User manual ARCHOS AV400

[. . . ] English Language User Manual Table of Contents 1 2 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections INTRO - First Time Usage 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8 Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the AV400 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features Changing the Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the AV400 Hardware Reset Button Control Playing Through your Stereo System Artist, Album, Title . . . ID3 Tags The ARCLibrary (Browsing by Album, Artist, or Song name) Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Playing a Playlist Creating a Playlist Saving a Playlist Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music Cable Connections for Audio Recording Recording Procedure 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 6 8 3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 3. 5 3. 6 11 12 13 13 14 15 11 4 MUSIC - Playlists 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 16 17 17 18 16 5 MUSIC - Recording Music 5. 1 5. 2 19 19 19 · · · · · MPEG-4 Video Player & Recorder MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2. 0 Hard Disk Digital Audio Recorder 5. 3 5. 4 Where is the Recording Saved?Audio Editing Installing Windows Media Player 9 Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug-in Copying Music to your AV400 21 21 6 MUSIC - Using WindowsTM Media Player 9 6. 1 6. 2 6. 3 23 23 24 23 7 8 User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV400 Manual version 2. 0 pn: 103090V2 MUSIC - Using iTunesTM with your AV400 VIDEO - Playing Video 8. 1 8. 2 8. 3 8. 4 Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Display Format Settings Playing Video Files from the Internet 27 27 28 28 25 26 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1 2 9 VIDEO - Recording MPEG4 Video Files 9. 1 9. 2 9. 3 9. 4 Setting the Recording Parameters Where is the Recording Saved?Copy Protection Manually Setting the Scheduler 30 32 32 32 29 17 SETTINGS 17. 1 17. 2 17. 3 17. 4 17. 5 17. 6 17. 7 Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings Display Settings Power Settings System Settings TV control 59 60 62 62 64 65 65 59 10 Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler 11 VIDEO ­ Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 11. 1 11. 2 Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Model Part 2: Testing the Emitter codes 37 38 35 37 18 Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System (OS) 40 42 19 Technical Support 20 Troubleshooting 66 12 VIDEO - Editing Video Files 13 VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer 68 70 70 71 71 72 72 13. 1 Installing the PC Software 43 20. 1 20. 2 20. 3 20. 4 20. 5 USB Connection issues Charging and Power issues AV400 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning 13. 2 Using MPEG4 Translator 45 21 Technical Specifications 22 Legal 14 PHOTO - Viewing Photos 14. 1 14. 2 14. 3 15. 1 15. 2 Viewing Photos Viewing a slideshow Transferring photos to your AV400 Navigating the Directory Structure Navigating the Directory Structure 47 48 49 75 76 47 15 BROWSER - Using the Browser 50 51 50 15. 3 16. 1 Using the Virtual Keyboard Connecting the AV400 53 16 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV400 to/from your PC 54 54 16. 2 Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer 57 3 4 Dear Customer, ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV400 product. [. . . ] You can now click on the Edit button again and choose to Cut or Crop segment (blue portion in the time line. ) 3. Continue to mark other segments that you would like to delete and use the edit Cut function. edits, you can Save Edit which keeps the edit points and allows you to re-edit another time, or you can Write to new File which will create a (old-name_Edit0000). 41 42 13. 1 Installing the PC Software you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the AV400, in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is. If MP4SP detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC, it will use it, and your resolution up to 720 x 576 (depending on frame rate) and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or WAV. In actuality, in all cases, a resolution beyond 640x480 does not add any advantage. Run the program SETUP. EXE (the Archos Installation Utility) found on the AV400 hard drive in /Data/PC Installation. There are MP3 encoders (usually packaged together as an encoder and decoder) available on the Web for you to download. If you choose to use the LAME codec, make sure that you have a version by using the search terms ACM, MP3 and CODEC in your favorite web search engine. Once this MP3 codec is installed into your system, Mpeg4 This software will install the DivXTM Compression/Decompression onto your PC. You should shut off any anti-virus programs when installing this or other codec software. Rather, it installs background software which allows your computer to do high quality video compression. This is the MPEG4 compressed video type that as an application that allows you to play DivXTM videos on your PC, at the website www. divx. com. The standard version is one best suited for your AV400. If you are unsure what codecs (audio and/or video) have been installed on your computer, you can see the list by going to the following location. For Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices Properties > Hardware > choose Audio Codecs, then click on Properties of all the audio codecs that are installed on your computer. These are usually . mpg purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for Archos Installation Utility, it will automatically unzip. Otherwise you will have to instruct the Mpeg4 translator Internet (FlaskMPEG, Rippack, etc. ) that may be downloaded in order to help you is the website www. digital-digest. com. This program, developed by Archos, is a "Front-end" for the Virtual Dub program. It has a simple interface which you use and it then tells Virtual 13. 2 Using MPEG4 Translator need to locate the Virtual Dub program. Choosing the TV option will optimize the movie to keep the highest possible frame rate. You can see what the size and frame rate will be by looking at the Video Image Size: Destination parameters. When choosing TV, it is understood that the output will be optimized for a television, and not the built-in screen. Click on and the program will call Virtual Dub to start processing the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re-encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you will see the progress as it button is grayed out, it would be for Virtual Dub program was not located when Mpeg4 Translator was started up. [. . . ] Copyrighted materials, works of art, and/or presentations may require authorization to be fully or partially recorded. Please be aware of all such applicable laws concerning the recording and use of such for your country and jurisdiction. Copyright Notice Copyright ARCHOS © 2003 All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent, in writing, from ARCHOS. All brands and products names are registered may not always match contents. [. . . ]