Cowon Systems manual Before Use, What is iAUDIO U3?

8 Before Use

1. What is iAUDIO U3?

iAUDIO U3 is a unique multimedia player developed and manufactured by COWON SYSTEMS, Inc. It is a portable compact digital audio device that plays many different multimedia audio fi les in addition to MP3 fi les and MPEG4 video fi les. IAUDIO U3 also offers FM radio listening/recording, voice recording and direct encoding through a built-in microphone and Line-in input jack, as well as viewing text and images.

Highly portable, stylish and super-slim design

iAUDIO U3’s ultra-slim size of 31.5 X 72.0 X 18.0 mm (projecting part excluded) provides high portability

and convenience.

20 hours of continuous playback with the embedded lithium polymer battery

The ultra power-saving circuit of iAUDIO U3 enables up to 20 hours of continuous playback with a fully charged battery. (Based on company test research.)

Powerful audio format support

First fl ash memory product in the world to support FLAC (Free Loseless Audio Codec) and not to mention MP3, OGG, WMA and WAV format.

Movie playback

Video fi les of up to 15 frames per second can easily be converted and transferred with JetAudio VX. Trans- ferred video fi les can be viewed in iAUDIO U3.

Convenient text and image view

Easily view text and image fi les with iAUDIO U3. Text fi les can also be viewed while listening to music.

Voice recording

Voice recording available using the built-in microphone or connecting an external microphone. This feature is appropriate for recording important meetings or lectures.

Direct encoding (Line-in recording)

iAUDIO U3 provides a director encoding feature that accepts output from an external audio source for 1:1 recording. This means that iAUDIO’s Line-in jack and the output jack from the external audio device can be connected to a 2-way stereo cable for recording. With this feature, iAUDIO can directly accept music input from an audio device such as a Walkman, MD (mini disk), old LP phonographs, or TV to convert and store in various types of digital fi les in iAUDIO.

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