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  • Page 2 Creative Rhomba NX 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.
  • Page 3 Contents...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Customer Support Services ....................... v Introduction Before You Begin........................... vii Package Contents ........................vii Software Included ........................vii Creative Media Detector......................viii Creative MediaSource....................... viii Creative MediaSource Player..................viii Creative MediaSource Organizer................viii Minimum System Requirements ....................... ix Document Conventions........................x Web Information ...........................
  • Page 5 2 Getting Started Installing Software..........................2-1 Inserting batteries ..........................2-2 Power Level Indicators ........................2-3 3 Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading from the Internet...................... 3-1 Ripping Audio CDs..........................3-2 4 Using Your Player Turning Your Player On/Off ..................4-1 Selecting Your Player’s Menu Language..............4-1 Playing Audio........................
  • Page 6 Locking and unlocking your player................4-13 Formatting Your Player....................4-13 5 Software Applications About Creative MediaSource ......................5-1 Appendixes A General Specifications Size............................A-1 Weight..........................A-1 Capacity..........................A-1 Recording time......................... A-1 Battery type ........................A-1 Battery playback time ....................A-1 Interface ..........................
  • Page 7 B Frequently Asked Questions AutoPlay..............................B-1 General ..............................B-2 Usage ..............................B-3...

  • Page 8: Safety And Other Instructions

    Safety and Other Instructions...

  • Page 9: Caring For Your Player

    ❍ damage your ears. ❍ Do not shake or vibrate your player excessively as this may damage your Creative will not be player or cause it to malfunction. responsible for any ❍ Do not expose the player to high temperature or extreme temperature loss of data due to change.

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Introduction...

  • Page 11: Before You Begin

    Introduction Creative Rhomba NX allows you to play both MP3 and WMA (Windows Media Audio) formats. Its built-in internal memory provides ample capacity to store your favorite music files, and doubles as a storage device for documents, presentations and other data files. The player also has a built-in microphone and an FM radio.

  • Page 12: Creative Mediasource Player

    With it, you can: rip Audio CDs and create high quality digital audio files (up to 320 kbps ❍ for MP3 and 256 kbps for WMA) configure the settings for Creative Rhomba NX while it is plugged-in to ❍ Creative MediaSource Introduction viii...

  • Page 13: Minimum System Requirements

    "squeeze" more audio tracks into your player with SmartFit, which employs intelligent track management and WMA compression ❍ view the contents of your computer and your Creative Rhomba NX using the dual-window transfer panel, convenient for file transfer ❍ locate songs in a few seconds, just by typing some keywords into the sophisticated music search engine ®...

  • Page 14: Document Conventions

    Document We use icons to highlight useful or urgent information for you: Conventions Tip. This tells you about shortcuts or hints relating to a feature. Note. This highlights additional or important information about a feature. Caution! This highlights proper usage of your player. Use this information to avoid situations involving risk.

  • Page 15: Web Information

    Online Enjoy a host of benefits by registering your product during installation, or at www.creative.com/register. Benefits include: Registration ❍ Service and Product support from Creative. ❍ Exclusive updates on promotions and events! Introduction xi...

  • Page 16: Tour Of Your Player

    A Tour of Your Player...

  • Page 17: Your Player At A Glance

    A Tour of Your Player Your Player at Volume/Menu scroller a Glance Microphone Folder/A-B button Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Play/Pause button Front View Hold switch Mode scroller Line In jack USB port Earphone jack Record button Side Views A Tour of Your Player 1-1...

  • Page 18: Using The Scroller

    Button What It Does Usage Tips ❍ turns the player on and off ❍ starts, pauses or continues playback ❍ press and hold until player turns PLAY PAUSE ❍ changes FM radio presets on or off ❍ recalls menu screen ❍...
  • Page 19 Button What It Does Usage Tips ❍ during playback, turn the Mode scroller to go to the previous or next track ❍ during playback, turn and hold the Mode scroller to move ahead or move back within a track ❍ during playback, press the Mode ❍...

