Cowon iAUDIO G3, User Manual

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Page 2: ...hdomesticcopyrightlaws COWONSYSTEMS Inc complieswiththelawsandregulationsrelatedtorecords videos games Complyingwith allanyothercodifiedlawsistheresponsibilityoftheactualusers InorderforcustomerswhopurchasedtheproducttoreceivespecializediAUDIOservices werecommendthatthey accomplishcustomerregistrationathttp www iAUDIO com Variousspecializedbenefitsareonlyprovidedfor memberswhohavecompletedalawfulcus...

Page 3: ...duct 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 Using iAUDIO in places with high occurrences of static elec tricity may cause malfunctions Always use the USB cable supplied by Cowon Systems WhentransferringdatatoandfromaPC an...

Page 4: ...Connecting iAUDIO and Installing JetShell Getting Acquainted with JetShell Spectrum Window and Sound Effects Uploading MP3 Files to iAUDIO Deleting Files in iAUDIO Initializing Flash Memory Formatting 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 28 41 43 47 48 52 55 56 58 58 Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Uploading them to iAUDIO Simultaneously Other Features Installing and Using JetAudio LDB Manager Ly...

Page 5: ...directly in iAUDIO while listening This feature is also very useful for studying language Once recorded you can listen to the recorded files repeatedly You can save up to 24 radio frequencies in preset stations with channel numbers Wide Graphic LCD The 128 x 64 graphic LCD displays the overall operation status of iAUDIO in a very clear and bright manner iAUDIO comes embedded with common fonts that ...

Page 6: ...lay 40 000 characters from various languages Enhanced Integrated Navigator Play Pause Intro Play Stop Power Off Recording Next Track Previous Track Fast Forward Fast Rewind Infinite Loop Search Speed and Skip Speed Settings 40 Digital Volume Levels Various EQ and Sound Field Effects User Adjustable 5 Band EQ Normal Rock Pop Jazz Classic Vocal User Supports BBE Mach3Bass MP Enhance and 3D Surround R...

Page 7: ...B 16 Ohm Earphone 13mW 13mW 20Hz 20KHz 64 0 x 45 0 x 17 1 mm Width x Height x Depth 36 g Excluding Battery Names of Parts Right Front Top Back Left Earphone Jack REC A Bbutton LCD Display USB MIC REW PreviousTitle Rewind VOL Volume Up Cursor Up Setting Value Up VOL Volume Down Cursor Down Set ting Value Down FF Next Title Fast Forward Lever Menu Navigation Enter Menu Navigation Supported Files Mem...

Page 8: ... indicator may become unstable while the charge is being measured but this is normal When the battery is exhausted the battery charge indicator starts to blink and then after about 30 minutes of operation the power goes off automatically The disc shape is used when ID3V2 and ID3V1 andArtist Album information is dis played However when the display setting is Filename or the ID3 tag does not contain...

Page 9: ...on Display when USB is connected splay when iAUDIO is reading data Display when iAUDIO is writing data 3 Basic Operations for Mode Change There are four modes DigitalAudio FM Radio Voice Recorder and Line in Recorder Basic Operations Basic Operations for Mode Change Example When changing from Digital Audio to FM Radio Mode Enter Mode Menu Press the Mode button to enter Mode menu Digital Audio Mode...

Page 10: ...The changed value is immediately applied To return to the previous mode screen after setting press the PLAY button Canceling Menu Item Settings and Closing the Menu Window When you press the REC button the changed value of the menu item is returned to the previous value and the Menu window is closed When you press the PLAY button the changed value of the menu item is saved and the Menu window is c...

Page 11: ...and select 01 MP3 file in the b 2 folder and play it do as follows Enter Navigator Press and hold the lever to enter the Navigator screen Folder Structure of iAUDIO Navigating up and down in the Navigator Press or iAUDIO A B C iAUDIO A B C Select a Navigator Item To select and open a folder press the lever to open a popup screen and select Expand Or push to directly go to the folder B b 1 b 2 Playi...

Page 12: ...t iAUDIO saves the last played track and position and playback begins from there When you want to go to MP3 Player mode and listen to music turn iAUDIO power on and press the MODE button Then select MP3 Player from the Mode menu Press or to select MP3 Player and then press the PLAY button to enter MP3 Player Mode 2 Power Off and Stop Press and hold the PLAY button when iAUDIO is stopped to power o...

Page 13: ...ng a channel you can press the MENU button to display the popup menu for more convenient features Listen Ch Listen to the current radio station Save Current Add the current radio station to Presets Delete Ch Delete the current radio station Voice Recorder Recording Voice with Built In Mic When iAUDIO is not in Voice Recorder press the lever to enter the Mode menu and select Voice Recorder from the...

