Archos 605 WIFI, 705 WIFI User Manual

ENGLISH

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GEN 5

Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of 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 satisfaction for many years to come.

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705 WIFI

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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 we are often updating and improving our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or

modied functionality than presented in this manual.

Entertainment

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................4

ARCHOS DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

FIRST TIME USAGE: CHARGING THE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TURNING THE ARCHOS ON/OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

CHANGING THE LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

PRODUCT CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

1. PLAYING VIDEO .................................................................................13

1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

1.2 VIDEO PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

1.3 VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

1.5 RECORDING VIDEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

1.6 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED VIDEOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2. PLAYING MUSIC ..............................................................................20

2.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

2.2 MUSIC PLAYBACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

2.4 PLAYLISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.5 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2.6 RECORDING ANALOGUE AUDIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

2.7 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3. VIEWING PHOTOS ...........................................................................31

3.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3.2 PHOTO VIEWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

3.3 PHOTO VIEWER SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

3.4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3.6 PUTTING PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

3.7 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED PHOTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

4. USING THE FILE BROWSER ......................................................37

4.1 NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4.2 USING THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

4.3 USING THE FILE BROWSER WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC . . . . . . . . 40

4.4 BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

4.5 USING THE PDF READER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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5. CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK .................................... 44

5.1 WIFI CONNECTION PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

5.2 WIFI NETWORK CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

6. THE WIFI FEATURES ....................................................................48

6.1 BROWSING THE WEB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

6.2 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED MEDIA FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6.3 THE ARCHOS CONTENT PORTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

7. TRANSFERRING FILES ................................................................ 54

7.1 CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO A COMPUTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

7.2 USB HOST CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

8. MAIN SETTINGS ..............................................................................58

8.1 “SOUND” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

8.2 “DISPLAY” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

8.3 “APPEARANCE” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

8.4 “LANGUAGE (AND REGION)” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

8.5 “TV CONTROL” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

8.6 “CLOCK” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

8.7 “POWER” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

8.8 “FIRMWARE AND PLUG-INS” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

8.9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

8.10 “SYSTEM” SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9. OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES ..................................................69

9.1 ARCHOS ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

9.2 ARCHOS PLUG-INS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

9.3 SCHEDULING A TV RECORDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

9.4 RECORDING EXTERNAL VIDEO MANUALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

9.5 RECORDING EXTERNAL AUDIO MANUALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

9.6 DISPLAYING THE ARCHOS ON A TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

TROUBLESHOOTING ..........................................................................73

RESETTING YOUR ARCHOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

SYSTEM RECOVERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

TOUCHSCREEN PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

REPAIR AND FORMATTING TOOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

REPLACING THE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................77

TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION ...........................................................................81

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INTRODUCTION

The information presented in this manual might vary

• according to which ARCHOS Gen 5 model you have.

Every time you see one of these icons, it means that

• the following section will concern this and only this model.

ARCHOS DESCRIPTION

MAIN BUTTONS

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Press and hold to turn your ARCHOS on/off.*

• The LED indicator, located next to the button, lights up when the device is on.

•

* When you keep the Power button held down, two messages will appear, one

after the other. If you release the button during the rst message, your device

will keep using a small amount of battery power to allow a quick start up.

If you do not plan on using the ARCHOS for an extended period of time, keep the button held down until you see a second message appear. The device will shut down completely, and there will be absolutely no battery usage.

TV/ LCD

Press once to switch the display of the image between the built-in LCD

• screen and a TV (with the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock, available at www.archos.com). See

When the image is displayed on a TV, the TV/LCD LED indicator lights up

•

Optional Functionalities

and the built-in LCD screen turns off. Press and hold to lock/unlock your device’s buttons/touchscreen. This can

• be useful if your ARCHOS is in your pocket, for example, and you do not want to press a button or touch the screen by accident.

