Archos Ondio Instruction Manual

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ONDIO

User Guide

128 MB MP3 Player/Recorder/FM Radio

USB 1.1 PC/Mac compatible

ARCHOS Ondio User Manual Version 1.1

Please visit our web site to download the most recent manual and firmware for this product

Warranty and Limited Liability

This product is sold with a limited warranty and specific remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with its sales contract.

In general, the manufacturer shall not be responsible for product damages caused by natural disasters, fire, static discharge, misuse, abuse, neglect, improper handling or installation, unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for loss of data stored on disk media.

MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF IN ADVANCE.

Archos licensor(s) makes no warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, regarding the licensed materials. Archos’s licensor(s) does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the licensed materials in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, correctness or otherwise. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the licensed materials is assumed by you. The exclusion of implied warranties is not permitted by some jurisdictions. The above exclusion may not apply to you.

In no event will Archos’ licensor(s), and their directors, officers, employees or agents (collectively Archos’ licensor) be liable to you for any consequential, incidental or indirect damages (including damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, and the like) arising out of the use of inability to use the licensed materials even if Archos’ licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some jurisdiction do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you.

Please see your sales contract for a complete statement of warranty rights, remedies and limitation of liability.

Furthermore, warranty does not apply to:

• Damages or problems resulting from misuse, abuse, accident, alteration or incorrect electrical current or voltage.

• Any product tampered-with or damaged warranty seal or serial number label.

• Any product without a warranty or serial number label.

• Batteries and any consumable items delivered with or in the equipment.

Warnings and Safety Instructions CAUTION

To prevent risks of electric shock, this unit must only be opened by qualified service personnel. Power off and disconnect the power supply cable before opening the unit.

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Use of this product is for personal use only. Copying CDs or loading music, video, or picture files for sale or other business purposes is or may be a violation of

copyright law. Copyrighted materials, works of art, and/or presentations may require authorization to be fully or partially recorded. Please be aware of all such applicable laws concerning the recording and use of such for your country and jurisdiction.

FCC Warning Statement FCC Compliance

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 against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Note: During file transfer or in the PC mode, if the EUT or computer suddenly freezes or does not respond, it may be due to the electrostatic phenomenon. Please follow the procedures below to recover the operation:

Unplug the USB cable from the EUT Close the software application in the computer (or re-boot the computer if necessary) Re-connect the USB cable to the EUT.

CAUTION: Modifications not authorized by the manufacturer may void users authority to operate this device. FCC Part 15 - Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference;

2. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.

This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent, in writing, from ARCHOS. All brands and products names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Specifications are subject to change without notification. Errors and omissions accepted. Images and illustrations may not always match contents. Copyright ® ARCHOS. All rights reserved.

Disclaimer of warranty: to the extent allowed by applicable law, representations and warranties of non-infringement of copyrights or other intellectual property rights resulting from the use of the product under conditions other than as here above specified, are hereby excluded.

Table of Contents

Technical Specifications............................................................................................... 4

2 Product Introduction ................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Buttons and Controls.......................................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Starting up the Ondio......................................................................................................................................... 6

3 FM Radio Mode............................................................................................................ 7

3.1 How to Adjust the Volume ................................................................................................................................7

3.2 How to Select a new Station.............................................................................................................................. 7

3.3 How to Create a Station Preset .......................................................................................................................... 7

3.4 How to Delete a Station Preset .......................................................................................................................... 7

3.5 How to Rename a Station Preset........................................................................................................................ 8

3.6 How to Go to a Station Preset .................................................................................................. .......................... 8

3.7 How to Increase the signal quality.....................................................................................................................8

3.8 How to set the Ondio to HOLD.........................................................................................................................8

4 Browser Mode (file system).........................................................................................9

4.1 How to Navigate the file structure..................................................................................................................... 9

4.2 How to Recognize file types.............................................................................................................................. 9

4.3 How to Display file information........................................................................................................................ 9

4.4 How to Delete a file or folder ............................................................................................................................9

4.5 How to Create a new folder ...............................................................................................................................10

4.6 How to use the Text Input mode........................................................................................................................10

4.7 How to Read Text files......................................................................................................... ............................. 10

