Creative Nomad II MG User Guide On-line Version
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! " NOMAD II MG Software....................................................................................................................xi What’s New in NOMAD II MG?...........................................................................................xii System Requirements..........................................................................................................................
Step 5: Connect NOMAD II MG Player to PC ...................................................................................9 Step 6: Verify Installation of NOMAD II MG Driver.......................................................................10 Step 7: Listen to MP3 Music...............................................................................................................10 Step 8: Listen to FM Radio................................................................................................
Viewing Information...............................................................................................................20 Setting Time/Day ....................................................................................................................20 Setting Contrast .......................................................................................................................21 Setting Backlight on Interval ..........................................................................
0 / ( NOMAD II MG (DAP-6400)............................................................................................................35 1 0 2 / & !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*) * !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*3 What is MP3? ......................................................................................................................................
Your NOMAD II MG player is a digital audio player for the Internet generation. The NOMAD II MG is designed for the active user, with features that emphasize quick setup and mobility. It is equipped with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connection for faster transfer rates and hot-plugging connectivity, and SSFDC (Solid State Floppy Disk Card) compliant flash memory card support in all configurations. And,the NOMAD II MG features an FM tuner, MP3 playback, and voice recording capability.
-/ , 4 ❑ High-tech magnesium case ❑ Blue EL-backlit LCD for better viewing ❑ Play voice files at speeds up to 1.5 times faster or 0.
/ 7 & The minimum system requirements for NOMAD II MG are as follows: ❑ Mac® OS version 8.6 or higher ❑ iMac™, G3 or higher ❑ Internet connection for Internet content downloading or CDDB support (any charges incurred are the responsibility of the end-user) ❑ 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended) ❑ USB port ❑ USB Manager, version 1.
$ 1 Your NOMAD II MG Player includes the following items: NOMAD II MG Player Docking station High-quality stereo headphones Note: Your headphones may be different from those shown above. USB cable Your NOMAD II MG may not include the content CD containing MP3 music, depending on the region in which you purchased it.
( For the latest list of accessories, visit www.NOMADWorld.com 8 & 9 : ; USB cable AC adapter Docking station / While your NOMAD II MG Player is compatible with SSFDC flash memory cards, use Creative flash memory cards to ensure compatibility with your NOMAD II MG Player. 2 Your NOMAD II MG Flash memory card USB cable allows you to connect the Player directly to your PC without the docking station.
< Microphone 5 LCD Flash memory card slot Flash memory card eject lever Docking station connector Battery case Your NOMAD II MG 3
5 &/ = • • • • Volume + • Power Off (press and hold) • Stop • Cancel (menu) Volume - Mode Select • • • • • • Skip track forward • Scan frequency forward (press and hold) • Navigate right/down (menu) Repeat 1 Repeat all Repeat random None EAX • Mark segment of track to be repeated • Store FM presets • Skip track reverse • Scan frequency reverse (press and hold) • Navigate left/up (menu) • Record • Erase Lock switch: Locks the buttons on the Player 0 ( Headphone jack NOTE: The jack is wired
8 & Connector Battery status DC adapter jack < 1 USB port 5 The status of the Player’s batteries is indicated by the light on the front panel of the Docking Station: • Red (constant or blinking): Battery is being charged Fully recharging the battery can take up to three hours; for example, if half charged, a full charge requires approximately 90 minutes.
' & / 8 & To place the Player in the Docking Station: 1. Press the Player down onto the connector of the Docking Station. You will feel a click when the Player sits snugly in the Docking Station. Do not force the Player down. To remove the Player from the Docking Station: 1. Hold the Player as shown in the figure to the right. Pull the Player up and away from the connector.
& '( $ 2 Your NOMAD II MG Player’s internal memory contains a “Welcome to NOMAD” MP3 song. Follow the steps below to get started with your Creative NOMAD II MG Player and listen to the music. ( #> 1 To insert the batteries: 1. Use your thumb to slide down the battery compartment cover. 2. Insert the batteries as shown in the diagram on the bottom of the battery compartment. 3. Replace the battery compartment cover.
