User’s Guide
COPYRIGHT NOTICE General • iAUDIO is a registered trademark of COWON SYSTEMS, INC. • This product is for home use only and should not be used for commercial purposes. • The copyright for all contents in this manual belongs to COWON SYSTEMS, INC. Illegal distribution of this Manual in part or whole is prohibited. • The copyrights for JetShell and JetAudio belong to COWON SYSTEMS, INC. and these products cannot be distributed for commercial use without the written consent of COWON SYSTEMS, INC.
Table of Contents 3 1. iAUDIO What is iAUDIO? Package Components Features and Specifications Names of Parts Using AC Power Adapter /USB Connection Summary of Status by LCD Display/LED Lights Basic Usage Simple Usages by Mode Detailed Features by Menu Terminology Troubleshooting Using Buttons Menu Table 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 16 23 29 30 31 33 2.
Precautions for Use Do not use this product for purposes other than those stated in this User’s Guide. Do not expose the product to water or keep it in a damp or humid place for long periods. If this happens, it is categorized as a product failure by submersion. You cannot receive free warranty services. Furthermore, service or repairs may be impossible and you may not be able to use the product any more. Pay attention to the USB cable’s direction when connecting this product to a PC.
Precautions for Use Use only the AC Power adapter and USB cable supplied by COWON SYSTEMS with the packaged product. When removing iAUDIO while it is connected to the cradle or sub pack by USB cable, be sure to use the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ or ‘Unplug or Eject Hardware’ features of Windows. Always use a soft and dry cotton cloth when cleaning the product. (Use of water/detergent/ benzene/surfactants as cleaning agents is strictly prohibited.
What is iAUDIO? What is iAUDIO? iAUDIO is a unique brand of MP3 player produced by Cowon Systems, Inc. It is a super mini portable digital audio device that plays many different multimedia sound files in addition to MP3 files. iAUDIO also offers FM radio listening/recording, as well as voice recording and direct encoding through the built-in microphone and Line-In input jack. Highly portable, stylish and super-slim design iAUDIO M3’s ultra-slim size of 103.7 mm X 60.8mm X 14.
������������������ 7 MP3 conversion (encoding) software JetShell, the file transfer software included in the iAUDIO package, allows you to easily and quickly convert and save music from a CD as MP3 files. Now you can conveniently store your audio CD music in iAUDIO and listen to them. JetAudio With JetAudio World-class integrated multimedia player software, ou can either listen to music or watch videos on your PC.
Features and Specifications Features MP3, MP2, WMA, ASF, and WAV (Up to 44.1khz mono) Playback, Voice Recording, FM Radio Listening and Recording, Direct MP3 Encoding, Mobile Disk. Built-in HDD (20GB) 6-Line, 4-Gray Graphic LCD Remote Controller (Indigo Blue Backlight) USB 2.0 Interface Long Play Time: Up to 14 hours (Based on company test research) Note: (The playing time may be shortened if backlight is used.
Names of Parts 9 Names of Parts Remote Controller Jack (Earphone jack) HDD, MODE, CHARGE LED Right Front Left PLAY/STOP button FF button MODE/VOL+/ VOL- Button REC/A B Button REW button HOLD Switch MIC RESET Left Front LCD Display MENU/ VOL+/VOLButton Right PLAY/STOP/FF/ REW Button MODE Button REC/A B Button HOLD Switch Bottom Earphone Jack iAUDIO M3
Using AC Power Adapter / USB Connection Using AC Power Adapter 1. Use only the supplied AC power adapter for safety. This product is for both 100V and 220V. 2. Connect the adapter to the 5V DC socket of iAUDIO and then to the Main Power socket. USB Connection Precautions • Use only the supplied USB cable. • Never use a USB hub. Connecting with sub pack • Connect the sub pack to the connector at the bottom of iAUDIO M3.
