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ENGLISH
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ENGLISH USER MANUAL
Version 2.0
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 TAbLE of CoNTENTS > P. 2 Table Of COnTenTs InTrO duCTIOn ...................................................................................................... 4 ARCHoS dESCRIPTIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 fIRST TIME USAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TURNING THE ARCHoS oN/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 TAbLE of CoNTENTS > P. 3 6.3 THE ARCHoS MEdIA CLUb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 6.4 MAIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 6.5 CoNTACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 7. TransferrIng fIles ..............................................................................46 7.
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 INTRodUCTIoN > P. 4 InTrO duCTIOn • The information presented in this manual might vary according 5 to which ARCHOS model you have. • Every time you see one of these icons, it means that the fol- 7 lowing section will concern this and only this model. arChOs desCrIPTIOn MAIN bUTToNS • Press and hold to turn your ARCHOS on/off.* • The green LED indicator lights up when the device is on. * When you keep the Power button held down, two messages will appear, one after th
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 INTRodUCTIoN > P. 5 bUILT -IN LoUdSPEAkER The ARCHOS is equipped with a single speaker (ARCHOS 5) or two speakers (ARCHOS 7). LEG STANd • Your ARCHOS is equipped with a leg stand, located on the back of the device. • Carefully pull it out, and it will allow your ARCHOS to stand by itself on a flat, stable surface. fIrs T TIM eusage CHARGING THE bATTERY Before using your ARCHOS for the first time, completely charge its battery: 5 • Connect the USB cable to the ARCHOS and
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 INTRodUCTIoN > P. 6 usIng The arChOs InTerfa Ce INTERf ACE dESCRIPTIoN Status bar • In the top right corner of the screen, the status bar indi- cates the volume, the battery level, the current time of day and the WiFi connection status. Contextual Menu • In the upper right corner of the screen, tap on the Menu icon to display available menu items. The available options will vary, depending on where you are in the interface. • On the Home screen, the Menu icon allows y
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 INTRodUCTIoN > P. 7 other Touchscreen Actions • When watching a video or listening to music, you can tap on the progres- sion bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song. You can also use your finger to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song. • In the screens where it appears, the volume bar can be dragged in the same way. • In the different browsers (File, Music, Video, Photo, etc.), you can drag the scroll
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 8 1. PlayIng VIdeO In the Home screen, tap on “Play”, then choose the “Video” icon to en- ter the Video mode. 1.1 brOwsIng ThrOO ugh y ur VIdeOs • The “Video” browser allows you to navigate through the Video folder of the ARCHOS hard drive. • You can go back one level in the interface by tapping on the Back icon . Wherever you are in the interface, you can go back directly to the Home screen by tapping on the Home icon . THE VIdEo bRowSER • The fir
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 9 “File Management” - “Rename”: allows you to change the name of the highlighted video file using the virtual keyboard. See: Using the Virtual Keyboard. - “Delete”: allows you to delete the highlighted video file. A confirmation screen will pop up. - “Permissions”: allows you to define the file/folder as adult content, so that other users can’t see it. To use this, your “Parental Mode” needs to be set to “Adult (un- restricted access)”. See Parental
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 10 VIdEo PLAYbACk ToUCHSCREEN CoNTRoLS • To pause/resume the video, tap on the Pause / Play icon (see n° 5 in the previous screen). • To display the menu overlay, tap once anywhere on the screen. To make it disap- pear, tap again. • You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the video. You can also use your finger to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video (see n° 6). • The volume b
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 11 “Set” - “Bookmark”: sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video. Only one bookmark per file is allowed. You can bookmark up to 32 files. Bookmarked videos will appear, in the “Video” browser, with a bookmark symbol and a progression bar. - to resume playing a video from a bookmark, go to the “Video” browser and high- light the bookmarked video file. Select the “Bookmark” menu item, then choose “Resume” (“Clear” will remove the bookmark from
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 12 “Repeat & “PlayMode” What the video player does... Shuffle” “Single” “Normal” - plays the current video file and then stops. “Repeat” - plays the current video file repeatedly. - plays all the video files of the current folder “Normal” “Folder” one after the other, and then stops. - plays all the video files of the current folder “Repeat” one after the other. This will be repeated in- definitely. “Shuffle” - plays all the videos of the current fo
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 13 2. Windows® Explorer: Copy and paste your video files from your computer into the Video folder of your ARCHOS. To learn how to connect/disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer, see the Transferring Files section. CREATING CoMPATIbLE VIdEo fILES wITH YoUR CoMPUTER If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS, you may need to convert them to a compatible format: • The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media® Player 10 or higher to tran
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIdEo > P. 14 1. From the Home Screen, tap on “Play”, then choose “Video”. 2. Select “Web TV”. If your device is not connected to the Internet, it will try to make a connection. 3. The “Web TV” interface is organized by cat- egory, such as “Location”, “Genre”, “Most Popular Stations” etc. Browse the catego- ries to find the channel you want to watch. To find more information about how to connect to the Internet, see: Connecting to the WiFi 4. The TV channel y
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 15 2. PlayIMus ng IC In the Home screen, tap on “Play”, then choose the “Music” icon to en- ter the “Music” player. 2.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur MIC us If les • There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs: the Music Library and the Music Browser. • In both views, you can go back one level in the interface by tapping on the Back icon . Wherever you are in the interface, you can go back directly to the Home screen by tapping on t
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 16 THE MUSIC bRowSER • The music browser allows you to navigate through the Music folder of your device’s hard drive. • To use it, select “Hard Drive” in the initial Music Library view. MUSIC LIRAR b Y ANd MUSIC bRowSER MENU ITEMS* * The available menu items will vary depending on the mode you chose (Music Library or Music Browser). “Info” - displays a message box with information about the highlighted music file. “Show playlist” - opens a playli
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 17 “Search” - Allows you to search for a specific song by entering a few letters or a word. See: Using the Virtual Keyboard. “Settings” - you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see: Music Player Settings) or the “Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound” Settings). 2.2 MIC P us ybala Ck • Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of audio tracks. • To play a song, highlight the corresponding file and open it. MUSIC PLAYbACk SCREEN
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 18 • The volume bar can be dragged in the same way (see n° 8). • To display the available menu items, tap on the menu icon (see n° 1). • To go back directly to the Home screen, tap on the Home icon (see n° 3). When you leave the music playback screen while the song is still playing, it will keep playing in the background. This allows you to browse your hard drive, view your photos or surf the Web while listening to music. To stop the song, tap on p
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 19 “PlayMode”, “Repeat & Shuffle” - the following table explains how the audio player will work according to the set- tings you chose in “PlayMode” AND “Repeat & Shuffle”. - An icon shows the current modes in the Music playback screen. “Repeat & “PlayMode” What the video player does... Shuffle” “Single” “Normal” - plays the current song and then stops. “Repeat” - plays the current song repeatedly. “Folder” - plays all the songs of the current folder o
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5 & 7 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > P. 20 “Queue” - allows you to select a track to be played after the current one is finished. - while a track is playing, switch to the browser window, select a track to highlight it, then open it. This is your queued track, which will be played after the current track. - you can only queue one track at a time. - plays the first few seconds of each track. You can define the “Intro” length to play in “Intro duration”. “Intro duration” - defines for how