( *> 7 (/ / Connect your headphones to the player as shown to the right. ( +> , There are separate software installation procedures for Windows and the Macintosh OS. - , To install the Creative NOMAD II MG software in Windows: 1. Insert the Creative NOMAD II installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the Setup program does not run automatically, continue with step 2. If the Setup program runs automatically, skip to step 4. 2.
/ ( .> To install the Creative NOMAD II MG software in the Macintosh OS: 1. Insert the SoundJam MP CD-ROM into your drive. 2. When the SoundJam window opens automatically, double-click the SoundJam MP Installer program. 3. If you want to install SoundJam on a hard disk other than the startup disk, click the Switch Disk button in the Installer window. Otherwise, click the Install button. 4.
( ?> @ To check the driver installation in Windows: 1. Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, select Settings, and click on Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the System icon. 3. On the System Properties dialog, click the Device Manager tab. 4. On the Device Manager tab page, double-click Universal Serial Bus controllers, and then check that Creative NOMAD II MG is present as shown in the figure to the right.
' & $ , Flash memory card Repeat Segment Battery Repeat Random Track Voice mode FM radio mode B << Repeat 1/ALL Lock Music mode , 3 Settings mode 1. Press the PLAY button to turn on the power. A message “Digital Audio in Style” appears. The Player then displays the mode that was being used when it was turned off. 2. To turn off the power, press and hold the STOP button for more than one second. The message “Shutting down” appears on the LCD.
= 8 The Lock switch must be Off (Up position) before you can use the Player’s controls. = Lock icon To lock the Player’s buttons, slide the Lock switch downwards. & < NOMAD II MG is easily upgradable. Whenever new audio formats are available, they can be downloaded to your computer and programmed into the Player. For the latest information, visit www.NOMADWorld.com for any new releases. 12 To access Music mode, press the MODE button until the LCD.
/ & < , 1 8, To search in Stop mode: 1. Press the FORWARD button or REVERSE button to skip to the next or previous track. 5 ( & 2 8 To repeat a track: 1. Press the REPEAT button to select Repeat Current Track, Repeat All, or Repeat Random, which appear in order on the display. To cancel the Repeat command, press the REPEAT button until the Repeat indicator no longer appears on the display. 5 &/ To search in Playback mode: 1.
5 ( & To repeat a selected section of a track: 1. Press the A-B button while a track is playing to mark the start of a section you want to repeat; press the button again at the end of the section. The section plays continuously until cancelled. = To cancel the operation, press the A-B button again. The A-B indicator disappears from the LCD and the track continues playing from the point at which the section ended. ' & / C D C6 E To display the EAX Equalizer: 1.
C & * < To erase an MP3 from Player memory: 1. Press the MODE button to go to Music mode. 2. Select the desired track using the FORWARD or REVERSE button. 3. Press the ERASE button. A confirmation message appears on the LCD. Press the PLAY (Select) button to erase. 4. To cancel, press any button other than the PLAY button. 5. When the action is cancelled, the Player returns to Music mode. < 5 To access FM Radio: 1.
& < 5 You can change the radio sleep time in Settings mode. & < 5 To automatically preset FM radio stations: 1. Press and hold the A-B button. A message “Erase all and rescan?” appears on the LCD. 2. Press the PLAY button to rescan for FM radio stations. The player scans for stations and, when a station is found, prompts you to save to a Preset Channel. 3.
/ & / You can set up to 32 Preset Channels. To select a preset channel: 1. Press the PLAY button or the STOP button to go to the next or previous Preset Channel. The Preset Channels can be edited by using PlayCenter 2’s Settings option. For details, refer to Play Center 2’s online Help. 5 &/ - STEREO - MONO - None—no signal received Preset Channel Number 5 & 5 1 To record a radio broadcast: 1.
@ To access Voice mode, press the MODE button until the Mode icon recording appears in the LCD. 8 & @ 5 & To make a voice recording: 1. To start recording, press and hold the REC/ERASE button until the assigned file name appears on the display. By default, the recording is saved to the Player’s internal memory; if the internal memory is full, the recording is saved to the flash memory card. The file name, time elapsed, and the recording icon appear on the LCD. 2.
