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1. 12 1 3 VIDEO PLAYER 5 15 1 4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS 16 1 5 RECORDING VIDEO Ll l eeeses 17 1 6 PLAYING YOUR PC S SHARED VIDEOS 17 E ING INU IIE 18 2 1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES 18 2 2 MUSIC PLAYBACK 20 2 3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS esl 22 2 SPLAYLISTO oh cho he xo aom ex RES SORES ee J 24 2 5 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS 26 2 6 RECORDING ANALOGUE AUDIO 27 2 7 PLAYING YOUR PC S SHARED MUSIC 28 VIEWING PMOI OS T etc 3 1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS 29 SZ FHUTO VIEWER esas na x 4 ee ORC RHR ee ee ee 30 3 3 PHOTO VIEWER SETTINGS 202002 es 32 3 4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW ee es 33 3 5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC 33 3 6 PUTTING PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS 34 3 7 PLAYING YOUR PC S SHARED PHOTOS 34 POSING THE FILE BROWSERN 35 4 1 NAVIGATION IE C a 35 4 2 USING THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD 37 4 3 USING THE FILE BROWSER WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC 38 4 4 BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK
2. 39 4 5 USING THE PDF READER 39 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ARCHOS GEN 5 5 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NET WORK He 5 1 WIFI CONNECTION PROCEDURE 42 5 2 WIFI NETWORK CONFIGURATION 43 IHE WIR ed UR a ca 6 6 1 BROWSING THE WEB 1 ee es 46 6 2 PLAYING YOUR PC S SHARED MEDIA FILES 48 6 3 THE ARCHOS CONTENT PORTAL 51 7 TRANSFERRING FILES ener E E A i 52 7 1 CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO A COMPUTER 52 7 2 PUTTING FILES ONTO THE ARCHOS 52 7 3 DISGONNEGUING x en 8C oe te ee Se we ee ee ECC s 53 SE T IN 55 8 1 SOUND SETTINGS 0 2 00 eee ees 55 8 2 DISPLAY SETTINGS 0 0 es 57 8 3 APPEARANCE SETTINGS 58 8 4 LANGUAGE AND REGION 5 59 8 5 TV CONTROL SETTINGS 59 8 6 CLOCK SETTINGS 60 Of Sel NING Os ECCO a 61 8 8 FIRMWARE AND PLUG INS SETTINGS 62 8 9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE eere 63 8 10 SYSTEM SETTINGS eere 64 UPTIBDNFPL FOU
3. ARCHOS GEN 5 Playlist 2 Clear clears the current playlist I Shuffle randomly shuffles the order of the songs in the current playlist Save playlist 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 Hide playlist closes the playlist editor Settings 23 you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen see Music Player Settings or the Sound settings screen see Sound Settings 7 1 While you are in the Music browser select the Show playlist menu item A playlist panel will open on the right By default the new playlist contains the same songs as the last opened playlist You can now start modifying the playlist 2 n the left panel locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist Highlight a song and open it to add it to the playlist Repeat this operation with all the tracks you want 3 When you are satisfied with your new playlist select the Save playlist menu item and then choose Save as 4 Enter the name of your new playlist with the virtual keyboard see Using the Virtual Keyboard and select OK To edit an existing playlist 1 In the Music Library highlight the Playlist line and open it ARCHOS GEN 5 2 Highlight the playlist you want to modify and open it A panel showing the con tents
4. Hn displays a message box with information about the current music file ARCHOS home screen allows you to go back to the Home screen and browse your hard drive or view your photos while listening to music Set bookmark sets a bookmark at the current spot in the song Only one bookmark per file is allowed You can bookmark up to 32 files to resume playing a song from a bookmark go to the Music Library or the Music Browser highlight the bookmarked music file Select the Bookmark menu item then choose Resume Clear will remove the bookmark from the song ARCHOS GEN 5 Set rating allows you to give a rating to the current song 1 5 or to remove the rating none Settings ES you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen see next section 2 or the Sound settings screen see Sound Settings 2 3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS e In the Music mode you can access the Music Player settings screen by using the Settings menu item Use the left right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter Repeat A Shuttle inire durst an PlayMode Repeat amp Shuffle the following table explains how the audio player will work according to the set tings you chose in PlayMode AND Repeat amp Shuffle An icon shows the current modes in the Music playback screen Single Normal plays the current song and stop gt Repeat plays th
5. Single Normal plays the current video file and stops Repeat plays the current video file repeatedly Folder Normal plays all the video files of the current folder one after the other and then stops plays all the video files of the current folder one after the other This will be repeated definitely Shuffle plays all the videos of the current folder ran domly EE Network thumbnails UPnP here you can enable disable the video thumbnails while browsing through your PC s shared videos see Playing your PC s Shared Media Files If you choose Disabled you will be able to browse through your PC s shared videos faster ARCHOS GEN 5 LCD Backlight Brightness Contrast and Gamma adjusts the level of backlight contrast brightness gamma of the built in screen you can also reset the LCD parameters to the default values Reset button 14 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS There are two main methods to transfer the videos stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS 1 Windows Media Player copy your videos using Windows Media Player 10 or higher Use Windows Player 10 or higher Sync tab to synchronize your computer s video files with the ARCHOS See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer s video files with Windows Media Player 2 Windows Explorer Copy and paste your video files from your comp
6. work found Select View available networks and the list of available networks will be displayed If you get the message Could not connect to any WiFi network select View available networks and the list of available networks will be Bi ovr Once you are connected to a WiFi network the status bar icon WiFi not con nected will become WiFi connected There is no status bar icon at all when WiFi is not enabled e The list of available networks shows all the wireless networks in range of your device e The list is constantly refreshed au e scanning Tor networks tomatically infrastructure gw Airport HotSpot e In the list of available networks for gl u each network you will see the fol 8 Protected Network lowing information channet 11 ARCHOS GEN 5 Ld Open Network Channek 9 33 configured network C unconfigured network 1 Configuration status The name of the network SSID if it is broadcasted if the SSID is not broad casted you will be prompted to enter it in the next configuration screen 3 The strength of the signal The type of encryption key that is required j Open network no key gt WEP key WPA key 33 WPAZ key 5 The channel used by the network The type of network Infrastructure or Ad Hoc Ad Hoc networks are not sup ported at this time Select the network that you want to conne
7. Crea tu ARCHOS avi F r Ihren Pers nlichen ARCHOS it your ARCHOS UK avi ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 THE WIFI FEATURES gt 51 6 3 THE ARCHOS CONTENT PORTAL The ARCHOS Content Portal is an on line store that regroups several video and music partners This portal will allow you to purchase or rent videos and songs directly on your ARCHOS without even using a computer Or if your ARCHOS is connected to the optional DVR Station Gen 5 you will be able to select your internet media content directly from your television 1 In order to activate the ARCHOS Content portal you will need to regis ERIL ter your ARCHOS product on line on emen the ARCHOS web site www archos HELMET CAMCORDER com register crises 2 Make sure you have configured your TI ARCHOS on a WiFi network see 1 5 Connecting to WiFi Network I nene 3 Select the ARCHOS Content Portal icon to view available on line media stores and purchase videos or songs 4 You can also visit the ARCHOS on line store to purchase accessories Depending on your connection speed you will have the possibility to start playing the video song you purchased or rent while it s being downloaded The videos songs you get from the ARCHOS Content Portal are saved in the Video Music folders ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL V2 0 TRANSFERRING FILES gt P 52 7 TRANSFERRING FILES 7 1 CONNECTING THE ARCHO
