Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TV+ Archos
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Dear Customer , Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product . W e hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will g ive you satisf action for man y years to come.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 2 Ta ble Of COnTenTs s Ta rTing up ........................................................................................... 4 DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHOS DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 3 6. Transferring files .................................................................. 41 6 . 1 U S B H O S T C O N N E C T I O N ................................. 4 1 6.2 BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 4 s Ta rTing up desCripTiOn Of The a rChOs deViC e LED INDIC A TORS The LED indicators ar e located on the front o f the device, on the left side: Red light: light on: the ARCHOS is in standby mode. ashing : the ARCHOS is star ting .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 5 On the back of the device: 3. Reset button : ONL Y use this button if you need to r estart the Installation Wizar d. When you press this button, the ARCHOS will r estart and a messag e will pop up to conrm the r elaunch of the wizar d.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 6 THE REMO TE CONTROL Y ou will need the remote contr ol in or der to control your ARCHOS TV + . Y our ARCHOS device has an infrar ed re- ceiver located on the fr ont of the device, on the left side (next to the LED indica- tors).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 7 Do wn Ac ce l er at or b utto n: H ig h -s p ee d f ast r ewi nd , li st s c r ol li ng o r z oom out Menu button: Displa y a text description o f the av ailab.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 8 C onnection Diagram f or North America: * * North America: If your TV does not have an S-video input connector , use a standard male/male RCA cable (on the yellow video jack) instead of the sup- plied S-video cable.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 9 The ins Ta llaTiOn wiza rd Th e I ns ta ll atio n W i za r d w i ll h el p yo u co ngu re the main fun ctio ns o f t he ARCH OS. If you ever need to relaunch the Installation W izar d, press the r eset button.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 10 In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore, discon- nect the power adapter , wait for 15 seconds and reconnect it. When the red LED indicator stops blinking, press the Power button on the supplied remote control to turn on your device.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ ST ARTING UP > P . 11 Main Button Actions: T o open an application /screen via its icon or item, use the Navigation buttons to highlight the icon / item and press O K . In the diff erent applications, you can go back one level in the hier ar c hy b y press- ing the Exit button once.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING VIDEO > P . 12 1. pla ying VideO In the Home screen, select the “ Video ” icon to enter the V ideo mode. 1.1 brOwsing ThrOugh yOur VideOs The “ V ideo ” browser allows you to navig ate through the Video f older of the ARCHOS’ har d drive.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING VIDEO > P . 13 “F ile Manag ement” “ Rename ”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted video le using the remote contr ol’ s keyboar d. “ Delete ”: allows you to delete the highlighted video le.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING VIDEO > P . 14 VIDEO PLA YBACK BUTTON CONTROLS press once: stop the video and g o back to the “ V ideo ” br owser ho ld : ex it t h e V ide o m od e and go b a ck di r ectl y t o th e Ho me s cre en.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING VIDEO > P . 15 “Speed” will play the curr ent video in slow motion or high speed. while paused in slow motion, you can adv ance frame b y fr ame, using the right arrow . - - “Set” “ Bookmark ”: sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING VIDEO > P . 16 “PlayMode” “Repeat & Shufe” What the video player does... “ Single ” “ Normal ” plays the curr ent video le and stops.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 17 2. pla ying MusiC In the Home screen, select the “ Music ” icon to enter the Music mode. 2.1 brOwsing ThrOugh yOur MusiC files There ar e two types of views f or you to browse thr ough your s ongs: the Music Libr ary and the Music Browser .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 18 MUSIC LIBRAR Y AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS* “Info” displays a messag e box with inf ormation about the highlighted m usic le. - “Show playlist” opens a pla ylist edition window on the right (see: Playlists ).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 19 MUSIC PLA YBACK SCREEN 1. Exit icon 2. artist name, album title, song title, pla y- back status icon(s) and tr ack number 3. av ailable tabs 4. volume level 5. previous tr ac k 6. next tr ack 7. pro gression bar 8.