ARCHOS AV320 - Manuals

6 7 Dear Customer, ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV300 product. Never before has one been able to carry with him or her so much information, be it MP3 music, MP4 videos or JPEG pictures, and be able to enjoy these without a computer. We are sure that your AV300 will give you yea...

6 7 Technical Specifi cations ARCHOS VIDEO AV320, AV340, AV380 Storage Capacity Model AV320: 20GB; AV340: 40GB; AV380:80GB Computer Interface High Speed USB 2.0 (compatible USB 1.1) Optional FireWire cable Image Playback JPG and BMP(4, 8, 24 bit) images, any size Audio Playback Stereo MP3 decoding 3...

8 9 First Time Usage Please understand that this device has a CPU, hard disk, and Operating System (OS) and thus it is more like a computer than like a DVD player, VCR, or television. If you are not familiar with using a computer, it would be particularly useful to take the time to read through all ...

10 11 First Time Usage back on, just click once on any button. This setting can be changed from 10 seconds to 110 seconds or to ‘never’ shut off the screen. 2.4 Changing the Language The AV320 interface can be set to English (default), French, or German. • To change the language, move the joystick t...

10 11 First Time Usage 2.7 Caring for the AV300 The Archos Video AV300 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products. • Do not subject it to shock.• Do not subject it to heat. Be careful that the surface it is on, is a flat clear surface. ...

12 13 Playing MP3 music When you click on this icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the Music folder. This is a fi ltered access to browse the Music directory. That is, you will only see audio fi les types that are playable on the AV300. All other fi le types that may exist in this ...

12 13 Playing MP3 music 3.1 Playing through your HiFi system On your HiFi there are two RCA type connectors that are labeled Aux in, CD in, or Line-in. Typically they are color coded white and red for left and right stereo channels respectively. Connect the white and red leads of the supplied AV cab...

14 15 Playing MP3 music 3.3 Changing the sound settings If you would like to customize the sound quality, you can adjust the Bass, Treble, and other audio settings to suit your particular taste.• Click on STOP/ESC Ó to return to the main AV300 menu. • Move the joystick to highlight Setup and click o...

14 15 Playing MP3 music Button Lock To lock all the AV300 buttons from being accidentally pressed, press and hold the top function button for three seconds. The AV300 will put the message “ Buttons locked! ” on the bottom of the screen. Pressing the buttons at this point will have no effect. Press a...

16 17 Playing MP3 music Play Mode AV300 is currently playing from a Playlist Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory All: Play all tracks on AV300 Single: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queue the next track to be played † Scan: AV300 plays first 15 seconds of each track†† †Qu...

16 17 Playing MP3 music played along with the hard disk path to fi nd them. If you delete a Playlist from your AV300, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself. Example of the contents of the .m3u Playlist fi le ‘Jazz Music’. Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT bu...

18 19 Playing MP3 music Move - Allows you to change the place in the list of a given song. Just click on Move and then use the joystick to move the song up or down the list. Delete - Will delete the song from the Playlist. It will not delete the actual song itself from your hard disk, just from the ...

18 19 Playing MP3 music 3.8 Using iTunes ® 4 with your AV300 The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh ® computer and your AV300 is to use the Macintosh Finder™ to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh ® . However, for Macintosh ® users who do want to use the AV300 wit...

20 21 The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the AV300. The fi le system is FAT32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows ® based computers. That is, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of fi les on your...

20 21 Using the Browser 4.2 File and Folder Operations Depending on where you are in the directory system, you will have the option to manipulate files and folders. From the main menu, click on Browser. File Operations Folder Operations Info: Show file information such as song length, video length, ...

22 23 In the Browser mode, you can jump between the two windows using the left and right of the joystick. Where the cursor is highlighting a fi le or folder, that window is the source for the copy. The destination folder will be the other window. For example, we want to copy the fi le Project X.doc ...

24 25 Note that when the AV300 is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal. If the AV300 looses power while connected to your computer you could destroy your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, you should a...

24 25 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV300 Macintosh™ OS X (10.2 Jaguar and newer) If you have OS 10.2, you must update to version 10.2.4 or newer. This is a free update from Apple ® Computer. You will not require any special installation of software drivers or extensions. You simply plug the AV300 in...

26 27 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV300 5.2 Disconnecting the AV300 from your Computer WARNING: You must properly remove (unmount) your AV300 from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the AV300. DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT...

28 29 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV300 Macintosh ® Drag the AV300 hard disk icon towards the trashcan, the trashcan will become a big arrow as shown in the screen shot to the left (Mac OS 9.x will still retain the trashcan icon. This is OK, don’t worry.) Drop the hard disk icon onto the arrow (or ...

28 29 Recording MP3 Music With the AV 300 series, you do not need a computer to create MP3 music fi les. It is capable of recording from the built-in microphone, an external dynamic microphone, an analog line source ( from a HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc.), or from a digital SPDIF audio sourc...

30 31 Recording MP3 Music Microphone The built-in microphone is located on the top of the AV300 unit next to the audio input jack. Make sure that you have selected Microphone as the input source in the pre-recording Settings screen. External Microphone If you would like to use your own external micr...

