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• MPEG-4 Video Player & Recorder

• MP3 & WMA Music Player

• Photo Viewer

• USB 2.0 Hard Disk

• Digital Audio Recorder

User Manual for ARCHOS Pocket AV400
Manual version 2.0 pn: 103090V2

English Language User Manual

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Table of Contents

1 INTRO - Ports, Buttons and Connections 6

2 INTRO - First Time Usage 8

2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 8
2.2 Turning on the AV400 8
2.3 Shutting off the AV400 and Battery saving features 8
2.4 Changing the Language 9
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 9
2.6 Charging the Batteries 9
2.7 Caring for the AV400 10
2.8 Hardware Reset 10

3 MUSIC - Playing Music Files 11

3.1 Button Control 11
3.2 Playing Through your Stereo System 12
3.3 Artist, Album, Title … ID3 Tags 13
3.4 The ARCLibrary (Browsing by Album, Artist, or Song name) 13
3.5 Setting a Bookmark 14
3.6 The Resume Function 15

4 MUSIC - Playlists 16

4.1 Playing a Playlist 16
4.2 Creating a Playlist 17
4.3 Saving a Playlist 17
4.4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 18

5 MUSIC - Recording Music 19

5.1 Cable Connections for Audio Recording 19
5.2 Recording Procedure 19
5.3 Where is the Recording Saved? 21
5.4 Audio Editing 21

6 MUSIC - Using Windows™ Media Player 9 23

6.1 Installing Windows Media Player 9 23
6.2 Installing the WMP9 Service Provider Plug-in 23
6.3 Copying Music to your AV400 24

7 MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your AV400 25

8 VIDEO - Playing Video 26

8.1 Setting a Bookmark 27
8.2 The Resume Function 27
8.3 Display Format Settings 28
8.4 Playing Video Files from the Internet 28