Archos 604, 504 User Manual

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ENGLISH USER MANUAL

Version 2.0

Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version for this manual.

Dear Customer, thank you for choosing this Archos™ product. We hope that you will enjoy

using it and that it will give you entire 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™ Team

All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as our engineers are always updating and improving our products, your

device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modied functionality

than presented in this manual.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS > p. 2

Table Of COnTenTs

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ARCHOS™ DEVICE DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

INTERFACE LANGUAGE BATTERY PRODUCT CARE

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1. PlayIng VIdeO .............................................................................................................................8

1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.2 VIDEO PLAYBACK

1.3 VIDEO SETTINGS

1.4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS

1.5 RECORDING VIDEO

2. PlayIng MusIC ..........................................................................................................................14

2.1 THE ARCLIBRARY AND THE MUSIC BROWSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.2 PLAYING MUSIC

2.3 MUSIC SETTINGS

2.4 SOUND SETTINGS

2.5 PLAYLISTS

2.6 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS

2.7 RECORDING AUDIO

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3. usIng The audIOCOrder ................................................................................................. 24

3.1 AUDIOCORDER SETTINGS SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3.2 BUILT-IN MICROPHONE RECORDING PROCEDURE

3.3 LINE-LEVEL RECORDINGS

4. VIewIng PhOTOs .................................................................................................................... 26

4.1 THE PHOTO WALL AND THE PHOTOLIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.2 VIEWING PHOTOS

4.3 PHOTO SETTINGS

4.4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW

4.5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC

4.6 TRANSFERRING PHOTOS TO YOUR ARCHOS

5. usIng The brOwser .............................................................................................................31

5.1 NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5.2 USING THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

5.3 USING THE PDF READER

6. COMPuTer COnneCTIOn .................................................................................................... 36

6.1 ‘WINDOWS MEDIA DEVICE’ OR ‘PC HARD DRIVE’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

6.2 CONNECTION STEPS

6.3 DISCONNECTION

7. seTuP sCreen ........................................................................................................................ 40

7.1 LANGUAGE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

7.2 DISPLAY SETTINGS

7.3 APPEARANCE SETTINGS

7.4 CLOCK SETTINGS

7.5 POWER SETTINGS

7.6 TV CONTROL

7.7 SYSTEM SETTINGS

7.8 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE

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8. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes .............................................................................................47

8.1 DVR STATION & DVR TRAVEL ADAPTER PRESENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

8.2 RECORDING VIDEO

8.3 SETTING THE SCHEDULER

8.4 RECORDING AUDIO (EXTERNAL SOURCE)

8.5 USB HOST CONNECTION

TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns ................................................................................................... 56

TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn ..................................................................................

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DEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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arChOs™ deVICe desCrIPTIOn

BUTTONS

On Top of the Device:

Press and hold to switch on/off.

Press once to switch the display of the image between TV and built-in LCD screen.

lCd

Press and hold to lock the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device.

Main Navigation Buttons:

INTRODUCTION > p. 3

Navigation pad

up/down accelerator buttons

Escape / Back / Stop

Enter / Go / Play/Pause

Tab between available screens

CONNECTORS

Display the available menu items

Underneath the Device: the Docking Connectors

Connect your ARCHOS

•

Charge the battery of your ARCHOS

•

Connect a compatible external device to your ARCHOS

™

device to your computer.

™

via USB.

Adapter.

™

with the optional Docking

Record external video via the optional DVR Station.

•

On the Right Side: AV Out Jack

Audio: plug in the supplied headphones.

Video: plug in an Archos™ AV cable to

connect to your TV, hi-, etc.

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BUILT-IN MICROPHONE AND LOUDSPEAKER

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The built-in microphone is on the left side of the device. See:

Using the AudioCorder

The built-in loudspeaker is on the right side, below the buttons.

LED INDICATORS

ON/OFF indicator

Chg

Battery charge indicator

INTRODUCTION > p. 4

- light on: the battery is charging.

- ashing: the battery is fully charged.

hdd

Hard Disk Drive activity indicator

hdd the light ickers when the hard drive is active (playing/

transferring les).

Video display indicator

lCd

the light is on when the image is displayed on an external

display.

