Creative NOMAD® Digital Audio Player User Guide On-line Version
Getting Started Creative NOMAD® Digital Audio Player NOMAD Manager Software Creative Digital Center by MusicMatch™ Software 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.
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Contents Introduction........................................................................................................vii System Requirements ..............................................................................................................................vii Handling Instructions..............................................................................................................................viii 1 NOMAD Player ................................................................
3 Using Your NOMAD Player .............................................................................. 9 Using the Player......................................................................................................................................... 9 Key Lock........................................................................................................................................ 9 Changing Modes.......................................................................................
Introduction The NOMAD is a next-generation digital audio player that does not use a cassette tape or a CD. You can enjoy music stored in the built-in flash memory or the flash memory card of the player, use NOMAD to record interviews and lectures, or preset up to 10 of your favorite FM stations.
Handling Instructions Avoid exert severe impact on the Player • Vibration during walking or exercising does not affect the NOMAD Player and playback. However, dropping the Player on a solid surface or dropping a heavy object on the Player may result in distorted sound and internal damage. Prevent water from entering the Player • • Water entering the Player set can damage it. When the Player set comes into contact with water, dry it immediately with a dry cloth.
1 NOMAD Player Your NOMAD Player Your NOMAD Player includes the following items: Stereo headphones Flash memory card (64-MB model only) NOMAD Player Docking station AC current adapter for docking station Parallel cable Software installation CD and MP3 content CD Protective pouch Two AAA rechargeable batteries NOMAD Player 1
Optional accessories For the latest list of accessories, visit www.nomadworld.com.
Location of Controls Front LCD Headphone jack Back Slot open Flash memory card slot Microphone Play/pause/preset station select Stop/power off Volume Skip track forward Scan frequency forward Preset station/scan frequency reverse Voice record/delete Mode select Repeat/equalizer mode Hold Eject flash memory card Docking station connector Battery case Docking Station Front End Player connector Data LED Indicator (green) AC adapter jack Parallel cable connector Power/charge LED indicator (red)
What is MP3? MP3 is an acronym for Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Layer 3, a type of audio data compression that can reduce digital sound files by a 12:1 ratio with virtually no loss in quality. It is an efficient way to store high-quality music or other audio content on your computer. MP3 files can be 1/4 to 1/20 the size of a commercial CD audio file—yet retain a high sound quality. MP3 files usually have the extension .
2 Setting Up NOMAD Player Before Using Your NOMAD Player Before you use your NOMAD Player, be sure the batteries are charged and ready. The rechargeable batteries included may take as long as 90 minutes to fully recharge. Charging Batteries Charge the batteries included with NOMAD before using the Player. + - + - Never use non-rechargeable batteries or other types of rechargeable batteries such as Ni-Cad or rechargeable alkaline.
Using Your NOMAD Player To use your NOMAD Player, remove it from the docking station as shown below. Remove the player Top View Flash Memory Card • Formatting deletes all files from memory. After formatting for the NOMAD Player, your camera or other SmartMedia device will have to reformat the card before it can be reused. Depending on your camera, it may not be able to reformat the card for its own use.
Connecting NOMAD Player to a PC • The batteries must be in the NOMAD Player to download or upload files from or to the player. • You may need to change a BIOS setting to download MP3 files from the PC to the Player. The BIOS setting to be changed depends on the type of CMOS setup utility in the PC, which may be different from the CMOS described in “To Change the BIOS Setting” on page 8.
To Change the BIOS Setting 1. During the memory check, press the DELETE key. 2. On the CMOS Setup Utility menu, select the Integrated Peripherals screen by using the arrow keys and press the ENTER key. 3. Browse to the option Parallel Port Mode and select ECP or ECP/EPP. 4. Press the ESC (Escape) key to return to the CMOS Setup Utility menu. 5. Press the F10 key to save the setting and exit the CMOS Setup Utility. Your computer should continue to start up.
3 Using Your NOMAD Player Using the Player If no Player operations are entered in three minutes, it turns off automatically. Key Lock Repeat the current song To power the Player ON/OFF: 1. Press the Play button to turn Battery Indicator Hold on the power. DBB (Dynamic “Welcome to NOMAD” Base Boost) appears on the NOMAD display before beginning MP3 Mode. 2. To turn off the power, press and hold the Stop button for more than one second.
