User’s Manual ver. 1.
Before Using Your iAUDIO F2 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Legal Notice Thanks for purchasing COWON. We always strive for your complete satisfaction of our product. This manual contains user guide, cautions and other useful information about your COWON player. Please read this manual thoroughly before using, to take full advantage of features in your COWON player. • COWON is a registered trademark of COWON SYSTEMS, INC.
4 Table of Contents iAUDIO F2 Safety Tips 1)Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.1 iAUDIO F2 at a Glance 1.2 Package Contents 1.3 Features and Specifications 1.4 Identifying the Parts 1.5 LCD Display Summary 1.6 Charging iAUDIO F2 1.7 Windows 98 Driver Installation 1.8 Connecting to PC and Transferring Files 1.9 Firmware Upgrade 2)Using iAUDIO F2 2.1 Quick Start Guide 2.2 Switching Between Modes 2.3 Changing Settings 2.4 Navigating through Files and Folders 2.5 Using Pop-Up Window 3)Using Advanced Features 3.
6 Safety Tips • Do not use this product for any purpose other than described in this document • Use caution opening the contents of the package to avoid injuries • Refrain from using earphones if it might affect your awareness of your surroundings. For example, it can be dangerous to use earphones while driving a motorized vehicle, cycling, running, walking, or even during exercises. • Avoid any exposure to extreme moisture.
8 Introducing iAUDIO F2 Wide and vivid color LCD display Bright 260K color TFT-LCD with 10 lines and 128 x 160 dots allows clear viewing of the device’s operational status. Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.2. Package Contents World’s most powerful sound effects iAUDIO F2 provides the most unique, powerful and high quality sound, which is recognized worldwide. You can take advantage of the following sound effects to suit your favorite music: BBE: Sound effects that provide the clearest music.
10 Introducing iAUDIO F2 Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.3. Features and Specifications Software MP3, OGG, WMA,, ASF, FLAC, WAV, Moving Picture Playback,, FM Radio listening and recording, voice recording, - JetAudio VX (Integrated multimedia player, music/video conversion feature) Line-In recording TXT(Text), JPEG(Image) File Viewer (Image Zoom, Wallpaper) Internal flash memory with storage capacity of 512Mb/1GB/2GB. High-Speed USB 2.0 Interface 1.
12 Introducing iAUDIO F2 Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.4. Identifying the Parts 1.5. LCD Display Summary Line In Jack Earphone Jack Top Boundary Play Mode HOLD Current Time Left Front LCD Display Right Battery Status Current Track Back / Total Tracks MIC Album Title Power/HOLD VOL+ Play/Stop REC ◀◀(REW) ▶▶(FF) MENU Song Title Play Time Reset BIT RATE Progress Bar Total Time Volume Section Repeat Popup Select VOL- Bottom The battery status icon indicates how much battery is left.
14 Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.6. Charging iAUDIO F2 Introducing iAUDIO F2 (b) Using an AC adapter (sold separately) • If your player is being used for the first time or if it has not been charged for a long time, make sure player is charged fully before using it • To charge iAUDIO F2, connect the player to a PC using a USB cable or connect to the AC provided adapter only. (a) Using a PC connection i. Connect the AC adapter to an electrical outlet and the USB jack of the player ii.
16 Introducing iAUDIO F2 Introducing iAUDIO F2 1.7. Windows 98 Driver Setup 4. Click “Specify a location” and click “Browse” button. When using Windows 98 or 98 SE, you need to install hardware driver for the PC to recognize the player. * Windows 2000 and later versions automatically recognize the player. ■ Installing the driver 1. Connect the player to your PC using the supplied USB cable 2. “Add New Hardware Wizard” will appear as shown. Click “Next”. 5.
18 Introducing iAUDIO F2 Introducing iAUDIO F2 7. Continue to click “Next” 1.8. Connecting to PC and Transferring Files 1. Connect the player to a PC using the supplied USB cable. 8. Click the “Finish” button to complete the driver installation. The newly added drive can be seen in Device Manager or Explorer. 2. When connected, the screen will show the following screen. 3. The iAUDIO drive will appear as shown and can be accessed like a disk drive using Windows Explorer 4.