INTERFACE DESCRIPTION

Status Bar

In the top right corner of the screen, the status bar

• indicates the volume, the battery level, the current time, the playback status of your device, etc.

Chg

hdd

lCd

Tabs In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area shows other

• available applications and screens (settings, home screen, etc.). They vary, depending on where you are in the interface.

Press to switch between these different screens.

•

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In the lower right corner of the screen, the menu area shows the

• menu icons.

Press Menu to display the available menu items.

• This is a contextual menu: the available options will vary, depend-

• ing on where you are in the interface.

Home Screen

•

This is the main screen of your ARCHOS showing its main functions.

Select an icon with the navigation pad and press

•

OK to use the particular function.

INTRODUCTION > p. 5

™

device,

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 interrupted before the end. If the Resume icon is grayed out, it means that no music or video le play-

• back can be resumed.

InTerfaCe language

CHANGING THE LANGUAGE

The interface of your ARCHOS™ device is available in English, French and

• German.

More languages are available from www.archos.com. See

•

Firmware

for instructions on installing these language packs.

Updating the

To change the system’s language:

From the Home Screen, press Highlight the language icon and press OK.

2. Select a different language using the / buttons (your settings are saved in-

to access the Setup screen.

stantly). Press to exit.

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OTHER CHARACTER SETS

File names, folder names and music tags can be displayed in various character

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sets, such as Japanese, Korean, Simplied Chinese, etc.

You can enable these character sets in the Language settings screen (see

•

Language Settings

for further instructions).

baTTery

BATTERY CHARGE

Before using your ARCHOS™ device for the rst time, charge the battery for two hours.

The battery of your ARCHOS

plug the Archos™ USB Cable into your ARCHOS™ device (which is off),

1. plug the Archos™ USB Cable into your computer (which is turned on),

™

the ARCHOS

A lightning bolt symbol will ash over the battery icon in the task bar while the

•

device will turn on and start charging.

™

device charges via your computer’s USB port:

battery is charging: . The CHG indicator LED is on while the battery is charging; it will blink when the

•

battery is fully charged.

REPLACING THE BATTERY

The ARCHOS™ has a removable battery. You can purchase extra batteries from www. archos.com.

To replace the battery of the ARCHOS

™

604, follow these steps:

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INTRODUCTION > p. 7

To replace the battery of the ARCHOS™ 504, follow these steps:

click

Caution: If the battery is incorrectly replaced or short-circuited, this could result in damage to the product and/or serious injuries to the user. Replace only with an original Archos™ battery.

PrOduCT Care

CARING FOR YOUR ARCHOS™ DEVICE

Your ARCHOS™ device 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 com-

• puter).

•

Keep it away from water and excessively humid areas.

Keep it away from high electromagnetic elds.

•

Keep any connected wires neatly arranged: the device could fall if a cable is ac cidentally pulled by a child.

•

Do not open it up. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty.

HARDWARE RESET

In the event that your ARCHOS™ device freezes operation (due to electrostatic phenomena, for example), you can reset it by pressing the button for 15 seconds.

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1. PlayIng VIdeO

In the Home Screen, highlight the Video icon and press OK to enter the video mode.

1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs

There are two types of views for you to browse through your videos:

•

the Video List

the Video Browser

You can switch between the two views by pressing at any time while browsing

• in video mode.

When browsing in video mode, only video les are shown.

•

THE VIDEO LIST

the Video List (default view) only

•

shows the video les in the Video

folder of the ARCHOS™’s hard drive (it does not show videos located in subfolders).

To view videos from a different

• folder, press to switch to the Video Browser view, navigate to another folder, and press again to go back to the Video List.

THE VIDEO BROWSER

the Video Browser allows you to

• navigate to other folders within the Video folder. It is based on the Archos™ File Browser.

See:

Using the Browser

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Both views display a motion thumbnail of the highlighted video as well as various

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information about the video le.

If you have saved a video frame as a thumbnail (see: Video Playback Menu

•

Items), the thumbnail will no longer play the highlighted video le, but show that image instead.

VIDEO LIST & BROWSER MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the highlight-

ed video le.

Press to close the info screen.

Delete

allows you to delete the highlighted video le. A conrmation screen will pop

up.