Page 14: ...s the PLAY button of CDP iAUDIO detects signals coming in through the LINE IN jack and starts recording The file is recorded as L mp3 in the LINE IN folder under the RECORDS represents a 3 digit consecutive number To finish recording press the REC button again For information on changing the recording quality see page 37 of this manual After recording you can press and hold the lever to enter Naviga...

Page 15: ...lever Amenu to adjust the level from 0 to 10 appears Press or to change the value 4 MP Enhance MP Enhance is a sound field effect that compensates for the lost parts of sound In MP3 Player mode briefly press the lever to enter JetEffect When you select MP Enhance and press the lever an On Off menu appears Press or to toggle it on or off 5 3D Surround 3D Surround provides a 3D sound effect In MP3 Pla...

Page 16: ...g 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 A All plays all tracks in all folders In the RECORDS folder on...

Page 17: ...ht Time Set the time to keep the backlight on Select Time and press the lever Then press or to select 3 sec 5 sec 10 sec 30 sec 60 sec Always ON orAlways OFF Detailed Descriptions by Menu Display Contrast Level5 Language Chinese simpli Chinese tradi English BacklightTime 5sec Detailed Descriptions by Menu iAUDIO Lyrics Auto Input Application You can automatically add lyrics to music source files Se...

Page 18: ...inutes In FMAlarm and FM Record you can select the last played channel or an FM preset channel 4 Sleep iAUDIO automatically turns off at preset time when it is turned on You can select 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 90 or 120 min Select Sleep and press the lever Then press or to select the desired value Detailed Descriptions by Menu Display Timer Search window Delete lyrics from music source files Select a fil...

Page 19: ...with the and buttons Detailed Descriptions by Menu General SkipLength Track ScanSpeed x2 Resume On AutoPlay On Charge Normal Slow Off Recording 1 Line in bps Set the bit rate in quality of MP3 files recorded through Line In 2 Voice bps Set the bit rate quality of files recorded through the built in mic All MP3 files recorded through the built in mic are mono 3 FM Radio bps Set the bit rate quality of...

Page 20: ...intervals between tracks to create separate files for different tracks You can select between 0 and 8 0 is Off Higher values means longer interval between tracks The above numbers are not in seconds Detailed Descriptions by Menu Recording VoiceActive Off LineVolume Level6 AutoSync Off FM Radio 1 Stereo Select Stereo or Mono when listening to FM Radio You can select Stereo or Mono 2 Auto Scan Auto S...

Page 21: ...ery and insert it again iAUDIO does not work if the polarity of the battery is reversed iAUDIO does not work when the battery is exhausted Check if there are any foreign objects obstructing contact with the battery and remove them if there are any There is no sound Check if there are any MP3 files in memory iAUDIO does not work when there are no saved files in it Check if the HOLD button is in locke...

Page 22: ...MP3 Player Mode Using Buttons MP3 Player Mode The Flash Memory capacity is dis played less than it should be or cannot be used up to its full capacity E g 242MB displayed for 256MB memory iAUDIO Flash Memory shares some parts with the system memory Therefore when you exclude the system area that is required for normal operation of iAUDIO the flash memory that is displayed may be less than its capac...

Page 23: ...ode Release Preset Mode Power Off Power Off FF Increase Frequency Play the next Preset Automatically search for next FM station Play the next Preset REW Decrease frequency Play the previous Preset AutomaticallysearchforpreviousFMstation Play the previous Preset MENU Setting Menu Setting Menu Preset Mode Setting Preset Mode Setting Volume Up Volume Up Volume Down Volume Down REC A B Start or stop r...

Page 24: ...y List mode Navigator Using Buttons Navigator What is JetShell What is JetShell JetShell is the iAUDIO manager program providing the following features Downloading Uploadingfilesfrom toiAUDIO FilemanagementsimilartoWindowsExplorer PlayingMP3 MP2 WAV WMA ASF AudioCD andPlaylist m3u Copying ripping MP3filesfromAudioCD ConvertingbetweenWAV MP3 WMA ChangingbitrateofMP3files ConvenientfiletransferusingDown...

Page 25: ...w Hardware appears and the USB driver for iAUDIO is installed automatically The driver installation message may not appear on the screen depending on the status of Windows To make sure that the installation was completed nor mally check for the device iAUDIO in My Computer as shown below or Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager 5 Now you can transfer files by using JetShell or Window Explore...

Page 26: ...InstallationCD andclickOK 4 USBdriverfileforiAUDIOisfound ClickNext 5 Thedriverfilesarecopiedandinstalledfromthe InstallationCD Whentheinstallationfinishes amessage notifyingyouofcompletionappearsasshowninthe picture ClickFinish 6 Finally makesurethatinstallationofiAUDIOwas completednormallybychecking iAUDIOU2Digital AudioPlayer displayedunder Harddiskcontroller of ControlPanel System Hardware Device...

