Archos 100 series user manual Changing the Power Settings, Changing the Recording Settings

5.2.4Changing the Power Settings

To help you get the most battery life out of your Gmini before having to recharge it, you can adjust the power settings. Go to [Setup Î Power].

Parameter	Description
Power Off	Range : 1 to 9 or Never.
	Values 1 – 9 represent the number of minutes of user inactivity before the
	Gmini automatically shuts off. The Gmini will not shut off during the
	playback of music files or during recording. Never indicates that the Gmini
	will not do an automatic shut down.
Backlight Off	Range : 1 to 11 or Never.
	These values represent 10 – 110 seconds of user inactivity (no buttons
	pressed) before the Gmini turns off the blue backlight. Never indicates that
	the backlight will always stay on. Keeping the backlight on will reduce the
	battery time.
LCD Contrast	Range : 0 to 7
	These values represent the black/white contrast of the screen.

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5.2.5Changing the Recording Settings*

Each time you make a recording, either via the line-In, microphone, or SPDIF, the Gmini has preset recording parameters that it will use. You can change these recordings settings by going to [Setup Î Recording].

Parameter	Description
Set Title	Allows you to set the Title ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Set Artist	Allows you to set the Artist ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Set Album	Allows you to set the Album ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Source	Line-In, Mic, SPDIF.
	This allows you to choose the source of your recording. If you use the
	Line-In option, you must connect the multiconnect adapter plug to the
	multiconnect headphone jack, and then plug the audio source into the line-
	in jack of the adapter plug. If you use Mic, then you should speak into the
	built-in microphone. If you use the SPDIF recording method, you will
	connect the included cable to the SPDIF jack on the multiconnect plug, and
	then on the other side, connect the yellow RCA connector to the SPDIF
	Out on your stereo system.
Record Format	MP3.
	Determines the file format that will be recorded. Today only MP3 (ISO
	MPEG1 layer 3) sound encoding format is available. The recordings are
	made as 16 bit sampled sound to create a Joint-stereo recording.
Line-in Bitrate	32kb/s, 96kb/s, 128kb/s, 192kb/s.
	Allows you to set the recording quality of the line-in in terms of kilobits
	per second. The higher the value, the better the quality of the recording but
	also the more disk drive space that will be taken up.
Mic Bitrate	16kb/s, 64kb/s, 96kb/s, 112kb/s. Allows you to set the recording quality
	of the microphone in terms of kilobits per second. The higher the value, the
	better the quality of the recording but also the more disk drive space that
	will be taken up.

(*)The recording functionality is enabled via an optional software plug-in. Please see the Archos website www.archos.com for details.

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