Archos FM Recorder 128 MB MP3 Player/Recorder/FM Stereo Radio manual

English User Manual ONDIO™ FM Recorder 128 MB MP 3 P layer/Recorder/FM Stereo R adio USB 1.1 PC/Mac compa tible ARCHOS Ondio™ FM Recorder User Manual version 1.0 Please vi si t our web sit e t o downlo ad the most recen t manual and firmware for this pr oduct[...]

2 Warranty and Li mited L i abili ty This pr oduct is so ld w ith a limite d war ranty and s pecific r eme dies are avail able to the or iginal pur chaser in the ev ent the pro duct fail s to conf orm to the l imited war ranty . Manufacturer ’s liabil ity may be further limited in acco rdance w ith its sale s contract. I n g e ner al , the m anuf[...]

3 Table of Contents 1 Technical Specifications ............................................................................................... 4 2 Product Introduction ................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Buttons and Controls .......................................................[...]

4 1 Technical Specifications Capacity * 128 MB Flash memory (2 hours of MP 3 music at 128 kbps, 3 hours of radio recording at 96 kbps, 4.3 hours of voice recording at 64 kbps or 128 M B of data). * M emory capacity can be enhanced by adding M ultimediaCards (M MC ). Interface and transfer to computer USB 1.1 (PC and M ac) Supported formats MP3 play[...]

5 2 Product Introducti on Dear Customer, Thank you for purcha sing the new Ondio™ FM Recorder 128MB MP3 player/recorder/ FM stereo receiver. P lease take the t ime to read thro ugh this user ma nual in order to get the f ullest use of this product. Our engine ers packe d this product with m any f unctions and capabilitie s. The better y ou know h[...]

6 2.2 Starting up the Ondio Openin g the b attery co ver First install the three included AAA ba tt eri es . As sh own in th e photo, press downw ard on the top of the batte ry c over and pull outward. T he bottom w ill hinge outwa rd and then snap out. Be sure to install the batteries w ith the + positive a nd – neg ative as indi cated. Main Men[...]

7 3 FM Radi o Mode This section explains How to… Ty pical FM Radio play ing screen Battery Level Volum e Level Mode Indicator Personali zed Radio P res et Nam e* Indicat es a recognized radi o s tation Indicat es stereo rec eption Current Radio Frequency 3.1 Adjust the volume 3.2 Select a new station 3.3 Create a station preset 3.4 Delete a stati[...]

8 3.5 How to Rename a Station Preset To giv e a personalize d name to a radio sta tion, you ha ve to re name it. While in the FM Radio m ode, hold down the Mode button for three seconds . You will the n be ask ed wha t you w ould like to do. Using the Down button , highlig ht item 2 “ go to Radiolist ” and the n click on the Right button to sel[...]

9 4 Brow ser Mode (file sy stem) This section explains How to… Ty pical Brow ser Mode Screen Batt ery Level Di rec tory level Mode Indi cator Subfolder (direc tory) ic on Tex t file icon Playlist file icon MP3 M usic file icon Curre ntly selected file 4.1 Navigate the file structure 4.2 Recognize file types 4.3 Display file information 4.4 Delete[...]

10 4.5 How to Create a new folder Go to the fol der (dir ectory) where you would l ike to create a n ew folder. Hold down the Mod e button until the questions scree n appears. You can then scroll down ( using the dow n button) to the Make direct ory option. Click on the right button to selec t this option. You will then be se nt directly to the Tex[...]

11 5 Play ing M P3 M usic files This section explains How to… Ty pical MP3 File Play ing Screen Batte ry Level Current Volum e level Mode Indicat or Artis t name (I D 3 t ag) Album name (ID 3 t ag) Song name* (I D 3 tag) Elapsed s ong tim e Song length Left and right s ound levels 5.1 Play an MP 3 file 5.2 Play a Playlist 5.3 Create a Playlist 5.[...]

12 5.3 How to Create a Play list View of the Playlist The Playlist exists in the Ondio’s internal m em ory first, the n it is saved for late r use. If y ou create a Playlis t without saving it, it will be lost the next time y ou turn on the Ondio. To put a song into the Playlist, first y ou w ill highlight it in the Browser mode. Now , hold down [...]

13 5.4 How to Adj ust the Sound Settings Go to music submenu v ia the Settings Menu As shown to the le ft, the sound settings can be r eached b y going to the Settings m o de. Typically however, you w ill want to change your s ound settings w hile you are lis tening to y our music, e ither the radio or an MP3 file. While lis tening to an MP3 file ,[...]

14 6 Recorder Mode This section explains How to… Ty pical Recording Screen Battery Level Listening volum e l evel St at e Indicat or (record, pause, stop) Recording level Left and right rec ording level ind icators** 6.1 Record from the Radio 6.2 Record your voice 6.3 Record from your Hi-Fi unit 6.4 Change the recording and sampling bit rate 6.5 [...]

15 6.2 How to Record Your Voice There are tw o way s to record from the built-in microphone . You can eithe r use the Instant-Record fea ture w hich tra nsfers y ou to the Record mode with settings already m ade and the recording started or v ia the RECORD m ain me nu. If y ou want to be able to control f ile nam e, bit, and sam ple rates be fore y[...]

