Archos 704 WIFI User Manual

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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 ac-

cess 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

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

USING THE TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE LANGUAGE BATTERY PRODUCT CARE

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1. PlayIng VIdeO ...........................................................................................................................10

1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.2 VIDEO PLAYBACK

1.3 VIDEO SETTINGS

1.4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE

1.5 RECORDING VIDEO

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

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2.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.2 MUSIC PLAYBACK

2.3 MUSIC SETTINGS

2.4 SOUND SETTINGS

2.5 PLAYLISTS

2.6 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE

2.7 RECORDING AUDIO

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3. VIewIng PhOTOs ......................................................................................................................21

3.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.2 PHOTO VIEWER

3.3 PHOTO SETTINGS

3.4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW

3.5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC

3.6 PUTTING PHOTOS ON TO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE

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4.1 NAVIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.2 USING THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

4.3 BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK

4.4 USING THE PDF READER

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5. COnneCTIng TO a wIfI neTwOrk ................................................................................30

5.1 PLAYING MEDIA FILES FROM A NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

5.2 WIFI CONNECTION PROCEDURE

5.3 WIFI NETWORK CONFIGURATION

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6. brOwsIng The web ............................................................................................................ 34

6.1 LAUNCHING THE WEB BROWSER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

6.2 USING THE WEB BROWSER

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7. usb COnneCTIOns ................................................................................................................ 36

7.1 COMPUTER CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7.2 USB HOST CONNECTION

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8. seTuP sCreen ........................................................................................................................ 40

8.1 LANGUAGE SETTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

8.2 DISPLAY SETTINGS

8.3 APPEARANCE SETTINGS

8.4 CLOCK SETTINGS

8.5 POWER SETTINGS

8.6 TV CONTROL SETTINGS

8.7 SYSTEM SETTINGS

8.8 WIRELESS FILE SERVER SETTINGS

8.9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE

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9. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes ............................................................................................ 48

9.1 DVR STATION & DVR TRAVEL ADAPTER PRESENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

9.2 RECORDING VIDEO

9.3 EDITING VIDEO FILES

9.4 SETTING THE SCHEDULER

9.5 THE INFRARED EMITTER

9.6 RECORDING AUDIO (EXTERNAL SOURCE)

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

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arChOs deVICe desCrIPTIOn

BUTTONS

On the left side 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. Press and hold to lock the buttons of your ARCHOS device.

CONNECTORS

Underneath the device are several connectors:

Record external video and/or audio via the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter, available

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from www.archos.com (see Optional Functionalities). Connect your ARCHOS device to your computer (see Computer Connection). Connect a compatible external device to your ARCHOS (see USB Host Connection).

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On the left side of the device:

Power: charge the battery of your ARCHOS device (see Battery Charge). AV Out Jack:

Audio: plug in headphones.

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Video: plug in the ARCHOS AV cable to connect to your TV, hi-, etc.

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LED INDICATORS

ON/OFF indicator

Hard Disk Drive activity indicator:

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

Battery charge indicator:

light on: the battery is charging.

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ashing: the battery is fully charged.

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a/V

Video display indicator:

the light is on when the image is displayed on an external display.•

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BUILT-IN LOUDSPEAKERS

The built-in stereo loudspeakers are on the front of the device, on both sides below the screen.

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REMOTE CONTROL

The ARCHOS 704 WIFI has an infrared receiver located on the front of the device, in the

• bottom left corner.

Point the supplied remote control towards the infrared receiver to control your ARCHOS

• device. With the optional DVR Station, you can also use the remote control to change TV channels or turn a tuner (VCR, cable or satellite box) on and off. See: Optional

Functionalities.

standby / wake up.

numeric entry: to access a TV channel directly (with optional DVR Station).

start a video or audio recording with optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter

(Start recording menu item on screen).

switch between built-in screen and an external screen ( button).

Accelerator buttons: high-speed fast forward, reverse, or list scrolling.

Navigation buttons: move from an item to another. ( / and / buttons on screen).

Enter/Accept and Pay/Pause button.

Escape/Back /Stop button ( button on screen).

mute sound.

tab between available screens ( button on screen).

Menu button: display a text description of the available menu icons (Menu button on screen).

increase / decrease volume.

switch between TV channels (with optional DVR Station).

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usIng The TOuChsCreen

Your ARCHOS 704 WIFI device is equipped with a touchscreen.

Most screen areas will react when you tap on them using the included stylus or your ngernail.

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

INTERFACE DESCRIPTION & TACTILE SCREEN AREAS

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.

This area is not tactile, except for the cross, which may appear at the right end

• of the status bar for you to exit the current screen.

Tabs

In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area shows other available ap-

• plications and screens (Setup Screen, Home Screen, etc.). They vary, depending on where you are in the interface.

You can tap on the icon to switch between the available screens.

• You can also tap directly on one of the tabs to access the corresponding

• screen.

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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.

To execute a menu icon’s function, simply tap on it. In order to display a text description of

• the icon, tap on the MENU word.

Home Screen

This is the main screen of your ARCHOS device, showing its main

• functions.

In the Home Screen or in the Setup Screen, you can tap directly on

• an icon to select it. Tap a second time to launch the application.

In a browser window, in the ARCLibrary, or in the photo wall, you

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can tap twice on a le, song or video to launch it.

Other Touchscreen Actions

When watching a video or listening to music, you

• can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song. You can also 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.

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In the Archos le browser, you can drag the scroll bar up and down.

• In the PDF viewer and in the Web browser, you can scroll up and down by tapping on the page and

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

Note: in this manual, reactive areas will be surrounded with red dots on screenshots showing touchscreen controls.

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The Resume Icon

Sometimes the Resume icon is highlighted in the Home Screen when you turn on the ARCHOS. This

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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 playback can be resumed.

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InTerfaCe language

CHANGING THE LANGUAGE

The interface of your ARCHOS device is available in various languages.

• If your language is not available, go to the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com/rmware) and down-

• load and install the latest version. New languages are included in the rmware as they become available. See Updating the Firmware.

To change the system’s language:

From the Home Screen, tap on to access the

1. Setup Screen.

Tap on the Language icon to display the

Language Settings screen.

Select a different language using the / but-

3. tons (your settings are saved instantly).

Tap on to exit. Tap on to return to the

4. Home Screen.

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baTTery

BATTERY CHARGE

Before using your ARCHOS device for the rst time, charge the battery until the light starts blinking.

• Simply plug the ARCHOS Charger/Adapter into the power jack. The ARCHOS device will turn on and start

• charging, and a lightning bolt symbol will ash over the battery icon in the status bar: .

REPLACING THE BATTERY

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

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.

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To replace the battery, follow these steps:

PrOduCT Care

CARING FOR YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE

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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 computer).

• Keep it away from water and excessively humid areas.

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Keep it away from high electromagnetic elds.

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

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

• In order to keep your touchscreen in good condition, and to avoid damaging the screen surface, you should

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use only the included stylus or your nger.

RESETTING YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE

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.

If this does not work, you can also use the master reset function by removing the battery (See: Replacing the

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battery) and pressing the master reset button as shown below:

Note: Resetting your Archos will not erase any data from your device.

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SYSTEM RECOVERY

If your ARCHOS device does not respond correctly, or does not show certain songs or videos that you have

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copied to it, try using the repair and format tools (see: System Settings). If once turned on, the ARCHOS does not show the Home Screen, you can try a system recovery. It allows you

• to repair the hard drive, format it, or force the touchscreen calibration when you cannot access the touchscreen settings (see: Display Settings).

Press the button to turn on your device.

1. Immediately press and hold the until the Recovery mode screen appears.

Since the system recovery mode is activated, the touchscreen is currently disabled. To move from an option to another, press the button. To validate an option, press and hold the button until the line ashes, and release it.

The system recovery mode gives you four options: No

cancels the system recovery.-

Repair Disk

attempts to repair the le structure on the hard drive.

does not erase any data.

Format Disk

formats the hard drive.

all data (music, photos, videos, etc.), licenses and settings are erased.

Force Touchscreen Calibration

use this option if the touchscreen does not respond correctly and if you cannot access the touchscreen set-

tings (see: Display Settings). follow the instructions on the screen.

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1. PlayIng 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

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There are two types of views for you to browse through your videos: the Video List and the Video Browser.

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You can switch between the two views by tapping on at any time while browsing in video mode.

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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 hard drive (it does not show videos located in subfolders).

To view videos from a different folder, tap on

• to switch to the Video Browser view, and navigate to another folder.

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 information about the video le.

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VIDEO LIST & BROWSER MENU ITEMS

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Info

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

tap on 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.

Reset thumbnails

will delete all user-dened thumbnails and restore the default thumbnails.-

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings).

tap on to return to the Video mode.

1.2 VIdeO PlaybaCk

Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of videos. Tap on a video le to highlight it, then tap on the selected le again to play it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few seconds. To display it again, tap once

anywhere on the screen. To make it disappear again, tap on .