LCD Display / Summary of States by LED Lights 11 LCD Display Mode Play Status Battery Level Block Repeat Hold (Body, Remote Controller) Play Sequence Current Track /Total Tracks Singer Name, Album Title Song Title Progress Bar Play Time Total Time BIT RATE SAMPLING RATE JetEffect (BBE,M3B,3D,MP) 5 Band EQ The battery level icon indicates how much battery life is left. The number of segments in the icon becomes less as the battery discharges.
Basic Operation Power On/Off, Charging & Connecting Basic Operation 1. Power On/Off • When you connect the power cable to the charge jack or press the "PLAY" button for a few moments, the "iAUDIO" logo appears and the power comes on. • To turn the power off, press the "PLAY" button for a few moments again. (Power cannot be turned off during recording or in the USB mode.
Basic Operation Basic Operation for Switching Mode 13 4. Basic Operation for Switching Mode: There are four modes: Digital Audio, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, and Line-in Recorder. Example: Switching from "Digital Audio" to "FM Radio" mode Press MODE button. Move to the desired mode. Select with PLAY, MODE or MENU buttons. ■ Opening the Mode Selection window. • To switch from one mode to another mode, press the MODE button. • The Mode window appears for you to select one of the 4 modes.
Basic Operation Basic Operation for Using Menu 5. Basic Operation for Using Menu Example: Changing the Equalizer of JetEffect from NOR(Normal) to ROC(Rock) MENU JetEffect PlayMode Display Timer General JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach3Bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Select JetEffect Menu Equalizer USR 0 0 0 0 Equalizer 0 NOR 6 0 JAZ ROC Select Equalizer Menu. 9 6 11 ROC NOR Press VOL+ Select with PLAY button.
Basic Operation Basic Operation for Using Navigator 15 6. Basic Operation for Using Navigator Example: Choosing and playing "01.MP3" file in the b-2 folder when the iAUDIO folder structure is as follows: Press MENU briefly. Root A B C D E Press VOL+. Root A B C D E B b-1 b-2 If you press MENU, select Expand from pop-up menu. Press Play, FF, or MENU button. b-1 01.MP3 02.MP3 03.MP3 04.MP3 05.MP3 If you press MENU, select Expand from pop-up menu.
Simple Operations by Mode Digital Audio Mode Digital Audio Mode (Listening to music file) 1. Playback • Press the PLAY button for a few moments. The iAUDIO logo appears and the power turns on. • To enter Digital Audio Mode from other modes, enter the Mode Switching window by pressing the Mode button, and then select "Digital Audio". • If AutoPlay is set to "ON", play starts as soon as iAUDIO powers on. Otherwise, iAUDIO is on standby. In the latter case, press the PLAY button to play music.
Simple Operations by Mode Digital Audio Mode 17 ■ Adding tracks to DPL • Select a track in Navigator, open the pop-up menu, and select "Add To Playlist." The track is added to DPL. • Select a folder in Navigator, open the pop-up menu, and select "Add To Playlist." The tracks in the folder will be added to DPL. • When you press REC button while playing a track not included in DPL, it is added to DPL.
Simple Operations by Mode FM Radio Mode (Listening to FM Radio) FM Radio Mode (Listening to FM Radio) Guide to General Operations in FM Radio Mode Select FM TUNER Mode FM Tuner Mode Change frequency with REW/FF buttons (in 0.1 MHz intervals). Preset Ch 01 None 02 None 03 None 04 None 05 None Press MENU button to enter Preset Ch menu. Preset Ch 01 None 02 None 03 None 04 None 05 None Display pop-up menu. Save the current channel. Switch to FM Pre-set Mode Preset Ch 01 89.
Simple Operations by Mode FM Radio Mode (Listening to FM Radio) 19 4. Recording FM Radio • Press the REC button for a few moments to record the FM broadcast while listening to it. • The file recorded in preset recording quality is saved as ENC***.MP3 in the RECORD folder (***: a 3-digti serial number). • Press the Play button to pause recording, and press it again to resume recording. • To finish recording, press the REC button again.
