Creative Nomad Jukebox 2 Manual
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2-1 CHARGING THE BATTERY The high performance Li-ion battery supplied with your player needs to be fully charged before you use it. Your player’s built-in battery charger will fully charge the battery (in approximately 4 hours) to obtain the maximum playback time. Subsequent recharging should take 1-3 hours typically. To charge your player’s battery: 1. Connect your player to a power outlet. Your player will turn itself on. 2. Check the battery icon to see when the battery is fully charged. DC adapter connector
2-2 Power Source and Level IndicatorsYour player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s charged status or the power source (battery or electrical power). IconWhat the icon meansNotes ❍your player is running from electrical power only ❍your player is running from battery power only❍this battery state icon shows that the battery is fully charged ❍your player’s battery is good for approximately 12 hours of continuous playback ❍your player’s battery is good for approximately 3 hours of continuous playback❍recharge the battery at the earliest opportunity ❍your player is running from electrical power and is charging the battery ❍charge the battery fully before disconnecting the player from the power outlet ❍while charging, the icon will alternate between this icon and a battery state icon, showing the approximate level of charge ❍your player is running from electrical power and has finished charging the battery❍to use battery power, disconnect the player from the power outlet
2-3 INSTALLING SOFTWARE Your NOMAD Jukebox 2 comes with software that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and use your player. 1. Make sure that your player is not connected to your computer. 2. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 3. The disc supports Windows AutoPlay mode and starts running automatically. If not, you need to enable your CD-ROM drives auto-insert notification feature. For more details, see AutoPlay on page C-1. 4. Select your preferred language. For more details, see Language Settings on page D-3. 5. Click the Install software for NOMAD Jukebox 2 option to select it. 6. Click the OK button. 7. Click the Next button to register with Creative, so that you will be updated on new developments for your player. 8. Follow the instructions on the screen. 9. When prompted to restart your computer, leave the CD in the CD-ROM drive. 10. Click the Yes, I want to restart my computer now option to select it. 11. Click the Finish button. 12. Restart your computer. You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications.
2-4 CONNECTING YOUR PLAYER TO YOUR COMPUTER You are now ready to connect your player to your computer. Your NOMAD Jukebox 2 comes with a USB 2.0 cable for fast data transfers to and from your computer. Be sure that you have installed PlayCenter before connecting your player. After you have connected your player to your computer, go through the NOMAD Jukebox 2 Interactive Tutorial found on your Installation CD!
2-5 TRANSFERRING MUSIC Audio selections have been preloaded to the Playing List to get you started quickly. If you wish to listen to music immediately, simply press the PLAY button . If, however, you wish to download additional music tracks to your player, you can either download music tracks from Internet music sites or have them ripped from audio CDs to your computer. They must, however, be encoded into the supported formats (MP3 or WMA file formats), then transferred to your player with the Creative PlayCenter application. Data files can also be transferred and stored in your player, useful if, for example, you want to transfer a large movie file from one computer to another. Data can be transferred to your player with the Creative File Manager application, which is a dedicated data file manager for your player. You can listen to your player’s preloaded music immediately by simply pressing the PLAY button. Basic instructions on how to use PlayCenter are provided in using playcenter on page 4- 2
2-6 Downloading music from the internetTo get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are correct at the time of this document’s release): Follow the instructions on the site and download the music files to your computer. Ripping content from a CDThe first phase in making an MP3 file is extracting audio data from an audio CD. To extract audio data, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and a program known as a Ripper. This program uses the CD-ROM drive to read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on your hard disk. The time needed for a successful audio extraction depends on: ❍CD-ROM drive speed ❍defects, like scratches on the audio CD ❍error-checking features on the CD-ROM drive ❍NOMADWorld http://www.NOMADworld.com❍ AMP3.com http://www.amp3.com ❍ SoundClick.com http://www.soundclick.com❍ ArtistOne.com http://www.artistone.com ❍ Epitonic.com http://www.epitonic.com❍ Soundbuzz.com http://www.soundbuzz.com It is illegal to encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless you have the express or explicit permission of the copyright holder(s).
2-7 Encoding is the second phase of making an MP3 file. Encoders are used to convert the stored audio tracks, usually WAV files, into MP3 files. MP3 encoding is considered lossy compression, which means that some data is lost during compression. However, using the standard sampling rates and bitrates will ensure that your MP3 files retain much of their audio quality. The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps, although some are set higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Higher bitrates will result in larger MP3 file sizes, with better audio quality. Use PlayCenter to extract audio tracks and encode MP3s.
3-1 PLAYING MUSIC Basic Music PlaybackTo play audio, you can add audio selections from the NOMAD Jukebox 2s Music Library to the player’s playing list as described in Adding Music Tracks from the Music Library to the Playing List on page 3-14, then play back the entire playing list. Audio selections have been preloaded to the playing list to get you started quickly. Viewing the playing listFollow these steps to play the playing list . 1. Press the PLAY button . The Play icon appears onscreen and the playing list is played back, from the first track to the last. 2. Press the NOW PLAYING button . The upper-left corner of the screen will display the Playing List icon. Audio Selections Playing List icon.
3-2 3. Press the NOW PLAYING button again to display the Playing Track screen, which shows the track that is being played back or the track that has been selected. The upper-left corner of the screen will display the Playing Track icon. Play ModesYour player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your playing list is played back. The following Play Modes are available: ❍Repeat track ❍Repeat all ❍Shuffle ❍Shuffle repeat ❍Track once ❍Normal Play Modes are disabled by enabling Normal mode as described in Normal mode on page 3-6. You can also display the Playing Track screen by pressing the Scroller. A list appears. Scroll Select View Playing Track. Track Title Elapsed Time Bar Playing Track Icon Album Title