User’s Guide ver. 1.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE General • COWON is a registered trademark of COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. • This product is for home use only and cannot be used for commercial purposes. • The copyright for this manual belongs exclusively to COWON SYSTEMS, Inc., and unauthorized distribution of this manual, or any portion of it is prohibited without prior written permission. • JetShell and JetAudio are copyrights of COWON SYSTEMS, Inc.
Table of Contents Precautions for Using this Product 4 1)Before Using this Product 5 1. What is COWON A2? 2. Package Components 3. Names of Parts 4. Power Connection and Charging 5. Connecting to your PC 6. Charging with your PC 7. Windows 98 Driver Setup 8. Saving Files and Disconnecting A2 9. Upgrading Firmware 2)Basic Features 3 14 1. Running Files 2. Button Controls 3)Advanced Features 16 1. File Browser 2. Playlist 3. USB Host Connection 4. Radio Mode 5. Record Mode 6. AV OUT 7. Wallpaper 8.
Precautions for Using this Product • Do not use this product for other purposes than those described in this guide. • Do not view videos, pictures and texts stored in your player while driving a vehicle for your safety. Operating other features of the player is also dangerous and may cause fatal accidents while driving. • Do not use detergent or other chemicals on the product surface due to decolorization. In this case, wipe the polluted area carefully with a soft cloth.
Before Using this Product 5 What is COWON A2? COWON A2 is a portable multimedia player developed and manufactured by COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. Equip with a clear, wide LCD screen, users are able to enjoy realistic movies and also record or watch TV programs through an AV in/output jack. Moreover, BBE technology used in high-tech digital devices are adopted to restore sound sources to its original clear sound during the digital processing.
Before Using this Product Most Powerful Sound Fields Recognized Worldwide COWON’s delicate but yet powerful sound is already approved by many professionals. EQ: 5 Band,7 Set BBE: Sound field effects that provide the clearest music. Mach3Bass: A bass booster that enhances super low-end bass. MP Enhance: Sound field effects that compensate for missing sound segments. 3D Surround: Three-dimensional surround sound effect. Portable disk and USB HOST features USB 2.
Before Using this Product 7 Package Components Carrying Case COWON A2 Body Install CD (JetShell, JetAudio) User’s Manual Hand Strap Bundle Earphones How to use your Carrying Case USB 2.
Before Using this Product Names of Parts 7 Top 8 Left 10 Front 12 1 11 2 3 13 4 14 5 6 Bottom 15 COWON A2 Right 9 16 17
Before Using this Product 1 Earphone jack 2 AV OUT 3 AV IN 4 USB DEVICE 5 USB HOST 6 DC Adapter Jack 7 Microphone 8 Speaker 9 Strap holder 10 TFT LCD 11 Joggle Lever 12 LED 13 BACK button 14 A, B, C buttons 15 RESET hole 16 LCD, AV OUT, HOLD switch 17 Power switch 9 : Connect the bundled earphone or any earphone with a standard 3.5 mm plug : Connect the AV cable to send A2 still/video images to external AV devices (TV etc.).
Before Using this Product Connecting to your PC 1. Connect the device’s “USB DEVICE” and the USB port of the computer with the provided USB cable. 2. If properly connected, the following appears on the LCD. 3. Check the recently added drive from My Computer and Windows Browser. Charging with your PC Connect your computer when the HOLD switch beneath the player is at LCD or AV OUT. The player can be charged through “USB DEVICE” depending on the HOLD switch position.
Before Using this Product 11 Windows 98 Driver Setup If you are using Windows 98 or 98 SE, you will need to install a separate driver when the player is connected to the computer for the first time. 1. Insert the installation CD, included in your package, in the CD-ROM drive of the computer. If you don’t have the CD, download it from www.COWON.com. 2. Connect the device’s “USB DEVICE” and the USB port of the computer with the provided USB cable. 5. Click Specify a location and click the Browse button.
Before Using this Product 8. Click the ‘Finish’ button to complete the driver installation. 9. Check the recently added drive from Windows Browser. Saving Files and Disconnecting A2 1. Open Windows Browser or run JetShell while COWON A2 is connected to your computer. 2. Save video, music and other files in your COWON A2. 3. After all files are saved, click the icon from the PC tray. 4. Click the following popup message when it appears. 5.
