player to the USB port on the back side of your computer. COWON A3... -
Page 11: Saving Files And Disconnecting A3
Before Using this Product 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
Frmware versions may have bugs that will be fixed in the next version. Upgrading Firmware 1. Visit our home page at www.COWON.com, and download the latest firmware version. 2. Connect A3 and your computer with the provided USB cable. 3. Extract the downloaded file and copy it to the top level folder (Root folder) of the A3. -
Page 13: Basic Features
- To view subtitles: Setup -> Movie Player -> check ‘Subtitle’ on. Subtitle must have same file name with the movie file and have .smi extension. - Use COWON Media center to convert any incompatible media files to play with your A3. - Use COWON mTrans to convert document files (PDF, MS OFFICE, HTML, etc) into CSD to view on your A3. COWON A3... -
Page 14: Button Controls
• Cancels popup menus and setting items when pressed. • Press and hold to stop movie, music or radio. • Runs A, B and C operations below the LCD screen. MOVIE MUSIC RADIO BROWSER ※“BACK” button operates in all modes at anytime. COWON A3... -
Page 15: Advanced Features
Selecting a File Browser Item ■ Press or move the lever towards ▶ ▶ on a folder to open it. Pressing the lever on a file will start playback and moving the lever towards ▶ ▶ will open a popup menu. COWON A3... - Page 16 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...
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Page 17: Usb Host Connection
Press the “C” button again to end USB Host mode. USB Host Compatible Device ■ Digital cameras, MP3 players and other UMS supported devices are compatible. For more information on compatible devices, see our product introduction at www.COWON.com. COWON A3... - Page 18 - If you do not receive TV signal or it is noisy, check with your local Mobile TV station for service availability in your area. - Choose the correct region for your area: Setup -> Mobile TV -> Region COWON A3...
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Page 19: Radio Mode
Press the “A” button in preset mode to delete a saved frequency. 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) AUDIO In (Record) Television COMPOSITE In (Record) AUDIO In (Record) WHITE YELLOW COWON A3... - Page 20 Timer Rec mode is for scheduled recordings. It can schedule multiple recordings simultaneously. Select “Record” -> “Timer Rec” Press the “A” button to display the record setting window. A3 will automatically power itself on and start recording at the specified time. COWON A3...
- Page 21 - Setup -> Display -> AV Out -> choose “Composite” - Make sure the connection cable is connected properly. - Ensure the input jack and input channel are the same. (If connected to external input 1, must be set to external channel 1 for properly operation.) COWON A3...
- Page 22 - Ensure the input jack and input channel are the same. (If connected to external input 1, must be set to external channel 1 for properly operation.) - If external AV device does not support Component(p), select Component(i). COWON A3...
- 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. COWON A3...
- Page 24 Repeat Browser Resume Screen Aspect Ratio Alarm Alarm Mode TV Type Wakeup Time Subtitle Subtitle Size Duration Subtitle Color Recurring Mode Music Player General Boundary Power Sleep Timer Repeat LCD Off Shuffle System Off Playback Speed Power Save COWON A3...
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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. COWON A3... -
Page 26: Sound
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. COWON A3... -
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. COWON A3... -
Page 28: Information
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. • Time Display Sets the time display of playing music files. -
Page 29: Radio
• Mic. Volume 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. COWON A3... - Page 30 When recording Radio, set the channel of the recording file. • Mic. Quality Set the quality of the file recorded with the built-in microphone. Higher the bps is better the quality of recordings, but the size of the file becomes larger and more battery power is used. COWON A3...
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Page 31: System
When the player is in a halt and no action is taken after the specified time period has elapsed, this feature will automatically turn off the player. 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. COWON A3... -
Page 32: Product Details
OS : Windows Vista/ XP / 2000 / ME RAM : 128MB or more CD-ROM Drive PC environment 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... - Page 33 Subtitle color may be changed by Color Tag support. Note4 Video: WMV9, QVGA, 30fps, LCD 5, volume 20 Earphone out. Note5 OGG Vorbis, FLAC, MusePack, WavPack : Play up to maximum level. Note6 COWON A3 APE : Play up to C2000 (Normal) level.
- Page 34 Audio Recording File Format FLAC, WMA Note1 (Line-in) Audio Resolution Max 48KHz, FLAC Lossless / WMA 192Kbps Mic. Radio Recording File format Audio resolution Max 48KHz, 192Kbps FLAC (Free Lossless Audio CODEC) supported for lossless audio recording. Note1 COWON A3...
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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 5. After checking the target folder location to save the converted files and other settings, click on “Start” to start the video conversion process. - Movie files that have not been converted by COWON MediaCenter - JatAudio will not play in iAUDIO. - Make sure that the movie files play properly on the PC.
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Page 37: Troubleshooting
WON.com) for the latest version of Firmware. and unit does not start after formatting. If system folder was deleted, please visit our website (http://www.COWON.com) and download the latest firmware and System doesn’t respond upgrade before use. because system folder was deleted. - Page 38 Symptom Explanation Play the file on your PC. If the file plays on your PC, please use the COWON Media center- JatAudio to convert the Video playback doesn’t work file to an A3 compatible format and play the file on A3.
- 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.