ARCHOS 100 series - Manual (Page 12)

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5.2.4 Changing the Power Settings
To help you get the most battery life out of your Gmini before having
to recharge it, you can adjust the power settings. Go to [Setup
О О О О
Power].
Parameter Description
Power Off Range : 1 to 9 or Never.
Values 1 – 9 represent the number of minutes of user inactivity before the
Gmini automatically shuts off. The Gmini will not shut off during the
playback of music files or during recording. Never indicates that the Gmini
will not do an automatic shut down.
Backlight Off Range : 1 to 11 or Never.
These values represent 10 – 110 seconds of user inactivity (no buttons
pressed) before the Gmini turns off the blue backlight. Never indicates that
the backlight will always stay on. Keeping the backlight on will reduce the
battery time.
LCD Contrast Range : 0 to 7
These values represent the black/white contrast of the screen.
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5.2.5 Changing the Recording Settings*
Each time you make a recording, either via the line-In, microphone,
or SPDIF, the Gmini has preset recording parameters that it will use.
You can change these recordings settings by going to [Setup
О О О О
Recording].
Parameter Description
Set Title Allows you to set the Title ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Set Artist Allows you to set the Artist ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Set Album Allows you to set the Album ID3 tag in the MP3 file you will record
Source Line-In, Mic, SPDIF.
This allows you to choose the source of your recording. If you use the
Line-In option, you must connect the multiconnect adapter plug to the
multiconnect headphone jack, and then plug the audio source into the line-
in jack of the adapter plug. If you use Mic, then you should speak into the
built-in microphone. If you use the SPDIF recording method, you will
connect the included cable to the SPDIF jack on the multiconnect plug, and
then on the other side, connect the yellow RCA connector to the SPDIF
Out on your stereo system.
Record Format MP3.
Determines the file format that will be recorded. Today only MP3 (ISO
MPEG1 layer 3) sound encoding format is available. The recordings are
made as 16 bit sampled sound to create a Joint-stereo recording.
Line-in Bitrate 32kb/s, 96kb/s, 128kb/s, 192kb/s.
Allows you to set the recording quality of the line-in in terms of kilobits
per second. The higher the value, the better the quality of the recording but
also the more disk drive space that will be taken up.
Mic Bitrate 16kb/s, 64kb/s, 96kb/s, 112kb/s. Allows you to set the recording quality
of the microphone in terms of kilobits per second. The higher the value, the
better the quality of the recording but also the more disk drive space that
will be taken up.
(*)The recording functionality is enabled via an optional software plug-in. Please see the Archos website
www.archos.com for details.