20 Introducing iAUDIO F2 / Using iAUDIO F2 1.9. Firmware Upgrade Using iAUDIO F2 2.2. Switching Between Modes Firmware is a program embedded in the hardware. By upgrading firmware, features of the product can be enhanced and any bugs be fixed. Performance and menus may change after a firmware upgrade. Some beta versions of firmware may contain program bugs that will be fixed in the later versions. You can find the current firmware version of your player by selecting Settings-Information.
Using iAUDIO F2 Using iAUDIO F2 22 2.3. Changing Settings ■ Equalizer BBE Mach4bass MP Enhance 3D Surround Pan Play Speed JetEffect Preset 5 10 0 0 0 ■ Changing Equalizer Settings 2.4. Navigating through Files and Folders 0 0 0 MUSIC M M M M M M M M ■ button cancels the current • Navigate through the Settings menu to JetEffect -> Equalizer Menu. • Press buttons to switch between different EQ preset modes and Press to select a desired EQ mode.
Using iAUDIO F2 24 ■ Using Advanced Features How to Use the Navigator • • • • • • To move between files and folders, press buttons. To open a selected folder, press or button To move to the parent folder, press button (In the root folder, the Navigator will close). To play the selected file item, press or button. To open the selected folder item, press or button. To close the Navigator, press button. 3.1. Playing Audio and Video Files ■ Playing Audio and Video files 2.5.
26 Using Advanced Features ■ Using Section Repeat Section Repeat allows you to set a specific part of a track to play repeatedly. Using Advanced Features ■ Using Dynamic Playlist (DPL) This function lets you edit a list of favorite music files. By using DPL user can access music files in various folders without navigating each folder.
28 Using Advanced Features Using Advanced Features ■ Using Bookmarks The bookmark function allows users to set where to start playing in each desired track. iAUDIO F2 contains a virtual folder named “Bookmark” in root folder, which is not recognized by a PC. By setting a Bookmark at a desired location of a track, one can play the file starting from the preset location.
30 Using Advanced Features Using Advanced Features 1. After the player is turned on, select the FM Radio mode. 2. Tune to the favorite radio station and press button. A “PRESET” will appear on screen and the player switches to Preset mode. 3. Press button to switch to Preset Search mode. 4. Press buttons to select the desired channel, and press button to open a pop-up window. 5. Select “Save current Ch” to add the current frequency to the preset channel. 6.
32 Using Advanced Features Using Advanced Features 3.4. Viewing Images ■ Recording with Line-In Connection Recording Linein bps Voice bps FM bps Mic volume Line volume Auto Sync Recording mode Wallpaper SlideShow Pivot 128K 64K 128K High 4 Line InOff Voice CDP Playback 1. Use the Line-In cable to connect the headphone jack of your audio source device with the Line-In jack of iAUDIO F2. 2. Make sure the recording mode is set to Line-In in Settings – Recording – Recording Mode menu. 3.
34 Using Advanced Features Using Advanced Features 1. Connect iAUDIO F2 and computer with the USB cable. 2. Transfer (copy) the text files from PC to iAUDIO F2. 3. Disconnect iAUDIO F2 from PC. 4. After the player is turned on, select the Text mode by pressing “MENU” button then choosing Text icon. Select the text files by browsing with the Navigator in the TEXT folder. 5. Press buttons to move text by single line. Press buttons to move text by page. 6.
36 Using Advanced Settings Using Advanced Settings 4.2. Menu Screen 4.1. Settings Menu List Menu Music Video General Record Auto play Text Fade in Settings User defined button BBE Load Default Mach3Bass File Browser 3D Surround Recording Voice bps FM bps Play Speed Mic volume JetEffect Preset Line volume Boundary Auto Sync Repeat Language Recording Mode FM Radio Album scroll Stereo Auto scan Region Title Play time Information Scrollspeed ● Wallpaper Lyrics 2.