16 6.3 How to Record from your Hi-Fi unit Pre-Record ing S creen Question Sc reen To re cord fr om y our Hi-fi unit, y ou can use the include d audio cable * . Plug one end into the Ondio’s Line- in jack . This is the jack on the top of the O ndio on the right. Plug the other e nd of the c able into the Line- out jacks (Le ft and Right) f rom y o[...]

17 6.4 How to Change the Recording Bit Rate and Sampling Resolution These settings allow you to control the quality of the recording. There a re defa ult bit ra te setting s in the Rec ord Subme nu in SET TING S. Go to the ma in me nu by clic king on the Mode button . Click on the le ft button to go to the SETTI NGS m ode. Once the re, scroll dow n[...]

18 Editing your re cording wher e you w ant the Cut-out (song e nd), give a sim ple click on the right button. Now tha t you ha ve m ade your e dit, you ca n continue to use the Lef t and Right buttons to listen to the entire song to veri fy that the edit points are as you w ant them to be. To finish, c lick on the Mode button. The Ondio will ask y[...]

19 7 Settings and M ul t i M ediaCar d (M M C) Expansion This section explains How to… Ty pical Settings Screen Battery Level M ode Indic at or Vertic al s croll i ndi c ates there are more it ems i n t he l i s t Left butt on to decreas e val ue Setti ng val ue Select ed l i ne Right butt on t o increase value 7.1 Adjust the Settings 7.2 Expand [...]

20 8 Connecting the ONDIO to a PC or Mac This section explains How to… 8.1 Connecting the Ondio to a PC 8.2 Disconnecting the Ondio from a PC 8.3 Use the Ondio file format 8.4 Connect the Ondio to a M acintosh® Data is bei ng transferred between the Ondio and your com puter. Ondio connect ed screen Ondio is c onnected to your com puter ***NOTE**[...]

21 8.2 Disconnecting the Ondio from a PC 1. Safe rem ove icon he re 2. Safe rem ove button 3. Safe rem ove me ssage If y ou are running Window s 98 SE, you c an sim ply disconnec t the USB c able f rom the Ondio and then use the O ndio as norm al. Attention : Mak e sure you do not disc onnect the O ndio w hile data is be ing transf erred to or from[...]

22 9 MusicM atch™ Softw are The best wa y to use your Ondio is by em ploying the include d MusicMatch™ sof twa re. This sof tware will help y ou to create Play lis ts, re name files, change ID 3 tag inf ormation (A rtist, Album , Song title), and exec ute other useful MP3 relate d functions suc h as transfor ming y our personal CDs into MP3 fil[...]

23 10 Technical Support • If techn ical support determ ines th at your produ ct needs to be return ed, please contact the place of purchase to h ave y our produ ct repaired o r replaced (depending on prob lem type). Customers wh o purchased directly from th e Archos w eb site should fill out the f orm on the w eb site u nder Su pport : Product R [...]

24 11 A ppendix A - Settings Table Numeric values can b e changed with Left and Righ t but t ons Settings (in order) Multiple Choice Values Default Value 1. Music Submenu Goes to Music settings submenu 2. Record Submenu Goes to Recor d settings submenu 3. Language English, Franç ais, Deutsc he English 4. Open Play list Opens play list 5. FM Stereo[...]

25 12 A ppendix B - Recordi ng Bi t Rate Tabl e Av erage bit rates for Ondio Recording Per ameters* Radio and Line-in (44.1 Khz Music) Microphone (22.05 Khz voice) Setting 0 78 Kb/s 36 Kb/s Setting 1 81 Kb/s 38 Kb/s Setting 2 87 Kb/s 40 Kb/s Setting 3 95 Kb/s 43 Kb/s** Setting 4 117 Kb/s Setting 5 144 Kb/s** Setting 6 165 Kb/s Setting 7 166 Kb/s **[...]

26 13 A ppendix C - Screen & Button Descriptions Reading Text Files Screen Scroll down one line of t ext Hold: sc roll down high speed Scroll up one l i ne of t ext Hold: sc roll up high speed Wrap mode : Go t o beginning of text fi l e. Raw mode : m ove t o the right Wrap mode : Go t o end of text file. Raw mode : move to th e left You arrive [...]

27 FM Radio Mode Increas es sound volum e Decreases s ound volume One clic k go back 100K hz. Hold down to find next station dec rement i ng t he frequency 1 click: go forward 100Khz. Hold down to find next station i nc rement i ng t he frequency. W hen the FM receiver capt ures a station signal, Tune will appear. If the stereo signal is captured t[...]

28 Play Screen Inc reas e sound volum e Decrease s ound vol um e Play previous song in fol der or play list if playing from a pl ay l i s t. Long press : review (with sound) going backward Click: Play next song in f older or play list if playing f rom a play list (or play after being paused). Long press: fas t forward (with sound) One com es to thi[...]

29 Radio List Screen Move the cursor up t he l ist Move the cursor down the li s t Click t o delete current radio stat i on. 1 Click: goes to ques tion sc reen and a sks “W ould you lik e t o…” 1. delete this stat i on 2. rename t hi s stati on You arrive at t his sc reen from i tem 2 of question s c reen in FM radio mode. As one cli cks the [...]