404 ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 2.2 Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version for this manual. Dear Customer, thank you for choosing this Archos™ product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you entire satisfaction for many years to come. Please do register your product on our website (www.archos.com/register) to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product.
Important Safety Instructions 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) 14) Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
Table Of Contents Introduction................................................................... 5 ARCHOS™ device description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INTERFACE LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PRODUCT CARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 1. Playing Video..........................................................11 1.
.4 Playing a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC. . . 40 4.6 Transferring photos to your ARCHOS™ DEVICE. . 41 5. Using the Browser........................................ 42 5.1 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 5.2 Using the Virtual Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 5.3 Using the PDF Reader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 6. Computer Connection..................................
Introduction ARCHOS™ device description Buttons On the Left Side of the Device: Press and hold to switch on/off. TV LCD 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: the Docking Connectors • Connect your ARCHOS™ device to your computer. • Charge the battery of your ARCHOS™ via USB. • Connect a compatible external device to your ARCHOS™ with the optional Docking Adapter. • Record external video via the optional DVR Station. On the Left Side: AV Out Jack Audio: plug in the supplied headphones. Video: plug in an Archos™ AV cable to connect to your TV, hi-fi, etc.
LED Indicators HDD Hard Disk Drive activity indicator HDD the light flickers when the hard drive is active (playing/transferring files). HDD CHG CHG Battery charge indicator - light on: the battery is charging. - flashing: the battery is fully charged. ON/OFF indicator TV Video display indicator LCD the light is on when the image is displayed on an external display.
Tabs • In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area shows other available applications and screens (settings, home screen, etc.). They vary, depending on where you are in the interface. • Press to switch between these different screens. Menu • In the lower right corner of the screen, the menu area shows the menu icons. • Press MENU to display the available menu items. • This is a contextual menu: the available options will vary, depending on where you are in the interface.
INTERFACE LANGUAGE Changing the Language • The interface of your ARCHOS™ device is available in English, French and German. • More languages are available from www.archos.com. See Updating the Firmware for instructions on installing these language packs. To change the system’s language: 1. From the Home Screen, press to access the Setup screen. 2. Highlight the language icon and press OK. . Select a different language using the / buttons (your settings are saved instantly). 4. Press to exit.
The battery of your ARCHOS™ device charges via your computer’s USB port: 1. plug the Archos™ USB Cable into your ARCHOS™ device (which is off), 2. plug the Archos™ USB Cable into your computer (which is turned on), . the ARCHOS™ device will turn on and start charging. • A lightning bolt symbol will flash over the battery icon in the task bar while the battery is charging: . • The CHG indicator LED is on while the battery is charging; it will blink when the battery is fully charged.
1. Playing Video In the Home Screen, highlight the Video icon and press OK to enter the video mode. 1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS • There are two types of views for you to browse through your videos: - the Video List - the Video Browser • You can switch between the two views by pressing at any time while browsing in video mode. • When browsing in video mode, only video files are shown.
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. • Both views display a motion thumbnail of the highlighted video as well as various information about the video file. • If you have saved a video frame as a thumbnail (see: Video Playback Menu Items), the thumbnail will no longer play the highlighted video file, but show that image instead.
Resume video - will resume playing the highlighted video from the bookmark. Clear bookmark - will remove the bookmark from the highlighted video file. Resume video and Clear bookmark only appear in the menu when a bookmarked video file is highlighted (icon: ). Reset thumbnails - will delete all user-defined thumbnails and restore motion thumbnails. Sound - will display the sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Press to return to the video mode. 1.
Video Playback Button Controls During video playback, the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device will act as follows: fast rewind increase volume fast forward accelerated fast rewind decrease volume accelerated fast forward stop pause/play display the menu Video Playback Menu Items Info - displays a message box with all the available information about the current video file. - Press to close the info screen. Format - allows to change the way the image is displayed.
Set bookmark - sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video. - Only one bookmark per file is allowed. - You can bookmark up to 16 files. - Video files with a bookmark appear with the icon. Save frame as... - Thumbnail: saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this file (overwrites the previously set thumbnail, if any). - Wallpaper: the current image will be defined as your device’s background image. Sound - will display the sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Press to exit this screen.
• PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the current mode) - Single plays only one video file and stops - Folder plays all video files in the current folder • Repeat & Shuffle (a status bar icon shows the current mode) - Normal (no icon) plays the video selection once and stops - Repeat plays the video selection repeatedly - Shuffle plays videos in a random order • LCD Brightness - adjusts the level of brightness of the built-in screen 1.
Creating Compatible Video Files with Your Computer If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS™ device, you may need to transcode them to a compatible format. • The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media® Player 10 to transfer videos to your ARCHOS™ in ‘Windows Media Device’ mode. Windows Media® Player 10 will automatically convert most formats to the WMV format that your device can play.
2. Playing Music In the Home Screen, highlight the Music icon and press OK to enter the music mode. 2.1 The arclibrary and the music browser • There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs: - the ARCLibrary - the Music Browser • When browsing through your music, only music files are shown. The ArcLibrary • the ArcLibrary (default view) shows your music sorted in categories (Artist, Album, Title, Genre, etc.) if your music files contain these tags.
• If some of your music files do not contain tags, they will be classified as ‘(Unknown)’ in the ARCLibrary. The Music Browser • the music browser allows you to navigate the Music folder of your device’s hard drive. It is based on the Archos™ File Browser. • To use it, highlight ‘Browse Hard Drive’ in the initial ArcLibrary view and press OK. See: Using the Browser. ARCLibrary* and Music Browser Menu Items Info - displays a message box with all the available information about the highlighted music file.
Clear bookmark - will remove the bookmark from the highlighted music file. Resume song and Clear bookmark only appear in the menu when a track with a bookmark is highlighted (icon: ). Show playlist - opens a playlist edition window on the right (see: Playlists). Sound - will display the sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Press to return to the music mode. * in the ArcLibrary, only the Show playlist and Sound menu items are available. 2.
Music Playback Button Controls During music playback, the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device will act as follows: accelerated fast forward press once: back to the beginning of the song, or previous song (in the first 10 seconds of a track) hold: fast rewind increase volume press once: next song hold: fast forward decrease volume accelerated fast rewind stop pause/play tabs back to the browser or ARCLibrary window that you launched the song from display the menu Music Status Icons Status bar icons tell y
Set bookmark - sets a bookmark at the current spot in the audio file. - Only one bookmark per file is allowed. - You can bookmark up to 16 files. - Music files with a bookmark appear with the icon. Sound - will display the sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Press to exit this screen. Settings - will display the music settings screen (see next chapter). 2.3 MUSIC SETTINGS You can access the Music Settings screen via the Settings menu item while playing a song.
- while a track is playing, press to switch to the browser window, select a track and press OK: this is your queued track, and the status bar icon becomes . - you can only queue one track at a time. - if you do not select a song to queue before the end of the current track, the ARCHOS™ will play the next track in the folder or album. - Scan plays the first few seconds of each track. - you can define the length to play in Intro duration.
• Volume - adjusts the output volume. • Built-in loudspeaker - ON the loudspeaker is always on. - OFF the loudspeaker is always off. - Automatic the built-in loudspeaker automatically turns off when you plug in headphones or an AV Cable. • Bass Boost Frequency - adjusts the lower frequency that will be boosted. • Bass Boost Level - adjusts the bass boosting level. • Preset - allows you to quickly select a sound profile. • Set equalizer - allows you to use a custom sound profile.
Equalizer Screen Your ARCHOS™ device features a 5-band equalizer. • Use / to highlight a different frequency range (Bass, Mid. bass, Mid. range, Mid. treble or Treble). • Use / to change the gain level for these frequencies. 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.
Note: when you delete a playlist, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself. Playing a Playlist • Highlight the Playlist line of the ArcLibrary, press OK. • Select a playlist using / , press OK. A panel showing the contents of the playlist will open on the right. • Press OK to start playing from the first track (to start playing from another track, you can also select a song using / before you press OK).
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, press . • A playlist can have a maximum of 5,000 songs. • See the next section to learn how to save your playlists.
Clear - clears and closes the current playlist. Shuffle - randomly shuffles the order of the songs in the current playlist. Sound - will display the sound settings screen (See: Sound settings). - Press to exit this screen. Editing a Playlist To edit an existing playlist: • Highlight the playlist and use the Show playlist menu item. • You can now add, shuffle, move or remove tracks within the playlist, using the appropriate menu items.
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. Attention: if you save the playlist while playing a song, the song playback will be stopped. 2.