C & @ 5 & The track numbers are adjusted immediately when a track is added or removed. ' & 0 F & 2 8 The maximum playback speed is 1.5 times the recorded playback speed and the minimum speed is 0.5 times. To erase a voice recording: 1. Select a track using the FORWARD or REVERSE button. 2. After selecting a track, press the ERASE button. A confirmation message appears on the LCD. 3. Press the PLAY button to erase. 4.
& To access Settings mode, press the MODE button until the Settings icon appears in the blue oval. Two rows of icons appear in the LCD and is highlighted. & & & & To access the Settings icons: 1. Press the FORWARD button to navigate to the next icon on the right or below. Press the REVERSE button to navigate to the previous icon on the left or up. 2. Press the PLAY button to access the settings of the icon currently selected. 3.
& The maximum Contrast level is 30 and the minimum level is 0. & 1 8 &/ The maximum Backlight period is 10 seconds. The Player does not activate the Backlight if the duration is set to “Off”. To set the Contrast: 1. Navigate to the Contrast icon and then press the PLAY button. The Contrast setting appears with the level blinking. 2. Press the VOL + or VOL - buttons on the Player to increase or decrease the contrast level. 3.
& ' ( 0 Every press of the VOL + or VOL - increases or decreases the time by 15 minutes. The maximum time is 24 hours. The Player does not shut off if the duration is set to “Off”. Also, when in FM mode, the FM Sleep Timer setting overrides the Unit Sleep Timer setting. & < ( 0 22 Unit Sleep time is the period of inactivity before the Player turns off automatically. = 5 &/ = 5 &/ To set the Unit Sleep time: 1.
' & $ , - , 4 This chapter describes only the basic tasks available with PlayCenter 2. For more information, see the PlayCenter 2 Help file by clicking the question mark (?) on the PlayCenter 2; or click Start on the Taskbar, choose Programs, choose Creative, choose PlayCenter 2.0, and click on Creative PlayCenter 2.0 Help. % Creative PlayCenter 2 allows you to manage the contents on your NOMAD II MG: ❑ Play MP3 files on the NOMAD II MG.
To access help information: 1. On the PlayCenter 2, click the question mark (?) in the upper right corner. 2. On the Help screen, double-click the book icon to display additional topics. To change the PlayCenter 2 settings: 1. Click on the Settings button to display the Setting dialog. 2. Click on one of the tabs to display the dialog on which changes can be made to the PlayCenter 2: • PlayCenter 2: Selects modules (Audio CD, My Computer, NOMAD II MG, PC Music Library) to be displayed on either panel.
/ & & 8 The PlayCenter 2 display is excellent for managing and transferring files between your NOMAD II MG and your PC. However, the alternate skins provide a more user-friendly access to playing and listening to tracks while connected to the computer. To change the PlayCenter 2 skin: 1. On the PlayCenter 2 display, click the Settings button. 2. Click on the Change Skin tab. 3. On the Change Skin tab page, select the skin that appeals to you.
, & * < You must have MP3 files on your computer in order to download them to NOMAD II MG Player You can download MP3 files located on your computer to the NOMAD II MG Player. To download MP3 files: 1. Connect the Player to your computer. You may connect the Player to a USB port while the computer is running. 2.
& & < You can use the PlayCenter 2 to convert and transfer files between the NOMAD II MG and your computer, add or delete files, connect to the NOMAD web site, and upgrade the NOMAD II MG’s firmware. & 0 & < To convert CD audio tracks to MP3 on your hard disk drive: 1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click the Audio CD button to the left of the track list window. 3. Select the drive in which the CD was placed.
To copy files from your hard disk to the NOMAD II MG: 1. On the PC Music Library window, select the tracks to be uploaded to the NOMAD II MG. 2. Click the arrow button pointing to the NOMAD II MG window. The Transfer Queue scale at the bottom of the PC Music Library window displays the status of the transfer. To transfer files from the NOMAD II MG to your computer: 1. In the My Computer window, open the folder to which you want to copy the file from the Player. 2.
6. In the My Computer window, display a music library containing the track(s) you want to add to the play list. 7. Select the track(s) you want to add to the play list. 8. Click the left arrow button to add the track(s) to the play list. If the track(s) are located on your computer, they are copied to the NOMAD II MG. To create a play list on your computer: 1. Click the PC Music Library button on the PlayCenter 2 window. 2. Click Play Lists in the PC Music Library window. 3. Click New. 4.
