User manual CREATIVE RHOMBA

[. . . ] User's Guide Creative Rhomba 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. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. [. . . ] Depending on the screen you are in, you can have different menu options. You can also choose options from a list. To "Scroll Select", use the Menu scroller to scroll to the option you want, and select the option by pressing the Menu scroller. A Tour of Your Player 1-4 2 Getting Started Getting Started Installing Software DO NOT connect your player to your computer before installing the software. The disc supports Windows Autoplay mode and starts running automatically. If not, you need to enable the Windows auto-insert notification feature for your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. Creative MediaSource and Windows 98 SE drivers (only if applicable) will be installed on your computer. When prompted, restart your computer. Windows 98 SE users must install the drivers to transfer tracks or files to the player. Windows Me/2000/XP users do not need to do so. To install the software, Windows 2000/XP users must log in as the computer administrator. For more information, refer to your operating system's online Help. Getting Started 2-1 Charging the Player 1. The player turns on and displays the battery level and the charging status of the player. Do not dismantle the built-in battery in this player. When connected using an external USB hub without an external power supply or a USB extension cable, the player may take more than 2 hours to charge. 3. For more information on battery indicators, see "Power Level Indicators" on page 2-3. Getting Started 2-2 Power Level Indicators When you turn on your player, the smaller LCD screen displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery's status. Icon What the icon means your player's battery is full your player's battery is 30% full Notes this battery icon shows that the battery is full charge the battery at the earliest opportunity when this icon blinks, it indicates that the battery is about to go flat in a few minutes, and that it requires a recharge Do not dismantle the built-in battery in this player. your player's battery is empty Getting Started 2-3 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Transferring Tracks or Files Creative MediaSource is included on your installation CD (see "Installing Software" on page 2-1). 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 organise and transfer audio to and from your player. This chapter includes basic instructions on using MediaSource to rip audio CDs, transfer tracks by manual selection and edit track information. 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 3-2) or have them "ripped" from audio CDs to your computer. Music files must, however, be encoded into the supported formats (MP3 or WMA), which can then be transferred to your player with Creative MediaSource Organiser. You may use also Windows Explorer to transfer audio and data files. Using Creative MediaSource, data files such as presentation or graphics files, can also be transferred to and stored in your player. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-1 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 AMP3. com http://www. amp3. 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. soundclick. com ArtistOne. com http://www. artistone. com Epitonic. com http://www. epitonic. com Soundbuzz. com http://www. soundbuzz. com Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-2 Creative MediaSource Transferring Tracks or Files 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. With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organiser, click the Player/Organiser View button. If you are transferring files from PC Music Library to a portable hard disk, select PC Music Library as your source. In the Right Panel window, click the Source bar and select your player. Click the Destination Transfer button to transfer the selected tracks. The Now Transferring dialog box appears, showing the current transfer status. You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-3 Editing audio track information You may need to edit track information when the information is incomplete or wrong. [. . . ] Press the Play/Pause button to exit. Enabling the audio track marker Using Your Player 4-13 Changing microphone sensitivity 1. Press the Play/Pause button to exit. Higher microphone sensitivity would capture more ambience noise. The recording may not be clear. Locking and unlocking your player Locking your Rhomba will disable all buttons on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Pause) pressed accidentally. [. . . ]