8. E press once stop the video and go back to the Video browser hold exit the Video mode and go back directly to the Home screen pause resume the video accelerated fast forward left right fast rewind forward accelerated fast rewind display hide the menu overlay menu display available menu items increase decrease volume Info Hn displays a message box with information about the current video file ARCHOS GEN 5 Soundtrack and or Subtitles allows you to select a different audio track only if the video file contains sev eral audio tracks allows you to choose subtitles only if the video file includes subtitles Format allows you to change the way the image is displayed Auto adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built in screen or TV with the op tional DVR Station Gen 5 Mini Dock or Battery Dock see Optional Functionalities Full Screen enlarges the picture to fill the screen In order to fit the ARCHOS screen your device might need to cut small parts of the image most likely at the top and bottom Maximized enlarges the picture to fill 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 SE eed Will play the current video in slow motion or high speed while paused in slow motion you can adva
9. Formatting Tools Full 2 0 In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does respond anymore try to reset it see Troubleshooting If this does not work or if you cannot access the Repair and Formatting Tools you can try a system recovery see Troubleshooting RHAREEEA UIA A ANTIARALA FEINI A FI ANMIAI LIFE PR fen I n 21 sai N YI NIA 2 fala ARCHOS GEN L AN UAL Vz U Ur IIUNAL gt OPTIONFL FUNCTIONALITIES 9 1 ARCHOS ACCESSORIES When connected to your ARCHOS and to your home enter tainment system the DVR Station Gen 5 will allow you to schedule TV recordings easily via the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPG available for most countries record video directly to your ARCHOS from your cable box sat ellite receiver digital tuner or most any standard video source connect a compatible USB device to your ARCHOS Mass storage or PTP play video back to your charge your ARCHOS Ew n EE eS un ggm Em A ES gue em NU HD n Zi P ET L4 ow ed uH inn b LA Ww B LS gp 7 W BU Ear Bal iN a When connected to your ARCHOS the DVR Travel Adapter will allow you to record audio video directly on your ARCHOS from most any standard audio video source Y IM E BE BN
10. Recorder icon and use the tabs to access the Video recorder mode Then select the Audio recorder menu item 2 This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound volume left right ar rows or change various settings recording title audio format 3 You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the audio source Start recording red icon menu item 4 Close the screen to stop and save the recording With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter you will be able to record audio from most any standard audio source The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR travel Adapter will tell you more about how to record external audio manually DISPLAYING THE ARCHOS TV e With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 Battery Dock or Mini dock you will be able to display the image of the ARCHOS on your TV Connect the ARCHOS with the adapter to the TV press the TV LCD button on the ARCHOS and the display of the ARCHOS will switch to the TV e When the image is displayed on the TV LCD LED indicator lights up and the built in LCD screen turns off The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 Battery Dock or Mini dock will tell you more about how to display the image of the ARCHOS on your TV 9 7 EDITING VIDEO FILES e Video files recorded with the ARCHOS DVR Station Gen 5 or Travel Adapter can be edited by deleting the sections you do not wish included The editing
11. display the next picture drag the stylus anywhere on the screen from left to right Drag from right to left to go back one picture To rotate the picture 90 counterclockwise drag the stylus anywhere the screen from bottom to top To rotate the picture 90 clockwise drag from top to bottom To execute a menu item s function simply tap on its icon In order to display a text description of the icon tap on the Menu word To close the picture and go back to the Photo browser tap on To exit the Photo mode and go back directly to the Home screen tap and hold the Exit icon press once close the photo viewer and go back to the Photo browser hold exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen OF start pause a slideshow d zoom in left right previous next picture down up rotate 90 clockwise counterclockwise zoom out display hide the menu overlay menu display available menu items increase decrease volume Info n displays a message box with information about the current picture ARCHOS GEN 5 Rotate choose Left to rotate the picture 90 counterclockwise choose Right to rotate the picture 90 clockwise Start slideshow E starts a slideshow from the current image the Pause slideshow menu item will appear allowing you to pause the slideshow Set as wallpaper A defines the current picture as your ARCHOS backgro
12. drive When connected to your computer your ARCHOS will be locked Disconnection when the file transfer is over safely unmount the ARCHOS See Disconnecting and your device will do a quick ARCLibrary update Music Photo libraries May not index all files Mode 3 PC Hard Drive auto ARCLib Same as mode 2 but with a full ARCLibrary update Music Photo libraries at disconnection Update ARCLibrary Available only when USB Preference is set to PC Hard Drive mode 2 ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 MAIN SETTINGS gt 65 This USB mode only does a quick ARCLibrary update Music Photo libraries Use the Update ARCLibrary button if you want to do a full ARCLibrary update Product Key each ARCHOS has a unique number you will need this number to register your product online www archos com register MAC address some WiFi networks filter MAC addresses You might need to communicate this address to the person who manages the network Repair and Formatting Tools use this button to access the Repair and Formatting Tools settings screen This screen allows you to do the following actions Clear temporary system files and cache does not erase any data QE Reset WiFi configuration WiFi settings are lost Format Hard Drive erase all data media files and licenses Full Reinitialization erase all data media files licenses and settings Jic Setlings o0 Repalr and
13. the Web browser to read your Web based e mail view Web sites and download documents from the Internet The menu overlay will disappear after a few seconds ARCHOS GEN 5 The Web browser features tabbed browsing You can have several pages opened 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 select 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 To switch between the available tabs tap on or tap directly on the sponding tab e To display the available menu items tap on the Menu word e When several tabs are displayed tap on to close the current one or tap and hold the icon to close the Web browser and go back directly to the Home screen When there is only one tab tap f to exit the Web browser When several tabs are displayed press once to close the cur rent tab Press and hold to close the Web browser and go back directly to the Home screen When there is only one tab press once to close the Web browser validate enter button zoom in 4 scroll left right up down i5 zoom out goto next tab menu display available menu items soot increase decrease volume ARCHOS GEN 5 Reload Stop will stop loading the web page if i
14. your ARCHOS will be able to record audio from most any standard line level analogue audio source See Optional Functionalities DVR TRAVEL ADAPTER DVR STATION GEN 5 ARCHOS GEN 5 605 2 7 PLAYING YOUR 5 SHARED MUSIC When connected to your home WiFi network your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to play directly on your device shared music stored in your PC s Windows Media Library For this to work you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media9 Player 11 or higher installed on your PC The ARCHOS uses the UPnP Universal Plug and play standard to stream shared music from your PC s Windows Media Library See Playing your PC s Shared Media Files ARCHOS GEN 5 3 VIEWING PHOTOS n the Home screen select the Photo icon to enter the Photo viewer 3 1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS The Photo browser allows you to navigate through the Pictures folder of the ARCHOS hard drive You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen Eg Wherever you are in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by pressing and holding the Exit icon button The first screen of the Photo mode shows all the photos and subfolders located in the Pictures folder dere To view a photo highlight its in a subfolder of the Pictures folder open the subfolder and you will see your photo The Photo Brows
15. your PC s Windows Media Library For this to work you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media9 Player 11 or higher installed on your PC The ARCHOS uses the UPnP Universal Plug and play standard to stream shared photos from your PC s Windows Media Library See Playing your PC s Shared Media Files ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 USING THE FILE BROWSER gt P35 USING THE FILE BROWSER The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the file system of your ARCHOS hard drive In the Home screen select the Files icon to enter the File Browser You will see two panels Arches e The one on the left is the panel that 8 aol arises you usually use to navigate through B my eset your device s hard drive HR Veo 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 About your ARCHOS hard drive DO NOT delete or rename the original folders Music Pictures Video Playlists etc The icons on the Home screen Video Music Photo lead directly to these folders and they may no longer work correctly if the folders are deleted or renamed BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MEMORY CARD S FILES Depending on model If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS see Memory Card Slot select the line SD MMC in the first screen of the File br
