User’s Guide Creative MuVo V200 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd.
Contents
Before You Begin Introduction ................................................................................... v Minimum System Requirements ................................................. v 1 A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance ........................................................... Using the Scroller ..................................................................... Scroll Select .................................................................. Selecting menu options ..............
Audio and FM Recording .......................................................... 3-9 Recording Audio ........................................................... 3-9 Recording FM Radio ................................................... 3-10 Playing Recordings ................................................................ 3-11 Play Modes ............................................................................. 3-12 Repeat track ...............................................................
Playback Formats ............................................. Recording Formats ........................................... Signal to Noise Ratio ........................................ Channel Separation .......................................... Frequency Response ........................................ Harmonic Distortion .......................................... Operating System/Firmware ............................. Headphone Out ................................................ LCD Display ........
Before You Begin
Before You Begin Introduction Thank you for purchasing Creative’s new multi-format player, Creative MuVo® V200! Your player can store thousands of songs in its music library, and comes equipped with an USB 2.0™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. Your player supports WMA files protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology.
A Tour of Your Player
A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Battery module Earphone jack Scroller Play/Pause button Microphone USB Flash Drive Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) USB connector Front View Side View A Tour of Your Player 1-1
Using the Scroller Scroll Select To "Scroll Select", use the Scroller to scroll to the option you want, and select the option by pressing the Scroller. Selecting menu options The Scroller is one of the most important features of your player. In this document, we will use the term, “Scroll Select”, to mean that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options, and then select the option by pressing the Scroller.
Button What It Does Usage Tips ❍ PLAY/PAUSE ❍ ❍ ❍ Turns the player on and off. Activates the LCD backlight. Starts, pauses or continues playback. ❍ Increases the volume. ❍ Decreases the volume. To turn on your player, press and hold until the MuVo V200 logo appears on the screen. ❍ To turn off your player, press and hold until the Power off message appears. ❍ When your player is locked, press to turn on the LCD backlight. VOLUME INCREASE ❍ Press and hold to increase the volume quickly.
Getting Started
Getting Started Step 1: Setting Up Your Computer Windows 98 SE users must install the drivers to transfer tracks or files to the player. To set up your player, Windows 2000 and Windows XP users must log in as the computer administrator. For more information, refer to your operating system’s online Help. Your player comes with drivers for Windows 98 SE, together with software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and use your player.
7. Connect your player to your computer. a Your computer’s USB port may be located on the back panel. If your USB Flash Drive does not fit into the USB port located on the front panel, connect it to the USB port located on the back panel. Do not press the buttons on your USB Flash Drive while connecting it to your computer.
Step 2: Inserting the Battery a b c Getting Started 2-3
Power Source and Level Indicators The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, volume level used). For more information, see "Usage" on page C-2. After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status.
Step 3: Transferring Audio and Data If you wish to download additional music tracks to your player, you can either download music tracks from Internet music sites (see "Downloading from the internet" on page 2-6) or rip them from your audio CDs to create digital files on your computer. For more information, see "Ripping From A CD" on page 2-7. Music files can be encoded into the supported formats (MP3 or WMA file formats), then transferred to your player with Creative MediaSource Organizer.
Downloading from the internet To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can use your player to download audio files from all the major Internet music download services. ❍ It may be illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permission of the copyright holder(s). Walmart.com http://www.music downloads.walmart.com ❍ Buy.com ❍ Epitonic.com http://www.buy.com ❍ Bestbuy.com ❍ Soundbuzz.com http://www.
Ripping From A CD To get music tracks from your CDs to your player, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and Creative MediaSource Organizer. Creative MediaSource Organizer will read the audio information on your CD and convert it to MP3 files using the bitrate you choose. Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD information from CDDB before ripping tracks. Change the default ripping format and bitrate for higher or lower quality audio.
Step 4: Stopping Your Player Properly To stop your player in Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows Me Click the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Taskbar, click Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device, and disconnect your player when you are prompted to do so. To stop your player in Windows 98 SE In Windows Explorer, right-click the Removable Disk icon, click the Eject option, and disconnect your player when you are prompted to do so.
Using Your Player
Using Your Player Your player can function in Music or Recordings mode. In Music mode, only MP3 or WMA files are played back and in Recordings mode, only microphone and FM radio recordings that are recorded by the player, are played back. To switch between modes, see "Enabling a Mode" on page 3-2. Your player also has Play Modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. For more information, see "Play Modes" on page 3-12.
Enabling a Mode Your player can function in Music or Recording mode.Different modes enable you to select different functions. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 3-1) appears. 2. Scroll Select the Music icon or Recordings Figure 3-1 icon . Playing Audio Tracks To add audio tracks to your player, see "Step 3: Transferring Audio and Data" on page 2-5. Follow these steps to play audio tracks. Audio tracks are sorted in alphanumeric order. 1.
