How to use this manual Page 1 of 30 How to use this manual This document has been designed to provide you with complete product knowledge. You can resize the document window, print this document, access linked web sites and get information from specially prepared graphics. To jump to a linked topic or a web site, click the underlined blue text, or the hand symbol whenever it appears. To show a short description (tooltip) of an object, move your mouse cursor over it.
How to use this manual Page 2 of 30 1. Power switch Slide the Power switch towards the Power icon and hold it there to turn your player on and off. 2. Lock Slide the Power switch to the Lock position to disable your player's controls. 3. Microphone Make instant recordings with this built-in microphone. 4. LINE IN jack Connect external stereo sources, such as cassette players, CD players and MiniDisc players, to this jack. 5. Headphone jack Connect your player's earphones to this jack. 6.
How to use this manual Page 3 of 30 OLED display lights up. 2. To turn off your player, slide the Power switch towards the Power Shutting down message appears. icon and hold it there until the Reactivating the Player's Screen When the screen turns off, press any button on your player to reactivate the screen. For more information about setting the display timer, see Setting the display duration. Locking Your Player Locking your player disables all of its controls.
How to use this manual Page 4 of 30 When playing music, you can do the following: push the joystick left or right to go to the previous or next track. push and hold the joystick right or left to move forward or backward within a track. Main and Options Menus To return to the main menu Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once. Select an option. For more information, see Using the 5-Way Navigation Joystick.
How to use this manual Page 5 of 30 Note FM radio and video functions are available on ZEN V Plus only. Now Playing Screen The Now Playing screen appears when you turn on your player, or when you select Now Playing from the main menu. In this screen, you can: view your player's settings and battery status icons. access the Selected Music screen when you press the 5-way Navigation Joystick. The Selected Music screen displays a preselected list of music tracks.
How to use this manual Page 6 of 30 Creative ZENcast Organizer With Creative ZENcast Organizer, you can subscribe to your favorite ZENcast channels, and download and transfer ZENcast media files to your player. Creative ZENcast Organizer is your center for playing, managing, and subscribing to your favorite ZENcast channels. With ZENcast Organizer, you can: quickly access ZENcast channels of your favorite topics from ZENcast Directory and ZENcast.
How to use this manual Page 7 of 30 Earphones Your player's earphones feature dynamic bass response and enhanced audio clarity. Warning! For your safety and the safety of others, do not use your earphones while driving, cycling or during any other activity that requires your full attention. Pouch Your player's protective pouch keeps it snug and safe. Neckstrap With your player's neckstrap, your music collection goes wherever you go. file://C:\Documents and Settings\San\Local Settings\Temp\~hh9123.
How to use this manual Page 8 of 30 Note The player's neckstrap is available only in selected countries. Line-in Cable With your player's line-in cable, you can directly encode or "rip" music to your player (see Encoding using the LINE IN jack), instead of ripping music on your computer first and then transferring it to your player.
How to use this manual Page 9 of 30 The video function is available on ZEN V Plus only. Transferring Media and Data Files Transfer music, picture, video and other files from your computer to your player. Before ripping or copying files, make sure your player is connected to your computer as shown below. Note The video function is available on ZEN V Plus only. To transfer or 'rip' music from your CD collection 1. Double-click the ZEN V Series Media Explorer 2.
How to use this manual Page 10 of 30 1. Double-click the ZENcast Organizer 2. Click the Transfer icon on the desktop. button. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. 4. Click the Done button. To transfer data files from your computer 1. Double-click the ZEN V Series Media Explorer 2. Click the Browse Documents icon on the desktop. button. 3. Locate your data files and using the drag-and-drop method, transfer them to the Data folder in your player.
How to use this manual Page 11 of 30 before disconnecting your player. Selecting and playing music tracks You can search for music tracks by album, artist, genre or title. If you have created playlists (tracks you have organized into lists) on your player, or transferred playlists from Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, you can search for music tracks in playlists as well. The steps below also apply if you want to search for Audible and ZENcast files. 1. Press the Back/Options button.
How to use this manual Page 12 of 30 person. 1. During playback, press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select Now Playing. The Now Playing screen appears. 3. Press and hold the Back/Options button. 4. Select Lookup Artist to display albums or tracks from the same artist. Note The Lookup Artist option is also available in the Options menu in the Selected Music screen. To access the Selected Music screen, see Now Playing Screen.
How to use this manual Page 13 of 30 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select Play Mode. 3. Select one of the following items in the Play Mode screen: Normal Plays your selected tracks in sequential order. Repeat Track Repeats the current track. When you select this play mode, screen. Repeat All Repeats all selected tracks. When you select this play mode, screen.
How to use this manual Page 14 of 30 You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select Music Library Bookmarks. 3. Select the bookmark that you want. Playing Audible Files After downloading Audible files to your player, search for Audible content by album, artist, genre or title. See Selecting and playing music tracks. You can also skip sections within an Audible file. Note Audible files are currently available to selected regions only. Skipping sections within a track 1.