16. B 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 Mini Dock Battery Dock and DVR Station Gen 5 e WiFi 802 11b g connection Optional Internet plug in Opera web browser supports Adobe Flash content for web browsing Available for purchase at www archos com USB 2 0 port SD Slot compatible with SD mini SD and micro SD card Only on the models that feature a built in flash memory 3 5 mm mini jack for headphones Docking connectors to connect DVR Station Gen 5 and other ARCHOS accessories Built in speaker e Internal Lithium lon Polymer battery Device charges via computer USB port External Power adapter charger via optional accessories Downloadable firmware updates ARCHOS device headphones ARCHOS USB cable protective pouch DVR Adapter Quick Start Guide OSC legal and safety notice 2 stylus ARCHOS GEN 5 For Computer PC with Windows ME 2000 XP Vista Media Center Macintosh OS X or higher with USB Mass Storage Class support Linux with mass storage device support USB port For PlaysForSure 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 file variations may
17. ENGLISH ARCHOS 605 WIFI GEN 5 ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 2 0 Please visit www archos com manuals to download the latest version of this manual Dear Customer Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you entire satisfaction for many years to come Please do register your product on our website www archos com register to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product Wishing you the best Multimedia experience The ARCHOS Team All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication However as our engineers are always updating and improv ing our products your device s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual Entertainment y way ARCHOS ARCHOS GEN 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS mimi Mr L4 ARCHOS DESCRIPTION lleleeeeeeeslnlnre 4 FIRST TIME USAGE CHARGING THE BATTERY 6 TURNING THE ARCHOS 7 USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE 7 CHANGING THE LANGUAGE lel 10 PRUDUG GARE sx eee nee ne ee AR 10 E a E hla EA E E 11 1 1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS 11 1 2 VIDEO
18. HOS will connect to this network provided the signal is strong enough ARCHOS GEN 5 WIFI FER TURES gt When connected to a WiFi network your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to rent or purchase on line videos music via the ARCHOS Content e Portal See The ARCHOS Content Portal browse the web with the optional Web Browser plug in available at www archos com See next section play shared media files stored on other computers in your network See Playing your PC s Shared Media Files 6 1 BROWSING THE WEB In order to browse the web you will need the Web Browser plug in avail P able at www archos com With this Internet browser specially designed for your ARCHOS you will have the possibility to browse websites use 7 web based e mailing download content etc supports Flash content and Javascript Java virtual machine not supported From the Home screen select the Web icon If you are already connected to a network the Web browser will simply open and you can start browsing the Web e 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 net works only link several computers together without any Internet connection You can use
19. NLETIDINFIETI Si scsssctsasccsssesscoscccscsccssctnccssssssccousess 9 1 ARCHOS ACCESSORIES 0 66 2 AHGHUS PLUGGING 67 9 3 SCHEDULING A TV RECORDING 67 9 4 RECORDING EXTERNAL VIDEO MANUALLY 68 9 5 RECORDING EXTERNAL AUDIO MANUALLY 69 9 6 DISPLAYING THE ARCHOS ON A TV 69 9 7 EDITING VIDEO FILES 2 222 2c es 69 TROUOSCESAGOG TING ee 72 RESETTING YOUR ARCHOS l leeeeees 72 SYSTEM RECOVERY E Da 72 TOUCHSCREEN PROBLEMS elleslllleeees 73 REPAIR AND FORMATTING TOOLS 73 TELFPINICFL SPELDIFILT TIONS 75 ARCHOS GENS MANUAL V2 0 INTRODUCTION gt P 4 INTRODUCTION The information presented in this manual might vary ac cording to which ARCHOS Gen 5 model you have e Every time you see one of these icons it means that the following section will only concern this and only this model ARCHOS DESCRIPTION MAIN BUTTONS On top of the device ARCHOS 605 WiFi Press and hold to turn your ARCHOS on off The LED indicator located on the right of the button lights up when the device is on When you press this button to turn off the ARCHOS your device will keep using a small amount of battery power to allow a quick start up If you do not plan on us
20. O 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 On your desktop drag the ARCHOS icon towards the trashcan which will turn into a big eject sym bol 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 and or computer Archos device Linux DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE CABLE AT i Open with Cervisia ANY TIME Open With Actions You must remove unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing On your computer right click on the ARCHOS icon and select Safely Remove Wait until the ARCHOS icon disappears and safely unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and or computer ARCHOS GEN 5 S MAIN SET TINGS In the Home screen select the Settings Ej menu item and choose a setting sos Tap on the Settings menu item and choose a setting to open its corre sponding screen Once you are in a settings screen tap on a parameter to highlight it tap on the left arrows to select different setting when you have finished adjusting your settings tap on g to save them and go back to the Home screen When it is possible drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the screen up and down To open a settings scre
21. RCHOS from your computer see the Transferring Files section ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 PLAYING MUSIC gt 27 TRANSFERRING YOUR CD COLLECTION TO YOUR ARCHOS You can easily create audio content with your computer by using Windows Media Player 10 or higher to convert your own CDs to MP3 or WMA format 1 Place a music CD in your computer and Windows will ask you what action you would like to perform 2 Choose Rip music from CD and Windows potom the sane schon sach in Media Player will start ripping the CD The rye songs will be automatically extracted from the Whal do you wart Window to du CD and encoded into the MP3 or WMA for mat according to what you chose in Windows Media Player s ripping options The default format is WMA 3 Once this is done the album will become part of your Music Library 4 See Transferring Files to learn how to transfer the ripped music files onto the ARCHOS Daf Dipan midi sued G T ados cron See your Windows Media Player help instructions for more information e Check the laws and regulations in your country or jurisdiction to know if pri vate copying of your CDs for your own use 15 authorized e Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not allow Windows Media Player to make music files from them 2 6 RECORDING ANALOGUE AUDIO With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter avail able at www archos com
22. RCHOS is available in various languages If your language is not available go to the ARCHOS website www archos com firmware and download and install the latest version of the firmware New languages are included in the firmware as they become available See Updating the Firmware 1 In the Home screen select the Settings menu item and choose Language and Region 2 Select a different language using the left right arrows your settings are saved instantly Eri e Language and Region 3 Close the screen to exit and go back to the Home screen PRODUCT CFRE Your ARCHOS is an electronic product that needs to be treated with care Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration Do not subject it to heat keep it ventilated especially when connected to a computer Keep it away from water and excessively humid areas Keep it away from high electromagnetic fields Do not open it up There are no user serviceable parts inside Opening will void your warranty ARCHOS GEN 5 1 PLAYING VIDEO In the Home screen select the Video icon to enter the Video mode 11 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS e The Video browser allows you to navigate through the Video folder of the ARCHOS hard drive You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen Eg Wherever you are in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by pressing and holding the Exit icon b
