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1. ti 3 K gt gt D Friends amp Lovers A short press on the bottom empty icon opens SELECT WIDGET For changes press long on the icon COWON X9 __ 13 Basic Use SELECT WIDGET FI QUICK PLAYER kw Plav pause music files Select previous next music files CLOCK Set time alarm and timer e QUICK RECORDER Record audio using an internal microphone and play recently recorded files QUICK MEMO Write and read memos using a touch keyboard 0 MEMORY INDICATOR Display unused internal memory 3 PHOTO ZONE Locate stored JPG images Left as empty COWON X9 T_ 14 Basic Use Basic Menu iG MUSIC Enjoy a variety of music formats O BROWSER Access data stored in different folders on the device HI VIDEOS Watch various video files E CALCULATOR Touch based calculator PICTURES Enjoy pictures and sort out favorite pictures by albums HI NOTEPAD Create memos using the keyboard RADIO Listen to FM Radio EJ HUNTER A simple flash game using a gravity sensor Pn LL RECORDER DOCUMENTS Record sounds through the microphone or from other devices via the line in connector Change settings at user s convenience Read TXT files fu Lo Li 1 COM IX Comic book images can be viewed STOPWATCH Stopwatch and coun2. COWON X9 4 3 inch 16M Color Touch Display JetEffect 5 48 Presets Music Videos Pictures Documents FM Radio Voice Recorder Flash Player MicroSD Card Slot Built in Speaker G Sensor TV Out Music Playback 110hrs Video Playback 13hrs Designed by COWON DIGITAL PRIDE User s Guide ver 1 0 EN COWON Thank you for purchasing a COWON product Product specification may hci without notice Images contained in this manual may differ from the actual product Copyright Notice General COWON is a registered trademark of COWON SYSTEMS Inc COWON SYSTEMS Inc owns the copyright to this manual and any unauthorized distribution of its contents whether in part or in its entirety is strictly prohibited COWON SYSTEMS Inc complies with laws and regulations related to records disks videos and games Users are also encouraged to comply with the relevant laws and regulations As soon as you purchase the product visit the website http www COWON com and become a registered member You will benefit from various member services This manual is based on product specifications and various exemplary texts illustrations pictures detailed functions and H W and S W specifications contained herein can be altered without any prior notice by the copyright owner BBE information BBE Sound Inc owns the license to the BBE name and information as applied to this product in compliance with USP4638258
3. Capacity 8GB 16GB 32GB Flash memory FAT32 file system 1 Display 16 million colors 4 3 Wide LCD 480X272 Touchscreen one 72 5mm W x 114 9mm H x 12 2mm T 159g Buttons POWER HOLD FF REW PLAY PAUSE VOL VOL Color White Battery Built in rechargeable lithium polymer battery Battery Playback Time Music Max 110 hours Video Max 13 hours 2 SESSI Battery Charging USB 6 hours 5V 500mA AC Adapters 4 5 hours 4 2V 750mA CPU Pentium Ill 500MHz or higher System OS Windows 7 Vista XP 2000 ME All functions supported Requirement MAC OS 10 x Linux v2 4 or higher SFile transfer supported USB Port 2 0 High Speed recommended Etc Speaker Microphone MicroSD Card Slot Frequency Range 20Hz 20 000Hz Max Output Stereo Left 29mW Right 29mW 160 earphones S N Ratio 95dB File Formats MP3 2 WMA OGG FLAC APE WAV MP3 MPEG 1 2 2 5 Layer 3 320Kbps 48KHz Mono Stereo WMA 320Kbps 48KHz Mono Stereo audio Audio Codecs Fae ii j edi o ue Mono Stereo APE Fast Normal High compression 16Bit ver 3 97 3 99 WAV 48KHz 16bit Mono Stereo Meta Tag ID3 V1 ID3 V2 2 V2 3 Vorbis Comment JetEffect 5 48 Presets 44 Presets 4 User Presets EQ 5 Band Equalizers EQ Filter BBE BBE Mach3Bass 3D Surround MP Enhance Special Effect Stereo Enhance Reverb 9 Modes Lyrics LDB 1 0 2 0 LRC C
4. 5510752 and 5736897 BBE and the BBE symbol are registered trademarks of BBE Sound Inc COWON X9 Contents Before You Start Precautions Package Components Names of Parts and Functions Buttons Charging Connecting and Disconnecting the PC Firmware Upgrade Basic Use Main Display Select Widget Basic Menu Settings Additional Product Specification Troubleshooting COWON X9 12 18 20 Before you start Precaution As these precautions are provided for the correct use of the product as well as user safety be sure to familiarize yourself with them The company will not be held responsible for any accident that may occur due to the failure to heed these precautions The following information applies commonly to all products manufactured and produced by COWON SYSTEMS Inc Do not use this product for other purposes than those described in this manual Handle the manual product packaging materials accessories etc with care to prevent cuts and injuries to your body For your safety do not view videos pictures and texts stored on your player while driving a vehicle Operating other features of the player is also dangerous and may cause fatal accidents while driving Wearing of earphones while operating a vehicle exercising or walking may impair driving mask or prevent recognition of emergency signals alarms announcements the approach of vehicles and human speech Doing so may also
