Software Instruction Manual · Extracting music information from CD ... Creating Playlist ..... 29 7. Editing music information ..... 31 Rating Music ..... 31 Editing music ... after

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Software

Instruction Manual

ContentsPlease install iriver plus 2 BEFORE ATTACHING YOUR PRODUCT TO YOUR PC.

Some feature might not be available in every region.

I. About iriver plus 2Before installing iriver plus 2 ........................................................ 3

About iriver plus 2 ................................................................... 3System Requirements ....................................................................... 3

II. Installing iriver plus 2Installing iriver plus 2 ................................................... 4

Installing iriver plus 2 ...................................................................... 4

III. Preview iriver plus 2Updating iriver plus 2 .......................................................................................... 6

About iriver plus 2 window .................................................................................. 7

IV. Using iriver plus 21. Adding Title to iriver plus 2 ...................................... 9

Adding Titles in PC to the Library ................................... 9About Library Title ........................................................... 10

2. Downloading to the product ................................... 11Connecting iriver plus 2 to the product. .................................................. 11Downloading from iriver plus 2 ............................................................... 12Downloading a playlist to the product .................................................... 14

3. File/Folder management ......................................... 16Making a new folder on the product ....................................................... 16Deleting files from the product ................................................................ 18Deleting folders from the product ........................................................... 20Renaming folder on the product ............................................................. 22To view the properties of the product ..................................................... 24

4. Playing Music in iriver plus 2 .................................. 26

5. Extracting music information from CD ................... 27

6. Creating a playlist in iriver plus 2 ........................... 29Creating Playlist ......................................................................... 29

7. Editing music information ....................................... 31Rating Music ................................................................... 31Editing music information manually ....................................................... 33Using MusicID ........................................................................ 35About Gracenote CDDB ............................................................ 37

8. Setting up the radio channels ................................. 38Setting up the radio channels with the radio tuner of iriver plus 2 ........ 38

9. Firmware Upgrade for the product in iriver plus 2 . 40Firmware Upgrade Automatically ........................................................... 40Manual Firmware Upgrade .................................................................... 41

10. Initialize the product (Format) .............................. 42Initialize the product (Format) ................................................................. 42

Installing iriver plus 2

Installing iriver plus 2Installing iriver plus 2

About iriver plus 2

Before installing iriver plus 2About iriver plus 2

When you connect the product to your PC, iriver plus 2 will be started and all titles and Playlists in

the library will be transferred to the product. In addition to synchronizing with your player, you can

create and manage your own playlists.

For more information on using the product, refer to the product instruction manual.

System Requirements

The minimum PC requirements for running iriver plus 2 are as follows.

300 MHz Pentium processor or higher

Windows 98SE/ ME/ 2000/ XP

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.0 or later

128MB RAM

SVGA or high resolution monitor (800x600 resolution or higher)

1 The program installation process will start automatically after inserting the Installation CD to

the PC's CD-ROM drive. If the program installation process does not start automatically, click

the "My Computer" icon and run "iriver2_setup_full.exe" file in the CD-ROM drive.

If the "Installer Language" window appears, select the desired language and click the [OK]

button.

2 Follow the on screen instructions which

appear as each window.3 If the "License Agreement" window

appears, click the [I Agree] button.

Installing iriver plus 2Installing iriver plus 2

Installing iriver plus 2 Updating iriver plus 2

Updating iriver plus 2Preview iriver plus 2

To use this function your computer needs to be connected to the internet.

4 Select the components and click the [Next]

button.5 Select the installation folder and click the

[Install] button. The installation process

screen appears.

6 Click [Next] after selecting the file to

support at the iriver plus 2. The selected

file icon is changed to iriver plus 2 icon.

7 Click the [Finish] button when the

installation complete screen is displayed.

1 You can set iriver plus 2 to check for updates automatically.

Click [Option - Preferences... - General].

2 Click the "Check Auto Updates When Program Starts" check box in the [General] tab.

About iriver plus 2 windowPreview iriver plus 2

1. Close

2. Hide

3. Full / Mini Mode

4. Elapsed time / Remaining time

5. Progress bar

6. Volume

7. Mute

8. Previous Track

9. Repeat

10. Play / Pause

11. Next Track

12. Random Playback

13. Add File / Add Folder

14. Save Playlist

15. Clear Playlist

16. Identify with MusicID

Window of player

About iriver plus 2 windowPreview iriver plus 2

14. All MusicAll Music : Displays all titles in the Media Library.My Favorites : Lists your favorite titles.Recently Played : Lists titles played most recently.My Rating : List songs you have rated by rating value.