23. S TO A COMPUTER 1 Turn on your ARCHOS 2 Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into the ARCHOS 3 Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer 4 The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to connect it or charge its battery Choose to connect it 5 The ARCHOS icon will appear on your computer You can now start transferring files to it Low G4 Fri 10 46 Yew Foie Took Mele O Erwe E E Address M phy Compuber g HO A Q q S7 ics CO desides 7 2 PUTTING FILES ONTO THE ARCHOS There are two main methods to transfer your files onto the ARCHOS 1 Copy your media files videos music photos with Windows Media Player 10 or higher For best performance we recommend that users update to Windows Media Player 11 or higher The Synchronize button in Windows Media Player is a one way sync button It will add video music and photo files to your ARCHOS If will give you the possibility to have the same digital media on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media Player media library ARCHOS GEN 5 1 Connect your ARCHOS to the computer See Connecting the ARCHOS to a Computer 2 On your computer start Windows Media Player 3 Select the Sync tab 4 Choose the media files you want to transfer 5 Click on the Start Sync button 6 The selected videos songs or photos will be copie
24. See the manual of your DVR Station Gen 5 to learn more about this feature DVR TRAVEL ADAPTER DVR STATION GEN 5 1 6 PLAYING YOUR PC s SHARED VIDEOS When connected to your home WiFi network your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to watch directly on your device shared videos stored in your PC s Windows Media Library For this to work you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media9 Player 11 or higher installed on your PC The ARCHOS uses the UPnP Universal Plug and play standard to stream shared videos from your PC s Windows Media Library See Playing your PC s Shared Media Files e There are other products on the market that also can share media files using the UPnP standard ARCHOS GEN 5 PLAYING MUSIC Q In the Home screen select the Music icon to enter the Music mode 2 1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs the Music Library and the Music Browser e In both views you can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen E Wherever you in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by pressing and holding the Exit icon button e The Music Library default view TE Mask Thad 15 00 x shows your music sorted by cat BJ Network Media Libraries UPnP egories Artist Album Genre etc if au your music files contain these song B NEL info
25. Settings select your Country and City Zone WiFi Region this is configured automatically according to how you set your location 8 5 TV CONTROL SETTINGS This is where you can set the DVR Station s IR emitter to communicate with your tuner This will allow you to schedule recordings easily via the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPG See the manual of the optional DVR Station Gen 5 ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 MAIN SETTINGS gt P 60 8 5 CLOCK SETTINGS PE SIE Lee Glock If you use the optional DVR Station Gen 5 to schedule video recordings on your TV system make sure that the time and date are set correctly Time Format choose between 12h or 24h mode Time setting Automatic select this parameter if you want to set the clock automatically when your ARCHOS is connected to a WiFi network You will need to select your location in the Language and Region settings screen see Language and Region Settings Manual select this parameter to set the current date amp time manually The fol lowing parameters will appear Hour Year Month and Day EE synchronize now if the Time setting parameter is set to Automatic use this button to set the clock automatically via a WiFi network for this to work the ARCHOS needs to be connected to a WiFi network ATTENTION If the time amp date are not correctly set you might not be able to ac
26. UBLESHOOTING gt P73 f VZ VU a d LA E LJ PEW i Y gt ia f w The system recovery mode gives you several options No cancels the system recovery Repair Disk attempts to repair the file 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 TOUCHSCREEN PROBLEMS e If the touchscreen is not responding EEE properly or if it is not responding at all go to the Display settings spray screen Then use the Touch Screen Calibration button and follow the o instructions on the screen See Touch Screen Calibration IV Standard PAL EUROPE Faama 164 Connection Composite REPAIR AND FORMATTING TOOLS jf Settings op Repalr and Formatting Tools Format Hard Drive Re malia to access the Repair and Formatting Tools settings screen from the Home screen select the Settings menu item choose System then use the Repair and Formatting Tools button This screen allows you to do the following actions ARCHOS GENS MANUAL v2 0 TROUBLESHOOTING gt 74 Clear temporary system files and cache does erase any data QE Reset WiFi configuration WiFi settings are lost Format Hard Drive erase all data media files and licenses Full Reinitialization erase all da
27. Vil LJ J U When connected to your ARCHOS the Mini Dock will allow you to display the image of the ARCHOS on yourTV connect a compatible USB device to your ARCHOS Mass storage or PTP charge your ARCHOS Em 5 Tg 7 RAAI ho BS M 7 v5 5 I7 aR U U AS The battery dock is like the Mini Dock but also includes a bat tery to give your ARCHOS extra play time ARCHOS GEN 5 High resolution Mini Cam with remote control and microphone 9 2 ARCHOS PLUG INS To allow you to play MPEG 2 VOB video files without any re en coding type of file found on DVDs Also allows playback of AC3 audio format To allow you to play H 264 video files without any special re encod ing type of file often used for video podcasts Also allows playback of AAC music files non protected A specially designed Internet browser for your ARCHOS that will allow you to surf the web on your ARCHOS Supports websites with Flash SCHEDULING A TV RECORDING 5 With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 connected to your home tuner cable box satellite receiver digital tuner or VCR you will be able to Schedule recordings easily via the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPG 1 In the Home screen select the Recorder icon to display the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPC ARCHOS GEN 5 2 This screen s menu items will allow you to choose a different day update the A Th
28. cess certain web pages Hour Minute Year Month Day these parameters allow you to set the current time and date manually ARCHOS GEN 5 8 7 POWER SETTINGS These settings will help you save battery power thus allowing a lon ger battery autonomy You can adjust settings for both battery operation and power sup ply operation when the ARCHOS is connected to a powered DVR Station Gen 5 Mini Dock or Power Of u 7 min Backhght Of ibs Web Browse TH EE E Standby i 2 min Battery Dock 25 Device Full Power Off f you do not plan on using the ARCHOS for an extended period of time use this button to completely turn off your device so that there is absolutely no battery usage Power Off the amount of time of user inactivity before the device shuts off the device will not shut down during a slideshow audio video playback audio video recording or USB connection 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 or when you are browsing the web EE web Browser normal power off while browsing the web the ARCHOS will shut down accord ing to the setting selected for the Power Off parameter prevents power off while browsing the web the ARCHOS will not shut off au tomatically from user inactivity ARCHOS GEN 5 S
29. ct to your home wireless network or a free hotspot You will be taken to the configuration screen for this network where you will have to enter some information to set up your access to this network 5 2 WIFI NETWORK CONFIGURATION In order to connect to a wireless network the ARCHOS will need some specific in formation about the network Your device will automatically pick up certain pieces of information that it needs from the WiFi hot spot You can enter the rest of the in formation manually in the network s configuration screen as shown in the following sections ARCHOS Open networks do not require an FE authentication key DN eg Network detalls for Archos Public Wifi If the network has automatic con figuration turned on DHCP sim ply tap on the Connect button and your ARCHOS will connect to this network provided the signal is strong enough Deen Atamai CHC If the network needs to be config EELZ ured manually use the left right ar 2 rows to select the Manual setting on the Configuration parameter Oper saber Other parameters will appear the IEEE required information can be ob tained from the person who man doen ages the network DNS server Reconnect When you have finished entering all the information tap on the Connect button and your ARCHOS will connect to this networ
30. ction 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 a b 9 4 1 Open the video file you want to edit and pause it See Playing Video 2 In the progression bar go to the beginning of the first undesired section a select the Insert a mark z menu item and choose Start Mark Forward to the end of the first undesired section b select the Insert a mark menu item and choose End Mark Select the Edit Selection menu item and choose Cut which will cut out this part of the recording ARCHOS GENS MANUAL V2 0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES gt P 71 3 Go to the beginning of the second undesired section c select the Insert a mark menu item and choose Start Mark Forward to the end of the second undesired section d select the Insert a mark menu item and choose End Mark Select the Edit Selection gg menu item and choose Cut which will cut out this section 4 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 select the Save edit menu item and choose Save If you want to save the edited file as a new individual file select the Save edit menu item and choose Write to new File A confirmation
