Archos 110505 User Manual

1105

MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player

• Photo Viewer

• Video Player

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ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 1.1

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An introductory note from ARCHOS

Dear Customer,

Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you satisfaction for many years to come.

Please do register your product on our website (www.archos.com/register) to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product.

Wishing you the best Multimedia experience,

The ARCHOS T eam.

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All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as we are often updating and improving our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modiﬁ ed functionality than presented in this manual.

TTable of Contents

able of Contents

1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 5 2 First Time Usage 6

2.1 Charging the Battery 6

2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF 6

2.3 Changing the Interface language 6

2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105 7

3 Playing Music 8

3.1 Playing a Music File 8

3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 9

3.3 Playback Menu Items 11

3.4 ARCLibrary Speciﬁ cs 11

3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 12

3.6 Setting a Bookmark 12

3.7 The Resume Function 12

3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons 13

4 Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105 14

4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 14

4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 15

4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 15

4.4 Installing Windows Media

4.5 Installing Windows Media

5 Playlists 17

5.1 Creating a new Playlist 17

5.2 Loading a Playlist 18

5.3 Playing a Playlist 18

5.4 Playlist Menu Options 18

6 Settings 20

6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 20

6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 22

6.3 Changing the time & date settings 23

6.4 Changing the Display Settings 24

Player (WMP) 9 16

Player (WMP) 10 or 11 16

6.5 Changing the Power Settings 25

6.6 Changing the System Settings 26

7 Using the Browser 27

7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder 27

7.2 Navigating the Directory Structure 28

7.3 File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode 29

7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard 30

8 Viewing Photos with your ARCHOS 105 32

8.1 Using the Photo Browser 32

8.2 Photo Browser Contextual Menu 33

8.3 Transferring Photos to your ARCHOS 105 34

9 Playing videos with your ARCHOS 105 35

9.1 Playing video 35

9.2 Putting Videos onto your ARCHOS 105 35

10 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to a Stereo system 37 11 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to your Computer 38

11.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 38

11.2 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 38

11.3 Disconnecting the ARCHOS 105 from your Computer 39

12 Updating the ARCHOS 105 Firmware 42

12.1 Download the ﬁ rmware_a105.AOS ﬁ le 42

12.2 Copy to ARCHOS 105 root and Update 42

12.3 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? 43

12.4 Activate the Update 43

13 Technical Speciﬁ cations 44 14 Technical Support 45

7.3.1 Contextual Menu on a File 29

7.3.2 Contextual Menu on a Folder 29

7.3.3 Contextual Menu while in the Double Browser 30

8.3.1 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode 34

8.3.2 Transferring Photos in Windows Device Mode 34

Ports, Buttons, and Connections

First Time Usage

2.1 Charging the Battery

2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF

2.3 Changing the Interface language

Ports, Buttons, and Connections

A Headphone Jack B USB 2.0 port – To connect your ARCHOS device to a computer, to transfer ﬁ les

and/or charge the battery. C On button (hold 3 seconds) & Menu options D Off button (hold 3 seconds) & Stop/Escape*

Navigation pad E Move Up & increase volume F Move Down & decrease volume G Move Left (decrease value) or audio/video rewind H Move Right (increase value) or audio/video fast forward I Play/Pause/Resume/Enter

* Hardware reset: in the event that the ARCHOS 105 freezes operation, you can reset your device by holding down on the STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds.

First Time Usage

2.1 Charging the Battery

Before using your ARCHOS 105 for the ﬁ rst time, completely charge the battery.

• The ARCHOS 105 is charged through its USB connector. Connect the included USB cable to a running computer and plug the other end into the ARCHOS 105 while it is off. This will charge its internal battery.

• A lightning bolt symbol will ﬂ ash over the battery icon in the status bar while the battery is charging:

• It will stop ﬂ ashing when the battery is fully charged:

2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF

• Press and hold the ON/Menu button until the screen comes on.