Deleting Audio Tracks This action permanently deletes tracks from your player. To delete a track 1. In Music mode, select the track that you want to delete. 2. Press the Scroller. 3. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure 3-2). A list appears. Figure 3-2 4. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure 3-3). The track’s name appears on the screen and the track is permanently deleted from your player. Figure 3-3 Managing Audio Tracks For more information about using Creative MediaSource, refer to its online Help.
Skipping Folders Your player can only recognize up to one sub folder level in the root directory. Listening to FM Radio This action skips the playback to a selected folder. To go to the next folder 1. 2. 3. 4. Press the Scroller. Scroll Select the Skip Folder icon (Figure 3-4). Scroll to the folder that you want to go to. To resume normal playback, press the Scroller again. Figure 3-4 With your player, you can listen to your favorite radio station.
To change the FM region Only two FM regions are available — International and Japan. Perform these steps when scanning for stations for the first time. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 3-6) appears. Figure 3-6 2. Scroll Select the Settings icon (Figure 3-7). A list appears. Figure 3-7 3. Scroll Select the FM Region icon (Figure 3-8). A list appears. 4. Scroll Select the region that you are in. Figure 3-8 To perform an autoscan and autosave 1. Connect your earphones to the earphone jack.
To manually set a preset channel 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 3-13 appears. Figure 3-13 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 3-14). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 3-15). Figure 3-14 3. If you see a preset channel, press the Play/ 4. Turn the Scroller towards the right to increase the frequency or towards the left to decrease the frequency. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pause button to switch to Manual Scan view. The preset channel disappears.
To select a channel 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 3-17 appears. Figure 3-17 2. Scroll Select the FM Radio icon (Figure 3-18). A radio frequency appears on the LCD screen (Figure 3-19). Figure 3-18 If you do not see a preset channel, press the Play/Pause button. 3. Turn the Scroller to select the preset channel you want. To delete a preset channel Figure 3-19 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu similar to Figure 3-20 appears. Figure 3-20 2.
5. Scroll Select the Delete Preset icon (Figure 3-23). Figure 3-23 6. Scroll Select the Delete Preset x icon (Figure 3-24). The preset channel is deleted and your player plays the next available preset channel. Figure 3-24 To switch to FM Preset view or Manual Scan view In FM Preset view, you can see the preset channels and scroll from one preset channel to another. If you need to fine-tune the radio channel, switch to Manual Scan view. 1. Press the Scroller.
Audio and FM Recording Another great MuVo V200 feature is its ablility to record audio and FM radio. Recorded audio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) file format and recorded FM radio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 16 kHz, 4-bit, Stereo) file format.
Recording FM Radio When recording FM radio, you will see one bar showing you the time available for recording, and another showing you the elapsed recording time. Also the FM Radio icon appears in the bottom-left corner of the LCD screen. Elapsed recording time You cannot pause and continue a FM radio recording.
6. Press the Play/Pause button to end the recording. A name is automatically assigned to your FM radio recording and the file is saved in your player. The naming convention typically used is: FM [Current File Number]. Playing Recordings It is simple to play back the audio and FM Radio tracks you have recorded. In Recordings mode, your player will display the elapsed time, track number and file name of the recorded track.
Play Modes Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. Play Modes are disabled by setting the “Normal” mode as described on page 15. The following Play Modes are available: Only one Play Mode can be enabled at a time. ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ A-B Repeat Track Repeat All Repeat Folder Track Once Shuffle Repeat Shuffle Once Shuffle Folder Normal To enter Play Mode 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 3-38) appears. Figure 3-38 2.
Repeat track To repeat a track Scroll Select the Repeat Track icon . The Repeat Track icon appears on the screen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it or go to another track. Repeat Folder To repeat a folder Scroll Select the Repeat Folder icon Repeat Folder Mode is only available in Music mode. Repeat All The Repeat Folder icon appears on the screen and tracks in the current folder are repeated continuously until you stop them or go to another folder.
Repeat Portion To repeat a portion of a track 1. Scroll Select the A-B icon . The icon appears, prompting you to select a start point for the portion of music to repeat. 2. Press the Scroller to mark the begining of the portion you wish to repeat. The icon appears, prompting you to select an end point for the repeat function. 3. Press the Scroller again, to mark the end point of the portion of music to repeat. The marked portion of music is played back repeatedly. 4.
Shuffle Repeat To Shuffle Repeat all tracks continuously Scroll Select the Shuffle Repeat icon. The Shuffle Repeat icon appears on the screen. Selected tracks are in random sequence and played back continuously until you stop playback. Track Once To stop playback once the current track ends Scroll Select the Track Once icon. The Track Once icon on the screen. Playback stops once the track ends. Normal appears To play all tracks, from the first track to the last Scroll Select the Normal icon.