5. For safety during charging use USB cable approved by COWON SYSTEMS Inc COWON X9 9 Before you start Connecting and Disconnecting the PC 1 Use the USB cable to connect COWON X9 to the PC 2 Tap the Touchpad and choose CHARGE SYNC Choose CHARGE PLAY for charge play mode This mode disables the USB connection to the PC 3 Also make sure to check My Computer or Windows Explorer to see if COWON X9 is properly connected to the PC 4 Copy desired video music or other files to COWON X9 5 When done click the icon on the system tray to safely remove COWON X9 from the PC 6 Click the popup message Removing USB Mass storage device Drive E LS 7 Safely remove the hardware and disconnect the USB cable i Safely Remove Hardware Now you may safely remove USB mass storage ale device from the system This device can recognize up to 12 000 folders and up to 12 000 files up to 8 000 music video files and up to 4 000 files of other supported formats Disconnect the product after performing Safely Remove Hardware function The following message may appear randomly but it does not indicate that the product is malfunctioning Please try again An error occurred when removing USB mass storage device t Cannot stop Generic Volume device now Please try to stop the device again later a If your operating system does not display th
6. OWON X9 18 Additional Product Specification File Formats AVI WMV ASF Xvid SP ASP WMV 7 8 9 Video Codecs screen resolution frame rate bit rate and other options may affect the playback of some clips Video Video Resolution 480X272 30fps recommended Audio Codecs MPEG 1 2 2 5 Layer 3 WMA Subtitle SMI Method Video Composite Audio Stereo TV Output Formats NTSC PAL Photo Supports JPG no limit progressive format up to 1M pixels Document Supports TXT no limit exception UTF 8 Unicode big endian FM Radio ii 87 5 108 MHz KR US EU 76 90 MHz JP Recording Mic Line in FM Radio 1 The storage capacity may differ from the actual capacity due to the space used to store system files 2 The playback time is based on the company s own test standards therefore it may differ from the actual playback time COWON X9 19 Troubleshooting I am still confused even after reading the manual COWON website www COWON com provides support for users of COWON products with FAQ Frequently Asked Questions Users are strongly encouraged to check out the website for further information regarding product usages and firmware upgrades For individual inquiries please contact us on line as we will try to help you as best as we can I would like to set the device as factory default To reset all settings to factory default go to SETTINGS System Load Defaults
7. The player does not turn on Check if the battery is recharged or the device is connected to a power source If the battery is fully discharged use a genuine adapter to recharge the battery before turning on the device If the device does not respond simultaneously press and hold both and volume buttons for approximately 4 seconds to force the device to reset The Touchpad or the buttons don t work The device will not respond while the Touchpad Hold option is turned on Press the Power Hold button briefly to inactivate Hold mode I can t hear any sound Check if the volume is set to 0 Check if there is any file available in the player If there is no file in the player you will not hear any sound Please note that corrupted files will result in a noise or discontinued playback Make sure the earphones are connected properly Impurities in the earphone jack can cause a noise Files that I have stored do not appear in the list Each mode shows you a list of playable files only To view all files that you have stored select the Browser mode Please note that System folder will not appear in the Browser Album image is not displayed in Music Mode To display an album image the music file must have an image stored in its ID3 tag Please save an image in the file using a program for editing ID3 tags COWON X9 supports Album Art 2 0 and you can store up to 6 album images Video playback doesn t work Make sure that you