  • Page 20: Using The Scroller

    Scroller Scroll Select The scroller is one of the most important features of your Rhomba NX. In this document, we will use a new term, “Scroll Select”, to indicate that you should use the scroller to scroll through options and then select the option by pressing the scroller.

  • Page 21: Getting Started

    Getting Started...

  • Page 22: Installing Software

    3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. must install the drivers to transfer tracks or Creative MediaSource and Windows 98 SE drivers (only if applicable) files to the player. will be installed on your computer. Windows Me/2000/XP 4.

  • Page 23: Inserting Batteries

    Inserting 1. Turn off your player. 2. Open the battery cover as shown below. batteries The life of your batteries depends on the type of batteries used. To preserve the life of your batteries, 3. Insert the batteries according to the polarity indicated on your player, as use alkaline batteries.

  • Page 24: Power Level Indicators

    Power Level When you turn on your player, the LCD screen displays one of the following icons, depending on the battery’s status. Indicators Icon What the icon means Notes ❍ this battery icon shows ❍ your player’s battery is full that the battery is full ❍...

  • Page 25: Transferring Tracks Or Files

    Transferring Tracks or Files...

  • Page 26: Downloading From The Internet

    Transferring Tracks or Files Downloading To get MP3 files from the Internet, use a search engine to locate sites with MP3 content. You can also try out these sites (web sites listed here are from the correct at the time of this document’s release): Internet ❍...

  • Page 27: Ripping Audio Cds

    The first phase in making an MP3 file is extracting audio data from an audio CD. To extract audio data, you will need a CD-ROM drive that can extract digital audio data, and a program known as a ripper. With Creative MediaSource Organizer, you can rip tracks from most audio CDs. This program uses the CD-ROM drive to read the audio tracks from the audio CD and stores it on your hard disk.

  • Page 28: Using Your Player

    Using Your Player...

  • Page 29: Turning Your Player On/Off

    To turn on the player Turning Your Player On/Off Press and hold the Play/Pause button for a few seconds. The Creative logo appears on the screen. If your player contains no audio tracks, the "No File" message appears on the screen.

  • Page 30: Enabling Modes

    To move back or forward within a track During playback, turn and hold the Mode scroller towards the left or right to move back or forward within a track. When you reach the end of a track, your player stops five seconds after the track.
  • Page 31 To change the FM frequency 1. In FM mode, turn the Mode scroller towards the right to increase the frequency band, or towards the left to decrease the frequency. 2. To perform an autoscan, move the Mode scroller towards the right or left, and hold.

  • Page 32: Making Recordings

    5. Press the Play/Pause button to save new preset channel. Making a voice, FM or Line In recording Making Recordings 1. In VOI, FM or ENC mode, press the Record button to start the recording. You can listen to your recording in real-time as it is being recorded. 2.
  • Page 33 The table below shows you the Settings menu and sub-menus: Class Menu Sub-menu Default ❍ Asia/USA ❍ FM Region ❍ Japan, ❍ Asia/USA ❍ Europe ❍ FM Sensitivity ❍ High. Low ❍ High ❍ Yes ❍ FM Autoscan ❍ No ❍...
  • Page 34 Class Menu Sub-menu Default ❍ 3 sec ❍ Backlight ❍ 5 sec ❍ 3 sec ❍ 10 sec ❍ LCD contrast ❍ 0 - 10 ❍ 5 ❍ Equalizer ❍ Beat ❍ LED activity ❍ Off ❍ Circulate ❍ Off Display ❍...

  • Page 35: Selecting Equalizer Settings

    Class Menu Sub-menu Default ❍ None ❍ Repeat track ❍ Repeat mode ❍ All ❍ All ❍ Random repeat ❍ List repeat ❍ High ❍ Mic sensitivity ❍ Medium ❍ Low ❍ Low ❍ Edit Voice ❍ Playlist ❍ Edit ❍...

  • Page 36: Repeating Tracks

    Repeating tracks 1. Press and hold the Menu scroller. 2. Scroll select Music or Voice. 3. Scroll select Repeat Mode. 4. Scroll select the Repeat sub-menu that you want. Repeat All mode repeats all folders. 5. To exit, press the Play/Pause button three times. The Repeat settings are applicable within a folder containing the...