LED INDICATORS

CHG

HDD

Battery charge indicator.

light on: the battery is charging

•

ashing: the battery is fully charged

•

Hard Disk Drive activity indicator

the light ickers when the hard drive is active (playing/transferring les) •

(depending on model)

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TV/ LCD

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Video display indicator:

the light is on when the image of the ARCHOS is displayed on a TV (see TV/

•

LCD button).

CONNECTORS

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On the left side of the device:

Power jack : charge the battery of your ARCHOS device (see

•

First Time usage: Charging the Battery

AV Out Jack: connect headphones or plug an ARCHOS AV cable

•

(optional) to view videos and photos on a television.

Underneath the device:

A/V

USB B: connect your ARCHOS to a computer (see

•

USB A: connect a compatible external device to your ARCHOS (see USB Host Connection).

•

The Docking connectors allow you to plug the op-

• tional DVR Station Gen 5 (available from www.archos.com) in order to record external audio/video.

See Optional Functionalities.

•

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Connecting the ARCHOS to a Computer

On the left side of the device:

Headphone Jack: to connect headphones.•

Underneath the device:

Connect your ARCHOS to a computer (see

•

Computer

These connectors allow you to:

Connecting the ARCHOS to a

Charge the battery of your ARCHOS (see

•

The Docking connectors also allow you to plug one of the optional accessories* (available from www.archos.com):

Connect a compatible USB device to the ARCHOS, with the optional DVR

• Station Gen 5, Mini dock or Battery Dock.

Record external audio/video, with the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR

• Travel Adapter.

See Optional Functionalities.

•

First Time usage: Charging the Battery

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BUILT-IN LOUDSPEAKER

A single speaker (605 WiFi) or two speakers (705 WiFi) are located on the front of the device.

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Your ARCHOS is equipped with a leg stand, located on the back of the device.

•

Carefully pull it out, and it will allow your ARCHOS to stand by itself on a at,

•

LEG STAND

stable surface.

MEMORY CARD SLOT

(depending on model)

The memory card slot, located on top of the device, on the right side, allows you to insert one of the following cards (which are not supplied):

• MMC

• Mini and micro SD (with adapter)

• RS MMC (with adapter)

•

To learn how to browse the contents of your card, see:

Browsing Through your Videos, Browsing Through your Music Files, Browsing Through your Photos

Before removing your memory card from its slot, always select the menu item “Remove SD/MMC card safely”, available from the Home screen.

Using the File Browser

FIRST TIME USAGE: CHARGING THE BATTERY

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USING THE USB CABLE

Before using your ARCHOS for the rst time, completely charge its battery. The battery of your ARCHOS charges via your computer’s USB port:

Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into your ARCHOS (which is off).

1. Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer (which is turned on).

2. The ARCHOS will turn on and start charging:

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

the battery is charging: .

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the battery is fully charged.

You can also charge your ARCHOS device without a computer, and more rapidly, via the optional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock (available at www.archos.com). See Optional Functionalities.

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Before using your ARCHOS device for the rst time, charge the battery until the

•

CHG light starts blinking.

Simply plug the ARCHOS Charger/Adapter into the power jack. The ARCHOS de-

•

USING THE CHARGER/ADAPTER

vice will turn on and start charging, and a lightning bolt symbol will ash over the

battery icon in the status bar: . The ARCHOS has a removable battery. To learn how to replace it, see:

• Troubleshooting.

TURNING THE ARCHOS ON/OFF

ARCHOS 605 WiFi

•

Press and hold the button to turn your ARCHOS on/off. See The LED indicator, next to the button, lights up when the device is on.

•

ARCHOS Description

USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE

INTERFACE DESCRIPTION

Status Bar

In the top right corner of the screen, the status

• bar indicates the volume, the battery level and the current time of your device.

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Tabs

In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area

• shows other available applications and screens. They vary, depending on where you are in the interface.

When there is only one tab available, the Tab icon

•

in the top left corner is grayed out.

