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Archos AV400 Series User's Manual

1. Album or current folder Wes Burden Sa Time of Day Song title or file name q Brave New World ONE File format and rec info Next track to be played Ha Next track h 4 A APIC Album picture Relative location in the trac Can t Fight This Feeling 3 ys j Volume level meters Song elapsed time Song time remaining Song Length Go to setup options Show Music Options Browse the hard disk for other tracks If the MP3 file contains these ID3 tag data 3 1 Button Control Increase the Volume Click once Play the previous song in the folder or playlist during first 5 seconds of song otherwise go to the folder or playlist Click once Play the next song in the beginning of the song Hold Fast forward through the song Hold Fast reverse through the song To lock the AV400 buttons press and hold the left function button for three seconds The AV400 will display the message Buttons locked on the bottom of the screen Press this again for three seconds to unlock the buttons What the Icons indicate Status Play Order Play Mode no icon See section 17 2 Shuffle random D Recording a track tp Playlist a 3 2 Playing Through your Stereo System On your HiFi there are two RCA type connectors that are labeled Aux in CD in or Line in Typically they are color coded white and red for left and right stereo channels respectively Just take a stereo mini jack plug to RCA cable not included an
2. Destination Files zh MPG4 Translator v3 0 6 Archos Help In the example above a source file 24 hours of Lemans avi has been selected as the source video You can see on the bottom of the window its original characteristics width 720 height 576 frame rate 30 Next you must then tell the program where to place Set Destination file the newly recoded de version of the file don t worry it will not erase the original You should give it a new descriptive name such as shown above Lemans_AV400 avi Make sure you add the avi extension This program converts AV files of various formats into standard MPEG 4 Simple Profile ANVI suitable for the Archos Jukebox Multimedia Belecnooce rile Click here to select the source video file Source File Hamana Click here to enter the destination MPEG4 file Lemans_AV400 avi Destination File Change Settings Click here to change the MPEG4 encoder settings Target Pocket Video Recorder 4V400 v Click here to start the translation into a Simple Profile MPEG4 AVI Video Image Size Height fps Source Picture Size 57 23 976 Destination Picture Size 128 23 976 Close Click here to Exit Change Settings Next you can change the parameters Change Settings of the DivX encoder to adjust the level of quality of the final image Like MP3 music the higher the bit rate setting is made the higher the quality of the music or video in this case tha
3. click on Options and choose Edit Playlist A browser window and the Playlist will open e Click on the LEFT lt button to go to the hard disk 4 browser window iji e Select the song or folder of songs to add then click the button Add e Click ESC to return to the playing screen 5 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 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins there is a pre recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings hirsie Aii p 1 Browser P PROC EORUCT ia re BIC OWE Or Ce ry iia 1 From the home
4. must be connected in the TV Cradle the IR emitter cable plugged in and securely stuck in place on your tuner s VCR cable box satellite receiver infrared receiver window See the TV Cradle instructions for the exact placement of the emitter Part 1 Choose your Device Brand and Model On the main screen go to Setup then click on TV Control G Tune IR Emitter a ST w7 a a Sound Play Mode Clock ea a ax We GS Display Power System RO TY 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 Cable Box or Satellite Receiver 2 Select the brand of your device Click on Tune IR Emitter button 4 The TV channels button allows you to give names to each channel For example if channel 6 is CNN then you can name it in this screen You can fill these in by hand Or if you use the My Yahoo personal 37 38 calendar to set your recording scheduler any unknown station name will be indicated in the scheduler with a You then have the possibility to assign a channel number to the station name by clicking on the center function button Set Channel This avoids having to fill in all the station names and channel numbers by hand Part 2 Testing the Emitter codes Tune channel select These four E nagis A une IR Emitter parameters usually do not need to be amp set Keep the default value
5. AV400 is to use the Macintosh Finder to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh However for Macintosh users who do want to use the AV400 with iTunes Archos has developed a special i Tunes plug in You will find it in the folder Data i Tunes Plug in on the AV400 hard disk or from the Archos website In this folder you will find a plug in for Mac OS 9 x and another folder for Mac OS 10 x You will also find a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug in to Once this is done iTunes will recognize the AV400 as a Device To make your user experience easy as possible please keep in mind the following 1 When you create your Playlists with iTunes you can only create Playlists from songs that have been copied to your AV400 your Macintosh will save these Playlists to the root directory of your AV400 It will not save them to the AV400 Playlists directory It would be best to use the AV400 itself to make Playlists section 4 2 and then save these Playlists in your Playlists folder 2 When you drag and drop MP3 files from your iTunes library to your AV400 the i Tunes program will look at the ID3 tag information See section 3 3 of this manual for an explanation of ID3 tags of the MP3 file and create a folder on the root of your AV400 using the name of the Artist as the folder name Then it will take the Album name ID3 tag and create a subfolder with that album as its name Finally i
6. Cradle which will then send a signal out to the Infrared Emitter stuck to your device and turn your device on and 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 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 rad VIDEO Editing Video Files Video files recorded by the AV400 can be modified by deleting the sections sensor on your tuner device Note In some rare cases the ON OFF functionality may not work Parameter Number of digits Key Enter Key Delay Description Set this to On if normally you have to press this same key on your device s remote control in order to select a channel Set the number of digits that your device can recognize for a channel Example Set to 3 if you need to choose a channel greater than channel 99 Set this to On if normally you have to press the Enter key on your device s remote control after you enter the channel number Example If you normally press 1 3 Enter for channel 13 then you would need to set this parameter to On Change the delay between the emission of each digit of a channel 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 Example Adjust the key delay and retest channel select if it sends channel 1 inst
7. Power Battery Operation aes there is a Backlight Off parameter to save battery power the lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power It is factory set to 30 seconds That is if there are no buttons pressed the screen will shut off in order to save battery life To turn the screen back on just click once on any button See section 17 5 for a Multi connect Adapter AV Cable complete explanation Changing the Language The AV400 interface can be set to English default French or German e To change the language move the joystick to Setup and then click PLAY ENTER e Then move with the joystick to Display and click PLAY ENTER e Using the joystick to highlight the Language parameter e Now move the joystick to the Right or Left to choose the F desired language Display e Choose French German or English e The language displayed will change immediately lt e Click on the STOP ESC button to exit this screen Language 4 English H Foreign Character Sets You have the possibility to display your file names folder names and MP3 ID3 tags in various character sets ex Korean Japanese Simplified Chinese etc You can find the language files CodePage_name 4FZ in the font folder under Data on the AV400 hard disk or on the Archos website under the heading Software If for example you would like to have the Korean language display then you would copy the file CP949 4FZ into the fold
8. are finished playing LCD screen flicker you might have Move the setting to the left l l and right to get the clearest image Backlight Off 10 110 seconds Never The time of user inactivity no buttons pressed before the AV400 turns off the screen to Change the interface appearance conserve power During the playback of AVI files this setting only takes effect once the file is finished playing Setting Description Hard disk 10 110 seconds Never The number of seconds from the time of the last file access before the AV400 tells the Wallpaper On Off When set to On the selected picture next item will internal hard disk to stop spinning The longer this time is be displayed as the AV400 screen background set the more often the hard disk is turning and the quicker the response time when accessing files However as it is set longer it will quickly consume your battery Caution This setting should only be changed by experienced users Picture name This option will display the names of the JPEG images in the AV400 s System folder that can be used for screen backgrounds Wallpaper You can add your own JPEG images to the System folder by dragging and dropping a JPEG file from your computer Standby 1 9 minutes Never The number of minutes of user You should use JPEG images with small dimensions ideally 320 inactivity no buttons pressed before the AV400 goes into x 240 pixels large files slow down the display Standby mode When
9. choose Set Bookmark This will set a bookmark in the audio file at the current position You can only set one bookmark per file When you look at the file in your browser it will have a yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this file has a bookmark set within it You can have a maximum of 16 files bookmarked Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks The next time you play the audio file you will be presented with three options Wes Burden Brave New World Mirror nee MP3 128 kb s 44 1 KHz world a Next track Can t Fight This Feeling Resume Start playing from the bookmarked position Ignore Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning Clear Clear the bookmark from this file and start playing from the very beginning The Resume Function When you turn on your AV400 you will sometimes notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Browser but rather the Resume icon This icon is highlighted when the AV400 can resume the last played audio or video file 4 MUSIC Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the AV400 will DRENERE automatically play one after the other The AV400 pisma c n load one playlist at a time into its internal Ghan Music memory You can create new playlists add or delete _ songs from a playlist or Save a playlist as a file file type m3u to be used another time There is no limit to the number of playlis
10. display the file names of file types with their corresponding icons that it knows how to play If set to On the Jukebox will display the names of ALL the files on the hard disk using a icon for unknown types even if they cannot be viewed or played such as tif or pdf for example This setting is important when inserting memory cards into the CompactFlash slot Setting it to ON will allow the Jukebox to transfer all the files from the card media regardless of file type If set to OFF it will only display file types that the AV400 is capable of playing Update Firmware Used to update the AV400 to a new version of the Operating System See chapter 18 Displays the current version of the Operating 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 TV control See chapter 11 VIDEO Setting the Infrared Emitter Code for a complete explanation of when and how fo use this setting 65 66 ts Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System OS Archos periodically updates the Operating System OS and makes it available for free download on the ARCHOS website www archos com Updates to the Operating System include new features feature improvements and bug fixes You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent versi
11. freeze up could also be caused by electrostatic phenomena That is static electricity has temporarily knocked out the AV400 Hold down on the STOP OFF button for 15 seconds and the AV400 will shut off Restart it normally now 7 72 The Computer locks up freezes operation or Stops Problem The computer locks up Answer Most likely because you did not use the green safely remove hardware icon in the system tray in order to remove the AV400 from your computer File issues corrupted data formatting and partitioning Problem On the AV400 I find new file names and folder names that I never created or they have strange gibberish names Answer Most likely the AV400 s file allocation table FAT has been corrupted This could have been due to the AV400 shutting down due to low battery power while reading or writing to your computer via the USB connection To fix a corrupted FAT problem you should use the Error Checking utility or the Check Disk utility explained at the end of this section Attention Windows and Macintosh often write extra files to the hard disk such as finder def or System volume info These are normal and will not harm the AV400 Problem I have been using my AV400 to transfer files back and forth between different computers Will defragmenting the AV400 hard disk do any harm to it Answer Defragmenting the AV400 hard disk may be useful after having transferred many files to and from the AV400 It