PlaysForSure™ MUSIC FILES & Protected Content Your ARCHOS™ is a certified PlaysForSure™ device. This means that whenever you download a protected video or music file from an Internet platform bearing the PlaysForSure™ logo, you can be sure that it will play on your ARCHOS™ device. 2.7 Recording AUDIO • Your ARCHOS™ device can record audio, via its AudioCorder function. • You can make microphone recordings directly with your ARCHOS™ (see the next section for details).
3. Using the AudioCorder You can record audio either from the built-in microphone or from an external line-level analog source if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. In the Home Screen, highlight the AudioCorder icon and press OK to display the pre-recording screen. • All audio recordings made by your ARCHOS™ device are saved in the Music/Recordings folder.
• 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. • Source - choose between microphone or analog line-in (only with the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter). • Sampling - choose the sample rate for your recording (a higher rate gives higher sound quality but a larger file). 3.2 BUILT-IN Microphone Recording PROCEDURE 1.
You can also start recording to a new file directly by choosing the Save file and start a new recording menu item while you are recording. 3.3 Line-Level recordings Your ARCHOS™ device can also record from external line-level audio sources, with the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. See Recording Audio for details.
4. Viewing Photos In the Home Screen, highlight the Photo icon and press OK to enter the photo viewer. 4.1 The photo WALL and the photoLIBRARY • There are three types of views for you to browse through your photos: - the Photo Wall - the PhotoLibrary - the Photo Browser • When browsing through your photos, only picture files are shown. You can switch between the three views by pressing time while browsing through your photos.
• To view pictures from a different folder, press to switch to the PhotoLibrary or Photo Browser view, navigate to another folder, and press again to go back to the Photo Wall. The PhotoLibrary • the PhotoLibrary displays your photos sorted by date, name, etc. (if your picture files contain these EXIF data). The Photo Browser • the Photo Browser allows you to navigate the Photo folder of your device’s hard drive. It is based on the Archos™ File Browser.
Photo Wall, PhotoLibrary and Photo Browser Menu Items Info - displays a message box with all the available information about the highlighted picture. - Press to close the info screen. Delete - allows you to delete the highlighted picture file. A confirmation screen will pop up. Rename - allows you to change the name of the highlighted picture file using the virtual keyboard. - See: Using the Virtual Keyboard.
4.2 VIEWING PHOTOS Highlight a picture file, press OK to view it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few seconds. Photo Viewer Button Controls When viewing photos, the buttons of your ARCHOS™ device will act as follows: previous photo rotate left next photo zoom out rotate right zoom in close photo viewer start/pause a slideshow display the menu When zooming, / / / are used to scroll. You must unzoom to recover their original functions.
Photo Viewer Menu Items Info - displays a message box with all the available information about the current picture. - Press to close the info screen. Zoom in - magnifies the current picture. Zoom out - unmagnifies the current picture. Rotate left - rotates the picture 90° counterclockwise. Rotate right - rotates the picture 90° clockwise. Set as wallpaper - defines the current picture as your ARCHOS™ device’s background image. Start slideshow - starts a slideshow from the current image.
4.3 PHOTO SETTINGS You can access the Photo Settings screen via the Settings Menu item while viewing pictures. Use / to highlight a different parameter, then use / to select a different setting. • Picture Pause - defines the time that each picture will be displayed during a slideshow. • Transition - defines the transition effect to be used between two pictures. There are several cool effects that you can choose from.
4.4 Playing a slideshow • To view a slideshow, highlight a picture file 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 or simply press OK. • While a slideshow is playing, you can pause it at any time by pressing OK. • You can define the time that each picture is displayed and the transition effects in the Photo Settings (see: Photo Settings). 4.
4.6 Transferring photos 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 (in Windows Media Device mode only).
5. Using the Browser The Archos™ File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the file system of your ARCHOS™ device’s hard drive. In the Home Screen, highlight the Browser icon and press OK 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 files and folders (see: Copying and moving files and folders).
5.1 Navigation Browser Button Controls • Use / to select a file or folder, then press OK or to enter it. • To go back up one level in the folder hierarchy, press . • Press at any time to leave the Browser and go back to the Home Screen. • Press 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 file. - Press to close the info screen. Create folder - creates a folder in the current location.
