Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 704 Archos
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Dear Customer , thank you f or c hoosing this ARCHOS product. W e hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you entire satisfaction f or many year s to come.
MANUAL V1.0 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > p. 2 Ta ble Of COnTenTs InTrO duC TIOn ................................................................................................................................... 4 A R C H O S D E V I C E D E S C R I P T I O N .
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MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 4 InTrO duC TIOn a rChOs deVIC e desCrIPTIOn BUTTONS On the left side of the device: Press and hold to switch on /off . Press once to switch the display o f the image between TV and built-in LCD scr een. Press and hold to lock the buttons of your ARCHOS device.
MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 5 BUIL T -IN LOUDSPEAKERS The built -in stereo loudspeakers are on the fr ont of the device, on both sides below the screen. LEG ST AND REMO TE CONTROL The ARCHOS 704 WIFI has an infrared r eceiver located on the front of the device, in the bottom left corner .
MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 6 usIng The TOuChsCreen Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI device is equipped with a touchscreen. Most screen areas will r eact when you tap on them using the included stylus or your ngernail. Below is a description of the main tactile scr een areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen.
MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 7 The Resume Icon Sometimes the Resume icon is highlighted in the Home Screen when you turn on the ARCHOS. This means that you can resume the last -played music or video le, if it was interr upted before the end. If the Resume icon is gra yed out , it means that no music or video le pla ybac k can be resumed.
MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 8 T o replace the battery , follow these steps: PrO duC T Ca re CARING FOR Y OUR ARCHOS DEVICE Y our ARCHOS device is an electronic product that needs to be treated with car e: Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration.
MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 9 SYSTEM RECOVER Y If your ARCHOS device does not respond correctl y , or does not show cer tain songs or videos that you have copied to it, try using the r epair and format tools (see: System Settings ). If once turned on, the ARCHOS does not show the Home Screen, you can try a system recovery .
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 10 1. Pla yIng VIdeO In the Home Screen, tap on the Video icon to highlight it, then tap on it again to enter the Video mode. 1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs There are two types of views f or you to browse through your videos: the V ideo List and the Video Br owser.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 11 VIDEO LIST & BROWSER MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the highlighted video le. tap on to close the Info screen. - - Delete allows you to delete the highlighted video le.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 12 VIDEO PLA YBACK MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the current video le. tap on to close the Info screen. - - Format allows to change the w ay the imag e is displayed.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 13 PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the curr ent mode) Single : plays only one video le and stops. - Folder : plays all video les in the curr ent folder . - Repeat & Sh ufe (a status bar icon shows the current mode) - Normal : plays the video selection once and stops.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 14 2. Pla yIng MusIC In the Home Screen, tap on the Music icon to highlight it , then tap on it again to enter the Music mode. 2.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur MusIC fIles There are two types o f views for you to browse through your songs: the ARCLibrary and the Music Br owser .
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 15 Delete allows you to delete the highlighted music le. A conrmation screen will pop up. - Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted m usic le using the vir tual keyboard. see: Using the Virtual Keyboard .
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 16 PLA YBACK ST A TUS ICONS Status bar icons tell you if your ARCHOS is: playing paused stopped MUSIC PLA YBACK MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the current music le.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 17 PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the curr ent mode) Single : plays only one m usic le and stops. - Folder : plays all music les in the curr ent folder or album. - All : plays all music les in the ARCHOS device.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 18 Preset allows you to quickly select a sound prole. - Set equalizer allows you to use a custom sound prole. T ap on this button to enter the equalizer screen (see next section). - Balance allows you to balance the sound between the left and right speakers.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 19 CREA TING A PLA YLIST Select the Show playlist menu item w hile you are in the Music browser . A playlist panel will open on the right: you can now start adding songs to the current pla ylist . In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist.
MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 20 EDITING A PLA YLIST T o edit an existing playlist : Highlight the playlist and use the Show playlist men u item. Y ou can now add, shufe, move or remove tr acks within the playlist, using the appr opriate menu items.
MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 21 3. VIewIng PhOTOs In the Home Screen, tap on the Photo icon to highlight it, then tap on it again to enter the Photo viewer . 3.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs There are thr ee types of views for you to br owse through your photos: the Photo W all , the PhotoLibr ary and the Photo Browser .
MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 22 THE PHO TO BROWSER The Photo Browser allows you to na vigate the Pictures folder of your device’ s hard dr ive. It is based on the ARCHOS File Br owser. T o use it , select Browse Hard Drive in the PhotoLibr ary view .
MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 23 3.2 PhOTO VIewer T ap on a picture le, then tap again to view it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few sec - onds. PHO TO VIEWER SCREEN AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS T o display the menu overla y , tap once anywher e in the picture (to make it disappear ag ain, tap on ).
MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 24 3.3 PhOTO seTTIngs Y ou can access the Photo Settings screen via the Settings menu item while viewing pictures. T ap on the / buttons to select a diff erent setting for a par ameter . Picture P ause denes the time that each picture will be displayed dur ing a slideshow .
MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 25 3.6 PuTTIng PhOTOs On TO yOur a rChOs deVIC e There are sev eral methods f or you to transfer your own photos to the Pictures f older of the ARCHOS: C onnect you.
MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 26 4. usIng The brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navig ate the le system of your ARCHOS device’ s hard dr ive. In the Home Screen, tap on the Browser icon to highlight it , then tap again on it to enter the File Browser .
MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 27 C opy allows you to copy the highlighted le or f older to the location dened in the other browser panel. - C opy all les allows you to copy all the les in the curr ent folder to the location dened in the other browser panel.
MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 28 4.3 brOwsIng OTher COMPuTers On The neTwO r k When you are connected to a Windows ® network, you can browse* the shared folder s of other computers in the network , using the Archos File Br owser. Fr om the Home Screen, select the Browser icon.
MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 29 PDF READER MENU ITEMS T o displa y the menu ov erlay while viewing a PDF document , tap once in the bottom right corner of the screen (see following pictur e). Hide text overla y will hide all overlaid gr aphics (status bar, menu items, etc .
MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 30 5. COnneC TIng TO a wIfI neTwO r k Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI can connect to a var iety of wireless networks, thus enabling you to browse the Internet or share and pla y les from other computers.
MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 31 5.2 wIfI COnneC TIOn PrO C edure ENABLING WIFI Fr om the Home Screen, select the Enable WiFi menu item . Y our device will scan for a vailable WiF i networks. The rst time you use your device, you may get a messag e “No congured networks f ound”.
MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 32 T o select a netw ork and start the connection process, simply tap on the one that you w ant to connect to ( your home wireless network or a free hotspot).
MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 33 Y ou will have to specify the following settings: K ey length (for WEP networks only) the authentication key can be 10 character s long (64bit) or 26 c har acters long (128bit) (hexadecimal charac - ters).
MANUAL V1.0 BROWSING THE WEB > p. 34 6. brOwsIng The web Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI featur es a Web browser that was designed especially for this ARCHOS device. It allows you to browse websites, use web-base e -mailing , download content , etc . 6.1 launChIng The web brOwser Fr om the Home Screen, tap on directly the W eb Icon.
MANUAL V1.0 BROWSING THE WEB > p. 35 BROWSER MENU ITEMS Navig ation Forward : will go to the next pag e in your browsing history , if you used Back bef ore. Stop : will stop loading the Web pag e. Back : will go back to the previous pag e that you browsed.
MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 36 7. usb COnneC TIOns 7.1 COMPuTer COnneC TIOn ‘WINDOWS MEDIA DEVICE’ OR ‘PC HARD DRIVE’ There are two connection modes f or your ARCHOS device to connect to your computer.
MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 37 Windows® XP & WMP10 or Higher (Windows Media Device Mode) Follow the pr evious steps to connect the ARCHOS device, and select W indows Media Device as the connec- tion mode. The ARCHOS device will appear in My Computer .
MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 38 Once all your tr ansfers are nished, click on the ‘safely r emove’ icon in the system tra y , next to the clock . Windows ® 2000 / ME Windows ® XP Click on the ‘safel y remove’ message. A message will pop up , telling you that it is now saf e to disconnect the device*.
MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 39 a TO CONNECT A USB DEVICE TO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE: T urn on your ARCHOS device. Plug the ‘mini’ end of the supplied USB host adapter into the ARCHOS device ( a port). C onnect the external USB device (use a standard USB cable if needed) to the other end of the supplied USB host adapter .
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 40 8. seTuP sCreen In the Home Screen, tap on to enter the Setup Screen (tap on if you w ant to go back to the Home Screen). T ap on one of the settings icons ( Language , Display , Appearance , etc .) and tap on it ag ain to enter the corresponding settings scr een.
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 41 TV Format 4:3 or 16:9 - the format used b y your television set to display images. the option Wide screen becomes av ailable when you set the TV standard parameter to P AL (Europe) . - - V ideo Output choose between Internal LCD and External TV (to do this, you can als o press the button on the device).