31. cute a menu item s function simply tap on its icon In order to display a text description of the icon tap on the menu word While playing a video or song you can pause resume it by tapping on the Pause jj Play icon Other Touchscreen Actions e When watching a video or listening to music you can tap on the progres sion bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song You can also use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another loca tion in the video or song e In the screens where it appears the volume bar can be dragged in the same way In the different browsers File Music Video Photo you can drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the file list up and down You can also scroll faster by tapping above or below the cursor in the scroll bar ARCHOS GEN 5 In the Web browser and the PDF viewer you can scroll up and down by tapping on the page and dragging it up or down be careful however not to tap on a link The navigation buttons are located on the right side of the device Exit button Escape Back Stop OK button Enter Accept or Play Pause Resume q Up Accelerator button high speed fast forward list scrolling or zoom in Navigation buttons move from an item to another Down Accelerator button high speed fast rewind list scrolling or zoom out Tab button tab between available screens menu Menu button display a text de
32. d by your television set to display images the option Wide screen becomes available when you set the TV standard parameter to PAL Europe TV Connection when your ARCHOS is connected to the optional DVR Station Gen 5 available at www archos com select the type of video output Composite S Video or RGB based on how you have connected the DVR Station Gen 5 to your TV 8 3 APPEARANCE SETTINGS i Gelling e Appearance Cancel Picture name allows you to select a picture to use as a wallpaper image Select None if you do not want any background image you can choose between all default backgrounds or the images that you have previously set as wallpapers you can also set a picture as wallpaper from the Photo and Video modes Theme color defines the theme color for your icons and for the background if you have dis abled the use of a ied ARCHOS GEN 5 Cancel use this button to discard any changes you may have made since entering this screen 8 4 LANGUAGE AND REGION SETTINGS aie Setlings Language and Heglorn ET uus Lountry Ciby Zone Wr Language choose a language visit www archos com to check the availability of other languages New lan guages are included in the firmware as they become available See Updating the Firmware GE Select location if your clock is set to Automatic see Clock
33. d directly into the corresponding Video Music or Pictures folder of the ARCHOS See your Windows Media Player help instructions for more information 2 The second method is to use Windows Explorer to copy and paste your files from your computer to the Video Music or Pictures folder of your ARCHOS 7 3 DISCONNECTING Windows XP or higher amp WMP10 or higher e Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHOS and your com puter the HDD indicator on your ARCHOS is not flickering Now unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and or computer Windows 2000 or Me 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 Once all your transfers are finished click on the safely remove icon in the system tray next to the clock e Click on the safely remove message ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 TRANSFERRING FILES gt P 54 e A message will pop up telling you that it is J Safe Te Remove Hardware now safe to disconnect the device You qw use Mass Storage Device device can now ba eafaly now safely unplug the USB cable from your removed from the system ARCHOS and or computer If you get a message saying that the device cannot be removed close computer program that may still be using data on your device such as media players or Windows Explorer Mac OS X D
34. e current song repeatedly Table continued on next page ARCHOS GEN 5 Folder Normal plays all the songs of the current folder one after the other and then stops gt I plays all the songs of the current folder one Repeat igi after the other This will be repeated indefi nitely Shuffle 3 plays the songs of the current folder ran domly All Normal plays all the songs of your ARCHOS one after the other and then stops C3 m plays all the songs of your ARCHOS one Repeat a after the other This will be repeated indefi nitely Shuffle G3 plays all the songs of your ARCHOS ran domly 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 and you need to se lect the song to queue before the end of the current track Intro plays the first few seconds of each track You can define the _ length to play in Intro duration Press OK during the intro period to let the whole song play Intro duration defines for how long each track will be played when PlayMode is set to Intro ARCHOS GEN 5 2 4 PLAYLISTS A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automatically play one after the other On y
35. e its battery The bat tery of your ARCHOS charges via your computer s USB port 1 Plug the ARCHOS USB cable into your ARCHOS which is off 2 Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer which is turned on 3 The ARCHOS 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 DE The CHG indicator LED is on while the battery is charging It will blink when the battery is fully charged You can also charge your ARCHOS device without a computer and more rap idly via the optional DVR Station Gen 5 Mini Dock or Battery Dock available at www archos com See Optional Functionalities ARCHOS GEN 5 TURNING THE ARCHOS ON OFF ARCHOS 605 WiFi Press and hold the D button to turn your ARCHOS on off See ARCHOS Description The LED indicator next to the D button lights up when the device is USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE Status Bar Fal e In the top right corner of the screen the status bar indicates the volume the battery level and the current time of your device Tabs In the top left corner of the screen the tabs area shows other available applications and screens They e vary depending on where you are in the interface gt I m Sony _ When there is only one tab available the Tab icon in the top left corner is grayed out Danielle Davis Contextual Menu e I
36. en press the menu button use the navigation pad to highlight the Settings Fs menu item and press Once you are in a settings screen use the up down navigation buttons to highlight a parameter use the left right navigation buttons to select a different setting when you have finished adjusting your settings press the Exit button 8 to save them and go back to the Home screen When it is possible use the up down navigation buttons to scroll the screen up and down gl SOUND SETTINGS This screen allows you to adjust the B sound settings of your ARCHOS to your personal taste T i Speaker PES S Oulpul Li IET Lewel Set Egetrer Rala ARCHOS GEN 5 E E 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 head phones or connect your ARCHOS to the optional DVR Station Gen 5 Audio Output defines whether the audio signal is sent out via the Analog Line Out or the SPDIF interface when connected to a DVR Station Gen 5 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 Select this option to enter the equalizer screen see next section Balance allows
37. er also allows you to view your pictures sorted by date thumbnail then open it If a photo is EN mo p E Depending on model If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS see Memory Card Slot select the line SD MMC in the first screen of the Photo mode You can now browse the contents of your card and view your photos if your card contains any In Photo mode only picture files and folders will appear ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 VIEWING PHOTOS gt P 30 PHOTO BROWSER MENU ITEMS Info n displays a message box with information about the highlighted picture Delete allows you to delete the highlighted picture A confirmation screen will pop up Start slideshow starts a slideshow from the highlighted image the Pause slideshow menu item will appear allowing you to pause the Settings slideshow will display the Photo viewer settings screen see Photo Viewer Settings The available menu items will vary depending on where you are in the Photo Browser 3 2 PHOTO VIEWER To view a picture highlight the corresponding thumbnail and open it The menu over lay will disappear automatically after a few seconds PHOTO VIEWER SCREEN ARCHOS GEN 5 To display the menu overlay again tap once anywhere on the screen To make it dis appear again wait for a few seconds or tap on the Tab icon in the top left corner To
