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.
Table of Contents 1 Starting up the Jukebox Multimedia................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 Battery Saving Features................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Auto Power Off (Power Off t.).......................................................................................................
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.
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 Interface to Computer: Model 20: USB 1.1 standard (optional USB 2.0 or FireWire interface cable) Series 100: . USB 2.0 standard (optional FireWire interface cable) USB 1.1 compatible Music Playback & MP3 decoding 30 to 320 kbits/s , CBR & VBR. MP3 real-time encoding 30 to 160 kbits/s VBR.
Product Introduction Dear Customer, We hope you receive years of enjoyment from your Jukebox This User Guide is an expansion of the Quick Start Guide that you Multimedia. We thank you for purchasing this product. If there is received with your product. This guide will show you in a more something you thing we should improve upon, please don’t hesitate detailed way some of the more intricate functions of the Jukebox to write to us and let us know. We are always interested in improving Multimedia.
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 Operating System (OS) is available. This can be freely downloaded. 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.
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 delivered 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-IN jack.
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.
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.
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.
recognize the Jukebox as a Device. When you create your Playlists with iTunes, 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 for you.
4 Settings Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic 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 Right 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.
Parameter Video Description 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 Jukebox to a television. Holding the ON button for three seconds will also alternate between these two options. [TV Standard] NTSC (USA), PAL (Europe).
When updating your Operating System, you should keep your Jukebox powered from 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 directory 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 most directory.
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, radio, etc.
5.2 Bit Rate Table & Sample Rates Average bit rates for Recording Quality Parameter* Line-in (44.1 Khz Stereo Music) Microphone (22.05 Khz voice) Available Sampling Rates 48 kHz Setting 0 78 kb/s 39 kb/s 44.
6 Playing Video Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. You can view 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.
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 button 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.
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 you 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 notified.
Start Click on Start and the program 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 .
8 Viewing Photos & Reading Memory Cards Refer to the Quick Start Guide for basic information. 8.1 Viewing Photos The Jukebox Multimedia is able to display pictures of type JPEG (progressive JPEG not supported) and BMP (4,8, and 24 bit depth) on its built-in screen or on a television (Hold the ON button for 5 seconds to change between built-in screen and video out). To view a photo, simply highlight it and click on Play. The Jukebox Multimedia will readjust the picture size to fit the screen.
*not available for Jukebox Multimedia 10 and 20 ** If a file already exists with the same name, the Jukebox will let you either overwrite the existing file or write the new file with an index number appended to it. 8.3 Creating a Slideshow Picture Slideshows are created exactly like MP3 Playlists. While browsing through files, highlight the file you want and then hold down on the play button for three seconds. The filename will change color indicating that it has been added to the Playlist.
9 9.1 Connecting / Disconnecting from your Computer Connecting the Jukebox Multimedia to your computer Windows ME, 2000, XP (Home/professional) and Macintosh OS 9.2 and above do not require any special installation of software drivers. The Jukebox Multimedia will be recognized as a Mass Storage Device and mount automatically within a few seconds of being connected. For PCs running Windows operating systems, you will see a new drive letter, such as E: in My Computer.
9.2 Disconnecting the Jukebox Multimedia from your Computer WARNING: You must properly disconnect (unmount) your Jukebox from the computer before disconnecting the cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the Jukebox. DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT ANY TIME. To unmount the Jukebox Multimedia hard drive, click on the save remove icon (a green arrow) and follow the instructions.
10 Troubleshooting • In case of Electrostatic Discharge, the Jukebox may lose function. Just power off and on in order to restore. If you have troubles getting your computer to recognize (mount) the Jukebox Multimedia as an external hard drive, check the following. • If using Windows 98SE, you must first install the drivers from the included CD-ROM.
11 Using MusicMatch™ Software 11.1 Installing MusicMatch™ This software will help you to create Playlists, rename files, change ID 3 tag information (Artist, Album, Song title), and execute other useful MP3 related functions such as transforming your personal CDs into MP3 files for playing on the Jukebox. Installing Music Match™ software on your PC quite simple. Just slip the included CD into your CR-ROM drive and the autorun system will present you with a list of installation options.
12 Optional Add-ons* The following add-ons and accessories for the Jukebox Multimedia can be purchase at your local retailer or through the on-line web shop at www.archos.com. *Verify availability JBM Camera 100 for JBM 10, 20, 120 & AV 140 This camera turns your Jukebox Multimedia into a digital camera & camcorder. Save still images as .jpg files and movies as MP4 .avi files. Has 1.3 Megapixel captor and 2x Digital Zoom.
JBM USB 2.0 Interface Cable for JBM 10, 20 This specialized cable with a built-in USB 2.0 circuit inside allows you to connect your Jukebox Multimedia to any computer with a standard USB 2.0 port. USB 2.0 is a high speed connection that allows significantly faster copying of files to and from the Jukebox Multimedia.
13 Technical Support • • • • Only the unit and its add-ons are under warranty, not the accessories If technical support determines that your product needs to be returned, please contact the place of purchase to have your product repaired or replaced (depending on problem type). There is an FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions section at the ARCHOS Website www.archos.com that can help answer many of your questions.