Playback MP3 File To play MP3 files, they must first be stored in the NOMAD Player. 1. Press the Mode button and select the MP3 Mode. “MP3 Left Side Mode” appears on the LCD for three seconds before the first track begins to play. 2. Press the Play button to play the current track; press it again to pause. While paused, the Track State Indicator flashes. During playback, the title of the recording, artist’s name, and playing time scroll and then the elapsed time of the track is displayed on the LCD.
Reverse In Stop mode: 1. Press the Reverse button to skip to the previous track. Once a track is selected, it starts playing in three seconds unless you select another operation. In Playback mode: 1. Press the Reverse button to skip to the previous track. Right Side Repeat: 1. Press the Repeat/EQ button and then select either Repeat, Repeat All, or Shuffle which appears in order. Left Side Repeat Equalizer Mode Repeat All Shuffle 1. Press and hold the Repeat/EQ button to select the Equalizer mode. 2.
Erasing MP3 File 1. Press the Mode button Right Side and select MP3 mode. 2. Select a track using the Forward or Reverse button. 3. Press and hold the Erase/Rec button. A message to confirm appears on the LCD: Press the Play button to erase; press any other button to cancel or do not press any button for three seconds. When the action is cancelled, the Player returns to its previous state. Operating in Voice Mode To make a Voice Recording: 1. Press the Mode button and select Voice mode. 2.
Playing back Voice Recording: 1. Press the Play button to play back the current track. Press it again to pause. To resume the playback of the current track, press the Play button. Right Side After a track is erased, each of the track numbers following it decreases by one. Operating the FM Radio Erasing Voice Recording: 1. Select a track using the Forward or Reverse button. 2. After selecting a track, press and hold the Rec/Erase button. 3.
4. Hold down the Repeat button for one second to preset the frequency. Right Side Right Side Left Side MP3 Download Service On the Internet, you can locate web sites from which you can download MP3 files, with or without charge, and get information, the latest techniques, and software related to MP3. Some of the current web sites with MP3 content are: www.emusic.com • EMusic www.audible.com • Audible.Inc. www.audioexplosion.com • Audio Explosion,Inc. www.audiohighway.com • audiohighway.com www.
4 Using Your NOMAD Software NOMAD Manager Creative Nomad Manager allows you to manage the contents on your Nomad Player: • Play MP3 files directly. • View and manage the memory contents of the Nomad Player. • Download MP3 and other files to the Nomad Player. • Upload the memory contents (except MP3 files) to the computer.
To format the internal or external memory: 1. Select the icon for the internal or external memory. 2. Click the Format icon. If the internal memory is formatted, you can proceed with adding files to the Player. To view status of the Player memory: 1. Click the View button to drop down the Explorer. 2. Select the internal or external memory to view the files on the Player. The amount of memory used and available are displayed at the bottom of the window.
3. Select the first file to be copied to the Player. 4. Click the Transfer button on the Computer window. On the Choose Destination dialog, select the memory to which you want to transfer the selected file, and click OK. To transfer files from the Nomad Player to your hard disk: 1. With the Computer window open, open the folder to which you want to copy the file from Nomad Player. 2. Select the file in Nomad Player you want to copy to your PC’s hard disk (or other destination). 3.
To convert a voice recording to a WAV file: 1. Use NOMAD Player to make a voice recording. See “Operating in Voice Mode” on page 12. 2. Turn on the NOMAD Player and, with Stand-By selected, place it in the docking station. 3. Open NOMAD Manager on your computer. 4. Click on Archive and download the SC4 voice recording to your computer’s hard disk. 5. Use the View button to select the hard disk and browse to locate the SC4 file. 6.
Creative Digital Audio Center by MusicMatch™ Creative Digital Audio Center (CDAC) allows you to record songs from your CDs and to convert .WAV files to digital format. If you have an audio card with Environmental Audio—Sound Blaster Live! or Sound Blaster Live! Value—the titles supporting EA can be played back with the original presets or you can change the settings. To open MusicMatch: 1.
If a title supports Environmental Audio (EA), an EA symbol appears before the title in the expanded PlayList Control. To make changes to the EA presets for the title, double-click the symbol to display the EA dialog. Playback The Playback buttons all apply to the current PlayList, except Rec which opens the Recorder. Volume Control is found to the right of the Playback buttons. Click and drag the volume button to adjust playback volume.
