Cowon Systems J3 manuale d’uso

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+ CONTENTS Before you start! Precautions Package Components Names of Parts and Functions Power Connection and Charging Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Firmware Upgrade Basic Use Buttons Display Music Vid eos Pic ture s Doc umen ts Flash Browser Radio Recorder 6 14[...]

+ CONTENTS 39 44 Utilities Settings Jet Eff ec t 3.0 Display Time Music Video Recording Bluetoo th System Additional Product Specification Converting Files Using COWON MediaCenter – JetAudio Troubleshooting[...]

6 COWON J3 As these precautions are pr ovided for the correct use of the product as well as user safety , be sure to familiar - ize 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 pr oducts manufactured and pr[...]

7 COWON J3 + 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 USB cables or AC adapters to your player or PC. Connecting USB cables incorrectly may damage your player or PC. Also, do not bend or press conne[...]

8 COWON J3 + 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 built-in memory , select the file system specified in the manual. + Be sure to disconnect the power supply to the[...]

9 COWON J3 COWO N J3 Earphones Manual CD, Quick Guide Line-in Cable (Optional) USB Cable TV-Out Cable (Optional) + P ackage Components Befor e you start![...]

10 COWON J3 + Names of P ar ts and Functions Befor e you start! USB /EXT Port Mic roSD Card Slo t Spe aker Pow er / Hold Ear phon e Reset Play/Pause AMO LED Displ ay Rew ind Fast Forward Volume Down ( – ) Vol ume Up (+ ) Mic[...]

11 COWON J3 - COWON J3 will be charged quicker through AC adaptor if the product is turned off. Display will r emain blank in this case. - When charging the player for the first time or the player has not been charged for an extended time, fully charge the battery before use. - COWON J3 has a built-in Lithium Polymer battery . T o prolong the life[...]

12 COWON J3 Drag PC PC 1 3 4 2 + Connecting and Disconne cting the PC Befor e you start! 1. Use the USB cable to connect COWON J3 to the PC. 2. COWON J3 displays the following image if properly connected to the PC. 3. Also make sure to check My Computer or Windows Explorer to see if COWON J3 is properly connected to the PC. 4. Copy desired video, m[...]

13 COWON J3 Fir mwa re is th e sof tw are th at is e mbe dde d wi thin t he hardware . Upg rad ing i t can e nh anc e syste m st abi lit y and p rov ide additional features. Ple ase b e adv is ed tha t Bet a (unof fic ia l) fir mwar e vers io ns may c aus e syste m ma lfu nct ion. How to u pg rad e the fi rmw are 1 . Do wnl oad th e late st fir[...]

14 COWON J3 + Buttons Basic Use 1. Pre ss and Hold : Po wer On/O ff 2. B riefl y P res s : Hol d O n/O ff - Touc hsc ree n a nd but tons are disa ble d i n H old mod e. - Se tti ng the produ ct in H old ca n pr even t u nwan ted oper ati ons. 3. Br iefl y Pr ess T w ice : Di spl ay O f f - P res s th e b ut ton once mor e to switc h b ack to D is[...]

15 COWON J3 Earphone/Speaker Usage Indicator + Display Basic Use COWON J3 enable s intuitive control on Capacitive T ouchscreen and prov id es three mai n m enu s ( Dy nam ic Squa re, Counting T ext, Smar t Widget) of distinguished styles. Ico ns to ch ang e t he menu st yle are disp laye d w he n yo u d rag the Powe r O ff /Sle ep Mod e b utto n t[...]

16 COWON J3 Counting Te x t Cou nti ng T ext is an i ntui tiv e tex t menu. Convenience is enhanced by showing properties (e. g. number of music files, num be r of vid eo files , b atte r y c apa cit y, etc) of ea ch item bel ow i ts text icon . T ex t icon s m ove to the lef t /rig ht when til ted, whil e t he prope r tie s of eac h m enu are ?[...]

17 COWON J3 Smart Widget Sma r t W idg et i s a con figu rab le menu that all ows use rs to customiz e the menu with desired functions. Any icon such as Music, Pictures, Calendar, Recorder, etc. ca n b e se t d ire ctl y on the men u s cre en. T ou ch the R ecy cle Box, the n th e S hor tcu ts and Widg ets tab s a re d isp laye d. T o uch and hol [...]