& / - 2 To connect to the NOMAD web site: 1. Click on the Internet button on PlayCenter 2. Or, type the URL address (www.nomadworld.com) into your browser’s Location box and press the ENTER key. You must have a Internet service provider in order to make the Internet connection. '(& & < , To upgrade the NOMAD II MG: 1. Click on the Internet button on PlayCenter 2. Or, type the URL address (www.nomadworld.
' & , / / 5 SoundJam MP is the ultimate MP3 music center that can play MP3 files in any order. SoundJam can also: ❑ Display animated graphics. ❑ Change its look, “skin,” at your command. ❑ Play music CDs with visuals. ❑ Convert almost any kind of sound file, including those on your favorite CDs, into MP3 files that you can transfer to your NOMAD II MG. ❑ Download new MP3 files directly from the Internet with the built-in Web menu.
When SoundJam MP is installed on your Mac and the NOMAD II MG is correctly connected to your Mac, the main NOMAD screen appears and an entry for the NOMAD window is added to SoundJam’s Window menu. - - NOMAD II MG Logo: Click this logo to launch your Web browser and access the Creative Labs NOMAD Web site: www.nomadworld.com. It includes music downloads, information about the NOMAD hardware and accessories, and more.
( & Once SoundJam is properly installed on your hard disk drive, it is ready for you to run and enjoy. See “Installing the Software for Mac” on page 7 for installation instructions. The SoundJam control panel contains a volume slider, play and stop buttons, a counter, and other features. The illustration below identifies the controls most useful to you. To open SoundJam: 1. Double-click on the SoundJam MP icon to start the program.
& * There are several ways to convert music from a CD to MP3. The following instructions represent one of the preferred methods. To convert CD audio tracks to MP3 files: 1. Insert a CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. On the Window menu, choose Audio CD (or the name of the CD). 3. Click the name of a track that you want to convert to MP3. 4. Click Add to Converter. 5.
A 0 / ( : F?+GG; Size (W x H x D)/ Weight ❑ 58 x 90 x 18 mm / 77.
Maximum Output ❑ 5-7 mW Harmonic Distortion Output ❑ 0.05% at 1 khz with 32 ohm load EAX™ ❑ Five presets and one user setting: bass and treble control Audio Codec support ❑ MPEG Audio Layer 3 (MP3) and future formats* Firmware ❑ Flash based. User upgradable* SDMI Compliance ❑ Hardware ready* FM ❑ 87.5 to 108mhz Voice Recording ❑ G721 ADPCM encoding at 32kbps. Up to four hours recording on internal memory and 64MB SmartMedia.
0 2 / & B My NOMAD II MG Player is not detected automatically when I connect it to my computer (either through the Docking Station or directly through the optional USB cable). Your Player may not be connected correctly to the computer. Check the connections between the Player and your computer (see“Step 5: Connect NOMAD II MG Player to PC” on page 9). I can’t successfully make a voice recording with the NOMAD II MG Player or My MP3 files don’t play.
The Player isn’t able to read the flash memory card formatted with Media Card reader/writer. NOMAD II MG only supports Solid State Floppy Disc Card (SSFDC) format (FAT12). Windows 98 detects the Media Card reader/writer as an external removable drive in Windows Explorer. You can only format the flash memory card into FAT16 format with the Media Card reader/writer and NOMAD II MG is unable to recognize the FAT16 format.
* -/ *4 C MP3 is an acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Layer 3—an audio data compression standard that can reduce the size of digital sound files by a 12:1 ratio with virtually no loss in quality. It is an efficient method of storing high-quality music or other audio content on your computer. MP3 files can be very small—compared to the size of a commercial CD audio file—yet retain high sound quality. MP3 files usually have the file name extension .
C & * It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the expressed and explicit permission of the copyright holder(s). The data extracted from an audio CD is usually in .WAV format. The encoder reads .WAV data and outputs MP3 data. These data are put into an MP3 file. MP3 encoding is the compressing of data by transforming it into the frequency domain.
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