Contextual Menu

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

• shows the menu icons. The available options will vary, depending on where you are in the interface.

In the Home screen, choose the “Settings” menu item to access

• the main settings of your ARCHOS.

In the Home screen, the “Resume” menu item allows you to re-

•

sume the last-played music or video le, if it was interrupted before

the end. If the “Resume” menu icon does not appear, it means that

no music or video le playback can be resumed.

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Your ARCHOS is equipped with a touchscreen. Below is a description of the main tactile screen areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen.

Home Screen

This is the main screen of your ARCHOS, showing

• its main functions.

(depending on model)

USING THE TOUCHSCREEN

(depending

on model)

In order to avoid damaging the screen surface, you should use only the in-

cluded stylus or your ngernail.

Main Touchscreen Actions

To open an application/screen via its icon or item, tap on the icon/item to high-

• light it, and tap on it again.

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In the different applications, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by tapping

•

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on the Exit icon (in the top right corner of the screen). Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by holding down on the Exit icon.

When several tabs are available, you can switch between them by tapping on the

• Tab icon (in the top left corner of the screen). You can also tap directly on one of the tabs to access the corresponding screen.

To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display a

• text description of the icon, tap on the menu word.

While playing a video or song, you can pause/resume it by tapping on the Pause

•

/ Play icon.

Other Touchscreen Actions

When watching a video or listening to music, you can tap on the progres-

• sion bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song. You can also use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song.

In the screens where it appears, the volume bar can be dragged in the same way.

• In the different browsers (File, Music, Video, Photo), you can drag the scroll

•

bar up and down to scroll the le list up and down. You can also scroll faster

by tapping above or below the cursor in the scroll bar.

In the Web browser and the PDF viewer, you can scroll up and down by tapping

• on the page and dragging it up or down (be careful however not to tap on a link!).

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The navigation buttons are located on the right side of the device:

USING THE BUTTONS

Exit button

OK button

(Escape / Back / Stop)

(Enter/Accept or Play/Pause/Resume)

Up Accelerator button

(high-speed fast forward, list scrolling or zoom in)

Navigation buttons

(move from an item to another)

Down Accelerator button

Tab button

Menu button Volume button

(tab between available screens)

(display a text description of the available menu icons)

(increase/decrease volume)

(high-speed fast rewind, list scrolling or zoom out)

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Main Button Actions:

To open an application/screen via its icon or item, use the Navigation buttons to

• highlight the icon/item and press OK.

In the different applications, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by press-

• ing the Exit button once. Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by holding the Exit button.

When several tabs are available, you can switch between them by pressing the

• Tab button .

To execute a menu icon’s function, press the menu button, select a menu item

• with the navigation pad, and press OK.

While playing a video, song or photo slideshow, you can pause/resume it by

• pressing OK.

Other Button Actions

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When watching a video or listening to music, you can hold the left/right

• Navigation buttons to move the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song.

To increase/decrease volume, use the Volume button .

• In the different browsers (File, Music, Video, Photo), you can hold the up/

•

down Navigation buttons to scroll the le list up and down. You can also

scroll faster by using the Accelerator buttons. In the Web browser

•

(depending on model)

and the PDF viewer, you can

scroll up and down by holding the up/down Navigation buttons.

USING THE REMOTE CONTROLREMOTE CONTROL

If you are displaying the image of the

• ARCHOS on a TV, you will need the remote control in order to control your ARCHOS device.

Your ARCHOS device has an infrared re-

• ceiver located on the front of the device, in the bottom left corner. Point the supplied remote control towards the infrared receiver.

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This part of the remote control is used for the Web Browser and the Widgets.

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Use the direction pad to move the cursor that appears on the screen.

Pressing this button will activate 2 modes at the same time:

the “left button lock” mode: the direction pad will act as if you moved

a mouse while holding its left button at the same time. It will allow you, for example, to use sliders or other dragging controls.

the navigation buttons, at the top right, will allow you to move from

one link/eld to another (normally they scroll the page up/down).

