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

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    English User M anual 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 site to d o wnload the most recent m anual an d firmw are for this pr oduct[...]

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    2 Warranty and Limited Lia bi lity This pr oduct is so ld w ith a limite d warr anty 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. Manuf acturer ’s liabil ity may be f urther l imited in acco rdance w ith its sale s contract. I n g e ner al , the manufa[...]

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

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    4 1 Technical Specifications Capacity * 128 MB Flash memory (2 hours of MP3 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 playb[...]

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    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 throu gh this user ma nual in order to get the fulle st use of this product. Our enginee rs packe d this product with many functions and ca pabilities. T he better y ou know ho[...]

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    6 2.2 Starting up the Ondio Openin g the ba t t ery cover First install the three included AAA ba tter ies . As sh own in t he photo, press downw ard on the top of the batte ry c over and pull outward. T he bottom w ill hinge outwar d and then snap out. Be sure to install the batteries w ith the + positive a nd – neg ative as indi cated. Main Men[...]

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    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 Personalized Radi o P res et Name* Indicat es a recognized radio stat ion Indicat es stereo reception Current Radio Frequency 3.1 Adjust the volume 3.2 Select a new station 3.3 Create a station preset 3.4 Delete a station [...]

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    8 3.5 How to Rename a Station Preset To give 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 , highlight ite m 2 “ go to Radiolist ” and the n click on the Right button to sele[...]

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    9 4 Brow ser Mode (file sy stem) This section explains How to… Ty pical Brow ser Mode Screen Battery Level Directory level Mode Indi c ator Subfolder (direc tory) icon Text 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 a f[...]

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    10 4.5 How to Create a new folder Go to the fol der (direct ory) where you would li ke to create a new folder. Hold down the Mod e button until the questions screen a ppears. 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 Text[...]

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    11 5 Play ing M P3 M usic files This section explains How to… Ty pical MP3 File Play ing Screen Battery Level Current Volum e level Mode Indicato r Artis t name (ID 3 tag) Album nam e (ID 3 tag) Song name* (I D 3 tag) Elapsed s ong t ime Song length Left and right s ound levels 5.1 Play an MP3 file 5.2 Play a Playlist 5.3 Create a Playlist 5.4 Ad[...]

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    12 5.3 How to Create a Play list View of the Playlist The Playlist exists in the Ondio’s internal m emory f irst, then it is saved f or later use. If y ou create a Playlist w ithout 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 o[...]

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    13 5.4 How to Adjust the Sound Settings Go to music submenu v ia the Settings Menu As s hown to the le ft, the s ound settings can be r eached by g oing to the Settings mode. T ypically however, you w ill want to change your sound s ettings w hile you are lis tening to y our music, e ither the radio or an MP3 file. While liste ning to an MP3 file ,[...]

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    14 6 Recorder Mode This section explains How to… Ty pical Recording Screen Battery Level Listeni ng vol um e level State I ndi c ator (record, pause, stop) Recording level Left and right rec ording level indicato rs** 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[...]

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    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 h ich trans fers y ou to the Record mode with settings alre ady 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 name , bit, and sam ple rates be fore[...]

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    16 6.3 How to Record from your Hi-Fi unit Pre-Record i ng Screen Question Sc reen To re cord from your Hi- fi unit, y ou can use the include d audio cable * . Plug one end into the Ondio’s Line- in jack. T his 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 ou[...]

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    17 6.4 How to Change the Recording Bit Rate and Sampling Resolution These settings allow you to control the quality of the recording. T here are def ault bit rate setting s in the Re cord Subm enu in SETTIN GS. G o to the ma in menu by clicking on the Mode button . Click on the left button to g o to the SETT INGS m ode. Once there, scroll dow n wit[...]

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    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 verif y that the e dit points are as you w ant them to be. T o f inish, click on the Mode button. The Ondio will ask[...]

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    19 7 Settings and M ul ti MediaCard (M MC) Expansion This section explains How to… Ty pical Settings Screen Battery Level Mode Indicator Vertic al s croll indicat es there are more it em s in the lis t Left butt on to decrease value Setti ng val ue Select ed l i ne Right butt on t o increase value 7.1 Adjust the Settings 7.2 Expand the capacity o[...]

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    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 s creen Ondio is c onnected to your com puter ***NOTE*[...]

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    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, y ou can sim ply disc onnect the U SB cable from the Ondio and then use the O ndio as norm al. Attention : Mak e sure y ou do not disconnect the Ondio w hile data is being transf erred to or f rom i[...]

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    22 9 MusicM atch™ Software The best way to use your Ondio is by employ ing the included MusicMa tch™ softw are. This softw are will help y ou to create Play lis ts, rena me files, change ID 3 tag inf ormation (A rtist, Album , Song title), and exec ute other useful MP3 relate d functions such a s transfor ming y our personal CDs into MP3 files [...]

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    23 10 Technical Support • If techn ical support determ ines that your produ ct needs to be return ed, please contact the place of purchase to have your produ ct repaired o r replaced (depending on problem type). Custom ers wh o purchased directly from th e Archos w eb site should fill out the f orm on t he w eb site u nder Support : Product Re tu[...]

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    24 11 A ppendix A - Settings Table Numeric values can b e changed with Left and Right butt 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, Deutsche English 4. Open Play list Opens playlist 5. FM Stereo O n[...]

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    25 12 A ppendix B - Recordi ng Bi t Rate Table 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 ** [...]

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    26 13 A ppendix C - Screen & Button Descriptions Reading Text Files Screen Scroll down one line of t ext Hold: sc rol l down high speed Scroll up one l i ne of text Hold: sc rol l up hi gh s peed Wrap mode : Go t o begi nni ng of text file. Raw mode : mo ve t o t he right Wrap mode : Go t o end of text file. Raw mode : move to th e left You arr[...]

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    27 FM Radio Mode Increas es sound volume Decreases s ound volume One clic k go back 100Khz. Hol d dow n to find next station dec rementing the f requency 1 click: go forward 100Khz. Hold down to find next station i nc rementing the f requency. W hen the FM receiver captures a stati on signal, Tune will appear. If the stereo signal is captured then [...]

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    28 Play Screen Increas e sound volume Decrease s ound vol um e Play previous song in fol der or play list if playing from a pl ay l i st. Long press : review (with sound) going backward Click: Play next song in folder or play li st if playing f rom a play lis t (or play after being paused). Long press: fas t f orw ard (with sound) One comes to this[...]

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    29 Radio List Screen Move the cursor up t he l i s t Move the cursor down the lis t Click t o delete current radio s t ation. 1 Click: goes to questi on screen and a sks “W ould you like to…” 1. delete this station 2. rename thi s station You arrive at t his screen from item 2 of question s c reen in FM radio mode. As one cli cks the up/do wn[...]