Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 501308 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 V2.0 5 & 7 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 2 Ta ble Of COnTenTs InTrO duC TIOn ...................................................................................................... 4 A R C H O S D E S C R I P T I O N ..........................
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 3 6 . 3 T H E A R C H O S M E D I A C L U B ...................................... 4 2 6 . 4 M A I L ....................................................... 4 3 6 . 5 C O N T A C T S ..................
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 INTRODUCTION > P . 4 InTrO duC TIOn The information presented in this manual might vary according to which ARCHOS model you have. Every time you see one of these icons, it means that the fol- lowing section will concern this and only this model.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 INTRODUCTION > P . 5 BUIL T -IN LOUDSPEAKER Th e AR CH OS is e q ui pp ed wit h a sing le s peak er ( ARCH OS 5 ) or two s p ea ke r s (A RCHO S 7) . LEG ST AND Y our ARCHOS is equipped with a leg stand, located on the bac k of the device.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 INTRODUCTION > P . 6 usIng The a rChOs InTerfa C e INTERF ACE DESCRIPTION Status Bar In t h e to p rig ht c orne r o f t he s cr een , th e s ta tu s bar indi - ca te s t he v olu me , th e ba tter y le vel, t he c urr ent time of d a y an d t he WiF i connection s ta t us .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 INTRODUCTION > P . 7 Other T ouchscreen Actions When w atc hing a video or listening to music , you can tap on the progr es- sion bar to g o directl y to a diff erent location in the video or song . Y ou can also use your nger to dr ag the cursor in the progr ession bar to another location in the video or song .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 8 1. Pla yIng VIdeO In the Home screen, tap on “ Play ” , then choose the “ Video ” icon to en- ter the V ideo mode. 1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs The “ Video ” browser allows you to navig ate through the Video f older of the ARCHOS har d driv e.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 9 “F ile Manag ement” “ Rename ”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted video le using the virtual keyboard. See: Using the V ir tual K eyboar d . “ Delete ”: allows you to delete the highlighted video le.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 10 VIDEO PLA YBACK TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS T o pause /resume the video , tap on the P ause / Play icon (see n° 5 in the previous scr een). T o display the men u overla y , tap once an yw here on the scr een.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 11 “Set” “ B oo km ar k ” : se ts a bo ok ma rk a t th e cu rre nt s pot in t he v ideo . Onl y o ne b ookm ark pe r le i s allo wed.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 12 “PlayMode” “Repeat & Shufe” What the video player does... “ Single ” “ Normal ” plays the curr ent video le and then stops. - “ Repeat ” plays the curr ent video le repeatedl y .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 13 Windows® Explor er : C opy and paste your video les from your computer into the V ideo folder o f your ARCHOS. T o learn how to connect /disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer , see the T ransf err ing F iles section.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 14 F rom the Home Scr een, tap on “ Play ” , then choose “ Video ” . Se le c t “ W eb T V ” . If y ou r d ev i ce i s not co nn e ct ed t o th e In tern et, it w i ll t ry to ma ke a co nn ecti on.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 15 2. Pla yIng MusIC In the Home screen, tap on “ Play ” , then choose the “ Music ” icon to en- ter the “ Music ” player . 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 V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 16 THE MUSIC BROWSER The music br owser allows you to navig ate through the Music folder of your device’ s har d drive.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 17 “Sear ch ” Allows you to sear ch for a specic song by enter ing a f ew letters or a wor d. See: Using the V ir tual K eyboar d .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 18 The volume bar can be dr ag ged in the same w ay (see n° 8 ). T o display the a v ailable menu items, tap on the menu icon (see n° 1 ). T o go back directl y to the Home screen, tap on the Home icon (see n° 3 ) .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 19 “PlayMode” , “Repeat & Shuf e” 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 ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 20 “ Queue ” allows you to select a tr ack to be played after the curr ent one is nished. while a tr ac k is playing , switc h to the browser window , select a tr ack to highlight it , then open it .