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Cowon Systems, Inc.

Type	Digital audio player Production
Founded	1995
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea

Cowon Systems, Inc. is a South Korean electronics company established in 1995. The company's focus initially was software. In 2000, Cowon expanded their business to the portable digital audio player market with the introduction of the CW100.

Cowon Systems expanded to the American market in 2000 by founding the company jetAudio, Inc. then its name was later changed to Cowon America.

Software

jetAudio

Main article: jetAudio

jetAudio is a software multimedia player which offers features such as ripping CDs, re-encoding audio and video files, recording from external sources and burning capabilities. The commercial plus version of this software includes many sound extension packs and other codecs which can play back most media files present.

jetAudio 7 incorporates an album manager, bookmarking a current position in the song and a Repeat Playlist feature. It also has a balloon tooltip feature which supports an instant messenger-style display. It also includes support for many other file types such as 3G2, AAC, AC3, MKA, OFR, OFS, RMVB, SVD, TP, TRP, TS. jetAudio comes bundled with every MP3 player produced by Cowon.

Other programs

Other products include programs like jetCast (which is bundled with jetAudio), JetToolBar and jetMailMonitor. All these programs are available for free to download from the company's website.

Hardware

The iAudio series

Cowon manufactures the iAudio series of digital audio players. See iAudio for more details.

Cowon A2

Cowon A2 in its carrying case

• 4 inch screen at 480x272, 16 million colors
• FM Receiver
• USB 2.0 (Max 480Mbps)
• USB Host 2.0 (Max 12Mbps)
• 1.8 inch HDD at 20GB or 30GB capacity

Movie Playback:

• Video: (Max 800x576, 30fps) AVI (DivX 3.11/4/5 or XviD) MPEG4, MPEG1, WMV9
• Audio: (Max 48kHz, 448Kbps) MP3, AC3 Downmix, WMA
• Subtitles in SMI format
• 10hr max playback time

Audio Playback:

• MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, WAV
• 8Kbps ~ 1.4Mbps
• Supports ID3 V1/2.2/2.3/2.4
• LDB Lyrics
• EQ: 5 band, 7 set (6 preset, one custom; Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Vocal)
• jetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP3 Enhance, 3D Surround)
• Visualization: sound spectrum, Album/ID3 meta image
• 18 max playback time

Photo Viewer:

• JPG, BMP, PNG
• JPG - Unlimited Pixel; max file size 6.5MB
• JPG Progressive: Max 1.6MPixel
• PNG: Max 2.1MPixel, 1.6MPixel (include Alpha channel)
• BMP: Max 2.1M(24bit), 1.6M(32bit)

Text Viewer:

• TXT: EUC-KR(Korean), EUC-JP(Japanese), GB2312 (S.Chinese), Big5(T.Chinese), ISO-8859-1(Latin), UTF-8
• Unlimited size

• Direct encoding: AV, line-in, mic, radio recording support
• Max file+folder is 15,000

The Cowon A2 was Cowon's first hardware product not to be marketed under the iAudio brand name.

Cowon A2 product page

Cowon DM1

The Cowon DM1 is an accessory for the Cowon A2 that plugs into the USB-OTG port of the player. Once connected it is possible to watch digital terrestrial television in the DMB standard.

Cowon N2

An 18 cm (7 inch) PMP only released in Korea

• 18 cm (7-inch) WQVGA (480х234)
• Alchemy 500MHz
• 128Mb DDR2 SDRAM
• 32Mb FLASH
• 2xSD
• USB OTG
• GPS SiRFstarIII
• WinCE 5.0

Cowon N2 product page (in Korean)

Cowon D2

Main article: Cowon D2

A pocket media player that is fully touch screen enabled, its specifications include:

• 6 cm (2.5 inch) QVGA (320x240) 16 million color 24 bit LCD touch screen
• Telechips TCC7801 - 32bit Dual Core – ARM926EJ-S/ARM946ES (16K/16K Cache, up to 192MHz)
• Support for 17 languages
• Available in black, white, pink, green and red
• Built in memory is flash; 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB
• One SD/MMC/SDHC card slot

Movie Playback:

• (Max 320x240, 30fps) WMV, MPEG4 (DIVX, XVID)

Audio Playback:

• MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, WMA, APE
• jetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP3 Enhance, 3d Surrand, and Stereo Enhance)
• EQ: 5 band, 7 set (6 preset, one custom; Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Vocal)

• Image viewer (JPG, BMP)
• Text viewer (TXT)
• Voice Recorder (WMA - 32 to 256 kbit/s CBR)
• Line-in recorder & TV-Out through included cable
• FM radio/recorder
• Battery life: up to 52 hours music, 10 hours video
• Optional Adobe Flash based UI
• Built-in+External: Max 1,000 folders and 8,000 files
• Max output: 16 Ohm earphone 37mW + 37mW

Cowon D2 product page

Cowon A3

Updated version of the Cowon A2.