Rename

allows you to change the name of the highlighted video le using the virtual

keyboard.

see:

Using the Virtual Keyboard

Resume video

will resume playing the highlighted video from the bookmark.

Clear bookmark

will remove the bookmark from the highlighted video le.

Resume video and Clear bookmark only appear in the menu when a bookmarked video le is highlighted (icon: ).

Reset thumbnails

will delete all user-dened thumbnails and restore motion thumbnails.

Sound

will display the sound settings screen (see: to the video mode.

Sound Settings

). Press to return

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1.2 VIdeO PlaybaCK

Highlight a video le, press OK to play it.

VIDEO PLAYBACK SCREEN

current play mode

video le name

current display format

volume level

the menu overlay disappears after a few seconds

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video progression bar

VIDEO PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS

During video playback, the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device will act as follows:

accelerated fast forward

fast rewind

accelerated fast rewind

stop

increase volume fast forward

decrease volume

pause/play

display the menu

VIDEO PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the current

video le.

Press to close the info screen.

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Format

allows to change the way the image is displayed.

Auto: adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or TV.

Full Screen: displays the entire picture on the screen.

Maximized: enlarges the picture to ll the screen.

Original: displays the picture in its original format.

Speed

will play the current video in slow motion or high speed

Set bookmark

sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video.

Only one bookmark per le is allowed.

You can bookmark up to 16 les.

Video les with a bookmark appear with the icon.

Save frame as...

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Thumbnail: saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this le (over-

writes the previously set thumbnail, if any).

Wallpaper: the current image will be dened as your device’s background im-

age.

Sound

will display the sound settings screen (see:

Sound Settings

). Press to exit

this screen.

Settings

will display the video settings screen (see next chapter).

1.3 VIdeO seTTIngs

You can access the Video Settings screen via the a video le. Use / to highlight a different parameter, then use / to select a dif- ferent setting.

Settings

menu item while playing

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PlayMode

• Single plays only one video le and stops

Folder

Repeat & Shufe

• Normal plays the video selection once and stops

Repeat Shufe plays videos in a random order

LCD Brightness

• adjusts the level of brightness of the built-in screen

(no icon)

(a status bar icon shows the current mode)

plays all video les in the current folder

(a status bar icon shows the current mode)

plays the video selection repeatedly

1.4 PuTTIng VIdeOs OnTO yOur arChOs™ deVICe

There are two main methods to transfer your own videos onto the ARCHOS™:

Synchronize your videos with Windows Media® Player 10

•

This method requires your ARCHOS ‘Windows Media Device’ mode (see: Player 10 will copy the videos you have selected directly in the of the ARCHOS™.

™

’s USB connection to operate in

System Settings

). Windows Media®

Video

folder

Copy and Paste your video les from your computer into the

•

your ARCHOS™ (see:

Computer Connection

for details on how to connect your

Video

folder of

ARCHOS™ device to your computer).

PLAYSFORSURE™ VIDEOS & PROTECTED CONTENT

Your ARCHOS™ is a certied PlaysForSure™ device. This means that whenever you download a protected video or music le from an Internet platform bearing the PlaysForSure™ logo, you can be sure that it will play on your ARCHOS™ device.

CREATING COMPATIBLE VIDEO FILES WITH YOUR COMPUTER

If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS™ device, you may need to transcode them to a compatible format.

The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media® Player 10 to transfer vid-

•

eos to your ARCHOS™ in ‘Windows Media Device’ mode. Windows Media® Player 10 will automatically convert most formats to the WMV format that your device can play.

If you don’t want to use Windows Media® Player 10, a search on the Internet

•

should allow you to nd suitable utility programs to do this job.

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1.5 reCOrdIng VIdeO

Your ARCHOS™ device can record video, via its VideoCorder function.

•

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You will need the optional

• video.

•

See:

Optional Functionalities

DVR Station

DVR Travel Adapter

to learn more about this feature.

to record

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2. PlayIng MusIC

In the Home Screen, highlight the Music icon and press OK to enter the music mode.

2.1 The arClIbrary and The MusIC brOwser

There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs:

• the ARCLibrary

the Music Browser

When browsing through your music, only music les are shown.