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 21 “Insert in playlist” “ Selected le ”: will inser t the highlighted tr ack before the selected item in the current pla ylist . “ All les ”: will add all the tr acks (from the left panel) bef ore the selected item the current pla ylist .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 22 When you are satised with your new pla ylist , select the “ Save playlist ” menu item, and then choose “ Save as ” . Enter the name of your new pla ylist with the virtual keyboar d (see: Using the V ir tual K eyboar d ) and select “ OK ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 23 TRANSFERRING Y OUR CD COLLECTION TO Y OUR ARCHOS Y ou can easily create music les with your computer by using Windows Media® Pla yer 10 or higher t.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 24 2.7 lIs TenIng TO web radIOs In order to be able to listen to thousands of diff er ent W eb r adio stations and v arious podcasts worldwide, your device will need to be reg istered. F rom the Home Scr een, tap on “ Play ” , then choose “ Music ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 25 3. VIewIng PhOTOs In the Home screen, tap on “ Play ” , then choose the “ Photo ” icon to enter the “ Photo ” mode. 3.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs The “ Photo ” browser allows you to na vigate thr ough the Pictures folder of the ARCHOS har d driv e.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 26 “ Permissions ”: allows you to dene the le / folder as adult content, s o that other users can ’ t see it . T o use this, your “ Parental Mode ” needs to be set to “ Adult (un- restricted access) ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 27 T o r otat e th e pi ctur e 9 0° c ount er clock wise , dr ag y o ur ng er f r om bo tt om to top .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 28 3.3 PhOTO VIewer seTTIngs In the Photo mode, you can access the Photo viewer settings screen via the “ Settings ” menu item. Use the left /right arrows to select a diff erent setting for a par ameter .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 29 3.5 PuTTIng PhOTOs OnTO yOur a rChOs There are tw o main methods to transf er the pictures stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS: Windows Media® Pl.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 30 4. usIng The fIle brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser g ives you the possibility to navigate the le system of your ARCHOS hard driv e. In the Home scr een, tap on “ T ools ” , then choose the “ Files ” icon to enter the F ile Browser .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 31 FILE 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 . “Info” displays a messag e box with inf ormation about the highlighted le.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 32 4.2 usIng The VIrTu a l keybO a rd Th e virt ua l ke y bo ar d is an in te r f ac e th at allo ws you to type in tex t, f or ins ta nc e to r en am e a l e o r f old er , o r w he n yo u w an t t o g ive a tit le t o a pla yli st th at y ou h av e j us t cr eat ed.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 33 * If the computer with the shared folders normally has a Windows ® username and password, you will be asked to enter these before you can access the folder contents.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 CONNECTING TO THE WIFI > P . 34 5 . C O n n e C T I n g T O T h e w I f I The rst time you start the ARCHOS, the installation wizard will help you con - gure your WiF i connection. E very time you launch an Internet application, the ARCHOS will try to connect automatically to a WiF i network .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 CONNECTING TO THE WIFI > P . 35 THE LIST OF AV AILABLE NETWORKS The list of a v ailable networks shows all the wireless networks in r ange of your device. The list is constantly r efreshed au- tomatically . In the list of a v ailable networks, for each network you will see the fol- lowing inf ormation: • • • 1.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 CONNECTING TO THE WIFI > P . 36 OPEN NETWORKS Open networks do not requir e an authentication key . If the network has automatic con- gur ation turned on (DHCP), sim - ply tap on the “ Connect ” button, and your ARCHOS will connect to this network , pr ovided the signal is strong enough.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 CONNECTING TO THE WIFI > P . 37 “K ey format” (for WEP networks only) in so m e ca se s yo u ma y ne e d to ch ang e t he ke y f orm at i n or de r to ent er a pas sphr as e / pa ss wo r d ( i f yo u r ke y o nl y i nc l ud es t he n umb ers 0-9 and A-F , th en i t is pr obab ly a he xa d ec im al ke y) .