User’s Guide Creative NOMAD MuVo NX 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
Contents Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player .............................................................................. i Introduction Before You Begin Package Contents ..................................................................................... i Software Included ...................................................................................... i Creative Media Detector ....................................................................... i Creative MediaSource ....
2 Getting Started Inserting the Battery ............................................................................. Power Source and Level Indicators ................................................. Installing Drivers and Software ............................................................. Connecting the USB Flash Drive to your Computer ............................. 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading from the internet ...........................................................
User Preferences ............................................................................... Locking and unlocking your Player ..................................................... Using MuVo Initializer ......................................................................... Media Recovery mode ....................................................................... 4-12 4-15 4-16 4-17 A Technical Specifications Size ....................................................................................
B Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams ........................................................................... Playback Icons ..................................................................................... Play Mode Icons ................................................................................... Error Diagrams ..................................................................................... B-1 B-2 B-3 B-4 C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting AutoPlay ...
Safety and Handling Instructions
Safety and Handling Instructions Caring For Your Player While your player is quite robust, observing these handling procedures will prolong its life. Do not store or use in areas exceeding 45ºC or 113ºF. Do not subject to excessive force or impact. Do not expose to heat or incinerate. Keep away from excessive moisture. Keep away from strong magnetic fields. Do not dismantle.
Introduction
Introduction Congratulations on making an excellent decision in purchasing the Creative NOMAD MuVo NX! Your new multi-format portable player allows you to store songs in the player’s music library and also comes equipped with an USB 1.1™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. Your player also supports Advanced EQ features for audio enhancement. Your portable digital audio player supports multiple audio file formats, including MP3 and WMA.
Before You Begin
Before You Begin Package Contents ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ The package contents listed here may differ from country to country.
Creative MediaSource Creative MediaSource includes several components like the Player and Organizer. For more information and usage details on Creative MediaSource, refer to its online Help. Creative MediaSource Player Creative MediaSource Player is the only software you will need for music and multimedia entertainment. Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player is specially designed to access the power of NOMAD MuVo NX’s hardware.
Minimum System Requirements ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ The software applications on the installation CD may have higher requirements for basic functionality. Refer to each application’s documentation for details ❍ ❍ ❍ Microsoft® Windows® 98 Second Edition (SE), Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows XP Intel® Pentium® II 350 MHz, AMD® K6-2® 450 MHz or better processor (Pentium III 450 MHz or higher recommended for MP3 encoding) CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support USB 1.
Document Conventions We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you: Tip. This tells you about shortcuts or hints relating to a feature. Note. This highlights additional or important information about a feature. Caution! This highlights proper usage of your player. Use this information to avoid situations involving risk. Warning! This warns you of possible hazards to yourself or your player, which may result in injury or damage.
Web Information Visit www.NOMADworld.com regularly for information on: ❍ firmware updates ❍ NOMAD accessories ❍ tips and tricks ❍ FAQs ❍ troubleshooting ❍ documentation updates ❍ software updates or purchases ❍ technologies used in your player ❍ an online glossary Online Registration Register your products at www.creative.com/register or through the registration program in the installation CD to enjoy a host of benefits such as: ❍ Service and Product support from Creative.
1 A Tour of Your Player
A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Headphones connector connects to your headphones Play/Pause button Scroller Microphone Volume Increase button Volume Decrease button LCD screen Front View Side View A Tour of Your Player 1-1
Button PLAY/PAUSE What It Does Usage Tips press and hold until player turns on or off ❍ when your player is locked, press to turn LCD backlight on ❍ ❍ ❍ turns the player on and off activates LCD backlight starts, pauses or continues playback ❍ ❍ increases the volume ❍ press and hold to increase the volume quickly ❍ decreases the volume ❍ press and hold to decrease the volume quickly VOLUME INCREASE VOLUME DECREASE during playback, turn the Scroller to go to the previous or next track.
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. The Scroller is one of the most important features of your NOMAD MuVo NX. In this document, we will use a new term, “Scroll Select”, to indicate that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options and then select the option by pressing the Scroller.
2 Getting Started
Getting Started Inserting the Battery a b c Getting Started 2-1
Power Source and Level Indicators The amount of playback time available depends on various factors (for example, type of headphones used). For more information, see "Usage" on page C-3. After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status.
Installing Drivers and Software Windows 98 SE/Me users must install the drivers to transfer tracks or files to the player. Your NOMAD MuVo NX comes with drivers for Windows 98 SE/Me and software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and use your player. 1. Make sure that your player is not connected to your computer. 2. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically.
Connecting the USB Flash Drive to your Computer You are now ready to connect your player to your computer. Your NOMAD MuVo NX comes with a USB 1.1 port for data transfers to and from your computer. Be sure that you have installed Creative MediaSource before connecting your player. To transfer audio or data files to your player, refer to "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. a DO NOT connect more than one USB Flash drive at a time to your computer.
