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Table of Contents
English Language User Manual
1 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections 6
2 INTRO - First Time Usage 8
2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 8
2.2 Turning on the AV400 8
2.3 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features 8
2.4 Changing the Language 9
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 9
2.6 Charging the Batteries 9
2.7 Caring for the AV400 10
2.8 Hardware Reset 10
3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 11
3.1 Button Control 11
3.2 Playing Through your Stereo System 12
3.3 Artist, Album, Title …
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9 VIDEO - Recording MPEG4 Video Files 29 17 SETTINGS 59 9.1 Setting the Recording Parameters 30 17.1 Sound Settings 59 9.2 Where is the Recording Saved? 32 17.2 Play Mode Settings 60 9.3 Copy Protection 32 17.3 Clock Settings 62 9.4 Manually Setting the Scheduler 32 17.4 Display Settings 62 17.5 Power Settings 64 ® 10 Automated Yahoo! TV Recording Scheduler 35 17.6 System Settings 65 11 VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 37 17.7 TV control 65 11.1 Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Mod
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Dear Customer, INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV400 product. Never before has one been able to carry with him or her so much information, be it MP3 digital music, MPEG-4 digital videos or digital photos, and be able to enjoy these without a computer. We are sure that your AV400 will give you years of listening and viewing enjoyment. Of course you can always use it as a regular portable hard disk too. This guide will explain to you
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INTRO - First Time Usage Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many things that this device can do that you may not be aware of. a LCD/TV button – Hold down for 3 seconds to switch between LCD and external TV display 2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter b Microphone – for making digital voice recordings • Use only the included ARCHOS charger/adapter. c CompactFlash™ Type I slot • • You may use the Archos Video AV400 while its battery is charging, but it will then take long
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4 hours* of AVI video playback time (on the built-in screen) from the 2.4 Changing the Language batteries. Some AV400 models are made with integrated batteries which The AV400 interface can be set to English (default), French, or German. are designed to last for the life of the AV400. This means that you will not have to change them. If, in the exceptional case, the batteries need changing, this should only be done by an Archos technician. • To change the language, move the joystick to Setup
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To lock the AV400 buttons, press and hold the left function button for three seconds. The AV400 will MUSIC - Playing Music Files display the message “Buttons locked!” on the bottom of the screen. Press this again for three seconds to When you click on this icon in the main screen, you will be unlock the buttons. sent directly to the Music folder. Use the direction buttons to highlight one of the factory installed music selections and What the Icons indicate then Click on PLAY Status P
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your AV400’s hard drive regardless of 3.3 Artist, Album, Title … ID3 Tags which folder you placed it in, by using ID3 Tags are information about the recording which found inside of an the ID3 information in each song. When you transfer music to your AV400 from has the option of adding information to it. This information can include, your computer, it goes directly to the among other things, the name of the artist (Wes Burden), the album AV400 hard disk without the ARCLibrary name (Brave
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Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position. Ignore: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. MUSIC - Playlists Clear beginning. A Playlist is a list of songs that the AV400 will 3.6 The Resume Function automatically play one after the other. The AV400 can load one playlist at a time into its internal When you turn on your AV400 you will sometimes notice that the memory. You can create new playlists, add or delete icon which is highlighted on the main screen is
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4.2 Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT ► button while you are in the Music browser. A second window will open on the right side to display the Playlist contents. You can now start adding songs to the current Playlist. In the left window, search for the songs you would like to add to your Playlist. Once the song is highlighted, click on the Add function button to add it to the Playlist. The song will be added to the Playlist and a small mark next to the music ico
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MUSIC - Recording Music With the AV400 series, you do not need a computer to create digital an analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a ® standard Windows WAV format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed). 5.1 Cable Connections for Audio Recording 3. Click on Settings to reveal the re- cording parameters screen as shown If you are using the Archos TV cradle, then you will have to plug the above. Be sure to set the correct Source. You will hear silenc
