Archos 500326 User Manual - Page 16

5.5 FM Radio MP3 Recording • Press F1 [RADIO] button to enter the radio menu. Vol Radio Freq : 96.0 Mhz [ Prog 00 ] FM 1 - 2 - 3 Add List Rec Radio tuned to a preset station • Press the F3 [REC] to start recording the currently displayed FM station. • Please note that your FM Recorder has a 30 second Pre-Recording buffer, this means that when you start recording a FM broadcast, your song file will have the last 30 seconds of the broadcast stored in RAM. In effect, your recording will begin 30 seconds BEFORE you press the F3 [REC] button. You can use the Clipping function to remove this 'dead' space from your FM recording. See the section on Clipping a FM Recording. • During the recording process, the LCD screen will display a variety of information including the source (FM channel Frequency), the name of the song, current recording size, the encoding bitrate, the elapsed time and the input volume levels. • During the recording process, you can perform the following functions : • Press the F3 [STOP] button to end the current recording and save it to the hard drive. • During the recording process, your can press F2 [NEXT] to end the current recording and begin a new recording. For example, you can press F2 during the blank space between music tracks on a CD. (You should be aware of all applicable laws concerning the recording of copyrighted materials) • Your current recording file name will have a numbered part (pt) appended to it. For example, after doing two successive incremental recordings, you might have Newsong12, Newsong12pt01, and Newsong12pt02. 5.6 Retro-Record Feature for FM Recording • A special feature of the Jukebox FM Recorder is its prerecording feature. If in the general settings, the Retro-Record feature is on, the Jukebox FM will record up to 30 seconds of music BEFORE you actually press the record button. This way, when you hear a song that has already started, but yet you'd like to have the entire song recorded, this feature allows you to capture the ENTIRE song. • With the Retro-Record feature on, you will notice that ALL of your radio recordings start 30 seconds before you pressed the F3[Rec] button. This is normal, since it is usually 10 to 20 seconds into a song that you decide you'd like to record it. It is up to you now to edit (erase) the beginning and end of the recording to remove extra parts you don't want (announcer talk, commercials, etc.). 16