Creative NOMAD Zen XTRA - Manuals

ix Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library ........................ 3- 14 Using the Selected Music List ........................................................ 3- 16 Viewing music tracks in the Selected Music List ..................... 3- 16 Viewing track information in the Selected Music List...

xi C Frequently Asked Questions and Error Diagrams AutoPlay ....................................................................................... C- 1 Features ....................................................................................... C- 2 General ........................................

Before You Begin xviii Before You Begin Package Contents Hardware ❍ NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra Player (with removable battery) ❍ AC Power Adapter ❍ Installation CD incorporating PDF User’s Guide ❍ Quick Start leaflet ❍ Stereo headphones ❍ USB cable ❍ Protective pouch ❍ Lithium-ion rechargeable battery S...

Before You Begin xix Creative MediaSource Player Creative MediaSource Player is the only software you will need for music and multimedia entertainment. Unlike other media players, Creative MediaSource Player is specially designed to access the power of NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra’s hardware. With it, you...

Before You Begin xxii Document Conventions We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you: Tip . This tells you about shortcuts or hints relating to a feature. Note. This highlights additional or important information about a feature. Caution! This highlights proper usage of your pla...

Before You Begin xxiv Optional Player Accessories Visit www.NOMADworld.com to learn more about these accessories. ❍ The Car Kit comes with a Cassette Adapter that connects your player to a car cassette player. ❍ You can get an additional removable Lithium-Ion battery for your battery. Car Kit Remova...

Before You Begin xxv Online Registration Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your products during installation, or at www.creative.com/register . Benefits include: ❍ Service and Product support from Creative. ❍ Exclusive updates on promotions and events! To register online, your player must be c...

A Tour of Your Player 1-2 Using the Scroller Scroll Select The Scroller is one of the most important features of your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. In this document, we will use a new term, “Scroll Select”, to indicate that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options and then select the option b...

A Tour of Your Player 1-3 Selecting menu options You can use the Scroller to make selections in menus. For example, if you are looking at the Menu screen: 1. Use the Scroller to scroll up and down in the menu. 2. Press the Scroller to select the menu item. Selecting list and confirmation box options...

A Tour of Your Player 1-4 Button What It Does Usage Tips P OWER ❍ turns the player on and off ❍ disables all buttons except for the scroller ❍ activates LCD backlight ❍ press and hold until player turns on or off ❍ when the player is turned on, press this button. The Lock player? window appears. Use...

Getting Started 2-1 Getting Started Inserting the battery 1. Push the Open switch to the right as shown in Figure 2-1. The cover pops open. 2. Insert the battery into your player. 3. Position the hooks of cover over the openings as shown in Figure 2-2. Open switch Figure 2-1: Opening the cover. Hook...

Getting Started 2-2 4. Press the cover gently to snap shut as shown in Figure 2-3. Figure 2-3: Securing the cover.

Getting Started 2-3 Charging the Battery The high performance lithium-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. To charge your...

Getting Started 2-4 Power Source and Level Indicators Your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s charged status or the power source (battery or electrical power). Icon What the icon means Notes ❍ your player is running from electrical power only ❍ your player is runn...

Getting Started 2-7 Transferring Music Audio selections have been preloaded to your player to get you started quickly. If you wish to listen to music immediately, simply press the Play button . However, if you wish to download additional music tracks to your player, you can either download music tra...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-1 Playing and Managing Your Music Playing Music Music Playback Audio selections and an Audio Tour of your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra have been preloaded to your player to get you started quickly. You can add audio selections from the NOMAD Zen Xtra’s Music Library to th...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-3 Play Modes Your player has Play Modes that allow you to change how your Selected Music 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 the...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-4 To repeat the whole Selected Music List Scroll Select Repeat All . The Repeat All icon appears onscreen and the Selected Music List is repeated continuously until you stop it. Shuffling music The Shuffle Play Mode can be used once (“Shuffle”) or continuously (“Shu...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-5 To Shuffle Repeat the Selected Music List continuously Scroll Select Shuffle Repeat . The Shuffle Repeat icon appears onscreen and tracks are selected at random and played back continuously until you stop playback. Playing a track once When the Selected Music List...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-6 Normal mode Once the Normal mode is enabled, each track in the Selected Music List is played, from the first track to the last. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Selected Music . The Selected Music List screen appears. 3. Press the Scroller. A list appea...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-7 Bookmarking a track Bookmarking a track sets a playback point—you can jump to this point whenever you play the bookmarked track. This is useful if, for example, you want to bookmark an audio book. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Now Playing . The Now P...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-8 To remove a bookmark Scroll Select Clear Bookmark (see below). A message box appears, telling you that the bookmark has been cleared.

