User’s Guide ver. 1.1EN Various useful files, such as COWON MediaCenter – JetAudio software and user’s guide are included on the device. Please back these files up to your PC for future reference before using the device.
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+ CONTENTS Before you start! Precautions Package Components Names of Parts and Functions Charging Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Firmware Upgrade Basic Use Buttons Display Browser Music Mode Video Mode Pictures (Image Viewer) Mode Documents (Text Viewer) Mode Radio (FM Radio) Mode Recorder Mode Flash Mode 8 16
+ CONTENTS Settings Mode JetEffect 3.
Before you start! + Precautions As these precautions are provided for the correct use of the product as well as user safety, be sure to familiarize yourself with them. The company will not be held responsible for any accident that may occur due to the failure to heed these precautions. The following information applies commonly to all products manufactured and produced by COWON SYSTEMS, INC. + Do not use this product for other purposes than those described in this manual.
Before you start! + Precautions + Do not attempt to disassemble the player. Disassembly will void the warranty and the unit will be permanently disqualified from any warranty services. + Do not mix directions when connecting cables to your player or PC. Connecting cables incorrectly may damage your player or PC. Also, do not bend or press connection cables with heavy objects.
Before you start! + Precautions + If you are using a product that comes with an AC power adaptor, please use the genuine charger offered by COWON. + When connecting to a PC, use only USB ports on the mother board or a USB Host card. Using an external USB hub may not guarantee proper operation(e.g. USB ports on a keyboard or an external USB hub). + When formatting the built-in memory, select the file system specified in the manual((e.g. FAT32 / FAT16 / NTFS).
Before you start! + Package Components Earphones iAUDIO 9 TV-Out Cable(sold separately) USB 2.
Before you start! + Names of Parts and Functions Menu VOL + Back(Record) Center Button (A ↔ B) DOWN VOL Microphone Speaker Earphone Jack UP Hold Power Play/Pause (Enter) RESET USB/EXT Port 10 iAUDIO 9
Before you start! + Charging To charge the iAUDIO 9 the player should be connected to either a PC or a charger using the supplied USB cable. PC 1. Connect between PC and USB/EXT port using the USB cable: The battery will be fully charged in about 2 hours. - iAUDIO 9 will be charged quicker through AC adaptor if the product is turned off. Display will remain blank in this case.
Before you start! + Connecting and Disconnecting the PC 1 6. Click the popup message. 2 7. Safely remove the hardware and disconnect the USB cable. PC PC 3 4 DRAG 1. Use the USB cable to connect iAUDIO 9 to the PC. 2. iAUDIO 9 displays the following image if properly connected to the PC 3. Also make sure to check My Computer or Windows Explorer to see if iAUDIO 9 is properly connected to the PC. 4. Copy desired video, music, or other files to iAUDIO 9. 5.
Before you start! + Firmware Upgrade Firmware is software that is embedded within the hardware. Upgrading it can enhance system stability and provide additional features. Please be advised that Beta (unofficial) firmware versions may cause system malfunction. - Fully charge the player before upgrading the firmware. - Do not turn the player off before the firmware update has been completed. It may damage the product, and will void any warranty.
Basic Use + Buttons 1 2 5 6 Short 1. Long – Power on/off Short - Display on/off 3 2. Short – Hold on 4 Volume UP(+) VolumeDOWN(-) 3. Volume up/down Control the volume. File selection is also possible depending on hold settings (Settings – System – Hold Mode). 4. Display main menu. 14 iAUDIO 9 5. Touch Pad Return to previous or upper menu.
Basic Use + Display Volume Time Battery capacity indicator Main menu Long Current mode To switch to clock theme, press and hold M button from main menu screen.
Basic Use + Browser ■ Select the desired mode from main menu screen, and tap Tap and hold 5 16 3 4 1 2 iAUDIO 9 to display browser screen of the selected mode. to show pop-up for additional functions. 1 Add the selected file to Favorites. * File added can be checked from the Favorites list, and the same file can be added repeatedly. 2 Delete the actual file or bookmark list. * Deleting bookmark list does not delete the actual file. Actual files can only be deleted in [Folder] mode.
