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COPYRIGHT NOTICE General • iAUDIO is the registered trademark of COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. • This product is for home use only and cannot be used for business purposes. • COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. has the exclusive copyright for this User Guide. It is prohibited to distribute this User Guide in part or in whole without permission. • COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. has the copyrights for JetShell and JetAudio. It is prohibited to distribute or commercially use them without written permission from COWON SYSTEMS, Inc.
4 Precautions for Using iAUDIO Do not use iAUDIO for purposes other than specified here in the User’s Guide. Do not let the unit get wet or leave it in a damp place for prolonged periods. If the product is damaged from moisture as described above, product failure is then classified as failure by submersion, and no longer covered by warranty. Moreover, it may not be even be possible to repair the unit with charged for service, and you may no longer be able to use the product.
6 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. iAUDIO What is iAUDIO? Components in the Package Features Specifications Names of Parts Replacing Batteries / Connecting the USB Cable LCD Display Basic Operations Simple Usage in Each Mode Detailed Menus and Functions Troubleshooting Using Buttons 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 28 41 43 2.
8 What is iAUDIO? What is iAUDIO? What is iAUDIO? Wide Graphic LCD Portable, Stylish and Super-Compact Design Most Powerful Sound Fields in the World iAUDIO is an original MP3 Player brand from Cowon Systems. It is a super-compact portable digital audio device that allows you to play MP3 files and other various multimedia audio files, listen to and record FM radio stations, record voice and encode directly. iAUDIO G3 boasts a stylish, super-compact design, and is very convenient to carry.
10 Components in the Package Features 11 MP3, MP2, OGG,WMA, ASF, and WAV (48khz, Stereo) Playback, Voice Recording, FM Radio Receiver and Recording, Direct MP3 Encoding, Removable Disk Basic Flash Memory Embedded (256MB/512MB/1GB) 4 Line Graphic LCD USB 2.
12 Specifications Names of Parts 13 All ranges of MPEG 1/2/2.5 layer 3 (8kbps ~ 320kbps) (8kHz~48kHz) and VBR All Supported Files ranges of WMA7 WMA (20kbps~ 192kbps) (8kHz~48khz) REC/A B button WMA9 CBR (5Kbps Mono ~ 320kbps Stereo) VBR (Average 48kbps to 256kbps)* Top WAV (Up to 48KHz Stereo), OGG Memory PC Interface Battery File Transfer Speed Power Supply USB 2.0 1 AA Battery Max. 20Mbps (Upload 25Mbps) Up to 50 hours, based on our company’s test environment.
14 Replacing Batteries / Connecting the USB Cable LCD Display 15 Inserting Batteries Album Name Song Title Left and Right Output Graphics 1. Push down the cover on the back of iAUDIO. 2. Flip over and open the cover. 3. Insert the – terminal of the AA size battery to the right where the spring is, and then push in the + terminal to the left. Connecting the USB Cable When you open the USB cover on the left of iAUDIO, there is a built-in USB port.
16 Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations for Mode Change Power On/Off / Connecting USB Basic Operations 3. Basic Operations for Mode Change There are four modes: 1. Power On/Off Example: When changing from Digital Audio to FM Radio Mode. Digital Audio, FM Radio, Voice Recorder, and Line-in Recorder • When you press and hold the PLAY button, the iAUDIO logo appears and iAUDIO turns on. • When you press and hold the PLAY button again, iAUDIO turns off.
18 Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations for Using Menu Basic Operations for Using Menu 19 4. Basic Operations for Using Menu Example: Changing the JetEffect EQ from NOR (Normal) to ROC (Rock). Menu JetEffect PlayMode Menu JetEffect PlayMode Menu JetEffect PlayMode JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach3Bass 0 0 0 0 +19 +12 0 +12 +24 0 USR NOR NOR ROC ROC JAZ Digital Audio Mode Enter Menu Press the Mode button briefly to enter Mode Menu.
20 Basic Operations Basic Operations Basic Operations for Using Navigator Basic Operations for Using Navigator 6. Basic Operations for Using Navigator Example: When the folder structure of iAUDIO is like the following, and you want to navigate from the root folder to b-2 folder and select 01.MP3 file in the b-2 folder and play it, do as follows: iAUDIO A B C iAUDIO A B C B b-1 b-2 Folder Structure of iAUDIO Enter Navigator Press and hold the lever to enter the Navigator screen.
22 Simple Operations by Mode Simple Operations by Mode MP3 Player Mode MP3 Player Mode MP3 Player Mode 4. Setting Loop: 1. Power On and Play • When you press and hold the PLAY button, the iAUDIO logo appears and iAUDIO powers on. • When iAUDIO powers on, it starts playing automatically if Autoplay is set. (See Autoplay on page 36.) • When the Resume feature is set, iAUDIO saves the last played track and position, and playback begins from there.