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To keep just this section (cropping it), you will: • • Select Edit from the File menu in order to enter the edit mode • In the edit mode, set the cut-IN point (12:15 in our example) • Next, set the cut-OUT point (21:05 in our example) • Save the edit 5.3 Where is the Recording Saved? The default location for audio recordings is the folder called Music. If you click on the Music icon in the main menu, you will go to this folder. Notice that the right function button is labeled Record. Each
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you can download it from the Archos website ‘software’ MUSIC - Using Windows™ Media Player 9 category (www.archos.com). With your AV400 still The AV400 is designed to work seamlessly with connected to your computer, ® Version 9 of Windows Media Player (WMP9). start Windows Media Player. By installing the Archos Service Provider plug- Normally, you will connect in, WMP9 will recognize your AV400 as a your AV400 to your computer connected music device. You can then easily before you
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MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your AV400 VIDEO - Playing Video ® Macintosh computer and your AV400 is to use the then click on PLAY/GO . The thumbnail images on the right side will show you a frame from the highlighted video ® your Macintosh . By clicking on the Video icon ® However, for Macintosh users who do want to use the in the main menu, you will enter into a ‘video only’ mode. ® AV400 with iTunes , Archos has developed a special i- ® Tunes /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on enter the folder via
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• Click on the left function button 8.3 Display Format Settings to put the video into slow-mo- tion view. You can cycle through You will notice in the Options button (center function button), that you the values Normal, ½ , ¼ , and have a number of display format options. In certain cases, depending 1/8 speed. The sound is muted on how the original video was recorded, you may want to use these when in slow motion. While in adjustments. slow mode and paused, you can step image per image
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9.1 Setting the Recording Parameters VIDEO - Recording MPEG4 Video Files 1. Select VideoCorder on the main menu screen. In the pre-record screen, you should see movement on the sound level bar indicating that sound will be recorded. Adjust the sound level by clicking the LEFT/RIGHT buttons. Before starting the recording, you can adjust the recording parameters via the middle function button Settings. Click on Hide Bar to hide the video recording overlay information. Rename Pre-record
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9.2 Where is the Recording Saved? Resolution Bitrate Sampling 32kHz, 48kHz. The sound sampling rate. The higher value gives a higher quality sound but will take up more space on the hard drive. Brightness Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image brightness Contrast Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image contrast 9.3 Copy Protection Saturation Hue Use this to change the color spectrum in the recorded image Reset Change the above settings to the AV400 default settings •
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• When the user interface is in English, the Date format is set to Month/ Day. • If the end time is earlier than the start time, then it is assumed that you start recording on the start date, and the recording ends on the the screen above will start recording on the 16th day of June, and end on the 17th at 2am. • Once a scheduled recording has been made, or the date of a recording has been passed, without the recording having been made (the Archos unit was not in the TV Cradle or not in Sta
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in your list of channels, it will put the event into the scheduler and ® Automated Yahoo! TV Recording Scheduler mark it with a ?, indicating that you must assign a channel number to the name. Move the cursor to the line containing the ?, and click on ® For those who have a My Yahoo! account and use the calendar feature, the center function button “Set Channel”. You can now scroll through the AV400 can read the TV programs scheduled into your personal the channel numbers and assign a numb
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calendar to set your recording scheduler, any unknown station name will be indicated in the scheduler with a ?. You then have the VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code possibility to assign a channel number to the station name by clicking all the station names and channel numbers by hand. 11.2 Part 2: Testing the Emitter codes 1. 2. 11.1 Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Model On the main screen, go to Setup then click on TV Control. 3. Tune device code (multiple codes available)
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off. Click this test button again and your device should change from on to off or off to on. If pressing this button does not turn on and off your VIDEO - Editing Video Files device, try the next code for your device (step 3 above). If none of the codes work, check that the infrared emitter is directly over the infrared sensor on your tuner device. Parameter Description Key: -/-- Set this to On if normally, you have to press this same key on your device’s remote control in order to sele