Window of Media Explorer

1. Play

3. New Playlist / New Folder

5. Encoding

7. Transfer

9. Changing window size

11. Close

13. Library window

2. Add File / Add Folder

4. Clear

6. Sync Options

8. Identify with MusicID

10. List window

12. Search field

Adding Title to iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

Adding Titles in PC to the Library

Adding Title to iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

About Library Title

Note, titles are not stored inside iriver plus 2. They are still files stored on your computer hard drive.

If you delete or change files on your hard drive, iriver plus 2 will not be able to find or transfer those files.

1 Music or Audio files stored on the PC can be added to the [All Music] or Playlist in the Media

Library.

Click and drag title from your computer directly to [All Music] in the Media Library window.

(Or, select [File - Add Library - Add file... or Add Folder...] select title to be added).

1 iriver plus 2 is capable of organizing the downloaded music files, mp3s, and other supported

music files using the library features and also managing audio files from audio CD.

Easy to use file managing system organizes your music files and gives you direct access to

the music you want as you need it.

Downloading to the productUsing iriver plus 2

Connecting iriver plus 2 to the product.

iriver plus 2 can transfer songs to your product. Select the searching location in the Media Library.


Downloading from iriver plus 2

1 Connect the product to your computer and power it on. The product window will be displayed.

Refer to the User Manual for your product for additional information on connecting your

product to iriver plus 2.

1 Select the files on the PC to transfer to the product.

Drag and drop to move files to the desired location on the product.

2 Download in progress



Downloading a playlist to the product

Files over 511 English characters (including path name and file name) will not transfer. Also drag and drop to download playlist files from the PC to the desired location on the product.

3 Download is complete once the files appear in the window for your product. 1 Select the playlist or the title to transfer to the product.

2 Click the Transfer icon and select [Transfer Selected Playlist].


File/Folder managementUsing iriver plus 2

Making a new folder on the product

If there is not enough free space on the player, all files may not be transferred, and the transfer will be terminated. Only 8 levels of subfolders are allowed, beginning with the Root (\) folder.

3 The selected playlist will be transferred to the product as the name of the selected playlist. 1 Right click on a title after selecting the position to make a new folder in the product.

And select “New Folder”.

2 A new folder is created.

Type the name in the new folder and press <Enter> or click <OK>.


Deleting files from the product


3 New folder is created in the product window. 1 Select the files to delete in the product window.

2 Right click on the selected files and select [Clear].


Deleting folders from the product


3 Click [OK] to confirm delete. 1 Select the folder to delete in the product window.

2 Right click on the selected folder and select [Clear].

4 Files are deleted.



Renaming folder on the product

4 Folders are deleted.

1 Select folder to rename in the product.

2 Right click on selected folder and select [Rename].

3 Click [OK] to confirm delete.



To view the properties of the product

You can not change the extension of a file.

3 Type the new name and press <Enter>.

Renaming is complete.1 Select the product.

2 Right click on product and select [Property].


Playing Music in iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

Playing Music in iriver plus 2

Double Click

3 The properties of the product are displayed.

2 Click the [Play] button at the bottom of the Media Library window.

In addition, you may double click on the music file to begin playback.

1 Select a title from [All Music] or the Playlist in the Media Library.

Extracting music information from CDUsing iriver plus 2

Extracting music information from CDiriver plus 2 can encode your music CD's. Encoding makes a copy of the music on your computer so you can listen with outthe CD, transfer it to portable devices, create lists of your favorite songs, and more! CD's are encoded into WMA (WindowsMedia Audio) files.

Extracting music information from CDUsing iriver plus 2

1 Insert an audio CD into the PC.

You may have to click on the CD listed in the Media Library to show the tracks on that disc.

The list of songs on the CD will be displayed in the Media Library.

6 The title will be saved in the [My Music] folder in your [My Documents] folder.

Songs will be listed inside a folder with the album name.

The encoding display area of iriver plus 2 shows the time needed to encode each title.

Click the [Close] button at the bottom to cancel encoding.

5 Encodingmay take several minutes, a progress indicator will display as each song is encoded.

Once encoded, the new title is automatically added to All Music in theMedia Library.

3 While the CD track information will be not displaed, right click on CD icon and select [Lookup

CD FromGracenote]. If your computer is connected to internet, iriver plus 2 will look up music

information in the Grace note CDDB (CD Database) and display a list of matching results.