VIDEO PLAYBACK SCREEN AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

stop video / exit

playback status icon

current play mode icon

video le name

current display format

volume level

video progression bar

play / pause button

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VIDEO PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the current video le.

tap on to close the Info screen.

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: enlarges the picture to ll the screen and cuts some of the image.

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 / .

Save frame as...

Thumbnail: saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this le (overwrites the previously set

thumbnail, if any).

Wallpaper: the current image will be dened as your device’s background image.

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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.

video les with a bookmark appear with the icon in the browser.

Settings

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

tap on to exit this screen.

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings).

tap on to exit this screen.

1.3 VIdeO seTTIngs

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You can access the Video Settings screen via the Settings menu item while playing a video le.

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Tap on the / buttons to select a different setting for a parameter.

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PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the current mode)

Single: plays only one video le and stops.-

Folder: plays all video les in the current folder.-

Repeat & Shufe (a status bar icon shows the current mode)

- Normal: plays the video selection once and stops.-

Repeat: plays the video selection repeatedly-

Shufe: plays videos in a random order-

LCD Brightness

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

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 or 11

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This method requires your ARCHOS USB connection to operate in ‘Windows Media Device’ mode (see: System Settings). Windows Media® Player 10 or 11 will copy the videos you have selected directly into the Video folder of the ARCHOS.

Copy and Paste your video les from your computer into the Video folder of your ARCHOS (see: Computer

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Connection for details on how to connect your ARCHOS device to your computer).

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 or 11 to transfer videos to your ARCHOS in

• ‘Windows Media Device’ mode. Windows Media® Player 10 or 11 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 or 11, a search on the Internet should allow you to nd

• suitable utility programs to do this job.

If you would like to simply copy and paste DVD video les 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 ‘podcast’ plug-in.

1.5 reCOrdIng VIdeO

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

• You will need the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter to record video.

• See: Optional Functionalities to learn more about this feature.

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dVr TraVel adaPTer dVr sTaTIOn

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2. PlayIng 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 of views for you to browse through your songs: the ARCLibrary and the Music Browser.

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

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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 be updated automatically.

If some of your music les do not contain tags,

• they will be classied as (Unknown) in the ARCLibrary.

THE MUSIC BROWSER

The music browser allows you to navigate the

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Music folder of your device’s hard drive. It is

based on the ARCHOS File Browser. To use it, select Browse Hard Drive in the initial

• ArcLibrary view.

See: Using the Browser.

•

ARCLIBRARY* AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS

Info

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

tap on to close the Info screen.

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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.-

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.

Show playlist

opens a playlist edition window on the right (see: Playlists).-

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings).

tap on to return to the Music mode.

* in the ArcLibrary, only the Show playlist and Sound menu items are available.

2.2 MusIC PlaybaCk

Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of audio tracks. Tap on a track to highlight it, then tap on the selected track again to play it.

MUSIC PLAYBACK SCREEN AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

stop song and exit

playback status icon

current play mode icon

previous track

song title, artist name, album

title and track number

next track

play / pause button

progression bar (with re-

maining time and elapsed time)

volume level

To browse through your songs while listening to music, simply tap on . This will take you to the ARCLibrary or browser screen that you launched the current song from.

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PLAYBACK 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.

tap on 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, read a PDF le, etc.

Playlist

opens the playlist editor (see: Playlists).-

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 32 les.

music les with a bookmark appear with the icon.

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Set rating

allows to give a rating to the current song (1-5) or to remove the rating (none).-

Settings

will display the Music settings screen (see next chapter).-

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings).

tap on to exit this screen.

2.3 MusIC seTTIngs

•

You can access the Music Settings screen via the Settings menu item while playing a song. Tap on the / buttons to select a different setting for a parameter.

•

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PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the current mode)

Single: plays only one music le and stops.- Folder: plays all music les in the current folder or album.-

All: plays all music les in the ARCHOS device.- Queue: allows you to select a track to be played after the current one is nished.

while a track is playing, tap on to switch to the browser window and tap on a track to select it: this is

your queued track, and the status bar icon will change. 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 Intro duration.

if you want to play the whole song, tap on it while its intro is playing; the music player will then revert to the

Folder play mode.

Repeat & Shufe (a status bar icon shows the current mode)

Normal: plays the track selection once and stops.-

Repeat: plays the track selection repeatedly.-

Shufe: plays random tracks from the selection.-

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Intro duration

denes for how long each track will be played in the Scan play mode.-

2.4 sOund seTTIngs

You can access the Sound Settings screen via the Sound menu item.

• This screen allows you to adjust the sound settings of your ARCHOS device to your personal taste.

• Tap on the / buttons to select a different setting for a parameter.

•

Volume

adjusts the output volume.-

Built-in speaker

ON/OFF: the built-in speaker remains on or off regardless if headphones are attached.

Automatic: the built-in speaker automatically turns off when you plug in headphones or an AV Cable.

Audio Output

denes whether the audio signal is sent out via the Analog Line-Out or the SPDIF interface when connected

to a DVR Station.

Bass Boost Level

adjusts the bass boosting level.-

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Preset

allows you to quickly select a sound prole.-

Set equalizer

allows you to use a custom sound prole. Tap on this button to enter the equalizer screen (see next section).-

Balance

allows you to balance the sound between the left and right speakers.-

Reset

highlight and tap on it to reset sound parameters to the default values.-

EQUALIZER SCREEN

Your ARCHOS device features a 5-band equal-

• izer.

Tap directly on a band (Bass, Mid. bass, Mid.

• range, Mid. treble or Treble) to highlight it, then tap on the / buttons to change the gain level for these frequency ranges.

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It is advised that you change these settings while

listening to music, in order to be able to appreciate

the sound changes.

2.5 PlaylIsTs

A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automatically play one after the other.

• On your ARCHOS device, you can play, create and edit as many playlists as you want.

• In the ARCHOS Browser, playlists are the les with the icon.

• When playing a playlist, the icon will appear in the status bar.

•

Note: when you delete a playlist, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself.

PLAYING A PLAYLIST

In the ARCLibrary, tap on the Playlist line to

• highlight it, then tap on it again to open it.

Tap on a playlist to highlight it, then tap on it

• again. A panel showing the contents of the playlist will open on the right.

Tap on the rst item in the playlist to start play-

•

ing from the rst track.

You may want to play the tracks in a different

• order: select the Shufe menu item to randomly

shufe the order of the songs in the current

playlist.

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CREATING A PLAYLIST

•

Select the Show playlist menu item while you are in the Music browser. A playlist panel will open on the

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right: you can now start adding songs to the current playlist.

•

In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist. Tap on a song to add it to the playlist (the song’s icon in the left panel will change to , indicating that it is part of the current playlist).

•

Repeat this operation with all the tracks you want.

Another way to add songs or the content of an entire folder, artist, album, etc. to a playlist is by using the Add to

playlist or Insert in playlist menu items:

Add to playlist

will add the highlighted track, folder, artist or album at the end of the playlist.-

Insert in playlist

will insert the highlighted track, folder, artist or album before the selected item in the playlist.-

To jump back and forth between the left and right panels, tap on or tap directly on the panel that you want to highlight.

See the next section to learn how to save your playlists.

PLAYLIST PANEL MENU ITEMS

These menu items appear when the focus is on the right panel:

Remove track

deletes the highlighted track from the playlist.-

Move track

allows you to change the position of the highlighted track within the playlist.

tap on a track to highlight it, then choose the Move track menu item. Now tap on the position to which

you want to move the track, and tap on the track again to validate.

Save

saves the current playlist to the Playlists folder.-

Save As

same as Save, but it also allows you to give a personalized name to the playlist.

see: Using the Virtual Keyboard.

Clear

clears and closes the current playlist.-

Shufe

Sound

randomly shufes the order of the songs in the current playlist.-

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings).

tap on to exit this screen.

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EDITING A PLAYLIST

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To edit an existing playlist:

Highlight the playlist and use the Show playlist menu item.

•

You can now add, shufe, move or remove tracks within the playlist, using the appropriate menu items.

•

An asterisk (*) appears after the playlist’s name in the right panel to indicate that modications were made

• to the playlist and that it is unsaved.

After you have made the changes you want, save the playlist with the Save menu item, or with the Save As

• menu item if you wish to give it a different name.

ADDING SONGS TO A PLAYLIST WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC

While playing a song, choose the Playlist menu item.

•

A new window will open with two panels, the music les on the left and the playlist on the right.

• Tap on to focus on the left panel and select the song or folder of songs to add, then choose the Add to

•

playlist or Insert in playlist menu item to add them to the playlist.

Tap on to return to the playback screen.

•

Please note: this can only be done if you have entered the Music folder via the Music icon on the Home Screen and not via the Browser icon.

