Archos AV420 user manual Archos Team

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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 CompactFlash™ 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

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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