18 COWON J3 + Music Basic Use 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Swi tch to List, M usi c Favo rites and M usi c Boo kma rks. Add a fil e to Favo rite s du rin g the playb ack. * Up to 256 fi les can b e add ed to Favori tes. Add Bookm ark s du ring the p layb ack. Whe n a b ook mar k is a dde d at a spec ifi c po int w hil e a pi ece of mus ic i s bei ng[...]

19 COWON J3 + Music Basic Use 3 Set JetEff ect 3.0 - Je tEffe ct m enu can b e set. - In the U ser mode, i t ca n be custom ized by usi ng va rio us p aram eter s of J etEf fe ct. - If the v alu e of e ach J etEf fect para meter is ex trem ely larg e, a li ttl e background noise can be occurred. - Pleas e see p.3 1 or BBE introd uct ion a t ww w.CO[...]

20 COWON J3 + Videos Basic Use 1 2 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Touch o nce to switc h to th e Pre view Lis t. Th e num ber of fil e li sts a nd bac kgrou nd i mage can b e set from the Previe w Li st. Touch any fi le n ame, then L ist/Background setting icons will be dis played . * The ti me re qui red to create the Prev iew L ist may ta ke lo nger[...]

21 COWON J3 + Videos Basic Use 3 Scre en Aspect Ratio Sel ect sc reen aspec t ratio among Fu ll Sc reen (1 6:9 ), 4: 3, Original Size and Or iginal Ratio. Brightness Set the brightness level. * Brigh tnes s ca n be s ele cted from L evel 1 to Lev el 7 . TV- Ou t Turn T V-O ut On /Of f. * T V – out is optional. * The ic on i s en able d on ly i f [...]

22 COWON J3 3 Set JetEff ect 3.0 (S ee p.31) Dur ing the pl ayba ck, p revi ew th e vi deo by ela psed time. S ele ct a Prev iew t humb nai l to p lay t he vi deo from the se lec ted se ctor. * For pre view conf igur atio n, it can b e sel ecte d am ong 6, 12 a nd 24 divisions. Add a fil e to Favo rite s du rin g the playb ack. * Up to 256 fi les c[...]

23 COWON J3 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Vie w the pictu re l ist o r go to the p revi ous pictu re. 3 A ba ckgro und colo r of th e pi ctur e lis t can be se lec ted. 4 Sli de s how th e im age file s in t he s pec ifi ed fo lde r . 5 Set the sl ide show r ate. (5~20 se c) Set the sl ide show t ype. (Slide /Fad e In) 6 Turn th e piv ot On /Of f. 7 [...]

24 COWON J3 1 Clo se th e fi le l ist. 2 Sw itch to the L ist o r Bo okm ark. 3 Sea rch Files in the curr ent f olde r / Files including subfolders. Use the Case Sensitive/Insensitiv e option for searching in English. A ba ckgro und colo r of th e fi le l ist c an be s ele cted. 4 Move to the R oot fo lde r. 5 Move to the u ppe r li st. 6 Del ete a[...]

25 COWON J3 + Flash Basic Use Exe cu te F las h fi les (exte nsi on: swf ) store d i n C OWON J3. A simple Flash game or animation can be played. T o stop a fla sh file, pres s t he Play/Pa use but ton on t he righ t. +/–/L / R bu tto ns are allo cate d a s fo llo ws: u p/down /l ef t/r igh t. The button allocation is applicable only when usin[...]

26 COWON J3 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Sea rch file s in t he cu rre nt fo lde r / f ile s including subfolders. The Case Sensitive/Insensitive option can be used whe n searching in English. * Searc hing is not supp or ted fo r the Root fo lde r of the browser . A ba ckgro und colo r of th e bro wser can be s ele cted. 3 Add the se lec ted f ile t[...]

27 COWON J3 + Radio 1 2 3 4 5 5 Show the setup icons. 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Show the s earc hed chan nel s. Reg iste r the chan nel you ar e lis teni ng to or d ele te the regis tere d cha nne l. 3 Select Stereo /Mono Sea rch the recei ved FM f requ ency a nd au tomati call y reg ister it in Prese t. Set JetEff ect 3.0 . (See p.31) Sel ect a [...]

