Creative Labs ZiiSound D5x manual

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    1 Model No.: MF8115[...]

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    1 Congrat ulations on pur chasing the ZiiSound D5x, the modular wir eless speak er system that y ou will ever need. Get r eady t o exper ience a whole new definition of audio nirv ana with one or mor e D5x or DSx wireless subw oof er link ed t ogether f or dynamics r iv alling the v ery best in home audio set-ups. Additional ZiiSound D5x and ZiiSo[...]

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    2 For detailed product information, instructions or to find out more about our speaker s, visit www .cr eative.com/speak ers Safety Instruction Please r ead the foll owing befor e using the Creativ e Products: • Useamainsplugthatisappropriat eforyourcountryorr egion. • T obecompl etel ydisconn[...]

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    3 T echnical Specifications • Bluetooth ® V ersion : Bluetooth 2.1+EDR(EnhancedDataRate) • Bluetooth OperatingF requency : 2402-2480MHz • Supported Bluetooth prol es* : A2DP(Wirel essSter eo Bluetooth )  : AVRCP( Bluetooth[...]

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    6 5 2 1 3 4 4 1 .1 Product Ov erview / Connectivity Diagram Section 1 : D5x Basic oper ations *Fora1.1setup,theZiiSoundD5xwilllightuptheCent erSpeakerLEDtoindicateitisconnect edina1.1setup. Pairing Rapid blinking LED Bluetooth Connected Steady Lit For v arious Bluetooth Pairing ac[...]

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    B C A 11 10 9 7 8 5 1 .2 Overview of Wir eless T r ansmitt er A B C Wirel ess Bluetooth T ransmitter (BT-D5) T obeusedwithiPhone/iPod.SeeT able1foralis tof compatibl e iPhone and iPod models. T ransmitter LED Status Indicator BlueLEDblinksatdiffer entintervalstoindicat e wirel esslink?[...]

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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 iPod classic + 160GB (2007) iPhone 4GB 8GB 16GB iPod touch 2nd generation 8GB 16GB 32GB iPhone 3GS 8 GB 16GB 32GB iPhone 3G 8GB 16GB iPod touch 1st generation 8GB 16GB 32GB iPod nano 4th generation (video) 8GB 16GB iPod nano** 5th generation (video) 8GB 16GB iPod nano 3rd generation (video) 4GB 8GB iPod classic + 80GB iPhone 4 16GB 32[...]

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    Backrest adapter Support stand 7 Insert backres t adapter fully into the support st and and ensure that it is secur ed A Insert the support stand into the dock loc ated at the rear of the speaker B Y ou can now dock and char ge your player C[...]

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    8 1 .4 Enjoy audio fr om your iPhone/iP od via the Bluetooth wir eless transmit ter BT -D5 The Bluetooth wirel esstransmitt erBT-D5ispairedwithZiiSoundD5xatfact ory .Simplyinsertthe BT-D5intoyouriPhone/iPodtoenjo yhighqualitywirel essaudio. Action LED status Status Power ON [...]

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    A B Bluetooth Network Connections Operator Internet USB ON Connectivity Connectivity Search results ZiiSound D5x ZiiSound D5x P ASSCODE 0000 CONNECTED ii. i. iii. iv. ZiiSound D5x Pairing Rapid blinking LED 9 1 .5 Enjoy audio fr om Ster eo Bluetooth devices Enjoyyourf avouritemusicfromother Bluetooth devices by f ollowing these st[...]

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    Pairing Rapid blinking LED Pairing Rapid blinking LED A B 10 1 .6 Re-pair ing with your iPhone/iP od via the Wir eless T r ansmitt er BT -D5 Foll owthesestepsifther eisaneedtor e-pairyouriPhone/iPodviaBT-D5totheZiiSoundD5x. Ensurethespeak erispower edON.Pres sandholdthe?[...]

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    11 1 .7 Switc hing between pair ed devices Enjoyyourf avouritemusicfromanotherpair ed Bluetooth device by f ollowing these steps t o establish the connection. 2.1 Adding a subw oof er to the D5x t o for m a 1 .1 speaker system Section 2 : Linking with another ZiiSound D5x or DSx Wir eless subwoof er Action LED status Status _ P[...]

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    Linked Wirel ess Subwoofer LED Steady Link discover able mode Rapid blinking LED Link discover able mode Rapid blinking LED 12 Ensurey ourZiiSoundD5xisPower edON. Pres sandholdtheLINKT ouchpad/Buttonf or5secondsandr eleasewhentheLinkLEDblinks once.TheD5xisnowin?[...]