•

THE ARCLIBRARY

the ArcLibrary (default view) shows

•

your music sorted in categories (Artist, Album, Title, Genre, etc.) if

your music les contain these tags.

When new music is added to the

•

Music folder of the ARCHOS™, the ARCLibrary will need to be updated. By default, this is done automatically, but you can choose to do it manually via the ‘Update ARCLibrary’ option in the ARCLibrary (also see:

If some of your music les do not contain tags, they will be classied as

•

System Settings

‘(Unknown)’ in the ARCLibrary.

THE MUSIC BROWSER

the music browser allows you to

•

navigate the Music folder of your device’s hard drive. It is based on the Archos™ File Browser.

To use it, highlight ‘Browse Hard

•

Drive’ in the initial ArcLibrary view and press OK.

See:

Using the Browser

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ARCLIBRARY* AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS

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Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the highlight-

ed music le.

Press to close the info screen.

Delete

allows you to delete the highlighted music le. A conrmation screen will pop

up.

Rename

allows you to change the name of the highlighted music le using the virtual

keyboard.

see:

Using the Virtual Keyboard

Resume song

will resume playing the highlighted music le from the bookmark.

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Clear bookmark

will remove the bookmark from the highlighted music le.

Resume song and Clear bookmark only appear in the menu when a track with a bookmark is highlighted (icon: ).

Show playlist

opens a playlist edition window on the right (see:

Playlists

Sound

will display the sound settings screen (see:

Sound Settings

). Press to return

to the music mode.

* in the ArcLibrary, only the

Show playlist

and

Sound

menu items are available.

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2.2 PlayIng MusIC

Highlight an audio le, press OK to play it.

MUSIC PLAYBACK SCREEN

current play mode

previous track

song title

artist name

album title

track number

PLAYING MUSIC > p. 16

next track

volume level

remaining time

elapsed time

progression bar

MUSIC PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS

During music playback, the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device will act as follows:

accelerated fast forward

increase volume

press once: back to the beginning

of the song, or previous song (in

the rst 10 seconds of a track)

hold: fast rewind

press once: next song hold: fast forward

decrease volume

accelerated fast rewind

pause/play

stop

tabs back to the browser or

ARCLibrary window that you

launched the song from

display the menu

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MUSIC STATUS ICONS

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Status bar icons tell you if your ARCHOS™ is:

playing paused stopped

MUSIC PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the current

music le.

Press to close the info screen.

Home

allows you to go back to the Home Screen while playing music, in order to

browse your hard drive, play a photo slideshow, etc.

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Set bookmark

sets a bookmark at the current spot in the audio le.

Only one bookmark per le is allowed.

You can bookmark up to 16 les.

Music les with a bookmark appear with the icon.

Sound

will display the sound settings screen (see:

Sound Settings

). Press to exit

this screen.

Settings

will display the music settings screen (see next chapter).

2.3 MusIC seTTIngs

You can access the Music Settings screen via the a song. Use / to highlight a different parameter, then use / to select a different setting.

Settings

menu item while playing

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PlayMode

• Single plays only one music le and stops.

Folder

All

Queue

(a status bar icon shows the current mode)

plays all music les in the current folder or album. plays all music les in the ARCHOS™ device.

allows you to select a track to be played after the current one is over.

while a track is playing, press to switch to the browser window,

select a track and press OK: this is your queued track, and the status bar icon becomes .

you can only queue one track at a time.

if you do not select a song to queue before the end of the current

track, the ARCHOS™ will play the next track in the folder or album.

Scan

plays the rst few seconds of each track.

you can dene the length to play in

if you want to play the whole song, press OK while its intro is playing;

the music player will then revert to the

Repeat & Shufe

• Normal plays the track selection once and stops.

(no icon)

(a status bar icon shows the current mode)

Intro duration

Folder

play mode.

Repeat plays the track selection repeatedly.

Shufe plays random tracks from the selection.

shufe is not available when

Intro duration

•

denes for how long each track will be played in the

PlayMode

is set to

Scan

play mode.

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2.4 sOund seTTIngs

This screen allows you to adjust the sound settings of your ARCHOS™ device to your personal taste. Use / to highlight a different parameter, then use / to select a different setting.

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