28 COWON J3 + Recorder Basic Use 1 Move to the m ain menu. 2 Select Mic/Line-in recording. Set quali ty of rec ordi ng f ile. H igh er B PS pr ovid es be tter rec ordi ng q ual ity but re qui res a larg er f ile size. Set the recording volume. 3 Start recording. It can be paused during recording. Touch the Stop but ton to enab le Au to Sa ve fu nct[...]

29 COWON J3 + Utilities Basic Use CALCU L A TOR Touch based calculator . N OT EPA D Write a simple memo or draw a picture. Various writing tool eff ects suc h as a hi ghli ghte r an d ba ckgr ound scre ens are supported. HUNTER A simple Flash game using a gravity se nsor . After selecting a l evel, you c an p lay the g ame of avo idin g fl ying st[...]

30 COWON J3 1 Jet Eff ect 3.0 Se le ct from 39 J etEf fe ct 3.0 pr ese ts. 2 Display Set COWO N J 3 D isp lay para mete rs. 3 Time Set Time/Alarm/Tim er . 4 Mus ic Set music parameters. 5 Video Set video parameters. 6 Recording Set recording parameters. 7 Bluetooth Con nec t C OWON J3 to the Blu etoo th H ead set. 8 Syste m Set system parameters. +[...]

31 COWON J3 Sel ect your soun d ef fec t f rom 39 JetEffect presets. Nor mal / BB E / BBE V iVA / BBE V iVA 2 / BB E Ma ch3 Bas s / BBE MP / BBE Headphone / BBE Headphone 2 / BBE Headphone 3 / Roc k / Jaz z / Clas sic / Bal lad / Pop / Clu b / Funk / Hip Hop / T ec hno / Blu es / Met al / Dan ce / Rap / Wi de / X-Bas s / H all / Voca l / Maes tro /[...]

32 COWON J3 + Settings Basic Use Language Se le ct a pre fer red lan gua ge for C OWON J3. Font Set a p refe rre d fo nt typ e fo r C OWON J3. A T T F fo nt file can be u sed as a us er font by ch an gin g th e fi le name into a US ER.TTF file and cop yin g i n th e SYST EM folde r . Whe n t he user font is appl ied, dev ice ope rat ion may be a[...]

33 COWON J3 + Settings Basic Use Time Se t th e c urr ent time. Ple ase set the cor rec t ti me to ma ke t he best use of t he Alar m a nd Sche du led Rec ord ing fun ctio ns. Alarm Repeat Set alar m o nce or dail y. Duration Sel ect fro m A lway s o n /20 min / 40 min /60 min /80 m in /1 0 0 mi n /120 m in. Mode Select from Off /Music alarm /FM al[...]

34 COWON J3 4. Musi c + Settings Basic Use Skip interval Set an inter va l to ski p (t rac k /3~ 30 s ec) whe n yo u to uch the icons briefly. Seek interval Set the fast for wa rd/re win d s pee d w he n yo u to uch and hol d th e ico ns. Resume Set to play the file from the previously played location. Pla y speed Set the play bac k s pee d. Pitc[...]

35 COWON J3 5. Videos + Settings Basic Use Skip interval Set the ski p i nter va l (1 ~5 ). Resume Set to play the file from the previously played location. Pla y speed Set the play bac k s pee d. Pitch c orrection Compensate for the change of int onation of an audio signal when adjusting the playback speed in Vi deo mod e (5 0%~ 1 5 0%) . Subtitl[...]

36 COWON J3 6. Recor ding + Settings Basic Use Line-in qualit y Set the qua lit y ( 32 ~256k) of l ine -in rec ord ing. Hig her BPS prov ide s b ette r reco rdin g qua lit y but requ ire s a larg er file size. Mic quality Set the qua lit y ( 32 ~256k) of M ic reco rdi ng. High er BPS provi des bet ter rec ord ing qua lit y but req uir es a la rge [...]