Press again to disable these 2 modes.

This button is like a mouse’s left button. Depending on where you are in the interface, it will allow you to open a link, execute a function, etc (same as if you tapped on the screen).

This button is like a mouse’s right button. Depending on where you are in the interface, pressing this button will display a contextual menu (same as if you held down on the touchscreen).

These are the main buttons:

Navigation buttons: move from one item to another

Enter/Accept or Play/Pause/Resume

Escape/Back/Stop

High-speed fast forward, list scrolling or zoom in

High-speed fast rewind, list scrolling or zoom out

Display a text description of the available menu icons

Switch the display of the image between the built-in LCD screen and a TV

Turn on the ARCHOS / put it into standby mode

Increase/decrease volume

Mute sound

Tab between available screens

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The keyboard can be used, for example, to enter a Web address, write an e-mail,

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name/rename a folder, etc:

Caps Lock key Green Alt key: enable the keys’ green secondary functions

Blue Alt key: enable the keys’ blue secondary functions

Shift key

delete character before cursor

In order to type one of the green/blue secondary characters in capital letters (é, è, ç, etc.), press Caps Lock, then Alt green/blue, and press the corresponding key.

CHANGING THE LANGUAGE

The interface of your ARCHOS is available in various languages.

• If your language is not available, go to the ARCHOS website

•

(www.archos.com/rmware) and download and install the latest version of the rmware. New languages are included in the rmware as

they become available. See

Updating the Firmware

To change the system’s language:

In the Home screen, select the “Settings” menu item, and choose “Language

(and Region)”.

Select a different language using

2. the left/right arrows (your settings are saved instantly).

Close the screen to exit and go back to the Home screen.

PRODUCT CARE

Your ARCHOS 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 it away from water and excessively humid areas.

•

Keep it away from high electromagnetic elds.

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

• your warranty.

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1. PLAYING VIDEO

In the Home screen, select the “Video” icon to enter the Video mode.

1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS

The “Video” browser allows you to navigate through the Video folder of the

• ARCHOS’ hard drive.

You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen .

• Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by pressing and holding down on the Exit icon/button.

THE VIDEO BROWSER

The rst screen of the Video mode

• shows you all the videos and subfolders located in the Video folder.

To play a video, highlight it, then

• open it.

If a video is in a subfolder of the

•

Video folder, open the subfolder, and

you will see your video.

In the “Video” browser, each video le appears with a thumbnail, displayed

•

on the left of the le’s name. To dene a new thumbnail for a video le, open the video, select the “Set”

• menu item, and choose “Thumbnail” (see: Video Playback Menu Items).

BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MEMORY CARD’S VIDEOS

(Depending on model)

If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see:

•

Memory Card Slot

learn how to insert/remove a memory card), select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the rst screen of the “Video” Browser.

You can now browse the contents of your card and play your videos (if your card

•

contains any). In the Video browser, only video les and folders will appear.

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VIDEO BROWSER MENU ITEMS

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“Info”

displays a message box with information about the highlighted video le.-

“File Management”

“Rename”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted video le using

the virtual keyboard. See: “Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted video le. A conrmation

screen will pop up.

“Bookmark”

“Resume”: will resume playing the highlighted video from the bookmark.

“Clear”: will remove the bookmark from the highlighted video le.

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“Bookmark” only appears in the menu when a bookmarked video le is highlighted.

“Settings”

you can choose to display the Video Player settings screen (see:

Settings

) or the “Sound” settings screen (see:

“Sound” Settings

Video Player

1.2 VIDEO PLAYBACK

To play a video, highlight the le and open it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few seconds.

