English Language Manual

Archos TV Cradle
For Archos AV400 series and PMA400 series
Manual for Archos TV Cradle ver. 3.0 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 1

Table of contents

TV Cradle Description
Remote Control Description
2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8

How to connect

Connect & Test Method Connection Connection Connection Connection : the Multi-connect Plug : the Adapter/Charger : the audio-visual output (AV Out) : the audio-visual input (AV In)
Europe only: What if there is no Video Out Connection? Connection Connection : the S-Video In : the Infrared Emitter
TV Cradle connection diagrams are located at the back of this manual.
By installing the TV cradle, you have an easy way to connect and disconnect your AV400 or PMA400 to or from your home entertainment system. Simply slip your Archos device into or take it out of the TV Cradle as needed. If you have scheduled television recordings to make, then just slip it into the cradle, turn it on, and let it make the recording while you are away. If you want to make TV recordings from a place other than where your TV Cradle is connected, then you can purchase the Audio-Video Travel Cable to bring along with your Archos device and record from any other audio/video source. a Multi-connect Plug: Connects to the AV devices multi-connect jack. b Rotating mount: Allows the AV device to be viewed at a 60 or 90 degree angle. c Device Slot: the slot to place the AV device into. d Rubber tting shoe: size varies slightly depending on which AV device you have. e Stylus from the PMA400 for the touch screen. f DC-In power jack: Plug only the included Archos adapter/charger into this jack.
g Infrared out: Connect the IR emitter here. h Serial connection: For future use. i j AV OUT: The audio and video cables OUT from your AV device. Goes to TV INPUTS. AV IN: Connectors to get Audio and Video IN to your AV device. Goes to TV tuner OUTPUTS. 3
k* S-Video IN: Used to get high quality S-video into your AV device. Goes to TV tuner S-video OUT.
Infrared receptor: Point your Archos remote control at this surface to control your AV device.
*Attention: Do not connect both the S-video IN and the yellow Video-IN at the same time.
Same as your PMA400/ AV400 function buttons
Standby / Wake Up* Attention: The AV400 must be turned on rst by hand before this button can be used. Numeric entry
Switch between Built-in & External Video Same as AV400/PMA400 Navigate, Execute & Escape
Go up or down one screen of les in the browser mode
Play, Pause, fast Forward, fast Reverse Open pre-recording screen / start recording Change the TV channel up / down (If the infrared emitter is connected).
Jump to Previous / Next le Leave Music Player to browse / Stop
Increase / Decrease Volume

Mute sound

*AV400: Each time you place the AV400 into the TV Cradle, you must turn it on via the ENTER button, not by the remote controls STANDBY/WAKE UP button. Once turned on in this way, you can use the remote controls STANDBY/WAKE UP button normally. It is just upon placing the AV400 into the cradle that you must turn it on by its ENTER button. *PMA400: The PMA400 is always in standby mode when not on. Thus, you can wake up the PMA400 with the remote control once you slip it into the cradle and connect the multi-connect plug.
The Archos device correctly placed in the cradle (60 angle option) and multi-connect plug correctly inserted.
Connect & Test Method
Even if connecting audio-visual equipment is not your strong suit, by following our instructions and applying our Connect & Test method, you will be able to verify your connections as you go along, and not after you have hooked up everything and it doesnt work as expected. Refer to the connection diagrams in the back of this manual while reading through each section. The key to a successful installation of your TV Cradle is to make each connection then test it. If the test works, thats great, then go on to the next step. If it doesnt work, then there is no sense in connecting more wires and making your situation more complicated. Just go back and see if you can determine why the 7
previous step didnt work. The TEST IT section for each connection is there for you to verify that it works as explained before going on to the next step. By connecting and testing as you go along, you have a better chance of doing everything correctly the rst time.

