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Jukebox Multimedia
20, 120 & AV140
PDF User Guide
Jukebox Multimedia 20 Jukebox Multimedia 120 & AV140
ARCHOS Jukebox Multimedia 20, 120 & AV140 User Guide Version 1.1
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Table of Contents 1 Starting up the Jukebox Multimedia................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 6 Auto Power Off (Power Off t.)............................................................................................................
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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. 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, INCIDENT
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Technical Specifications Storage capacity: Model 20: 20 GB hard drive Series 100: depending on model number. JBM 120: 20 GB hard drive , AV140 : 40GB hard drive Model 20: US B 1.1 standard (optional USB 2.0 or FireWire interface cable) Interface to Computer: Series 100: . USB 2.0 standard (optional FireWire interface cable) USB 1.1 compatible MP3 decoding 30 to 320 kbits/s , CBR & VBR. MP3 real - time encoding 30 to 160 kbits/s VBR. Music Playback & Recording: Photo Viewing: M
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Product Introduction We hope you receive years of enjoyment from your Jukebox Multimedia. We thank you for purchasing this product. If there is s User Guide is an expansion of the Quick Start Guide that you something you thing we should improve upon, please don’t hesitate received with your product. This guide will show you in a more to write to us and let us know. We a re always interested in improving detailed way some of the more intricate functions of the Jukebox our products t
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1 Starting up the Jukebox Multimedia Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. Please also check the ARCHOS website to see if a more recent version of the oaded. 1.1 Battery Saving Features There are two settings which can help you save battery power. These are the Auto Power Off setting and the Auto Screen Off setting. To get to the Settings screen, Click [F1] Setup, then scroll down to [Settings] and click Play. Then scroll down to find the two settings shown to the left.
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2 Ports, Connections, and Buttons Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information 2.1 SPDIF Digital Audio The SPDIF digital audio is a wire based protocol, it is not optical. To record or play via the SPDIF digital audio connection, you will use the cable d elivered with the Jukebox which has RCA type connectors (red, white, and yellow). Thus, you should locate SPDIF RCA female type jacks on the back of your Hifi system. Place the mini - jack end of the cable in the Jukebox’s LINE -
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3 Playing MP3 Music Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information 3.1 The Display Shown below is the screen when a track (song) is being played. The top line of the Jukebox Multimedia indicates, in order, the Battery level, Play Status, Play Mode, Repeat, Volume, and Song Number/Time. Status: Playing Play Mode: One Directory Repeat Song number in Playlist Artist (if ID3 tagged) or current folder Song elapsed time Song length to setup options Browse the
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3.2 ID3 Tags ID3 Tags are information about the recording which is located inside of an MP3 music file. When someone creates an MP3 music file, he or she has the option of adding information to it. This information includes, among other things, the Album name, the name of the Artist, and the title of the song. If these data are present, the Jukebox will display them on the screen when it plays the file. If they are not present, then the Jukebox will display in order, the name of the par
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3.6 Creating and Playing Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs, pictures, or a combination that the Jukebox will automatically play one after the other. The Jukebox can load one Playlist at a time into its internal memory. You can create new Playlists, add or delete items from a Playlist, or Save a Playlist as a file (file type .m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the Jukebox hard drive. Playlists are indicated by a special list
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recognize the Jukebox as a Device. When you create your Playlists with iTu nes, it will now save these Playlists to the root directory of your Jukebox Multimedia. Disconnect the Jukebox from your computer and then simply click Play on the Playlist that iTunes had created 11 for you.
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4 Settings Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basi c information. 4.1 Setting the Time of Day Clock To set the clock, click first on F1 Setup, then click on F3 (the time). You will be sent to the clock adjust screen as shown to the left. Use the Up and Down to change a parameter’s value, and then Left and R ight move to different parameters. Click F2 when finished. 4.2 Play Mode, Repeat, and Shuffle Depending on your preferences, you can have your MP3 music played in different ways.
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Parameter Description Video Internal LCD, External TV. To display via the built - in LCD screen or to view the display via an external television. Use the included combination audio/video cable to connect the Ju kebox to a television. Holding the ON button for three seconds will also alternate between these two options. [TV Standard] NTSC (USA), PAL (Europe). In order to properly view images or videos on an external TV, select one option to send the video signa l compatible with you
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When updating your Operating System, you should keep your Jukebox powered fro m the AC charger/adapter so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are performing the update. Connect your Jukebox to your computer (see section 9.1), and then copy the AJBM.AJZ file to the root directory of the Jukebox. The root direc tory is the top most level of the directory hierarchy. Just drag the .ajz file onto the Jukebox Hard drive in your file manager and it will place it in the top
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5 Recording MP3 Music Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. 5.1 Recording With the Jukebox Multimedia, you do not need a computer to create MP3 music and audio files. You can create MP3 files in three different ways. You can (1) Record from the built in microphone (voice recorder) (2) Record directly from an any analog audio source such as a stereo, portable stereo, ra dio, etc. via the Line - in jack or (3) Record directly from a digital stereo system that has the SPDI
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5.2 Bit Rate Table & Sample Rates Average bit rates for Recording Quality Parameter* Available Sampling Rates - in (44.1 Khz Stereo Music) Microphone (22.05 Khz voice) 48 kHz Setting 0 78 kb/s 39 kb/s 44.1 kHz Setting 1 81 kb/s 41 kb/s 32 kHz S etting 2 87 kb/s 43 kb/s 24 kHz Setting 3 95 kb/s 22.05 kHz Setting 4 117 kb/s 60 kb/s 16 kHz Setting 5 77 kb/s Setting 6 165 kb/s 107 kb/s Setting 7 166 kb/s 131 kb/s * These figures are averages because the Jukebox Mul
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6 Playing Video Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. You can vie w video files either on the Jukebox Multimedia itself, or on a television (video projectors work nicely also). Use the included audio/video cable to connect the Jukebox Multimedia to your television. Place the mini - jack into the EAR/AV OUT on the Jukebox and the other connectors (Red, White, Yellow) respectively to Audio In Right, Audio In Left, and Video In on your television. If your television only has
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7 Creating MPEG4 Video Files Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. Please understand that video re - encoding is not always a simple one butt on process. Video segments that come from your digital camcorder or which are freely available on the web are encoded in different ways. If not already in the proper MPEG4 Simple Profile format, transforming these videos into this format readable by the Jukebox Multimedia requires special software tools. This is due to the relat
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and format to be read by the Jukebox Multimedia 10, 20, 120 and the AV140. When you run it for the first time, the Mpeg4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If yo u did not install the virtual dub in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is. 7.2 Using Mpeg4 Translator To the left you see the image of the main Mpeg4 Translator program. When you first run the program , if the DivX™ codec has not been installed yet, you will be not
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Start Click on Start and the prog ram will call Virtual Dub to start processing the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re - encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you will see the progress as it processes the video file. If the Start button is grayed out, it would be for one of two reasons. 1) The source file is not a true AVI file. Even if the file name ends with .avi, the intern