Add Files to the Music Library Once you add a song to your Music Library, you cannot rename the original file. To do so, you need to re-add that song to the Music Library. The Music Library button opens the Music Library. Alternatively, go to the Music Library by clicking on the Options button, select View on the menu, and click on Show Music Library. Click Add to browse for a music directory.
The And/And Not feature allows you to either include or exclude that category in your PlayList. “And” tells the Jukebox to look only for songs within the category selected; “And Not” tells the Jukebox to exclude songs from this category. In the above example, if you choose “Party” and “And Not” for the Third Criteria, the MusicMatch Jukebox selects all your classic rock titles with an excellent rating which you have listed as appropriate for situations other than parties.
Track Info The Track Info button on the Digital Audio Center opens the Track Info screen. Record Tracks To record tracks from your CD library into the MusicMatch Jukebox, put a music CD in your CD-ROM drive and open the Recorder by clicking the Options button, selecting View, and click on Show Recorder. Select the tracks you want to record and click on Start.
CDDB The CDDB button on the Recorder opens your Web browser and connects you, through the Internet, to a database comprised of thousands of music titles. The serial number of your CD is matched with CDDB records, and title, artist, and track data is transferred to the Recorder screen. The information is placed in the Music Library when the recording is completed. Using CDDB removes the necessity of filling in all of the CD disk data manually. There is no fee for using this service.
Tag The Tag option on the Music Library or Track Info screens, opens the Track Information screen. The Track Information allows you to add information that is displayed in the Track Info screen each time the track is played. Highlight a song in the Music Library and click Tag to open the Track Information screen. If CD information was input before recording by choosing CDDB or by manually typing the data in, it is displayed in the Track Title, Track #, Track Time, Artist, and Album fields.
Content CD NOMAD includes a CD, CONTENT CD, that offers sample MP3 files for downloading, manipulating, and enjoying while you are learning to use the NOMAD Player, NOMAD Manager, and MusicMatch. To open the Content CD: 1. With Windows 95/98 running, place the Content CD in the CD-ROM drive. The NOMAD software opens your Web browser and displays the NOMAD home page. The NOMAD home page, “Introduction,” describes the CD’s contents and presents the URL for the NOMAD Web site.
2. On the NOMAD CONTENTS CD home screen, click Music Catalog to display the directory of music genres represented on the Content CD. 3. Click on one of the music types displayed to open a listing of the selections available on the Content CD for that genre.
4. Select Intro to return to the home screen and select Partners to display a screen listing the Web sites that have contributed titles to the Content CD. Click on any of the Partners’ names to access their Web site.
A Technical Specifications and Troubleshooting NOMAD Player DAP-3201 Memory Capacity ❑ Internal Memory 32 MB ❑ Flash memory card 32 MB (available separately for 32 MB model) Power ❑ 3V Battery ❑ Two AAA high-capacity rechargeable (Ni-MH) batteries included with the NOMAD Player ❑ 5-hour or longer playing time (with fully charged Ni-MH and alkaline batteries) LCD ❑ 16-letter display (95 x 12 dots, 11 x 12 dots) Dimensions (W x H x D) / Weight ❑ 58 x 85 x 17 mm / 64g (without batteries) Case ❑ Magnesium Dat
Headphone Power Output ❑ 6 mW Output Frequency Range ❑ 20 ~ 20KHz NOMAD Docking Station DS-3201 Power ❑ DC 9V, 500 mA Dimension (W x H x D) / Weight ❑ 92 x 1332 x 50 mm / 165g Case ❑ Plastic LED Indicator ❑ Data, Power/Charge Technical Specifications and Troubleshooting 32
Troubleshooting If your NOMAD Player does not work, check the following before calling Technical Support: The Player does not work or nothing is displayed on the LCD ❑ Check the rechargeable batteries and their charge level. Two 1.5V AAA batteries (general or rechargeable) are required. ❑ Check the polarity (+, -) of the batteries. The buttons on the Player do not work ❑ The Hold switch may be on. In Hold mode, the buttons do not work.
SmartMedia card is not recognized by my digital still camera after using it in NOMAD Player ❑ Format the SmartMedia card in the NOMAD Player using NOMAD Manager. Then,insert the SmartMedia card into your digital still camera and format it using the camera. It should now be usable in your camera. The files on the flash memory card are not recognized ❑ ❑ A flash memory card that has been used by any other MP3 player cannot be used. Using NOMAD Manager, format the flash memory card and copy the files again.