Connection

: the Multi-connect Plug
Set the TV Cradle on a at and stable surface near enough to your television system so that the cables can reach around to the back of your devices. Before placing your AV device into the cradle, you can rotate the top dark rotating mount so that your device sits at a 90 degree or 60 degree angle. Now, slide your AV device into the cradle from the top downward (do not slide it in from the right or left). Try to put your device in the center as shown in the picture at the start of this chapter. Now push the multi-connect plug into the AV device until it is solidly touching the body of your Archos AV device.

: the Adapter/Charger

To power the TV Cradle and your AV device, plug the Archos adapter/charger into a wall outlet and the other end into the left most jack (labeled DC IN) on the back of the TV cradle. You should see the green charging light on the AV device turn on, indicating that power has been connected.
TEST IT: Verify that you made the correct connections. With your Archos AV in the cradle, turn it on*. Point your remote control (dont forget to put the batteries in) at the cradle. While pointing at the TV Cradle, press the UP or DOWN buttons on the remote control. If the Archos AV responds to your remote control commands, this veries a correct connection. * On the AV400, press and hold the enter button on the AV400 itself. After this point the remote controls Standby / Wake
Up button will work normally.
: the audio-visual output (AV Out)
To be able to view photos and videos on your television, use the set of three plugs (red, white, yellow) that are labeled AV OUT. These are your audio and video cables to plug into your televisions auxiliary inputs (could be on the back or front of your television). North America: Plug the Yellow connector into your televisions Video Input, the Red into your televisions right audio input, and the White into your televisions left audio input. If your television does not support Stereo sound (it has only one audio input), plug just the Red cable into the audio input of your television. Europe: If connecting to the SCART connector on the back of the television, use the included SCART IN block. Connect the three colored AV OUT cables to the SCART IN block and then plug that into your television. If connecting to the front of your television, simply plug the colored AV OUT cables directly into those front jacks.
TEST IT: Test now to see if you made the correct connections. With the device in the cradle, play one of the sample video les. Hold down on the TV/LCD buttonfor 3 seconds (Switch to external video). The screen on your AV should go black. You should see the video now playing on your television. If not, switch your television to auxiliary input (often called L1 or L2 just below channel 1) Europe: If you dont see the video, check to make sure you used the SCART IN block.
: the audio-visual input (AV In)
If you want to be able to record from your television or another video device into your Archos AV device, you will have to send the video and audio signals into it. You will use the three cables labeled AV IN. North America: You will most likely get your video and audio signals from your Cable box, Satellite receiver box, or VCR (newer large screen TVs often have video and audio outputs on the back that can also be used). Connect the AV IN cables yellow connector to the yellow Video Out jack on your cable box, satellite box, or VCR, or TV. See the diagram that most nearly resembles your television set up. Now connect the Red and White cables to the cable box, satellite box, VCR, or TVs Red and White Audio Out jacks. What ever is going out of the cable box, satellite box, or VCR to your television, is now also going to your AV400 device. Europe: If your cable box, video cassette recorder, or satellite receiver has audio-visual outputs (red, white, yellow), then plug the three AV IN cables into those connections. If your cable box, video cassette recorder, or satellite receiver has an extra SCART output, then connect the TV Cradles red, white, and yellow AV IN cables into the included OUT SCART block (Attention: the IN and OUT SCART connectors look very similar) and then plug it into your devices extra SCART output. If you have neither the audio-visual outputs nor an extra SCART output, see the next section.

TEST IT: Verify that you made the correct connections Turn on your cable box, satellite box, or video cassette recorder (VCR). Make sure you see a good clear television image. Select the icon on the AV screen called VideoCorder. The pre-recording screen should now show the same image on the built-in screen. Press the ON/ENTER button to record what is showing on the screen (or use the Archos remote control). North America: If you do not see an image (or see the message No Signal), check that you connected the yellow cable of the AV IN to the video output of your cable box, satellite receiver, or VCR. Europe: If you are using a SCART output on your video cassette recorder and you do not see the image on the Archos devices screen (or you see the message No Signal), check the manual of your video cassette recorder to make sure that the SCART connection that you plugged into is capable of video and audio output, not just input.
Europe only: What if there is no Video Out Connection?
In the case that you do not have a second video out SCART or RCA type outputs on your video cassette recorder, you can obtain a 2 -1 SCART switch box from an electronics retailer or the store where you bought your Archos product, which will allow you to send the Video Cassette Recorders video and audio signals to your television (normal TV viewing) or to your Archos TV cradle (to make a recording). In the following example set up, you would switch the box to side b when you want to make a video recording. Attention: Do not purchase a simple splitter but rather a switchable a/b box. Splitting the video signal will degrade its quality.