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 42 Picture name allows you to select a picture to use as a background imag e. you can choose between all default backgrounds and imag es that you have previousl y set as wallpapers. you can also set a picture as w allpaper from the photo and video modes.
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 43 BA TTERY OPERA TION Power Off the amount of time of user inactivity bef ore the system shuts down. the system will not shut down dur ing a slideshow or audio /video playback . - - Backlight Off the amount of time of user inactivity bef ore the LCD display turns of f.
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 44 This settings screen will allow you to congur e several key f eatures of your ARCHOS device, such as your pref erred USB port mode, r epair and format tools, rmw are updates, W iFi reg ion selection.
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 45 Select Wi reg ion use the arrow in the bottom left corner of the scr een to view the Select Wi region button. tap on it to access the Select Wi region settings scr een. select your reg ion in the list and tap on to return to the System set - tings screen.
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 46 P assword only appears if the W rite access parameter is set to On . T ype in the password f or other computers to be able to write to your har d drive (see Using the V irtual Keyboard ). - Enable le server tap on this button to turn on the le server .
MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 47 3. Activate the Update: Go to the System Settings screen of your ARCHOS device. • T ap on Update Firmware . • Y our ARCHOS device will ask you to plug in the c harg er/adapter. Do so and then tap on the screen to con- tinue.
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 48 9. O PTIOna l funC TIOna lITIes 9.1 dVr s TaTIOn & dVr TraVel ada PTer PresenTaTIOn Y ou can record fr om an external video s our ce if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR T r avel Adapter .
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 49 PRE-RECORDING SCREEN MENU ITEMS Open scheduler will take you directl y to the Sc heduler screen (see Setting the Scheduler ). tap on to go back to the pre-recor ding screen. - - Hide text overla y will hide all overlaid gr aphics (status bar, menu items, etc .
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 50 Widescr een options: Auto / On / Off . If your tuner (cable box, satellite receiver , etc .) outputs a video signal in widescreen, you can for ce the ARCHOS to recogniz e this signal. This should be set to On if recor dings show people that look unusually tall and thin.
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 51 9.3 edITIng VIdeO fIles V ideo les recor ded with the ARCHOS DVR Station or T ravel Adapter can be edited b y deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video le.
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 52 9.4 seTTIng The sCheduler Fr om the Home Screen, tap on the Scheduler icon to highlight it and tap on it again to enter the Scheduler screen. MAIN STEPS T ap on the line you w ant to edit to highlight it , then tap on it again to start editing .
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 53 Post -recor d This is a safety mar gin added to the end of a scheduled recor ding which was set via the My Y ahoo!® TV sched- uler of your personal calendar .
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 54 If a personal calendar recor ding event does not nd the station name in your list of channels, it will put the event into the scheduler and mark it with a ? , indicating that you must assign a channel number to the name.
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 55 P art 1: Choose your Device and Brand Select the type of device that you w ant to control with the IR Emitter . Select the brand o f your device. The TV Channels button allows you to give names to eac h channel.
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 56 K ey: Enter Set this to On if normally , you have to press the OK button on your device’ s remote control after you enter the channel number . Example: If you normally press 1, 3, OK for channel 13, then you would need to set this parameter to On .
MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 57 RECORDING PROCEDURE C onnect the A V cable to an audio s ource (hi-, turntable, boombo x , etc .) and then the other end to the IN connec - tor of the DVR S tation or DVR T r avel Adapter .
MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > p. 58 TeChnICa l sPeC IfICaTIOns CAP ACITY : 40GB* Hard Dr ive to store up to 35 Movies (1) , 400,000 photos (1) or 10,000 songs (1) . 80GB* Hard Dr ive to store up to 70 Movies (1) , 800,000 photos (1) or 20,000 songs (1) .
MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > p. 59 DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT Approx. 182 x 128 x 20 mm; 7.05” x 4.96” x 7.75” - foldout leg-stand. Approx.
MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SUPPOR T INFORMA TION > p. 60 All brands and pr oduct names are reg istered trademarks and the pr oper ty of their respective owner s. Windows Media ® and Windows ® are trademarks or reg istered trademarks of Microsoft C orpor ation in the United States and /or other countries.
An important point after buying a device Archos 704 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Archos 704 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Archos 704 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Archos 704 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Archos 704 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Archos 704, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Archos 704.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Archos 704. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Archos 704 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
