User manual CREATIVE RHOMBA

[. . . ] User's Guide Creative Rhomba 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. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. It is against the law to copy the software on any other medium except as specifically allowed in the license agreement. [. . . ] The Now Transferring dialog box appears, showing the current transfer status. You must restart your computer before trying out any of the installed applications. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-3 Editing audio track information You may need to edit track information when the information is incomplete or wrong. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organiser, click the Player/Organiser View button. In the Content window, locate the track you want to edit, and right-click it. Click the property you want to edit to highlight it. Click the property again, and enter the new details. To edit information about multiple tracks 1. If you are not already in Creative MediaSource Organiser, click the Player/Organiser View button. In the Content window, hold down the <Ctrl> key and click the files you want to edit, and right-click them. Select to edit the Album, Artist or Genre. Click the OK button. Transferring Tracks or Files 3-4 Ripping Audio CD Tracks Rather than manually entering track information, retrieve such audio CD information from your Music Information Provider before ripping tracks. 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 Organiser, 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. The time needed for a successful audio extraction depends on: CD-ROM drive speed defects, like scratches on the audio CD error-checking features on the CD-ROM drive Encoding is the second phase of making an MP3 file. Encoders are used to convert the stored audio tracks, usually WAV files, into MP3 files. MP3 encoding is considered lossy compression, which means that some data is lost during compression. However, using the standard sampling rate and bitrates will ensure that your MP3 files retain much of their audio quality. The standard bitrate of most MP3 files is 128 Kbps, although some are set higher, at 160 or 192 Kbps. Higher bitrates will result in larger MP3 file sizes, with better audio quality. Use Creative MediaSource Organiser to extract audio tracks and encode MP3s. You can rip an audio CD's tracks to your player, hard disk or PC Music Library. You can choose to rip an entire CD, or selected tracks from the audio CD. Change the default ripping format and bitrate for higher or lower quality audio. [. . . ] On your Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon. Right-click the CD-ROM drive icon, and then click AutoPlay. To enable AutoPlay through Auto Insert Notification 1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. [. . . ]