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Table Of Contents
Safety Precautions................................................................... ..............................3
Table Of Contents......................................................................... .........................8
Welcome....................................................... ................................................ .......11
Important Information on Use ..............................................................................13
AC Adapter............ .............................................................................................. 16
How to enjoy the gigabeat...................................................................................17
Parts diagram................................................................................................ .......20

Getting ready........................................................................................... 24

Charging the built-in battery..................................................... ............................24
Turning the Power ON/OFF............................................... ..................................27
Setting the DATE/TIME................................................................................... .....28
Connecting the gigabeat® to Your PC.................................................................29
Disconnecting the gigabeat from Your PC...........................................................31
Starting gigabeat room™.....................................................................................32
Onscreen displays............ ...................................................................................34
The gigabeat room main window.........................................................................40

Enjoying music ..........................................................................45

Preparing music...................................................................................... 45

Transferring tracks to the gigabeat......................................................................45
Downloading music from a CD to your PC..........................................................46
Transferring tracks from the PC to the gigabeat..................................................48
Transferring Tracks from a Music CD to the gigabeat.........................................51
Transferring Tracks from a Music CD to the gigabeat with
the Touch of a Button........................................ ...............................................53
Transferring tracks using the “synchronize” function...........................................54
Transferring tracks from the Synchronize Folder with the Touch of a Button......56
Transferring tracks using Windows® Media Player 10........................................57
Transferring tracks using Napster®.....................................................................60

Playing music.......................................................................................... 62

Selecting tracks to listen to..................................................................................62
During playback............................... ....................................................................66
Repeat play/Random play....................................................................................69
Setting the Equalizer ................................................................. ..........................71
Listening to the tracks’ intros...............................................................................75
“My favorites” (Bookmark)....................................................................................7 7
Listening with PC speakers or an audio system..................................................79