How to use this manual Page 15 of 30 4. To change the display setting, select System Photo Settings following items: Fit Screen Resizes your picture to best fit your player's screen. Full Screen Resizes your picture to fill your player's screen. Your player's default display setting is Full Screen. View As and select one of the Viewing pictures in a slideshow 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2.
How to use this manual Page 16 of 30 Performing an autoscan and autosave 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select FM Radio. 3. To automatically scan and save radio stations, press and hold the Back/Options button and select Autoscan. At the end of the autoscan, ZEN V Plus saves all stations as preset channels and tunes in to the first preset. Performing a manual scan 1. Press the Back/Options button.
How to use this manual Page 17 of 30 2. While recording, you can press and hold the Back/Options following options: Pause button and select one of the Pauses the recording. You can also pause the recording by pressing the Play/Pause button. Stop Stops and saves the recording. You can also stop the recording by pressing the Record button. Split Ends and saves current recording session, and begins a new one. 3. Press the Record button to end the voice recording.
How to use this manual Page 18 of 30 6. While encoding, you can press and hold the Back/Options following items: Pause button and select one of the Pauses the encoding. You can also pause the encoding by pressing the Play/Pause button. Stop Stops and saves the encoding. You can also stop the encoding by pressing the Record button. Split Ends and saves current recording session, and begins a new one. 7. Press the Record button to end the line-in recording.
How to use this manual Page 19 of 30 3. Press the Play/Pause button. Playing and Managing Videos To play videos, you must first convert and transfer them to your player. For more information on transferring videos, see Transferring Media and Data Files. Transferred videos are categorized by name and duration in your player's Video Library. Note The video function is available on ZEN V Plus only.
How to use this manual Page 20 of 30 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select Music Library and select a music category, such as Albums or Genres. Select All Tracks if you want to search by track title. 3. Continue searching with the 5-way Navigation Joystick until you find the track or category of tracks that you want to delete. 4.
How to use this manual Page 21 of 30 Your player appears as a Removable Disk under My Computer in Windows Explorer. 5. Use the drag-and-drop method in Windows Explorer to copy files to and from your player. 6. When you have finished copying files, safely disconnect your player using the Safely Remove Hardware Properly. icon on the Taskbar.
How to use this manual Page 22 of 30 want. Before you can decrease the amount of disk space, the existing data files stored in Removable Disk mode must be able to fit into the decreased space. 4. Alternatively, connect your player to your computer and use Creative Removable Disk Manager to increase or decrease the amount of disk space in Removable Disk mode. Note To delete all the data files in the Removable Disk disk space, press and hold the Back/Options button and select Format.
How to use this manual Page 23 of 30 Tip You can also use Sync Manager to synchronize music, pictures, videos, contacts, calendar and tasks between your player and your computer. For more information, see Synchronizing Content with Your Computer. Note The video function is available on ZEN V Plus only. Viewing the Calendar 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select Extras Organizer Calendar. 3.
How to use this manual Page 24 of 30 or down to vary the amount of boost or reduction in the selected frequency range. 3. Push the 5-way Navigation Joystick right or left to select the remaining sliders, and repeat step 2. 4. Select the check mark to save and enable the Custom EQ settings. Enabling Smart Volume You can limit the volume range of playback with Smart Volume.
How to use this manual Page 25 of 30 Personalizing the player with your name 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select System Player Settings Owner. 3. Use the 5-way Navigation Joystick to spell out your name using the characters in the list box that appears, and then select Ok. Setting the display duration 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2.
How to use this manual Page 26 of 30 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select System Language, and select the language that you want. Resetting your player You can reset your player to its original settings. 1. Press the Back/Options button. You may need to do this more than once until the main menu appears. 2. Select System Reset Settings.
How to use this manual Page 27 of 30 The files may have become corrupt during transfer or the DRM license may have expired. If the DRM license is still valid, try transferring the files again, and make sure you do so with Creative Media Explorer, Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, or Windows Media Player 10 (and above) only. Can I use Windows Media Player 10 to transfer videos? Yes, but before your videos are transferred, they must first be converted into a format recognized by ZEN V Plus.
How to use this manual Page 28 of 30 There was an unexpected power loss during audio file transfer. Use your player only after this library rebuilding is completed. Your player is updating its tracks. This occurs after transferring tracks to your player and unplugging it. There was an unexpected power loss while saving settings. Reload the firmware, download a newer firmware version or contact Customer Support Services. The firmware is corrupted.
How to use this manual Page 29 of 30 PC Music Library is your collection of digital audio tracks in Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer. In Creative MediaSource Player/Organizer, you can have more than one PC Music Library. When sharing the same computer, multiple users can each have their own music library, each with its own settings. However, only one music library can be active at one time. Can PC Music Library be automatically updated? Yes.
How to use this manual Page 30 of 30 Recording Formats Voice (via built-in microphone): IMA ADPCM (8 kHz, Mono) Line-in Recording: WMA (128 kbps and 160 kbps) FM Radio (for ZEN V Plus only) Stereo and Mono Up to 32 preset stations FM region support International: 87.5 MHz ~ 108.0 MHz, 100 kHz intervals Japan: 76.0 MHz ~ 90.