Basic Use + Browser ■ Description of each mode from the list of Browser Mode [NowPlaying] Currently playing files are displayed. Change to the screen of currently playing file. This menu will only be displayed during Music or Video mode. [Folders] All multimedia files are displayed by folders. Save each multimedia file in categorized folders for more convenient use. [Artists]* All music files are displayed by artists. [Albums]* All music files are listed by albums.
Basic Use + Browser [Video] All video files are listed. [Pictures] All image files are listed. [Documents] All text files are listed. [Flash] All flash files are listed. * The files will be listed in accordance with the information saved in ID3 tags of music files.
+ Basic Use Music Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Music mode. 2 The device will be ready to play if audio files exist in the memory. 3 Tap to play audio files. - iAUDIO 9 supports Album Art 2.0 feature which supports multiple album art per one audio file. - Maximum 6 album art per one audio file can be rotated. - Multiple album art can be conveniently saved by using COWON MediaCenter – JetAudio 7.5 or above. 4 Tap 5 Briefly tap to pause the playback.
+ Basic Use Music Mode ● will be played repeatedly. There are three ways to return to Music mode. + Select [NowPlaying] from the browser. - Disabling the sectional repeat + Tap and hold + Double-tap : Tap center button while on the side. of the screen. Sectional repeat will be disabled and return to in the Music/Video mode. normal music playback. 9 Tap center button to set sectional repeat. Sectional repeat feature is only available during music playback.
+ Basic Use Music Mode ※ Tap and hold during music playback to show pop-up containing the features below. JetEffect menu can be set. Desired sound effect can be selected by tapping Playback boundary, play order, and play method can be set. Tap , , . to select, and tap to change the settings. Tracks in the designated boundary will be played only once. Tracks in the designated boundary will be played repeatedly. All music files in iAUDIO 9 will be played.
+ Basic Use Video Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Video mode. 2 The device will be ready to play if video files exist in the memory. 3 Tap to play video files. - Only landscape mode is supported in iAUDIO 9’s Video mode. 4 Tap 5 Briefly tap button to pause the playback. , to skip by the length designated by [Settings] – [Video].
+ Basic Use Video Mode [NowPlaying] menu is always located at the top of the browser in - Disabling the sectional repeat the Music/Video mode. : Tap center button while 8 Tap , while on pause to move to previous/next files. 9 Tap center button during video playback to set sectional repeat. is displayed in the bottom of the screen. Sectional repeat will be disabled and return to normal video playback. - Setting the sectional repeat starting point : Tap center button during video playback.
+ Basic Use Video Mode ※ Tap and hold during video playback to show pop-up containing the features below. Selected file can be added to Bookmark. Adding completed. If bookmark is added, the video file will play from the bookmarked location. Displays the preview thumbnails of currently playing video. Select a preview thumbnail to begin the playback at the displayed location. Video file and subtitle can be synched in terms of 0.5 seconds by tapping , .
+ Basic Use Video Mode Playback speed can be set. Playback speed of currently playing file can be set (50%~150%). Tap , to change the settings. Currently playing file is set to TV-Out mode. Select O to perform TV-Out mode. iAUDIO 9’s TV-Out standard is composite. TV-Out cable is sold separately. TV-Out mode can be controlled as below. : Finish TV-Out mode , : Change TV-Out screen size.
+ Basic Use Pictures (Image Viewer) Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Pictures mode. 2 Tap , to select desired picture and tap button to display the image. 3 Tap 4 Tap , to change mode of landscape or portrait. while displaying the image to move to previous/ next images. 5 Tap center button while displaying images to enter zoom mode. Tap center button during zoom mode to enlarge the image by magnitudes of x2, x3 and original.
+ Basic Use Pictures (Image Viewer) Mode ※ Tap and hold during image display to show pop-up containing the features below. All images saved in iAUDIO 9 will be displayed in slideshow mode. Tap to end slideshow Currently displaying image will be saved as the wallpaper. (Only available in clock theme) Saved as the wallpaper.