• The ARCHOS 105 will automatically shut off after a given amount of time if no buttons are pressed. T o conserve battery energy, the backlight will automatically shut of f. You can change these parameters in Setup > Power .

• Press and hold the Stop/of f button until the ARCHOS 105 shuts off.

2.3 Changing the Interface language

• English is selected as the default language for your ARCHOS 105 user interface. You can choose another language by going to Setup > Display .

2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105

Playing Music

3.1 Playing a Music File

2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105

The ARCHOS 105 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with care.

• Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration.

• Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer).

• Keep the ARCHOS 105 away from water and excessively humid areas.

• Keep the ARCHOS 105 away from high electromagnetic ﬁ elds.

Playing Music

Once the ARCHOS 105 has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. Y ou can select the major functions from this main menu.

• Music : Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection system.

• Photo : Browse through and view all the pictures on your ARCHOS 105.

• Video : Navigate through the Video folder and watch your videos.

• Resume : Resume playing from the last place you stopped.

• Browser : Browse through and manage all of the other ﬁ les on your ARCHOS 105.

• Setup: Set the parameters of your ARCHOS 105 to your personal taste.

3.1 Playing a Music File

To select a music ﬁ le, use the navigation controls UP and DOWN to move upwards or downwards and ENTER to enter a highlighted subfolder or tag category. Click ENTER to play the highlighted song. Use LEFT to leave a folder and go back to the previous level.

By clicking on the Music icon in the main menu screen, you will enter into a ‘music only’ mode. File types other than WMA, WAV, and MP3 that may be in those folders will be ﬁ ltered from view.

There are two ways to access your music, by selecting Browse storage (Internal Memory) or by searching the songs’ tag information, Artist, Album, Title, etc . In the case of Browse storage (Internal Memory), you will be sent directly to the Music folder of your ARCHOS 105. Here you can look at all your music ﬁ les and the folders of your ARCHOS 105 as if you were browsing ﬁ les with a computer. The other way is to browse your music by tag information, artist, album, song name, year, or genre. The Unknown category indicates that the ﬁ le has no tag data.

3.2 Play Screen and Button Control

Play Status Play Order

3.2 Play Screen and Button Control

(1) Menu available (2) Artist* or parent folder (3) Album* or current folder (4) Song title* or ﬁ le name (5) Status: playing (6) Play Mode: Folder (7) Play Order: Repeat (8) Volume (0-99) (9) Battery level (10) Clock (1 1) Song elapsed time (12) Song remaining time (13) Album cover (if it is available)

*If the ﬁ le contains these tag data

5 6 7 8 9

2 3 4

A Play/pause/resume song B Increase the volume C Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. D Decrease the Volume E Click once: Play the previous song in the folder or playlist

(during ﬁ rst 10 seconds of song) otherwise go to the beginning

of the song. Hold: Fast reverse through the song. F Stop Song G Hold for 3 seconds to lock/unlock the buttons.

Play Status Play Order

Stopped (no icon) Play once Playing a track Shufﬂ e (Random) track selection Current track is paused Repeat playing

The top status bar indicates the status and play settings that you have given. See the Settings chapter for a description of the Playmode options.

3.3 Playback Menu Items

3.4 ARCLibrary Speciﬁ cs

3.5 ARCLibrary Updating

3.6 Setting a Bookmark

3.7 The Resume Function

3.3 Playback Menu Items

When the menu icon appears, you have certain options. During song playback, press the MENU button for the following options.

• Setup: Enters the Setup screen (same as selecting the Setup icon in the main menu) which allows you access to parameters such as bass and treble.

• Info: Show ﬁ le information such as the ﬁ le name, ﬁ le size, date created, ﬁ le format, etc.

• ARCLibrary: Allows you to browse through your ARCLibrary while listening to the current song.

• Edit Playlist: Enters the playlist editor (see below how to use Playlists).

• Set Bookmark: Set a bookmark at the current position within the audio ﬁ le. See the Bookmark section below.