38. he new firmware ARCHOS GEN 5 8 10 SYSTEM SETTINGS System Her Moraga sot GH eil 78 3 BB 1905 ian preference Windows Media Device Preducl Key GEHA GSH fH address E Ei e aa i Repair 25d Fornatiing Tools Free Storage Space displays the amount of free space on the hard drive USB preference for advanced users Your preferred connection mode will be used every time you connect the ARCHOS to a computer The connection mode determines how your device inter acts with your computer Mode 1 Windows Media Device Recommended for users of Windows XP or higher WMP10 or higher When set to this mode the ARCHOS uses the Media Transfer Protocol MTP The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to charge it or con nect it choose to connect it When connected to your computer your ARCHOS will be locked You will be able to synchronize your media library automatically every time you connect your ARCHOS to your computer with WMP 10 or higher When your file transfer is over simply unplug the cable from the ARCHOS and your device will update the ARCLibrary Music Photo libraries Mode 2 Hard Drive Recommended for users of Windows XP with Windows Media9 Player 9 Windows 2000 Me Mac OS X or Linux The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to charge it or connect it as a mass storage device Hard Drive Choose to connect it as a mass storage device external hard
39. ibrary For this to work you will need a WiFi connection and Windows Media Player 11 or higher installed on your PC ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 THE WIFI FEATURES gt 49 This is especially useful when you have a large library of music and video and you cannot fit it all onto the internal hard drive of the ARCHOS The ARCHOS uses the UPnP Universal Plug and play standard to stream shared media files from your PC s Windows Media Library Streaming one of your 5 shared videos and displaying it on your TV If you cannot install Windows Media Player 11 or higher it is possible to ac cess and stream your PC s files from the ARCHOS File Browser See Browsing Other Computers on the Network SETTING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER S SHARING OPTIONS 1 Connect the ARCHOS to your WiFi network see d c Connecting to a WiFi Network Crest uo Pat sti eee 2 Connect your PC to the same WiFi network and m start Windows Media Player version 11 or higher Add to Library COE 3 Click on the Library tab and select Media shar ing eer 7 4 Check the box Share my media to and click on OK The ARCHOS icon should appear in the win dow with a warning symbol next to it uam en ae F3 t Lana Leas irme fue cy malas pu ATTENTION the first time you set your shar ing options it might take a couple of minutes for your to di
40. ing the ARCHOS for an extended period of time you should turn it off completely so that there is absolutely no battery usage See Power Settings Tv Press once to switch the display of the image between the built in LCD LCD screen and a TV with the optional DVR Station Gen 5 Mini Dock or Battery Dock available at www archos com See Optional Functionalities e When the image is displayed TV the TV LCD LED indicator lights up and the built in LCD screen turns off Press and hold to lock unlock your device s buttons touchscreen This can be useful if your ARCHOS is in your pocket for example and you do not want to press a button or touch the screen by accident ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 INTRODUCTION gt P 5 LED INDICATORS On top of the device GE On the left side of the device On the high capacity ARCHOS 605 the LED indicators are located on top of the device next to the buttons CHG Battery charge indicator light on the battery is charging e flashing the battery is fully charged HDD Hard Disk Drive activity indicator depending on model e the light flickers when the hard drive is active playing transferring files TV Video display indicator LCD the light is on when the image of the ARCHOS is displayed on a TV see TV LCD button CONNECTORS On the left side of the device Headphone jack to connect headphones Underneath the device These connec
41. k provided the signal is strong enough Protected networks require an en cryption key to connect The type of key WEP WPA or WPA2 will be detected automati cally by your device MER he rest of the required information E T System can be obtained from the person Configuration jaime DHCP who manages the network canneet ARCHOS GEN 5 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 Key WEP or WPA type in the authentication key you will be taken to a virtual keyboard see Using the Virtual Keyboard type in the key and tap on OK when you have finished Authentication for WEP networks only the network s authentication method can be based on an Open System de fault or a Shared Key Configuration it can be Automatic DHCP or Manual if it is Automatic DHCP then you do not have to enter any more information Simply use the Connect button and your ARCHOS will connect to this network provided the signal is strong enough if you must configure 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 finished entering all the information use the Connect button and your ARC
42. n the lower right corner of the screen the contextual menu area shows the menu icons The available options will vary depending on where you are in the interface In the Home screen choose the Settings menu item to access the main settings of your ARCHOS In the Home screen the Resume menu item allows you re sume the last played music or video file if it was interrupted before the end If the Resume menu icon does not appear it means that no music or video file playback can be resumed depending on model ARCHOS GEN 5 Home Screen e This is the main screen of your ARCHOS showing its main functions depending on model Your ARCHOS is equipped with a touchscreen Below is a description of the m main tactile screen areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen Main Touchscreen Actions To open an application screen via its icon or item tap on the icon item to high light it and tap on it again e In the different applications you can go back one level in the hierarchy by tapping on the Exit icon 83 in the top right corner of the screen Wherever you are in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by tapping and holding the Exit icon e When several tabs are available you can switch between them by tapping on the Tab icon fld in the top left corner of the screen You can also tap directly on one of the tabs to access the corresponding screen To exe
43. nce frame by frame using the right arrow 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 highlight the bookmarked video file Select the Bookmark menu item then choose Resume Clear will remove the bookmark from the video Thumbnail saves the current image as a new thumbnail for this file In the Video browser the video s thumbnail will be replaced by the new one Wallpaper the current image will be defined as your device s background image Settings rai you can choose to display the Video Player settings screen see Video Player Settings or the Sound settings screen see Sound Settings 7 ARCHOS GEN 5 13 VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS e In the Video mode you can access the Video Player settings screen by using the Settings menu item El Use the left right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter Falder Repeat amp Suttle 4 Wetwark LiPo P Enabled LEG Backlighi Big M iri amma PlayMode Repeat amp Shuffle the following table explains how the video player will work according to the set tings you chose in PlayMode AND Repeat amp Shuffle
44. not be compatible Certain resolutions and file sizes may not be compatible 2 MPEG 4 ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group AVI audio video file contain er by Microsoft without GMC and Quarter Pixel and WMV including protected WMV 9 Does not read AAC protected files 4 External video output disabled for Macrovision protected contents 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 prod uct 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 defec tive 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 re
45. nts 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 surround ed by a red outline 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 ARCHOS GEN 5 Hide text overlay will hide all overlaid graphics status bar menu items etc to only show the PDF document Zoom in magnifies the document Zoom out demagnifies the document Link back will take you back to the page that you came from only appears when you have previously followed a link to page allows you to select a specific page use the left right buttons to select a page number Select Ok to go to this page Previous page goes to the previous page in the document Next Page goes to the next page in the document ARCHOS GEN 5 5 CONNECTING WIFI NETWORK Your ARCHOS can connect to a variety of wireless networks You will find below the procedure to connect to these different WiFi networks 5 1 WIFI CONNECTION PROCEDURE From the Home screen select the Enable WiFi menu item El Your device will scan for available WiFi networks e The first time you use your device you may get a message No configured net