37 COWON J3 7 . Bluetooth + Settings Basic Use * For PIN (Private Identification Number) information, ple ase contact the Headset manufacturer. * T his featu re i s on ly compa tibl e w ith B lue tooth head set. Once pair ed, B lue tooth func tion will rema in in op erat ion even when the S ett ing mode is clo sed. The re m ay be a de lay in sy nc[...]

38 COWON J3 8. System + Settings Basic Use Hold mode Set hold mode (hold all/hold touchscreen only). In touchscreen hold mode, buttons a re rec ogn ize d w hil e th e to uch scr een is not r eco gn ized. Sleep mode State of reduced activity that requires only minimal power consumption. Sle ep mod e a lso eli min ates the time con sum ed for i nit i[...]

39 COWON J3 Capacity 4GB /8GB/16GB/32G B (Fl ash memo ry, FAT32 fil e sys tem) 1) Display 16,000,00 0 Co lors , Cap aci tive Touc hsc ree n, 3.3” 1 6:9 Wide AMOLE D (480X 272) Siz e a nd We igh t 56.0( W) x 106.5(H) x 9.9(T ) mm / 76g But ton POW ER/H OLD, FF, RE W, P LAY /PAUS E, VOL+, VOL — Color Black, White Power Bat tery Buil t-in re cha r[...]

40 COWON J3 Audio Frequency Range 20Hz ~20,000 Hz Max Output Ster eo, 29 mW + 2 9mW (16 Ω earp hone s) S/N Ratio 95dB Fil e For mat MP3/2, WM A, O GG, FL AC, A PE, WAV Audio Code c MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320 Kbps, ~48KHz, M ono/Ste reo WMA : ~320Kbps, ~48KHz, M ono/Ste reo OGG : ~Q1 0, ~44. 1KHz, M ono/Ste reo FL AC : Com press ion L evel 0 [...]

41 COWON J3 AV OU T Method Vid eo : C omp osite , Aud io : Stereo Video Format NTSC / P AL Photo Fi le F orma t: JPG , No l imi ts.(Prog res sive forma t: le ss th an 1M pi xel) Document Viewer File Format: TX T , No limits.(Exception : UTF-8 Unicode (big endian)) FM Radio Frequency Range 87 .5~ 108 M Hz (K R,US,EU), 76~ 108 MHz (JP) Recording Mi c[...]

42 COWON J3 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 files to convert. 4. Check the selected video files in the list. + Conv er ting Video Files Using COWON Med[...]

43 COWON J3 - M ovi e fil es t hat do not play prop erl y on the p rod uct may ne ed to be conve rte d by COWON Medi aCe nter - Jet Aud io. Befo re d oin g so, plea se make s ure that t he m ovie file s pl ay p rope rly on t he P C fir st. - F iles alre ady dam aged befo re c onve rsi on m ay no t wo rk o n CO WON J 3 eve n i f th e co nver sio [...]

44 COWON J3 + I am s till c onf us ed eve n af ter r ead ing t he ma nua l. COWO N web site (w ww.COWO N.com) p rov ide s sup por t for u ser s of COW ON pro duc ts wi th FAQ (Freq ue ntly A ske d Qu est ions). U ser s are s tron gly e nco ura ged to c he ck ou t the web site f or fu rt her i nfor mat ion r ega rdi ng pro duc t us age s and fi rmw[...]

45 COWON J3 + T roubleshooting + Vi deo w on’t pl ay. Mov ie fil es th at do n ot pla y prop er ly on th e pro duc t may ne ed to be c onve rte d by COW ON Me dia Ce nter - J etA udi o. + FM Ra dio d oes n ot wo rk. Th e prod uct ’s earp hon es wo rk a s the FM R adi o ante nna . Str aig hten ing t he ea rph one c ab le wi ll re sul t in be tt[...]

46 COWON J3 Th is eq uip men t has b een t este d and f oun d to com ply w ith the l imi ts for a C las s B dig ita l dev ice , pur sua nt to Par t 15 of the F CC Ru les . The se li mit s are d esi gne d to prov ide rea son ab le pro tect ion ag ai nst ha rm ful i nter fe ren ce in a res ide nti al in sta lla tion. T hi s equ ipm ent g ene rate s, [...]

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