Page 27: ...eblackscreeninthemiddle variousinformationofcurrentfileisdisplayed andtwotypes ofspectrumscreensappear Youcanstartandstopplayingthefilewiththebuttonsattheright andadjustthevolumewiththe and buttons Toskip instantlytoaspecificpositionofthetrackbeingplayed clickonthepositionbar File Management Section TheFileManagementSectionofJetShelllooksjustlikeWindowsExplorer Theleftwindowshowsfolders disks and CD ...

Page 28: ...efigure The files in iAUDIO displayed in the middle window The Memory used bar shown at the bottom right indicates the used memory size of the total flash memory of iAUDIO If this bar is almost full it means that there is almost no free spaceavailableiniAUDIO Button Function Explanation Up Movetotheupperfolder Properties Displaythepropertiesoftheselectedfile Refresh Refreshthecontentsofflashmemory Dele...

Page 29: ... files to download from the File Management Window and clickdownarrow 2 Or you can also drag and drop the selected files from the File Management Window to the Flash Memory Management Window 3 Thefollowingwindowshowsthefiledownloadingprocess NeverdisconnecttheUSBcablewhiledownloading MakesurethattheLCDstatusisREADYbefore disconnectingUSBcable If you want to download secure WMAfiles WMAfiles from online...

Page 30: ...esin ChooseafolderiniAUDIOtodirectlydownloadMP3filesontoiAUDIO ConvertingAudioCDTrackstoMP3FilesandDownloadingThemtoiAUDIO Converting Audio CD Tracks to MP3 Files and Downloading Them to iAUDIO WithJetShell youcaneasilyconvertyourAudioCDintoMP3filesanddownloadthemtoiAUDIO 1 Beforegettingstarted youmustchoosethequalityoftheMP3filestocreate Click Setup MP3EncoderOption to set the desired bitrate of the...

Page 31: ...rnet CD Database Whenyoupressthe button theinformationontheCD suchasthesingerandsongtitlecanbeacquired throughtheInternet TouseCDdatabase theInternetconnectionmustbeenabled Youmaynotbeabletousethisfeaturedependingonthe statusofthenetworkortheproxyserversettings When incorrect data is stored in the CD database the texts may appear abnormally on your PC This is not an error of JetShellbuttheinformat...

Page 32: ...ading Logo File YoucandownloadalogofiletochangethelogoscreenthatappearswheniAUDIOpowerson Select Download Logo File from the menu When the Open window appears select the desired logo file and click Open Thenthelogofileisdownloadedandapplied Other Features 3 Editing ID3 Tag YoucanedittheID3tagofaMP3filebyselecting Tools EditMP3ID3Tag fromtheJetShellmenu ...

Page 33: ...thefirmware Allfirmwareupgradesareintendedforoverallenhancementofperformance Werecommendnottoupgradefirmwareifyoudon thaveanyproblems Upgradingfirmwareisatyourownrisk C Conditions for Firmware Upgrade FirmwareupgradecanonlybepossiblewheniAUDIOdriverisproperlyinstalledandJetShellcan communicatewithiAUDIOwithoutanyproblems Guide to Firmware Upgrade Installing and Using JetAudio Theworldwiderenownedinteg...

Page 34: ...rade Decompress the downloaded file and run the setup exe file from among the decompressed files Then the followingwindowappears Ifyouhavealreadyinstalledfirmwaresetupprogrambefore thefollowingwindowmayappear Inthiscase click OKtoremovepreviousfirmwaresetupprogram thenrun setup exe again D Upgrading Firmware Youcandownloadthelatestfirmwarefrom www jetaudio com or www iaudio com ...

Page 35: ...allationiscomplete ConnecttheUSBportsofiAUDIOtoyourPCusingtheprovidedUSBcable WerecommendtoconnectiAUDIOtothePCdirectly notusingUSBhub Guide to Firmware Upgrade Thefilesarecopied Guide to Firmware Upgrade Specifyagroupname thenclickNext ...

Page 36: ...adingfirmware makesurethatthestatushaschangedtoREADYontheiAUDIOLCDwindow beforedisconnectingUSBcable Werecommendtorun SafelyRemoveHardware wizardbefore disconnectingthecable ClickStarttoupgradethefirmware Guide to Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrade program searches iAUDIO Make sure that iAUDIO is properly connected to the PC If the program cannot find iAUDIO for a long time click Cancel disconnect iAU...

Page 37: ...mited Warranty JetAudio Inc iscommitedtoprovidingyoutheflawlessproductsbyusingthebestmaterialsandtheworkmanship available Ourwarrantyperiodisoneyearfromthedateofpurchase Iftheseproductsprovedefectiveduringthiswarrantyperiod callCustomerSupportinordertoobtainaReturn AuthorizationNumber BESURETOHAVEYOURPROOFOFPURCHASEANDABARCODEFROM THEPRODUCT SPACKAGINGONHANDWHENCALLING RETURNREQUESTSCANNOT BE PROCE...

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