English Language User Manual AV420 · · · · · MPEG-4 Video Player & Recorder MP3 & WMA Music Player Photo Viewer USB 2.0 Hard Disk Digital Audio Recorder USB Windows® Device ARCHOSTM POCKET VIDEO RECORDER User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV420 USB Windows® Device Manual version 1.0 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1 Table of Contents 1 2 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections INTRO - First Time Usage 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the AV400 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features Changing the Interface Language Foreign Character Sets Charging the Batteries Caring for the AV400 Hardware Reset Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Display Format Settings Non Protected Internet Video Content Setting the Recording Parameters Where is the Recording Saved? Copy Protection Manually Setting the Scheduler 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 6 8 3 VIDEO - Playing Video Files 3.1 3.2 3.3 12 13 13 11 4 5 Playing Video Files from the Internet 4.1 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 14 14 15 16 18 18 18 VIDEO - Recording Video Files 6 7 VIDEO - Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler VIDEO ­ Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 7.1 7.2 Part 1: Choose your Device, Brand and Model Part 2: Testing the Emitter codes 23 24 21 23 8 9 VIDEO - Editing Video Files VIDEO - Creating MPEG4 video files with your computer How to create an MPEG-4 video file PC Tools Macintosh Users Installing the PC Software DivXTM Codec Virtual DubTM MPG4 Translator MP3 Sound Codec Using MPG4 Translator Select Source & Destination Files Change Settings Target & Priority Start 28 28 28 29 26 28 9.1 29 29 29 30 30 9.2 31 31 31 32 2 10 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 Button Control Play Screen Icons Browsing through your Music Library Playing Through your Stereo System Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the AV400 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Transferring your CD collection to the AV400 Installing Windows Media® Player 9 (WMP9) Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) Playing a Playlist Creating a Playlist Saving a Playlist Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music Cable Connections for Audio Recording Recording Procedure Microphone Analog Line-In Incremental Recording Where is the Recording Saved? Audio Editing 33 34 34 35 36 36 33 11 MUSIC ­ Putting Music onto your AV400 37 38 38 39 40 37 12 MUSIC - Playlists 41 42 42 43 41 13 MUSIC - Recording Music 44 44 44 45 45 46 46 46 13.3 13.4 14 MUSIC - Using iTunesTM with your AV400 15 PHOTO - Viewing Photos 15.1 15.2 15.3 16.1 16.2 Viewing Photos Magnifying Photos Viewing a slideshow Transferring photos to your AV400 Navigating the Directory Structure File and Folder Operations File Operations Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders Using the Virtual Keyboard USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') Connecting the AV400 Windows® XP Windows® ME and 2000 MacintoshTM OS X Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer Windows® Macintosh® 49 48 49 50 50 50 16 BROWSER - Using the Browser 52 53 52 53 53 54 55 16.3 17.1 17.2 17 Connecting/Disconnecting* the AV400 to/from your PC 56 56 56 57 57 58 58 17.3 58 59 3 18 SETTINGS 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings Display Settings Power Settings System Settings TV control 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 60 19 Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System (OS) Download the Update_AV400.AOS file Read the History.txt File Copy to the AV400 `Hard Drive' or `Windows Device'? Activate the Update 68 68 68 69 69 68 20 Technical Support 21 Troubleshooting 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 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 & ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) Windows® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) 72 73 73 74 74 70 72 76 76 22 Technical Specifications 23 Legal 77 78 4 Dear Customer, ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV400 product. Never before has one been able to record, play, and carry with them, so much digital media. Be it digital videos, digital music or digital photos, you can enjoy all of these, on the go, without a computer. The AV400 is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system. With the TV cradle connected to your television, you can slip your AV400 in and out as desired. Optionally, you can connect it to your computer with the included USB Cable. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantages of downloading digital audio and video content from the Internet. Since it is a PlaysForSure device, you have a wide choice of music and video content on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure program, see www.playsforsure.com. Remember, with the AV400, you can... · · · · · · · · · Play MPEG-4 & WMV video files on the built-in screen, a television or video projector Record and edit MPEG-4 video files from a television or other video device Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music files or PlaysForSure protected music files Record music files into digital format directly from your hi-fi without a computer Synchronize your Windows® Media Player music and video library to your AV400 Use it as a digital voice recorder, it has a built-in microphone View JPEG and BMP images and slide shows Copy Pictures or data from CompactFlashTM cards directly to the AV400 Store .DOC, .TXT, or any type of data file ­ it's a portable hard drive too! 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 5 1 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p,q,r 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, l 6 a b c LCD/TV button ­ Hold down for 3 seconds to switch between LCD and external TV display Microphone ­ for making digital voice recordings CompactFlashTM Type I slot a b c USB 2.0 high speed port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect the AV400 to your computer Power Connector (use only the supplied Archos power charger/adapter) Multi-connect jack* ­ for headphones, TV Cradle, and AV in/out connections *The optional multi-connect adapter and AV cable allow for audio and video playing (cable) and recording (cable+adapter) without the TV Cradle. Multi-connect Adapter AV Cable 7 2 2.1 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. Plugging in the AC Adapter · Use only the included ARCHOS charger/adapter. · Before using for the first time, charge the batteries completely. The charge indicator (CHG) light just below the navigation pad will start to blink when the battery is charged. · 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 · Hold the PLAY/ON button 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. · 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 To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button for 3 seconds. In the Power menu [Setup Power: Battery Operation] there is a Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 2 minutes. Thus, if your AV400 is idle for 2 minutes, it will shut off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes. In the Power menu [Setup Power: Battery Operation] 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 18.5 for a complete explanation. 8 2.4 Changing the Interface Language The AV400 interface can be set to English (default), French, Spanish, German, or Russian. · Using the arrow buttons, highlight Setup and then click PLAY/ ENTER . · Highlight the Display icon and click PLAY/ENTER . · Highlight the Language parameter. · Click the Right or Left button to choose the desired language. · Choose the desired language. · The language displayed will change immediately. · Click on the STOP/ESC button twice to return to the main menu screen. 2.5 Foreign Character Sets You have the possibility to display your file names, folder names, and music 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 /Archos 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 folder /system on the AV400 and shut down and restart the AV400. File names, folder names, and music 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. 2.6 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 battery is charged, this light will blink, indicating that you can disconnect the charger/adapter. To charge the battery to the maximum capacity, continue charging (with AV400 on) for at least an hour after the charge light starts to blink. The internal battery can only be changed by an Archos technician. Opening your product will void the warrantee. * depending on how you use it (start/stop/writing, etc.) 9 2.7 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. · Do not subject it to shock. · Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer). · Keep the AV400 away from water and excessively humid areas. · Keep the AV400 away from high electromagnetic fields. · Keep any connected cords to the AV400 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. · Do not open up the AV400. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty. 2.8 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 15 seconds. In normal operation, the STOP/ESC button will shut down the AV400 after being held down for 3 seconds. 10 3 VIDEO - Playing Video Files Click on the Video icon in main menu, highlight the desired 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 ...