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-10 Finding a Music Track in the Music Library In the following example, you will be shown how to find a track by navigating through your Music Library. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Music Library . 3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if yo...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-13 Viewing Track Information in the Music Library Detailed information about tracks in the Music Library is readily available. This includes the track’s title, artist, album and genre that the track belongs to, as well as the track’s length. To view information abou...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-14 Deleting Music Tracks from the Music Library This action permanently deletes tracks, albums, artists, genres or Selected Music Lists from your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. To delete a track 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Music Library . 3. Scroll Select a...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-15 To delete an entire album, artist, genre or Selected Music List 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Music Library . 3. Scroll Select an audio category. For example, if you want to delete a particular album, Scroll Select Albums . 4. Scroll Select Open . 5...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-16 Using the Selected Music List You can do more than play audio selections in the Selected Music List. You can: ❍ View audio in the Selected Music List ❍ View information about tracks in the Selected Music List ❍ Remove audio ❍ Rearrange the Selected Music List ❍ S...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-17 4. Scroll Select Expand . The tracks in the selection appear beneath the album, artist or genre. To collapse an album, artist or genre 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Selected Music . The Selected Music List screen appears. 3. Scroll Select the expand...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-19 Removing music tracks from the Selected Music List When tracks, albums, artists or genres are removed from your player’s Selected Music List, they are only removed from the Selected Music List—audio still remains in the Music Library. To delete audio completely, ...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-20 To remove all audio from the Selected Music List 1. Scroll Select Remove All . A confirmation box appears, asking you if you want to remove all tracks in the Selected Music List. 2. Scroll Select the check mark . All audio selections are removed from the Selected...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-22 5. Using the Scroller, move the album, artist, genre or individual track to the preferred position in the Selected Music List. 6. Press the Scroller to set the position you have selected.

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-23 Saving the Selected Music List as a playlist If you like the contents and arrangement of your current Selected Music List, you can choose to save it as a playlist for retrieval and playback later. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Select Selected Music . The S...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-24 5. Scroll Select the letters on the list to form a name for your playlist. This name appears in the box at the bottom of the screen. Note: When entering letters into the box, you can switch from upper to lower case (or vice-versa) by simply Scroll Selecting the l...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-25 Enhancing Your Music Using EAX Your player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EAX technologies also available with Creative's Sound Blaster Live! and Audigy 2 audio cards. EAX technologies (or "Settings") available in your player include...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-26 To use EAX with your currently playing audio: 1. Turn on EAX. 2. Select an EAX setting. 3. Select a preset, rate or mode to use with the selected EAX setting. This simple process is described in the following instructions. 1. Press the Menu button . 2. Scroll Sel...

Playing and Managing Your Music 3-28 6. Scroll Select each vertical control level. Use the Scroller to move the control knob up or down to vary the amount of boost or reduction in the selected frequency range. 7. Scroll Select the check mark to return to the EAX Audio Settings.

Software Applications 4-2 Using Creative MediaSource Only basic instructions on how to use MediaSource with your player are provided in this chapter — extensive instructions are found in the MediaSource Help file. Ripping Audio CD Tracks You can rip an audio CD’s tracks to your player, hard disk or ...

Software Applications 4-3 Transferring tracks With Creative MediaSource, you can transfer files and audio tracks to and from your player. To transfer files from one source to another 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. Click the Sho...

Software Applications 4-4 Editing audio track information You may need to edit track information when the information is incomplete or wrong. To edit information about a track 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organizer, click the Player/Organizer View button. 2. In the Content windo...

Software Applications 4-5 Creating a playlist Creative MediaSource allows you to create playlists from the Selected Music List or from the PC Music Library. You can create playlists by: ❍ clicking the New Playlist icon ❍ saving the Selected Music List ❍ saving tracks from the Content window To creat...

Software Applications 4-6 4. In the Add Tracks to Playlist dialog box, enter a playlist name to create a new playlist with the selected track, or select an existing playlist to add the track to. 5. Click the OK button. 6. Continue selecting tracks until your playlist is complete. Adding audio tracks...

Software Applications 4-7 Using NOMAD Explorer Instructions on how to use NOMAD Explorer are in the NOMAD Explorer Help file—only basic instructions are provided here. Creating a folder 1. In Windows Explorer, locate and click the Nomad Explorer icon . 2. On the View menu, point to Active Device and...

Technical Specifications A-1 Technical Specifications Size ❑ 2.99" (W) x 4.43" (H) x 0.95" (D) or 75.9 mm x 112.5 mm x 24.1 mm Weight ❑ 8.0 oz or 226 gms (with the battery) Memory ❑ 8 MB SDRAM buffer Capacity ❑ 20/30 GB hard drive Battery type ❑ Lithium-ion battery (removable) Battery Li...

