Archos AV420 user manual Music Playlists, Playing a Playlist

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12 MUSIC - Playlists

A Playlist is a list of songs that the AV400 will automatically play one after the other. The AV400 can load one playlist at a time into its internal 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

playlists you can save on the AV400 hard disk. Playlists are indicated by a special list icon (circled icon to the left).

12.1Playing a Playlist

To play a Playlist, you simply scroll to the Playlist, such as ‘Jazz Music’ shown to the left, and click on PLAY . The list of songs will be loaded into the internal memory of the AV400 and then be displayed in a separate panel.

Click on PLAY and the songs will be played in the order shown. To shuffle the music entries in a random order, you can click on Playlist, then choose Shuffle. You can open a Playlist file (Playlistname.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’.

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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