VIDEO PLAYBACK SCREEN

Exit icon

video le name

Tab icon

volume level

play / pause icon

video progression bar

menu items

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To pause/resume the video, tap on the Pause / Play icon (see n° 5 in the

•

VIDEO PLAYBACK TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

previous screen). To display the menu overlay again, tap once anywhere on the screen. To make it

• disappear again, wait for a few seconds or tap on the Tab icon , in the top left corner (see n° 3).

You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the vid-

• eo. You can also use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video (see n° 6).

The volume bar can be dragged in the same way (see n° 4).

• To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display a

• text description of the icon, tap on the menu word (see n° 7).

To stop the video and go back to the “Video” browser, tap on the Exit icon

• (see n° 1).

To exit the Video mode and go back directly to the Home screen, hold

down on the Exit icon.

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VIDEO PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS

press once: stop the video and go back to the

“Video” browser hold: exit the Video mode and go back directly to

the Home screen.

pause/resume the video

accelerated fast forward

left/right: fast rewind/forward

accelerated fast rewind

display/hide the menu overlay

display available menu items

VIDEO PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS

“Info”

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increase/decrease volume

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“Soundtrack” and/or “Subtitles”

allows you to select a different audio track*.

allows you to choose subtitles**.

* Only if the video le contains several audio tracks. ** Only if the subtitles are in a separate le. The supported le types are: .srt,

.ssa, .sub (text based) and .smi.

“Format”

allows you to change the way the image is displayed.

“Auto”: adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen (or TV, with the op-

tional DVR Station Gen 5, Mini Dock or Battery Dock: see “Full Screen”: enlarges the picture to ll the screen. In order to t the

Optional Functionalities

ARCHOS’ screen, your device might need to cut small parts of the image, most likely at the top and bottom.

“Maximized”: enlarges the picture to ll the screen, considering the image is

encoded in 2.35 format with black bands at the top and bottom. “Original”: displays the entire picture in its original format.

“Speed”

will play the current video in slow motion or high speed.

while paused in slow motion, you can advance frame by frame, using the right

arrow.

“Set”

“Bookmark”: sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video. Only one

bookmark per le is allowed. You can bookmark up to 32 les. Bookmarked

videos will appear, in the “Video” browser, with a bookmark symbol and a progression bar.

to resume playing a video from a bookmark, go to the “Video” browser and highlight the bookmarked video le. Select the “Bookmark” menu item, then choose “Resume” (“Clear” will remove the bookmark from the video).

“Thumbnail”: saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this le. In the

“Video” browser, the video’s thumbnail will be replaced by the new one. “Wallpaper”: the current image will be dened as your device’s background

image.

“Settings”

you can choose to display the Video Player settings screen (see:

Settings

) or the “Sound” settings screen (see:

“Sound” Settings

Video Player

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1.3 VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS

•

In the Video mode, you can access the Video Player settings screen by using the “Settings” menu item .

•

Use the left/right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter.

“PlayMode”, “Repeat & Shufe”

the following table explains how the video player will work according to the set-

tings you chose in “PlayMode” AND “Repeat & Shufe”.

“Repeat &

“PlayMode”

What the video player does...

Shufe”

“Single” “Normal”

“Repeat”

“Folder”

“Normal”

“Repeat”

plays the current video le and stops.-

plays the current video le repeatedly.-

plays all the video les of the current folder

one after the other, and then stops.

plays all the video les of the current folder

one after the other. This will be repeated in-

denitely.

“Shufe”

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here you can enable/disable the video thumbnails while browsing through your

PC’s shared videos (see:

“UPnP Thumbnails”

Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files

plays all the videos of the current folder ran-

domly.

). If you choose

“Disabled”, you will be able to browse through your PC’s shared videos faster.

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“LCD Backlight”, “Brightness”, “Contrast” and “Gamma”

adjusts the level of backlight/contrast/brightness/gamma of the built-in screen.

you can also reset the LCD parameters to the default values (“Reset” button).

1.4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS

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On the ARCHOS Content Portal, you have the possibility to purchase videos directly from your ARCHOS, without using a computer. See: The ARCHOS Content Portal.

