Cowon iAudio 9 manual

User’ s Guide ver . 1 .1EN Various useful files, such as COWON MediaCenter – JetAudio software and user’s guide are included on the device. Please back these files up to your PC for future reference before using the device.[...]

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+ CONTENTS Before you start! Precautions Package Components Names of Parts and Functions Charging Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Firmware Upgrade Basic Use Buttons Display Browser Music Mode Video Mode Pictures (Image Viewer) Mode Documents (T ext Viewer) Mode Radio (FM Radio) Mode Recorder Mode Flash Mode 8 16[...]

+ CONTENTS 36 42 48 Settings Mode JetEffect 3.0 Display Time Music Video Recording System Additional Product Specification Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio T roubleshooting[...]

6 iAUDIO 9 + Precautions As these precautions are pr ovided for the correct use of the pr oduct as well as user safety , be sure to familiarize yourself with them. The company will not be held responsible for any accident that may occur due to the failure to heed these precautions. The following information applies commonly to all products manufact[...]

7 iAUDIO 9 + Precautions + Do not attempt to disassemble the player . Disassembly will void the warranty and the unit will be permanently disqualified from any warranty services. + Do not mix directions when connecting cables to your player or PC. Connecting cables incorrectly may damage your player or PC. Also, do not bend or press connection cab[...]

8 iAUDIO 9 + If you are using a product that comes with an AC power adaptor , please use the genuine charger offered by COWON. + When connecting to a PC, use only USB ports on the mother board or a USB Host card. Using an external USB hub may not guarantee proper operation(e.g. USB ports on a keyboard or an external USB hub). + When formatting the [...]

9 iAUDIO 9 iAUDIO 9 Earphones USB 2.0 Cable TV -Out Cable(sold separately) Manual CD, Quick Guide + Package Components Before you start![...]

10 iAUDIO 9 + Names of Parts and Functions Before you start! RESET VOL + VOL - Microphone Speaker Back(Record) Center Button (A ↔ B) Play/Pause (Enter) Menu Hold Power DOWN UP Earphone Jack USB/EXT Port[...]

11 iAUDIO 9 + Char ging Before you start! T o charge the iAUDIO 9 the player should be connected to either a PC or a charger using the supplied USB cable. 1. Connect between PC and USB/EXT port using the USB cable: The battery will be fully charged in about 2 hours. 2. Charging by COWON approved AC adapter : The battery will be fully charged in abo[...]

12 iAUDIO 9 + Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Before you start! 1. Use the USB cable to connect iAUDIO 9 to the PC. 2. iAUDIO 9 displays the following image if properly connected to the PC 3. Also make sure to check My Computer or Windows Explorer to see if iAUDIO 9 is properly connected to the PC. 4. Copy desired video, music, or other files [...]

13 iAUDIO 9 + Firmware Upgrade Before you start! Firmware is software that is embedded within the har dware. Up gr ad i ng i t c an e n ha nc e s ys te m s ta bi l it y an d p r ov id e a dd it i on al fe at ur es. Please be advised that Beta (unofficial) firmware versions may cause system malfunction. + How to upgrade the firmware 1. Download t[...]

14 iAUDIO 9 Volume UP(+) VolumeDOWN(-) + Buttons Basic Use 1. Long – Power on/off Short - Display on/off 3. V olume up/down Control the volume. File selection is also possible depending on hold settings (Settings – System – Hold Mode). 4. Display main menu. 5. T ouch Pad Return to previous or upper menu. M ov em e nt : d o wn o r l ef t Actio[...]

15 iAUDIO 9 + Display Time Main menu V olume Bat ter y cap ac ity indicator Current mode T o switch to clock theme, press and hold M button from main menu screen. Long Basic Use[...]

16 iAUDIO 9 + Browser Basic Use ■ Select the desired mode fr om main menu screen, and tap to display browser screen of the selected mode. T ap and hold to show pop-up for additional functions. 1 Add the selected file to Favorites. * File added can be checked from the Favorites list, and the same file can be added repeatedly . 2 Delete the actua[...]

17 iAUDIO 9 + Browser Basic Use ■ Description of each mode from the list of Br owser Mode [NowPlaying] Currently playing files are displayed. Change to the screen of curr ently playing file. This menu will only be displayed during Music or Video mode. [Folders] All multimedia files are displayed by folders. Save each multimedia file in catego[...]

18 iAUDIO 9 + Browser Basic Use [Video] All video files are listed. [Pictures] All image files are listed. [Documents] All text files are listed. [Flash] All flash files are listed. * The files will be listed in accordance with the information saved in ID3 tags of music files.[...]

19 iAUDIO 9 + Music Mode Basic Use 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Music mode. 2 The device will be ready to play if audio files exist in the memory . 3 T ap to play audio files. - iAUDIO 9 supports Album Art 2.0 feature which supports multiple album art per one audio file. - Maximum 6 album art per one audio file can be rotated. - Multipl[...]