Before Using this Product 13 Upgrading Firmware Firmware is a program embedded in the hardware. Firmware update may provide the player with feature enhancements and/or bug fixes. Frmware versions may have bugs that will be fixed in the next version. Upgrading Firmware 1. Visit our home page at www.COWON.com, and download the latest firmware version. 2. Connect A2 and your computer with the provided USB cable. 3. Extract the downloaded file and copy it to the top level folder (Root folder) of the A2. 4.
Basic Features Running Files 1. Connect the earphones to A2. (No need to connect the earphones if you want to listen through the speakers.) 2. Press and hold the power switch to turn on the player. 3. To play a file, press the lever in either Movie, Music, Photo or Text mode. 4. Use the lever to move the cursor to + or – and press the lever to open a folder that contains the file to be played. 5. Press the lever on a desired file and the file will start to play. 6.
Basic Features 15 Button Controls Button Description • Press and hold when the player power is off to turn on the player. • Press and hold when the player power is on to turn off the player. • Short presses will turn the LCD on and off. • If the player does not work properly, press and hold for 9 seconds to it turn off. • Increases volume during file playback. • Moves up through the File Browser and Setting items. • Moves to the top of the enlarged screen in image viewer.
Advanced Features File Browser A2 provides 8 modes. Movie, Music, Photo, Text and Browser modes can be navigated by the File Browser. ■ Opening File Browser Press the lever in Movie, Music, Photo, Text or Browser mode and the File Browser will appear. By default, only playable files in each mode can be viewed and selected. All files appear in Browser mode. ■ Moving a File Browser Item Move the lever towards + or – to move through items up and down.
Advanced Features 17 ■ File Browser Popup Menu Move the lever towards >> on a file to open a popup menu for the appropriate mode. Move the lever towards + or – to select a desired item, then press or move the lever towards >> again to select. Press the “BACK” button to cancel the popup window. Play File, Add to Playlist and Delete popup menu is the same for Movie, Music and Text modes. For Photo mode, Slideshow and Set Wallpaper are added. Only Play File and Delete popup menus appear in Browser mode.
Advanced Features USB Host Connection and Usage USB Host can copy and delete files and folders in USB compatible devices (digital camera, iAUDIO, etc.). ■ Connecting USB Host Connect the USB Host cable to the “USB HOST” on your A2 and the USB port of the USB compatible device. ■ Starting USB Host To start USB Host, press the “C” button in Browser mode after connecting the USB compatible device. If the device is compatible, list of folders and files in the device will appear on the right of the screen.
Advanced Features 19 Radio Mode Usage Listen or record FM radio broadcasts in Radio mode. ■ Radio Listening Select Radio mode to listen to FM radio. Shortly move the lever towards << or >> to move through channels. Long pushes will scan channels. Press and hold the “BACK” button to stop the radio. ■ Preset Setting and Usage Press the “A” button on a desired frequency and the frequency will be saved.
Advanced Features Connect the AV cable to the “AV IN” of your A2 and the “AV OUT (Video OUT, Audio OUT)” of the external AV device. Connect the line-in cable to the “AV IN” of your A2 and the Line Out (or earphone) jack of the external audio device. ■ Recording There are four modes, Video, Audio, Radio and Built-in Mic when Record mode is selected. Select the desired mode for recording and press the “C” button to start recording. The recording file can be played in Movie and Music mode.
Advanced Features 21 AV OUT Usage Connect external AV devices (TV, VTR, etc.) using the AV cable. ■ Connecting a Cable Connect the AV cable to the “AV IN” of your A2 and the “AV IN (Video IN, Audio IN)” of the external AV device. Change the AV device mode to an external input channel. For more information see the AV device manual. Move the switch at the bottom of A2 to “AV OUT” and the screen from A2 will be displayed on the external AV device.
Advanced Features Wallpaper Usage Set a desired image as the wallpaper. ■ Wallpaper Image Type jpg, png and bmp of 480 x 272 size can be set as the wallpaper. Larger images will be resized and smaller images will be positioned in the center of the screen. Maximum image capacity supported is 1 million pixels. ■ Setting Wallpaper Select the desired file to use as the wallpaper in Photo mode and move the lever towards >> and select Set Wallpaper from the popup menu.
Setup Features 23 1. Setup List Display General Wallpaper LCD Brightness Information TV Standard Movie Player General Music Player General Wallpaper Brightness Subtitle Preview Appearance General Shuffle Display Speaker Volume JetEffect Genera Recorder General Mic. AGC Video MP Enhance Alarm Set Time Video Quality Audio Qualiy 3D Surround General Line-in Volume Mic.