12. on Setup Or while listening to a song click the LEFT function button Setup e Once in the Setup screen move over to PlayMode and click again on ENTER O e Highlight one of the five PlayModes and click on ENTER to check that option e With the Repeat amp Shuffle setting choose if the songs are to be played in order repeated or shuffled e See section 3 4 for details on using the i te 810 08 ARCLibrary gt e Picture Pause sets the amount of E Folder time paused between pictures in the D single slideshow mode See the Photo chapter C Scan 7 f details ei e Altomatic or more Picture Pause 4 8 D ens le Ee Play Mode AV400 is currently playing from a Playlist Folder Play all tracks in the current directory All Play all tracks on AV400 Single Play a single track then stop Queue User can queue the next track to be played t Scan AV400 plays first 15 seconds of each tracktt TQueue Mode While the current song is playing click on Navigate find the next song you want to play then click Play This is your queued song You can only queue one song at a time See the Playlist section to prepare multiple songs to play Once the current track is finished playing your queued track will be played If you do not queue another track at this time the AV400 will play the next song in the directory ttScan Mode Each track in the directory is played for 15 seconds This allows a quick sample of each song
13. powered by the AC charger adapter i fe anes on or connected to a powered TV Cradle the AV400 will not Font Outline If your screen background is a dark color it will be difficult to l see the black text on the screen Set Outlined font to On to completely shut off It will go into Standby mode This way have a more visible white outlined font it can wake up to make a scheduled video recording Color scheme Allows you to choose what color you would like to have for the A typical use of these settings is to set the power off screen off and hard status bar above and the screen buttons below disk to low values when used in battery mode When the power adapter Previous settings Click this button to return to the settingss last set is plugged in you do not need to conserve energy and thus keeping the Power on and the Backlight on makes using the AV400 more agreeable 63 64 Increasing the hard disk value beyond the default may actually discharge the battery even when the Charger adapter is plugged in Note also that your unit will run hotter when the backlight and hard disk are on for long periods of time 9 System Settings w The System settings allow El you control over the low level 7 AS parameters of the AV400 Firmware Version 0 0 13 cvs 04DMH228EB Free 16457 MB Used 2595 MB Product Key Hard Disk es jnm Parameter Description Show all files Off default On If set to Off the Jukebox will only
14. to create DivX simple profile files with your Macintosh that are playable on the AV400 Installing the PC Software If your video file is not an MPEG4 Simple Profile avi file of the proper size you will need to re encode it using the following utilities For the AV400 you will need to create an AVI file that is MPEG4 Simple Profile with a resolution up to 720 x 576 depending on frame rate and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or WAV 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 DivX Codec This software will install the DivX Compression Decompression onto your PC You should shut off any anti virus programs when installing this or other codec software This is not a program that is run by itself Rather it installs background software which allows your computer to do high quality video compression This is the MPEG4 compressed video type that the AV400 knows how to play You can find this codec software as well as an application that allows you to play DivX videos on your PC at the website www divx com The standard version is one best suited for your AV400 Virtual Dub A utility for transcoding one video file into another This is a general purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for e
15. video files will work on all MPEG4 players and older MPEG1 and MPEG2 files must be re encoded into this format Although you may have a bit of a learning curve in the initial re encoding of video files once you have the process down it is just a matter of letting your PC or Mac go to work and create video files for playing on your AV400 PC Tools The AV400 is delivered with two Windows based programs that allow you to create MPEG4 Simple Profile AVI video files They are the MP4 Translator and Virtual Dub The MP4 Translator will call the Virtual Dub program and give it the correct parameters to encode your video from its original format avi or mpg mpeg 1 and then encode it into a DivX based MPEG4 AVI file The file will be scaled in order to be played back properly Only MP4 files encoded with DivX or XviD can be played on the AV400 If the DivX codec is not on the included CD ROM please visit the website of DivXNetworks Inc www divx com to download this codec This is a free codec This will allow your PC to create DivX type videos which play on your AV400 You will also need an MP3 audio codec available freely on the Internet in order to create the proper sound track for the movie Macintosh Users Until recently the Macintosh user community did not have any tools to create DivX simple profile MPEG4 video files There are now tools available for purchase at the DivX Networks web site which will allow you
16. you download from the Internet will not play right away on your device Due to certain variations even when video files are formatted in MPEG4 they may not play right away The AV400 series can play video files of type MPEG4 Simple Profile which have an MP3 or IMA ADPCM audio sound track It can play such video files at a maximum size of 720 by 576 pixels 25 frames second The AV400 will not directly play files of type mov mpg mpeg or avi files created with codecs compression decompression other than the XviD and DivX MPEG4 codecs If you have video files of these other types that you would like to view on your AV400 they will have to be converted first You will have to use the software Mp4SP included on the AV400 hard disk to re encode them into the proper XviD or DivX MPEG4 format with an MP3 or IMA ADPCM sound track See chapter 13 for more details 9 VIDEO Recording MPEG4 Video Files NTSC Ch TY 4 0 00 Setup iE settings IE Scheduler Pre record Screen i Manual recording Duration SOUrCE Format Resolution Bitrate Sampling Brightness Contrast T A r m Ao Setup KES Settings IE Scheduler During Recording 4 Pa a 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 ca
17. 0 Playing a Playlist WWW ARCHOS COM United States amp Canada Europe amp Asia ARCHOS Technology ARCHOS S A 3 Goodyear Unit A 12 rue Ampere Irvine CA 92618 USA 91430 Igny Phone 1 949 609 1483 France Fax 1 949 609 1414 Phone Fax 33 0 169 33 169 0 33 0 169 33 1699 ARCHOS UK Limited 3 Galileo Park ARCHOS Deutschland GmbH Bredelaerstrasse 63 Mitchell Close 40474 Dusseldorf West Portway Andover Germany SP103XQ Andover Tel United Kingdom Fax Phone 44 0 1264 366022 Fax 44 0 1264 366626 49 211 1520 384 49 211 1520 349 ARCHOS 69 70 20 Troubleshooting USB Connection issues Problem I cannot get my AV400 to be recognized by the computer Solutions e Shut off and reboot the computer and the AV400 and then try connecting again in the preferred order mentioned in section 16 1 Only if using Windows 98SE you must first install the Windows98SE drivers If you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your Windows XP 2000 or ME edition this could cause problems Uninstall that driver and then reinstall the generic Windows Mass Storage Device driver If using a USB hub try connecting without using the hub some hubs are not powered and may not work with the AV400 If using a USB port in the front of your computer try a USB port in the back Front USB ports are often from non powered hubs Do not connect to a USB port repeated through a keyboard On old computers t
18. 0 will be recognized as a Mass Storage Device and File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Q ix Q F Search n Folders fisi System Tasks E Fna display automatically within a few seconds eioan of being connected You will see a new E roana a i drive letter such as E in My Computer a 2 sen cies called JUKEBOX You can now use the My Network Places 3 My Documents E Shared Documen ts E Control Panel hard disk called JUKEBOX like any other external hard disk Simply access it using Windows Explorer to drag and drop files to and from the AV400 s hard disk If it is not automatically recognized please refer to the troubleshooting section at the back of this manual Sa JUKEBOX E N Es Shared Documen ts 2 Details Macintosh OS 9 X 4 CGeb 0 14 Fri 10 46 A Macintosh HD You must update your operating system to a minimum of version 9 2 Once done you will not need any special 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 pon a JUKEBOX Macintosh OS X We highly recommend that you update to Macintosh OS 10 2 4 or later If you have Mac OS X before the 10 2 upgrade you will find that version 10 1 may mount the AV400 as a hard disk on yo
19. A format preferred compressed format of Windows and then store them on your connected Archos device This Service Provider plug in will also allow you to play purchased music from on line music services such as Napster com MusicNow com BuyMusic com and Liquid com 6 1 Windows Media Installing Windows Media Player 9 A Archos Installation Utility a If you do not already have Windows Media Player version 9 running on your computer you can install it from the Archos Installation Utility Connect your AV400 to your computer In Windows Explorer open up the hard drive labeled JUKEBOX It may be called JUKEBOX E or with another letter Open the folder Data then the folder PC Installation then double click on the file Setup exe In other words follow the path E Data PC Installation setup exe Click on the icon according to your operating system Follow the on screen instructions 6 2 Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug in You should first make sure you have properly installed Windows Media Player 9 as explained above To install the Service Provider Plug in to Windows Media player run the Archos Installation Utility 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 24 you can download it from the Archos website software category www archos com With your AV400 still connect
20. English Language User Manual AV400 SERIES ARCHOS POCKET VIDEO RECORDER e MPEG 4 Video Player amp Recorder e MP3 amp WMA Music Player e Photo Viewer e USB 2 0 Hard Disk e Digital Audio Recorder User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV400 A Ri 2 OS Manual version 2 0 pn 103090V2 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product Table of Contents 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 saving features 2 4 Changing the Language 2 5 Foreign Character Sets 2 6 Charging the Batteries 2 7 Caring for the AV400 2 8 Hardware Reset 3 MUSIC Playing Music Files 3 1 Button Control 3 2 Playing Through your Stereo System 3 3 Artist Album Title ID3 Tags 3 4 The ARCLibrary Browsing by Album Artist or Song name 3 5 Setting a Bookmark 3 6 The Resume Function 4 MUSIC Playlists 4 1 Playing a Playlist 4 2 Creating a Playlist 4 3 Saving a Playlist 4 4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 5 MUSIC Recording Music 5 1 Cable Connections for Audio Recording 5 2 Recording Procedure Microphone 20 Analog Line In 20 Incremental Recording 21 5 3 Where is the Recording Saved 5 4 Audio Editing 6 MUSIC Using Windows Media Player 9 6 1 Installing Windows Media Player 9 6 2 Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug in 6 3 Copying Mu
21. If you want to play the whole song click on the Play button during those first 15 seconds The AV400 will then revert to single directory mode and play the rest of the songs in the directory without scanning 17 3 Clock Settings The AV400 has an internal real time clock The J time of day is shown on the top right of the Wes 11 56 Clock screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode To set it go to Setup then select Clock Choose Value for highlighted parameter Choose parameter iv Clock Hour Minute Second Day Month Year Time Format When finished setting the parameters move down to the Set button then click on the ENTER GO button The clock time and date are now set Click on the STOP ESC button to go back to the main settings menu 17 4 Display Settings i These settings regulate the interface language and the presentation of the screen Display Display Appearance Off Archos Reflection D On 5 Language TY Standard Video Output LCD Brightness Image Display LLU Stany English PAL EUROPE internal LCD DO 2 Wallpaper El Picture name El Font outline El Color scheme El Interlaced 6l 62 Setting Description 17 5 Power Settings The AV400 can be set to English default French or German ny These settings will help TV Standard NTSC USA PAL Europe In order to view images or k you to save battery power 2 Power videos on an external telev