2.6 PuTTIng MusIC OnTO yOur arChOs deVICe

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

Synchronize your music with Windows Media® Player 10 or 11

•

This method requires your ARCHOS USB connection to operate in ‘Windows Media Device’ mode (see: System Settings). Windows Media® Player 10 or 11 will copy the music les you have selected directly into the Music folder of the ARCHOS.

Copy and Paste your music les from your computer into the Music folder of your ARCHOS (see Computer

•

Connection for details on how to connect your ARCHOS device to your computer).

In order for the ARCLibrary to recognize your songs’ tags efciently, it is advised that you keep an orderly

•

structure for your music les, for instance by making a folder for each artist, containing a folder for each of

their albums, inside which are placed individual songs.

You can easily create audio content with your computer by using Windows Media® Player 10 or 11 to convert your own CDs to MP3 or WMA format. Check the laws and regulations in your country or jurisdiction to know if private copy of your CDs for your own use is authorized.

2.7 reCOrdIng audIO

Your ARCHOS device can record audio, via its AudioCorder function.

• You will need the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter to record audio from an analog

• source (see Optional Functionalities to learn more about this feature).

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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 three types of views for you to browse through your photos: the Photo Wall, the PhotoLibrary and

• the Photo Browser.

When browsing through your photos, only picture les are shown.

•

You can switch between the three views by tapping on at any time while browsing through your photos.

THE PHOTO WALL

The Photo Wall (default view) shows thumbnails

•

of your photos. It shows all picture les in the

Pictures folder sorted by date.

To view pictures from a different folder, tap on

• to switch to the PhotoLibrary view and browse by folder. See: Using the Browser.

You can tap on a le name and start viewing

• photos in that folder. You can also tap on to go back to the Photo Wall which will show all the photos from that folder.

THE PHOTOLIBRARY

The PhotoLibrary displays your photos sorted

•

by date, name, etc. (if your picture les contain

these EXIF data).

MANUAL

THE PHOTO BROWSER

The Photo Browser allows you to navigate the

•

Pictures folder of your device’s hard drive. It is

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based on the ARCHOS File Browser. To use it, select Browse Hard Drive in the

• PhotoLibrary view.

See: Using the Browser.

•

PHOTO WALL, PHOTOLIBRARY AND PHOTO BROWSER MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the highlighted picture.

tap on to close the Info screen.

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Delete*

allows you to delete the highlighted picture le. A conrmation screen will pop up.-

Rename*

allows you to change the name of the highlighted picture le using the virtual keyboard.

see: Using the Virtual Keyboard.

Reset thumbnails*

will delete all user-dened thumbnails and restore the default thumbnails.-

* Delete, Rename and Reset thumbnails only appear in Photo Browser view.

Set as wallpaper

denes the current picture as your ARCHOS device’s background image.-

Slideshow

starts a slideshow from the highlighted image.-

Settings (only appears in Photo Wall view)

will display the Photo settings screen (see Photo Settings).-

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Tap on to exit this screen.

You may want to access these settings if you are listening to music while browsing through your photos.

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3.2 PhOTO VIewer

Tap on a picture le, then tap again to view it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few seconds.

PHOTO VIEWER SCREEN AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

To display the menu overlay, tap once anywhere

• in the picture (to make it disappear again, tap on

To display the next/previous picture, use / .

• Another way to go to the next picture is to drag

• the stylus on the screen from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’. Drag from ‘B’ to ‘A’ to go back one picture (see screenshot).

PHOTO VIEWER MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message with all the available information about the current picture.

tap anywhere on the screen to close the Info message.

Rotate

choose Left to rotate the picture 90° counterclockwise.

choose Right to rotate the picture 90° clockwise.

Format

allows to change the way the picture is displayed.

Original: displays the entire picture in its original format.

Full Screen: enlarges the picture to ll the screen and cuts some of the image.

Set as wallpaper

denes the current picture as your ARCHOS device’s background image.-

Start slideshow

starts a slideshow from the current image.-

Settings

Sound

Zoom

will display the Photo settings screen (see next chapter).-

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Tap on to exit this screen.

you may want to access these settings if you are listening to music while browsing through your photos.

use the slider to magnify/demagnify the current picture.-

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3.3 PhOTO seTTIngs

You can access the Photo Settings screen via the Settings menu item while viewing pictures. Tap on the / buttons to select a different setting for a parameter.

Picture Pause

denes the time that each picture will be displayed during a slideshow.-

Transition

denes the transition effect to be used between two pictures. There are several cool effects that you can

choose from.

3.4 PlayIng a slIdeshOw

To view a slideshow, highlight a picture le in the Photo Wall, PhotoLibrary or Photo Browser and choose the

•

Slideshow menu item.

You can also start a slideshow while viewing photos: choose the Start slideshow menu item.

• While a slideshow is playing, you can pause it at any time.

• You can dene the time that each picture is displayed and the transition effects in the Photo Settings (see:

•

Photo Settings).

3.5 VIewIng PhOTOs whIle lIsTenIng TO MusIC

You can view photos and play slideshows while listening to music:

Choose the Home menu item while playing a song.

• In the Home Screen, tap on the Photo icon to highlight it, then tap on it again to enter the Photo viewer.

• Browse through your photos or start a slideshow as normal (see: Playing a Slideshow).

• You can go back to the Music playback screen at any time using .

•

If you go back to the Music playback screen while playing a slideshow, your slideshow will be paused. When you come back to it, simply resume the slideshow.

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3.6 PuTTIng PhOTOs On TO yOur arChOs deVICe

There are several methods for you to transfer your own photos to the Pictures folder of the ARCHOS:

Connect your ARCHOS device to your computer and copy the pictures from your computer’s hard drive to

• the ARCHOS (see: Computer Connection), or sync them using Windows Media® Player 10 or 11 (in ‘Windows

Media Device’ mode only).

Connect a digital camera, USB card reader or external hard drive to your ARCHOS device via the included

•

USB Host Adapter Cable (see: USB Host Connection).

(Also see:

Copying and moving les and folders

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4. usIng The brOwser

The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the le system of your ARCHOS

device’s hard drive.

In the Home Screen, tap on the Browser icon to highlight it, then tap again on it to enter the File Browser.

You will see two panels:

the one on the left is the panel that you usually

• use to navigate through your device’s hard drive,

the panel on the right is the one you will use

•

when you want to copy or move les and folders

(see: Copying and moving les and folders).

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About your ARCHOS device’s hard drive

ARCHOS recommends that you keep the original folders: Music, Pictures, Video, Playlists. The icons on the Home Screen lead directly to some of these folders (Video, Music, Photo...) and they may no longer work correctly if the folders are deleted or renamed.

4.1 naVIgaTIOn

TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

Tap on a le or folder to highlight it, then tap again to enter it.

• Tap on at any time to leave the Browser and go back to the Home Screen.

• Tap on if you need to jump between the left and right panels.

•

BROWSER MENU ITEMS

Info

displays a message box with all the available information about the highlighted le.

tap on to close the Info screen.

Create folder

creates a folder in the current location.

you will have to enter the folder’s name with the virtual keyboard (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard).

Delete

Rename

allows you to delete the highlighted le or folder (and all its contents). A conrmation screen will pop up.-

allows you to change the name of the highlighted le or folder using the virtual keyboard.

see: Using the Virtual Keyboard.

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Copy

allows you to copy the highlighted le or folder to the location dened in the other browser panel.-

Copy all les

allows you to copy all the les in the current folder to the location dened in the other browser panel.-

Move

allows you to move the highlighted le or folder to the location dened in the other browser panel.-

Sound

will display the Sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Tap on to exit this screen.

you may want to access these settings if you are listening to music while browsing through your les.

Note that some of the above menu items may not appear if they are not available for the highlighted le or folder.

COPYING AND MOVING FILES AND FOLDERS

In the left panel, highlight the le or folder that you want to copy or move.

• Tap on to focus on the right panel.

•

Navigate to the location where you wish to copy or move the le or folder that you highlighted in the left

• panel.

Tap on to go back to the left panel.

• Choose the Copy, Copy all les or Move menu item, depending on the action that you want to carry out.

•

4.2 usIng The VIrTual keybOard

The virtual keyboard is an interface that allows you to type in text, for instance to rename a le or folder, or when

you want to give a title to a playlist that you have just created.

current name of the le/folder

close keyboard without saving

Shift button

Alt/Alt Gr button : enable/

disable the keys’ secondary functions

Caps Lock button

move cursor one character to

the left

move cursor one character to

the right

delete character before cursor

save the name

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4.3 brOwsIng OTher COMPuTers On The neTwOrk

When you are connected to a Windows® network, you can browse* the shared folders of other computers in

• the network, using the Archos File Browser.

From the Home Screen, select the Browser icon. Once in the browser, select Network. Your device will search

• for other computers in the Windows® network and you can start browsing their shared contents.

* If the computer with the shared folders normally has a Windows® username and password, you will be asked to enter these before you can access the folder contents.

Using the Archos double browser, you will be able to transfer les from a computer onto your device, or transfer les from your device onto a computer’s write-enabled shared folder (see Copying les and folders).

