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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The complete manual in different languages is available on the hard drive of your PMA430 under
/Archos/Manuals.
1 Overview 8
1.1 Ports, Buttons, and Connectors........................................................................................ 8
1.2 Overview of different screen areas.................................................................................. 10
1.3 Application tabs................................................................................................................10
1.4 The Touch Screen and Text Input....................................................................................11
1.5 Linux®, Qtopia™ and the PMA430 File System............................................................12
1.6 Updating the Operating System....................................................................................... 13
Step 1 Download the file aimage.img..........................................................................13
ATTENTION Macintosh® Users.................................................................................14
Step 2. Read the History.txt File.................................................................................14
Step 3. Copy the aimage.img file to the PMA430 System Folder................................14
Step 4 Reset the PMA430 and set the time and date.................................................14
1.7 Changing the Language....................................................................................................15
1.8 Caring for the PMA430....................................................................................................15
1.9 Hardware Reset................................................................................................................ 15
2 Connecting/Disconnecting the PMA430 to/from your PC............................................16
2.1 Connecting the PMA430..................................................................................................16
2.2 Disconnecting the PMA430 from your Computer...........................................................17
Windows® ...............................................................................................................17
Macintosh® ...............................................................................................................18
3 System Recovery..............................................................................................................19
4 Music Application............................................................................................................21
4.1 Playing Music...................................................................................................................21
Button controls while a song is playing.......................................................................23
4.2 The ARCLibrary™ - Browsing by Artist, Album, or Title.............................................24
4.3 Putting Music onto your PMA430................................................................................... 24
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the PMA430...............25
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 to the PMA430............25
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 to the PMA430..........25
Transferring your CD collection to the PMA430..........................................................25
Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9......................................................................... 26
Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10.............................................................26
4.4 Play Music through your Home Stereo............................................................................26
4.5 The Resume Functions.....................................................................................................26
4.6 Customizing the Equalizer............................................................................................... 27
5 AudioCorder Application................................................................................................28
6 MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your PMA430...............................................................29
7 Photo Application............................................................................................................30
7.1 Transferring pictures to your PMA430............................................................................31
8 Video Application............................................................................................................32
8.1 The Resume Functions.....................................................................................................33
8.2 Display Format Settings...................................................................................................33
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Display 33
Video 33
8.3 Playing Video Files from the Internet..............................................................................33
9 VideoCorder Application................................................................................................35
Manual Recording.......................................................................................................35
Fixed Time Recording.................................................................................................36
Scheduled Recordings................................................................................................36
9.1 Setting other Recording Parameters.................................................................................37
9.2 Copy Protection................................................................................................................37
10 Set-up for scheduled video recordings...........................................................................39
10.1 Part 1 : Choose your Category, Brand, and Model..........................................................39
10.2 Part 2: Testing the channel changer................................................................................. 40
10.3 Part 3: Give your channels a name...................................................................................40
11 File browser Application.................................................................................................42
12 Creating MPEG4 Video Files with your Computer......................................................44
How to create an MPEG4 video file............................................................................44
PC Tools ...............................................................................................................44
12.1 Installing the PC Software............................................................................................... 44
Virtual Dub™..............................................................................................................45
MPG4 Translator........................................................................................................45
MP3 Sound Codec......................................................................................................45
12.2 Using MPEG4 Translator.................................................................................................47
Select Source & Destination Files...............................................................................47
Change Settings.........................................................................................................47
Target & Priority..........................................................................................................48
Start ...............................................................................................................48
13 Personal Information Management (PIM) Applications..............................................50
13.1 Today ........................................................................................................................50
13.2 Calendar ........................................................................................................................50
13.3 Contacts ........................................................................................................................50
13.4 Todo List ........................................................................................................................50
14 Miscellaneous Applications.............................................................................................51
14.1 Clock ........................................................................................................................51
14.2 World Time......................................................................................................................51
14.3 Calculator ........................................................................................................................51
14.4 Text Editor........................................................................................................................51
14.5 System Info.......................................................................................................................52
14.6 Help Browser....................................................................................................................52
14.7 Mophun® ........................................................................................................................52
14.8 Terminal ........................................................................................................................52
14.9 Pdf Viewer........................................................................................................................52
15 Internet Applications.......................................................................................................53
15.1 E-Mail ........................................................................................................................53
15.2 Opera™ Browser..............................................................................................................53
16 Audio-Visual Settings......................................................................................................55
16.1 TV Output ........................................................................................................................55
16.2 VideoCorder Settings....................................................................................................... 55
16.3 Equalizer ........................................................................................................................55