22. J Browse hard disk FArtist Th Album d Title Genre Year UD Playlist your AV400 s hard drive regardless of _ PlayMode which folder you placed it in by using il Folder O an the ID3 information in each song When O Single you transfer music to your AV400 from O Queue i O Scan your computer it goes directly to the ie ie aeote AV400 hard disk without the ARCLibrary EEE o Knowing about the new song Thus in order for your new songs to be indexed 1o a o into the ARCLibrary you must update it with the Update button as shown here in the Setup gt Playmode screen You have the following options to set the ARCLibrary Off From the Music icon you will just browse music files in the folder Music On You can browse music by its characteristics ID3 tags but you will have to 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 the library each time it notices that you have disconnected from a computer A message screen will appear indicating that it is updating the ARCLibrary contents Setting a Bookmark If you are listening to a song or perhaps a long recording and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to pick up from this point at another time you can use the Bookmark function You simply click on the center function button i labeled Options then
23. LEFT or RIGHT buttons to move the cursor within the line Change keyboard between upper case and lower case Confirmation to use the entered text Backspace button 53 54 6 Connecting Disconnecting the AV400 to from your PC Note that when the AV400 is connected to a computer it will use more energy than usual Your battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal If the AV400 looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and or loose data Thus you should always use the AC adapter when connected to your computer Be careful to understand the disconnection procedure also since disconnecting incorrectly can lead to data loss or computer AV400 freeze up The AV400 is not compatible with Windows NT Windows 95 or Windows 98 first edition Windows 98SE 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 Connecting the AV400 1 Use the power adapter to prevent the AV400 from shutting off due to low power This could cause damage to the contents of the hard disk if not done 2 Plug the USB cable into your running computer 3 Turn on the AV400 wait until it completely boots up 4 Plug the other end of cable into your now running AV400 Windows ME 2000 XP Home professional bd My Computer When connected the AV40
24. The serial number for the AV420 model can be found in the battery compartment e 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 who purchased directly from the Archos website should fill out the form on the website under Support Product Returns e There is an FAQ Frequently Asked Questions section at the ARCHOS Website www archos com Support FAQ that can help answer many of your questions e If you need technical help you may contact ARCHOS directly in your own language via these phone numbers For other countries please use e mail technical support DO NOT USE PHONE SUPPORT FOR MARKETING AND SALES QUESTIONS These numbers are to aid those who have technical difficulties malfunctions 949 609 1400 USA Canada 09 1745 6224 Spain 01 70 20 00 30 France 02 4827 1143 Italy 0207 949 0115 UK 020 50 40 510 Netherlands 069 6698 4714 Germany sen E mail SUPPO se English United States and Canada customers English or French Europe and the rest of the planet German Germany tech support us archos com tech support eu archos com tech support de archos com To respond to your e mails efficiently when sending one please indicate the product name and question type in the Subject of the e mail For example To tech support us archos com Subject AV40
25. Your VCR should not be left in sleep mode 2 Some VCRs will shut off automatically after a few minutes when left on See your VCR user manual for instructions on how to force it to stay on continuously 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 following day at the end time For example the first scheduled item in 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 Standby mode the schedule entry will be erased from the scheduler Long recording times 2 hours and more can create files that are greater than 2GB each The AV400 will create multiple files in order to make long recordings Thus a long scheduled recording may produce video files called VIDO000 VIDO0O01 and VIDOOO2 This is only in the case of recordings that are over 2GB in size This 2GB file size constraint is due to the Windows FAT32 AVI file type specification When you set the scheduler the AV400 will create a text file its System folder called DVRTimer txt You should not erase this file IO Automated Yahoo TV Recording Scheduler For those who have a My Yahoo account and
26. a 8 10 45 rha 8 10 45 J parent folder Project X doc EJ parent folder 2 Project X doc Parent Folder 2 Click the RIGHT button to open a new browser window 1 Locate the file to copy x18 11 06 ga fj 10 24 HD Data Backed lt a parent folder Files from Worki lt S parent folder Project X doc parent folder Fi Project X doc Bl parent folder coleman Files Durand Project Info Delete Copy All Move ame Ren v v v 3 Click the RIGHT button again to move the cursor to the right browser and find the desired destination folder 4 Move back to the left browser LEFT button highlight the file to copy and select copy from the file menu The file will be copied to the folder in the right browser Entire folders can also be copied or moved in this same manner Using the Virtual Keyboard It is recommended that you create folders and rename files or folders from your computer when it is connected to the AV400 The computer keyboard is much easier Often times however you are not near your computer and you must enter the text directly with the AV400 For this the virtual keyboard screen will appear The new text that you are typing in Cursor Each key has an upper case and lower case character lower case mode shown here Press ENTER to enter thehighlighted key Hold down on the
27. and select Manage Then select Storage then Disk Management Within this window you may see the hard drive and be able to assign a drive letter by right clicking on the hard disk and selecting the option Change drive letter and paths Problem What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting The device Generic Volume cannot be stopped now Try stopping the device again later Answer Shut off any program that might be accessing data on the AV400 including Windows Explorer If this does not work shut down all programs wait 20 seconds then try the green arrow one or two times again If this does not work you should shut down the computer and disconnect the USB cable once the computer is off Charging and Power issues You do not need to fully discharge the batteries before recharging them Problem You do not need to fully discharge the batteries before recharging them Answer The specifications are under the condition that the screen backlight goes off after 30 seconds for MP3 music and the user does not access the machine it just sits and plays If you get significantly less time from a full charge call our technical support hot line AV400 locks up freezes operation or Stops Problem The AV400 locks up None of the buttons work Solution If the lock buttons is set none of the buttons respond Hold down the top function button for three seconds to turn off the lock buttons function A
28. click of the PLAY GO button will magnify the picture one more level You can use your direction buttons to move the picture around in order to see the desired magnified area The small signs on the bottom left of the screen indicate the level of magnification either or Click on STOP ESC to go back to an unmagnified view 14 2 Viewing a slideshow By clicking on Slideshow the AV400 will present each picture in the current folder for a set amount Of time and then go on to the next picture You ican set the amount of time that each picture stays on the screen under Setup gt PlayMode gt Picture Pause This parameter is the number Rear aes of seconds each picture displays on the screen t parent folder GQIMG_0424 GOIMG_0425 GQIMG_0426 gt IMG 0427 IMG _0428 IMG_0429 IMG_0430 IMG_0431 IMG_0432 IMG_0433 eee q slideshow 14 3 Transferring photos to your AV400 To transfer pictures from your digital camera directly into the AV400 you will insert your digital camera s Compact Flash card into the slot on the left side of the AV400 Insert the card when the main menu screen is displayed When you insert the card the AV400 will recognize it and open up two browser windows The left window will show the contents of your CompactFlash 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 you
29. d connect the mini plug to the AV400 headphone iack and the other end to the Aux in CD SS eee aT in or line i in of your stereo system Or better connect the Archos TV cradle s AV Out red and white connectors directly to your stereo auxiliary inputs and place AV400 into the TV Cradle On the front of your stereo select the corresponding auxiliary input or CD input that you plugged into on the back of your HiFi system Press Play and then adjust the AV400 volume UP DOWN buttons in order to supply your stereo system with a signal that is neither too weak nor too strong If the sound is distorted you will need to reduce the AV400 s volume You can turn on and off the built in speaker by holding the center function button for three seconds Artist Album Title ID3 Tags ID3 Tags are information about the recording which found inside of an MP3 music file When someone creates an MP3 music file he or she has the option of adding information to it This information can include among other things the name of the artist Wes Burden the album name Brave New World the title of the song Mirror and a small image of the album cover only jpeg images not progressive jpeg If these data are present the AV400 will display them on the screen when it plays the file If they are not present then the AV400 will display in order the name of the parent folder the name of the current folder and then the name of the file As of the wri
30. d 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 a hard disk this is OK The AV400 will however only recognize a FAT32 partition Thus it will just see and use that partition of the hard disk which is a FAT32 partition Problem My files have disappeared from the AV400 Answer To see all your files make sure the setting Show all files is set to ON Also make sure that you browse your files via the Browser mode and not a filtered view such as Photo Music or Video Windows 98SE amp ME Running Scan Disk Error Checking e Quit all running applications e Properly connect the AV400 to your computer as explained in chapter 16 e Make sure external AC adapter is powering the AV400 e Right click on the AV400 hard disk in Windows Explorer and select Properties Select the Tools option and run the Error checking program e Make sure you check the box to automatically fix errors e Be patient this may take a while Windows may ask you to restart the computer to make certain Windows files available This is OK click on Yes Windows XP amp 2000 Running Check Disk Utility ChkDsk If you still have problems with the file system on your AV400 you can try to fix it using the DOS utility check disk chkdsk Do the following e Make sure external AC adapter is powering the AV400 e Quit all running applicati
31. e Next set the cut OUT point 21 05 in our example Save the edit fHD Yoice Lectures parent folder dcm dc oz d c os d c 04 dc 05 PREVOICE 01 d YOICE 02 d VOICE _03 d VOICE _04 VOICE 05 Highlight the file to edit and select Edit from the file menu Only files which have been created with the AV400 recording function will show Edit in the file menu Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited Once you enter the edit mode the audio file will play in a continuous loop so that you will be able to hear how your edit sounds CUT IN 12 15 CUT OUT i WAV 1411 kb s 44 1 kHz 16 Bit stereo G1 01832 03322 Use the fast reverse and fast forward buttons LEFT RIGHT buttons to locate the points you want the new file to start and end These are the cut IN and cut OUT points Once you have set these points you can save the edit In this example a new file VOICE_01_Edit mp3 will be made Your original file is left untouched You will notice that your Cut IN and Cut OUT times are marked just above the file name 5 MUSIC Using Windows Media Player 9 The AV400 is designed to work seamlessly with Version 9 of Windows Media Player WMP9 By installing the Archos Service Provider plug in WMP9 will recognize your AV400 as a connected music device You can then easily copy your CD collection to your AV400 WMP9 will encode each song into the WM
32. e you want for the mark Click on the Edit function button and select Start Mark 2 Let the video play Now click on Pause at the location you want to mark the end of your segment Choose your I frame and then select End Mark from the Edit menu You can now click on the Edit button again and choose to Cut or Crop the specified segment blue portion in the time line ia Sat night television edit 11 26 02 02 3 Continue to mark other segments that you would like to delete and use the edit Cut function Once satisfied with your edits you can Save Edit which keeps the edit points and allows you to re edit another time or you can Write to new File which will create a new edited file named old name_Edit0000 4l 42 3 VIDEO Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer How to create an MPEG 4 video file Please understand that video re encoding is not always a simple one button process Video segments that come from your digital camcorder or which are freely available on the Internet are encoded in many different ways If not already in the proper MPEG4 Simple Profile format transforming these videos into this format readable by the AV400 requires use of the below mentioned software tools This is due to the relatively new nature of the ISO International Standards Organization MPEG4 video format Unlike its predecessors MPEG1 and MPEG2 there are a number of levels in this format and thus not all MPEG4