38 Using Advanced Settings 5. 3D Surround 3D Surround provides three dimensional sound effects. ● 6. Pan Pan adjusts the left and right volume balance. ● 7. Play Speed Controls the speed of music playback ● 8. JetEffect Preset At a desired preset, press “POPUP” button and select “Save” or “Load”. ● Using Advanced Settings 4.5. Display 1. Language Set the display language to use in iAUDIO F2. ● 2. Title Sets how the player displays file names on the screen.
40 Using Advanced Settings 9. Auto Display off Sets how long the screen stays on before it turns off. If there is no operation for a specified period of time, the screen will automatically turn off. ● ● 10. Auto Keypad off Select a desired time it takes before the keypad to go off automatically. ● 11. Brightness Sets the screen brightness ● 4.6. Timer 1. Time Setup Sets the current time Sets the correct time setting for alarm and scheduled recording. ● ● 2.
42 Using Advanced Settings 4.8. Recording Using Advanced Settings 4.9. FM Radio 1. LineIn bps Sets the audio quality of the file being recorded through Line-In. The higher Kbps, the better the recording quality is, but file size also becomes larger. 1. Stereo Select from Stereo and Mono when listening to FM Radio. Radio broadcasts that only support Mono will not support the Stereo feature. 2. Voice bps Sets the audio quality of the file recorded with the built-in microphone.
44 Additional Information 5.1. Resetting the Player to Factory Default Settings iAUDIO F2’s settings can be deleted and re-initialized to Factory default settings. 1. After the player is turned on, select the Music mode. 2. If a music file plays, pause at the playback screen and do as shown below. Additional Information 5.2.
46 Additional Information 5.3. Converting Video Files Using JetAudio VX Additional Information 4. Check the selected video files in the list. 1. Install and then run JetAudio VX. 5. After checking the target folder location to save the converted files and other settings, click on “Start” to start the video conversion process. 2. Click “Convert Video” on the top to convert the video file. 3. From the Convert Video window, click “Add File” to select the files to convert.
48 What is JetShell? What is JetShell? JetShell is the iAUDIO manager program providing the following features: • • • • • • • • • • • Downloading/Uploading files from/to iAUDIO.
50 Introducing JetShell Introducing JetShell Player Section The Whole View Double click an MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, ASF, Audio CD track, or Playlist (m3u) file in the "File Management Window", or drag and drop files on the "Player Window" shown above. You can also select multiple files and then press the Play button. On the black screen in the middle, various information of current file is displayed, and two types of spectrum screens appear.
52 Introducing JetShell Introducing JetShell Flash Memory Management Section JetShell displays visually cool spectrums. When you click on the spectrum display area, the screen changes as follows. The bottom part of JetShell consists of "Flash Memory Management Window" and "Download List Window". When iAUDIO is working normally, the red lamp is turned on with the message "iAUDIO is working" as shown in the figure. The files in iAUDIO displayed in the middle window.
54 Downloading Music files to iAUDIO Downloading Music files to iAUDIO Downloading Music files to iAUDIO 4. Another method is to put the files in the "Download List Window" first, and transfer them later. This is useful when you wish to download files in different folders. If you want to download secure WMA files (WMA files from online music store) to iAUDIO, please refer to “Downloading secure WMA files to iAUDIO”. JetShell does not support downloading secure WMA files.
56 Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO 2. From the File Management section, select the CD-ROM drive in which the Audio CD is inserted. Select the audio tracks from the right window and click or [File] –[Convert CD to MP3] from the menu.
58 Other Features 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. Troubleshooting Q I am still confused even after reading the manual. & website www.iAUDIO.com provides support for users of iAUDIO products with FAQ (Frequently A Our Asked Questions) and beginner’s guide for our products. Users are strongly encouraged to check out our website for further information regarding product usages and software upgrades and patches.
60 Troubleshooting 61 Q Characters on the display are corrupted. & the language using Settings-Display-Language menu and set display format to File name using A Reset Settings-Display-Title menu. If the problem continues, reset the player to its Factory Default setting. Some special fonts may not display perfectly. Q Computer cannot recognize the player when connected. & connecting to the PC with a USB cable, please turn the player on before connecting USB cable.