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 20 MUSIC PLA YBACK MENU ITEMS “Info” displays a messag e box with inf ormation about the curr ent music le. - “ ARCHOS home screen ” allows you to g o back to the Home screen, and browse your har d drive or view your photos while listening to m usic .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 21 “PlayMode” , “Repeat & Sh ufe” the f ollowing table explains how the audio pla yer will work accor ding to the set - tings you chose in “ PlayMode ” AND “ Repeat & Shufe ” . An icon shows the current modes in the Music pla ybac k screen.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 22 “Intro dur ation ” denes f or how long each track will be pla yed when “ PlayMode ” is set to “ Intro ” . 2.4 pla ylis Ts A playlist is a list o f audio tr ac ks that the music pla yer will automatically play one after the other .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 23 These menu items appear w hen the f ocus is on the right panel (pla ylist editor): “ T r ack” “ Remove track ”: deletes the highlighted track from the pla ylist . “ M ov e ” : al lo ws y ou t o cha ng e t he p os itio n o f t he h ig hlig hted tr ack with in t he pl a yli st.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 24 EDITING A PLA YLIST T o edit an existing playlist : In the Music Libr ary , highlight the “ Playlist ” line and press O K to display the av ail- able playlists. Highlight the pla ylist you w ant to modify and press O K .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ PLA YING MUSIC > P . 25 The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-pla y) standar d to play streamed music fr om your P C ’ s Windows Media® Libr ary . See: Playing your PC ’ s Shared Media F iles . * There are other products on the market that also can share media les using the UPnP standard.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ VIEWING PHOTOS > P . 26 3. Viewing phOTOs In the Home screen, select the “ Photo ” icon to enter the Photo viewer . 3.1 brOwsing ThrOugh yOur phOTOs The “ Photo ” browser allows you to navig ate through the Pictures folder o f the ARCHOS’ har d drive.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ VIEWING PHOTOS > P . 27 “Start slideshow” starts a slideshow from the highlighted image. the “ Pause slideshow ” menu item will appear , allowing you to pause the slideshow . - - “Settings” will display the Photo viewer settings scr een (see Photo V iewer Settings ).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ VIEWING PHOTOS > P . 28 zoom out display/ hide the menu overla y display a vailable men u items increase /decrease volume Mute sound PHO TO VIEWER MENU ITEMS “Info” displays a messag e box with inf ormation about the curr ent picture.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ VIEWING PHOTOS > P . 29 3.3 phOTO Viewer seTTings In the Photo mode, you can access the Photo viewer settings screen via the “ Settings ” menu item.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ VIEWING PHOTOS > P . 30 While a slideshow is pla ying , you can pause it at an y time by selecting the “ Pause slideshow ” menu item. Y ou can dene the time that each picture is displayed and the tr ansition eff ects in the “ Photo ” settings (see: Photo V iewer Settings ).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 31 4. using The file brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser g ives you the possibility to navigate the le system of your ARCHOS ’ har d drive. In the Home screen, select the “ Files ” icon to enter the F ile Browser .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 32 display a vailable men u items increase /decrease volume Mute sound BROWSER MENU ITEMS Note that some of the above menu items may not appear if they are not avail- able for the highlighted le or folder .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 33 4. 2 us in g T h e fil e b rOw ser wh ile li s Te ni ng T O Mus i C Y ou can browse your les while listening to m usic: Choose the “ ARCHOS home screen ” menu item w hile playing a song .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 34 FOLLOWING HYPERLINKS Some PDF documents hav e hyperlinks (f or instance, a table of contents, links to an external website, etc .). Links are surr ounded by a blue outline. A highlighted link (active link) is surr ound- ed by a r ed outline.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 35 5. using The wifi feaTures When connected to a WiF i or Ethernet network , your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to: rent or pur c hase online videos /music via the ARCHOS C ontent Portal. See: The ARCHOS C ontent Portal .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 36 If the time and date are not correctly set, you might not be able to access cer- tain web pages (See: “Clock” settings ).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 37 “Go to” “ Enter URL... ”: allows you to enter the address of a W eb site you’ d like to visit .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 38 F or this to work , you will need a W iF i /Ethernet connection and Windows Media® Player 11 or higher installed on your PC*. This is especially useful w hen you hav e a lar g e libr ary of m usic and video and you cannot t it all onto the internal har d dr ive of the ARCHOS.