3 Transferring Tracks or Files
Transferring Tracks or Files Creative MediaSource is included on your installation CD (see "Installing Drivers and Software" on page 2-3). To listen to transferred audio tracks, your player must be in Music mode. For more information, refer to "Using Your Player" on page 4-1. Creative MediaSource is the best way to organize and transfer audio to and from your player.
Downloading from the internet To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are correct at the time of this document’s release): ❍ NOMADWorld ❍ http://www.NOMADworld.com ❍ It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permission of the copyright holder(s). SoundClick.com http://www.amp3.com ❍ http://www.soundclick.com ❍ Epitonic.com http://www.epitonic.
Creative MediaSource Only basic instructions on how to use MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter— extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource Help file. Transferring Tracks or Files With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. Using Creative MediaSource You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications. 1.
Editing audio track information You may need to edit track information when the information is incomplete or wrong. To edit information about a track You can only edit tracks that are in your computer. 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. In the Content window, locate the track you want to edit, and right-click it. 3. Select the Edit Track Properties option. 4. Enter the new information. 5. Click the OK button.
Ripping Audio CD Tracks 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. See MediaSource’s Help file for details The first phase in making an MP3 file is extracting audio data from an audio CD. To extract audio data, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and a program known as a Ripper.
To rip a CD 1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 3. In the Sources window, select [E:] Audio CD (where E: represents your CD-ROM drive). 4. In the Task bar, click the Rip Now button. To rip tracks from an audio CD 5. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 6. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 7.
4 Using Your Player
Using Your Player Your player can function in Music or Voice mode. In Music mode, only .MP3 or .WMA files are played back and in Voice mode, only recorded voice files are played back. To switch between modes, see "Music Playback" on page 4-2. 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 4-4.
Music Playback To add audio tracks to your player, see "Transferring Tracks or Files" on page 3-3. If you are in Voice mode and the Voice Mode icon do the following to return to Music mode. appears onscreen, To enable Music mode 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-1) appears. Figure 4-1 2. Scroll Select the Music icon (Figure 4-2). Figure 4-2 If you are in Music mode and the Music Mode icon the following to return to Voice mode. appears onscreen, do To enable Voice mode 1.
Playing music tracks Follow these steps to play music tracks. 1. Press the Play/Pause button for a few seconds. The Creative MuVo NX logo appears onscreen, music tracks stored in your player are automatically played back. Play Mode Icon Elapsed time Battery Level Indicator Play Status Icon EQ Setting Icon Track Title To pause a track Press the Play/Pause button . To stop a track Press the Play/Pause button Scroller forward. The Stop icon to pause the track, and then push the appears onscreen.
Play Modes Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your tracks are played back. 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 Shuffle Folder Normal Play Modes are disabled by enabling the “Normal” mode as described in "Normal mode" on page 4-7. Repeating music You can choose to repeat a track, folder, all tracks or a portion of a track. 1.
To repeat a track in the Playing List Scroll Select the Repeat Track icon. The Repeat Track icon appears onscreen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it or skip to another folder. To repeat a folder Scroll Select the Repeat Folder icon. Repeat Folder Mode is only available in Music mode. The Repeat Folder icon appears onscreen and tracks in the current folder is repeated continuously until you stop it or skip to another folder. To repeat all tracks Scroll Select the Repeat All icon.
Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used to shuffle a track/folder once or to repeatedly shuffle all tracks continously. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-7) appears. Figure 4-7 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears (Figure 4-8). Figure 4-8 Depending on which mode you want, follow the corresponding step: To Shuffle all tracks once Scroll Select the Shuffle icon. The Shuffle icon appears onscreen and a track is selected at random and played back.
To Shuffle Repeat all tracks continuously Scroll Select the Shuffle Repeat icon. The Shuffle Repeat icon appears onscreen and tracks are selected at random and played back continuously until you stop playback. Playing a track once When the Track Once Play Mode is enabled, playback stops once the current track ends. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-9) appears. Figure 4-9 2. Scroll Select the Play Mode icon. A list appears. 3. Scroll Select the Track Once icon (Figure 4-10).
Voice Recording A great NOMAD MuVo NX feature is its ability to record audio. Recorded audio is encoded directly into IMA ADPCM (at 8 kHz, 4-bit, Mono) file format. When recording, note that the available recording time is determined by: ❍ ❍ available hard disk space in your player battery power remaining in your player When recording, you will see a bar showing you the time available for recording. You will also see another bar showing you the elapsed recording time.
EQ Settings Enhancing Your Music Your player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EQ settings. EQ settings available in your player include: Normal Rock Pop ❍ Classical ❍ Jazz ❍ Custom ❍ ❍ ❍ You can use EQ settings with your currently playing audio. This simple process is described in the following instructions. 1. Press the Scroller. The Main Menu (Figure 4-14) appears. Figure 4-14 2. Scroll Select the EQ Setting icon (Figure 4-15).
To define your own EQ settings 1. Scroll Select the Custom icon. The Custom EQ screen (Figure 4-16) appears. 2. Five vertical control levers will appear in the display. Each lever represents successively higher Figure 4-16 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.