Simple Operations by Mode Voice Recorder (Recording Voice with Built-in Microphone) Voice Recorder (Recording Voice with Built-in Microphone) Select Voice Recorder Mode. Voice Recorder is in Stand By status. Press REC button. Voice Recording Starts. Press REC button to finish recording. 1. Preparing Voice Recording • Turn on iAUDIO, press the MODE button and select Voice Recorder. • iAUDIO enters Voice Recording Mode and stays in STAND BY status. 2.
Simple Operations by Mode Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) 21 Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) 1. Preparing Line-in Recording • Turn on iAUDIO, press the MODE button and select LINE-IN Recorder. • iAUDIO enters LINE-IN Recorder Mode and stays in Stand By status. • Connect the headphone jack of CDP and the LINE-IN jack of iAUDIO with a bi-directional stereo jack cable. 2.
Simple Operations by Mode Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) 3. Playing Line-in Recording file • To play the last recorded file, press the PLAY button in STAND BY status. • You can also press the MENU button briefly in STAND BY status to enter Navigator Mode or Digital Audio Mode, and then select a file to play. • Operating iAUDIO while a file is played is identical to that in Digital Audio Mode. • When a file finishes playing, iAUDIO automatically returns to STAND BY status.
Detailed Features by Menu JetEffect 23 JetEffect 1. Equalizer JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach3Bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Equalizer NOR 9 6 0 Equalizer (EQ) allows you to adjust the volumes of frequency bands according to your taste. You can choose among 7 pre-set equalized categories according to the music genre: Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Vocal EQ and User EQ. You can directly adjust each band in any EQ. setting Changing Band: FF, REW 6 11 Changing Band Level: VOL +, VOL - ROC JAZ 2.
Detailed Features by Menu Play Mode Play Mode 1. Boundary: All, Single, Dir, SubDir Boundary All Single Dir SubDir 2. Repeat PlayMode Boundary RepeatE Shuffle 3. Shuffle PlayMode Boundary Repeat Shuffle iAUDIO M3 This menu is for setting various boundaries of playback. "All" plays all tracks, "Single" plays one track, "Dir" plays all tracks in a folder, "SubDir" plays al tracks in the folder and subfolders. The recording files under RECORD and VOICE folders are excluded.
Detailed Features by Menu Display 25 Display 1. Play Time Play Time Elapsed Remain 2. Scroll Speed Scroll Speed 1 2 4 8 16 • Select the display time format for the track being played. • Elapse: The elapsed time from the beginning of the current track to the present is displayed. • Remain: The remaining play- time of the current track is displayed. • Set the scroll speed for texts on the LCD display. • You can select 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 times. 3.
Detailed Features by Menu Timer, General Timer 1. Auto Off • iAUDIO turns off if no button is pressed within a preset time while it is stopped. • You can select Off, 30 seconds, or 1, 5, 10, 30 or 60 minutes. Auto Off Off 30 sec 1 min 5 min 10 min 2. Sleep • iAUDIO turns off after a preset time has elapsed. • You can select Off, or 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Sleep Off 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min General 1. Skip Length Skip Length Track 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 5 sec 2.
Detailed Features by Menu Recording 5. Fade in FadeIn Off 1 sec 2 sec 3 sec 4 sec 6. Load Default Load Default Cancel OK 27 • The volume increases slowly when iAUDIO starts playing after it has been stopped or paused. • You can set the time period over which the volume increases. • You can select Off, or 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 seconds. • The settings in the memory are returned to the factory pre-set values at the time when iAUDIO was shipped from the factory. • Select OK to apply this. Recording 1.
Detailed Features by Menu 28 FM Radio/Information FM Radio 1. Stereo Stereo Stereo Mono • Select Stereo or Mono when listening to FM Radio. 2. FM Region (Country Setting) FM Region China/Europe Japan Korea US • Set the country in which you are listening to FM radio. • You can select China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Russia or the U.S.. Information • • • • • Version: The version of the firmware currently installed in iAUDIO is displayed. HDD Tot: The total capacity of HDD is displayed.