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 39 PLA YING YOUR SHARED MEDIA FILES ON THE ARCHOS Y our P C needs to be connected to the same WiF i / Ethernet netw ork as the one the ARCHOS will connect to. Y ou also need to have congur ed Windows Media® Pla yer ’ s sharing options (see the pr evious section).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ USING THE WIFI FEA TURES > P . 40 Select the ARCHOS “ Content Portal ” icon to view a v ailable online media stor es and pur chase videos or s ongs.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 41 6. Transferring files 6.1 usb hOs T COnneC TiOn The ARCHOS allows you to connect a USB external device, so that you can transfer les or play content directly on the ARCHOS.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 42 TO DISCONNECT Make sure that no tr ansfer is being made. F rom the Home scr een, select the “ Remove safely ” menu item. Y ou can now pull out the USB cable on either end. Note: you may not always be able to copy les to your external USB device from your ARCHOS.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 43 6.3 COnneC Ting The a rChOs TO a COMpuTer CONNECTION STEPS Plug a USB cable (not supplied) into the ARCHOS ( usb b por t). Plug the other end of the USB cable into your r unning computer . The ARCHOS’ icon will appear on your computer .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 44 DISCONNECTING When you disconnect the ARCHOS from a computer , your device automati- cally updates the ARCLibrary , so that the media les you just copied appear in the Music and Photo Libraries.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 45 Linux DO NO T SIMPL Y PULL OUT THE CABLE A T ANY TIME! Y ou must remove /unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss o f data or freezing. On your computer , right -click on the ARCHOS icon and select Saf ely R emove.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 46 7. Main seTTings In the Home screen, select the “ Settings ” menu item and choose a setting . USING THE BUTTONS T o open a settings screen, press the Menu button and use the navig ation but- tons to highlight the “ Settings ” menu item.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 47 “Balance” (not av ailable in HDMI output mode) allows you to balance the sound between the left and right stereo channels. “Reset” resets the sound par ameters to the def ault v alues. “EQUALIZER” SCREEN Y our ARCHOS features a 5-band equalizer .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 48 “ TV Standar d” ** choose between the “ NTSC (USA) ” and “ P AL (Europe) ” systems (select the one that is compatible with your country’ s television system). “ TV Format” ** “ 4:3 ” or “ 16:9 ” - the format used b y your television set to displa y imag es.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 49 “Cancel” us e t hi s bu tton to disc ar d an y cha n g e s yo u m a y h a v e ma d e si n ce e nt eri ng t his scr een. 7.4 “neTwO r K” seTTings “neTwO r K” seTTings The rst time you turned on your ARCHOS, the installation wizard helped you congure the WiFi and Ethernet connections.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 50 1. C onguration status: congured network uncongured network 2. The name of the network (SSID), if it is broadcasted (if the SSID is not broad- casted, you will be pr ompted to enter it in the next conguration screen if you congure this network).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 51 * Most networks support DHCP . If the network needs to be cong - ured man ually , use the left /right ar - rows to select the “ Manual ” setting on the “ Conguration ” par ameter .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 52 “C onguration ” it can be “ Automatic (DHCP) ” or “ Manual ” . if it is “ Automatic (DHCP) ” , then you do not have to enter an y more inf ormation. Simply use the “ Connect ” button, and your ARCHOS will connect to this network , provided the signal is str ong enough.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 53 7.6 “TV COnTrO l” seTTings This is wher e you can set the ARCHOS’ infrar ed emitter to comm unicate with your tuner .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 54 “Hour ” , “Min ute” , “Y ear ” , “Month ” , “Day” these par ameters allow you to set the curr ent time and date manually . 7.8 “firMwa re and plug-ins” seTTings “F irmw are V er .” displays the curr ent version of the rmw are and Dig ital Rights Management (DRM) system.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 55 UP D A TE DIRE CT L Y O N TH E ARCH O S ( W IF I / E TH ER NE T CONN EC TI ON NE ED ED ) This is the easiest w ay to update the rmw are. F or this to work , you only need an ac - cess to a WiF i / Ethernet network .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 56 “F ree S tor ag e Space” displays the amount o f free space on the har d drive. Note: reported number of megabytes is binary-based counting (1Kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported Mb represents approximately 1.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ MAIN SETTINGS > P . 57 “ Format Hard Drive ” (er ase all data, media les, and licenses) “ Full Reinitialization ” (er ase all data, media les, licenses and settings) .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TV RECORDING: HARDWARE SETUP > P . 