User manual CREATIVE ZEN TOUCH

[. . . ] User's Guide Creative Zen Touch 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. [. . . ] With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can rip tracks from most audio CDs. This program uses the CD-ROM drive to read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on your hard disk. The time needed for a successful audio extraction depends on: CD-ROM drive speed defects, like scratches on the audio CD error-checking features on the CD-ROM drive Encoding is the second phase of making an MP3 file. Encoders are used to convert the stored audio tracks, usually WAV files, into MP3 files. MP3 encoding is a lossy compression methodology where some data is considered inaudible and is removed before encoding. Using the standard sampling rate and bitrates will ensure that your MP3 files retain much of their audio quality. The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps, although some are set higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Higher bitrates will result in larger MP3 file sizes, with better audio quality. Use Creative MediaSource Organizer to extract audio tracks and encode MP3s. See the Creative MediaSource Organizer online Help for more information. Getting Started 2-7 Playing and Managing Your Music Playing and Managing Your Music Playing Music Audio selections have been preloaded to your player to get you started quickly. Your player's Selected Music list allows you to play back audio tracks. To play back track(s), you must first add the track(s) to the Selected Music list, as described in "Adding Music Tracks to the Selected Music list" on page 3-10. To save the Selected Music list as a playlist, see "Saving the Selected Music list as a playlist" on page 3-19. To add audio tracks to your player's Music Library, refer to the Creative MediaSource Help. Playing and Managing Your Music 3-1 Playing the Selected Music list Follow these steps to play the Selected Music list. 1. Press the Play/Pause button . The Play icon appears on the Now Playing screen, and tracks from the Selected Music list begin playing. The Now Playing screen shows the track that is being played back or the track that has been selected. EQ setting Play mode Track Title Album Title Elapsed time bar Elapsed time Artist Remaining Time 2. To display the Selected Music list, which shows the list of tracks being played, press the OK button. Audio Selections Playing and Managing Your Music 3-2 Playing all tracks in your player Follow these steps to play all audio tracks in your player. 1. All the tracks in your player are automatically added to the Selected Music list and are played. Playing and Managing Your Music 3-3 Play Modes Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your Selected Music list is played. The following Play Modes are available: Normal Repeat track Repeat all Shuffle Shuffle repeat Track once Play Modes are disabled by enabling the "Normal" mode as described in "Normal" on page 3-4. Normal Once the Normal mode is enabled, every track in the Selected Music list is played, from the first to the last. The Selected Music list plays back normally. Playing and Managing Your Music 3-4 Repeat track You can choose to repeat a track. The Repeat Track icon appears on the screen and the track is repeated continuously until you stop it. Repeat all You can choose to repeat the whole Selected Music list. Press the Menu button . If there is only one track in the Selected Music list when "Repeat All" is enabled, that track will be repeated continuously. 2. [. . . ] Save a copy of your player's content before formatting your player. Do I need to defragment the player's hard disk?Music Library and tracks in your player may occasionally operate at less than optimal performance for a number of reasons, for example, if Music Library is rebuilt frequently or regularly even when no change has been made to it. Running the CleanUp application from your player's Recovery mode menu will clean, rebuild, and reorganize Music Library and restore it to optimal efficiency. Save a copy of your player's content before cleaning up your player. To clean up your player's hard disk drive: 1. [. . . ]