33. ead of 12 or sends 112 instead of 12 39 40 you do not wish included The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video file You will mark a segment of your video file and then you will tell the AV400 to CROP it out delete everything except the marked segment or to CUT it out delete the marked segment from the video file These operations can be done multiple times on the same video file Once finished you will have the option to save the edit marks with the video or to write a new video file If you save your file with edit marks you can always go back and change your edits at another time The actual video information is not deleted On the other hand you can write a new file which will only include the video parts that you specified in the edit session This file will be smaller but you can never un edit it Beginning of recording Music Video section to keep a je Example 1 You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single music presentation The rest of the television recording you do not care to keep In this case you would set a Start mark a at the beginning of the desired segment and an End mark b at the end of the desired segment You would then choose CROP which would then delete everything except the designated section to delete to delete a Q lo G Example 2 You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sect
34. ed to your computer start Windows Media Player Normally you will connect your AV400 to your computer before you run the WMP9 program If you connect it after WMP9 has been started you will have to click on View gt Refresh in order for WMP9 to go check and find the connected AV400 Install Archos MOM plugin This software is necessary to have Windows Media Player recognize your 4 V400 as a compatible device 6 3 Copying Music to your AV400 L gt Now Playing v Run Windows Media Player FE 0 Cop to CO or Device B IT i m RECOOO 01 7 RECOOO OF 7 RECOOO O03 Services Skin Chooser Re 1 Choose Copy to CD or Device and then check 2 Choose the AV400 device the songs from your Music Library that you want to then select the folder you copy to your device want to copy your songs to Now click on Copy 6 4 Copy Protected Downloads With music download services such as Napster com MusicNow com BuyMusic com and Liquid com you can purchase music on line and then store it on your AV400 These music files are protected with the Microsoft copy protection system When they are downloaded to your computer then transferred to your AV400 they will play only on your devices These files will not play on other people s computers nor on other people s portable music players MUSIC Using iTunes with your AV400 The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh computer and your
35. er system on the AV400 and shut down and restart the AV400 File names folder names and ID3 tags written using the Microsoft codepage for the language will now be displayed in that character set Only one 4FZ can be used at a time thus you should only put one AFZ file into the system folder When an 4FZ language file is used the interface language will be set to English Charging the Batteries Use ONLY an Archos charger adapter that is specified for the AV400 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 indicating that you can disconnect the charger adapter Once charged you can get up to 12 hours of MP3 music playback time and up to 4 hours of AVI video playback time on the built in screen from the batteries Some AV400 models are made with integrated batteries which 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 depending on how you use it start stop writing etc Caring for the AV400 The Archos Video AV400 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products e Do not subject
36. g4 Translator will be able to create final video files with MP3 sound even if the source video file does not have an MP3 sound track 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 gt Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices Properties gt Hardware gt choose Audio Codecs then click on Properties You will find a list here of all the audio codecs that are installed on your computer Decoding of MPEG 2 video files is currently not supported by MPG4 Translator These are usually mpg or mpeg format files not the required AVI file There are other tools found on the Internet FlaskMPEG Rippack etc that may be downloaded in order to help you with these file types A good starting place is the website www digital digest com Using MPEG4 Translator To the left you see the image of the main MPEG4 Translator program When you first run the program if the DivX codec has not been installed yet you will be notified You should download the codec and install it on your computer If the Virtual dub program has not been installed you will also be notified and you should install it either with the Archos Installation Utility or the Virtual Dub website If you have placed the Virtual Dub program in a folder other than the default it will ask you to locate the file Select Source amp
37. he AV400 will stop recording after the duration set in the next line For example you want to record a television show for two hours but do not want to stay around for the two hours to stop the recording In the screen above a recording that you start manually will last for 2 hours If set to Off the recording will continue until you click on the stop button or until the entire hard disk fills up This is the duration of time your recording will last if Auto Stop Rec above is set to On This is a safety margin added to the beginning of a scheduled recording which was set 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 starts earlier than expected This is a safety margin added to the end of a scheduled recording which was set 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 AV400 to use Normally with a good video signal you can set it to Auto and the AV400 will scan the two inputs to see which one is receiving video Auto 4 3 5 3 16 9 2 35 This is the aspect ratio of the screen that the AV400 will record You can set this
38. he USB driver software on your computer may be out of date Find your USB chipset type by going to My Computer gt Properties gt Device Driver gt Universal Serial Bus USB Controllers gt Host Controller You may have a chipset VIA Intel SIS or another It is possible that you do not have the latest software drivers for these chipsets For VIA updates check out www viaarena com For Intel check out www intel com For SIS uninstall the driver and reinstall the Windows default USB controller drivers e If using a laptop computer and a docking station try connecting without the docking station If Macintosh OS 10 1 x says it cannot mount the volume you can use Disk Utility to reformat the Jukebox hard disk to type MS DOS FAT32 However files will only be readable from a Macintosh not a Windows machine You should update to version 10 2 4 or better e On older computers make sure in your system BIOS the USB port is checked ON not Off Usually this just happens on old machines e On older Win98SE computers if there is a line lastdrive in the config sys file make sure that it is lastdrive z If the Files Allocation Table FAT gets corrupted the AV400 may not show up in Windows XP for over one minute and then it comes up as local drive Use DOS Utility ChkDsk as shown below e Windows XP may recognize the AV400 hard disk but yet not assign a drive letter to it Right click on My Computer
39. he video Long press to switch between built in video and external video e Use the UP DOWN buttons to control the volume e Hold down the RIGHT LEFT buttons to fast forward or fast reverse through the video e Click the right function button to Hide Show the overlaid video time information e Click the Options function button to set a bookmark change the screen presentation Press and hold for three seconds to turn the built in speaker on and off e Click on the left function button to put the video into slow mo i tion view You can cycle through OL the values Normal 2 and at 1 8 speed The sound is muted siwa Options when in slow motion While in slow mode and paused you can step image per image with the LEFT button Setting a Bookmark If you are watching a video and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to continue from this point at another time you can use the Bookmark function You simply click on the center function button labeled Options then choose Set Bookmark This will set a bookmark in the video file at the current position You can only set one bookmark per file When you look at the file in your browser it will have a yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this file has a bookmark set within it You can have a maximum of 16 files bookmarked Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks The next time you play this video file you will be presented with th
40. hen updating your Operating System you must keep the AC charger adapter plugged into the AV400 so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are performing the update Connect your AV400 to your File Folder Folder Playlists Recycled computer section 16 1 and then copy the Update_AV400 System File Folder a System volume Information File Folder AOS file to the root directory of Pani merar the AV400 The root directory L Yoice File Folder i 1319KB aoSFie S the top most level of the directory hierarchy Just drag this AOS file onto the AV400 Hard disk in your file manager and it will place it in the top most directory outside any folder If there is already an older version of the Update_ AV400 AOS file on your AV400 Windows will ask if you want to overwrite the current file Click on Yes Once this file is copied safely disconnect section 16 2 the AV400 from the computer Update Firmware Next go to the System parameters under Setup and then scroll down to Update Firmware and click on it The AV400 will search for the AOS file and will ask you to click Yes to start the update Follow the on screen instructions When completed the AV400 will restart itself and you will see the new OS version displayed on the bottom right of the screen i Update _Av400 405 67 68 9 Technical Support e For warranty and services purposes keep your sales receipt for proof of purchase
41. icates that a scheduled recording is set You can Date Start End Be Empty Scheduler programmed Once a valid record time is entered and the Enter button pressed the empty box will get a green checkmark set the AV400 to Standby Channel Date Start End Channel Current 06 16 11 00p 02 004 Current 06 16 2004 1100p 06 17 09 00p 10 00p DEA 7 2004 0300p J 06 20 05 00p 06 30p Current senate Coverage Bil h41Z3 eafe s safes j Corrent Current Current Current Dirrent ready to be Scheduler after having been set The Current means that the AV400 will record the current video signal no channel changing This is for people who do not use the stick on Infrared Emitter system Notes about setting the Scheduler The scheduler chronologically In order for a scheduled recording to start you must leave the AV400 in the main menu screen or set it to standby mode press Standby On button on remote control That is if you are listening to music watching a video or looking at photos on your AV400 it will not interrupt you in order to go make the scheduled recording If you have connected and will be using the IR Emitter system see the TV Cradle manual as well as section 11 below with a video cassette recorder VCR please note that in order for the IR Emitter to properly control the VCR automatically reorganizes the recording events 33 34
42. igital voice recordings CompactFlash Type I slot e Use only the included ARCHOS charger adapter e Before using for the first time charge the batteries for a full four hours e You may use the Archos Video AV400 while its battery is charging but it will then take longer before the battery is completely charged 2 2 Turning on the AV400 e Hold the PLAY ON button O for 4 seconds The green On indicator light will turn on Be patient it will take about 8 seconds for the operating system to boot up e If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds plug in the Archos adapter charger to make sure the batteries get charged 2 3 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features a USB 2 0 port USB 1 1 compatible to connect the AV400 to your computer To shut off the unit press and hold the STOP ESC OFF button b Power Connector use only the supplied Archos power charger adapter for 3 seconds C Multi connect jack for headphones TV Cradle and AV in out connections In the Power menu Setup Power Battery Operation there is a Power Off parameter It is factory set to 2 Setup The optional multi connect adapter and AV cable allow for audio and video minutes Thus if your AV400 is idle for 2 minutes it will shut 4 layi di ithout the TV Cradle H playing recording without the ea off This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes a or to never We In the Power menu Setup
43. in the chapter Updating the AV400 firmware If you change your Yahoo personal calendar by deleting some TV programs and adding new ones only the new programs will be added to the AV400 scheduler when you save the html file to the AV400 If 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 If a personal calendar recording event does not find the station name in your list of channels it will put the event into the scheduler and 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 the center function button Set Channel You can now scroll through the channel numbers and assign a number to the station name for that event You only have to do this once VIDEO Setting the Infrared Emitter Code This is a one time step to set your AV400 to send the correct infrared codes to your video cassette recorder cable box or satellite receiver in order that the AV400 via its TV cradle can turn on and off your video device and also change its channels If you do not plan on making scheduled recordings then you do not need to install the IR emitter or set the infrared emitter code Before beginning this procedure of setting the emitter code your AV400