Copy all files - allows you to copy all the files in the current folder to the location defined in the other browser panel. Move - allows you to move the highlighted file or folder to the location defined in the other browser panel. Sound - will display the sound settings screen (see: Sound Settings). Press to exit this screen. - You may want to access these settings if you are listening to music while browsing through your files.
5.2 Using the Virtual Keyboard The virtual keyboard is an interface that allows you to type in text, for instance to rename a file or folder, or when you want to give a title to a playlist that you have just created.
Keyboard Function Keys: On the right of the keyboard, there are five function keys: Shift: switch between upper-case and lower-case characters. Backspace: delete character before cursor. Clear current name. Move cursor one character to the left. Move cursor one character to the right. Once you are satisfied with the new name for the file, folder or playlist, you can save it by using the Validate current name menu item. 5.
PDF Reader Button Controls next page previous page 1st press: fit to width (if zoomed) 2nd press: exit PDF reader navigate within current page display the available menu 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) using / and press OK.
PDF Reader Menu Items Previous page - goes to the previous page in the document. Next Page - goes to the next page in the document. Go to page... - allows you to select a specific page. - Use left/right to select a page number. - Press OK to go to this page. Zoom in - magnifies the document. Zoom out - unmagnifies the document. Link back - will take you back to the page that you came from. - Only appears when you have previously followed a link.
6. Computer Connection 6.1 ‘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 Connection Steps). The ARCHOS™ can be connected as a ‘Windows Media Device’ if you have Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) or higher installed on your computer.
1 USB port 3 2 Refer to the paragraphs below for details on your particular operating system. * If you select ‘Charge only’, your device will just charge its batteries via the USB cable. You can use it as normal. At any time, you will be able to enable the USB connection by selecting the Enable USB menu item in the Home Screen. 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 connection mode.
Windows® Me, 2000 and XP (PC Hard Drive Mode Only) • Follow the previous steps to connect the ARCHOS™ device, 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.
6.3 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 flickering). • You can unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS™ and/or computer.
• 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.
7. setup screen • In the Home Screen, press to enter the Setup Screen (press again if you want to go back to the Home Screen). • Select one of the settings icons (Language, Display, Appearance, etc.) and press OK to enter the corresponding settings screen. • Once you are in a settings screen: - use / to highlight a different parameter. - use / to select a different setting. - When you have finished adjusting your settings, press to go back to the main Setup Screen. 7.
• Language - Choose between English, French or German. - Visit www.archos.com to check the availability of other languages that you can download and install. • Far East Font - lets you use other character sets. - See: Other Character Sets. 7.2 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).
• External Display - Choose between Composite / S-Video / Component / RGB. This setting determines what type of display your ARCHOS™ device is sending video signal to. LCD settings • LCD Brightness - adjusts the level of brightness of the built-in screen. • LCD Stability - you can adjust the stability of the built-in screen, if you find that it flickers. 7.3 Appearance settings • Wallpaper - enables or disables the use of an image background.
• Background color - defines the background color if you have disabled use of a wallpaper. • Theme - defines the theme color for your icons. • Font color - Defines the font color. • Previous settings - Highlight and press OK to discard any changes you may have made since entering this screen. 7.4 Clock Settings • Time Format - choose between 12h or 24h mode. • Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute - sets the current date & time • Set - Highlight and press OK to set the time and date.
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! 7.5 Power Settings These settings will help you save battery power, thus allowing a longer battery autonomy.
• Backlight Off - the amount of time of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the LCD display turns off. - The display will not turn off while a video or slideshow is playing. • Hard Drive - the amount of time before the hard drive stops spinning after the time of the last file access. With a longer time, the disk turns more often and response times are quicker when accessing files, but power consumption is higher. - Caution: this setting should only be changed by experienced users.
7.7 System Settings This settings screen will allow you to configure several key features of your ARCHOS™ device, such as the ARCLibrary, your preferred USB port mode, firmware updates, etc. It will also give you information about the current firmware version, the storage space that is currently used/available, etc. • ARCLibrary - defines whether and how the ARCLibrary will be used. - Off you can only browse through your music via the Music folder of the hard drive.
Preferred USB - lets you choose your preferred USB connection mode, which will be highlighted by default each time you connect 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 installed.
