ARCHOS AV300 - Manual (Page 3)

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2 How to Use the Radio and MP3 Functions
2.1 Playing MP3 files
You can connect your FM Remote to the AV300 at any time. The remote’s screen will show
your current directory or the file name you are currently playing. Make a long press on the
FM/MP3 mode button and you will be sent to the main screen of the AV300. You can choose
either the <Music> or <Browser> icon. Use the remote’s / rocker control as you would
the UP/DOWN joystick controls and the PLAY as the PLAY  button on the AV300. This
will allow you to search your directory structure to find songs and playlists that you want to
play. If you are in the FM mode, just click on the MP3/FM button to go to MP3 mode. Use
the Increase and Decrease buttons on the Remote FM to control headphone volume.
2.2 Tuning the Radio
Once the remote is plugged in, click on the mode button MP3/FM to go to the radio mode.
Use the rocker control Left  and Right  to go up and down the frequency range. A short
press on the rocker button will rotate through the three FM tuning modes, Preset (you can
choose one of your 20 preset stations), Manual (tune your station manually), Search (let the
radio search for the next clear station). Press the MP3/FM button to leave the Radio mode and
go back to the MP3 mode.
2.3 Making a Radio Preset
You can save up to 20 preset stations with the FM remote
control. Once you have found the radio frequency you
want to save as a preset, press and hold the rocker PLAY
button for 3 seconds. The Remote will show P2 Saved, for
example, indicating that this radio station is now program
number 2. If you would like to erase a preset station, go to
the tuning Preset mode, scroll to the preset number you
want to clear, then hold down on PLAY for three
seconds. You now have a free program slot to make a
different FM preset.
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If you would like to name your Preset radio stations, you can do this by editing, with a text
editor such as Notepad (Windows®) or SimpleText (Macintosh®), the file FMPreset.txt which
you will find in the System folder on the root directory of the AV300 hard drive. Please note
that you should not use a word processor such as Microsoft Word® to edit the preset text file.
Each line of the text file should contain the station frequency, a space, and then the name of the
station. You can name the station whatever you want, some examples are 90.1 Easy Jazz or 90s
Hits FM Radio 107.8 or 91.3 KGTS. You are limited to 32 characters for naming a station
preset. The entry on a line of 0.0 represents an empty preset slot.
2.4 Setting the HOLD mode
Use this feature if you would like to prevent the FM Remote from changing stations or
settings accidentally if a button is pressed or hit. Hold down for three seconds on the HOLD
button to activate this. The buttons will be locked and not respond if pressed. To de-activate
HOLD and make the buttons usable, press the HOLD button again for 3 seconds. Using the
HOLD on the Remote will lock both the Remote’s buttons and the AV300 buttons. You can
also hold down on the top function button of the AV300 to de-activate HOLD.
2.5 Recording from the Microphone
First make sure you are in the MP3 mode (MP3/FM button to change modes). Simply click once
on the REC button and the recording starts. The REC button will light up red to indicate that
you are making a recording. When you are done, click on REC again and the recording will
finish and write to your hard drive. Your recorded file will be saved in the last folder that was
used for audio recording.
For example, if you have a folder /HD/Music/Voice that you made an audio recording in, then
the next time you click the REC on the remote control, it will save the file to that Voice folder.
If you have used only the AudioCorder icon from the main AV300 screen for recording, then
the recording will be stored in /HD/Music since no other folder had been identified as the last
recording folder. The file name for this recording will be VOICExxxx.mp3, where xxxx are
incremental numbers. During the recording, you can change the recording gain. Press the rocker
control to the left  (less gain) when the sound you’re recording is loud, or to the right 
(more gain) when the sound is soft.