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- Page 1 User’s Guide ver. 1.0 EN...
- Page 2 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 Media Center - File conversion using jetAudio Troubleshooting COWON A3... -
Page 5: Before Using This Product
• Keep the player away from magnets and direct magnetic fields, as they can 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
Before Using this Product 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... -
Page 8: Names Of Parts
Before Using this Product Names of Parts LEFT FRONT RIGHT BOTTOM COWON A3... -
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
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
Before Using this Product Saving Files and Disconnecting A3 1. Launch COWON Mediacenter - JetAudio/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
Basic Features 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
• 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
Advanced Features 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
Press the “A” button in preset mode to delete a saved frequency. 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 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. 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. Note3 Video: WMV9, QVGA, 30fps, LCD 5, volume 20 Earphone out. Note4 OGG Vorbis, FLAC, MusePack, WavPack : Play up to maximum level. Note5 APE : Play up to C2000 (Normal) level. COWON A3...
- 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
Installation CD The installation CD contains the world famous integrated multimedia program COWON Mediacenter- jetAudio. A3 software, multimedia sample files are also included in the CD. Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio 1. Install and run the COWON Mediacenter - jetAudio. - 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 - JetAudio will not play in iAUDIO. - Make sure that the movie files play properly on the PC.
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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 Symptom Explanation Play the file on your PC. If the file plays on your PC, please use the COWON Media center- jetAudio to convert the file Video playback doesn’t work 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.
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