There are two main methods to transfer the videos stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS:

Windows Media® Player: copy your videos using Windows Media® Player 10 or

1. higher*:

Use Windows Media® Player 10 or higher* (Sync tab) to synchronize

your computer’s video les with the ARCHOS.

See

Putting Files onto the ARCHOS

to learn more about how to transfer

your computer’s video les with Windows Media® Player.

* For best performance, we recommend that users update to Windows Media® Player 11 or higher.

Windows® Explorer: Copy and paste your video les from your computer into the

Video folder of your ARCHOS.

To learn how to connect/disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer, see the

Transferring Files

CREATING COMPATIBLE VIDEO FILES WITH YOUR COMPUTER

section.

If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS, you may need to convert them to a compatible format:

The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media® Player 10 or higher to

• transfer videos to your ARCHOS. Windows Media® Player will automatically convert most formats to the WMV format that your device can play.

See your Windows Media® Player help instructions for more information.

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

•

allow you to nd suitable utility programs to do this job.

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your PC onto your ARCHOS without converting them to WMV format, you can purchase the Cinema plug-in from the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com). The same is also true for video podcasts in the H.264 format. In this case, purchase the Video Podcast plug-in.

1.5 RECORDING VIDEO

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5, DVR Travel Adapter, or

• Helmet CamCorder (available at www.archos.com), your ARCHOS will be able to record video from most any standard video source.

See:

•

Optional Functionalities

With the optional DVR Station Gen 5, you will also have the possibility to schedule TV recordings easily, via the TV Program Guide (EPG).

DVR TRAVEL ADAPTER DVR STATION GEN 5

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See the manual of your DVR Station Gen 5 to learn more about this

• feature.

1.6 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED VIDEOS

When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives

• you the possibility to watch, directly on your device, shared videos stored in your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

For this to work, you will need a WiFi connection and Windows

• Media® Player 11 or higher* installed on your PC.

The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard to

• stream shared videos from your PC’s Windows Media® Library.

See:

•

* There are other products on the market that also can share media les using

the UPnP standard.

Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files

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2. PLAYING MUSIC

In the Home screen, select the “Music” icon to enter the Music mode.

2.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES

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

• Library and the Music Browser.

In both views, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current

• screen . Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home screen by pressing and holding down on the Exit icon/button.

THE MUSIC LIBRARY

The Music Library (default view)

• shows your music sorted by categories (Artist, Album, Genre, etc.) if

your music les contain these song

information tags. When new music is copied to the

• ARCHOS, the Music Library will be updated automatically.

If some of your music les do not

• contain information tags, they will be classied as (Unknown) in the Music Library.

THE MUSIC BROWSER

The music browser allows you to

• navigate through the Music folder of your device’s hard drive.

To use it, select “Hard Drive” (or

• “Internal Memory”) in the initial Music Library view.

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If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS (see:

•

Memory Card Slot

learn how to insert/remove a memory card), select the line “SD/MMC card”, in the initial Music Library view.

You can now browse the contents of your card and play your songs (if your card

•

contains any). In Music mode, only music les, playlists and folders will appear.

When you insert a memory card, its contents (songs and playlists) are automatically integrated into the Music library.

MUSIC LIBRARY AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS*

“Info”

displays a message box with information about the highlighted music le.-

“Show playlist”

opens a playlist edition window on the right (see:

Playlists

).-

“Bookmark”

“Resume”: will resume playing the highlighted song from the bookmark.

“Clear”: will remove the bookmark from the highlighted music le.

“Bookmark” only appears in the menu when a bookmarked music le is highlighted.

“File Management”

“Rename”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted music le using

the virtual keyboard. See: “Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted music le. A conrmation

Using the Virtual Keyboard

screen will pop up.

“Settings”

you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see:

Settings

* The available menu items will vary depending on the mode you chose (Music Library or Music Browser).