: the S-Video In

If you would like to get a higher quality video recording, and your video recorder, cable box or other video device has an S-video output, you can connect the S-video cable of your TV cradle into it. This will carry only the video signal to the TV Cradle and your AV400/PMA400, not the audio. DO NOT PLUG IN BOTH THE S-VIDEO CONNECTOR AND THE STANDARD YELLOW AV IN CONNECTOR AT THE SAME TIME.
TEST IT: You can test this connection the same way you test the AV In connection above.

: the Infrared Emitter

Infrared (IR) Emitter
This is an optional connection. You will need to use this if you would like to change TV channels with the Archos remote control or if want to be able to make scheduled recordings. This emitter, once stuck on to your cable box, satellite receiver, or video cassette recorder, will be able to turn the device on and off and select channels while you are not home. If you simply leave your cable box, satellite receiver box, or video cassette recorder on one channel, then without the Infrared Emitter connected, you will only be able to record from one channel. That is, there will be no way for the TV Cradle to tell your cable box, satellite receiver, or video cassette recorder to change the channel unless you have connected this Infrared Emitter.

Which device to control?

You will afx the IR Emitter to the device you normally change your TV channels with. Do you change TV channels with your video cassette recorder remote control, your cable box remote control, or your satellite receiver remote control? Which ever one of these devices changes the channel that you view, then it is on this device that you will afx the IR Emitter. 12
Locating the Infrared Receptor on your VCR or Cable box
First, you must locate the infrared detector on the device. This is the small dark window (looks black or deep red actually) which you point your remote control at to change the channels. We will use a video cassette recorder (vcr) as an example, but the following is true also for a cable box or satellite receiver. Look in your VCR user manual to see if it shows you where the infrared detector window is. If you nd it, then jump to the next step Connecting it to the TV Cradle. One way to locate the infrared receptor on your VCR is to cover up various parts of the face of your VCR with your hand while changing the channels and notice at what point your VCRs remote control stops working. By covering up various parts of the face, you will stop the infrared beam from reaching the infrared receptor. Keep changing the channels with your remote control, moving your hand over various areas until you have found where the infrared receptor is.
Connecting it to the TV Cradle
Plug the connector end of the Infrared Emitter to the center jack on the back of the TV Cradle. This Emitter will act as your remote control for your scheduled recordings.
Afxing it onto your device and Setting the IR Emitter code
Now that you know where the infrared receptor is, you need to set the correct infrared emitter code on your AV400 or PMA400 and then afx the IR emitter to your device. Every VCR, cable box, and satellite receiver has a different infrared code to tell it to turn on and off and how to change channels. With the IR emitter in one hand, move it over the infrared receptor on your cable box, VCR, or satellite receiver and then set the infrared code as explained in the full AV400 or PMA500 User Manual. Once you get the Archos unit to start controlling your device by infrared signals (there are test buttons in the infrared TV Control setting to help you), you can then peal off the white ring protecting the adhesive, and afx the IR emitter to your device. If your regular remote control for this device is sensitive to distances, you could afx the IR emitter slightly to the left or right of the devices receptor so as not to impede the functioning of the regular remote control.

North American Connection Diagram
Video Cassette Recorder Cable Box or Satellite Receiver

In Out

Television Back

Antenna In Out

S-Video Out

AV inputs

Cable From DVD player

Television Front

S-Video In AV In AV Out

Future accessories

IR Emitter (3) Archos Adapter/Charger
(1) Connect the AV Out cables to the front of your television if the back of your television does not have connectors. (2) Connect either the S-video cable or the yellow AV In cable, not both. (3) See section 2.8 in this manual for instructions on connecting the infrared emitter.
(4) Connecting the AV In of the cradle to the AV outputs of your cable box or satellite receiver can also be done.