8. be unlawful depending on the region Listening at high volume 85 dB and above for an extended period of time may harm your hearing For your protection use the player in a well lit area where the LCD screen will not cause strain to your eyes Do not attempt to disassemble the player Disassembly will void the warranty and the unit will be permanently disqualified from any warranty services Be sure to use only the USB power adaptor and USB cable approved by COWON SYSTEMS Inc Wearing of earphones while operating a vehicle exercising or walking may impair driving mask or prevent recognition of emergency signals alarms announcements the approach of vehicles and human speech Doing so may also be unlawful depending on the region Listening at high volume 85 dB and above for an extended period of time may harm your hearing For your protection use the player in a well lit area where the LCD screen will not cause strain to your eyes Do not attempt to disassemble the player Disassembly will void the warranty and the unit will be permanently disqualified from any warranty services Be sure to use only the USB power adaptor and USB cable approved by COWON SYSTEMS Inc COWON X9 Before you start Precaution If you smell something burning or feel excessive heat while using the product press the and volume buttons for approximately 5 seconds to stop operation and contact the place of purchase If you find any abn
9. d will void any warranty Back up any important data before the firmware upgrade as any data stored on the device may be deleted during the process COWON accepts no liability for any loss of data COWON X9 _ 11 Basic Use Main Display The main display of COWON XQ9 is divided between 2 pages Menu selection is intuitive and automatic pivoting is provided using a gravity sensor Time Switch between Main Display Pages Select Widget R O ECORDER MUSIC VIDEOS PICTURES 6 O SETTINGS DOCUMENTS D Main Display 1 Earphones Speaker Display Volume L Battery Status BROWSER 11 CALCULATOR NOTEPAD 13 14 7 HUNTER STOPWATCH 15 Power Off Sleep Mode TYPIST Main Display 2 x Page Toggle Icon switches between the two Main Display pages xx By rotating device from vertical to horizontal icons get rearranged in a horizontal position COWON X9 12 Basic Use SELECT WIDGET By opening SELECT WIDGET frequently used functions can be accessed on the main display 09 16 i 09 b SELECT WIDGET SELECT WIDGET tO to to VIDEOS F Quick PLAYER VIDEOS VIDEOS Touch TA CLOCK 3 CLOCK 6 QUICK RECORDER 6 QUICK RECORDER PICTURES RADIO 6 7 o QUICK MEMO QUICK MEMO MEMORY INDICATOR MEMORY INDICATOR PHOTO ZONE PHOTO ZONE N EMPTY IN EMPTY DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS D RECORDER SETTINGS DOCUMENTS
10. device is repeatedly disconnected plug the device into a USB port connected directly to the motherboard of the PC If your PC does not recognize COWON X9 because the device is out of battery power recharge the device or connect it to a power source before reconnecting it to your PC After connecting the device to your PC the CHARGE PLAY menu may continue charging COWON X9 without recognizing it as a USB device If this occurs select the CHARGE SYNC menu for USB connections Memory capacity of the player is different or smaller than specified The memory capacity indicated by Windows may be different from that indicated by the memory manufacturer The actual capacity will be reduced from the original size because some space of the memory should be used as the system area for normal operation The player does not play properly when memory is full For the player to function properly it requires at least 10 MB of space for saving settings and other system files COWON X9 _T__ 21 Battery Replacement Product Disposal The rechargeable batteries have limited number of COWON products contain built in rechargeable batteries charge cycles and it will require a replacement as and must be separately disposed from household waste capacity to hold power will eventually diminish The Disposing the products with regular waste may cause rechargeable batteries in COWON products should pollution to the environment due to the waste batteries be re