Technical Specifications A-2 Playback Formats ** ❑ MP3 (at 8, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz) ❑ WMA (at 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz) ❑ Wave (at 32, 44.1, 48 kHz) Signal to Noise Ratio ❑ Up to 98 dB (Headphones) Channel Separation ❑ Up to 75 dB (Headphones) THD ❑ <0.1% Frequency Respons...

Technical Specifications A-3 Data Connector ❑ USB 2.0/USB 1.1 EAX ❑ Environment effects ❑ Parametric equalization ❑ Headphone spatialization ❑ Smart Volume Management ❑ Advanced EQ ❑ Time Scaling Playback Speed ❑ Up to 1.5 times faster or 0.5 times slower for audio book content, WMA, WAV and MP3 aud...

Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-1 Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide Information Diagrams The following icons appear onscreen when the associated playback action is used. Diagram Action/Meaning ❍ your computer is actively managing your player. To use your player, disconnect it from your computer. War...

Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-2 Playback Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Play ❍ Pause ❍ Forward ❍ Reverse ❍ Skip forward ❍ Skip back

Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-3 Selected Music List Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Album ❍ Artist ❍ Genre ❍ Track ❍ Track within audio category ❍ Audio selected for playback or that is currently playing back The following icons are commonly found in the Selected List screen.

Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-4 Play Mode Icons Icon Action/Meaning ❍ Repeat Track ❍ Repeat All ❍ Shuffle ❍ Shuffle Repeat ❍ Play Track Once The following icons appear onscreen when the respective audio enhancements are active.

Onscreen Diagram and Icon Guide B-6 ❍ Genre category ❍ EAX ❍ Find ❍ Settings ❍ About Icon Action/Meaning The following icons appear on-screen when you are in the associated firmware section.

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-1 FAQs and Troubleshooting This section covers common problems you might encounter or questions you might have while using your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra. If you have a technical problem with this product, you may wish to consult our self-help tool “Knowledgebase” for online ...

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-2 8. Click the Settings tab, and then select Auto Insert Notification . 9. Click the OK button. Features If I make a bookmark in a track, will the track play back from the bookmarked point? No, you have to manually select "GO TO BOOKMARK". See "To play the trac...

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-3 How can I get accessories for my Jukebox? Visit www.NOMADworld.com for the latest news on accessories.

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-4 Windows XP tells me that the software for the player is not certified. What do I do? At the time of this product's release, Microsoft strongly encouraged companies to submit their hardware solutions for certification. If a hardware device driver is not submitted, or does...

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-5 Maintenance Do I need to defragment the player’s hard disk? No, you will not need to defragment, format or clean up the hard disk at all. The player’s unique file system ensures that you will not have to worry about hard disk maintenance. Usage Can I jog with my NOMAD Ju...

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-6 ❍ use of passive speakers or high-powered headphones. Proper charging and handling of the battery can also help in prolonging battery life and charge. Should I leave my player plugged into the AC adapter? No, you should not. After charging the battery or using the player...

FAQs and Troubleshooting C-7 Error Diagrams If an error occurs, you may see any one of the following diagrams, indicating the general nature of the problem. Diagram Likely Causes Suggested Action ❍ unexpected power loss while saving settings ❍ download a newer firmware version ❍ reload firmware ❍ ca...

User Preferences D-1 User Preferences Setting User Preferences Your player offers many configuration options. You can ❍ personalize your Jukebox ❍ specify profiles ❍ set the contrast level for your player’s screen ❍ select the default language ❍ reset your player ❍ lock and unlock your player’s butt...

User Preferences D-2 Profiles In the Profiles screen, you can: ❍ select a profile ❍ switch the Menu Style between a standard list menu or iconic tabbed menu (see figure above) ❍ clear the Selected Music List whenever you Scroll Select the Play Now option. ❍ change the skin of the Now Playing screen ...

User Preferences D-3 4. Scroll Select the profile that you want. There are different profiles to suit your needs (for example, Standard, Advanced, At Home or Car Player). Setting Sleep Timer Sleep Timer lets you play music tracks for a specified time period. 1. From the Settings screen, Scroll Selec...

User Preferences D-4 Menu Language This option controls the language in which your player’s menus are displayed. 1. From the Settings screen, Scroll Select Menu under Language . 2. From the menu, Scroll Select a language. Input Language This option controls the language in which you input letters or...

User Preferences D-5 Setting Wake-To-Music 1. From the Jukebox Settings screen, Scroll Select Time & Date . 2. Scroll Select the time settings next to the Wake to Music icon . 3. Turn the Scroller up or down to increase or decrease the time, and then press the Scroller to save the setting. 4. Sc...

User Preferences D-7 Locking and unlocking your Player Locking your NOMAD Jukebox Zen Xtra will disable all buttons on the player except for the Scroller. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Play/Pause ) pressed accidentally. If you press a button while the player i...