• 4 inch screen, 800x480, 16 million colors TFT LCD
• Stereo headphone @ 32mW each channel, 16 Ohm earphones
• Built-in Speaker: Stereo 1000mW each channel, 8 Ohm
• Built-in mic
• FM Radio Receiver (Earphone cord antenna)
• 1.8 in. HDD, 30GB/60GB/80GB
• USB 2.0
• Optional USB mobile TV receiver provides support for T-DMB/DVB-T/1SEG

Movie Playback:

• Format: AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, MTV
• Codec: DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG4 SP/ASP, WMV 9/8/7, H.264 MP, M-JPEG, MPEG1
• Max 1280x720, 30fps (120fps can be used but max resolution will vary depending on codec and encoding options)
• Audio: (Max 96kHz, 1.4Mbps) MP1/2/3, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, AAC, AC3, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, CM
• Pan & Scan: 70% ~ 150%
• Subtitles: SMI, SRT, SUB (Text format), DivX bitmap
• 7 hr continuous playing

Audio Playback:

• Format: MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MKA, AC3, TTA, APE, MPC, WV, WAV
• Codec: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG FLAC, APPLELossless, AAC, AC3, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, WavPack, G.726, PCM
• Max 96kHz, 1.4Mbps
• IID3 V1, ID3V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, APE Tag V2, MP4 Tag, MATROSKA Tag, WMA Tag
• EQ: 10-band, 8 presets (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Metal, Vocal, User)
• jetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP3 Enhance, 3D Surround)
• Visualization: Sound Spectrum
• LDB Lyrics
• 9 hr continuous playing

Photo Viewer:

• JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW
• JPG - Max 15MPixel
• Other - Max 5MPixel
• RAW - Unlimited

Document Viewer:

• CSD Viewer (Convert any printable formats such as PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, HWP, GUL, HTML into CSD format)
• TXT (EUC-KR(Korean), EUC-JP(Japanese), GB2312(Simplified Chinese), Big5(Traditional Chinese), ISO-8859-1(Latin), ISO-8859-5(Russian),

ISO8859-8(Hebrew), ISO-8859-6(Arabic)), ISO8859-2(Central European), ISO8859-7(Greek), ISO-8859-9(Turkish), ISO-8859-4(Baltic), UTF-8(Auto-detection for Unicode Documents whit BOM Header) Recording:

• Video recording via AV in: (Max 720x480, 3Mbps) ASF
• Audio recording via line-in: (Max 48kHz) FLAC (Lossless), WMA (192Kbps)
• Mic/Radio recording: (Max 48kHz) WMA (192Kbps)

Cowon A3 product page

Cowon Q5(W)

A 13 cm (5 inch) PMP running Windows CE 5.0 that is fully touch screen enabled. The Q5 is the Korean version whereas the Q5W is the North American and European version. The only difference is the Q5 has a built in DMB TV receiver and has a WiFi dongle for WiFi connectivity. The Q5W simply replaces the DMB chips with WiFi.

• 13 cm (5 inch) 16.7M Color TFT LCD 800x480(WVGA) Touch Screen
• AMD Alchemy AU1250 600MHz CPU
• 64MB NOR Flash, 128MB DDR2 SDRAM
• Windows CE 5.0 Professional
• 1.8inch HDD 40GB/60GB/80GB, FAT32
• USB 2.0
• USB 2.0 Host (CE 5.0 is not capable of reading NTFS devices)
• WiFi
• Bluetooth (music streaming only)
• Adobe Embedded Flash Player 7
• GPS Car Navigation (Optional via AQ5CR GPS cradle)
• Built in stereo speakers, 1W each
• FM Radio (antenna via headphone wire)

Movie Playback:

• (Max 720x480 30fps) AVI (DivX, XviD), ASF, WMV 7/8/9, MPG (MPEG4)
• Audio: (Max 48kHz 320Kbps) MP3, WMA, AC3, OGG
• Subtitle: SMI, SRT
• TV Out: Component, Composite, S-Video via optional adapter
• 7hr continuous playback

Audio Playback:

• (Max 1.4Mbps) MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG (Vorbis), FLAC, WAV, ACC (only with 3rd party software), APE, MPC (MusePack)
• 13hr continuous playback
• JetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround)
• EQ: 5-band, 7 presets (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Metal, Voice) and 1 User set. Each band also capable of adjusting Freq and Bandwidth.

Recording:

• PCM audio 8~48kHz
• Built in mic
• External via headset port (Earset optional)

Photo Viewer:

• JPEG, BMP, PNG, RAW up to 10MB
• Photo Backup from Digital Camera

Text Viewer:

• TXT up to 7MB

• Unofficially capable of HSDPA/EDGE/GPRS (data for web browsing over cellular data)
• Unofficially capable of supporting SNES and other Video Game Emulators
• Cannot be charged via USB

Cowon Q5W product page

Cowon AQ5CR

The AQ5CR is a car mountable cradle for the Q5W that provides GPS capability as well as a built in 3 freq FM transmitter.

• Tele Atlas maps
• SiRF III CHIP
• NavMate Navigation Software from Horizon Navigation
• FM transmit: 88.1 / 88.5 / 88.9 MHz
• Built in stereo speakers at 3W each

Cowon N3

Announced in late December 2007, this appears to just be an updated hardware version of the N2.