46. o enter the folder s name with the virtual keyboard see Using the Virtual Keyboard ARCHOS GEN 5 File Management Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted file or folder us ing the virtual keyboard See Using the Virtual Keyboard Delete allows you to delete the highlighted file or folder and all its con tents A confirmation screen will pop up n Copy allows you to copy the highlighted file or folder to the location de fined in the other browser panel Copy all files allows you to copy all the files of 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 de fined in the other browser panel e In the left panel highlight the file folder that you want to copy or move e In the right panel navigate to the location where you wish to copy the file folder to Go back to the left panel select the Copy menu item and then choose Copy Copy all files or Move depending on the action that you want to carry out H e 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 current name of the file folder Exit icon Shift key Alt Alt Gr key en able disable the keys secondary functions Ca
47. of the playlist will open on the right 3 You can now add shuffle move or remove tracks within the playlist using the appropriate menu items The available menu items will vary according to which panel you selected see Playlist Menu Items 4 After you have made the changes you want select the Save playlist menu item and choose Save to save the playlist If you wish to give it a different name choose Save As 1 While playing a song use the tab button icon to go back to the Music Library or Music Browser and select the Show playlist menu item 2 Your window will then have two panels the music files on the left and the last opened playlist on the right 3 While listening to your song you can edit the last opened playlist 4 Close the playlist editor 4 to return to the playback screen 2 5 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS There are two main methods to transfer the music stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS 1 Windows Media Player copy your music using Windows Media Player 10 or higher Use Windows Player 10 or higher Sync tab to synchronize your computer s music files with the ARCHOS See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer s music files with Windows Media Player 2 Windows9 Explorer Copy and paste your music files from your computer into the Video folder of your ARCHOS To learn how to connect disconnect the A
48. omatically See Updating the Firmware to learn more 8 9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE The firmware is the operating system OS of your ARCHOS It is periodically updated to bring new features improvements and bug fixes There are two main ways to up date your product s firmware Directly on your ARCHOS if your device can connect to a WiFi network With a computer connected to the internet This is the easiest way to update the firmware For this to work you only need an ac cess a WiFi network See Connecting to a WiFi Network 1 From to the Home screen select the Settings F gt menu item and choose Firmware and Plug ins 2 Use the Online Firmware Update button 3 The ARCHOS will connect to the WiFi and search on line for a new firmware If there is one available it will start downloading and it will be installed automati cally If you do not have access to a WiFi network or if your ARCHOS is not WiFi enabled you can also update the firmware using a computer connected to the internet 1 On your go to www archos com firmware 2 Search for the latest firmware available for your ARCHOS 3 Compare the latest on line version with the one installed on your ARCHOS your ARCHOS firmware version number appears in the Firmware and Plug ins set tings screen see Firmware and Plug ins Settings 4 f the on line version is more recent than yours follow the instructions to down load and install t
49. our ARCHOS you can play create and edit as many playlists as you want In the ARCHOS Browser playlists are the files with the fw 4 icon n the Music Library highlight the ELLE Playlist line and open it Sample Playlist e Highlight a playlist and open it A panel showing the contents of the playlist will open on the right Open the first item in the playlist to start playing from the first track Outta My Dreams On the Wing of the Ain t no Biggee These menu items appear when a music file is highlighted on the left panel Add to playlist Selected file will add the highlighted track at the end of the current playlist I All files will add all the tracks from the left panel at the end of the current playlist Insert in playlist Selected file will insert the highlighted track before the selected item in the current playlist All files will add all the tracks from the left panel before the selected item the current playlist These menu items appear when the focus is on the right panel playlist editor Track Remove track deletes the highlighted track from the playlist Move allows you to change the position of the highlighted track within the playlist Highlight the track you want to move select the Track menu item then choose Move Now highlight the position to which you want to move the track and validate
50. ous next song tap in the corresponding area n G or 7 e To browse through your songs while listening to music simply tap on the Tab icon This will take you to the Music Library or browser screen that you launched the current song from see n 3 You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the song You can also drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the song see n 8 The volume bar can be dragged in the same way see n To execute a menu item s function simply tap on its icon In order to display a text description of the icon tap on the menu word see n S To stop the song and go back to the Music Library or browser tap on the Exit icon see n 1 To exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen tap and hold the Exit icon ARCHOS GEN 5 press once stop the song and go back to the Music Library or browser hold exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen OK pause resume the video accelerated fast forward left press once back to the beginning of the song or previous song in the first 10 seconds of a track hold fast rewind press once next song hold fast forward i accelerated fast rewind tabs back to the Music Library or Music browser de pending on which mode you launched the song from menu display available menu items increase decrease volume Info
51. owser You can now browse the contents of your card In the File browser all files and folders will appear 1 NAVIGATION GQH TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS You can drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the file list up and down You can also scroll faster by tapping above or below the cursor in the scroll bar To open a file or folder tap on it to highlight it then tap on it again ARCHOS GEN 5 e To jump between the left and right panels tap on id or tap directly on the panel that you want to highlight To execute a menu item s function simply tap on its icon In order to display a text description of the icon tap on the MENU word You can go back one level in the hierarchy by tapping see n 1 Wherever you are in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by tapping and holding the Exit icon press once go back one level in the hierarchy hold exit the File Browser and go back directly to the Home screen open a file or folder scroll up the file list faster left go back up one level in the folder hierarchy up down scroll the file list up and down scroll down the file list faster jump between the left and right panels menu display available menu items increase decrease volume Info Hn displays a message box with information about the highlighted file Create folder creates a folder at the current location you will have t
52. pair of the product ARCHOS guarantees that this device s screen will have no more than 2 defec tive 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 three or more defective pixels ARCHOS will repair or replace your product at its cost Thus two or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product ARCHOS GEN 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION Need Help You can find 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 amp Canada Call 877 300 8879 toll free All brands and product names are registered trademarks and the property of their respec tive owners Windows Media and Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Specifications are subject to change without notice Errors or omissions excepted Images and illus trations may not always match contents All the information contained in this guide was correct at the time of publication COPYRIGHT ARCHOS 2007 All rights reserved
53. ps Lock key move cursor one character to the left move cursor one character to the right the virtual keyboard might vary according to your model 8 delete character be if a key is transparent it means that it is disabled fore cursor 9 save the name ARCHOS GEN 5 To enter a character tap on the corresponding key e To exit the keyboard without saving tap g see n 2 in the previous screen When you are satisfied with the name tap on the Ok key see n 9 to save it and exit the keyboard A confirmation screen will pop up x close keyboard without saving enters the highlighted character same as the Shift key jump from one key to another same as the Alt Alt Gr key depending on model H 3 USING THE FILE BROWSER WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC You can browse your files while listening to music Choose the ARCHOS home screen menu item while playing a song In the Home screen select the Files icon to enter the File Browser and start browsing through your files To go back to the Music playback screen go to the Home screen and select the Music icon ARCHOS 4 4 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 Files icon In the left panel of the browser select the fi