) or the “Sound” settings screen (see:

“Sound” Settings

Music Player

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Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of audio tracks.

•

To play a song, highlight the corresponding le and open it.

•

MUSIC PLAYBACK SCREEN

Exit icon

artist name, album title, song title, playback status icon(s) and track number

available tabs

volume level

play / pause icon

previous track

next track

progression bar

menu items

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To pause/resume the song, tap on the Pause / Play icon (see n° 5 above).

• To play the previous/next song, tap in the corresponding area (n° 6 or 7).

• To browse through your songs while listening to music, simply tap on the Tab icon

•

MUSIC PLAYBACK TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

. This will take you to the Music Library or browser screen that you launched

the current song from (see n° 3). You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the

• song. You can also drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the song (see n° 8).

The volume bar can be dragged in the same way (see n° 4).

• To execute a menu item’s function, simply tap on its icon. In order to display a

• text description of the icon, tap on the menu word (see n° 9).

To stop the song and go back to the Music Library or browser, tap on the Exit icon

•

(see n° 1). To exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen,

hold down on the Exit icon.

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MUSIC PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS

press once: stop the song

“Music” hold: exit the Music mode and go back directly to

Library or browser

the Home screen.

pause/resume the song

accelerated fast forward

left:

press once: back to the beginning of the song, or

previous song (in the rst 10 seconds of a track)

hold: fast rewind

right:

press once: next song

and go back to the

MUSIC PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS

“Info”

displays a message box with information about the current music le.-

“ARCHOS home screen”

hold: fast forward

accelerated fast rewind

tabs back to the Music Library or Music browser (depending on which mode you launched the song from)

display available menu items

increase/decrease volume

allows you to go back to the Home screen, and browse your hard drive or

view your photos while listening to music.

“Set bookmark”

sets a bookmark at the current spot in the song. Only one bookmark per le is

allowed. You can bookmark up to 32 les.

to resume playing a song from a bookmark, go to the Music Library or the Music

Browser, highlight the bookmarked music le. Select the “Bookmark” menu

item, then choose “Resume” (“Clear” will remove the bookmark from the song).

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“Set rating”

allows you to give a rating to the current song (1-5) or to remove the rating

(none).

“Settings”

you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see next section)

or the “Sound” settings screen (see:

“Sound” Settings

2.3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS

In the Music mode, you can access the Music Player settings screen by using the

• “Settings” menu item .

Use the left/right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter.

•

“PlayMode”, “Repeat & Shufe”

the following table explains how the audio player will work according to the set-

tings you chose in “PlayMode” AND “Repeat & Shufe”. An icon shows the current modes in the Music playback screen.

“Repeat &

“PlayMode”

What the video player does...

Shufe”

“Single”

“Normal”

“Repeat”

plays the current song and stop.-

plays the current song repeatedly.-

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“PlayMode”

“Folder”

“All”

“Repeat &

Shufe”

“Normal”

“Repeat”

“Shufe”

“Normal”

“Repeat”

What the video player does...

plays all the songs of the current folder one

after the other, and then stops.

plays all the songs of the current folder one

after the other. This will be repeated indenitely.

plays the songs of the current folder ran-

domly.

plays all the songs of your ARCHOS one

after the other, and then stops.

plays all the songs of your ARCHOS one

after the other. This will be repeated indenitely.

“Queue”

“Intro”

“Intro duration”

plays all the songs of your ARCHOS ran-

“Shufe”

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

domly.

is nished.

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

a track to highlight it, then open it. This is your queued track, which will be played after the current track.

you can only queue one track at a time, and you need to se-

lect the song to queue before the end of the current track.

plays the rst few seconds of each track. You can dene the

length to play in “Intro duration”. Only with 405 and 605: press OK during the intro period to let the whole song play.

denes for how long each track will be played when “PlayMode” is set to “Intro”.-

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