5 Playing MP3 Music files............................................................................................. 11

5.1 How to Play an MP3 file.................................................................................................................................... 11

5.2 How to Play a Playlist........................................................................................................................................ 11

5.3 How to Create a Playlist .................................................................................................................................... 12

5.4 How to Adjust the Sound Settings .....................................................................................................................13

6 Recorder Mode ........................................................................................................... 14

6.1 How to Record from the Radio.......................................................................................................................... 14

6.2 How to Record Your Voice (Dictaphone™)......................................................................................................15

Instant-Record.................................................................................................................................15

Traditional Recording Method..........................................................................................................15

6.3 How to Record from your Hi-Fi unit ................................................................................................................. 16

6.4 How to Change the Recording Bit Rate and Sampling Resolution....................................................................17

6.5 How to make Incremental Recordings...............................................................................................................17

6.6 How to use the Retro-Record Feature................................................................................................................17

7 Settings and Multimedia Card Expansion............................................................... 19

7.1 How to Adjust the Settings ................................................................................................................................19

7.2 How to Expand the Ondio with a Multimedia Card........................................................................................... 19

8 Connecting the ONDIO to a PC or Mac .................................................................. 20

8.1 Connecting Ondio to a PC ................................................................................................................................. 20

8.2 Disconnecting the Ondio from a PC ..................................................................................................................21

8.3 Use the Ondio file format .................................................................................................................................. 21

8.4 Connecting Ondio to your Macintosh................................................................................................................ 21

9 MusicMatch™ Software............................................................................................ 22

10 Technical Support ...................................................................................................... 23

11 Appendix A - Settings Table......................................................................................24

12 Appendix B - Recording Bit Rate Table .................................................................. 25

13 Appendix C - Screen & Button Descriptions........................................................... 26

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 MB of data). * Memory capacity can be enhanced by adding MultimediaCards.

Interface and transfer to computer USB 1.1 (PC and Mac) Supported formats MP3 playback (30 to 320 kbps - VBR). MP3 recording (VBR up to 128 kbps), real-time

encoding (from any analog audio source). 30 second retro-capture buffer function for radio.

Built-in FM tuner FM band 87.5 to 108 MHz - scan function - 30 preset stations. Display LCD, 112x64 pixels Audio specifications

Sound settings and play mode Volume, bass, treble, loudness, balance and bass boost.

Continuous playback time Up to 12 hours. Software scalability Downloadable firmware updates from Internet www.archos.com. Power source Internal: 3 AAA batteries Dimensions 81 x 47 x 25mm (3,1” x 1,8” x 0,9”) Weight 60 g ( 2.1 oz) System Requirements: PC*: Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP (USB mass-storage). 32 MB RAM (64 MB

Package includes

Stereo Analog Line-In, Stereo Analog Line-Out & Earphone Jack. Signal to noise ratio >90 dB. Max. output power: 100mW, Frequency. response 20 HZ – 20 kHz. Harmonic distortion: <0.1%. Built-in microphone.

Normal, Single, Repeat all, shuffle, Queue, Scan

recommended). CD-ROM drive with digital audio extraction support. Mac*: OS 9.x. or X

ONDIO, 3 AAA batteries, USB 1.1 cable (Mini B-A ), stereo headphones, audio-stereo cable, carrying pouch, MusicMatch™ Jukebox software, driver and manual on CD plus a Quick Start Guide in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

2 Product Introduction

Dear Customer,

Thank you for purchasing the new Ondio 128MB MP3 player/recorder/FM receiver. Please take the time to read through this user manual in order to get the fullest use of this product. Our engineers packed 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 Ondio, you can…

• Listen to FM stereo radio

• Listen to MP3 files

• Use it as a Dictaphone

• Record music directly from your hi-fi or other audio source

• Store MP3, text, or any data file

• Record from the built-in FM Radio

• Edit cut-in and cut-out points from radio recordings

• Create music Playlists

We hope you receive years of enjoyment from your Ondio. If you are really into MP3 music, you may also want to check out the big brother of the Ondio, the ARCHOS Jukebox FM Recorder which does all the same things as the Ondio but with 20GB of storage. Thanks again for purchasing our product. If there is something you thing we should improve upon, please don’t hesitate to write to us and let us know. We are always interested in improving our products to suite our customers needs.

