ARCHOS POCKET MEDIA ASSISTANT PMA430TM - Manual (Page 2)

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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.
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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