11. e Safe To Remove Hardware window disconnect the player after all transfer operations are completed Only simple file transfer operation is available for Linux and Mac OS lt For MAC OS users gt EJECT procedure must be performed before removing the device from the PC The device can malfunction with MAC OS 10 5 Leopard version or later If the device shows a problem format it as FAT and install the latest firmware COWON X9 10 Before you start Firmware Upgrade Firmware is software that is embedded within the hardware Upgrading it can enhance system stability and provide additional features Please be advised that Beta unofficial firmware versions may cause system malfunction How to upgrade the firmware Download the latest firmware from the SUPPORT section of the website http www COWON com Use the USB cable to connect COWON X9 to the PC Choose CHARGE SYNC on the screen Unzip the downloaded firmware and copy it to the root folder of COWON X9 Perform Safely Remove Hardware function on your PC and disconnect the USB cable When you turn on the product the firmware upgrade process will start N OO WM BP WN FB The current firmware version can be checked in Settings gt System Information Fully charge the player before upgrading the firmware Do not turn the player off before the firmware update has been completed It may damage the product an
12. ffect 5 Normal BBE BBE ViVA BBE ViVA 2 BBE Mach3Bass BBE MP BBE Headphone BBE Headphone 2 BBE Headphone 3 Rock Jazz Classic Ballad Pop Club Funk Hip Hop Techno Blues Metal Dance Rap Wide X Bass Hall Vocal Maestro Feel the Wind Mild Shore Crystal Clear Reverb Room Reverb Club Reverb Stage Reverb Hall Reverb Stadium Reverb Chamber Reverb Room 2 Reverb Club 2 Reverb Hall 2 Reverb Auditorium Reverb Cathedral Reverb Stadium 2 Reverb Canyon Reverb Long User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 Select your sound effect from 48 JetEffect presets 4 user defined presets with equalizer BBE Stereo Enhance Reverb User 1 User 2 User 3 User 4 etc EQ Filter Each band of the equalizer can be adjusted in detail BBE Sound effect that refines the sound quality Mach3Bass Provide deeper tighter and more musically accurate bass frequency JetEffect 5 is the most SOPI CAEN ana poacmul 3D Surround Provide the three dimensional surround sound effect sound technologv available for MP3 and PMP devices l i MP Enhance Restore and enhances the harmonics lost through compression Stereo Enhance Enrich the stereo sound Reverb 9 Modes Maximize the natural and live presence of the sound You may hear distortion or noise when using extreme settings of JetEffect 5 COWON X9 17 Additional Product Specification Product
13. ormalities with the battery such as swelling press the and volume buttons for approximately 5 seconds to stop the operation and contact the place of purchase Do not expose the player to water or keep it in a damp or humid location for an extended period of time If the player is damaged from moisture as described above product failure is then classified as a user s misuse Touching the player with wet hands may cause damages and malfunctions Using the player in places with high occurrences of static electricity may cause malfunctions Keep the player away from magnets and direct magnetic fields as they can cause malfunctions Be sure to disconnect the power supply to the PC and USB power adaptor during lightning or thunder storm to prevent danger to the user and or the risk of fire hazards Maintain the device within the temperatures specified below in order to prevent fatal damages to your player Operating temperature 0 C 40 C Storage temperature 10 C 50 C Keep the player in cool and ventilated places away from direct sunlight as it may cause deformation and damages to internal circuitry or LCD screen Do not use detergent or other chemicals on the product surface as it may cause fading If necessary wipe the polluted area carefully with a soft cloth In case of using this device primarily for a storage device it is recommended to back up all data before use COWON SYSTEMS Inc is not responsible for an
14. placed only by official COWON service centers inside Contact your local authorities for specified Please contact batteryreplace cowon com for more locations guidance of E waste and waste batteries information on official COWON service centers and dispose them in compliance with local regulation guidance COWON X9 T_ 22 DIGITAL PRIDE COWON
15. r files are in a format that COWON X9 supports check the codecs resolution options If you re unsure of a video s compatibility use a video conversion program e g JetAudio and then play the converted version COWON X9 20 Troubleshooting FM Radio does not work The product s earphones work as the FM Radio antenna Straightening the earphone cable will result in better radio reception FM Radio reception may be poor at locations where FM Radio transmissions are shielded If FM Radio does not work where reception should be possible please contact our service center There is too much noise in my recordings The product uses ultra small internal microphone so it may be more susceptible to noise during recordings The microphone should not be covered with anything during recording Characters on the display are corrupted Set your preferred language again in Settings Display gt Language If the problem persists set the current font to the system font COWON products are developed based on the Korean Windows OS and this may cause corruption of some special fonts or languages on the display Computer cannot recognize the player when connected If you cannot turn on the device or the device is not recognized by the PC after connecting the device unplug the device from the PC and reset it by simultaneously holding both the and volume buttons for approximately 4 seconds If the connection is unstable and the