Terms and Definitions 29 Terms and Definitions BBE Sound field effects of high frequency resolution that reinforce treble sound and make music clearer Mach3Bass An elaborate bass booster that reinforces super bass EQ of low - frequency bands, creating a richer and denser bass sound MP Enhance Sound field effects that compensate for lost sound segments of tracks in the device during playback 3D Surround Three-dimensional sound that gives a sense of spatial separation Boundary The range of playback.
Troubleshooting Symptom Remedy Explanation Check if the ‘Hold’ button is set to ON. If it is, set the ‘Hold’ button to OFF and try again. iAUDIO does not work when the Hold button is set to ON. See if the same phenomenon occurs when you connect the adapter. If the built-in battery is completely discharged, charge it with the adapter. You cannot hear any sound or there is noise. Make sure that there are mp3 files in the memory. iAUDIO does not work if there are no files in the memory.
Using Buttons Digital Audio Mode / FM Radio Mode 31 Digital Audio Mode Button Main Body Remote Controller Operation Play/ Pause FF REW MENU MODE VOL + VOL - During Stop Play the current track Stop the current track Power On Power Off Skip to the next track Skip to the next track or move forward by 5sec or 10sec. (SKIP setting) Fast Forward Fast Forward Skip to the previous track Skip to the previous track or move backward by 5sec or 10sec.
Using Buttons Voice Recorder /Line-in Recorder Mode Voice Recorder /Line-in Recorder Mode Key Operation During Stop Play the previous recording file Play/Pause In the Preset Mode Pause/Continue recording Power Off FF REW Navigator MENU Setup menu MODE Select a mode VOL + Increase volume VOL - Decrease volume Start recording REC/A B Stop recording Navigator Key Operation When Selecting a File When Selecting a Folder Play/Pause The selected file is played and then iAUDIO changes
Menu Table JetEffect Play Mode Display Timer Equalizer : Equalizer Skip Length : Skip Length BBE : BBE Scan Speed : Scan Speed General Mach3Bass : Mach3Bass Resume : Resume MP Enhance : MP Enhance Auto Play : Auto Play 3D Surround : 3D Surround Fade- In : FadeIn Balance : Pan Battery Type : Load Default Boundary : Boundary FM : FM Radio bps Repeat : Repeat Music : Line-in bps Shuffle : Shuffle Line Volume : Line-in Volume Play Time : Play Time MI
What is JetShell? What is JetShell? JetShell is the iAUDIO manager program providing the following features: • Downloading/Uploading files from/to iAUDIO (some files excluded).
Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell 35 For Windows 98 / 98 SE 1. The E:\ drive shown in the illustration is an example, and it may be different from the actual drive name used by your PC. It was given for your reference only. 2. Connect iAUDIO and PC with a USB cable. In the normal Windows environment, a message saying that the iAUDIO M3 Digital Audio Player device was found will be displayed as shown in the left picture. Click on the ‘Next’ button. 3.
Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell 4. Check "Specify a location" and click on the [Browse] button. 5. From the ‘Browse’ window, select the [Win98] folder on the iAUDIO Installation CD, and click on the ‘Next’ button. When the model name "iAUDIO M3 Digital Audio Player" appears on the [Add New Hardware Wizard] window as shown in the picture, click on the [Next] button. 6. The driver files are copied and installed from the Installation CD.
JetShell Configuration 37 The Whole Picture Play and MP3 Management Section File Management Section Memory Management Section File Management Window Download List Management Section When JetShell is activated, it controls the iAudio drive. Therefore, you should exit JetShell before performing the following tasks.