24 Simple Operations by Mode Simple Operations by Mode FM Radio Mode Voice Recorder Mode FM Radio (Listening to FM Radio) Voice Recorder (Recording Voice with Built-In Mic) After turning the power on, press the lever to select FM Radio from the Mode menu. Press ◀◀ or ▶▶ or press the PLAY button to select FM Radio. iAUDIO enters FM Radio mode. When iAUDIO is not in Voice Recorder, press the lever to enter the Mode menu and select Voice Recorder from the menu.
26 Simple Operations by Mode Simple Operations by Mode Line-in Recorder Mode Line in Recorder Mode Line-in Recorder (Direct Encoding) 27 Press the REC button to switch iAUDIO to recording standby status. (For the Autosync setting procedure, see Autosync Features in Page 38.) iAUDIO automatically monitors the LINE-IN jack and pauses recording until audio signals are received. When you press the PLAY button of CDP, iAUDIO detects signals coming in through the LINE-IN jack and starts recording.
28 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Detailed Descriptions by Menu JetEffect JetEffect JetEffect 5. 3D Surround: 3D Surround 1. Equalizer +19 +12 0 +12 +24 NOR ROC Level 5 In MP3 Player Mode, briefly press the lever to enter JetEffect. When you select Equalizer and press the MENU button, the 5 band EQ appears. Press + or – to move between Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Vocal, and User EQ bands. You can adjust each EQ band as you like.
30 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Detailed Descriptions by Menu Display Play Mode Play Mode 1. Boundary (Setting Play Range) In this menu, you can select various play ranges. MP3 files recorded by Mic and Line-In are excluded. In MP3 Player mode, briefly press the lever to enter PLAY mode. While Boundary is selected, briefly press the lever to show the following options one by one. • 1 (One): plays only one track. • F (Folder): plays only the current selected folder.
32 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Detailed Descriptions by Menu iAUDIO Lyrics Auto Input Application Display 5. Scroll Speed Scroll Speed Level 4 • Adjust the scroll speed of the text displayed in the LCD. • You can select a value between 0 and 8. (0 means no scroll) Select Scroll Speed and press the Level 4 lever, and then press + or – to select the desired value. 33 LDB Manager This software is a lyrics auto input application used in the iAUDIO MP3 Player. Lyrics Info Time Adjust Window 6.
34 Detailed Descriptions by Menu iAUDIO Lyrics Auto Input Application Display, Timer LDB Manager • Delete lyrics from music source files. • Select a file from the list and click the Delete Lyrics button to delete lyrics from the file. Timer 1. Set Time • Refresh List. Set Time 2004 . 01. 04 02 : 49 AM 2. WakeUp Mode Search window WakeUp Mode Off Music Alarm FM Alarm FM Record 3.
36 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Detailed Descriptions by Menu General Recording 6. Song Order General 1. Skip Length Skip Length Track 2. Scan Speed Scan Speed x2 3. Resume Resume On • Set the skip time length when you press ◀◀ or ▶▶ while playing tracks in MP3 Player mode. • You can select 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 sec. Song Order Download TimeFM File Name File Time Auto Play On 1.
38 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Detailed Descriptions by Menu FM Radio Recording 5. Voice Active Voice Active Off 6. Line Volume Line Volume Level 6 7. Auto Sync Auto Sync Off • Recording pauses when there is no sound input during recording and restarts when there is sound. This feature saves memory. • You can select a value between 0 and 10. Smaller values mean greater sensitivity. If you set this value too high relative to the surrounding sounds, recording may not be activated as intended.
40 Detailed Descriptions by Menu Troubleshooting Information Information Version Symptom iAUDIO does not power on. • Displays the current version of the firmware embedded in iAUDIO. Memory (Used / Total Memory Capacity) • Displays information on the flash memory in iAUDIO. • You can check usage and total memory capacity. • iAUDIO Flash Memory shares some parts with the system memory.
42 Using Buttons Troubleshooting MP3 Player Mode Symptom Action I filled my memory capacity, and iAUDIO malfunctions or does not play at all. Initialize iAUDIO, and save the files again but leave 1 to 2 MB of free memory space. MP3 Player Mode Description There is a “settings.dat” file in the root folder in Flash Memory which is an important system file. When this file is not saved properly, or deleted/damaged during file transfer, malfunctions may occur.
44 Using Buttons Using Buttons Voice Recorder / Line-in Recorder Mode FM Radio Mode Voice Recorder / Line-in Recorder Mode FM Radio Mode Button Operation When iAUDIO is stopped When iAUDIO is playing Button Operation When iAUDIO is stopped When iAUDIO is playing Play/ Pause Enter Preset Mode Release Preset Mode Power Off Power Off FF Increase Frequency Play the next Preset Automatically search for next FM station Play the next Preset Decrease frequency Play the previous Preset Auto
46 Using Buttons What is JetShell? Navigator Navigator Button What is JetShell? Operation When a file is selected When a folder is selected Play the selected file and change to MP3 Player mode Expand the folder Play the selected file and the Navigator Mode is retained Expand the folder REW Move to the higher folder Move to the higher folder MENU Pop up Menu Pop up Menu Enter Navigator mode Enter Navigator mode + Move cursor up Move cursor up - Move cursor down Move cursor down Change
48 Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell 1. When you insert iAUDIO installation CD in the CD-ROM drive, the installation program starts automatically. It may not start automatically depending on the settings of Windows. In this case, run x:\setup.exe or x:\JetShell\setup.exe. (where x is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) 2. When the installation finishes, Start -> Program -> COWON -> iAUDIO U2 program group is created. 3. You are now ready to connect iAUDIO to PC (Don’t run JetShell at this time).