30 31 Recording MP3 Music 6.1 Bit Rate Table & Sample Rates Average bit rates for Recording Quality Parameter* Available Sampling Rates Line-in (44.1 Khz Stereo Music) Microphone (22.05 Khz voice) 48 kHz Setting 0 78 kb/s 39 kb/s 44.1 kHz Setting 1 81 kb/s 41 kb/s 32 kHz Setting 2 87 kb/s 43 kb/...

32 33 Settings 7.1 Sound Settings Used to adjust the bass, treble, bass boost, loudness, balance, etc. See section 3.3 7.2 Play Mode and Play Order Settings Used to determine which songs get played and in what order. See section 3.4 7.3 Clock Settings The AV300 has an internal real time clock. The t...

32 33 Settings 7.4 Display Settings These settings regulate how and where the screen image is displayed. Parameter Description Language The Jukebox Multimedia can be set to English (default), French, or German. TV Standard NTSC (USA), PAL (Europe). In order to view images or videos on an external te...

34 35 Settings 7.5 Power Settings These settings will help you to save battery power. You can set the AV300 to conserve power for both modes of operation (when it is powered from the battery, or when it is connected to the AC charger/adapter (DC- Power operation). Parameter Description Power Off 1-9...

34 35 Settings 7.6 System Settings The System settings allow you control over the low level parameters. The list below explains each of the settings. Parameter Description Show all fi les Off (default), On . If Off, the Jukebox will only display the fi le names of fi le types, with their correspondi...

36 37 Settings 7.7 Updating the AV300 Firmware Operating System (OS) Archos periodically updates the Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download on the ARCHOS web site (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature improvements, and bug fi xes. You...

36 37 Playing MPEG4 Video Files The AV300 series can play video fi les of sizes up to 640 by 368 pixels in European standard. The AV300 will not directly play fi les of type .mov, .mpg, .mpeg, nor .avi fi les created with codecs other than XviD and DivX™. If you have some of these other fi le types ...

38 39 Creating MPEG4 Video Files How to create an MPEG4 video fi le Please understand that video re-encoding is not always a simple one button process. Video segments that come from your digital camcorder or which are freely available on the Internet are encoded in many different ways. If not alread...

38 39 Creating MPEG4 Video Files Macintosh Users Until recently, the Macintosh user community did not have any tools to create DivX™ simple profile MPEG4 video files. There is now a free tool available at the DivX™Networks web site which will allow you to create DivX™ simple profile files with your ...

40 41 Creating MPEG4 Video Files MP3 Sound Codec Remember, in order for the AV300 to be able to play the video, it must have an MP3 (MPEG layer 3) stereo sound track. If the source video file did not have an MP3 stereo sound track then your destination file will have no sound. MPG4 translator will s...

40 41 Creating MPEG4 Video Files Select Source & Destination Files In the example above, a source file 24 hours of Lemans.avi has been selected as the source video. You can see on the bottom of the window its original characteristics (width 720, height 576, frame rate 30). Next, you must then te...

42 43 Creating MPEG4 Video Files Start Click on Start and the program will call Virtual Dub to start processing the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re-encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you wi...

42 43 Creating MPEG4 Video Files The AV300 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV300 will resize the image to fi t on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output option (see se...

44 45 Creating MPEG4 Video Files 10.2 Viewing a slideshow By clicking on Slideshow, the AV300 will present each picture in the current folder for a set amount of time and then go on to the next picture. You can set the amount of time that each picture stays on the screen under Setup > PlayMode &g...

44 45 Using MusicMatch™ software For people using Windows ® operating systems, this software will help you to create MP3 fi les from your music CDs, create Playlists, and add/change ID 3 tag information (Artist, Album, Song title, Album cover). To transfer MP3 fi les from your PC or Mac to your AV30...

46 47 Technical Support • Consumable items included with your product are not under warranty (cables, headphones, etc.) • If technical support (Telephone or E-mail) determines that your product needs to be returned, please contact the place of purchase to have your product repaired or replaced (depe...

48 49 Worldwide Offices WWW.ARCHOS.COM Worldwide Offices United States & Canada Europe & Asia ARCHOS Technology3, Goodyear - Unit AIrvine, CA 92618 USAPhone: 1 949-609-1483Fax: 1 949-609-1414 ARCHOS S.A.12, rue Ampère91430 IgnyFrancePhone: +33 (0) 169 33 169 0Fax: +33 (0) 169 33 169 9 United...

48 49 Troubleshooting 14.1 USB Connection issues Problem: i cannot get my AV300 to be recognized by the computer. Solutions: • Only if using Windows 98SE, you must fi rst install the drivers from the included CD-ROM. • If you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your Windows ® XP, 2000, or ME editio...

50 51 Troubleshooting Problem: what do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting “The device ‘Generic Volume’ cannot be stopped now. Try stopping the device again later.” Answer: shut off any program that might be accessing data on the AV300, including Windows ® Explorer. If t...

52 Troubleshooting Windows ® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) If you still have problems with the file system on your AV300 you can try to fix it using the DOS utility, check disk (chkdsk). Do the following; • Make sure external AC adapter is powering the AV300. • Quit all running a...