For Release January 6, 2005 5:00 a.m. PST
ARCHOS ADDS WIRELESS ACCESS TO THE TOP PORTABLE VIDEO PLAYER IN THE NEW POCKET MEDIA ASSISTANT PMA400
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www.pma400.com. More details about the SDK will be communicated on these sites once the product is available. ARCHOS redefined the MP3 player market with its portable video devices that do far more than play music, and is now raising the bar in the emerging PVP space at a time when many companies are just jumping in, said Henri Crohas, chief executive officer of ARCHOS, Inc. Consumers are showing a great thirst for devices that store all of their media in one place for anywhere access, and now those consumers can stay connected and productive at the same time. While 2004 was one of the busiest and most innovative years in ARCHOS history, we expect 2005 to be that much more exciting for consumers. Enjoy All Your Personal Entertainment Wherever You Go The Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 offers a range of unique ways to experience and enjoy favorite entertainment content: Record, Store and Play Back up to 120 Hours of Video1 Record video directly from a TV, VCR, cable box or satellite receiver; schedule recordings remotely; and store up to 120 hours of TV content or 60 full-length movies1 in MPEG-4 SP format. Record, Store and Listen to more than 6500 songs1 or 650 CDs1 Record and play MP3, WAV and WMA music files (including Windows Media DRM protected files) with the enhanced music center, and use the ARCLibrary to view by artist, albums, genre, title, year, and playlists. Create a playlist while on the go using the touch-screen and record your own voice through the internal microphone. Transfer and View up to 300,000 Thousand Photos1 Transfer, store and view up to 300,000 photos (JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF files) directly from another mass storage device or digital camera using the built-in USB host connection, or computer using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface. Play Games Play Mophun and Qtopia games found on the device or downloaded from the ARCHOS web site.
Stay Connected While on the Road Essential applications make the PMA400 the first smart entertainment device: Connect via Wi-Fi, Ethernet Cable and IrDA The PMA400 features built-in 802.11b Wi-Fi for accessing the Internet from any wireless hotspot, or you can connect to the Internet via Ethernet with an optional USB Ethernet adaptor or by using the IrDA port of your mobile phone. Customize Your PMA400 with Linux-based Applications The new Linux platform allows you to customize the PMA400 by creating and/or adding thirdparty software. Check www.archos.com or www.pma400.com for updates regarding release and conditions.

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Browse the Internet and Stay Connected Connect to stock quotes, check sport scores, read news and stay connected using the Opera Web browser. Connect to a Number of USB Devices Anywhere you Are The PMA400 connects via USB 2.0 (backward USB 1.1 compatible) and acts as a USB Host for transferring files directly from other powered mass storage devices such as other ARCHOS products, digital cameras, Ethernet adapters, keyboards and portable hard drives. Send and Receive E-mail The PMA400 features an e-mail client enabling you to read, create and send e-mails from personal and business e-mail accounts (POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP protocols supported). Stay Productive on the Road Personal information manager software from Qtopia offers a large number of applications such as an address book, agenda, calendar, and more, with the PMA400 able to synchronize contacts, tasks, to-do list and appointments from computers running Microsoft Outlook.
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mass market of pocket-sized MP3 players based on a hard disk with the Jukebox 6000. In 2002, ARCHOS launched the first portable video player, the Jukebox Multimedia. The company's AV line of pocket-sized audio/video recorders and players has revolutionized how todays consumers enjoy their music, photos and videos anywhere, anytime. ARCHOS has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia and more information is available online at www.archos.com.

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Contacts: Press and Analysts: Samantha Steinwinder, SPR, 206-713-6983, samantha@steinwinder.com Marketing: David Feldman, ARCHOS, Inc., 949-900-1903, feldman@archos.com