If the WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the device will scan for available networks and connect to a known network or display the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them.

4.4 usIng The Pdf reader

Your ARCHOS device features a PDF reader with hyperlink support.

• In the Browser, PDF les are displayed with this icon: .

• To open a PDF document, tap on the PDF document in the File Browser and tap again.

•

FOLLOWING HYPERLINKS

Some PDF documents have hyperlinks (for instance, a table of contents, links to an external website, etc.).

• Links are surrounded by a blue outline. A highlighted link (active link) is surrounded by a red outline.

• To follow a link, highlight the link (red outline) and tap again.

• If you want to go back to the previous page (where you ‘clicked’ the link), select the Link back menu item.

•

Note that hyperlinks referring to an external document or to a URL may not work.

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To display the menu overlay while viewing a PDF document, tap once in the bottom right corner of the screen (see following picture).

Hide text overlay

will hide all overlaid graphics (status bar, menu items, etc.) to only show the PFD document.-

Home

allows you to go back to the Home Screen.-

Zoom in

magnies the document.-

Zoom out

demagnies the document.-

Link back

will take you back to the page that you came from.

only appears when you have previously followed a link.

Go to page...

allows you to select a specic page.

use / to select a page number.

tap on Ok to go to this page.

goes to the previous page in the document.-

goes to the next page in the document.-

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5. COnneCTIng TO a wIfI neTwOrk

Your ARCHOS 704 WIFI can connect to a variety of wireless networks, thus enabling you to browse

the Internet or share and play les from other computers.

5.1 PlayIng MedIa fIles frOM a neTwOrk

Once you set up your ARCHOS to communicate over WiFi to your home network (explained in the sections

• below), some very neat possibilities open up. You may have heard of streaming media. This is when a media

le such as music or video is on one computer, but yet you play it on another computer without having copied it over rst.

With this ARCHOS 704 WIFI device, you can set it in your living room for example, hook it up to your home

• entertainment system with the optional DVR Station, and play movies or music stored on your desktop PC.

To do this, set your PC folders containing your music and videos to ‘shared’ by right-clicking on the folder and

• selecting ‘sharing’. Now, on your ARCHOS, open the Browser from the Home Screen and select Network.

•

If you have congured your WiFi connection properly, you should see your computer’s name appear. When

you open this up, you will see all your shared folders.

•

Just go into a folder, choose a video or audio le, and start playing it! This is especially useful when you have a large library of music and video and you cannot t it all onto the internal hard drive of the ARCHOS.

Note: You may have some video les of very high quality and these require that the WiFi connection transfers

data at a high speed. If your ARCHOS device is far away from your WiFi box, it may happen that the connection

speed is reduced thus not allowing some video les to stream from your PC to the ARCHOS and the television.

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5.2 wIfI COnneCTIOn PrOCedure

ENABLING WIFI

From the Home Screen, select the Enable WiFi menu item . Your device will scan for available WiFi networks.

The rst time you use your device, you may get a message “No congured networks found”. Highlight View

•

available networks and tap on it again. The list of available networks will be displayed.

If your ARCHOS device nds networks that you have previously used and congured, it will connect auto-

• matically to one of them.

If you get the message “Could not connect to any Wi network!”, highlight View available networks and tap

• on it again. The list of available networks will be displayed.

Once you are connected to a WiFi network, the status bar icon (WiFi not connected) will become (WiFi connected). There is no status bar icon at all when WiFi is not enabled.

THE LIST OF AVAILABLE NETWORKS

The list of available networks shows all the

• wireless networks in range of your device.

To refresh the list, select the Scan for networks

• menu item.

In the list of available networks, for each net-

• work you will see the following information:

conguration status: congured network uncongured network

the name of the network (SSID), if it is broadcasted (if the SSID is not broadcasted, you will be prompt-

ed to enter it in the next conguration screen)

the type of encryption key that is required:

Open network WEP key WPA key WPA2 key

the strength of the signal

this icon will appear if you are currently connected to this network

the channel used by the network

the type of network (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc)

(Ad-Hoc networks are not supported at this time)

MANUAL

To select a network and start the connection process, simply tap on the one that you want to connect to

•

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(your home wireless network or a free hotspot).

You will be taken to the conguration screen for this network, where you will have to enter some information

• to set up your access to this network.

5.3 wIfI neTwOrk COnfIguraTIOn

In order to connect to a wireless network, the ARCHOS 704 WIFI will need some specic information about the

network. Your device will automatically pick up certain pieces of information that it needs. You can enter the rest

of the information manually in the network’s conguration screen, as shown in the following sections.

Note that your device will remember the network connection information that you enter, in order to re-use it and connect automatically to the network when it is in range.

OPEN NETWORKS

Open networks do not require an authentication

• key.

If the network has automatic conguration

• turned on (DHCP), simply tap on the Connect button, and your ARCHOS 704 WIFI will connect to this network, provided the signal is strong enough.

If the network needs to be congured manually,

• use / to select the Manual setting on the

Conguration parameter.

Other parameters will appear: the required

• information can be obtained from the person who manages the network.

When you have nished entering all the information, tap on the Connect button, and your ARCHOS 704 WIFI will connect to this network, provided the signal is strong enough.

PROTECTED NETWORKS (WEP, WPA OR WPA2 KEY)

Protected networks require an encryption key to

• connect.

The type of key (WEP, WPA or WPA2) will be

• detected automatically by your device.

The rest of the required information can be

• obtained from the person who manages the network.

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You will have to specify the following settings:

Key length (for WEP networks only)

the authentication key can be 10 characters long (64bit) or 26 characters long (128bit) (hexadecimal charac-

ters).

Key

type in the authentication key.

you will be taken to a virtual numeric keyboard.

type in the key and tap on OK when you have nished.

Authentication (for WEP networks only)

the network’s authentication method can be based on an Open System (default) or a Shared Key.-

Conguration

it can be Automatic (DHCP) or Manual.

if it is Automatic (DHCP), then you do not have to enter any more information. Simply tap on the Connect

button, and your ARCHOS 704 WIFI will connect to this network, provided the signal is strong enough. if you must congure the network manually, select the Manual setting. Other parameters will appear: the

required information can be obtained from the person who manages the network.

When you have nished entering all the information, tap on the Connect button, and your ARCHOS 704 WIFI will connect to this network, provided the signal is strong enough.

Filtered networks: If your network manager allows only specic devices to connect to the network (known as MAC address ltering), you can supply the network manager with the MAC address of your ARCHOS. To nd out

what your MAC address is, go to the Setup Screen, then select the System icon. See: System Settings.

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6. brOwsIng The web

Your ARCHOS 704 WIFI features 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

From the Home Screen, tap on directly the Web Icon.

If you are already connected to a network, the Web browser will simply open and you can start browsing the

• Web.

If WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the device will scan for available networks and

• connect to a known network or display the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them.

Please note: not all wireless networks offer access to the Internet. Some WiFi networks only link several com-

• puters together, without any Internet connection.

6.2 usIng The web brOwser

You can use the Web browser to read your Web-based e-mail, view Web sites, download documents from the

• Internet, etc.

The Web browser features ‘tabbed browsing’. You can open several pages at the same time: they will appear

• in the tabs area, in the upper left corner of the screen. When several pages are open, simply tap on a tab to access the page that you want. See next section.

You can use your stylus to scroll the current web page horizontally or vertically. To open a link, simply tap on

• it.

If you display the image of your ARCHOS on the television set via the optional AV cable: use the button on the supplied remote control to switch between the different tabs (see: Remote Control). To scroll the web page or open a link, use the Cursor mode menu item (see next section).

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Navigation

Forward: will go to the next page in your browsing history, if you used Back before.

Stop: will stop loading the Web page.

Back: will go back to the previous page that you browsed.

Bookmarks

will open the Bookmark manager. Here you can sort your bookmarks, delete them, etc.

select a bookmark and tap on it to open this Web address in a new tab.

you can also set your Home page: highlight a bookmarked Website and select the Set as Home Page menu

item. to go back to the Web browser from the Bookmarks screen, tap on .

Zoom

Larger: magnies the current Web page.

Smaller: demagnies the current Web page.

Set zoom...: allows you to set the zoom level directly by dragging a cursor.

Go to

Enter URL...: allows you to enter the address of a Web site you’d like to visit. Tap on the letters of the virtual

keyboard to enter the address (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard) and tap on the bottom right key to validate.

Search...: allows you to search directly in one of the congured search engines. Tap on the letters of the

virtual keyboard to enter your keywords (see: Using the Virtual Keyboard) and tap on the bottom right key to validate.

Home: will go to the Home page.

Tab

Reload: will refresh the current Web page.

Add: will open a new, empty tab in the tab area (top left of the screen).

Close: will close the current tab.

Render mode

changes the way the Web page is displayed.

Smart: will reformat the Web page to t the width of your screen, so that no horizontal scrolling is necessary.