JetShell Configuration Playing MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, ASF, Audio CD, and Play List (m3u) The File Management Section of JetShell looks just like Windows Explorer. The left window shows folders, disks, and CD-ROM in a tree structure, and the right window shows the file list in a folder. Memory Management The bottom part of JetShell consists of ‘Memory Management Section’ and ‘Download List.’ When iAUDIO is working normally, the red lamp flashes with the message ‘iAUDIO is working’ as shown in the figure.
Spectrum Screens and Sound Effects 39 JetShell displays visually cool spectrums. When you click on the spectrum display area, the screen changes as follows. You can also enjoy various equalizers and effects.
Downloading MP3 files to iAUDIO Downloading MP3 files to iAUDIO 1. Downloading sound files to iAUDIO is very simple. Select files to download from the ‘File Management Section’ and click on the down arrow. 2. Or you can also drag and drop the selected files from the ‘File Management Section’ to the window at the bottom as if you were using Windows Explorer. 3. The following window shows the file downloading process. The backlight turns on during file download.
Deleting MP3 files in iAUDIO / Formatting HDD 41 Deleting MP3 Files from iAUDIO You can delete files in iAUDIO in the same manner as in Windows Explorer. Select the files to delete and click on the button. Then the confirmation window "Delete from flash memory?" appears. Click ‘Yes’ to delete them. You can also delete files from the pop-up menu that appears when you right click your mouse after selecting a file in the memory window. Formatting HDD iAUDIO requires formatting as HDD does.
Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Directly Downloading Them to iAUDIO Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Directly Downloading Them to iAUDIO With JetShell, you can easily convert your Audio CD into MP3 files and download them to iAUDIO. Since the Audio CD tracks are digitally converted to MP3 without transforming them to wave files first, the speed is very fast. 1. Before getting started, you must choose the quality of the MP3 files to create.
Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Directly Downloading Them to iAUDIO 43 4. The converting process is displayed as shown below.
Converting Files Converting WAV file to MP3 file You can convert WAV files in PC to MP3 files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert WAV to MP3" button. The conversion window appears. Converting WMA file to MP3 file You can convert WMA files in PC to MP3 files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert WMA to MP3" button.
Converting Files 45 The conversion window appears. Converting MP3 file to WAV file You can convert MP3 files in PC to WAV files. Select File menu in JetShell and click on the "Convert MP3 to WAV" button. The conversion window appears.
Other Features 1. Ripping Enhanced CD For some enhanced CDs, you cannot directly select the tracks on the CD. In this case, you can right click your mouse and select a track to convert to file as shown in the picture below. However, for some Audio CDs for which copy protection technology is applied, this ripping method may not work. What is an enhanced CD? This is an audio CD that contains video or data for a PC. The tracks appear when you right click your mouse. 2.
Other Features 47 3. Editing ID3 Tag You can edit the ID3 tag of a MP3 file by selecting [Tools] – [Edit MP3 ID3 Tag] from the JetShell menu. 4. Changing MP3 Bit Rate You can change the bit rate of MP3 files by selecting ‘MP3 Bit Rate Conversion’ from the menu. 5. Downloading Logo File You can download a logo file to change the logo screen that appears when iAUDIO powers on. Select ‘Download Logo File’ from the menu. When the ‘Open’ window appears, locate the desired logo file and click ‘Open’.
Installing and Using JetAudio Installing and Using JetAudio The worldwide renowned integrated multimedia playing program ‘JetAudio’ is included in the iAUDIO Installation CD. To install ‘JetAudio’, run the file "CD-ROM:\JetAudio \setup.exe." For detailed information on using JetAudio, refer to the JetAudio ‘Help’ after installation, or post your question on the Q&A board at the site "http://www.jetAudio.com.
Upgrading Firmware 49 Upgrading Firmware A. What is Firmware? Firmware is a program embedded in the hardware, which activates various features. By upgrading the firmware, you can enhance the features of the product and eliminate the bugs in the software. B. Notice for Legal Limitations and Responsibilities Regarding Firmware • The performance and menu of iAUDIO may change without prior notice through firmware upgrades of regular or beta versions supported by the manufacturer.
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