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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.
1 Overview 8
1.1 Ports, Buttons, and Co nnectors ........................................................................................ 8
1.2 Overview of di fferent screen a reas .................................................................................. 10
1.3 Application tabs ................................................................................................................1 0
1.4 The Touch Screen and Text Input.................................................................................... 11
1.5 Linux®, Qtopia™ and the PMA430 File System ............................................................ 12
1.6 Updating the Operating Syste m ....................................................................................... 1 3
Step 1 Download the file aimage .img.......................................................................... 13
ATTENTION M acintosh® Users ................................................................................. 14
Step 2. Read the History .txt File ................................................................................. 14
Step 3. Copy the aimage.img file t o the PMA430 System F older ................................14
Step 4 Reset the PMA430 and set the time and date .................................................14
1.7 Changing the Langua ge.................................................................................................... 15
1.8 Caring for the PM A430 .................................................................................................... 15
1.9 Hardware Reset ................................................................................................................ 15
2 Connecting/Disconnecting the PMA430 to/from your PC ............................................16
2.1 Connecting th e PMA430 .................................................................................................. 16
2.2 Disconnecting the PMA430 from your Co mputer........................................................... 17
Windows
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Macintosh
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3 System Recove ry ..............................................................................................................19
4 Music App lication ............................................................................................................21
4.1 Playing Music ...................................................................................................................2 1
Button controls whil e a song is playi ng ....................................................................... 23
4.2 The ARCLibrary™ - Browsing by Artist, Albu m, or T itle ............................................. 24
4.3 Putting Music on to your PMA43 0 ................................................................................... 24
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player ( WMP) to the PMA430...............25
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WM P) 9 to the PMA430 ............25
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 to the PMA430 .......... 25
Transferring yo ur CD collection to the PMA 430 ..........................................................25
Installing Windows Media® Player (W MP) 9 ......................................................................... 26
Installing Windows Media® Player ( WMP) 10.............................................................26
4.4 Play Music through your Home Stereo ............................................................................ 26
4.5 The Resume Function s ..................................................................................................... 26
4.6 Customizing the Equalizer ............................................................................................... 27
5 AudioCorder A p plication................................................................................................28
6 MUSIC - Us ing iTunes™ with your PMA430 ...............................................................29
7 Photo Applic ation ............................................................................................................30
7.1 Transferring pictur es to your PMA43 0 ............................................................................ 31
8 Video Applic ation ............................................................................................................32
8.1 The Resume Function s ..................................................................................................... 33
8.2 Display Format Settin gs ................................................................................................... 33
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Display 33
Video 33
8.3 Playing Video Files fro m the Internet .............................................................................. 33
9 VideoCorder A p plication ................................................................................................35
Manual Recording....................................................................................................... 35
Fixed Time Recording................................................................................................. 36
Scheduled Recordings................................................................................................36
9.1 Setting other Recordin g Parameters ................................................................................. 37
9.2 Copy Protection ................................................................................................................ 37
10 Set-up for scheduled video recordings ...........................................................................39
10.1 Part 1 : Choose your Category, Brand, and Mode l .......................................................... 39
10.2 Part 2: Testing the channel ch anger ................................................................................. 40
10.3 Part 3: Give your ch annels a name ................................................................................... 40
11 File browser Ap plication .................................................................................................42
12 Creating MPEG4 Video Files with your Computer ......................................................44
How to cre ate 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 Managemen t (PIM) Application s ..............................................50
13.1 Today ........................................................................................................................ 50
13.2 Calendar ........................................................................................................................ 50
13.3 Contacts ........................................................................................................................ 50
13.4 Todo List ........................................................................................................................ 50
14 Miscellaneous A pplications .............................................................................................51
14.1 Clock ........................................................................................................................ 51
14.2 World Time ......................................................................................................................5 1
14.3 Calculator ........................................................................................................................ 51
14.4 Text Editor ........................................................................................................................ 51
14.5 System Info....................................................................................................................... 52
14.6 Help Browser ....................................................................................................................5 2
14.7 Mophun® ........................................................................................................................5 2
14.8 Terminal ........................................................................................................................ 52
14.9 Pdf Viewer ........................................................................................................................ 52
15 Internet App lication s .......................................................................................................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