Desktop: will display the Web page as on a large display. Vertical and Horizontal scrolling is necessary to view

all parts of the page.

Cursor Mode

this menu item only appears when the image of your ARCHOS is displayed on the television set via the op-

tional AV cable.

Link: allows you to move from one link to another in the current web page, using the Navigation buttons of

the supplied remote control (see: Remote Control).

Scroll: allows you to scroll the web page horizontally or vertically, using the Navigation buttons of the sup-

plied remote control (see: Remote Control).

Settings

will open the Web settings screen. Here you can decide whether to block popup windows or not, and you can

also delete your Internet history and cookies. to go back to the Web browser from the Web settings screen, tap on .

Please note that some Web features requiring special plug-in software or Active X controls may not work in this

special version of the Web Browser.

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7. usb COnneCTIOns

7.1 COMPuTer COnneCTIOn

‘WINDOWS MEDIA DEVICE’ OR ‘PC HARD DRIVE’

There are two connection modes for your ARCHOS device to connect to your computer. When your ARCHOS

• device is turned on and you connect it to a computer, a screen will pop up on the ARCHOS asking you to choose the connection mode to be used for this connection (see next section).

The ARCHOS can be connected as a ‘Windows Media Device’ if you have Windows Media® Player 10

• (WMP10) or higher installed on your computer. Otherwise, it can connect as a ‘PC Hard Drive’.

You can change your preferred USB connection mode in the System settings screen (see: System Settings).

• This means that your preferred connection mode will be highlighted by default when you connect your device to a computer. To access the System Settings screen, tap on from the Home Screen, then select the

System icon.

CONNECTION STEPS

Turn on your ARCHOS device.

Plug the supplied ARCHOS USB Cable into the ARCHOS device (b port).

2. Plug the ARCHOS USB Cable into your running computer.

3. Your ARCHOS device will ask you to choose the USB connection mode: select the one that you want to use

4. and tap on it.

wIfI

USB

Refer to the following paragraphs for details on your particular operating system.

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Windows® XP & WMP10 or Higher (Windows Media Device Mode)

Follow the previous steps to connect the ARCHOS device, and select Windows Media Device as the connec-

• tion mode.

The ARCHOS device will appear in My Computer.

•

You can now put your own les onto the ARCHOS:

• Synchronize your music, videos or photos to the ARCHOS using Windows Media® Player 10 or higher.

•

Copy your media les directly via Windows® Explorer into the Media, then Music, Video or Pictures folder.

•

If your computer asks for a driver or an installation CD when you connect your ARCHOS, then you must use the PC Hard Drive mode.

Windows® Me, 2000 and XP (PC Hard Drive Mode Only)

Follow the previous steps to connect the ARCHOS de-

• vice, and select PC Hard Drive as the connection mode.

The ARCHOS will be recognized as a mass storage device

• (Hard Drive) and will appear in My Computer.

You can now use the ARCHOS like any other external

• hard drive.

Mac® OS X (PC Hard Drive Mode Only)

Your OS X version must have Mass Storage device support.

Follow the previous steps to connect the ARCHOS device, and select

•

PC Hard Drive as the connection mode.

The ARCHOS will be automatically recognized as a mass storage

• device (Hard Drive) and mounted on the desktop.

You can now use the ARCHOS like any other external hard drive.

•

DISCONNECTION

Windows® XP & WMP10 or higher (Windows MEDIA Device Mode)

Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHOS device and your computer (the

•

HDD indicator on your ARCHOS device is not ickering).

You can unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and/or computer.

•

Windows® Me, 2000 and XP (PC Hard Drive Mode Only)

DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE CABLE AT ANY TIME! You must remove/unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing.

MANUAL

•

Once all your transfers are nished, click on the ‘safely remove’ icon in the system tray, next to the clock.

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Windows® 2000 / ME Windows® XP

•

Click on the ‘safely remove’ message.

•

A message will pop up, telling you that it is now safe to disconnect the device*. You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS device and/or computer.

* If you get a message saying that the device cannot be removed, close any computer program that may still be using data on your device, such as media players or Windows® Explorer.

Mac® OS X (PC Hard Drive Mode Only)

DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE CABLE AT ANY TIME! You must remove/unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before dis-

connecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing.

On your desktop, drag the ARCHOS device’s icon towards the trash-

• can, which will turn into a big eject symbol.

Drop the icon onto this eject symbol: the ARCHOS hard drive will

• disappear from the desktop.

You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS device

• and/or computer.

7.2 usb hOsT COnneCTIOn

Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect compatible USB devices to the ARCHOS, in order to transfer

•

les or pictures to your Archos.

These devices can be Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices, such as digital cameras, card readers or external hard

• drives, or digital cameras using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP).

Check your manufacturer’s information to nd out whether your device is an MSC or PTP device. Non Mass

• Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. are not supported.

MANUAL

TO CONNECT A USB DEVICE TO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE:

Turn on your ARCHOS device.

Plug the ‘mini’ end of the supplied USB host adapter into the ARCHOS device (a port).

2. Connect the external USB device (use a standard USB cable if needed) to the other end of the supplied USB

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host adapter. Turn on the external USB device if needed (check the documentation of your external USB device).

4. A double browser window will appear on the ARCHOS: the external USB device will appear in the left panel,

5. and your ARCHOS device’s hard drive in the right panel.

Follow the instructions in the Copying and moving les section to copy your pictures or les to the ARCHOS.

TO DISCONNECT:

Make sure that no transfer is being made (the hdd light should not be ickering) and simply pull out the USB cable on either end.

Note 1: you may not always be able to copy les to your external USB device from your ARCHOS.

Note 2: you cannot connect your ARCHOS to a computer and connect an external device to your ARCHOS at the same time.

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8. seTuP sCreen

In the Home Screen, tap on to enter the Setup Screen (tap on if you want to go back to the Home Screen).

Tap on one of the settings icons (Language,

•

Display, Appearance, etc.) and tap on it again

to enter the corresponding settings screen. Once you are in a settings screen:

•

tap on a parameter to highlight it.

use / to select a different setting.

when you have nished adjusting your set-

tings, tap on to save them and go back to the main Setup Screen.

8.1 language seTTIngs

Language

Choose a language.

Visit www.archos.com to check the availability

of other languages that you can download and install.

8.2 dIsPlay seTTIngs

TV SETTINGS

TV Standard

choose between the NTSC (USA) and PAL (Europe) systems (select the one that is compatible with your

country’s television system).

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TV Format

4:3 or 16:9 - the format used by your television set to display images.

the option Wide screen becomes available when you set the TV standard parameter to PAL (Europe).

Video Output

choose between Internal LCD and External TV (to do this, you can also press the button on the device).-

External Display

choose between Composite / S-Video / Component / RGB. Use this setting based on how you have cabled

the video out of your DVR station to your television. for example, if you are using the yellow video connector as the video out, then select Composite.

LCD SETTINGS

LCD Brightness

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

TOUCH-SCREEN SETTINGS

If the touchscreen is not responding properly,

• use the arrows in the bottom left corner of the screen to view the Touch-screen settings.

Tap on Calibration and follow the instructions

• on screen.

If this does not work or if you cannot access the touchscreen settings, you can force the touchscreen calibration (see: System Recovery).

8.3 aPPearanCe seTTIngs

Wallpaper

enables or disables the use of an image background.-

MANUAL

Picture name

allows you to select a picture to use as a background image.

you can choose between all default backgrounds and images that you have previously set as wallpapers.

you can also set a picture as wallpaper from the photo and video modes.

Theme

denes the theme color for your icons (and for the background, if you have disabled use of a wallpaper).-

Font color

denes the font color.-

Previous settings

tap on this to discard any changes you may have made since entering this screen.-

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8.4 ClOCk seTTIngs

Time Format

choose between 12h or 24h mode.-

Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute

sets the current date & time-

If you use the optional DVR station to schedule video recordings on your TV system, make sure that the time and date are set correctly!

8.5 POwer seTTIngs

These settings will help you save battery power, thus allowing a longer battery autonomy.

•

You can adjust settings for both battery operation and power supply operation (when the ARCHOS is pow-

•

ered by the AV charger/adapter).

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BATTERY OPERATION

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Power Off

the amount of time of user inactivity before the system shuts down.

the system will not shut down during a slideshow or audio/video playback.

Backlight Off

the amount of time of user inactivity before the LCD display turns off.

the display will not turn off while a video or slideshow is playing.

Webbrowser

normal power off: while browsing the web, the system will shut down according to the setting selected for the

Power Off parameter. prevents power off: while browsing the web, the system will never shut down.

POWER SUPPLY OPERATION

Standby

the amount of time of user inactivity before the system goes into Standby mode.-

Backlight Off

the amount of time of user inactivity before the LCD display turns off.

the display will not turn off while a video or slideshow is playing.

Webbrowser

normal standby: while browsing the web, the system will go into Standby mode according to the setting se-

lected for the Standby parameter.

prevents standby: while browsing the web, the system will never go into Standby mode.