Wishing you the best music listening experience, The team at ARCHOS

• Create radio station presets

• Read text files

• Add an additional 128MB with a multimedia card

2.1 Buttons and Controls

Power on/off Line-in jack

Headphone / Line-out

LCD screen

(go up, increase)

Left

(previous, decrease)

Mode/Escape

(stop, cancel, pause, return)

USB 1.1 connector

Microphone

Right

(play, select, next)

Slot for 128MB Multimedia Card

Down

(go down, decrease)

2.2 Starting up the Ondio

First install the three included AAA batteries. As shown in the photo, press downward on the top of the battery cover and pull outward. The bottom will hinge outward and then snap out. Be sure to install the batteries with the

Opening the battery cover

Master Reset: If for some strange reason the Ondio freezes operation (Electrostatic phenomenon) or does not seem to shut off, you can hold the ON/OFF button for 8 seconds which will force the Ondio to execute a master reset. It will NOT erase the Ondio files.

+ positive and – negative as indicated.

Main Menu

To start the Ondio, hold the ON/OFF button for 3 seconds. The main menu screen will appear. To shut off the Ondio, press and hold the ON/OFF button for three seconds, and it will shut off. Be careful to hold the button. If you accidentally double-click it while it is running, you will enter the Instant-Record feature.

3 FM Radio Mode

This section explains

Typical FM Radio playing screen

How to…

3.1 Adjust the volume

3.2 Select a new station

3.3 Create a station preset

3.4 Delete a station preset

3.5 Rename a station preset

3.6 Go to a station preset

3.7 Increase the signal quality

3.8 Set the Ondio to HOLD

Personalized Radio Preset Name* Indicates a recognized radio station Indicates stereo reception

* The user must enter the personalized text. The default name would have been Radio 102.5.

Battery Level Volume Level Mode Indicator

Current Radio Frequency

3.1 How to Adjust the Volume

While the radio is playing, you can adjust the volume either by the thumbwheel control on the cord of the included headphones, or by pressing on the buttons.

to increase the volume or to decrease it. The volume indicator on the top of the screen will reflect only the changes made with the

3.2 How to Select a new Station

To select a radio station, click once on the right button to increase the frequency by.1 Mhz (move up on the FM dial). If you hold down this button, the frequency will increase rapidly. When you release the button, the Ondio will stop at the next recognized radio station (scan for station feature). Use the left button to decrease the frequency in the same way. If the frequency keeps increasing or decreasing automatically bey ond where you want it to stop, click quickly on the Right or Left button again to stop it.

3.3 How to Create a Station Preset

To create a station preset, tune the Ondio to the station you would like to create the preset for. Hold down the Mode button for three seconds. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Use the Down button

to select this response. This will save the current station as a preset in the Radio list. The default name of the station will be Radio XX.X where

the Xs stand for the frequency. You can create a personalized name for the station another time. If you would like to create a personalised name for the preset radio station at the moment you create your preset, do as explained above, except that

when you are asked what you would like to do, scroll down to item 4 “Save as…” and you will be taken to the text input mode where you can give the preset station a personalized name. See the section BROWSER MODE for instructions on how to enter a name in the text input screen.

to highlight item 3 “Save” for example. Then press the Right button

3.4 How to Delete a Station Preset

While in the FM Radio mode, hold down the Mode button for three seconds. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Using the Down button , highlight item 2 “go to Radiolist” and then click on the Right button to select it. You will be brought to the Radiolist screen. Once in the Radiolist screen, use your Up

Radiolist Screen

and Down buttons to find the preset station that you would like to delete. Click on the Left button the preset station.

to delete

3.5 How to Rename a Station Preset

To give a personalized name to a radio station, you have to rename it. While in the FM Radio mode, hold down the Mode button for three seconds. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Using the Down button Right button to select it. You will be brought to the Radiolist screen. Once in the Radiolist screen, use your Up and Down buttons to highlight the preset station that you would like to rename. Click the Right button to select it. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Scroll down to item 3 “rename” and then click on the right button. you will be taken to the Text Input mode where you can give the preset station a personalized name. See the section BROWSER MODE for instructions on how to enter a name in the text input screen.