+ Basic Use Documents (Text Viewer) Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Documents mode. 2 Tap , to select desired text file and tap button to display the text. 3 Tap 4 Tap to begin Auto Scroll function. to change to browser screen. Tap and hold to change back to text. ※ Tap and hold while in text browser to show pop-up containing the features below. Move to browser Scroll down List of files will be displayed. In this mode, actual files can be deleted.
+ Basic Use Documents (Text Viewer) Mode ※ Tap and hold while in text browser to show pop-up containing the features below. Document file’s background and text colors can be changed. Tap , to select from 6 different colors. Insert a bookmark. Auto scroll speed can be set. Auto scroll speed can be set from 3 to 20 seconds, in 5 steps. Tap while the document file is open to start auto scroll. Documents font size can be set. Documents font size can be set. Bookmark insertion completed.
+ Basic Use Radio (FM Radio) Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Radio mode. The iAUDIO 9’s earphones work as the FM Radio antenna. The earphones must therefore be connected to the device in order for the radio to work. 2 Tap Tap during Radio mode to display preset list. again to return to Radio mode screen. 3 Stored presets can be selected from preset list. 4 After selecting a preset channel from preset list, tap and hold to show pop-up menu for adding/deleting presets.
+ Basic Use Radio (FM Radio) Mode ※ Tap and hold while in radio mode to show pop-up containing the features below. A B A [Seek by preset channels] If the current preset channel is displayed, tap , to seek by preset channels. Seeking by frequency will not be supported in this mode. B [Seek by frequency] If the current preset channel is not displayed, tap , to seek by frequency in terms of 0.10 MHz. Tap and hold , to receive the nearest frequency for clear reception.
+ Basic Use Recorder Mode 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Recorder mode. 2 Tap to start recording 3 Tape icon below will change to red color when recording changes to stand-by status. 4 Tap to pause recording. Tap again to resume recording. 5 Tap to finish recording, and tape icon will turn to grey color. 6 Tap while the tape icon is grey to play the recorded file. 7 The recorded files made using the built-in microphone are saved under [Recordings]-{Mic}.
+ Basic Use Recorder Mode + Flash Mode ※ Tap and hold while in recording stand-by mode to show pop-up containing the features below. Back UP Center button Recording quality can be selected. Tap , DOWN Enter to select from 32K to 256K. Microphone volume for recording can be selected. , to select from 1 to 5. Higher number Tap provides better recording quality. 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Flash mode. 2 Tap , to select desired flash file and tap button to play.
Settings Mode + JetEffect 3.0 Select your sound effect from 39 JetEffect presets.
Settings Mode + Display Language Font* Time display Wallpaper Auto display off Select a preferred language for iAUDIO 9. Set the iAUDIO 9 font type to your preferred font. Set the time format for the currently playing file. Wallpaper can be designated from images. Set the time which the display stays on. Brightness Set the display brightness. Wallpaper Set the TV-Out standard. NTSC : Korea / North America PAL : Europe * Rename your True Type font file(.TTF) into USER.
Settings Mode + Time Time Set the current time. Alarm Automatically turn on the device at the scheduled time. - Music alarm : play music - FM alarm : Start radio broadcast at the last tuned frequency. - FM record : record the last tuned frequency during the set time. - Off : disable alarm Sleep timer Auto off Automatically turn off the device after the specified time even if a file is being played at that time. Automatically turn off the device after the specified time if no action is taken.
Settings Mode + Music Skip interval Set the skip interval(short : Scan interval Set the scan interval for rewind / fast forward(long : Resume Play speed Pitch correction , ). , ). Set to play the file from the previously played location. Set the playback speed. Compensate for the change of intonation of an audio signal when adjusting the playback speed in Music mode. Fade in Set the fade-in feature(gradually increase the volume when resuming to play a file).