Deleting Tracks This action permanently deletes tracks from your NOMAD MuVo NX. To delete a track 1. In Music mode, go to the track that you want to delete. 2. Press the Scroller. 3. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure 4-18). A list appears. Figure 4-18 4. Scroll Select the Delete icon (Figure 4-19). The track’s name appears onscreen and the track is permanently deleted from your player.
User Preferences These features are only available in Music Mode. Your player offers many configuration options. You can ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ rotate the LCD screen specify contrast settings change the LCD screen’s backlight duration specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down select the default language access the information screen 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Setting icon (Figure 4-20). A list appears (Figure 4-21).
To rotate the LCD screen 180 degrees Left-handed users may find this feature useful as shown below: Using your left hand Using your right hand Scroll Select the Rotate 180 icon. The LCD screen rotates 180 degrees (Figure 4-22). Figure 4-22 To set the contrast level for your player’s screen 1. Scroll Select the Contrast icon. The Contrast screen (Figure 4-23) appears. 2. Use the Scroller to increase or decrease the LCD contrast. The lower the number, the lower the LCD contrast.
To adjust the screen backlight duration 1. Scroll Select the Backlight icon. 2. Scroll Select the backlight duration or disable it. A lower number setting conserves battery power for longer playback time. To specify how long the player remains inactive before it automatically shuts down 1. Scroll Select the Idle Shutdown icon. A list appears. 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.
Locking and unlocking your Player Locking your NOMAD MuVo NX will disable all buttons on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Pause) pressed accidentally. If you press a button while the player is locked, a popup window appears for you to unlock the player. This popup disappears if you don’t use the Scroller to make a selection after five seconds. To lock your player 1. Press the Scroller. 2. Scroll Select the Lock icon (Figure 4-24). 3.
Using MuVo Initializer You may at times need to clear your player's memory during normal use. The MuVo Initializer application allows you to easily clear your player's memory for the efficient transfer, storage and playback of music files. To clear your player’s memory DO NOT use the Windows format command on your player. If you do, your player will not be able to play back music files. Use Only the MuVo Initializer application to clear your player’s memory. 1.
Media Recovery Mode If the New Hardware Found dialog box appears, ignore it and wait at least 60 seconds for the hardware to be detected. Media Recovery mode allows you to format your player. If you have difficulties formatting your player in normal mode, format it in Media Recovery mode. To format your player in Media Recovery mode 1. While holding down the Play button, insert the USB Flash Dive into your computer’s USB port. Wait at least 10 seconds before releasing the Play button. 2.
A Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications Size ❑ 36.7 mm (L) x 74.0 mm (H) x 16.0 mm (W) Weight ❑ 31.5 g (without the battery) or 43 g (with a AAA battery) Capacity ❑ 128/256 MB built-in memory Battery type ❑ One Alkaline AAA size battery Battery Life (playback time)* ❑ MP3 128 kbps, up to 11 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkaline atteries. ❑ WMA 64 kbps, up to 9 hours of continuous playback from new AAA alkalinebatteries. Interface ❑ USB 1.1 Playback Formats ❑ MP3 (at 8, 11.025, 12, 16, 22.
Signal to Noise Ratio ❑ >90 dB (Headphones) Channel Separation ❑ >63 dB (Headphones) THD ❑ 0.05% 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 (Wide, Narrow, Front only) LCD Display ❑ Large 96 x 32 pixel, blue EL backlit display Data Connector ❑ USB 1.1 Firmware Support** ❑ Upgradeable ** Firmware upgrades are available from www.NOMADworld.
B 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 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 ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Shuffle Folder ❍ Play Track Once ❍ A-B 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 Suggested Action ❍ player’s hard disk space is running low ❍ delete some files ❍ battery is too depleted, player cannot start up ❍ insert a new battery Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-5
C Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting
FAQs and Troubleshooting AutoPlay What do I do when the installation does not start automatically after the Installation CD is inserted? The AutoPlay feature in your Windows system may not be enabled. To start the installation program through the My Computer shortcut menu 1. On your Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon. 2. Right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then click AutoPlay. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions. To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification 4.
General Where can I get official information on all NOMAD products? Visit NOMADworld for updates and downloads relating to all NOMAD products, Creative’s MP3 players and accessories. Visit www.NOMADworld.com. Windows XP tells me that the software for the player is not certified. What do I do? At the time of this product's release, Microsoft strongly encouraged companies to submit their hardware solutions for certification.
Usage After playing a sequence of tracks, the player skips a track. The player will only play valid formats (.MP3, .WMA or .WAV recordings). Other types of files will be skipped. Files/tracks are corrupted when transferred to the player. Before removing the USB Flash Drive from your computer, wait at least 10 seconds after the file/track transfer is complete. The player turns off immediately after it is turned on. Do one or more of the following: clear your player’s memory.
❍ ❍ ❍ turning the player on/off too many times. use of passive speakers or high-powered headphones. playback of .