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 38 6. The InTerneT feaTures The rst time you star t the ARCHOS, the installation wizard will help you congure your W iF i connection. E very time you launch an Internet application, the ARCHOS will try to connect automatically to a WiF i netw ork .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 39 WEB BROWSER TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS Y ou can use your ng er to scroll the curr ent web pag e horiz ontally or v ertically . T o open a link , simply tap on it . T o switch between the av ailable tabs, tap directl y on the corresponding tab , in the upper left corner of the scr een.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 40 “ Search... ”: allows you to enter a sear ch term into one of the congured sear c h engines.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 41 * If you cannot install Windows Media ® Player 1 1 or higher , it is possible to ac- cess and stream your PC’ s les from the ARCHOS File Browser . See Browsing Other Computers on the Network .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 42 If you entered a name f or your shared media les in Windows Media® Pla yer , it should appear .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 43 6.4 MaIl This built -in e -mail application, similar to ones used on a regular computer , allows for e-mail accounts of the type POP , POPS, IMAP and IMAPS. F rom the Home Scr een, select “ Internet ” , then “ Mail ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 44 “ Other properties ”: here you can dene your “ Nickname ” (the name that the recipient will see), a pref erred “ Address ” which.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 45 6.5 COnTa C Ts COnTa C Ts This menu will allow you to manag e your contacts. Y ou can: Add inf ormation about a given contact Import and expor .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 46 7. TransferrIng fIles 7.1 COnneC TIng The a rChOs TO a COMPuTer Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into the ARCHOS. Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer . C om p ut e r t ur n ed on USB 2 1 ▲ ▲ The ARCHOS will ask you if you w ant to charg e it or connect it .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 47 7.2 PuTTIng fIles OnTO The a rChOs There ar e two main methods to tr ansf er your les onto the ARCHOS: C opy your media les (videos, music , photos) with Windows Media® Pla yer 10 or higher*: * For best performance, we recommend that users update to Windows Media ® Player 1 1 or higher .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 48 Windows ® 2000 or Me DO NO T SIMPL Y PULL OUT THE C ABLE A T ANY TIME! Y ou m ust remove /unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 49 8. MaIn seTTIngs In the Home screen, tap on “ T ools ” , select “ Settings ” then c hoose a set- ting to open its corresponding scr een. USING THE TOUCHSCREEN Once you are in a settings scr een: tap on a par ameter to highlight it .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 50 “ Audio Output” denes whether the audio signal is sent out via the “ Analog Line-Out ” , “ HDMI ”* or “ SPDIF ”* interface. * When connected to a DVR Station. “Preset” allows you to quickly select a sound prole.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 51 “LCD Backlight” adjusts the level of backlight of the built -in screen. 5 “Brightness”/“C ontr ast”/“Gamma” use these sliders to adjust the displa y parameter s of the built -in screen (contr ast, brightness and g amma).
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 52 “ 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 display imag es.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 53 8.5 “langu age and regIOn” seTTIngs “Language” choose a language. vi si t w ww .ar cho s. co m t o che ck th e a v ai l ab il it y o f o th er l angu ag es . Ne w la ngua ge s ar e i nc l ud ed i n th e r mw ar e a s th e y b ec om e av ai la b le .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 54 If you use the optional DVR Station to schedule video recordings on your TV system, make sure that the time and date are set correctly! “Display on S .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 55 8.8 “a la rM ClO Ck” seTTIngs “a la rM ClO Ck” seTTIngs Set “ Alarm Clock ” to “ Enabled ” (if you w ant to turn off the alarm clock , select “ Disabled ”) The f ollowing par ameters will appear: “ Hour ” , “ Minute ”: set the time you want the alarm clock to g o of f .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 56 “Device C omplete Power Off ” If y o u do n ot p lan on u sing the ARC HO S f or an ext ende d pe rio d o f t im e, us e th is b ut - to n t o co mp lete ly turn of f y ou r d ev ic e, so t h at t he re is a bsolu tel y no bat tery usa ge .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 57 “ Prevents Standby ”: while browsing the web , the system will never go into Standby mode. 8.10 “s TO rage” seTTIngs “F ree S tor ag e Space” displays the amount o f free space on the har d drive.