Archos AV400 User Manual
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Player • Photo Viewer • USB 2.0 Hard Disk • Digital Audio Recorder User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV400 Manual version 2.0 pn: 103090V2 1 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections 2 INTRO - First Time Usage 2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 2.2 Turning on the AV400 2.3 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 2
59 59 60 62 62 64 65 65 18 Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System (OS) 66 19 Technical Support 20 Troubleshooting 20.1 USB Connection issues 20.2 Charging and Power issues 20.3 AV400 locks up (freezes operation) or Stops 20.4 The Computer locks-up (freezes operation) or Stops 20.5 File - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 3
free software updates for your product. j Wishing you the best Video, Music, and Photo experience, k l m n o 56 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections Hard disk activity indicator (red) On indicator (green) Battery charger indicator (green) Move UP (also increases volume during media playback - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 4
Archos power charger/adapter) c Multi-connect jack* - for headphones, TV Cradle, and AV in/out connections *The optional multi-connect adapter and AV cable allow for audio and video playing/recording without the TV Cradle. Multi-connect Adapter AV Cable 7 2.3 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 5
for 3 seconds. Other chargers or adapters may damage the AV400. The green CHARGE indicator lights up to indicate that the external adapter is connected. The batteries will charge automatically when the AC adapter/charger is plugged in. Once the batteries are fully charged, this light will blink - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 6
Directory Status: Playing Volume (maximum:31) Battery level (full) Time of Day Song level meters Show Music Options Browse the hard disk for other tracks 3.1 Button Control Archos TV cradle's AV Out red and white connectors directly to your stereo auxiliary inputs and place AV400 into the TV Cradle - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 7
song from a music download service, the songs will Recording. The ARCLibrary indexes all the music on 13 your AV400's hard drive manually update the ARCLibrary each time you add new music from your computer to your AV400. Automatic - The ARCLibrary will be set to On and it will automatically update - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 8
playlists, add or delete type .m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of playlists you can save on the AV400 hard disk. Playlists are indicated by a special list icon (circled icon to the left). 4.1 Playing a Playlist To play a Playlist, you simply scroll to the Playlist - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 9
playing a song, click on Options and choose Edit Playlist. A browser window and the Playlist will open. • 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 - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 10
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 If you are using the Archos TV cradle, then - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 11
(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 - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 12
as explained above, and then chose Archos Media Player Service Provider Plug-in. Follow the on screen instructions. If you have accidentally deleted it, 23 you can download it from the Archos website 'software' category (www.archos.com). With your AV400 still connected to your computer, start - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 13
- Using iTunes™ with your AV400 VIDEO - Playing Video Macintosh® computer and your AV400 is to use the your Macintosh®. However, for Macintosh® users who do want to use the AV400 with iTunes®, Archos has developed a special i- Tunes® /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the AV400 hard disk or from the - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 14
), that you have a number of display format options. In certain cases, depending on how the original video was recorded, you may want to use these adjustments. Default mode : Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the LCD screen. 16/9 aspect: Send out a TV signal without the black horizontal bars - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 15
via the My Yahoo!® TV scheduler of your personal calendar. It affects ONLY those recordings. This is just in case the clocks between your AV400 and the broadcast station are different or if the broadcast station runs overtime. Composite, S-Video, Auto. You can choose which video input you want the - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 16
take up more space on the hard drive. Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image brightness Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image contrast Use this to change the color spectrum in the recorded image Change the above settings to the AV400 default settings • button to return to - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 17
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 Standby mode), the schedule entry will be erased from the scheduler - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 18
adding new ones, only the new programs will be added you want to delete scheduled items, you must do this in the AV400 scheduler itself. • Missed recordings (because you did not have the AV400 in the TV Cradle connected to your Television at the record time) will be deleted from the scheduler. 35 36 - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 19
Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Model On the main screen, go to Setup then click on TV Control. 1. Select the type of device that you have stuck your IR Emitter to. You have the choice of either a VCR (video cassette recorder button, the AV400 will send a signal to the TV Cradle, which will - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 20
. You may need to adjust this if the AV400 seems to send only half the digits of a channel or more digits of a channel. VIDEO - Editing Video Files Beginning of recording Music Video section to keep (a) (b) Example 1: You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 21
to the I-Frame you desire and then set your Mark. Trying to set a mark between I-Frames is ineffective since the AV400 will just choose the closest I-Frame. VyoIDuErOco-mCrpeuatteirng MPEG4 video files with at the spot you want to make your Start mark. Click the RIGHT button once, then LEFT once - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 22
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. Please install the programs in the following order. This software will install the DivX™ Compression - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 23
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 - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 24
- Viewing Photos The AV400 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images full screen image, you can rotate it, magnify it, or set it as the AV400 screen background (Wallpaper). Rotate picture 90° left View next photo Rotate picture 90° right - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 25
(CF) card* and the right window will show the contents of your AV400's hard drive. Navigate to the folder on your CF card which contains your photos (in the folders: Data, Music, Playlists, Photo, Video, and Voice. The folders Music, Photo and Video are special folders in that the icons on the - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 26
to enter the new folder name. By using the unique Archos double browser system, you can copy or move maximum). You AV400 hard disk. Music View: Left browser is the AV400 hard disk and right browser the music Playlist. Browser View: Two browser windows to browse two different parts of the AV400 hard - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 27
