Creative zen portable media center User Manual

Terms and Technology Explained

This section provides you with a brief explanation of terms, technology and 

abbreviations used or referred to in this User’s Guide. 

DRM

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a technology which enables the copyright 

owner of intellectual property, like a digital audio track, to control how you, the 

listener, can use the file. It is normally used to allow you to download digital audio 

tracks while preventing you from distributing the files to other people or other 

devices. With DRM, digital audio tracks contain digital signatures.

Li-Ion Polymer

Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) batteries are ideal for portable devices like your player. Your 

player uses an updated form of the Li-Ion battery, the Li-Ion Polymer battery. This 

type of battery has significant advantages over the older Li-Ion battery. 
Li-Ion Polymer batteries can be thinner, and safer than the standard liquid 

electrolyte Li-Ion battery. They come in more diverse shapes, and use a dry 

polymer electrolyte that is more resistant to overcharging and virtually eliminates 

the danger of flammability. 

NTSC

This is short for National Television System Committee, and is commonly used in 

the United States of America and Japan. The NTSC standard delivers 525 lines of 

resolution at 60 half-frames per second. Your computer’s video adapter may 

support both NTSC and PAL signals.

PAL

This is short for Phase Alternating Line, and is commonly used in Europe and some 

countries in South East Asia. Unlike the NTSC standard used in the United States 

of America, PAL delivers 625 lines at 50 half-frames per second. Your computer’s 

video adapter may support both NTSC and PAL signals.