Notable changes from N2:

• RMI Alchemy AU 1250 600 MHz
• 18 cm (7-inch) touchscreen (now 800x480 WVGA)
• Two SDHC slots

Cowon N3 product page (in Korean)

Cowon S9

Cowon announced three new players at the IFA 2008. The first is the Cowon S9 which is a portable multimedia player with a 3.3 inch AMOLED touch screen and has a claimed battery life of 55 hours.

• 3.3inch, 16M Colors, 480x272, 16:9 Wide, AMOLED touch screen
• Built in flash memory 4GB/8GB/16GB, FAT32
• USB 2.0
• Bluetooth v2 + EDR
  • Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP
• FM Radio
• AV Out
• G-Sensor for auto pivot support

Movie Playback:

• (Max 480x272 30fps) AVI (XviD SP/ASP), WMV9 (SP/MP)
• Audio: MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA
• Subtitle: SMI
• Approx 11hr continuous playback
  • Test conditions: XviD, 480x272, 24fps, CBR, LCD brightness at 4; MP3, 128Kbps, CBR, volume at 15

Audio Playback:

• MP3 (MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3 up to 320Kbps, 48kHz), WMA (up to 320Kbps, 48kHz), OGG (Q10 44.1kHz), FLAC, WAV, APE
• Meta Tag: ID3 v1/2.2/2.3/2.4, Vorbis Comment, MP4 Tag
• JetEffect 2.0
  • 30 presets (26 presets + 4 user presets)
  • BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround
• EQ: 5-band
• Lyrics: LDB 1.0/2.0
• Approx 55hr continuous playback
  • Test Conditions: MP3, 128Kbps, EQ normal, volume at 15, display always off, Bluetooth off, switch set to Hold, bundle earphones

Recording:

• Built in mic
• Line-in

Photo Viewer:

• JPG (unlimited file size)
• Max 1MPixel for progressive

Document:

• TXT (Unlimited [UTF-8 Unicode (big endian) format excluded])

Extras:

• Flash Player
• Calculator

Cowon S9 product page

Cowon O2

• 4.3inch 16.7M color Digital TFT LCD, 480x272, touch screen
• Built in mono speaker at 1000mW
• Built in flash memory 8GB/16GB/32GB (Part of which is used to store the operating system and system files)
• SDHC slot
• AV Out (cable not included)
  • Composite video + stereo audio
• Available in black, white or pink

Movie Playback:

• (Max 1280x720 30fps) AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, OGM, MPG/MPEG, DAT, MTV
  • DivX 3.11/4/5/6, XviD, MPEG4 SP/ASP, WMV9/8/7, H.264, M-JPEG, MPEG1
• Audio: (Max 96kHz, 1.4Mbps) MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, OGG Vorbis, AAC, FLAC, BSAC, True Audio, WavPack, G.726, PCM
• Multi Audio Track Playback (supports AVI, MKV, OGM Max 8 tracks)
• Pan & Scan 70 ~ 150 %
• Subtitle: SMI(Color Tag), SRT, SUB(Text Type), DivX bitmap
• Max 8hr continuous playback

Audio Playback:

• (Max 96kHz, 1.4Mbps) MP3/2/1, WMA, ASF, AC3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, MATROSKA(MKA), TTA, APE, MPC, WV, WAV
  • MPEG1 Layer 1/2/3, WMA, AC3, AAC, FLAC, OGG Vorbis, OGG FLAC, APPLE Lossless, True Audio, Monkey Audio, MusePack, WavPack, G.726, PCM
• Meta Tag: ID3 V1, ID3 V2.2/V2.3/V2.4, Vorbis Comment, APE Tag V2, MP4 Tag, MATROSKA Tag, WMA Tag
• Lyrics: LDB
• EQ: 10Band, 8 set (Normal, Rock, Jazz, Classic, Pop, Metal, Vocal, User)
  • Center Freq and Bandwidth control
• JetEffect (BBE, Mach3Bass, MP3 Enhance, 3D Surround)
• Visualization: Sound Spectrum, Album Image
• Max 18hr continuous playback

Recording:

• Built in Mic

Photo Viewer:

• JPG, GIF, PNG, TIF, BMP, RAW
  • JPG – Max. 59M pixel
  • RAW - Unlimited
  • Etc. - Max. 5M pixel

Document Viewer:

• “TXT (EUC-KR(Korean), EUC-JP(Japanese), GB2312(SC), Big5(TC), ISO-8859(1:Latin,2:Central European,4:Baltic,5:Russian,6:Arabic,7:Greek,8:Hebrew,9:Turkish))

Extras:

• User-created program
• Basic/Scientific Calculator
• Notepad
• Scheduled recording
• Alarm
• Stand included

Cowon O3 product page

Cowon L3

The third device presented at the IFA 2008 is the Cowon L3. A 7 inch touch screen portable media player with GPS navigation functionalities.

External links

• Cowon Global homepage
• Horizon Navigation homepage
• International Cowon iAudio Forum
• iAudiophile.net - Cowon iAudio Fan Site
• JetAudio Fan Site
• COWON Touchscreen LCD Flash MP3 Player Review

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