44. in the main menu you will go to this folder Notice that the right function button is labeled Record Each time you use this button to record audio instead of the AudioCorder button on the main menu you set the recording default location to the current folder For example let s say you have a folder called Music Voice Lectures If you go to this folder and then make a recording using the right function button Record you will set the default record location to this folder Now each time you use the AudioCorder icon to start a recording your recording will be saved in the folder Music Voice Lectures Audio Editing Audio files microphone recordings analog recordings FM Remote Control optional can be modified by deleting the sections you do not wish included If you would like to edit an audio recording you have the possibility to crop out the exact section of the recording you would like to save For example you have recorded a lecture of 33 minutes and 22 seconds in length You would like to cut out and save just one particular important section from 12 minutes and 15 seconds to 21 minutes and 5 seconds The diagram below illustrates the situation Desired audio section 00 00 Omin Osec 12 15 el 22 To keep just this section cropping it you will locate this file from the Browser mode 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 exampl
45. install the driver into its operating system Click on Next to tell Windows to install the driver 5 Windows will indicate when it has pretest TA finished copying the drivers Click on Finish Do not unplug the AV400 from Windows has finished instaling the software that your new the com puter yet hardware device require Once finished you should restart your computer Upon restart it will automatically recognize the connected device the AV400 It will be seen as another hard disk in Windows Explorer 16 2 Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer WARNING You must properly remove unmount your AV400 from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and or the AV400 DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT ANY TIME Windows 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 Attention The operating system will not allow you to safely disconnect the Multimedia AV400 if you have an open file from it in a running application You will have to close all open AV400 files in any running application Sometimes even when files are closed in an application you will have to shut down the application Using the green disconnect arrow in the system tray will then allow you
46. ions before the program started parts during the program and the program afterwards because you had recorded a little extra In this case you would make a Start mark a at time 00 00 and then forward to the end of what you want to delete and make your End mark b and choose CUT This part of the video recording will now be cut out Fast forward to the center of the recording and make a Start Mark c where the section that you want to suppress begins and make an End mark d when it finishes Again choose the CUT option and this section will be cut out Do the same for the final section that you want to cut out IMPORTANT NOTE When you pause at a given point to make a Start or End Mark the actual point of the cut will be the nearest I Frame I Frames are special frames in the video file which come about every one to four seconds The editor can cut ONLY at an I Frame It is thus recommended that when you pause at the point you want to make your Start or End mark that you click the LEFT button once will jump to the previous I frame and then click the RIGHT button shows the next I frame so that you can see your choice of I Frames to cut at Go 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 1 Play the file and pause at the spot you want to make your Start mark Click the RIGHT button once then LEFT once and choose the I fram
47. is never harmful to use 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 I have copied files to my AV400 via USB from my computer but now I cannot see these files on the device Answer You have probably transferred a file which the AV400 cannot play for example a PDF MOV or DOC file Go to the System Settings under Setup on the main screen and you will find a parameter called Show all files If you set it to on the AV400 will show all files even if it cannot play the file vou must browse via the browser mode from the main menu screen The browser will show a icon indicating that it is not one of the standard file types that it can play Problem I want to reformat the AV400 s hard disk Answer You can do this but it will erase ALL of the data on your AV400 Sometimes this may be necessary if your FAT File Allocation Table becomes so corrupted that nothing seems to fix your file problems First as explained below you should run ScanDisk or the DOS chkdsk Check Disk program to try to fix your problem If this doesn t fix your problem and you are sure you must reformat the AV400 hard disk then go to the screen Setup gt System and press and hold the Right function button for three seconds A button Format HD will appear Use this button to format the AV400 s har
48. ision select one option to send the Power thus allowing a longer SS A video signal compatible with your country s television system a ae Y Countries other than European or American will use one of battery autonomy P Off F these two systems Hard drive Ki 105 video Oum _ ce oct pe oaa tae buenas You can set the AV400 to conserve Sen neta nis nterna r Externa To display via the built in screen or to view the display via an external television Hold poe for both modes of operation eae ae ing the LCD TV button for three seconds will also alternate be when it is powered from the tween these two options Be sure your television is selecting the battery or when it is connected correct external input to the AC charger adapter DC LCD Brightness 0 1 2 The 3 brightness levels for the built in LCD screen Setting Power operation to a lower value will give you a longer battery autonomy Image Display Interlaced Progressive This is the way the video output will Parameter Description be sent to the television When viewing still images JPEG and F l BMP on a television screen set this to Progressive to reduce Power Off 1 9 minutes Never The number of minutes of user possible flickering in the image inactivity no buttons pressed before the AV400 shuts off During the playback of MP3 and AVI files this setting takes LCD Stability This setting is only for some models Use this to reduce any effect only after the files
49. it to shock e Do not subject it to heat Keep it ventilated especially when connected to a computer e Keep the AV400 away from water and excessively humid areas e Keep the AV400 away from high electromagnetic fields e Keep any connected cords to the AV400 neatly arranged This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child e Do not open up the AV400 There are no user serviceable parts inside Opening will void your warranty Hardware Reset In the event that your AV400 freezes operation due to electrostatic phenomena for example you can actuate a hardware reset by holding down on the STOP ESC button for 10 seconds In normal operation the STOP ESC button will shut down the AV400 after being held down for 3 seconds 3 MUSIC Playing Music Files Husic When you click on this icon in the main screen you will be sent directly to the Music folder Use the direction buttons to highlight one of the factory installed music selections and then Click on PLAY If you hear nothing at first make sure you have adjusted the volume control on the headphone cord By clicking on the Music icon in the main menu screen you will enter into a music only mode Other playable file types that may be in this folder are only listed if you enter the folder via the Browser Current Directory Play Order Play Mode One Directory Status Playing Volume maximum 31 Battery level full Artist or parent folder
50. l SD memory cards you can purchase the optional Archos 4 1 CompactFlash adapter which will allow these card types to be read by the AV400 49 50 by BROWSER Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the AV400 The file system is FAT32 the same type of file system that is found on Windows based computers That is it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders Because you will be putting hundreds of files on your AV400 it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly file structure Otherwise you will be spending time searching for files and not listening or watching them We suggest that on the first level of your file structure you include the folders Data Music Playlists Photo Video and Voice Browser a G Music Photo VYideo The folders Music Photo and Video are special folders in that the icons on the main screen lead to these folders and then places you directly in that folder If these folders are deleted you will be placed at the root level highest level of the directory hierarchy Navigating the Directory Structure iio Just below the top status bar you can see the path to the directory you are currently viewing u will use ENTER Open the highlighted folder directory or Play the highlighted file ESC STOP Go back to the main menu Parent Go to the parent directory go back up one level Example Go from f
51. l Any product without a warranty or serial number label Batteries and any consumable items delivered with or in the equipment a Warnings and Safety Instructions CAUTION To prevent risks of electric shock this unit must only be opened by qualified service personnel Power off and disconnect the power supply cable before opening the unit WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard do not expose the unit to rain or moisture Use of this product is for personal use only Copying CDs or loading music video or picture files for sale or other business purposes is or may be a violation of copyright law Copyrighted materials works of art and or presentations may require authorization to be fully or partially recorded Please be aware of all such applicable laws concerning the recording and use of such for your country and jurisdiction FCC Compliance Statement FCC Compliance This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules 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 inte
52. l Keyboard 16 Connecting Disconnecting the AV400 to from your PC 16 1 Connecting the AV400 Windows ME 2000 XP Home professional 54 Macintosh OS 9 X 55 Macintosh OS X 55 Macintosh OS X 10 2 Jaguar and 10 3 Panther 55 Windows 98SE 55 16 2 Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer Windows 57 Macintosh 58 30 32 32 32 37 38 43 45 47 48 49 50 51 53 54 57 29 35 37 40 42 47 50 54 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 18 Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System OS Download the Update _AV400 AOS file 66 Read the History txt File 66 Copy to AV400 root and Update 66 19 Technical Support 20 Troubleshooting 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 Windows 98SE amp ME Running Scan Disk Error Checking 73 Windows XP amp 2000 Running Check Disk Utility ChkDsk 73 21 Technical Specifications 22 Legal 59 60 62 62 64 65 65 70 71 71 72 72 59 66 68 70 75 76 Dear Customer ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV400 product Never before has one been able to carry with him or he
53. l repair or replace your AV400 product at its cost Thus one defective pixel is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product Avoiding Hearing Damage This product respects the current regulations for limiting the output volume of consumer audio devices to a safe level By listening to your device with headphones or earbuds at high volumes you run the risk of permanent damage to your ears Even if you get used to listening at high volumes and it seems normal to you you still risk the possibility of damaging your hearing Reduce the volume of your device to a reasonable level to avoid permanent hearing damage If you hear ringing in your ears reduce the volume or shut off your device This device has been tested with the Archos supplied earphones Other manufactures earphones may produces volume levels higher or lower than the Archos delivered earphones
54. l type as well as the selected aspect ratio on the top left of the pre record screen e Click the LEFT RIGHT buttons to adjust the sound input level Too far to the right will often give an overdriven distorted quality Too far to the left may make for a very soft sound Try a few recordings to get a sense of what is the best sound level Do not let the headphone volume fool you That can be adjusted independently with the UP DOWN buttons e If you would like to make a recording in another folder instead of the default Video folder go to the desired folder via the main Video icon then click on the right function button Record 3l 32 Where is the Recording Saved The default location for video recordings is the folder called Video If you click on the Video icon in the main menu you will go to this folder Notice that the right function button is labeled Record Each time you use this button to record video instead of the VideoCorder button on the main menu you set the recording default location to the current folder For example you have a folder called Video Television Documentaries If you go to this folder and then make a recording using the right function button Record you will set the default record location to this folder Now each time you use the VideoCorder icon to start a recording your recording will be saved in the folder Video Television Documentaries Copy Protection The AV400 video recording system is de