Your ARCHOS device will consume more power as these parameters are set to higher values (the backlight and hard drive in particular consume much power).

When in battery mode, it is advised to set these parameters to lower values in order to save power.

Your device will be hotter when the backlight and hard drive are on for long periods of time.

8.6 TV COnTrOl seTTIngs

See: The Infrared Emitter.

8.7 sysTeM seTTIngs

MANUAL

This settings screen will allow you to congure several key features of your ARCHOS device, such as your

•

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preferred USB port mode, repair and format tools, rmware updates, WiFi region selection. It will also give you information about the current plugins and rmware version, the product key, the MAC

• address and the storage space that is currently used/available.

USB preference Lets you choose your preferred USB connection mode, which will be highlighted by default each time you con-

nect your ARCHOS device to a computer. The connection mode determines how your device interacts with your computer:

Windows Media Device: the ARCHOS will use the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) whenever it is

connected to a PC with Windows® XP (SP1 or higher) and Windows Media® Player 10 or higher installed. You will be able to synchronize your media library automatically every time you connect your ARCHOS device to your computer.

PC Hard Drive: the ARCHOS will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected

to a computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows® XP operating systems.

Repair & Format tools

tap on this to access the Repair & Format tools settings screen. This screen allows you to do the following

actions:

Clear temporary system les and cache (does not erase any data)

Reset WiFi conguration (WiFi settings are lost)

Format Hard Drive (erase all data, media les, and licenses)

Full Reinitialization (erase all data, media les, licenses and settings)

In the event that your ARCHOS device freezes operation (due to electrostatic phenomena, for example), try to reset it (see: Product Care).

If this does not work or if you cannot access the repair and format tools, you can try a system recovery (see: Product Care).

Firmware version

displays the current version of the rmware and Digital Rights Management system.-

Plugins

displays the current plugins installed on your device.-

Update Firmware

tap on this to update the rmware.

see Updating the Firmware to learn what to do before tapping on this button.

Product key

each ARCHOS device has a unique number.-

MAC address

some WiFi networks lter MAC addresses. You might need to communicate this address to the person who

manages the network.

Hard Drive

displays the amount of free and used space on the hard drive.-

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Select Wi region

use the arrow in the bottom left corner of the screen to view the Select

Wi region button.

tap on it to access the Select Wi region settings screen.

select your region in the list and tap on to return to the System set-

tings screen.

Note: reported number of megabytes is binary-based counting (1Kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported Mb represents approximately 1.05 megabytes (decimal). Formatting also takes up space.

8.8 wIreless fIle serVer seTTIngs

Your ARCHOS 704 WIFI allows you to share les with other computers or 704 WiFi devices on a

network.

Important: please check the applicable laws in your country or jurisdiction to know what media les you are allowed to share or copy.

First, you need to enable WiFi as shown in section 5.2, and connect to a network.

• To enable the le server directly, select the WiFi status menu item from the Home Screen, tap on the

•

Wireless le server... button and tap on the Enable le server button. While the le server is turned on,

other functions of your device are disabled Your ARCHOS 704 WIFI’s hard drive will then be accessible from your computer’s network neighborhood.

• If you want to set up your ARCHOS device to

• appear with a particular name in a particular workgroup on the network, tap on in the Home Screen to go to the Setup Screen.

Tap on the File server icon to highlight it and

• tap on it again to display the Wireless le

server Settings screen. You will see the following

parameters:

Workgroup

enter the name of the workgroup, using the virtual keyboard.

see: Using the Virtual Keyboard.

Computer name

enter the name for the ARCHOS 704 WIFI device in the network, using the virtual keyboard (see Using the

Virtual Keyboard).

normally, you do not need to change this parameter unless more than one ARCHOS 704 WIFI device is in the

workgroup.

Write access

On will allow other computers to write to your ARCHOS 704 WIFI’s hard drive.

Off will prevent other computers from writing to your disk.

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Password

only appears if the Write access parameter is set to On. Type in the password for other computers to be able

to write to your hard drive (see Using the Virtual Keyboard).

Enable le server

tap on this button to turn on the le server.-

Note: some networks lter MAC addresses. You can nd your device’s MAC address in the System Settings

screen (see: System Settings).

8.9 uPdaTIng The fIrMware

The rmware is the operating system (OS) of your ARCHOS device.

•

It is periodically updated to bring new features, improvements and bug xes.

•

Firmware Updates are available for free from www.archos.com/rmware.

•

TO CHECK WHETHER YOU HAVE THE LATEST FIRMWARE VERSION:

1. From the Home Screen, tap on to go to the Setup Screen.

2. Highlight System and tap on it.

3. The rmware version number is displayed on this screen.

4. Compare it with the latest rmware version on www.archos.com/rmware.

TO INSTALL THE LATEST FIRMWARE:

1. Download the AOS File (Archos Operating System):

On the downloads page for your product on www.archos.com, click on the

•

link to download the rmware update (ARCHOS rmware les have the

.AOS extension).

Your Internet browser may warn you that the contents of this le may

• harm your computer. ARCHOS rmware les are safe: click on Save and choose a save location that you will remember (your desktop or My

Documents).

2. Copy the AOS File to your ARCHOS Device:

Connect your ARCHOS as explained in this manual (see: Computer Connection) in ‘PC Hard Drive’ mode (see:

•

System Settings).

Cut the AOS le from your computer (right-click on the le > Cut).

•

Paste the AOS le in your ARCHOS device:

•

Simply drag and drop the AOS le onto the icon of your ARCHOS device in My Computer.-

If there is already an AOS le, Windows® will ask you if you want to overwrite the existing le: click on Yes.

• Disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer (see: Computer Connection).

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3. Activate the Update:

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Go to the System Settings screen of your ARCHOS device.•

Tap on Update Firmware.•

Your ARCHOS device will ask you to plug in the charger/adapter. Do so and then tap on the screen to con-

• tinue.

The new rmware will be installed on your device.•

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9. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes

9.1 dVr sTaTIOn & dVr TraVel adaPTer PresenTaTIOn

You can record from an external video source if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter.

• The ARCHOS DVR Station stays connected to your home entertainment system and allows you to quickly

• connect your ARCHOS to watch its contents on your TV, record from your satellite or cable box, etc.

The ARCHOS DVR Travel Adapter allows you to record from an external video source (such as the ARCHOS

• Digital Mini-Cam) when you are on the move.

An optional ARCHOS AV cable will allow you to connect your ARCHOS directly to a television from the

• headphone connector.

You can purchase these optional accessories from www.archos.com.

•

9.2 reCOrdIng VIdeO

In the Home Screen, tap on the VideoCorder icon to highlight it and tap on it again to display the pre- recording screen.

All video recordings made by your ARCHOS device are saved in the Video folder. If you wish to keep them in

a different location, you can use the Move function of the ARCHOS le browser after recording (see: Using the Browser).

RECORDING PROCEDURE

In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording sound volume using / (remember that / only

1. adjust the headphone volume).

Select the Settings menu item. Adjust the video recording settings as you like (see next section). Tap on

2. to exit the VideoCorder Settings screen.

Select the Start recording menu item to start recording.

3. Tap on to stop recording.

You can pause and restart your recording by tapping on their respective menu items.

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Open scheduler

will take you directly to the Scheduler screen (see Setting the Scheduler).

tap on to go back to the pre-recording screen.

Hide text overlay

will hide all overlaid graphics (status bar, menu items, etc.) to only show the video image.-

Start recording

will start recording right away. -

Settings

will open the Videocorder settings screen (see next section).

once you have nished adjusting your settings, tap on to go back to the pre-recording screen.

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This screen allows you to adjust the video re-

• cording parameters to your personal taste.

You can access the VideoCorder Settings screen

• via the Settings menu item in the pre-recording screen.

Tap on a parameter to highlight it, then use

• / to select a different setting.

Scheduling Parameters:

Auto Stop Rec

the duration of time after which the ARCHOS device will automatically stop recording.

if you tap on (Auto Stop Rec disabled), the recording will continue until you tap on or until the entire

hard drive lls up.

Video Parameters:

Rename

allows you to dene the lename before the recording begins, using the virtual keyboard.

see: Using the Virtual Keyboard.

Source

options: Auto/Composite/S-Video.

you can choose which video input you want the ARCHOS device to use. Normally, with a good video signal,

you can set it to Auto and your ARCHOS will scan the DVR station inputs to see which one is receiving video.

Format

options: Auto/4:3/5:3/16:9/2.35.

this is the aspect ratio of the screen that the ARCHOS device will record. You can set this manually, but in

most cases you can just leave it on Auto.

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Widescreen

options: Auto/On/Off.

If your tuner (cable box, satellite receiver, etc.) outputs a video signal in widescreen, you can force the

ARCHOS to recognize this signal. This should be set to On if recordings show people that look unusually tall and thin. But in most cases you can

just leave it on Auto.