50 Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell 3. Check "Specify a location" and click Browse. From the "Browse" window, select the [Win98] folder on the iAUDIO Installation CD, and click OK. 4. USB driver file for iAUDIO is found. Click Next. iAUDIO G3 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell 51 5. The driver files are copied and installed from the Installation CD.
52 Introducing JetShell Introducing JetShell Player Section The Whole View Double click an MP3, MP2, WAV, WMA, ASF, Audio CD track, or Playlist (m3u) file in the "File Management Window", or drag and drop files on the "Player Window" shown above. You can also select multiple files and then press the Play button. On the black screen in the middle, various information of current file is displayed, and two types of spectrum screens appear.
54 Introducing JetShell Introducing JetShell Flash Memory Management Section JetShell displays visually cool spectrums. When you click on the spectrum display area, the screen changes as follows. The bottom part of JetShell consists of "Flash Memory Management Window" and "Download List Window". When iAUDIO is working normally, the red lamp is turned on with the message "iAUDIO is working" as shown in the figure. The files in iAUDIO displayed in the middle window.
56 Downloading Music files to iAUDIO Downloading Music files to iAUDIO Downloading Music files to iAUDIO 57 4. Another method is to put the files in the "Download List Window" first, and transfer them later. This is useful when you wish to download files in different folders. If you want to download secure WMA files (WMA files from online music store) to iAUDIO, please refer to “Downloading secure WMA files to iAUDIO”. JetShell does not support downloading secure WMA files.
58 ConvertingAudioCDTrackstoMP3FilesandDownloadingThemtoiAUDIO Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO ConvertingAudioCDTrackstoMP3FilesandDownloadingThemtoiAUDIO 59 2. From the File Management section, select the CD-ROM drive in which the Audio CD is inserted. Select the audio tracks from the right window and click or [File] –[Convert CD to MP3] from the menu. With JetShell, you can easily convert your Audio CD into MP3 files and download them to iAUDIO. 1.
60 Other Features ConvertingAudioCDTrackstoMP3FilesandDownloadingThemtoiAUDIO 4. The converting process is displayed as shown below. 61 1. Ripping Enhanced CD For some enhanced CDs, you cannot directly select the tracks on the CD. In this case, you can right click your mouse on button and select a track to convert to file as shown in the picture below. However, for some Audio CDs for which copy protection technology is applied, this ripping method may not work.
62 Other Features Other Features 3. Editing ID3 Tag 4. Changing MP3 Bitrate You can edit the ID3 tag of a MP3 file by selecting [Tools] – [Edit MP3 ID3 Tag] from the JetShell menu. You can change the bitrate of MP3 files by selecting [MP3 Bit Rate Conversion] from the menu. 63 5. Downloading Logo File You can download a logo file to change the logo screen that appears when iAUDIO powers on. Select [Download Logo File] from the menu.
64 Guide to Firmware Upgrade Installing and Using JetAudio Installing and Using JetAudio The worldwide renowned integrated multimedia player ‘JetAudio’ is included in the iAUDIO Installation CD. To install ‘JetAudio’, run the file "CD-ROM:\JetAudio\setup.exe." For detailed information on using JetAudio, refer to the JetAudio ‘Help’ after installation, or post your question on the Q&A board at the site "http://www.JetAudio. com." 65 Guide to Firmware Upgrade A.
66 Guide to Firmware Upgrade D. Upgrading Firmware Guide to Firmware Upgrade 67 ② Read the License Agreement. To continue installation, click Yes. * You can download the latest firmware from “www.jetaudio.com” or “www.iaudio.com” ① Decompress the downloaded file and run the "setup.exe" file from among the decompressed files. Then the following window appears. ③ Specify the destination folder, theck click Next. If you have already installed firmware setup program before, the following window may appear.
68 Guide to Firmware Upgrade Guide to Firmware Upgrade ④ Specify a group name, then click Next. ⑥ The installation is complete. ⑤ The files are copied. ⑦ Connect the USB ports of iAUDIO to your PC using the provided USB cable. (We recommend to connect iAUDIO to the PC directly, not using USB hub) iAUDIO G3 Downloaded from www.Manualslib.
70 Guide to Firmware Upgrade Guide to Firmware Upgrade ⑧ Run the firmware upgrade program by selecting "Firmware Download" icon in "Start / Programs / COWON iAUDIO U2 / Firmware Download". 71 ⑩ When firmware upgrade program finds iAUDIO, the following screen appears. If you check [Format Data Area] option, all the data stored in the flash memory is deleted. Therefore, be sure to back up important files in iAUDIO before upgrading.
72 FCC Statement Warranty / Technical Support FCC Statement Limited Warranty These products have been tested and comply with the specifications for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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