4 Select [File - CD Encoding] to begin encoding the selected songs.

In addition, you may click the [Encoding] button at the bottom of the Media Library to begin

encoding the selected songs.

2 Check the box for each song you want to encode.

Creating a playlist in iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

Creating Playlist

A playlist is a list of songs to be played. You can create lists of songs to play in specific order.

Creating a playlist in iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

2 Enter a name for your new playlist, and click [OK].

3 The playlist will be displayed on the left side under the Media Library.

Click All Music and select a title from the listed files and then, drag it on the newly created

playlist. Repeat to add additional songs to the playlist.

To select multiple titles, click the files while holding down the [Control (Ctrl)] key or [Shift] key.

1 Right click on All Music in the Media Library window.

And select [New Playlist...] in the popup menu.

Editing music informationUsing iriver plus 2

Rating Music

You can assign a rating to each song.


1 Right click on a title in the Media Library. 2 Click [My Rating] and select the number of stars to rate each song.

1 star being lowest rating and 5 being the highest rating.


Editing music information manually

Some files may not display the correct information (Title, Artist, etc). You can edit the song information manually.


1 Right click a title in the Media Library and click [Song Info...] menu. 2 Use the Tag Edit window to enter the information and then click [OK].


Using MusicID

If iriver plus 2 is connected to internet, you can search for music information in the Gracenote CDDB (CD Database).


To use the [Identify with MusicID-Identify Tracks as Album / Identify Track Individually] function, iriver plus 2 shouldbe connected to internet.

1 Right click a title in the Media Library. 2 Click [Identify with Music ID – Identify tracks As Album…] or [Identify with Music ID –

Identify track individually…] iriver plus 2 will look up song information and display a list of

matching results. Highlight the correct title and click [Save tag].


About Gracenote CDDB

Setting up the radio channelsUsing iriver plus 2

Setting up the radio channels with the radio tuner of iriver plus 2

In the product, radio channels can be stored using the radio tuner of iriver plus 2.

Only for the product included the FM radio function.

Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote®.

Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery.

For more information visit www.gracenote.com

CD and music-related data from Gracenote, Inc., copyright © 2000-2005 Gracenote.

Gracenote CDDB® Client Software, copyright 2000-2004 Gracenote. This product and service

may practice one or more of the following U.S. Patents: #5,987,525; #6,061,680; #6,154,773,

#6,161,132, #6,230,192, #6,230,207, #6,240,459, #6,330,593, and other patents issued or

pending.

Services supplied and/or device manufactured under license for following Open Globe, Inc. United

States Patent 6,304,523.

Gracenote and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote. The Gracenote logo and logotype,

and the [Powered by Gracenote] logo are trademarks of Gracenote. 2 The [iriver plus 2 FM Radio] window appears with the

radio channels and area used in the product.

1 Select [Option – Radio Tuner...] at the top menu of Media Library.

Setting up the radio channelsUsing iriver plus 2

Firmware Upgrade for the product in iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

Firmware Upgrade Automatically

To use the [Radio tuner...] function, the product should be connected to computer.

Do not disconnect the product during firmware upgrade.

To use the [Firmware Upgrade] function, iriver plus 2 should be connected to internet and the product.

Only for the product included the FM radio function.

3 Enter the broadcasting name and frequency (MHz) in the channel filed and click [Save to

Portable Device] to store it to the product.

Click [OK] to exit setting up the FM radio channels.

2 When the Preferences window appears, select

[General - Check for Updates] and check [Check

Firmware Upgrade automatically when device is

connected].

1 Select [Option - Preferences... - General] from the menu.

Firmware Upgrade for the product in iriver plus 2Using iriver plus 2

Manual Firmware Upgrade

Initialize the product (Format)Using iriver plus 2

Initialize the product (Format)

Format will erase all the files and folders in your product’s memory.

Do not disconnect the product during firmware upgrade.

To use the [Firmware Upgrade] function, iriver plus 2 should be connected to internet and the product.

Do not disconnect the product during initializing the product.

To use the [Portable Device Initialization] function, iriver plus 2 should be connected to internet and the product.

1 Select [Option - Firmware Upgrade] from the menu.

2 To initialize the product, click [YES].

3 Click [OK] to confirm the format of the product.

1 Select [Option - Portable Device Initialization] from the menu.

Initialize the product (Format)Using iriver plus 2

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6 Reconnect the product to PC and you can check the product is initialized.

4 Click the [Finish] button when the installation

complete screen is displayed.

5 Disconnect the product from the PC.

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