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Dear Customer,
ARCHOS thanks you for your choice of this exciting PMA400™ Personal Media Assistant.
Based on the tried and tested Linux
®
operating system, you can now get all the entertainment
you want, right in the palm of your hand. This guide will explain to you the functions of the
PMA400™. This product is, in reality, a computer. Our engineers have 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 PMA400, you can…
• Record video from your television, VCR, or any video source
• Play MPEG-4 movies
• Listen to and record digital music files
• Download images from a digital camera
• View photo images
• Play regular games as well as Mophun
®
based games
• Use it as an Internet browser or E-mail device
• Use it as a Personal Information Manager (calendar, appointments, address book, etc.)
• Add third party software for a variety of tasks
• Store any type of data file, it’s a portable hard drive too!
We wish you many years of enjoyment from your PMA400™ product. Don’t forget to check our
web site (www.archos.com category software), as we periodically update the Archos PMA400™
internal software to offer new functions and improved features.
The ARCHOS TEAM
*As our engineers are always updated and improving the software, your device’s software
may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this
manual.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Overview .................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Ports, Buttons, and Connectors........................................................................................6
1.2 Application tabs................................................................................................................7
1.3 The Touch Screen and Text Input....................................................................................8
1.4 Updating the Operating System.......................................................................................8
1. Download the file aimage.img.................................................................................9
ATTENTION Macintosh
®
Users..................................................................................9
2. Read the History.txt File..........................................................................................9
3. Copy to PMA400 System Folder.............................................................................9
4. Reset the PMA400 and set the time and date.........................................................10
1.5 Changing the Language....................................................................................................10
2 Connecting/Disconnecting the PMA400 to/from your PC............................................10
2.1 Connecting the PMA400..................................................................................................11
2.2 Disconnecting the PMA400 from your Computer...........................................................11
Windows
®
...............................................................................................................12
Macintosh
®
...............................................................................................................12
3 Music Application............................................................................................................13
3.1 Playing Music...................................................................................................................13
Button controls while a song is playing.......................................................................15
3.2 The ARCLibrary™ - Browsing by Artist, Album, or Title.............................................15
3.3 Putting Music onto your PMA400...................................................................................15
3.4 Play Music through your Home Stereo............................................................................16
3.5 The Resume Functions.....................................................................................................16
4 AudioCorder Application................................................................................................16
5 MUSIC - Using iTunes™ with your PMA400...............................................................17
6 Photo Application............................................................................................................18
6.1 Transferring pictures to your PMA400............................................................................18
7 Video Application............................................................................................................19
7.1 Playing Video Files from the Internet..............................................................................20
8 VideoCorder Application................................................................................................20
Manual Recording.......................................................................................................20
Scheduled Recordings................................................................................................21
8.1 Setting other Recording Parameters.................................................................................21
8.2 Copy Protection................................................................................................................22
9 VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code.................................................................22
9.1 Part 1 : Choose your Category, Brand, and Model..........................................................22
9.2 Part 2: Testing the channel changer.................................................................................23
9.3 Part 3: Give your channels a name...................................................................................23
10 File browser Application.................................................................................................24
11 Personal Information Management (PIM) Applications..............................................25
11.1 Today ........................................................................................................................25
11.2 Calendar ........................................................................................................................25
11.3 Contacts ........................................................................................................................25
11.4 Todo List ........................................................................................................................25