7.8 Updating the Firmware • The firmware is the operating system (OS) of your ARCHOS™ device. • It is periodically updated to bring new features, improvements and bug fixes. • Firmware Updates are available for free from www.archos.com/firmware. To Check Whether You Have the Latest Firmware Version: 1. From the Home Screen, press to go to the Setup screen. 2. Highlight System and press OK. . The firmware version number is displayed on this screen. 4. Compare it with the latest firmware version on www.
2. Copy the AOS File to your ARCHOS™ Device • Connect your ARCHOS™ as explained in this manual (Computer Connection). • Cut the AOS file from your computer (right-click on the file > Cut). • Paste the AOS file in your ARCHOS™ device: - if you are in Windows Media Device mode (see: System Settings), double-click on your device in My Computer and paste the AOS file (right-click > Paste) inside the Data folder.
8. Optional Functionalities 8.1 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.
All video recordings made by your ARCHOS™ device are saved in the Video/Recordings folder. If you wish to keep them in a different location, you can use the Move function of the Archos™ file browser after recording (see: Using the Browser). RECORDING PROCEDURE 1. In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording sound volume with left/right (remember that / only adjust the headphones volume). 2. Select the Settings menu item. Adjust the video recording settings as you like (see next section).
Settings - will open the videocorder settings screen (see next section). - Once you have finished adjusting your settings, press to go back to the pre-recording screen. VideoCorder Settings This screen allows you to adjust the video recording parameters to your personal taste. You can access the VideoCorder Settings screen via the Settings menu item in the pre-recording screen. Use / to highlight a different parameter, 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.
• Resolution - Options: Optimal/VGA. - Use this to set the resolution of the recorded image. You can leave this on Optimal. - Optimal will give the smoothest image quality, with a smaller file size. • Bitrate - Options: 500 kb/s, 1000 kb/s, 1500 kb/s, 2000 kb/s, 2500 kb/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.
Copy Protection • The ARCHOS™’s 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 file will be a protected file. • Protected files can only be played back on the ARCHOS™ device that created them, and not on a computer.
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.
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).
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/firmware to make sure that you have the latest firmware 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 file to the ARCHOS™ device.
• 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 reflection of the infrared signal within a room. In order to improve the reception of this infrared 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 reflective surfaces (furniture, a wall, etc. - see diagram).
Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand 1. Select the type of device that you want to control with the IR Emitter. 2. Select the brand of your device. . Highlight the Tune IR Emitter button, press OK. 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.
. Test channel select: When you press the Test channel select button (highlight test channel select and press OK), 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.
• 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. 8.4 Recording Audio (external source) Connect the AV cable to an audio source (hi-fi, turntable, boombox, etc.
Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line-level and not an amplified 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 amplified too much will result in a terribly distorted recording. 8.5 USB Host Connection • With the optional Docking Adapter or DVR Station, you can connect compatible USB devices to the ARCHOS, in order to transfer files or pictures.
To disconnect: Make sure that no transfer is being made (the HDD light should not be flickering) and simply pull out the USB cable on either end. Note 1: you may not always be able to copy files 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.
Technical Specifications Capacity: • 30 GB(1) Hard Drive store up to 130 hours of videos(7), 85 Movies(7), 300,000 photos(7) or 15,000 songs(7). Display: • 3.5’’ TFT (320x240 pixels), over 16 millions colors. Video playback*(2) • MPEG-4 ASP (IPB) and stereo sound up to 720x480 @ 30 f/s (NTSC), 720x576 @ 25 f/s (PAL). • AVI file container with MP4 file format. • Microsoft WMV9 Main Profile @ Medium Level(3). • Protected WM DRM. PlaysForSure™ Video. • Optional H.264(4). • Optional MPEG2(5).
Audio recording: • Via an optional accessory: stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format. • Voice recording through the built-in Microphone. 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) (with optional adapter). Connections: • 3.5 mm stereo headphone mini-jack and TV output (AV cable sold separately).
* Certain bitrates, resolutions, and/or file variations may not be compatible. ** Certain resolutions and file sizes may not be compatible. (1) 1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less. (2) MPEG-4 ASP@L5 AVI (up to DVD resolution) (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft) without GMC and quarter pixel. (3) Microsoft WMV MP@ML up to DVD resolution. (4) Subject to availability. See www.archos.com. H.264 up to DVD resolution. AAC sound.
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