20 iAUDIO 9 + Music Mode Basic Use w il l b e pla yed r ep ea ted ly . - Disabling the sectional repeat : T ap center button while is displayed in the bottom o f the s cr een . Sec ti ona l r e pea t wil l b e dis ab led an d re tu rn t o n or mal m usi c p la yba ck . ● There are thr ee ways to return to Music mode. + Select [NowPlaying] from th[...]

21 iAUDIO 9 + Music Mode ※ T ap and hold during music playback to show pop-up containing the features below . Basic Use JetEffect menu can be set. Desired sound effect can be selected by tapping , . Playback boundary , play order , and play method can be set. T ap , to select, and tap to change the settings. T racks in the designated boundary wil[...]

22 iAUDIO 9 + Video Mode Basic Use 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Video mode. 2 The device will be ready to play if video files exist in the memory . 3 Ta p to play video files. - Only landscape mode is supported in iAUDIO 9’ s V ideo mode. 4 T ap button to pause the playback. 5 Briefly tap , to skip by the length designated by [Settings[...]

23 iAUDIO 9 + Video Mode Basic Use [NowPlaying] menu is always located at the top of the browser in the Music/Video mode. 8 T ap , while on pause to move to previous/next files. 9 T ap center button during video playback to set sectional repeat. - Setting the sectional repeat starting point : T ap center button during video playback. will appear i[...]

24 iAUDIO 9 ※ T ap and hold during video playback to show pop-up containing the features below . Basic Use Selected file can be added to Bookmark. Adding completed. If bookmark is added, the video file will play from the bookmarked location. Displays the preview thumbnails of currently playing video. Select a preview thumbnail to begin the play[...]

25 iAUDIO 9 Playback speed can be set. Playback speed of currently playing file can be set (50%~150%). T ap , to change the settings. Currently playing file is set to TV -Out mode. Select O to perform TV-Out mode. iAUDIO 9’ s TV-Out standard is composite. TV-Out cable is sold separately . TV-Out mode can be contr olled as below . - : Finish TV-[...]

26 iAUDIO 9 + Pictures (Image V iewer) Mode Basic Use 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Pictures mode. 2 T ap , to select desired pictur e and tap bu tt on to d is p la y t he i ma g e. 3 Ta p t o change mode of landscape or portrait. 4 Ta p , while displaying the image to move to previous/ next images. 5 T ap center button while displaying imag[...]

27 iAUDIO 9 All images saved in iAUDIO 9 will be displayed in slideshow mode. T ap to end slideshow Currently displaying image will be saved as the wallpaper . (Only available in clock theme) Saved as the wallpaper . + Pictures (Image V iewer) Mode Basic Use ※ T ap and hold during image display to show pop-up containing the features below .[...]

28 iAUDIO 9 + Documents (T ext Viewer) Mode Basic Use Li s t o f fi le s wi l l b e d i sp l ay e d. In this mode, actual files can be deleted. Li s t o f b oo k m ar k ed fil e s f r o m D oc u me n t s m od e w i l l be di s pl a ye d . Bookmarked files can be selected and deleted. This only deletes bookmarked list, not the actual files, Cli[...]

29 iAUDIO 9 + Documents (T ext Viewer) Mode Basic Use Auto scroll speed can be set. Auto scroll speed can be set from 3 to 20 seconds, in 5 steps. T ap while the document file is open to start auto scroll. Documents font size can be set. Documents font size can be set. Document file’ s background and text colors can be changed. T ap , to select[...]

30 iAUDIO 9 + Radio (FM Radio) Mode Basic Use 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Radio mode. The iAUDIO 9’ s earphones work as the FM Radio antenna. T he e ar p ho ne s m us t t he r ef or e be co nn e ct ed t o t he d e vi ce in order for the radio to work. 2 Ta p during Radio mode to display preset list. T ap again to return to Radio mode scr[...]

31 iAUDIO 9 + Radio (FM Radio) Mode Basic Use A [ Seek by preset channels] If the current preset channel is displayed, tap , to seek by preset channels. Seeking by frequency will not be supported in this mode. B [Seek by frequency] If the current preset channel is not displayed, tap , to seek by frequency in terms of 0.10 MHz. T ap and hold , to re[...]

32 iAUDIO 9 + Recorder Mode Basic Use 1 After powering on iAUDIO 9, select Recorder mode. 2 Ta p to start recording 3 T ape icon below will change to red color when recording c ha ng es to s t an d- by st at us . 4 T ap to pause recording. T ap again to r e su me r ecor ding . 5 T ap to finish recor ding, and tape icon will turn to g r ey c ol o r[...]

33 iAUDIO 9 + Recorder Mode Basic Use Recording quality can be selected. T ap , to select from 32K to 256K. Microphone volume for recording can be selected. T ap , to select from 1 to 5. Higher number provides better recording quality . ※ T ap and hold while in recording stand-by mode to show pop-up containing the features below . + Flash Mode 1 [...]

34 iAUDIO 9 + JetEffect 3.0 Settings Mode Select your sound effect from 39 JetEf fect presets. (Normal, BBE, BBE ViVA, BBE ViV A 2, BBE Mach3Bass, BBE MP , BBE Headphone, BBE Headphone 2, BBE Headphone 3, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Ballad, Pop, Club, Funk, Hip Hop, T echno, Blues, Metal, Dance, Rap, W ide, X-Bass, Hall, Vocal, Maestr o, Feel the Wind, Mi[...]