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    Linked mode with Wirel ess Subwoofer LED Steady E Link discoverabl e mode Rapid blinking LED 13 IftheZiiSoundD5xLINKLEDisstillRapidlyBlinking,Pr esstheLINKT ouchpad/Buttononceto stoporwaitforitt otimeout.Linkestablishmentcompl ete.ReadytoStr eammusic. 2.2 A[...]

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    14 Link discoverabl e mode Rapid blinking LED B PickoneZiiSoundD5xasyourmasterspeak erandensureitispower edON. Pres sandholdtheLINKT ouchpad/Buttonf or5secondsandr eleasewhentheLINKLEDblinks once.TheD5xisnowinLinkdisco verablemode[...]

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    15 Link Connected (Center Channel) LED Steady Link Connected (LEFT Channel) LED Steady Link discoverabl e mode Rapid blinking LED D5x RIGHT Master speaker Link discoverabl e mode Rapid blinking LED D5x LEFT allocated speaker D5x CENTER allocated speaker D E LEFTandCENTERspeakersar eLinkedwhentheLINKLEDStatusindic at[...]

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    16 D5x RIGHT Master speaker D5x RIGHT Master speaker Link discover able mode Rapid blinking LED Linked Right Master Speaker LED Steady Linked Wirel ess Subwoofer LED Steady G IftheZiiSoundD5x(RightChannel)MasterspeakerLINKLEDiss tillRapidlyBlinking,Pr ess theLINKT ouchpad/Buttononc eto?[...]

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    C C ZiiSound D5x CENTER Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) L L R R ZiiSound D5x LEFT Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) ZiiSound D5x RIGHT Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) L R L R L R ZiiSound D5x CENTER Linked Speaker (Party mode) ZiiSound D5x LEFT Linked Speaker (Party mode) ZiiSound D5x RIGHT Linked Speaker (Party mode) A 17 3.1 T o eng age[...]

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    L R L R ZiiSound D5x CENTER Linked Speaker (Party mode) L R ZiiSound D5x LEFT Linked Speaker (Party mode) ZiiSound D5x RIGHT Linked Speaker (Party mode) C C ZiiSound D5x CENTER Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) L L R R ZiiSound D5x LEFT Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) ZiiSound D5x RIGHT Linked Speaker (Multi-Channel mode) A 18 Pres sand[...]

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    Multi-Channel Party mode Standalone A B A 19 4.1 Retur ning t o standby and P o wer ing ON the D5x with active Links Section 4 : Other speak er f eatures Returning to Standby TheLinkedspeak erscanbebr oughttoStandbyinunisonbypres singthePowerON/Standby Buttonloc atedattherearoftheRIG[...]

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    B 20 **FortheZiiSoundD5x,P oweredONisindicat edwiththeVolumeLEDStatusIndicat orlitup. Restoring LINK for linked speak er usage T or estor etheLINKfromthesetsofindividualspeak ers,youcanPr esstheLINKT ouchpad/But- tononceoneitheranyof[...]

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    21 Section 5 : Tips, T ric ks and F AQ Perform the following trouble-shooting steps before sending it for servicing. T o download the user guide or find out more information about our product, please refer to support.creative.com 5.1 Speak er F AQ What are the indicator s that indicate my ZiiSound D5x is Power ed ON. Forthemas terspeaker [...]

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    22 5.3 LINK Tips and T ric ks How to identify which speaker is the LEFT, CENTER, RIGHT speaker . • Pres sandho ldthePo werON/St andbybut tonl ocated atther earof thespeak er . TheLinkLEDindicatorwilllightitsr espectiveLEDChannelitwascongur edfor . My LEFT and C[...]

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    23 DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY Accor dingtoR&TTEDirectiv e(1999/5/EC) CompanyName : Cr eativeT echnologyLtd CompanyAddres s : 31,InternationalBusinessPark   CreativeResourc e,Singapore609921 Declare under our sol e responsibility that the pr oduct(s): ProductName : ZiiSOU[...]

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    24 LT EL CZ PL FI SV HU SK DA PT ES IT DE FR EN NL NO Hereby , Creative T echnology Ltd. declar es that this wireless speaker is in compliance with the essential requir ements and other rel evant pro visions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Par l e présent document, Creative T echnology Ltd. déclar e que c e haut-parleur sans fil est c onforme aux exigen[...]

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    25 © 2011 Creativ e T echnology Ltd. All rights r eserved. Creative, the Creative l ogo, Zii and ZiiSound are trademarks or r egister ed trademarks of Creativ e T echnology Ltd in the United States and/or other countries. iPod, and iPhone ar e trademarks of Apple, Inc., register ed in the U.S. and other countries. The Bluetooth ® word mark and lo[...]