User manual ARCHOS AV420

[. . . ] English Language User Manual AV420 · · · · · MPEG-4 Video Player & Recorder MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2. 0 Hard Disk Digital Audio Recorder USB Windows® Device ARCHOSTM POCKET VIDEO RECORDER User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV420 USB Windows® Device Manual version 1. 0 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1 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 Interface Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the AV400 Hardware Reset Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Display Format Settings Non Protected Internet Video Content Setting the Recording Parameters Where is the Recording Saved?Copy Protection Manually Setting the Scheduler 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 6 8 3 VIDEO - Playing Video Files 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 12 13 13 11 4 5 Playing Video Files from the Internet 4. 1 5. 1 5. 2 5. 3 5. 4 14 14 15 16 18 18 18 VIDEO - Recording Video Files 6 7 VIDEO - Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler VIDEO ­ Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 7. 1 7. 2 Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Model Part 2: Testing the Emitter codes 23 24 21 23 8 9 VIDEO - Editing Video Files VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer How to create an MPEG-4 video file PC Tools Macintosh Users Installing the PC Software DivXTM Codec Virtual DubTM MPG4 Translator MP3 Sound Codec Using MPG4 Translator Select Source & Destination Files Change Settings Target & Priority Start 28 28 28 29 26 28 9. 1 29 29 29 30 30 9. 2 31 31 31 32 2 10 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 10. 1 10. 2 10. 3 10. 4 10. 5 10. 6 11. 1 11. 2 11. 3 11. 4 11. 5 12. 1 12. 2 12. 3 12. 4 13. 1 13. 2 Button Control Play Screen Icons Browsing through your Music Library Playing Through your Stereo System Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the AV400 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Transferring your CD collection to the AV400 Installing Windows Media® Player 9 (WMP9) Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) 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 Microphone Analog Line-In Incremental Recording Where is the Recording Saved?Audio Editing 33 34 34 35 36 36 33 11 MUSIC ­ Putting Music onto your AV400 37 38 38 39 40 37 12 MUSIC - Playlists 41 42 42 43 41 13 MUSIC - Recording Music 44 44 44 45 45 46 46 46 13. 3 13. 4 14 MUSIC - Using iTunesTM with your AV400 15 PHOTO - Viewing Photos 15. 1 15. 2 15. 3 16. 1 16. 2 Viewing Photos Magnifying Photos Viewing a slideshow Transferring photos to your AV400 Navigating the Directory Structure File and Folder Operations File Operations Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders Using the Virtual Keyboard USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') Connecting the AV400 Windows® XP Windows® ME and 2000 MacintoshTM OS X Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer Windows® Macintosh® 49 48 49 50 50 50 16 BROWSER - Using the Browser 52 53 52 53 53 54 55 16. 3 17. 1 17. 2 17 Connecting/Disconnecting* the AV400 to/from your PC 56 56 56 57 57 58 58 17. 3 58 59 3 18 SETTINGS 18. 1 18. 2 18. 3 18. 4 18. 5 18. 6 18. 7 Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings Display Settings Power Settings System Settings TV control 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 60 19 Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the Update_AV400. AOS file Read the History. txt File Copy to the AV400 `Hard Drive' or `Windows Device'?Activate the Update 68 68 68 69 69 68 20 Technical Support 21 Troubleshooting 21. 1 21. 2 21. 3 21. 4 21. 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 Windows® 98SE & ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) Windows® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) 72 73 73 74 74 70 72 76 76 22 Technical Specifications 23 Legal 77 78 4 Dear Customer, ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV400 product. [. . . ] We recommend that you save your Playlists. 12. 3 Saving a Playlist It is recommended that each time you create a Playlist, you save it to a separate folder called Playlists. These lists take very little space on your hard disk and if well named, give you easy access to your favorite songs. Go to the Playlist by selecting Music from the main menu and then click on the RIGHT button. Click the LEFT function button then choose Save. ATTENTION: Make sure that your left window is the Playlists folder, because the open window on the left is the location the AV400 will be saving your Playlist to. 42 Save ­ Saves the current playlist to the folder open in the left window. The * next to the playlist name indicates that this playlist has not been saved. Shuffle ­ Randomly shuffles the order of the songs in the current playlist. Button Move ­ Allows you to change the place in the list of the highlighted song. Click on Move and then click on UP or DOWN to move the song up or down the list. Button Delete ­ Will delete the highlighted song from the Playlist. It will not delete the actual song itself from your hard disk, just from the current Playlist. Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move or rename the actual MP3 files as the Playlist searches in the original file location. If you need to move your MP3 files to a different folder, you'll have to recreate your Playlist. 12. 4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music This can only be done if you have entered your Music folder via the Music icon and not by the general browser. To add the song you are listening to or any other song to the current Playlist, do the following: · While playing a song, click on Options and choose Edit Playlist. · Click on the LEFT button to go to the hard disk browser window. · Select the song or folder of songs to add, then click the button Add. · Click ESC to return to the playing screen. 43 13 13. 1 MUSIC - Recording Music With the AV400 series, you do not need a computer to create digital music files. It is capable of recording from the built-in microphone or an analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a standard Windows® WAV format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed). Cable Connections for Audio Recording If you are using the Archos TV cradle, then you will have to plug the Red and White connectors of the AV IN cables to the output of your Hifi or other audio device that you are recording from. If you are using the optional multi-connect adapter and AV cable, you should plug the AV cable into the AV IN side of the adapter, and then plug the adapter into the AV400. Now connect the Red and White connectors of the AV cable to the output of your Hifi or other audio device that you are recording from. 13. 2 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins, there is a pre-recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings. 1. From the home screen, select AudioCorder then click on ENTER/GO . 2. In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording level* by clicking on the LEFT and RIGHT buttons. Attention, the first time recording you should adjust your Settings. 44 3. [. . . ] These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. [. . . ]