55. manually but in most cases you can just leave it on Auto Actual resolution depends on 4 3 5 3 16 9 or 2 35 recording format Bitrate 500 kb s 1000 kb s 1500kb s 2000 kb s 2500kb s Use this to set the encoding quality similar to the idea of JPEG image quality settings The higher the encoding rate the higher the image Resolution TV LCD Use this to set the resolution of the recorded image If you plan on playing the video most of the time on the built in screen then set it to LCD to record at the screen resolution of 320x240 pixels Set to TV it will record at the highest resolution possible quality but also the more hard drive space is used 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 Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image contrast Use this to de emphasize or saturate the colors in the recorded image Use this to change the color spectrum in the recorded image Change the above settings to the AV400 default settings Brightness Use this to increase or decrease the recorded image brightness e Once you have finished changing the parameters click any function button to return to the pre record screen e Concerning the video standard the AV400 will automatically recognize if the incoming video signal is NTSC American SECAM or PAL European There is no need to set anything You will see the signa
56. n adjust the recording parameters via the middle function button Settings Click on Hide Bar to hide the video recording overlay information 2 In most situations the video recording will work fine without your having to adjust the settings However by clicking on the middle function button you have access to a number of parameters that you can change before you start the recording See the table below for descriptions Click any function button to return to the pre record screen 3 Click on the PLAY PAUSE button to start the recording While recording you will see the length of time of the recording in the top left of the screen as well as a red record indicator Click on the PLAY PAUSE button again to pause the recording Click on the STOP ESC button to stop the recording The AV300 will take a few seconds to complete the proper saving of the AVI video file 29 30 9 1 VideoCorder Rename Auto stop Rec Duration Y IDOOO6 al On B 7 00 Setting the Recording Parameters You can set the recording parameters manually to suit your specific needs Click the center Settings button while in the pre recording screen Pre record Post record SOUrCe Format Resolution Hitrate Sampling GB 3min E 10 min Auto Auto TY ajajajaja Allows you to change the filename before the recording begins Auto Stop Rec Duration Pre record Source Format On Off If set to On t
57. ntire contents of the folder It will ask Delete folder Xxxxx and all files therein Use the function keys to reply Yes or No Delete Rename Change the name of the file or folder to something new You will be sent to the virtual keyboard see section 15 3 to enter the new file or folder name Create a new folder in the current level of the directory You will be sent to the virtual keyboard see section 15 3 to enter the new folder name Create Copying and Moving Files and Folders By using the unique Archos double browser system you can copy or move files from one location in the file structure to another 1000 files per folder maximum You simply click on the RIGHT button and a second browser window will open The double browser can be used in Photo View Left browser is an inserted memory card and right browser the 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 disk In the Browser mode you can jump between the two windows using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons Where the cursor is highlighting a file or folder that window is the source for the copy The destination folder will be the other window For example we want to copy the file Project X doc from the HD Data Files from Work folder to the HD Data Backed up Files folder We must start from the main screen Browser mode Ki
58. odels come with an external charger adapter Physical Dimensions Model 420 127 x 82 x 21 mm 5 0 x 3 2 x 83 inches 274 grams Models 440 480 127 x 82 x 27 mm 5 0 x 3 2 x 1 1 inches 315 grams Temperature Range 5 C to 35 C running 20 C to 45 C storage System Requirements PC Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP Pentium II 266MHz with 64MB ram Mac OS 9 2 or X 10 2 4 iMac G3 or higher GB billion bytes formatted capacity Is less DivX is a trademark of DivXNetworks Inc Depending on usage stop start writing 75 76 CL vue Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and specific remedies are available to the Original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty Manufacturer s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract In general the manufacturer shall not be responsible for product damages caused by natural disasters fire static discharge misuse abuse neglect improper handling or installation unauthorized repair alteration or accident In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for loss of data stored on disk media MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF IN ADVANCE ARCHOS licensor s makes no warranties express or implied including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness fo
59. older Music Wes Burden to Music Move the cursor up and down to the previous or next file or folder Navigating the Directory Structure Depending on where you are in the directory system you will have the option to manipulate files and folders From the main menu click on Browser Attention there is a setting in the Setup gt System menu called Show all files If this is set to Off the AV400 will only display file types mp3 jpg avi etc That is it displays only the file types that it knows how to play To see all your files including ones it cannot play change the Show all files system setting to On Files that it cannot play will be preceded by the unknown file type icon sp File Operations Folder Operations 2 MP3 7 34 128 kbs Kja 8 17 09 a uja 17 10 The Beach Boys The Beatles The Byrds The Doors The Eagles The Kinks The Moody Blues The Police The Rolling Stones The Who Wes Burden t Parent t parent folder d Brave New World d Mirror Pee Through the rain Info Delete _ Rename vs O Folder Oo JO Folder Info Show file information such as song length video length photo size number of kilobytes used of hard disk space date file was made etc Delete the file permanently from the AV400 Before it is deleted the AV400 will ask Delete file xxxxx Use the function keys to reply Yes or No For folder it will delete the e
60. on of the OS Each time the AV400 starts up the OS version is displayed on the screen example OS Version 1 1 on the bottom right You will find the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the Archos website www archos com under the category Software Download the Update_AV400 AOS file When you click on the link to download the new OS file the file name is Update_AV400 AOS your browser may warn you that the contents of the download may harm your computer This is because the Windows system does not know what a AOS file is Be assured that Archos has made every effort to ensure that the file does not contain viruses Click on the option Save to download this file to a convenient place such as My Documents in order to later copy this file to your AV400 If your AV400 is connected to your PC you can even save it directly to the AV400 File Download iz x Pa Some files can harm your computer If the file information below tf looks suspicious or you do not fully trust the source do not open or save this file File name Update_AV400 40S File type From www archos com Would you like to open the file or save it to your computer Open EA Cancel More Info IV Always ask before opening this type of file Read the History txt File You will also find next to the firmware download a text file which details the list of changes from the previous version of the OS Copy to AV400 root and Update W
61. ons e Properly connect the AV400 to your computer as explained in chapter 16 73 74 Wait patiently up to 5 minutes for Windows XP to show the local drive as mounted Open a DOS window Programs gt Accessories gt Command Prompt At the prompt type chkdsk e f Use e or f or whatever drive letter is representing your AV400 The f argument tells the program to automatically fix errors Be patient this may take a while When it is finished exit the DOS Window and properly disconnect the AV400 from your computer rad Technical Specifications ARCHOS VIDEO AV400 series Video Playback Video track MPEG 4 Simple Profile compliant AVI format DivX 4 0 amp 5 0 amp XviD 720 x 576 pixels 25fps maximum Sound track MP3 or WAV IMA ADPCM stereo sound tracks Screen Depending on model either a 3 5 or 3 8 inch color TFT LCD QVGA 320x240 pixels 262 thousand colors Video output in PAL EU or NTSC US standard Playback Autonomy Model 420 Up to 12 hours MP3 up to 4 hours video Models 440 480 Up to 16 hrs music up to 4 1 2 hrs video Scalability Free Operating System updates downloadable from ARCHOS website CompactFlash slot to read CompactFlash type 1 memory cards AV Connections Audio video Multi connect jack Includes connections for audio video IN and audio video OUT Power source Model 420 Removable Lithium Ion battery pack Models 440 480 Non removable internal Lithium Ion battery pack All m
62. own to the left you will see the progress as it processes the video file If the Start button is grayed out it would be for one of two reasons 1 The source file is not a true AVI file Even if the file name ends with avi the internal file data determines if it is truly an AVI file 2 The 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 VirtualDub Status 24 hours o E L x Main Video Pet Log 3483 107538 Current audio sample 0 0 Video data 18 1MB 128KB s Audio data 0 bytes 560 26MB 49 9 fps Time elapsed 1 14 Total time estimated 38 19 Current video frame Projected file size Video rendering rate Progress Processing thread priority Noma ts iV Show input video gt V Show output video 4 PHOTO Viewing Photos E Photo The AV400 series support the viewing of JPEG jpg and Bitmap bmp image formats Progressive JPEG images are not supported The AV400 will resize the image to fit on the built in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output The yellow bar above the list of files indicates that you are in the Photo Only mode meaning that only files of type JPEG or BMP will be visible in the directory The three images on the right are thumbnail sized pictures of the highlighted file center and the picture just before and just after the highligh
63. pre recording Setup screen If you have the TV cradle unit you can plug the Red and White connectors of the AV In cables to the output of you home stereo system or the audio device you are recording from If you have the optional multi connect adapter plug you can enter a stereo audio signal into the AV400 directly Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line level and not an amplified signal turning down the volume on the player will work if you are using the headphone out signal of your audio device An amplified signal will make for a terribly distorted recording You can also use a high quality pre amplified microphone such as the one Archos sells as an option Incremental Recording While recording you will notice the center function button gt mex labeled Next This allows you to create incremental recordings That is the current recording stops and a new recording instantly begins The next recording has an additional number appended to its name Thus if you create multiple incremental recordings you might for example have files names of REC0O000_01 RECOQQ00_02 etc This is good for recording old cassettes and old vinyl records You can click on the Next button during the blank space between each song That way each song of the vinyl disk or audio cassette will be one single MP3 file Where is the Recording Saved The default location for audio recordings is the folder called Music If you click on the Music icon
64. r a particular purpose regarding the licensed materials ARCHOS s licensor s does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the licensed materials in terms of its correctness accuracy reliability correctness or otherwise The entire risk as to the results and performance of the licensed materials Is assumed by you The exclusion of implied warranties is not permitted by some jurisdictions The above exclusion may not apply to you In no event will ARCHOS s licensor s and their directors officers employees or agents collectively ARCHOS licensor be liable to you for any consequential incidental or indirect damages including damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information and the like arising out of the use of inability to use the licensed materials even if ARCHOS licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages Because some jurisdiction do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages the above limitations may not apply to you Please see your sales contract for a complete statement of warranty rights remedies and limitation of liability Furthermore warranty does not apply to pa Damages or problems resulting from misuse abuse accident alteration or incorrect electrical current or voltage Any product tampered with or damaged warranty seal or serial number labe