Bitrate

options: 500kb/s, 1000kb/s, 1500kb/s, 2000kb/s, 2500kb/s.

use this to set the encoding quality.

the higher the encoding rate, the higher the image quality but also more hard drive space will be used.

Sampling

options: 32kHz, 48kHz.

the sound sampling rate. The higher value gives a higher quality sound but will take up more space on the hard

drive.

Brightness

adjusts the recorded image brightness.-

Contrast

adjusts the recorded image contrast.-

Saturation

use this to de-emphasize or saturate the colors in the recorded image.-

Hue

changes the color spectrum in the recorded image.-

Reset

changes the above settings to the default settings.-

COPY PROTECTION

The ARCHOS recording system is designed to respect the Macrovision™ copyright protection system.

• If the source of your video is copy-protected, the device will record in protected mode.

• You will see a ‘P’ icon on the recording screen (not during playback), indicating that the le will be a protect-

•

ed le. Protected les can only be played back on the ARCHOS device that created them, and not on a computer.

• The playback of protected les is also limited to the built-in LCD screen and cannot be displayed on an exter-

• nal television.

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9.3 edITIng VIdeO fIles

Video les recorded with the ARCHOS DVR Station or Travel Adapter can be edited by 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. You will mark a segment of your video le, and then you will tell the ARCHOS to delete everything except

•

the marked segment or to delete the marked segment from the video le. These operations can be done multiple times on the same video le.

Once nished, you will have the option to save the edit marks with the video or to write a new video le. If

•

you save your le with edit marks, you can always go back and change your edits at another time. The actual video information is not deleted. On the other hand, you can write a new le which will only include the video parts that you specied in the edit session. This le will be smaller but you can never un-edit it.

EXAMPLE 1

You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single music presentation. The rest of the television recording you do not care to keep.

Beginning of recording

Open the video le you want to edit and pause it (See: Playing Video).

1. In the progression bar, tap where the section you want to keep begins (a), and select the Set a mark-in here

Music video section to keep End of recording

menu item.

Forward to the end of the desired section (b), and select the Set a mark-out here menu item.

3. Choose the Keep selected part menu item , which will delete everything except the designated section.

EXAMPLE 2

You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sections before the program started, parts during the program, and the program afterwards because you had recorded a little extra.

Open the video le you want to edit and pause it (See: Playing Video).

In the progression bar, tap where the rst section you want to delete begins (a), and select the Set a mark-in here

menu item. Forward to the end of the rst undesired section (b), and select the Set a mark-out here menu

item. Choose the Remove selected part menu item, and this part of the recording will be cut out. Tap where the second section you want to delete begins (c), and select the Set a mark-in here menu

3. item. Forward to the end of the second undesired section (d), and select the Set a mark-out here menu item. Choose the Remove selected part menu item, and this section will be cut out. Do the same for the other section(s) that you want to cut out.

If you want to keep the edit points and be able to re-edit another time, choose the Save edit menu item.

• If you want to save the edited le as a new individual le, choose the Save edit as a new le menu item.

•

A conrmation screen will pop up.

If you want to cancel the edit points and restart editing, choose the Cancel changes and restart edit

• menu item.

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From the Home Screen, tap on the Scheduler icon to highlight it and tap on it again to enter the Scheduler screen.

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Tap on the line you want to edit to highlight it, then tap on it again to start editing.

1. Set each line to the desired date, time (and channel if you are using the infrared emitter to control a VCR,

2. cable box or satellite receiver).

Select the Edit program title menu item to dene a title for your scheduled recording, (see Using the Virtual

Keyboard).

Select the Validate selected program menu item to save the changes for this program.

4. Do not turn off the ARCHOS device! Make sure the ARCHOS is in stand-by mode at the scheduled time for

5. the recording (connected to the DVR station or to the DVR Travel Adapter and a wall outlet).

SCHEDULER SETTINGS

This screen allows you to adjust the scheduling

• parameters to your personal taste.

You can access the TV Scheduler Settings

• screen via the Settings menu item in Scheduler screen.

Tap on a parameter to highlight it, then use

• / to select a different setting.

Pre-record

This is a safety margin added to the beginning of a scheduled recording which was set via the My Yahoo!® TV

scheduler of your personal Yahoo!® calendar. It affects ONLY these recordings. This is just in case the clocks between your ARCHOS device and the broadcast station are different or if the broadcast station starts earlier than expected.

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Post-record

This is a safety margin added to the end of a scheduled recording which was set via the My Yahoo!® TV sched-

uler of your personal calendar. It affects ONLY these recordings. This is just in case the clocks between your ARCHOS device and the broadcast station are different or if the broadcast station runs overtime.

NOTES ABOUT THE SCHEDULER

The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically,

• In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the ARCHOS device on the main menu screen or

• leave it in stand-by mode. If you are listening to music, watching a video or looking at photos with the device, it will not interrupt you to make the scheduled recording.

If you use the IR emitter to change channels on a VCR, satellite or cable box (see: The Infrared Emitter), note

• that this external device must be left ON, and not in sleep mode.

When the ARCHOS user interface is set to English, the date format is set to Month/Day.

• If the end time is earlier than the start time, it is assumed that you start recording on the start date, and the

• recording ends on the following day at the end time.

Once scheduled recording has been made, or the date of a recording has been passed, without the recording

• having been made (the ARCHOS was not connected to the DVR Station or was not in standby mode), the schedule entry will be erased from the scheduler.

When you set the scheduler, the ARCHOS device will create a text le in the System folder (DVRTimer.txt),

•

you should not erase this le.

AUTOMATED YAHOO!® TV RECORDING SCHEDULER

If you have a My Yahoo!® account and use the calendar feature to schedule TV programs, you can use your

• ARCHOS device to read the TV programs scheduled into your personal calendar and transfer these to its own Scheduler.

If you do not have an account, you can create one and learn how to use the My Yahoo!® TV and calendar

• functions at the Yahoo!® Website (www.yahoo.com).

Please note: Using the scheduler is particularly useful when you have the optional DVR Station and you have

• set up the Infrared emitter to control your tuner device.

You must do the following:

Connect your ARCHOS device to your computer.

1. Go to your personal Yahoo!® calendar which has your TV programs scheduled.

2. Choose the Week view – starting with the current day as the beginning of the week.

3. Click on Printable View to show a cleaner printable version.

4. From your browser menu click on File > Save As… to save the le.

5. Do not change the File Name, but do change the Save as Type to Web page, HTML only. Now save the le to

6. the System folder on your ARCHOS device.

When you disconnect your ARCHOS from your computer, the ARCHOS device will automatically update its

7. scheduler with the newly saved TV programs from your My Yahoo!® calendar. If the ARCHOS encounters a television station name that it does not know the channel number for (was never set), it will indicate so, and direct you to go to the scheduler to manually assign a channel to the station name.

Notes:

If the TV programs from your personal calendar do not seem to be correctly copied to the ARCHOS scheduler, go

•

to www.archos.com/rmware to make sure that you have the latest rmware version (see Updating the Firmware)

If you change your Yahoo!® personal calendar by deleting some TV programs and adding new ones, only the

•

new programs will be added to the ARCHOS scheduler when you save the HTML le to the ARCHOS device.

If you want to delete scheduled items, you must do this in the ARCHOS scheduler itself. Missed recordings (because you did not have the ARCHOS connected to the DVR Station at the record time)

• will be deleted from the scheduler.

MANUAL

If a personal calendar recording 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. Tap on the line containing the ? and select the Set Channel menu item. You can now scroll through the channel numbers and assign a number to the station name for that event. You only have to do this once. Your ARCHOS device will keep the station name and its channel number.

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9.5 The Infrared eMITTerInfrared eMITTer

The DVR Station has a high-powered infrared LED at the front. It

• allows your ARCHOS device to communicate with your tuner (VCR, cable or satellite box), so that it can turn it on and off, and change channels on it.

This is a one time step to set your ARCHOS device to send the cor-

• rect infrared codes to control your tuner. If you do not plan on making scheduled recordings, then you do not need to set the infrared emitter code.

Before beginning this procedure of setting the emitter code, your

• device must be connected to the DVR Station, which must be powered with the charger/adapter.

The infrared control works through the reec-

• tion of the infrared signal within a room.

In order to improve the reception of this infra-

• red signal on your tuner (VCR, cable or satellite box), you could rearrange the position of the DVR Station and/or the tuner such that there

are more reective surfaces (furniture, a wall,

etc. - see diagram). Good communication between the DVR Station

• and your tuner also depends on the sensitivity of your tuner’s IR receiver.

SETTING THE IR EMITTER CODE

From the Home Screen, tap on to access the Setup Screen. Tap on the TV Control icon to highlight it and tap on it again to display the TV control Settings screen.

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Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand

Select the type of device that you want to control with the IR Emitter.

• Select the brand of your device.

