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. [. . . ] 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. It will prompt you to save it to C:\Program Files\VirtualDub. You should use this default directory location. 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. If you did not install Virtual Dub 43 44 decrease the resolution. Choosing LCD for viewing on the built in LCD screen. 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. Close the program, restart it, and make sure you locate the Virtual Dub program. Next, you can change the parameters (Change Settings) of the DivXTM encoder to adjust the Like MP3 music, the higher the bit rate setting is made, the higher the quality of the music, or video in this case, that you will get. However, this will also take up more space on your hard disk. A setting of 900 kbps will give you a nice looking image for viewing on a television. For near DVD quality, you can set it up to 1200 kbps. You should select the target as AV400. This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the AV400 can play. Thus, the MPG4 Translator program will have to 45 46 PHOTO - Viewing Photos The AV400 series support the viewing of JPEG (. jpg) and Bitmap (. bmp) image formats. [. . . ] · Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. · Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. · Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION authority to operate this device. [. . . ]