Creative ZEN X-Fi3 8 GB User manual

Introduction
This user guide details the features of your Creative ZEN®X-Fi3. Creative ZEN X-Fi3 is a music and video player, voice recorder, and FM
radio, all rolled into one. It can also stream music output to Bluetooth®compatible devices.
For setup and installation instructions, refer to the printed Quick Start leaflet that comes with your player.

Your Player at a Glance
This section introduces your player and its parts. Click the numbered labels for more information.

Turning Your Player On and Off
To turn on your player
nSlide the Power/Lock switch to and hold for a few seconds.
The display screen lights up.
To turn off your player
nSlide the Power/Lock switch to and hold until the Shutting down... message appears.

Selecting Menus and Options
Your player has menus and options from which you can select. This section explains the difference between menus and options, and
how to access them.
Menus are categories of content or player information. Examples of menus are Music and System.
Options are actions you can perform on a menu item. Examples of options are EQ and Delete.
When you turn on your player, you see the main menu. The main menu on your player leads to secondary menus called submenus. Sub-
menus themselves can lead to other menus.
For more information, click the screen diagrams below.

Options
At any menu, press to view the available options.
To exit, press .

Selecting an item
1. Press or to highlight a menu or option item.
2. Press to select.

Locking Your Player
Locking your player disables the functions of all buttons on your player. Locking your player is useful when you do not want to acci-
dentally activate functions on your player, such as when your player is in your pocket or bag.
To lock your player
nSlide the Power/Lock switch to .
To unlock your player
nSlide the Power/Lock switch away from back to its original position.

Playing and Managing Media Files
Ripping Music
When you rip music, you convert music tracks (often from CDs) into a format suitable for playback on your computer. You can rip music
using applications such as Windows Media®Player. For more information, refer to the help that comes with the application.

Transferring Files to Your Player
You can use Windows Explorer or Windows Media®Player to transfer files from your computer to your player. For more information,
refer to the help that comes with the application.
Warning:
Please ensure that you do not disconnect your player from your computer during file transfer.
To disconnect, click Safely Remove Hardware -> Safely Remove USBMass Storage Device from the taskbar.
If you are using Windows Media Player, make sure that your contents are in personal folders specified under
WindowsMedia Player, namely, My Music,My Pictures, and My Videos.

Playing and Managing Music Tracks
You can search for music tracks by album, artist or genre.
If you have combined tracks from various albums, and saved them as playlists, you can also search your tracks by playlist.
To play a music track
1. On the main menu, select Music.
2. Select a category, such as Albums,Artists or Genres.
If you want to search by track title, select All Tracks.
3. Select the track you want, and press .
For effective searches, add the relevant media information (i.e. ID3 tags) to your tracks using an application such as Windows®
Media Player.