Settings Mode + Video Skip interval Resume Set the skip interval(short : , ). Set to play the file from the previously played location. Play speed Set the playback speed. Boundary Set the playback boundary by files or folders. Auto seek Set to scan automatically until Pitch correction Subtitle is tapped when scanning by rewind or fast forward. Compensate for the change of intonation of an audio signal when adjusting the playback speed in Video mode. Turn on/off the subtitle display.
Settings Mode + System Hold mode Sleep mode* Speaker Beep Touch sensitivity Set to select hold state(hold all / use FF/REW button / use volume button). State of reduced activity that requires only minimal power consumption, eliminating the time consumed for initial booting. Maximum standby time for sleep mode is approximately 175 hours. Set to select speaker state. - On : speaker out - Auto : earphone out if plugged. Speaker out if earphone is removed.
Additional + Product Specification Hardware Video Audio Power 2.0” TFT LCD 320x240, QVGA (262,000 Colors) Channel Stereo Frequency Range 20Hz ~ 20KHz Max Output 30mW + 30mW (16 Ω earphones) S/N Ratio 95dB Built-in Battery Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery Battery Charging USB : 1 Hours 40 Minutes(5V/500mA)* Adapter: 1 Hour 40 Minutes(5V/500mA) Capacity Flash Memory 4GB/8GB/16GB. FAT32 file system.
Additional + Product Specification General System Requirements Size 43mm (W) x 95mm (H) x 8.9mm (T) Weight 40g Operating Temperature 0℃ ~ 40℃ CPU Pentium III 500MHz or higher OS USB Port Windows Vista / XP / 2000 / ME MAC OS 10.X / Linux v2.4 or higher : file transfer only*** 2.0 High Speed * Battery charging time may differ depending on battery amount remaining and user’s PC performance. ** Part of the disk space is used to store Operating System and system files.
Additional + Product Specification File Format 42 MP3/2, WMA, FLAC, OGG, APE, WAV MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo WMA : ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1KHz, Mono/Stereo Audio Codec FLAC : Compression Level 0 ~ 8, ~44.1KHz, Mono/Stereo WAV : ~48KHz, 16bit, Mono/Stereo APE : Fast, Normal, High, 16bit, Version 3.97 ~ 3.99 Music META TAG ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4,Vorbis Comment JetEffect 3.
Additional + Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio 1. Install and run the COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. 2. Click “Convert” button on the top right hand side. From drop-down menu, select “Convert Video”. 3. From the Convert Video window, click “Add File” to select the files to convert. 4. Check the selected video files in the list.
Additional + Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio 5. After checking the target folder location to save the converted files and other settings, click on “Start” to start the video conversion process. - Movie files that do not play properly on the product may need to be converted by COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. Before doing so, please make sure that the movie files play properly on the PC first.
+ Troubleshooting + I am still confused even after reading the manual. COWON website(www.COWON.com) provides support for users of COWON products with FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Users are strongly encouraged to check out the website for further information regarding product usages and firmware upgrades. For individual inquiries, please contact us on-line as we will try to help you as best as we can. + I would like to set the device as factory default.
+ Troubleshooting + Album image is not displayed in Music Mode. In order to display album image, the image has to be stored in the ID3 tag of the music file. You can edit the ID3 tags using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. A JPG image file with the same name as the relevant music file should be stored in the player. Alternatively, a JPG image file named “cover.jpg” can be stored in the relevant folder. + Video won’t play.
+ Troubleshooting + Memory capacity of the player is different or smaller than specified. The memory capacity indicated by Windows may be different from that indicated by the memory manufacturer. The actual capacity will be reduced from the original size because some space of the memory should be used as the system area for normal operation. + Files do not appear in the product when files are transferred with a MAC computer. Format the product as MS-DOS(FAT), and transfer the files.
+ Battery Replacement The rechargeable batteries have limited number of charge cycles, and it will require a replacement as capacity to hold power will eventually diminish. The rechargeable batteries in COWON products should be replaced only by official COWON service centers. Please contact batteryreplace@cowon.com for more information on official COWON service centers.
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