  • Page 37: Editing The Playlist

    5. To save a new bookmark, repeat steps 1 to 3. Your player stores one bookmark at a time, and any previous bookmark is deleted automatically. To create a playlist Editing the playlist 1. Press and hold the Menu scroller. 2.

  • Page 38: Deleting Tracks

    To delete a playlist 1. Press and hold the Menu scroller. 2. Scroll select Music or Voice. 3. Scroll select Play List menu. 4. Scroll select the List Delete submenu. 5. To exit, press the Play/Pause button. To delete selected tracks only Deleting tracks 1.

  • Page 39: Changing The Lcd Settings

    To set the contrast level for your player's screens Changing the LCD 1. Press and hold the Menu scroller. settings 2. Scroll select Display. 3. Scroll select the LCD Contrast submenu. 4. Use the Menu scroller to increase or decrease the LCD contrast. The If your player’s battery lower the number, the lower the LCD contrast.

  • Page 40: Changing The Led Settings

    Changing the LED 1. Press and hold the Menu scroller. settings 2. Scroll select Display. 3. Scroll select LED Activity. 4. Scroll select the LED activity option that you want. 5. To exit, press the Play/Pause button twice. Enabling LED may reduce the battery play time.

  • Page 41: Changing Microphone Sensitivity

    4. Scroll select the option you want. 5. To exit, press the Play/Pause button three times. Locking and Locking your Rhomba NX will disable all buttons on the player. This feature is useful when you do not want any buttons (for example, Play/Pause) unlocking your pressed accidentally.
  • Page 42 1. Connect Rhomba NX to your computer. 2. In Windows Explorer, select the drive your player is assigned to, for example, Removable Disk (F:) (replace F:\ with the drive letter of your player). 3. Right-click the Removable Disk icon and click the Format option. The Format F:\ dialog box appears (replace F:\ with the drive letter of your player).

  • Page 43: Software Applications

    Software Applications...

  • Page 44: About Creative Mediasource

    Creative MediaSource and other useful software, are included on your Creative Rhomba NX CD. MediaSource Creative MediaSource is the best way to organize and transfer your audio to and from your player. You can also use Creative MediaSource to burn your audio CDs.

  • Page 45: A General Specifications

    General Specifications...

  • Page 46: Size

    General Specifications ❑ 82.1 mm (L) x 44.5 mm (H) x 23.2 mm (W) Size ❑ 40 g (without batteries) Weight ❑ 64 g (with batteries) ❑ 128, 256 or 512 MB built-in memory (depending on model) Capacity ❑ up to 2 hrs (for 128 MB model) Recording time ❑...

  • Page 47: Signal To Noise Ratio

    Signal to Noise ❑ up to 90 dB Ratio ❑ 76 ~ 108.0 MHz (region selectable) FM Frequency Range ❑ <0.1% ❑ 16 mW (L: 8 mW , R: 8 mW) Earphone Output ❑ Cool Blue EL LCD backlight ❑ Input jack = 3.5 mm stereo jack Line-in Specs ❑...
  • Page 48 Frequently Asked Questions...

  • Page 49: Autoplay

    If you have a technical problem with this product, you may wish to consult our selfhelp tool "Knowledge Base" for online troubleshooting and solutions. Go to www.creative.com and select your region. AutoPlay What do I do when the installation does not start automatically after the Installation CD is inserted? The AutoPlay feature in your Windows system may not be enabled.

  • Page 50: General

    General Where can I get official information on MP3 Player products? Visit Creative’s web site at www.creative.com for updates and downloads relating to all Creative’s MP3 players and accessories. Windows XP tells me that the software for the player is not certified.

  • Page 51: Usage

    Files or tracks are corrupted when transferred to the player. Before removing Rhomba NX from your computer, wait at least 10 seconds after the file/track transfer is complete. File transfers to the player are very slow (less than 100 kb/sec).

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