65. r photos in this example DCIM 113CANON Move to the right window click right button and navigate to the folder you would like to save your photos to you can create a new folder if you need to by clicking on the center file button CompackFlash i parent folder E parent folde F e IMG_ 1310 IMG 1311 E IMG_ 1312 ES IMG_1313 E parent folder E parent folde IMG 1310 IMG 1310 IMG 1311 IMG 1311 E IMG 1312 GE IMG_1a12 E IMG _ 1313 CLLR EIE E IMG_1314 E IMG_1315 IMG 1316 E IMG 1317 E IMG _ 1318 E IMG_ 1319 m IMG_1314 IMG 1315 GS IMG_1316 IMG 131 B IMG_1318 IMG_1313 rile S IMG 1314 ES IMG_1315 E IMG_1316 E IMG_la1 ES IMG_1316 ES IMG_1319 Photos from CompactFlash on the left and your AV400 hard disk on the right Choose destination folder then choose File gt Copy All Your files will be copied to the folder on the right side of the screen You can now pull out the CF card from the AV400 If your image files are not seen in the left screen you may have to go the Setup gt System gt Show all files parameter and set it to On Once set to on all file types regardless of their extention txt raw pdf etc which are on your CF card will be visible in the left browser screen You cannot copy files to your CF cards from your AV400 If your camera uses SmartMedia Memory Stick MS MultiMedia Card MMC or Secure Digita
66. r 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 the functions of the AV400 Our engineers have packed this product with many functions and capabilities The better you know how to use it the more enjoyment you will get from it Remember with the AV400 you can e Play MPEG 4 video files on the built in screen a television or video projector e Record and edit MPEG 4 video files from a television or other video device e View JPEG and BMP images and slide shows e Listen to MP3 WMA or WAV music files e Record music files into digital format directly from your hi fi without a computer e Use it as a voice recorder e Store DOC TXT or any type of data file it s a portable hard drive too e Create music Playlists e Copy Pictures or data from CompactFlash cards directly to the AV400 We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV400 product Please do register your product at our website www archos com register products html to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product Wishing you the best Video Music and Photo experience The ARCHOS TEAM sTonmnoadnuasy o p q INTRO Port
67. ree options Resume Start playing from the bookmarked position Ignore Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning Clear Clear the bookmark from this file and start playing from the very beginning The Resume Function When you turn on your AV400 you will sometimes notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Browser but rather the Resume icon This icon is highlighted when the AV400 can resume the last played audio or video file 27 28 Display Format Settings You will notice in the Options button center function button 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 CMD Default mode Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the LCD screen rE 4 3 aspect Enlarge the image to fill the screen usually a vertical fill and 4 3 h then cut the sides to completely fill a television screen 16 9 aspect Send out a TV signal without the black horizontal bars Will not be cropped on the LCD No Overscan Picture will not pass into the overscan area Entire picture will always be seen on all televisions Playing Video Files from the Internet The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to create video files is very extensive and seems to change on a weekly basis There are so many standards and formats that it is very possible that the video file
68. rference 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 e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CAUTION Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void users authority to operate this device FCC Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Electrostatic Discharge Note During electrostatic discharge the product may 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 77 78 Copyright Notice Copyright ARCHOS 2003 All rights reserved This document may not in whole or part be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without prior consent in writing from ARCHOS All brands and products names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective o
69. s Buttons and Connections Wes Burden Braye New World Mirror MP3 128 kb s 44 1 KHz Next track Can t Fight This Feeling 0 00 31 0 04 22 0 04 53 Hard disk activity indicator red On indicator green Battery charger indicator green Move UP also increases volume during media playback Move DOWN also decreases volume during media playback Move LEFT also plays previous song or fast reverse through song or video Move RIGHT also plays next song or fast forward through song or video On Enter Play Go Hold for 4 seconds to turn on Escape Stop Off Hold for 4 seconds to turn off device Left function button Activates the left on screen menu item p Also buttons lock Center function button Activates the center on screen menu item q Also speaker on off Right function button Activates the right on screen menu item r LCD TV button Hold down for 3 seconds to switch between LCD and external TV display TFT LCD screen 320 x 240 pixels Built in loud speaker hold down on button k for three seconds to turn speaker on and off Screen function buttons which correspond to j k rad 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 d
70. s to start with 2 ee orr See the table below for an explanation of ea ort each ee device code is Panso Test ON OFF Tune device code one code mer available Some manufacturers use amp only one set of codes for all of their products Their codes do not change from one model to another or from one year to another In this case there will only be one single code You can now test the channel select Tune device code multiple codes available Some makers of video equipment don t use the same set of control codes for all of their products They have various code sets for various models and various years You will have to try each of the codes to find out which code works with your device In the example screen you see the code C109 If this code does not work when doing the Test channel select advance it to the next code and then test to see if that next code works Test channel select When you press the Test channel select button Highlight test channel select and press ENTER button on AV400 the AV400 will send a signal through the cradle to the Infrared Emitter stuck to your device and changes the channel If the Number of digits parameter is set to three it will try to select channel 123 If that parameter is set to 2 or 1 it will send the code for channel 12 and channel 1 respectively Test ON OFF When you click on the Test On Off button the AV400 will send a signal to the TV
71. screen select Audio Corder then click on ENTER GO 2 In the pre recording screen adjust the recording level by clicking on the LEFT and RIGHT buttons Click on the right function button to start recording Attention the first time recording you should adjust your Settings 20 Pd Audio Corder Set Title REcoOoO1 Recording Formatia Source Sampling a WAY PCH Microphone 227 05 KHz elle 3 Click on Settings to reveal the re cording parameters screen as shown above Be sure to set the correct Source You will hear silence during recording and playback if the incorrect T MUSICI Microphone 227 05 kHz WAY PCM 03363 KB Of05kbis 4 Once you have clicked on the Start button you can pause the recording by clicking the same function button now labelled Pause or stop the recording by clicking on the STOP button source is chosen You should try some test recordings before deciding on which recording level gives the best sound quality Don t be tricked by the volume of the headphones which can be adjusted independently with the UP and DOWN buttons Microphone The built in microphone is located on the top of the AV400 unit Make sure that you have selected Microphone as the input source in the pre recording Settings screen Analog Line In You can record from any line level audio source to the AV400 Make sure that you select the Analog Line In as the input source in the
72. sic to your AV400 7 MUSIC Using iTunes with your AV400 8 VIDEO Playing Video 8 1 Setting a Bookmark 8 2 The Resume Function 8 3 Display Format Settings 8 4 Playing Video Files from the Internet O O O O O 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 19 21 21 23 23 24 27 27 28 28 11 16 19 23 25 26 9 VIDEO Recording MPEG4 Video Files 9 1 Setting the Recording Parameters 9 2 Where is the Recording Saved 9 3 Copy Protection 9 4 Manually Setting the Scheduler 10 Automated Yahoo TV Recording Scheduler 11 VIDEO Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 11 1 Part 1 Choose your Device Brand and Model 11 2 Part 2 Testing the Emitter codes 12 VIDEO Editing Video Files 13 VIDEO Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer How to create an MPEG 4 video file 42 PC Tools 42 Macintosh Users 42 13 1 Installing the PC Software DivX Codec 43 Virtual Dub 43 MPEG4 Translator 43 MP3 Sound Codec 44 13 2 Using MPEG4 Translator Select Source amp Destination Files 45 Change Settings 45 Target amp Priority 46 Start 46 14 PHOTO Viewing Photos 14 1 Viewing Photos Magnifying Photos 48 14 2 Viewing a slideshow 14 3 Transferring photos to your AV400 15 BROWSER Using the Browser 15 1 Navigating the Directory Structure 15 2 Navigating the Directory Structure File Operations 51 Folder Operations 51 Copying and Moving Files and Folders 52 15 3 Using the Virtua
73. signed to respect the copyright protection system If the source of your video is copy protected the AV400 will record in protected mode You will see a P icon on the recording screen not playback indicating that the file will be a protected file Protected files can only be played back on the AV400 that created it The file will not play on a computer Further the playback of protected files will be limited to the built in LCD screen and not to an external television Manually Setting the Scheduler If you would like to make a video recording for a future date or time you can use the scheduler You can find it by going to VideoCorder and then clicking on the right function button Scheduler You can program up to twenty different recordings up to one month in advance Once you program your dates and times of recording press the left function button SAVE You can now put your AV400 into standby mode by pressing on the red Standby Off button on your Archos remote control Once the scheduler is set you will see an icon on the top Videocorder status bar indicating that it is set to make a timed recording e Click on the right function button Scheduler e Set each line to the desired date and time and channel if you are using the InfraRed emitter to control your VCR cable box or satellite receiver Click on the center function button Title to set the file name of the scheduled recording Click on Save e The scheduler icon ind
74. t will take the MP3 song itself and place it into that album subfolder Thus although it is a clean structure of artists and albums i Tunes does not follow the AV400 convention of placing the music into the Music folder first 25 26 8 VIDEO Playing Video Like a music file you simply highlight the video file and then click on PLAY GO The thumbnail images on the right side will show you a frame from the highlighted video file center as well as a frame from the file above and the file below the highlighted one By clicking on the Video icon in the main menu you will enter into a video only mode Other playable file types that may be in this folder are only listed if you enter the folder via the Browser a ion Video 2 To watch your videos on a television you must hold down the LCD TV button for three second The AV400 screen will go black and the video will be sent out to your connected television Switch your television to auxiliary video input often found just below channel 1 sometimes called Li or L2 If you don t see a clear color image you may have to set your AV400 to your local television standard NTSC or PAL in the Setup gt Display settings menu parent folder Fi French Tarte Fitriassic recreational area The New Salem Cop Beat show E Crosstone Place Ei Hoodiums of Albany E Leaving with the breeze e Use the PLAY GO button to pause unpause t
75. t 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 Bitrate Variable bitrate mode bd Max Bitrate O kbps bo e00 kbps Encoding bitrate Target amp Priority You should select the target as AV400 You will see a Priority box appear This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be guarded If for example you are re encoding a video file that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second this is beyond the maximum resolution that the AV400 can play Thus the MPG4 Ba Translator program will have to Target Archos Video AV400 Priority 45 46 decrease the resolution Choosing LCD optimizes the final video format 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 Start Click on Start 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 sh
76. ted file If you are viewing photos on a television it is recommended G 1600212700 O3Febos t parent folder C IMG_ 0424 GQIMG 0425 C IMG_0426 3 IMG 0427 Bm thatyou setthe Image Display Bio Ha setting to Progressive to G IMG_0432 eliminate any possible screen ELERE flicker You will find this in the menu Setup gt Display 14 1 Viewing Photos When you click Enter on a highlighted image file the AV400 will display the image in the carrousel either alone within a group of 4 images or within a group of 9 images A red rectangle will surround the selected photo Click on Enter again to display the image in full screen Once it is displayed as a full screen image you can rotate it magnify it or set it as the AV400 screen background Wallpaper IMG0007 1 x 1 image 2 x 2 images 3 x 3 images IMG0007 Rotate picture 90 left View next photo amp W Info Delete 7 Save as wallpaper Ma a Pi lie Pictures s Z Hide Rotate picture 90 right View previous photo e Click the left function button Pic to change the number of photos in the carrousel view e Click the center function button Picture to display the picture options e Click on the right function button Hide to hide the picture name and function buttons Magnifying Photos Once the picture is displayed in full screen clicking the PLAY GO button will magnify the image up to three levels Each successive