Windows® ® (second edition) users must download the USB driver from the Archos web site. While connected as a hard disk to your computer, the AV400 buttons are blocked and are no longer functional. 16.1 Connecting the AV400 1) Use the power adapter to prevent the AV400 from shutting off due to - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 28
of software drivers or extensions. You simply plug the AV400 into your Macintosh as enumerated above, and within a few seconds, the AV400 will be recognized as a mass storage device (Hard Disk) and mount on the desktop. You can now use the Hard disk called JUKEBOX like any other external hard disk - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 29
. DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT ANY TIME! To safely disconnect the AV400 hard disk, click on the system tray remove icon (green arrow as shown below) and follow the instructions. Wait until you get a message saying that you can safely unplug the device before disconnecting the USB cable - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 30
Parameters Parameter Built-in Speaker Volume Bass Treble Balance Bass Boost Reset button Description Turns on and off the built-in speaker. the music playing screen. 17.2 Play Mode Settings If you would like the AV400 to play through an entire folder of options, you can set these parameters in - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 31
: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queue the next track to be played † Scan: 17.3 Clock Settings The AV400 has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 32
. When powered by the AC charger/adapter (or connected to a powered TV Cradle), the AV400 will not completely shut off. It will go into Standby mode. This way, it can wake up to make a scheduled video recording. A typical use of these settings is to set the power off, screen off, and hard disk to - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 33
System (OS). Product Key Each AV400 device has a unique product key number. Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the AV400's hard disk. The total is less than 20,40, or 80 GB due to space taken by formatting. 17.7 TV control See chapter 11 VIDEO - Setting the Infrared Emitter - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 34
for the AV420 model can be found in the battery compartment. • If technical support (Telephone or E-mail) determines that your product needs to be returned, please contact the place of purchase to have your product repaired or replaced (depending on problem type). Customers on the website under - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 35
169 33 169 9 Germany ARCHOS Deutschland GmbH Bredelaerstrasse 63 40474 Düsseldorf Germany Tel: +49 211 1520 384 Fax: +49 211 1520 349 Troubleshooting 20.1 USB Connection issues Problem: I cannot get my AV400 to be recognized by the computer. Solutions: • • drivers. • If you installed the - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 36
: Defragmenting the AV400 hard disk may be useful after having the defragmenter on the AV400. Make sure no other program is running while using the Windows® defragmenter utility. Make sure you power the AV400 with the external power adapter during this procedure. Problem Answer screen). The - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 37
hold the Right function button • for three seconds. A button "Format HD" will appear. Use this button to format the AV400's hard drive. Remember, doing this will erase all the data on the hard disk!!! Problem: I would like to partition the AV400 hard disk. Answer: If you know how to partition - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 38
Technical Specifications ARCHOS VIDEO AV400 series Storage Capacity Model AV4xx : xx = Size of Hard Drive in Gigabytes* Computer Interface High Speed USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1) Image Playback JPG and BMP (4, 8, 24 bit) images, any size Audio Playback Stereo MP3 decoding 30- - Archos AV400 | User Manual - Page 39
be malfunctioning. Reset to return normal operation. The AV400 reset is actuated by pressing and holding the STOP/ESC button for 10 seconds. The unit will power off. Restart normally. Copyright Notice Copyright ARCHOS © 2003 All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or part, be copied
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• MPEG-4 Video Player & Recorder
• MP3 & WMA Music Player
• Photo Viewer
• USB 2.0 Hard Disk
• Digital Audio Recorder
User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV400
Manual version 2.0 pn: 103090V2
English Language User Manual
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Table of Contents
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INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections
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INTRO - First Time Usage
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2.1
Plugging in the AC Adapter
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2.2
Turning on the AV400
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2.3
Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features
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2.4
Changing the Language
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2.5
Foreign Character Sets
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2.6
Charging the Batteries
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2.7
Caring for the AV400
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2.8
Hardware Reset
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MUSIC - Playing Music Files
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3.1
Button Control
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3.2
Playing Through your Stereo System
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3.3
Artist, Album, Title … ID3 Tags
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3.4
The ARCLibrary (Browsing by Album, Artist, or Song name)
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3.5
Setting a Bookmark
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3.6
The Resume Function
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MUSIC - Playlists
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4.1
Playing a Playlist
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4.2
Creating a Playlist
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4.3
Saving a Playlist
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4.4
Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music
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MUSIC - Recording Music
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5.1
Cable Connections for Audio Recording
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5.2
Recording Procedure
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5.3
Where is the Recording Saved?
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5.4
Audio Editing
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MUSIC - Using Windows™ Media Player 9
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6.1
Installing Windows Media Player 9
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6.2
Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug-in
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6.3
Copying Music to your AV400
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MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your AV400
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VIDEO - Playing Video
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8.1
Setting a Bookmark
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8.2
The Resume Function
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8.3
Display Format Settings
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8.4
Playing Video Files from the Internet
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