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User’s Guide Creative MuVo V200 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Creative Technology Ltd. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the written permission of Creative Technology Ltd. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or co
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Contents
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Before You Begin Introduction ................................................................................... v Minimum System Requirements ................................................. v 1 A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance ........................................................... 1-1 Using the Scroller ..................................................................... 1-2 Scroll Select .................................................................. 1-2 Selecting men
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Audio and FM Recording .......................................................... 3-9 Recording Audio ........................................................... 3-9 Recording FM Radio ................................................... 3-10 Playing Recordings ................................................................ 3-11 Play Modes ............................................................................. 3-12 Repeat track ..............................................................
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Playback Formats ............................................. A-1 Recording Formats ........................................... A-1 Signal to Noise Ratio ........................................ A-1 Channel Separation .......................................... A-2 Frequency Response ........................................ A-2 Harmonic Distortion .......................................... A-2 Operating System/Firmware ............................. A-2 Headphone Out .............................
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Before You Begin
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Before You Begin Thank you for purchasing Creative’s new multi-format player, Creative Introduction ® MuVo V200! Your player can store thousands of songs in its music library, and comes equipped with an USB 2.0™ connector, so you can transfer audio tracks and data quickly and easily. Your player supports WMA files protected with Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. ® ® ❍ Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition Minimum (Me) or Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
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A Tour of Your Player
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A Tour of Your Player Your Player at a Glance Battery module Earphone jack Scroller Play/Pause button Microphone Volume Increase button USB Flash Volume Drive Decrease LCD (Liquid button Crystal Display) USB connector Front View Side View A Tour of Your Player 1-1
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Using the Scroller Scroll Select The Scroller is one of the most important features of your player. In this document, we will use the term, “Scroll Select”, to mean that you should use the Scroller to scroll through options, and then select the option by pressing the Scroller. To "Scroll Select", use the Scroller to scroll to the option you want, and select the option by pressing the Scroller. The Scroller Use the Scroller to scroll Press the Scroller to select an (side view) through o
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Button What It Does Usage Tips ❍ To turn on your player, press and hold until ❍ Turns the player on and off. the MuVo V200 logo appears on the screen. PLAY/PAUSE ❍ Activates the LCD backlight. ❍ To turn off your player, press and hold until ❍ Starts, pauses or continues the Power off message appears. playback. ❍ When your player is locked, press to turn on the LCD backlight. VOLUME INCREASE ❍ Press and hold to increase the volume ❍ Increases the volume. quickly. VOLUME DECREASE ❍ Press an
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Getting Started
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Getting Started Your player comes with drivers for Windows 98 SE, together with software Step 1: Setting that helps you create audio tracks, manage your music library and use your Up Your player. Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Me users do not need to install drivers. Computer 1. Make sure that your player is NOT connected to your computer. 2. Insert the MuVo V200 CD into your CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. Your CD should start automatically. If it does not, follow the steps below: Windows 98
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7. Connect your player to your computer. a Your computer’s USB USB Flash Drive port may be located on the back panel. If your USB Flash Drive does not fit into the USB port located on the front panel, connect it to the USB port located USB connector on the back panel. Battery module b Do not press the buttons on your USB Flash Drive while connecting it to your computer. USB port Getting Started 2-2
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Step 2: a b c Inserting the Battery Getting Started 2-3
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Power Source After inserting the battery, your player displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status. and Level Icon What the icon means Notes Indicators ❍ this battery state icon ❍ your player’s battery is full shows that the battery is full The amount of playback time ❍ your player’s battery is 60% full available depends on various factors (for example, volume ❍ your player’s battery is 30% full level used). For more information, see "Usage" on page C-2. ❍ yo
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If you wish to download additional music tracks to your player, you can either Step 3: download music tracks from Internet music sites (see "Downloading from the Transferring internet" on page 2-6) or rip them from your audio CDs to create digital files on your computer. For more information, see "Ripping From A CD" on page Audio and 2-7. Data Music files can be encoded into the supported formats (MP3 or WMA file formats), then transferred to your player with Creative MediaSource Organi
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Downloading To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can use your player to download audio files from all the from the internet major Internet music download services. ❍ Walmart.com ❍ Bestbuy.com http://www.music http://www.bestbuy.com It may be illegal to downloads.walmart.com encode MP3 files for trade or sale unless ❍ Buy.com ❍ Soundbuzz.com you have the express http://www.buy.com http://www.soundbuzz.com or explicit permission of
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Ripping From A To get music tracks from your CDs to your player, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and Creative MediaSource CD Organizer. Creative MediaSource Organizer will read the audio information on your CD and convert it to MP3 files using the bitrate you choose. Rather than manually The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps, although some are set entering track information, retrieve higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Using the standard bitrate wi
