Archos 500595 - Pocket Media Assistant 400, User Manual

Page 1: ...ed this product with many functions and capabilities The better you know how to use it the more enjoyment you will get from it Remember with the PMA430 you can Record video from your television VCR or...

Page 2: ...yer 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 Appl...

Page 3: ...B Device Connection issues 69 21 2 Charging and Power issues 69 21 3 PMA430 locks up freezes operation or Stops 70 21 4 File issues corrupted data formatting and partitioning 70 Windows ME Running Sca...

Page 4: ...d for 3 seconds to put into standby mode Additional buttons j ARCHOS button Switch between open applications k Menu button Open application tab option menus l Home button Return to main screen Switch...

Page 5: ...ll show Luminosity icons for running Cut Copy Paste menu applications Battery Volume speaker Qtopia menu Clock Hide the status bar Upper Menu bar This menu bar contains tool information and display ic...

Page 6: ...There are three methods to enter text or numbers into your PMA430 when an application calls for textual information If you need to enter text click on the text entry button 1 and then choose your text...

Page 7: ...s of the download may harm your computer This is because the Windows system does not know what an IMG file is Be assured that ARCHOS has made every effort to ensure that the file does not contain viru...

Page 8: ...say the battery will discharge faster than usual If the PMA430 looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and or loose data Thus you should always use the...

Page 9: ...before disconnecting the USB cable Attention The operating system will not allow you to safely disconnect the PMA430 if a running application such as Windows Media Player is using one of the files Yo...

Page 10: ...he PMA400_recovery zip file to your computer you can download it from the ARCHOS website Be aware that it is a very large file nearly 30 Megabytes To reset your PMA430 to factory condition minus the s...

Page 11: ...22 3 In the left pane highlight a song and click the PLAY button The song will be added to the Playlist To add a folder click the menu button and select Add to Playlist from the File menu 4 Various pl...

Page 12: ...these tags are available Files of the type wav do not have any tags because the format does not allow it After copying music files to the Music folder on your PMA430 disconnect it from your computer y...

Page 13: ...o the PMA430 The process of transferring music from a CD into files for your PMA430 is known as ripping It is actually a transcoding process taking the CDA CD Audio format and converting it to WMA or...

Page 14: ...Cradle to make line in recordings or you can purchase the optional ARCHOS travel kit which will allow you to make line in recordings with just a cable and input adapter thus making recordings anywhere...

Page 15: ...ied to your PMA430 your Macintosh will save these Playlists to the root directory of your PMA430 It will not save them to the PMA430 Music directory It would be best to use the PMA430 itself to make P...

Page 16: ...look in this folder you will see your photos See the chapter on the File Browser for instructions on how to copy files Attention Not all digital cameras are MSC type devices in which case you will hav...

Page 17: ...image is cropped to have a 4 by 3 aspect ratio and enlarged until it fills the screen 16 9 The image is cropped to have a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and enlarged until it fills the screen horizontally Max T...

Page 18: ...und levels on the VU meters in the center bottom of the screen On the top left of the screen you will see the recording signal type NTSC North America or PAL Europe the input signal COMP composite inp...

Page 19: ...ce in order to be saved on the disc Recording Configuration Screen Image Configuration Screen 9 2 Copy Protection The PMA430 video recording system is designed to respect the copyright protection syst...

Page 20: ...t and try again If none of the codes seem to work check that the infrared emitter is directly over the infrared sensor on your tuner device 40 10 2 Part 2 Testing the channel changer Test Channel Inpu...

Page 21: ...le or folder from the PMA430 Create Folder Create a new folder in the selected directory or folder Select all Select all files and folders in the current directory All of these options are available i...

Page 22: ...might find this process initially complex but once you have converted the first file it will be a routine to convert other files into a format that will play on your PMA430 PC Tools The PMA430 is deli...

Page 23: ...lay the video it must have an MP3 PCM standard wav or ADPCM compressed wav sound track If the source video file did not have one of these sound track formats then your destination file will have no so...

Page 24: ...ates mean higher quality video but will also take up more space on your hard disk A setting of 500 48 kbps is appropriate for the LCD screen 900 kbps will give you a nice looking image for viewing on...

Page 25: ...s or events you set up in the calendar 13 2 Calendar A standard calendar application that allows you set up appointments and events with alarms as well as view the calendar by day week or month This c...

Page 26: ...of the menu bar to exit Text files can be beamed with via the infrared port to another infrared capable device Please note that newly created files will be saved in the Documents folder When this fold...

Page 27: ...g mail can be set to the same as those of your home computer 15 2 Opera Browser This is an Internet browser application allowing you to access and display web pages The Network application in the Sett...

Page 28: ...Hardware Settings 17 1 LCD Settings Changing this parameter llows you to to eliminate any LCD screen flickering 17 2 Light Power Adjusting your screen settings when running on the battery can save po...

Page 29: ...oint is not broadcasting its availability the Scan function will not see it The network type will usually be Infrastructure If you want to connect Wifi devices to talk to each other such as for networ...

Page 30: ...tends be faster than the HSCSD GSM connection This connection is typically billed per megabyte transferred rather than connection time Some mobile phone providers require you to take a data subscripti...

Page 31: ...ar liking 18 5 Date Time Here you can set the current time time zone and date and to select a time format The time is expressed in hours and minutes Tap onto the value you want to change and use the a...

Page 32: ...ttings chapter for information on how to set up and start an internet connection 18 7 Restart This application allows you to perform a power down reset of the PMA430 or a restart of the system softwar...

Page 33: ...ing that you can now synchronize your PMA430 with your desktop computer You can either launch the Qtopia Desktop program itself to have access to the calendar Todo list and contact manager or you can...

Page 34: ...w For other countries please use email technical support DO NOT USE phone or e mail support for marketing and sales questions These numbers are to aid those who have technical difficulties malfunction...

Page 35: ...support hot line 21 3 PMA430 locks up freezes operation or Stops Problem The PMA430 locks up None of the buttons work Solution Do not press any more buttons and do not touch the screen for 3 5 minute...

Page 36: ...ells the program to automatically fix errors Be patient this may take a while When it is finished exit the DOS Window and properly disconnect the PMA430 from your computer 72 Technical Specifications...

Page 37: ...e Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection...

Page 38: ...Resume Functions 4 5 The Resume Functions 8 1 Buttons not working Music Application Button controls while a song is playing 4 Codecs Installing the PC Software MPEG 4 Codec 12 1 Installing the PC Soft...

Page 39: ...1 9 Restart 18 7 Screen not working Music Application Button controls while a song is playing 4 Show songs added to device The ARCLibrary 4 2 Shuffle Music Application The Music application window 4...