User manual ARCHOS AV300

[. . . ] English Language User Manual ARCHOS VIDEO AV300 SERIES USB 2. 0 Hard Disk / MP3 Player / MP3 Recorder / JPEG Viewer / MPEG4 Personal Video Player User Guide for ARCHOS VIDEO AV320, AV340, & AV380 version 3. 0 (p/n 102 253V3) Please visit our web site to download the most recent manual and software for this product 1 Table of Contents 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 2 First Time Usage 2. 1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 2. 2 Turning on the AV300 2. 3 Shutting off the AV300 and Battery saving features 2. 4 Changing the Language 2. 5 Foreign Character Sets 2. 6 Charging the Batteries 2. 7 Caring for the AV300 2. 8 Hardware Reset 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 8 9 3 Playing MP3 music 3. 1 Playing through your HiFi system 3. 2 ID3 Tags 3. 3 Changing the sound settings Button Lock 15 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 3. 4 Changing the PlayMode 3. 5 Playlist Creation and Running Playing a Playlist Creating a Playlist Saving a Playlist 3. 6 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 3. 7 Creating and Using Playlists with MusicMatchTM 3. 8 Using iTunes® 4 with your AV300 18 18 19 4 Using the Browser 4. 1 Navigating the Directory Structure 4. 2 File and Folder Operations File Operations Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders 21 21 21 20 20 21 4. 3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 22 5 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV300 5. 1 Connecting the AV300 MacintoshTM OS 9. X MacintoshTM OS X MacintoshTM OS X (10. 2 Jaguar and newer) WindowsTM ME, 2000, XP (Home/professional) Windows® 98SE 24 24 25 25 25 24 24 5. 2 Disconnecting the AV300 from your Computer Windows® Macintosh® 27 28 27 Table of Contents 6 Recording MP3 Music Microphone External Microphone Analog Line-In Digital Input (SPDIF) Incremental Recording 30 30 30 30 30 29 6. 1 Bit Rate Table & Sample Rates 31 2 7 Settings 7. 1 Sound Settings 7. 2 Play Mode and Play Order Settings 7. 3 Clock Settings 7. 4 Display Settings 7. 5 Power Settings 7. 6 System Settings 7. 7 Updating the AV300 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the CJBM. AJZ file Read the History. txt File Copy to AV300 root and Update 36 36 36 32 32 32 32 33 34 35 36 8 Playing MPEG4 Video Files 9 Creating MPEG4 Video Files How to create an MPEG4 video file PC Tools Macintosh Users 38 38 39 37 38 9. 1 Installing the PC Software DivXTM Codec Virtual DubTM MPG4 Translator MP3 Sound Codec 39 39 39 40 39 9. 2 Using MPEG4 Translator Select Source & Destination Files Change Settings Target & Priority Start 41 41 41 42 40 10 Creating MPEG4 Video Files 10. 1 Viewing Photos Magnifying Photos Multiple Photo View 43 43 43 43 10. 2 Viewing a slideshow 44 11 Using MusicMatchTM software 12 Optional Add-ons 13 Technical Support 14 Troubleshooting 14. 1 USB Connection issues 14. 2 Charging and Power issues 14. 3 AV300 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops 14. 4 The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops 14. 5 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning Windows® 98SE & ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) Windows® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) 51 52 45 46 47 49 49 50 50 50 50 14. 6 Video Playback, Recording, Re-encoding 52 Table of Contents 3 Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and specific remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer's liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract. In general, the manufacturer shall not be responsible for product damages caused by natural disasters, fire, static discharge, misuse, abuse, neglect, improper handling or installation, unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for loss of data stored on disk media. [. . . ] This method is preferable over the built-in microphone as the built-in one can pick up the noise of the internal hard disk. Analog Line-In You can record from any line-level audio source to the Line-in jack on the top side of the AV300. Use the included stereo cable (Red/Right and White/Left) to connect to your Hifi system, home CD player, etc. To record from a source such as a portable CD player, you will need to buy a cable with mini-jack (3. 5mm) male connectors on both sides. Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line level and not an amplified signal (usually turning down the volume on the player will work). Make sure that you have selected Analog Line-In as the input source in the pre-recording Setup screen. You can also use a high quality pre-amplified microphone, such as the one Archos sells as an option. Digital Input (SPDIF) The digital input is for SPDIF enabled audio devices. To record or play via the SPDIF digital audio connection, you will use the AV cable delivered with the Jukebox. On the other end of the cable, the yellow RCA connector works as both the IN and the OUT. You will have to swap this from the SPDIF IN and OUT on your SPDIF enabled audio system as needed. Incremental Recording While recording, you will notice the center function button labeled Next. That is, the current recording stops and a new recording instantly begins. Thus if you create multiple incremental recordings, you might, for example, have files names of REC0000_01, REC0000_02, etc. You can click on the Next button during the blank space between each song. That way, each song of the vinyl disk or audio cassette will be one single MP3 file. Recording MP3 Music 30 6. 1 Bit Rate Table & Sample Rates Available Sampling Rates 48 kHz 44. 1 kHz 32 kHz 24 kHz 22. 05 kHz 16 kHz Average bit rates for Recording Quality Parameter* Line-in (44. 1 Khz Stereo Music) Setting 0 Setting 1 Setting 2 Setting 3 Setting 4 Setting 5 Setting 6 Setting 7 78 kb/s 81 kb/s 87 kb/s 95 kb/s 117 kb/s 144 kb/s** 165 kb/s 166 kb/s Microphone (22. 05 Khz voice) 39 kb/s 41 kb/s 43 kb/s 47 kb/s** 60 kb/s 77 kb/s 107 kb/s 131 kb/s * These figures are averages because the Jukebox Multimedia uses Variable Bit Rate (VBR) recording. Depending on the type of music or voice you record, the actual bit rates will vary slightly. ** Suggested Settings Recording MP3 Music 31 7 7. 1 Settings Sound Settings Used to adjust the bass, treble, bass boost, loudness, balance, etc. See section 3. 3 7. 2 Play Mode and Play Order Settings Used to determine which songs get played and in what order. See section 3. 4 7. 3 Clock Settings The AV300 has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode. To set it, go to Setup then select Clock. Choose parameter Choose Value for highlighted parameter When finished setting the parameters, move down to the Set button, then click on the ENTER/GO button . Click on the STOP/ESC button Ó to go back to the main settings menu. Settings 32 7. 4 Display Settings These settings regulate how and where the screen image is displayed. Parameter Language TV Standard Description The Jukebox Multimedia can be set to English (default), French, or German. In order to view images or videos on an external television, select one option to send the video signal compatible with your country's television system. Countries other than European or American will use one of these two systems. [. . . ] If you set it to on, the AV300 will show all files, even if it cannot play the file (you must browse via the browser mode from the main menu screen). icon indicating that it is not one of the standard file types that it can play. Answer: you can do this, but it will erase ALL of the data on your AV300. Sometimes this may be necessary if your FAT (File Allocation Table) becomes so corrupted that nothing seems to fix your file problems. [. . . ]