The AV400 comes with a TV Cradle, which hooks up to your TV, VCR or cable/satellite set top box. The cradle, which also doubles as a charger, allows the AV400 to communicate with the tuner inside the other devices to flip the channel when it's time to record a user selected program to the portable video recorder’s hard drive. The TV Cradle also comes with a universal remote. The 80GB can store up to several hundred hours of video programming that can be recorded and viewed on the 3.8 inch color screen, as well as a TV or other video display device. As far as music playback goes, the AV400 can store and play hundreds or thousands of hours of music. Playback formats which are compatible include MP3, WMA and WAV. Listening options for the player’s audio include a built-in speaker as well as a jack for headphones. As if music and video storage wasn’t enough, the AV400 can also display photos. JPEGs can be stored on the player’s hard drive and shown individually or as a slide show. Photos can be transferred via USB 2.0 from a computer or off of a CompactFlash card via the built-in reader. Other interesting features include screen background personalization, video editing, thumbnail picture viewing, bookmarking of a position during audio or video playback for later returning to and storage of documents and other types of files to take on the go.
AV400 Specifications:
Dimensions: 4.9” x 3.1” x 0.8” (20GB). 4.9” x 3.1” x 1” (80GB) Capacity: 80GB, Interfaces: USB 2.0 high-speed, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac.Built-in CompactFlash™ Type I slot to accept CompactFlash™ memory cards and optional 4 in 1 CF adapter for SD, SM, MMC, MS and MS Pro. Video Playback: MPEG-4 SP with MP3 or ADPCM stereo sound, near DVD quality up to 704x480 @ 30 f/s, AVI file format. Compatible XviD and DivX 4.0 & 5.0. Video Recording: MPEG-4 SP with ADPCM stereo sound, near SVCD quality (optimized resolution for standard TV through composite video line-in) with up to 512x384 @ 30 f/s, in AVI format. Display: AV420 has a 3.5” screen, AV480 and AV4100 have 3.8” screen – both are TFT LCD screens, (QVGA) 320x240 pixels, 262 000 colors and TV output. Music Playback: Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA (including protected files), WAV (PCM & ADPCM). Music Recording: From any analog source in stereo sound for WAV (PCM & ADPCM) format. Voice recording with built-in microphone. Photo Viewer: JPEG (except progressives) or BMP. AV Connections: Composite Video/ Earphone/ Line Out jack. Built-in microphone and speaker. TV cradle to connect to TV with analog audio/video In & Out to RCA jacks, S-video In, and IR receiver for remote and IR emitter for tuner control, SCART In & Out for European version. Power Source: Internal : rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries. External : AC charger/adapter. Weight: 9.88 oz for 20GB model and 11.29 oz for 80GB and 100GB models. System Requirements for PC: Pentium III 800 MHz of higher, Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000 or XP. 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) with USB port and CD-ROM drive. System Requirements for Mac: 9.2 or X (10.2.4), USB Manager 1.2 or higher with USB port and CD-ROM drive.