3.4 ARCLibrary Speciﬁ cs

The ARCLibrary is a system for choosing your music by its characteristics. It can be turned On or Off in the settings from Setup > Playmode . As shown in this screen capture here, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year. MP3 and WMA music ﬁ les have internal data tags to hold information about the song. For MP3 ﬁ les, these are known as ID3 tags. Not all MP3 ﬁ les have all this information ﬁ lled in. If you purchase a song from a music download service, the song will have this information. If you have an MP3 or WMA ﬁ le without this tag information, then you can add or change it by going to the properties of the ﬁ le in Windows® Explorer. The ARCLibrary indexes all the music and playlists that it ﬁ nds in the folders Music and Playlists by using the tag information in each song. Thus, you should never delete the folders Music or Playlists . If a song does not have tags, it will be put into the category <unknown> .

3.5 ARCLibrary Updating

If you paste audio ﬁ les from your computer to the ARCHOS 105, they go directly in the ARCHOS 105’s internal memory without the ARCLibrary knowing about the new song. This is why the ARCLibrary is updated when you disconnect your ARCHOS 105 from the computer. Alternatively, you can set up the ARCLibrary to update only when you choose to, by setting it to On, not automatic. You can ﬁ nd the information on how to do this in the section Playmode in the Settings chapter. You will then have to go to the Setup > Playmode screen, highlight [Update ARCLibrary] and press ENTER. A message screen will appear indicating that it is updating the ARCLibrary contents.

3.6 Setting a Bookmark

If you are listening to a song, or perhaps a long recording, and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to pick up from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function. While listening to the audio recording, simply click on the MENU button, then choose Set Bookmark . This will set a bookmark in the audio ﬁ le at the current position. You can only set one bookmark per ﬁ le. In your browser, bookmarked music ﬁ les appear with this icon: . You can have a maximum of 16 ﬁ les bookmarked. Setting more bookmarks will erase existing bookmarks, starting with the oldest. The next time you play the audio ﬁ le, you will be presented with three options:

Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position. Ignore: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear: Clear the bookmark from this ﬁ le and start playing from the very beginning .

3.7 The Resume Function

When you turn on your ARCHOS 105 you will sometimes notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Browser but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted when the

ARCHOS 105 can resume the last played audio ﬁ le.

3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons

Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105

4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media

Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105

3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons

Y ou can prevent the ARCHOS 105 from executing unintended functions by locking the buttons. To lock the buttons, hold down on the MENU button until the “lock” icon appears in the top-left corner of the screen. Now the buttons are disabled, but you can still use the UP and DOWN controls on the navigation pad to change the volume. To unlock the buttons hold down again on the Menu button until the “lock” icon disappears.

Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105

The ARCHOS 105 is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media

11. The Windows Media computer and organize it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media media library to your ARCHOS device. See the comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running Windows Media

4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media

On WMP10/11, you can click the button Set up Sync in the Sync tab and then check the box labeled Synchronize Device Automatically. This is the auto-sync advantage of WMP10/11. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your ARCHOS 105 to your PC, Windows Media or videos in your media library, and if so, will then copy them

Windows Media® Player 9, you have to tell it what you want to sync, WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically when you connect your ARCHOS 105 to your computer.

Note for WMP10/11 users: Files added to your ARCHOS 105 from another computer cannot be added to the Windows Media added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary.

Player Library when you connect your ARCHOS 105 to the computer. Songs which have been

Player software is used to download digital media content from the Internet to your

The Synchronize button in Windows Media That is, it will add music, photo and video ﬁ les to your ARCHOS 105 so that you have

the same digital media on your ARCHOS 105 as you have in your Windows Media Player media library. Of course, you can choose to sync only certain songs, photos or videos, or sync your entire library.

Player will automatically start up and check to see if there is any new music, photos

Player (WMP) versions 9, 10 and

Player 9 and 10/11.

Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105

Player (WMP) is a one way ‘sync’ button.

to your ARCHOS 105. On the other hand, with

Player

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