Creative Rhomba 256MB User manual

User’s Guide
Creative Rhomba
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Version 1.0
August 2003
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Contents

Contents
Safety and Other Instructions
Caring For Your Player.............................................................................................................................. i
Technical support .............................................................................................................................. i
Introduction
Before You Begin......................................................................................................................................... i
Package Contents .............................................................................................................................. i
Software Included .............................................................................................................................. i
Creative Media Detector ............................................................................................................... ii
Creative MediaSource..................................................................................................................... ii
Creative MediaSource Player.............................................................................................. ii
Creative MediaSource Organiser ...................................................................................... ii
Minimum System Requirements .......................................................................................................... iii
Document Conventions.......................................................................................................................... iv
Web Information ....................................................................................................................................... v
Online Registration .................................................................................................................................... v
1 A Tour of Your Player
Your Player at a Glance........................................................................................................................ 1-1
Using the Menu Scroller....................................................................................................................... 1-4
Scroll Select..................................................................................................................................... 1-4

2 Getting Started
Installing Software................................................................................................................................... 2-1
Charging the Player................................................................................................................................ 2-2
Power Level Indicators ......................................................................................................................... 2-3
3 Transferring Tracks or Files
Downloading from the Internet......................................................................................................... 3-2
Creative MediaSource........................................................................................................................... 3-3
Transferring Tracks or Files ...................................................................................................... 3-3
Editing audio track information ................................................................................................ 3-4
Ripping Audio CD Tracks.......................................................................................................... 3-5
4 Using Your Player
Turning On/Off your Player................................................................................................................ 4-1
Adjusting the Volume ............................................................................................................................ 4-2
Playing Audio............................................................................................................................................ 4-2
Playing music or recordings....................................................................................................... 4-3
Repeating a section....................................................................................................................... 4-4
Playing FM Radio ..................................................................................................................................... 4-4
Changing FM frequency............................................................................................................... 4-4
Storing your FM channel............................................................................................................. 4-5
FM Radio recording...................................................................................................................... 4-5
Voice Recording...................................................................................................................................... 4-5
Making a voice recording............................................................................................................ 4-6
Changing Player Settings....................................................................................................................... 4-6
Selecting equaliser setting......................................................................................................... 4-10
Repeating music........................................................................................................................... 4-10