ARCHOS AV300 User Manual

User Manual

ARCHOS FM Remote Control

Stereo FM Radio / Remote Control / Microphone

for ARCHOS Video AV300 series

User Manual for ARCHOS AV300 FM Remote Control v1.0 Please visit our web site to download the most recent manual and software for this product.

1 The Archos FM Remote Control........................................................................3

1.1 Operation Modes...............................................................................................................3

1.2 Connecting to your AV300...............................................................................................3

2 How to Use the Radio and MP3 Functions........................................................5

2.1 Playing MP3 files..............................................................................................................5

2.2 Tuning the Radio..............................................................................................................5

2.3 Making a Radio Preset......................................................................................................5

2.4 Setting the HOLD mode...................................................................................................6

2.5 Recording from the Microphone......................................................................................6

2.6 Recording from the Radio................................................................................................7

2.7 Retro Recording and Editing............................................................................................7

2.8 Setting Parameters............................................................................................................9

FM Band........................................................................................................................9

Radio Recording............................................................................................................9

Microphone Recording .................................................................................................. 9

Retro-Recording............................................................................................................10

3 Technical Support .............................................................................................11

4 Troubleshooting.................................................................................................12

5 Warranty and Limited Liability.......................................................................13

1 The Archos FM Remote Control

This FM Remote control will allow you to:

 Play MP3 songs that are on your AV300.  Record your voice with its microphone.  Listen to FM Stereo radio.  Record off the FM radio into MP3 files

1.1 Operation Modes

 Browse Mode: Allows browsing through files and folders on the AV300  Play Mode: Plays mp3 music files from the AV300  Voice Record Mode: Allows the recording of voice from the remote’s microphone  FM Play Mode: Plays from the built-in FM radio  FM Record Mode: Records from the built-in FM radio

1.2 Connecting to your AV300

The FM remote is hot pluggable. You do not have to shut off the AV300 in order to plug in the FM Remote control or remove it. First, (1) plug in the doublejacks and then (2) attach the mini-centronics connector. Now plug your headphones into the FM Remote Control itself.

Once connected, the regular buttons on the AV300 will still work in addition to the remote control buttons.

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A Built-in microphone B Record voice or FM Radio

C Battery level / Playing / Recording / Paused / Repeat play / Volume level D HOLD: Press Hold for 3 seconds to de-activate/reactivate all buttons E FM Mode: Short press changes between Stereo and mono reception

Browse Mode: Short press moves browser up to the parent directory

F Increase +: Volume Up

Decrease - : Volume Down

G Rocker Control : (left, right, center click)

Browse Mode: Left: Previous item in current directory

Right: Next item in current directory Center: Play song / Pause / Enter directory

FM Mode: Left: Go down the FM band or to previous preset

Right: Go up the FM band or to next preset Center: Change FM mode (Preset/Manual/Search)

Center: (Long) Make a preset at the current frequency or delete current preset (preset mode)

H 3.5mm jack for headphones

I (Quick press) Switch between FM mode and MP3 (browse) mode. Stop/Esc.

(Long press) Go back to home <Music> icon. Hold for 3 seconds to turn off AV300.

2 How to Use the Radio and MP3 Functions

2.1 Playing MP3 files

You can connect your FM Remote to the AV300 at any time. The remote’s screen will show

your current directory or the file name you a re currently playing. Make a long press on the FM/MP3 mode button and you will be sent to the main screen of the AV300. You can choose either the <Music> or <Browser> icon. Use the remote’s / rocker control as you would the UP/DOWN joystick controls and the PLAY as the PLAY  button on the AV300. This will allow you to search your directory structure to find songs and playlists that you want to play. If you are in the FM mode, just click on the MP3/FM button to go to MP3 mode. Use the Increase and Decrease buttons on the Remote FM to control headphone volume.

2.2 Tuning the Radio

Once the remote is plugged in, click on the mode button MP3/FM to go to the radio mode. Use the rocker control Left  and Right  to go up and down the frequency range. A short press on the rocker button will rotate through the three FM tuning modes, Preset (you can choose one of your 20 preset stations), Manual (tune your station manually), Search (let the radio search for the next clear station). Press the MP3/FM button to leave the Radio mode and go back to the MP3 mode.

2.3 Making a Radio Preset

You can save up to 20 pre set stations with the FM remote control. Once you have found the radio frequency you want to save as a preset, press and hold the rocker PLAY button for 3 seconds. The Remote will show P2 Saved, for example, indicating that this radio station is now program number 2. If you would like to erase a preset station, go to the tuning Preset mode, scroll to the preset number you want to clear, then hold down on PLAY for three seconds. You now have a free program slot to make a different FM preset.

If you would like to name your Preset radio stations, you can do this by editing, with a text editor such as Notepad (Windows®) or SimpleText (Macintosh®), the file FMPreset.txt which you will find in the System folder on the root directory of the AV300 hard drive. Please note that you should not

use a word processor such as Microsoft Word® to edit the preset text file.

Each line of the text file should contain the station frequency, a space, and then the name of the station. You can name the station whatever you want, some examples are 90.1 Easy Jazz or 90s Hits FM Radio 107.8 or 91.3 KGTS. You are limited to 32 characters for naming a station preset. The entry on a line of 0.0 represents an empty preset slot.

2.4 Setting the HOLD mode

Use this feature if you would like to prevent the FM Remote from changing stations or settings accidentally if a button is pressed or hit. Hold down for three seconds on the HOLD button to activate this. The buttons will be locked and not respond if pressed. To de-activate HOLD and make the buttons usable, press the HOLD button again for 3 seconds. Using the HOLD on the Remote will lock both the Remote’s buttons and the AV300 buttons. You can also hold down on the top function button of the AV300 to de-activate HOLD.

2.5 Recording from the Microphone

First make sure you are in the MP3 mode (MP3/FM button to change modes). Simply click once on the REC button and the recording starts. The REC button will light up red to indicate that you are making a recording. When you are done, click on REC again and the recording will finish and write to your hard drive. Your recorded file will be saved in the last folder that was used for audio recording.

For example, if you have a folder /HD/Music/Voice that you made an audio recording in, then the next time you click the REC on the remote control, it will save the file to that Voice folder. If you have used only the AudioCorder icon from the main AV300 screen for recording, then the recording will be stored in /HD/Music since no other folder had been identified as the last recording folder. The file name for this recording will be VOICExxxx.mp3, where xxxx are incremental numbers. During the recording, you can change the recording gain. Press the rocker control to the left  (less gain) when the sound you’re recording is loud, or to the right  (more gain) when the sound is soft.

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