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User ’ s Guide ver . 1.3 EN[...]
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2 COWON A2 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 [...]
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3 COWON A2 Precautions for Using this Product 1)Before Using this Product 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 1. Running Files 2. Button Co[...]
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4 COWON A2 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 u[...]
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5 COWON A2 Before Using this Product 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 A V in/output jack. Moreover , BBE technology used in high-tech digital devic[...]
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6 COWON A2 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 ef fects that compensate for missing sound segm[...]
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7 COWON A2 Before Using this Product Package Components COWON A2 Body USB 2.0 Cable, Line-in Recording Cable I n s t a l l C D ( J e t S h e l l , J e t A u d i o ) User’s Manual AC Power Adapter Bundle Earphones How to use your Carrying Case USB Host Cable Hand Strap Carrying Case A V Cable[...]
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8 COWON A2 Ri gh t F r o n t Le ft Bo tt om T o p Names of Parts Before Using this Product 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17[...]
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9 COWON A2 Earphone jack : Connect the bundled earphone or any earphone with a standard 3.5 mm plug A V OUT : Connect the A V cable to send A2 still/video images to external A V devices (TV etc.). A V IN : Connect the A V cable and line-in cable to record contents playing on external AV devices with your A2 player. USB DEVICE : Connect your A2 and [...]
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10 COWON A2 Before Using this Product Connecting to your PC - When using your player as a portable storage device, connect the adapter for stable power supply . - If the player is connected to an USB hub, the player may not charge properly or malfunction. Be sure that to connect your player to the USB port on the back side of your computer . Chargi[...]
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11 COWON A2 Before Using this Product 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. 2. Connect the device’s “USB DEVICE” and the USB port of the computer with the provided USB cable. 1. Insert the installation CD, includ[...]
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12 COWON A2 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. When the Safe T o Remove Hardware window [...]
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13 COWON A2 Before Using this Product Upgrading Firmware Firmware is a program embedded in the hardware. Firmware update may provide the player with feature enhancements and/or bug fixes. Frmware ver - sions 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 fir[...]
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14 COWON A2 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. T o play a file, press the lever in either Movie, Music, Photo or T ext mode. 4. Use the lever to move the cursor to + or – and press the lever to op[...]
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15 COWON A2 Basic Features 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 dur[...]
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16 COWON A2 File Browser A2 provides 8 modes. Movie, Music, Photo, T ext and Browser modes can be navigated by the File Browser . ■ Opening File Browser Press the lever in Movie, Music, Photo, T ext 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 Brows[...]
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17 COWON A2 Advanced Features Playlist Usage The Playlist is a feature that contains only files you want to play . ■ Opening, Closing and Switching Playlist Press the “C” button in the File Browser of Movie, Music, Photo or T ext mode to open a playlist. Press the “C” button again to close the playlist. Press the “B” button to switch [...]
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18 COWON A2 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 T o start USB Host, press the “C” button in Br[...]
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19 COWON A2 Advanced Features 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 U[...]
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20 COWON A2 Connect the A V cable to the “A V IN” of your A2 and the “A V OUT (Video OUT , Audio OUT)” of the external A V device. Connect the line-in cable to the “A V 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 mod[...]
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21 COWON A2 Advanced Features A V OUT Usage Connect external A V devices (TV , VTR, etc.) using the A V cable. ■ Connecting a Cable Connect the A V cable to the “A V IN” of your A2 and the “A V IN (Video IN, Audio IN)” of the external A V device. Change the A V device mode to an external input channel. For more information see the A V dev[...]
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22 COWON A2 Advanced Features W allpaper Usage Set a desired image as the wallpaper . ■ W allpaper Image T ype 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 W allpape[...]
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23 COWON A2 Setup Features General LCD Brightness TV Standard Wallpaper Wallpaper Brightness Preview Appearance UI Language T ext Scroll Speed General Speaker V olume LR Balance Stereo JetEffect Equalizer BBE Mach3Bass MP Enhance 3D Surround General Set T ime Boot Resume Browser Resume Alarm Alarm Mode Wakeup Time Duration Recurring Mode Power Slee[...]
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24 COWON A2 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 P AL W allpaper W allpaper • Y ou can choose whether to use the wallpaper feature. Brightness • Adjust brightness of the wallpaper . Brightness levels range from -9 to 9. Previe[...]
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25 COWON A2 Setup Features LCD Brightness • Adjust brightness of the LCD. Brightness levels range from 1 to 9. TV Standard • Set TV output. Select from NTSC and P AL 3. Sound General Speaker • Adjust the built-in speaker settings. • If set to Off, the speaker is turned of f. If set to Auto-Off, speaker is quiet only when the ear - phones ar[...]
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26 COWON A2 Alarm 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 th[...]
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27 COWON A2 Setup Features 5. Information General Firmware V ersion • Current firmware version. Application V ersion • Current software version. HDD Free Size • Free space left on the hard disk. HDD T otal Size • T otal space of the hard disk. 6. Movie Player General Aspect Ratio • Selects the aspect ratio of movie files. • If se t to A[...]
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28 COWON A2 7. Music Player General 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 [...]
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29 COWON A2 Setup Features 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 listenin[...]
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30 COWON A2 Setup Features Audio Line-in Quality • When recording Audio, set the quality of the audio file recording through the A V IN. • Higher the bps is better the quality of recordings, but the size of the file becomes larger and more bat - tery power is used. Line-in Channel • When recording Audio, set the channel of the audio file reco[...]
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31 COWON A2 Product Details 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 ℃ Video Display 4 in., 480x272 resolution, 0.183 mm pixel pitch, 16 mega color Digital TFT LCD Video format NTSC / P AL Audio Channel Stereo Frequency range 20Hz ~ 20KHz Headphone output Stereo,[...]
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32 COWON A2 Movie Player File format A VI, ASF , WMV Video codec DivX 3.1 1/4/5, 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 . Music Player File format MP3, WMA(ASF), OGG, W A V Audio codec [...]
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33 COWON A2 Product Details Recording TV, Line-in Record - 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 in[...]
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34 COWON A2 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 co[...]
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35 COWON A2 T roubleshooting Symptom 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 th[...]
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