Setup Features 2. Display General LCD Brightness • Adjust brightness of the LCD. Brightness levels range from 1 to 9. TV Standard • Set TV output. Select from NTSC and PAL Wallpaper Wallpaper • You can choose whether to use the wallpaper feature. Brightness • Adjust brightness of the wallpaper. Brightness levels range from -9 to 9. Preview • Currently set wallpaper is displayed.
Setup Features 25 3. Sound General JetEffect Speaker • Adjust the built-in speaker settings. • If set to Off, the speaker is turned off. If set to Auto-Off, speaker is quiet only when the earphones are connected. If set to On, the speaker is always turned on. Volume • Adjust the volume. Volume levels range from 0 to 40. • Adjust the volume by moving either +, - in the playback screen. LR Balance • Adjust the left and right balance of the speaker and the earphones. Stereo • Set to either Stereo or Mono.
Setup Features Alarm Power Alarm Mode • Select Alarm mode. • Power automatically turns on at a specified time for Movie Player, Music Player and FM Radio features, and starts to play the last file or frequency played. • For Record settings, power turns on at the specified time and recording starts. • When recording, battery consumption is higher than during normal operation, therefore fully charge the player before recording. • More power is used than other features.
Setup Features 27 5. Information General Firmware Version • Current firmware version. Application Version • Current software version. HDD Free Size • Free space left on the hard disk. HDD Total Size • Total space of the hard disk. 6. Movie Player General Aspect Ratio • Selects the aspect ratio of movie files. • If set to Auto, the aspect ratio is set to original percent. If set to either 16:9 or 4:3, original percent is ignored and the selected ratio will be indicated.
Setup Features 7. Music Player General Display COWON A2 Boundary • Set the playback area of files or folders. • If set to ALL, all music files are played and if set to Folder, only files within the selected folder are played. • If set to Sub-folder, files within the selected folder and its subdirectories are played and if set to Playlist, only files listed in the Playlist are played.
Setup Features 29 8. Radio General Stereo • Select from Stereo and Mono when listening to FM Radio. • Radio broadcasts that only support mono, will not support the Stereo feature. • If set to Stereo, unwanted static noise may be heard. In this case, select and use Mono. Region • Choose the appropriate country where you are listening FM radio. 9. Recorder General Video Line-in Volume • Adjust the volume level coming into the AV IN. Mic.
Setup Features Audio COWON A2 Line-in Quality • When recording Audio, set the quality of the audio file recording through the AV IN. • Higher the bps is better the quality of recordings, but the size of the file becomes larger and more battery power is used. Line-in Channel • When recording Audio, set the channel of the audio file recording through the AV IN. Radio Quality • When recording Radio, set the quality of the recording file.
Product Details 31 Hardware General features Size 133.4(W) x 78.5(H) x 22(T) mm Weight 298g (common for 20 G/30 G) Operation temperature range 0℃ ~ 40℃ Display 4 in., 480x272 resolution, 0.
Product Details Applications Movie Player Music Player Photo Viewe Text Viewer Note1 Note2 Note3 COWON A2 Note4 -Application specifications may change according to performance improvements. File format AVI,ASF, WMV Video codec DivX 3.11/4/5, XviD, MPEG4, WMV9 MP@LL Video resolution Max. 720x576, 30 fps Audio codec MP3, AC3 6.1 channel down-mix, WMA Audio resolution Max. 48KHz, 448 Kbps Subtitles SMI format Continuous playback time Max. 10 hr.
Product Details 33 Record Recording TV, Line-in - specifications may change according to performance improvements. Installation CD The installation CD contains the world famous integrated multimedia program JetAudio VX and a file management program JetShell. A2 software, multimedia sample files and driver file for Windows 98 SE are also included in the CD. Converting Files with JetAudio VX 1. Install and then run JetAudio VX.
Product Details 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. 4. Check the selected video files in the list. 5.After checking the folder location to save the converted files and presetting, press “Start” on the upper right corner to start conversion. - Clicking “Preview” to check the converted screen without saving the file.
Troubleshooting Symptom 35 Explanation Power does not turn on or is not working properly. • If the built-in battery is or has been discharged, use the adapter to fully recharge it before use. • If the player does not turn on after it is charged, press the “RESET” button on the bottom side of the player and then turn on. • If the System folder is deleted, upgrade the firmware before use. • Check to see if the switch on the bottom side of the player is placed to “HOLD”.
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