•

The TV Channels button allows you to give names to each channel. For example, if channel 6 is CNN where you live, then you can give channel 6 that name in this screen. Or, if you use the My Yahoo!® personal calendar to set your recording scheduler, the ARCHOS device will allow you to assign a channel number to a station name given from your scheduled TV programs.

Part 2: Finding the Right Emitter Codes

Tap on the Tune IR Emitter button to display the

•

Tune IR Emitter Settings screen.

This screen allows you to correctly set the codes

• and parameters to allow the Infrared emitter to correctly control your tuner (VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver).

Tune device Code (one code available)

Some manufacturers use only one code for all of their products. The code does not change from one model to

another or from one year to another. In this case, there will only be one single code available. You can now test the channel select.

Tune device Code (multiple codes available)

Some makers of video equipment don’t use the same set of control codes for all of their products. They have

various code sets for various models and various years.

You will have to try each of the codes to nd out which code works with your device. In the example screen,

you see the code V619. If this code does not work when doing the Test channel select, advance it to the next code and then test to see if that next code works.

Test ON/OFF

When you tap on the Test On/Off button, the ARCHOS device will send a signal to the infrared emitter and

turn your device on or off. Tap this test button again and your device should change from on to off or off to on.

If tapping on this button does not turn your device on or off, try the next code for your device: see Tune device

Code (multiple codes available).

If none of the codes work, check that the DVR Station is positioned in a way that allows the IR signal to reach

your tuner device’s receiver. Note: In some rare cases the ON/OFF functionality may not work.

Test channel select

When you tap on the Test channel select button, the ARCHOS device will send a signal through the DVR

Station’s infrared emitter and change the channel on your tuner (VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver). If the Number of digits parameter is set to three, it will try to select channel 123. If that parameter is set to 2,

it will send the code for channel 12. If your tuner does not change channels when you tap on this test button, try the next code for your device: see Tune device Code (multiple codes available).

Key: -/--

Set this to On if normally, you have to press this same key on your device’s remote control in order to select a

channel.

Number of digits

Set the number of digits that your device can recognize for a channel. Example: Set to 3 if you need to choose

a channel greater than channel 99.

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Key: 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.

Key Delay

Change the delay between the emission of each digit of a channel. You may need to adjust this if the ARCHOS

device seems to send only half the digits of a channel or more digits of a channel. Example: Adjust the key delay and retest channel select if it sends channel 2 instead of 12 or sends 112 instead of 12.

These last four parameters (Tune channel select) usually do not need to be set. Keep the default values to start with.

9.6 reCOrdIng audIO (exTernal sOurCe)

You can record audio from an external line-level analog source if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter.

In the Home Screen, tap on the AudioCorder icon to highlight it, then tap again on it to display the pre-recording screen.

All audio recordings made by your ARCHOS device are saved in the Music/(Rec) folder. If you wish to keep

• them in a different location, you can use the Move menu item of the ARCHOS le browser after recording (see: Using the Browser).

The icon appears in the status bar while recording.

•

Audio les recorded by your ARCHOS device will be tagged as follows: Artist = (Archos: Audio Recordings),

• Album = (Rec).

AUDIOCORDER SETTINGS SCREEN

You can access the AudioCorder Settings screen

• via the Settings menu item.

This screen allows you to adjust audio input set-

• tings for your recordings.

Tap on the / buttons to select a different

• setting for a parameter.

Set Title

allows you to give a personalized title to the recording (See: Using the Virtual Keyboard).-

Format

you can choose between PCM (uncompressed) and ADPCM (compressed) WAV format.-

Sampling

choose the sample rate for your recording (a higher rate gives higher sound quality but a larger le).-

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Connect the AV cable to an audio source (hi-, turntable, boombox, etc.) and then the other end to the IN connector of the DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter.

In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording level using / ( / only adjust the headphones’ volume,

1. not the recording volume).

Choose the Start recording menu item to start recording.

2. You can pause and resume your recording at any time.

3. Tap on to stop recording.

You can also start recording to a new le directly by choosing the Save le and start a new recording menu item

while you are recording.

Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line-level and not an amplied signal (turning down the volume of the player will work if you are using the headphone out signal of your audio device). A signal that is amplied too

much will result in a terribly distorted recording.

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TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns

CAPACITY:

•

40GB* Hard Drive to store up to 35 Movies

•

80GB* Hard Drive to store up to 70 Movies

DISPLAY:

•

7’’ TFT Touchscreen (800x480 pixels), 260,000 colors.

VIDEO PLAYBACK**

•

MPEG-4

•

WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution).

•

With optional software plug-ins (available on www.archos.com):

AUDIO PLAYBACK**

•

Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM).

•

With optional software plug-ins (available on www.archos.com):

PHOTO VIEWER***

•

JPEG, BMP, PNG.

PDF VIEWER

•

Reads PDF documents. May not implement all PDF features.

VIDEO RECORDING

•

Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM to MPEG-4 SP les with

(2)

(ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution).

H.264 up to DVD resolution and AAC sound. MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to DVD resolution) and AC3 stereo sound.

(3)

AAC

stereo audio les.

AC3 stereo sound les.

(2)

(1)

, 400,000 photos

(1)

, 800,000 photos

(1)

or 10,000 songs

(1)

or 20,000 songs

(1)

ADPCM stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480)@ 30 or 25 f/s, in AVI format.

AUDIO RECORDING:

•

Via the optional DVR Travel Adapter or DVR Station: stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format.

INTERFACES :

•

USB 2.0 High-Speed Device (compatible USB 1.1): Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Media Transport Protocol (MTP).

•

USB 2.0 Host : Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP).

CONNECTIONS:

•

WiFi (802.11g) connection for web browsing

•

3.5 mm mini jack for headphones or TV output (PAL & NTSC).

•

DC-in to connect power adapter/charger.

•

Mini B for USB 2.0 computer connection.

•

Mini A for USB 2.0 host connection.

•

Docking connectors to connect DVR Station and other Archos accessories.

BATTERY LIFE:

•

Music playback time: up to 25 hours

•

Video playback time: up to 4.5 hours

POWER SOURCE:

•

Internal: Removable Lithium-Ion Polymer battery.

•

External: Power adapter/charger.

SCALABILITY:

•

Download rmware updates from www.archos.com.

(6)

(5)

on built-in LCD.

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DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT

Approx. 182 x 128 x 20 mm; 7.05” x 4.96” x 7.75” - foldout leg-stand.

• Approx. 630 gr.; 22 oz.

•

PACKAGES INCLUDES

ARCHOS 704 WIFI, headphones, USB 2.0 cable, USB 2.0 host adapter, DVR Station saddle, stylus, remote con-

• trol, power adapter/charger, protective pouch, Quick Start Guide, legal and safety notice.

COMPUTER SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

For Computer

• PC with Windows® ME, 2000, XP, Media Center.

• Macintosh® OS X or higher (with USB Mass Storage Class support).

• Linux (with mass storage device support), USB port.

• For PlaysForSureTM audio, video and subscription services: PC with Windows® XP SP1 or higher, Windows

• Media® Player 10 or higher, and USB 2.0 port.

* 1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less.

** Certain bitrates, resolutions, and/or le variations may not be compatible. *** Certain resolutions and le sizes may not be compatible.

(1)

On average; based on 3.5 mins/song & 128 kbits/s WMA, on 1500 kbits/s MPEG-4 audio/video encoding and 1h30/movie (for near

DVD Quality), on JPEG, VGA.

(2)

(MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; AVI: audio/video le container by Microsoft) without GMC and Quarter

Pixel and WMV (including protected WMV).

(3)

Does not read AAC protected les.

(4)

External video output disabled for Macrovision®-protected contents.

(5)

Macromedia® Flash and Java not supported.

(6)

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of

charge cycles vary by use and settings.

LCD PIXEL POLICY

The LCD screen on your ARCHOS unit has been manufactured to rigorous standards to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may have slight imperfections. This is not particular to the ARCHOS screen, but to all devices which have LCD screens regardless of the original manufacturer of the LCD. Each product vendor guarantees that his screen will contain no more than a certain number of defective pixels. Each screen pixel contains three dot elements (Red, Blue, and Green). One or all of the dots in a given pixel may be stuck on or stuck off. A single dot stuck off is the least noticeable. All three dots of a pixel stuck on is the most noticeable. ARCHOS guarantees that this device’s screen will have no more than 3 defective pixels (regardless if these pixels have one or more defective dots). This means that during the period of guarantee for your country or jurisdiction, if the screen on your product has four or more defective pixels, ARCHOS will repair or replace your product at its cost. Thus, three or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product.

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TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn

Need Help? You can nd the information you need:

On our Website: see the frequently asked questions section on www.archos.com/faq

•

By asking our technical support team: visit www.archos.com/support for e-mail support.

•

U.S. & Canada: Call 877-300-8879 (toll free).

•

All brands and product names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Windows Media® and Windows® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

Specications are subject to change without notice. Errors or omissions excepted. Images and illustrations may not

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