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 58 “Update ARCLibrary” A vailable onl y w hen “ USB Preference ” is set to “ PC Hard Drive ” (mode 2). This USB mode only does a quick ARCLibrary update (Music /Photo librar ies). Use the “ Update ARCLibrary ” button if you want to do a full ARCLibrary update.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 59 8.12 “seC urITy” seTTIngs “seC urITy” seTTIngs seC urITy” seTTIngs Here you can dene a security code that will be asked ev ery time the device is turned on. Y ou can enable /disable the code and change it .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 60 “Plug-ins” displays the curr ent plug-ins installed on your device. “Product K ey” each ARCHOS has a unique n umber . you will need this number to r eg ister your product online if you ar e using a com- puter (www .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 61 If the on-line ver sion is more r ecent than yours, follow the instructions to down- load it and copy it to your ARCHOS. Then go to “ T ools ” > “ Settings ” > “ Firmware and Plug-ins ” and tap on “ Firmware Update ” .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 O THER FUNCTIONS > P . 62 9 . O T he r fu n C T I O ns 9. 1 “ P la y” Me n u: OT her fu nC TI O ns PL A YIN G GA ME S In the Home screen, tap on “ Play ” and choose “ Games ” . Go to www .archos.com or in the Media Club to pur chase games and learn how to install and use them.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 O THER FUNCTIONS > P . 63 9. 3 T O O l s In the Home screen, tap on “ T ools ” and choose one of the f ollowing categor ies: SETTINGS This menu allows you to congur e your device’ s settings.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 O THER FUNCTIONS > P . 64 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 V2.0 5 & 7 O THER FUNCTIONS > P . 65 F irst, you need to connect to a WiF i network . See C onnecting to the W iF i . The device you w ant to share les with needs to be con - nected to the same W iF i network .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 ARCHOS PLUG-INS AND ADD-ONS > P . 66 10. a rChOs Plug-Ins and add-Ons Y ou can pur chase the following add-ons or plug-ins to extend the func - tionality of your ARCHOS. They can be purchased from the ARCHOS web site (www .ar c hos.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 ARCHOS PLUG-INS AND ADD-ONS > P . 67 MINI DOCK Wh en co nn ec ted to y our AR CH O S, th e Mini Dock wil l al low you to: display the imag e of the ARCHOS on your TV (S- V ideo and composite outputs). connect to your ARCHOS a compatible USB device (Mass Stor age or PTP): external har d drive, digital camer a, etc .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TROUBLESHOO TING > P . 68 TrOubleshO OTIng reseTTIng yOur a rChOs In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond an ymore, try to reset it : press the button f or 15 seconds (the ARCHOS will shut down completely) and turn it on as usual.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TROUBLESHOO TING > P . 69 “Repair Disk” attempts to repair the le str ucture on the har d drive. does not er ase an y data. “F ormat Disk” formats the har d drive. all data (music , photos, videos, etc .), licenses and settings are er ased.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TROUBLESHOO TING > P . 70 to access the “ Repair and Formatting T ools ” settings screen: from the Home screen, tap on “ T ools ” , select “ Settings ” and choose “ Customer Assistance ” . Then use the “ Repair and Formatting T ools ” button.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 71 TeChnICa l sPeC IfICaTIOns C AP ACITY See packaging . DISPLA Y 7 High resolution touch screen, 800x480 pixels, 7’ ’ TFT LCD , 16 million colors. - 5 Hi gh r eso lu tion tou ch sc ree n, 8 00 x 48 0 pi xel s, 4 .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 72 VIDEO RECORDING (4) V ia the optional DVR Station / DVR Snap-on: Recor ds NTSC/P AL/SEC AM in MPEG- 4 A VI format with ADP CM stereo sound, V GA resolution (640 x 480) @ 30 or 25 f/s.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 73 POWER SOURCE ARCHOS 5: In te r na l: Li thiu m P ol ymer bat tery De vi c e cha r ge s vi a co mput er U SB p ort Ex te r na l: P owe r ad .
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > P . 74 LCD PIXEL POLICY The LCD screen on your ARCHOS unit has been manuf actured to rig orous standards to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may hav e slight imperfections.
MANUAL V2.0 5 & 7 All brands and product names are reg ister ed trademarks and the property of their respec - tive owners. Windows Media ® and Windows ® are tr ademarks or reg ister ed tr ademarks of Micr osoft C or poration in the United States and /or other countries.
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