Archos AV420 user manual Installing the PC Software

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9.1Installing 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.

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 even 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 MPG4 Translator program where to ﬁnd it.

MPG4 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 MPG4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not install Virtual Dub in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is.

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Contents AV420 Table of Contents Music Playing Music Files Technical Specifications Legal Archos Team Intro Ports, Buttons and Connections Multi-connect Adapter Intro First Time Usage Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving featuresPlugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the AV400Charging the Batteries Changing the Interface LanguageForeign Character Sets Caring for the AV400 Hardware ResetVideo Playing Video Files Set Screen Format Setting a BookmarkResume Function Display Format SettingsPlaying Video Files from the Internet Non Protected Internet Video ContentVideo Recording Video Files Pre-record Screen Setup Parameters During RecordingSetting the Recording Parameters Resolution Copy Protection Where is the Recording Saved?Manually Setting the Scheduler Page Page Video Automated Yahoo! TV Recording Scheduler Page Part 1 Choose your Device, Brand and Model Video Setting the Infrared Emitter CodePart 2 Testing the Emitter codes Channel. Example Set to 3 if you need to choose a channel Video Editing Video Files Page VIDEO-CreatingMPEG4videofileswithyourcomputer Installing the PC Software Using MPG4 Translator Select Source & Destination Files Target & Priority Button Control Music Playing Music FilesBrowsing through your Music Library Play Screen IconsPlaying Through your Stereo System Setting a Bookmark Music Putting Music onto your AV400 Transferring your CD collection to the AV400 WMP9 WMP10Copy the Installation folder and run the installer Installing Windows Media Player 9 WMP9Installing Windows Media Player 10 WMP10 Playing a Playlist Music PlaylistsSaving a Playlist Creating a PlaylistAdding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music Cable Connections for Audio Recording Recording ProcedureMusic Recording Music Microphone Incremental Recording Audio EditingPage Music Using iTunes with your AV400 Viewing Photos Photo Viewing PhotosTransferring photos to your AV400 Viewing a slideshowPage Navigating the Directory Structure Browser Using the BrowserFile and Folder Operations Copying and Moving Files and Folders Using the Virtual Keyboard USB Connection Type ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’ Connecting/Disconnecting* the AV400 to/from your PCConnecting the AV400 Windows XP Disconnecting the AV400 from your Computer If you have OS X, you must update to versionMacintosh Sound Settings SettingsSound Parameters Play Mode SettingsClock Settings Setting Description Display SettingsPower Settings Can wake up to make a scheduled video recording Windows Device default, Hard drive System SettingsTV control Updating the AV400 Firmware Operating System OS Download the UpdateAV400.AOS ﬁle‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? Telephone Support 20Technical SupportWorldwide Ofﬁces USB Connection issues Troubleshooting21.3 AV400 locks up freezes operation or Stops Charging and Power issuesComputer locks-up freezes operation or Stops File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioningPage Quit all running applications Archos Video AV400 series Technical SpecificationsLegal Warranty and Limited LiabilityElectrostatic Discharge Copyright Notice