77. this while listening to music so that you can hear the changes you make Simply click on the LEFT function button Setup while listening to music e Once in the Setup screen move over to the Sound icon and click again on ENTER Use LEFT and RIGHT to Built in speaker E Of change a parameter s value You will cee ops hear these changes instantly are e Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select a different parameter e Click on STOP ESC when finished You will return to the Setup screen e Click on STOP ESC again and you will return to the music playing screen Sound E D 0 0 E a Bo j0 Bass Boost Reset 59 60 The Sound Parameters Parameter Description Turns on and off the built in speaker Same as long press on the center function button 32 levels of volume 0 31 Bas 10 levels Decreases or Increases the low frequencies Treble Built in Speaker 10 levels Favors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal 10 levels Decreases or Increases the high frequencies 10 levels Increases the very low frequencies Reset button Readjusts all settings to their default values e lt a NJ 2 Play Mode Settings If you would like the AV400 to play through an entire folder of songs play songs at random shuffle or any of the other playing Pitt options you can set these parameters in the PlayMode settings e Click on STOP ESC to return to the AV400 main menu and click
78. ting of this manual there are two versions of ID3 tags that are firmly established standards ID3 version 1 and ID3 version 2 Your AV400 can read either version of tags and display the information If both sets of tags have information the data from the ID3 version 2 tag will be displayed Other tag information may include year and genre of music These other tag data are not displayed by the AV400 but are used to index your music in the ARCLibrary see next section The ARCLibrary Browsing by Album Artist or Song name The ARCLibrary is a system for choosing your music by its characteristics It can be turned On or Off in the settings from Setup gt Playmode As shown in this screen capture you can select your music by Artist Album Song Title Genre or Year MP3 and WMA music files have internal data tags to hold information about the song For MP3 files these are known as ID3 tags Not all MP3 files have all this information filled in If you purchase a song from a music download service the songs will have this information If you have an MP3 or WMA file without this tag information then you can add or change it by going to the properties of the file in Windows Explorer Once you re index into the ARCLibrary you will access to this track with the ARCLibrary Audio files created with the microphone will be indexed as Artist ARCHOS and Album Audio Recording The ARCLibrary indexes all the music on ARCLibrar rary
79. to safely disconnect the AV400 1 The safe remove icon is in the system tray next to the clock gt Ha 05 24 0 41 WEF 3 14 Windows XP Windows 98SE Windows 2000 amp Windows ME 57 58 2 Click on the icon to eject unmount the AV400 from the computer and select the Safely remove message i Safe To Remove Hardware Archos JukeBox Eject TERAS Le amp x The USB Mass Storage Device device can now be safely removed from the system Windows XP Windows 98SE Note Hitachi_DK23DA 20 only indicates the type of hard disk used inside of the AV400 Macintosh JUKEBOX Drag the AV400 hard disk icon towards the trashcan the trashcan will become a big arrow as shown in the screen shot to the left Mac OS 9 x will still retain the trashcan icon This is OK don t worry Drop the hard disk icon onto the arrow or trashcan The hard disk icon will disappear from the desktop You can now Safely unplug the USB cable from your AV400 and or computer 17 SETTINGS From the home screen select the Setup option to reveal the menu options for various settings aS sound Play Mode Clock ve x B oe ay p re a RESTE Fil Display Power System oO vierend AodinGandter Into Sound Settings CA If you would like to customize the sound quality you can adjust L the Bass Treble and other audio settings to suit your particular taste Normally you will do
80. ts you can save on the AV400 hard disk Playlists are indicated by a special list icon circled icon to the left Playing a Playlist gzogisoo0 TO play a Playlist you simply scroll to the HDiPlaylists J lt Cp parent folder Brave New World Playlist such as Jazz Music shown to the eat is ae left and click on PLAY The list of songs Stones will be loaded into the internal memory of the AV400 and then be displayed in a separate panel Jazz Music m3u Notepad 5 x Click on PLAY Q and the songs will FS EE New wor ld mp3 be played in the order shown To fMusic wes Burden Mirror mp3 ywusic wes Burden Through the rain mp3 shuffle the music entries in a random order you can click on Playlist then choose Shuffle You can open a Playlist file Playlistnhame m3u on your computer with a text editor such as Notepad and you will see that it is merely a list of files to be played along with the hard disk path to find them If you delete a Playlist from your AV400 you are only deleting the list and not the music itself Example of the contents of the m3u Playlist file Jazz Music Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist press the RIGHT gt 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
81. u may loose data This wizard searches for new drivers for AV 400USB2 0 Adapter 4 device driver is a software program that makes a ork hardware device w 1 Windows 98SE has recognized a new piece of hardware the AV400 and starts its wizard Click on Next Windows will search for new drivers in its driver database ive in any of the following selected locations Click Next to start the search T Floppy disk drives T CD ROM drive Ju ficrosoth windows Update IV Specify a location D Drivers v Browse 3 Uncheck all of the checked boxes and then check the box Specify a location Type in the location that you had downloaded the driver to Click on Next and Windows will then load the correct drivers What do you want Windows to do Search for the best driver for your device Recommended i Bevessensevsessensnssnseesssssserscntensensnssnecsssnssnsssssessnsenscssenssensensessensonsoned Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want Peed 2 Click on the button Search for the best driver Now click on Next Windows driver file search for the device ARCHOS A 400 USB2 0 adapter Windows is now ready to install the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver a4 DADnvers ARCHOS 14T PPFX INF 4 Windows is now ready to
82. ur desktop but ONLY after a very long wait up to 10 minutes Version 10 0 of OS X does not have the ability to properly recognize a mass storage device such as the AV400 Macintosh OS X 10 2 Jaguar and 10 3 Panther If you have OS 10 2 you must update to version 10 2 4 or newer This is a 4 Go 14 Fri 10 46 free update from Apple Computer You will not require E any special installation 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 JUKEBOX Windows 98SE You will first need to go to the Archos website www archos com to download the driver for this old version of Windows Go to the section Download gt Drivers and download the All USB Drivers package When you first plug an AV400 into a computer running Windows 98SE it will recognize the hardware and ask to have drivers installed Carefully follow the instructions below After installation of the drivers and restarting the 55 56 computer you will be able to drag and drops file between your computer and the AV400 using Windows Explorer Be careful also to understand the correct disconnection procedure in section 16 2 Incorrect disconnection can cause your computer to freeze or yo
83. use the calendar feature the AV400 can read the TV programs scheduled into your personal calendar and thus make scheduled recordings this way You can sign up for an account and learn how to use the My Yahoo TV and calendar functions at the Yahoo Website www yahoo com You must do the following O UI eA 1 Connect your AV400 to your computer 2 Go to your personal Yahoo calendar which has your TV programs scheduled Choose the Week view starting with the current day as the beginning of the week Click on Printable View to show a cleaner printable version From your browser menu click on File gt Save As to save the file Do not change the File Name but do change the Save as Type to Web page html only Now save the file to the folder System on your AV400 Once you disconnect the AV400 from your computer the AV400 will automatically update its scheduler with the newly saved TV programs from your My Yahoo Calendar If the AV400 encounters a television station name that it does not know the channel number for was never set it will indicate so and direct you to go to the scheduler to manually assign a channel to the station name Notes If the TV programs from your personal calendar do not seem to be correctly copied to the AV400 scheduler go to the Archos web site to make sure that have the very latest version of the AV400 firmware Update your firmware Operating System as explained
84. ven the most difficult video translations When you install it with the 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 program where to find it MPEG4 Translator 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 Dub how to process the video file It sets all the parameters for Virtual Dub specifically to create a video file in the right size and format to be read by the AV400 When you run it for the first time the MPEG4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program If you did not install Virtual Dub 43 44 in the default location you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is MP3 Sound Codec If MP4SP detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC it will use it and your video file sound track will be MP3 Otherwise it will use the standard IMA ADPCM codec There are MP3 encoders usually packaged together as an encoder and decoder available on the Web for you to download If you choose to use the LAME codec make sure that you have a version built with the ACM front end You can find other MP3 codecs on the web by using the search terms ACM MP3 and CODEC in your favorite web search engine Once this MP3 codec is installed into your system Mpe
85. wners Specifications are subject to change without notification Errors and omissions accepted Images and illustrations may not always match contents Copyright ARCHOS All rights reserved Disclaimer of warranty to the extent allowed by applicable law representations and warranties of non infringement of copyrights or other intellectual property rights resulting from the use of the product under conditions other than as here above specified are hereby excluded LCD Pixel Policy The LCD screen on your Archos AV400 unit has been manufactured to rigorous standards to provide a high quality viewing experience Nevertheless your LCD screen may have slight imperfections This is not particular to the Archos screen but to all devices which have LCD screens regardless of the original manufacturer of the LCD Each product vendor guarantees that his screen will contain no more than a certain number of defective pixels Each screen pixel contains three dot elements Red Blue and Green One or all of the dots in a given pixel may be stuck on or stuck off A single dot stuck off is the least noticeable All three dots of a pixel stuck on is the most noticeable Archos guarantees that its AV400 screen will have no more than 1 defective pixel regardless if that pixel has one or more defective dots This means that during the period of guarantee for your country or jurisdiction if the screen on your product has two or more defective pixels Archos wil
86. ylist to fHD Playlists J Playlist0001 parent folder Brave New World DRoad Music Mirror Ubstones 23 USE 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 Close Closes the windows and returns to the main menu screen Rename Renames the current playlist Shuffle Randomly shuffles the order of the songs in the current playlist Clear Clears the contents of 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 Click OK when finished 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 if 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 fo a different folder you ll have fo recreate your Playlist 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 pet Playlist e While playing a song
87. 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 icon will be made to indicate that it is in the Playlist Continue searching and adding songs in this manner until you are satisfied You can also click the Add or Insert button when highlighting a folder All the contents of the folder and its subfolders will be added or inserted into the current playlist You can jump back and forth between the browser and the playlist by clicking on the LEFT lt and RIGHT gt buttons A Playlist can have a maximum of 5000 songs We recommend that you save your Playlists J Playlistooo1 J 4 J Brave New Wo J Mirror usic Wes Burden t parent folder J Brave New World 3J Mirror J Through the rain 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 gt button You will then see the list of songs in the current Playlist 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 Pla

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