35 iAUDIO 9 * Rename your T rue T ype font file(.TTF) into USER.TTF , and copy to the SYSTEM folder . Select USER FONT from the menu to apply to the device. Certain types of USER FONT may not be properly shown. It also may delay the device operation. Certain USER FONT types may not work properly in multi languages. + Display Settings Mode Language[...]

36 iAUDIO 9 + Time Settings Mode * Scheduled recording for FM Radio requir es more battery power than usual. Check the battery status before performing this function. Time Set the current time. Alarm Automatically turn on the device at the scheduled time. - Music alarm : play music - FM alarm : Start radio broadcast at the last tuned frequency . - [...]

37 iAUDIO 9 + Music Settings Mode * If turned on, lyrics will be displayed during the playback. For more information on lyrics application, check the LDB manager section at www .cowon.com. Skip interval Set the skip interval(short : , ). Scan interval Set the scan interval for rewind / fast forward(long : , ). Resume Set to play the file from the [...]

38 iAUDIO 9 + Video Settings Mode + Recording Skip interval Set the skip interval(short : , ). Resume Set to play the file from the previously played location. Play speed Set the playback speed. Boundary Set the playback boundary by files or folders. Auto seek Set to scan automatically until is tapped when scanning by r ewind or fast forward. Pit[...]

39 iAUDIO 9 + System Settings Mode Hold mode Set to select hold state(hold all / use FF/REW button / use volume button). Sleep mode* State of reduced activity that requires only minimal power consumption, eliminating the time consumed for initial booting. Maximum standby time for sleep mode is approximately 175 hours. Speaker Set to select speaker [...]

40 iAUDIO 9 Hardware Video Display 2.0” TFT LCD 320x240, QVGA (262,000 Colors) Audio Channel Stereo Frequency Range 20Hz ~ 20KHz Max Output 30mW + 30mW (16 Ω earphones) S/N Ratio 95dB Power Built-in Battery Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery Battery Charging USB : 1 Hours 40 Minutes(5V/500mA)* Adapter: 1 Hour 40 Minutes(5V/500mA) Cap[...]

41 iAUDIO 9 + Product Specification Additional General Size 43mm (W) x 95mm (H) x 8.9mm (T) Weight 40g Op e r at i n g T emperature 0 ℃ ~ 40 ℃ System Requirements CPU Pentium III 500MHz or higher OS Windows Vista / XP / 2000 / ME MAC OS 10.X / Linux v2.4 or higher : file transfer only*** USB Port 2.0 High Speed Specification & applicatio[...]

42 iAUDIO 9 Music File Format MP3/2, WMA, FLAC, OGG, APE, WA V Audio Codec MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo WMA : ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, Mono/Stereo OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1KHz, Mono/Stereo FLAC : Compression Level 0 ~ 8, ~44.1KHz, Mono/Stereo WA V : ~48KHz, 16bit, Mono/Stereo APE : Fast, Normal, High, 16bit, V ersion 3.97 ~ 3.99 MET A[...]

43 iAUDIO 9 1. Install and run the COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. 2. Click “Convert” button on the top right hand side. From drop-down menu, select “Convert Video”. 3. From the Convert Video window , click “Add File” to select the fil es to c onv ert . 4. Check the selected video files in the list. + Converting Video Files Using COWON [...]

44 iAUDIO 9 + Converting Video Files Using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio Additional - Movie files that do not play properly on the product may need to be converted by COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. Before doing so, please make sure that the movie files play properly on the PC first. - Files already damaged before conversion may not work on iAUDIO [...]

45 iAUDIO 9 + T roubleshooting + I am still confused even after reading the manual. COWON website(www .COWON.com) provides support for users of COWON products with F AQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Users are strongly encouraged to check out the website for further information regarding pr oduct usages and firmware upg rad es . F or in div id ual [...]

46 iAUDIO 9 + Album image is not displayed in Music Mode. In order to display album image, the image has to be stored in the ID3 tag of the music file. Y ou can edit the ID3 tags using COWON MediaCenter - JetAudio. A JPG image file with the same name as the relevant music file should be stored in the player . Alter natively , a JPG image file n[...]

47 iAUDIO 9 + Memory capacity of the player is different or smaller than specified. The me mo ry ca pac ity i ndi ca ted b y Wi ndo ws ma y b e dif fe r ent fr om th at in dic ate d by th e m emo ry ma nu fac tur er . Th e a ct ual capacity will be reduced from the original size because some space of the memory should be used as the system area fo[...]

48 iAUDIO 9 The rechargeable batteries have limited number of charge cycles, and it w ill r eq uir e a re pl ace me nt as ca pac it y t o h ol d p ow er wi ll eventually diminish. The rechargeable batteries in COWON products should be replaced only by official COWON service centers. Please contact bat ter yr ep la ce@ cow on .co m for mo r e i nf [...]

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