16. tdown features can be used Write a simple memo or draw a picture Play Flash games and animations COWON X9 15 Basic Use Settings You can select from 48 different JetEffect 5 Equalizer Presets JetEffect 5 Tap the User 1 2 3 4 icon twice to adjust the equalizer and choose the User Settings Displa Use this menu to change screen display options such as language font time display play wallpaper auto screen off brightness TV output standard and picture preview Use this menu to change time options such as date amp time alarm sleep timer and Time auto off x If an alarm is set the device will automatically enter sleep mode when you turn it off Music Use this menu to change audio playback options such as skip interval seek interval resume play speed pitch correction fade in lyrics Video Use this menu to change video playback options such as skip interval resume play speed pitch correction subtitle subtitle language Recordin Use this menu to change recording options such as line in quality microphone g quality FM radio quality line in volume microphone volume and auto sync Use this menu to change system settings such as hold mode sleep mode beep System audio L R speaker touch sensitivity USB mode clear WMDRM10 licenses database update load defaults and information COWON X9 16 Basic Use Settings JetE
17. ttings for General Hold Button Use can be modified in the System menu While in Hold mode the Volume buttons will perform the FF Rew functions You may choose the functions controlled by the volume buttons 3 Power off Press two times shortly Once the display is off a short press will power up the display Smart RESET If a button or the touchpad is not working correctly simultaneously press and hold both and buttons for approximately 5 seconds to reset the device This reset only shuts off power in case of a device malfunction and does not affect the device s performance x The COWON X9 s default Power Off setting is Sleep mode which consumes very little power Charging 1 Connect between PC and USB AV port using USB cable The battery will be fully charged in about 6 hours 2 Charging by COWON approved AC adapter The battery will be fully charged in about 4 5 hours When charging the player for the first time or the player has not been charged for an extended time fully charge the battery before use COWON X9 has a built in Lithium Polymer battery To prolong the life of the battery it is recommended that you charge the device frequently as opposed to fully discharging and then charging the device When connected to a USB hub the player may not charge properly Please try connecting the player directly to a USB port on the PC
18. y data loss due to hardware failure All data stored in the player may become deleted when the player is serviced Our Service Center does not backup files while repairing players Please note that COWON SYSTEMS Inc is not responsible for any data loss from products entrusted to us for service The price of the product may fluctuate due to unexpected commercial conditions COWON SYSTEMS Inc accepts no liability to compensate for any price fluctuation When formatting the removable disk be sure to use only the specified file system written in this manual COWON X9 Before you start Package Components COWON TV Out Cable Line in Cable COWON X9 Quick Guide USB Cable Optional Optional Actual package contents may differ from the above images COWON X9 7 Before you start Names of Parts and Functions H e Volume Down Volume Up Power Hold Speaker Microphone REW FF Play Pause Touch Screen MicroSD Card Slot USB AV Port z o 3 Q o gt 8 kl 5 D 3 a Earphone Jack COWON X9 8 Before you start Buttons 1 Power On Off Press and hold to turn the device on or off 2 Hold On Off Press briefly to activate or deactivate Hold mode The Touchpad and buttons will not respond while in Hold mode in order to prevent malfunctions due to unintentional operation SETTINGS The Se
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