Enhancing Audio Enhancing Audio EQ settings are only available in Music mode. EQ is a collection of equalizer settings that can enhance the sound of your audio. Select preset settings such as Rock or Jazz, or customize your own setting. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 3-40) appears. Figure 3-40 2. Scroll Select the EQ icon (Figure 3-41). 3.
Defining Custom EQ 1. Scroll Select the Custom EQ icon. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 3-42) appears. 2. Five vertical control levers appears in the display. Each lever represents successively higher Figure 3-42 frequencies that can be controlled. 62 Hz controls bass frequency, 250 Hz adjusts the low mid-range frequency, 1 kHz adjusts the mid-range frequency, 4 kHz adjusts the upper mid-range frequency and 16 kHz adjusts the treble frequency. 3. Scroll Select each vertical control level.
Setting Preferences Settings Settings is a collection of options that enable you to adjust your preferences. You can adjust preset display settings such as Contrast or Backlight, change your player’s default language and view useful information such as available memory space. 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Settings icon (Figure 3-43). A list appears (Figure 3-44).
To rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees Your player has a handy feature: you can rotate the LCD screen by 180 degrees. This may be useful for left-handed users. Follow the step below to rotate the LCD screen on your player. Using your left hand Using your right hand Scroll Select the LCD Orientation icon . The LCD screen rotates 180 degrees (Figure 3-46). To adjust the screen backlight duration Figure 3-46 1. Scroll Select the Backlight icon. 2. Scroll Select the backlight duration or disable it.
To specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down 1. Scroll Select the Idle Shutdown icon. 2. Scroll Select the duration you want the player to wait before automatically shutting down. To change the default language 1. Scroll Select the Language icon. 2. Scroll Select the language that you want. To view firmware version, total storage space, remaining available space and track count 1. Scroll Select the Information icon.
Locking and unlocking your Player Locking your player will disable all buttons except the Scroller on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Play/Pause) pressed accidentally. If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears, prompting you to unlock the player. This window is only displayed for five seconds. To lock your player 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Lock icon (Figure 3-47). The player is locked.
Formatting Your Player Windows 98 SE users must install the MuVo V200 drivers before formatting the player. For more information on driver installation, see "Step 3: Transferring Audio and Data" on page 25". Windows 2000 and Windows XP users must select the FAT or FAT 16 option in the Format F:\ dialog box before formatting the player. If you need to format your player, first backup the files on your player to your computer. When you format your player, all songs and files will be deleted.
Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications Size ❑ 36.50 mm (L) x 74.50 mm (H) x 15.00 mm (W) Weight ❑ 33 g (without the battery) or 45 g (with a AAA battery) Capacity ❑ 128, 256 or 512 MB built-in memory Battery type ❑ One Alkaline AAA size battery Battery Life (playback time) ❑ MP3 128 kbps, up to 15 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkaline batteries. ❑ WMA 64 kbps, up to 11 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkaline batteries. Playback Formats ❑ MP3 (at 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.
Channel Separation ❑ Up to 63 dB Frequency Response ❑ 20 Hz~20000 Hz Harmonic Distortion ❑ <0.05% Operating System/ Firmware ❑ Upgradeable via Internet Headphone Out ❑ 1/8" stereo minijack, 5~7 mW LCD Display ❑ Large 96 x 32 pixel, blue EL backlit display Data Connector ❑ USB 1.1 ❑ USB 2.0 Firmware Support* ❑ Programmable * Firmware upgrades are available from www.creative.
Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide
Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams Diagram Action/Meaning ❍ your player is connected to your computer. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. ❍ files are being transferred to your player.
Playback Icons Icon The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used.
Play Mode Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat Folder ❍ Repeat All ❍ Shuffle Once ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍ Track Once ❍ Repeats a selected section of a track Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3
Error Diagrams If an error occurs, you may see the following diagram, indicating the general nature of the problem.
Diagram Likely Causes ❍ check that the file you are trying to play back is a WMA, MP3 or recorded voice file the player’s low remaining storage space is depleted; recording cannot proceed ❍ delete some files battery is depleted, player cannot start up ❍ insert a new battery ❍ unsupported file format ❍ ❍ Suggested Action Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-5
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions This section covers questions you might have while using your player. It has been divided into a few categories for your easy reference. For further assistance, you may wish to consult our self-help tool “Knowledge Base”. Go to www.creative.com and select your region. AutoPlay To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu 1. Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop or Windows Start menu. 2.
Usage I have to change the battery quite often. Is there anything I can do to make it last longer? Some operations consume more battery power: ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ a long backlight timeout setting. A shorter timeout conserves battery power. a high contrast setting. Position the player so that you can read the display without using a high contrast setting. too much moving ahead or moving back within a track. turning the player on/off too many times. use of passive speakers or high-powered headphones.
Digital Rights Management Can I play DRM-protected WMA files on my player? Yes. To transfer DRM protected WMA files to your player, you can use Creative MediaSource.
