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Rearranging the 
playing listIf you prefer to hear, for example, a particular album before another in the 
playing list, you can rearrange the album as well as any other artist, genre or 
individual track in the playing list. 
1. Press the NOW PLAYING
 button  .
The Playing List
 screen appears.
2. Scroll Select the album, artist, genre or individual track to move. A list 
appears.
3. Scroll Select Collapse
.
4. Press the Scroller. 
						

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5. Scroll Select Change Order
. An icon appears next to the selected album, 
artist, genre or individual track.
6. Using the Scroller, move the album, artist, genre or individual track to the 
preferred position in the playing list.
7. Press the Scroller to set the position you have selected.
When you remove 
audio tracks from the 
playing list you are 
not permanently 
deleting the 
selections from your 
player. 
						

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Saving the 
playing list as a 
playlistIf you like the contents and arrangement of your current playing list, you can 
choose to save it as a playlist for retrieval and playback later.
1. Press the NOW PLAYING
 button  .
The Playing List
 screen appears.
2. Press the Scroller. A list appears.
3. Scroll Select Save as Playlist
. A list appears. 
						

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4. Scroll Select the letters on the list to form a name for your playlist. This 
name appears in the box at the bottom of the screen.
Note:
 When entering letters into the box, you can switch from upper to 
lower case (or vice-versa) by simply Scroll Selecting the letter and holding 
the Scroller until the letter changes to the case you want. You can also use 
different character sets, such as accented characters or numerals, by 
Scroll Selecting the Charset
 option on the list.
5. Scroll Select the OK
 option to save the playlist with the name you have 
entered. 
						

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Music 
Enhancement
Using EAXYour player allows you to enhance your listening experience with EAX 
technologies formerly available only with Creatives Sound Blaster Live! and 
Audigy audio cards. EAX technologies (or Settings) available in your player 
include
:
❍Smart Volume Management (SVM)
, which intelligently controls the 
dynamic range of audio, providing a superior audio experience in difficult 
listening environments such as in a plane or car.
❍Time Scaling
, which allows you to speed up or slow down audio without 
changing pitch or distorting sound quality. Select from 0.50x, 0.75x, 1.00x, 
1.25x or 1.50x.
❍Environment
, a collection of presets that allows you to experience audio in 
the virtual environment of your choice. Consists of Auditorium, Bath Room, 
Cathedral, Concert Hall, Garage, Indoor Arena, Jazz Club, Living Room, 
Opera House, Small Room and Theater.
❍Advanced EQ
, a collection of equalizer settings which can enhance audio 
of a particular genre. Consists of Custom EQ, Acoustic, Classical, Disco, 
Jazz, New Age, Pop, Rock and Vocal. Scroll Select Custom EQ
 to set it 
from +12 dB (maximum) to -12 dB (minimum).
❍Spatialization
, which enhances your audio soundstage, useful if, for 
example, you are listening to audio with headphones.
To use EAX with your currently playing audio:
1. Select an EAX setting.
2. Select a preset, rate or mode to use with the selected EAX setting.
3. Turn on EAX.
General information 
about EAX is 
available at 
www.NOMADworld.
com. 
						

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This simple process is described in the following instructions.
1. Press the EAX
 button  .
2. Depending on whether you want to turn on EAX, select an EAX setting or 
preset, rate or mode you want to use with your EAX setting, follow the 
corresponding step:
To turn on EAX:
Scroll Select EAX:On
. The EAX active icon   appears onscreen and is 
applied immediately to the audio being played.
To select an EAX setting
Scroll Select Setting:X
 (where X represents the EAX setting currently 
selected). A list appears.
Scroll Select the EAX setting you want.
To select a preset setting for use with your EAX setting
Scroll Select Preset:X
 (where X represents the preset setting currently 
selected). A list appears.
Scroll Select the preset, rate or mode you want to use with your EAX 
setting. 
						

							4
Software Applications
  
						

							Software Applications 4-1
ABOUT PLAYCENTER AND FILE MANAGER
Creative PlayCenter, Creative File Manager, and other useful software, are 
included on your installation CD (see installing software on page 2-3).
Creative PlayCenter is the best way to organize and transfer audio to and from 
your player. This chapter includes basic instructions on using PlayCenter to rip 
audio CDs, transfer tracks by manual selection or with AudioSync, edit track 
information as well as to create and edit playlists.
Creative File Manager is a dedicated data file manager for storing and 
organizing Net downloads, videos, images or any sort of data file on your 
player. This chapter includes basic instructions on using File Manager to 
transfer data files. 
						

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USING PLAYCENTER
Only basic instructions on how to use PlayCenter with your player are provided 
in this chapter— extensive instructions are found in the PlayCenter Help file.
An overview of the PlayCenter interface is provided below:
Main Window Transfer Window 
Transfer Queue Bar Audio Playback 
ButtonsVolume Slider Media Bar
Transfer Buttons AudioSync 
Button
To o l b a r
After PlayCenter is 
installed, it stores all 
transferred or ripped 
audio tracks into a 
default folder. You can 
change the location of 
this folder or default 
folder name in 
PlayCenter settings. 
See the PlayCenter’s 
Help file for details.
To import existing 
audio tracks in your PC 
to the PC Music Library, 
click the PC MUSIC 
LIBRARY button in 
PlayCenters Main 
Window, then click 
Auto Scan on the 
Toolbar. 
						

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Ripping tracks 
from an audio 
CD1. Insert an audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. 
2. If the CD starts playing, click the STOP
 button. You cannot rip tracks while 
the CD is playing.
3. In PlayCenter’s Main
 window, click the AUDIO CD 
button.
4. Click the check boxes next to the tracks you want to rip, to select them.
5. To rip to your hard disk, click either the MY COMPUTER
 or PC MUSIC 
LIBRARY
 buttons in the Transfer
 window. Note that you can configure the 
default location for storing ripped tracks in PlayCenter Settings.
6. To rip directly to your player, click the NOMAD JUKEBOX
 button in the 
Transfer
 window.
7. Click the RIP TO
 button. The Current Transfer Queue
 dialog box appears 
and the Transfer Queue
 bar shows the ripping progress.
8. To preview the song that you have just ripped in PlayCenter, click the song 
title and then click the Preview
 button on the Toolbar.
Rather than manually 
entering track 
information, retrieve 
such audio CD 
information from CDDB 
before ripping tracks.
Change the default 
ripping format and 
bitrate for higher or 
lower quality audio.