, highlight item 2 “go to Radiolist” and then click on the

3.6 How to Go to a Station Preset

While in the FM Radio mode, hold down the Mode button for three seconds. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Using the Down button , highlight item 3 “go to Radiolist” and then click on the Right button to select it. You will be brought to the Radiolist screen. Once in the Radiolist screen, use your Up and Down buttons to select the station you would like to listen to. The station will change as you scroll through the station presets. Once at the desired station, click on the Mode button to return to the FM Radio mode.

3.7 How to Increase the signal quality

Sometimes, the FM signal may not be very clear. You can change the tuner sensitivity (DX if you are far from the radio station or Local if you are near the radio station). You can also turn on and off the FM stereo mode. Sometimes a station will come in more clearly if you have the FM Stereo mode shut off.

While in the FM Radio mode, hold down the Mode button Down button sensitivity. Click on the right button to execute the function you want. You will then be brought to a screen with the list of possible options for that function. Highlight the option you desire, then click on play. The item with the circular mark in the front of it is the item which is currently implemented. Click once on mode to return to the FM Stereo mode.

, you can scroll down to the various options. Toward the bottom of the list, you will see the options for FM Stereo and FM

for three seconds. You will then be asked what you would like to do. Using the

3.8 How to set the Ondio to HOLD

Sometimes, while you are playing the radio or an MP3 file, you don’t want buttons to react to any accidental bumping. To deactivate the buttons of the Ondio, you need to put the Ondio into HOLD mode. To do this, hold down on the Mode button MP3 file. The first option is to set the Ondio on HOLD. Click on the right button. The Ondio will now go into HOLD mode where the buttons will not react. If you do nothing when presented with the list of options, it will automatically go to HOLD mode in 10 seconds. You will see a HOLD indication on the top right of the screen.

To deactivate the HOLD mode, press and hold down on the Mode button for 3 seconds. The HOLD indicator on the screen will disappear.

while you are listening to the radio or an

4 Browser Mode (file system)

This section explains

Typical Browser Mode Screen

How to…

4.1 Navigate the file structure

4.2 Recognize file types

4.3 Display file information

4.4 Delete a file or folder

4.5 Create a new folder

4.6 Use the Text Input mode

4.7 Read Text files

Subfolder (directory) icon

Text file icon

Playlist file icon

MP3 Music file icon Notice the vertical scroll bar on the left of the screen. This indicates that there are more files at

this level. Use the Up and Down buttons to see the files. **Although the Ondio will store any type of file, only the files with extentions.mp3,.m3u,.txt and

folders will be displayed on the screen.

Battery Level Directory level Mode Indicator

Currently selected file

4.1 How to Navigate the file structure

Notice carefully the directory level on the top of the screen in the example above. This tells you at what depth you are in the file system. When you turn on the Ondio, you are at the root level, level 0. From there, each time you enter a folder (Click Right button to enter a folder), you go down one level. This indicator gives you a sense of how deep in the file system hierarchy you are. To go back up one level, you will click on the left button system.

. If, for example, you are at level 02, then you should click on the Left button two times to return to the root level of the file

4.2 How to Recognize file types

The Browser mode allows you to view all your MP3 files. The Ondio will store any type of file (think of it as a 128MB hard drive). However, when you go into the Browser Mode, you will only see the files with the extensions.mp3 (music),.m3u (Playlist), and.txt (text file). As shown in the screen above, each of these recognized file types has its specific icon type.

4.3 How to Display file information

If you would like to view information about an MP3 file, you must first play it. While it is playing or is paused, you can hold down the Mode button you will see information about the file such as bit rate, sample resolution, size, and file name.

which will bring you to a Question screen. Scroll down using the Down button to the option File info. When you execute this option,

4.4 How to Delete a file or folder

While in the browser mode, navigate to the file you want to delete. Once highlighted, hold down on the Mode button until the question screen appears. You can then scroll down (using the down button) to the delete option. Click on the right button to make the delete happen. You will then be asked to validate your response.

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