58 8. TV reCO rding: ha rd- wa re seTup When connected to your home tuner (cable box, satellite receiver , digital tuner , DSL box or V CR), you will be able to schedule recor dings manually or via the ARCHOS TV Progr am Guide (EP G).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TV RECORDING: HARDWARE SETUP > P . 59 C onnection Diagram f or Europe: C onnection Diagram f or North America: *.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TV RECORDING: HARDWARE SETUP > P . 60 * North America: if either your tuner or TV does not have S-video connections, use standard male/male RCA cables instead of the supplied S-video cables.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TV RECORDING: HARDWARE SETUP > P . 61 Note f or HDMI C onnections: Eu r o pe : Si nc e th e HD MI o utpu t co nnec tion doe s no t al low a pa ss-t hro ugh fro m an y o f th e a na.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 62 9. The TV prOgraM guide With the ARCHOS TV Pro gr am Guide (EP G), you will be able to schedule recor dings easil y . The TV progr am guide service is free for the rst year . More details and country elig ibility at www .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 63 9. 3 T r an sfe r ri ng The pr Ogr a M daT a T O T he a rCh O s Once you have activ ated the TV Progr am Guide online, you now need to transf er its data onto your ARCHOS. In or der to do that , your ARCHOS needs to be connected to the internet .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 64 VERIFYING THE CHANNEL LIST F rom the “ TV Control ” screen, select “ Set TV Channel List ” . V erify that the channel list on the ARCHOS is the same as on your tuner . Here you can deselect /select a channel or c hange the n umber of a channel.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 65 Select the “ T est power Off code ” button. Make sure that your tuner is on. Y our ARCHOS device will then try to turn your tuner of f .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 66 “K ey: -/--”: Set to “ On ” if normally , you need to pr ess a special key on your tuner’ s remote control befor e entering a channel with sever al digit n umbers (that is to sa y a c hannel greater than 9).
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE > P . 67 Navig ate through the diff erent TV progr ams, and simpl y select the one you wish to recor d. A new window will appear with a description o f the TV pro gr am.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 68 1 0 . O T h e r r e C O r d i n g f u n C T i O n s 10.1 The “TV sCheduler” With the tuner connected to your ARCHOS (see: T V Recor ding: Har dwar e Setup ), you can schedule recor dings manuall y .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 69 RECORDING PROCEDURE In the Home screen, select the “ Recorder ” icon and use the T ab button to ac - cess the “ V ideo Recorder ” mode.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 70 “Bitr ate”: 500kb/s , 1000kb/s , 1500kb/s , 2000kb/s , 2500kb/s . Use this to set the encoding quality . The higher the encoding r ate, the higher the image quality but also more har d drive space will be used.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 71 In t h e Ho me scr een , se le c t th e “ Re co rd er ” i co n an d us e th e ta bs ( b ut t on ) to ac - ce ss th e “ V id eo Re co rd er ” mo d e. Th en se le ct the “ A ud io R ec or d er ” me n u it em.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 72 EXAMPLE 1 Y ou hav e r ecor ded a music video progr am and w ould like to keep one single music presentation.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS > P . 73 If you want to keep the edit points and be able to re-edit another time, select the “Save edit” menu item, and choose “Save”.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TROUBLESHOOTING > P . 74 TrOubleshO OTing res Ta rTing / reseTTing yOur a rChOs In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not r espond anymore, disconnect the power adapter , wait f or 15 seconds and reconnect it .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TROUBLESHOOTING > P . 75 FORCING THE FIRMW ARE UPD A TE T o update the rmw are, alw ays try to do it as explained in the section: Updating the F irmw are.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TROUBLESHOOTING > P . 76 to access the “ Repair and Formatting T ools ” settings screen: from the Home screen, select the “ Settings ” menu item, choose “ System ” , then use the “ Repair and Formatting T ools ” button.
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 77 TeChniCa l speC ifiCaTiOns HARD DRIVE C AP ACITY See packaging . VIDEO PLA YBACK** MPEG-4 (4) (ASP@L5 A VI, up to DVD r esolution) WMV (MP@ML , up to DVD resolution) With optional softw are plug-ins (a v ailable on www .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 78 CONNECTIONS WiF i (802.11g) connection. Optional W eb Browser plug-ins f or web browsing (av ailable on www .
MANUAL V1.0 T V+ All brands and product names are reg istered trademarks and the property of their respec - tive owners. Windows Media ® and Windows ® ar e tr ademarks or reg istered trademarks of Micr osoft C or poration in the United States and /or other countries.
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