54. rmation tags Title lv Genre Year de 7 Artista When new music is copied to the ARCHOS the Music Library will be Playlist rm updated automatically w Rating Aim IL Browse Hard Drive ET If some of your music files do not Bla contain information tags they will be classified as Unknown in the Music Library The music browser allows you to navigate through the Music folder of your device s hard drive To use it select Browse Hard Drive in the initial Music Library view J Browse hard Gore Eg iy Danielle Davis Tony Kaltenberg Es Wes Burden om Genele Guns 150 KBytes E folders da Li ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 PLAYING MUSIC gt P 19 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MEMORY CARD S SONGS Depending on model If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS see Memory Slot select the line SD MMC card in the initial Music Library view You can now browse the contents of your card and play your songs if your card contains any In Music mode only music files playlists and folders will appear When you insert a memory card its contents songs and playlists are auto matically integrated into the Music library MUSIC LIBRARY AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS Info n displays a message box with information about the highlighted music file Show playlist 2 opens a playlist edition windo
55. rst line in the list Network Your device will connect to your WiFi access point and then search for other computers in the Windows network You can then choose a computer and start browsing its shared folders FI Pictures Vien Using the ARCHOS double browser you will be able to play media files or transfer any file from a networked computer onto your device You can also transfer files from your device onto a computer s write enabled shared folder see Copying and Moving Files and Folders H 5 USING THE PDF READER Your ARCHOS features a PDF reader with hyperlink support e In the Browser PDF files are displayed with the E 7 i To view a PDF document highlight the PDF document in the File Browser and open it ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 USING THE FILE BROWSER gt P 40 605 PDF TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS To follow a link highlight the link red outline and tap again To display the menu overlay while viewing a PDF document tap once in the bot tom right corner of the screen e To go to the next previous page tap on the Next Previous page menu item To exit the PDF reader tap on PDF BUTTON CONTROLS 1 press fit to width if zoomed 2 press exit PDF reader X OF follow a highlighted link E previous page 4 navigate within the current page i next page menu display available menu items Een FOLLOWING HYPERLINKS Some PDF docume
56. screen Will pop up If you want to cancel the edit points and restart editing choose the Cancel changes and restart edit menu ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL V2 0 TROUBLESHOOTING gt P 72 TROUBLESHOOTING RESETTING YOUR ARCHOS e In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore try to reset it press the D button for 15 seconds the ARCHOS will shut down completely and turn it on as usual e If this does not work you can also press the master reset button as shown be low You can use the end of a paper clip to press the button in the hole 605 Underneath the device Note Resetting your ARCHOS will not erase any data from your device SYSTEM RECOVERY f your ARCHOS does not respond correctly or does not show certain songs videos that you have copied to it try using the Repair and Formatting Tools see System Settings f using the Repair and Formatting Tools did not solve your problem you can try a system recovery It allows you to repair the hard drive format it etc 1 Press the D button to turn on your device 2 When the built in LCD screen turns on immediately press and hold the TV LCD button until the Recovery mode starts blue screen To move from an option to another use the up down Navigation buttons To validate an option press OK 1 Fm m 2 F EE a Fr Fo me Emm d ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL V2 0 TRO
57. scription of the available menu icons set Volume button increase decrease volume Main Button Actions To open an application screen via its icon or item use the Navigation buttons to highlight the icon item and press OK e In the different applications you can go back level in the hierarchy by press ing the Exit button x once Wherever you are in the hierarchy you can go back directly to the Home screen by holding the Exit button e When several tabs are available you can switch between them by pressing the Tab button 8 e To execute a menu icons function press the menu button select a menu item with the navigation pad and press ak While playing a video song or photo slideshow you can pause resume it by pressing OK ARCHOS GEN 5 Other Button Actions When watching a video or listening to music you can hold the left right Navigation buttons to move the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song increase decrease volume use the Volume button saon e In the different browsers File Music Video Photo you can hold the up down Navigation buttons to scroll the file list up and down You can also scroll faster by using the Accelerator buttons e In the Web browser depending on model and the PDF viewer you can scroll up and down by holding the up down Navigation buttons CHANGING THE LANGUAGE To change the system s language e The interface of your A
58. splay the ARCHOS icon ARCHOS GENS 5 Select the ARCHOS icon and click on the Allow button 6 To modify your sharing settings click on Settings You can for example enter a name for your shared media files You will then see this name on your ARCHOS Click on OK to save the modifications 7 Click on OK to close the Media Sharing window 8 You can now close Windows Media Player and start viewing your PC s shared media files directly on your ARCHOS see next section Your PC needs to be connected to the same WiFi network as the one the ARCHOS will connect to You also need to have configured Windows Media Player s sharing op tions see the previous section 1 On your ARCHOS enter the Video Music or Photo mode 2 You will notice that the first item in the list is the shared media files Network Media Libraries UPnP Open this item to start scanning for devices and com puters sharing their media files on the WiFi network 3 If you entered a name for your shared media files in Windows Media Player it should appear Open it and you will see all your shared videos songs or photos e If you are in the Video mode Video you will then have access to all the videos stored in your PC s B subrolder Windows Media9 Library Buddha Bar Nature Traller avi e In the same way the Music and Photo modes will allow you to access all the music photos stored in your PC s Windows Media Library
59. t is currently loading will refresh the current web page if it has stopped loading Back will go back to the previous page that you browsed Zoom changes the way the web page is displayed Select a zoom mode Go to Enter URL allows you to enter the address of a Web site you d like to visit Enter the address with the virtual keyboard see Using the Virtual Keyboard Select OK to open the website in the current window or select Open in new tab to open it in a new window Search allows you to search an address in one of the configured search engines Enter the key words using the virtual keyboard see Using the Virtual Keyboard Select OK to open the results in the current window or select Open in new tab to open them in a new window Favorites will open the Favorites manager Here you can add favorites rename or delete them Select a favorite and use the Open in new tab menu item to open the corresponding web page in a new window Settings Will open the Web Browser settings screen Here you can decide whether to accept ignore popup windows enable disable flash content delete your Internet history and cookies etc 6 2 PLAYING YOUR 5 SHARED MEDIA FILES When connected to your home WiFi network your ARCHOS gives you the possi bility to watch directly on your device shared media files videos music or pho tos stored in your PC s Windows Media L
60. ta media files licenses and settings In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore try to reset it see Resetting your ARCHOS If this does not work if you cannot access the Repair and Formatting Tools you can try a system recovery see System Recovery ARCHOS GEN 5 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS See packaging High resolution 4 3 TFT LCD 16 million colors 800x480 pixels Touch Screen High resolution 3 5 TFT LCD 320 x 240 MPEG 4 ASP L5 AVI up to DVD resolution e WMV MP ML up to DVD resolution With optional software plug ins available for purchase at www archos com Video Podcast plug in H 264 up to DVD resolution and AAC Cinema Plug in MPEG 2 MP ML up to 10 Mbps up to DVD resolution and AC3 stereo sound 5 1 Stereo MP3 decoding 30 320 Kbits s CBR amp VBR WMA Protected WMA WAV PCM ADPCM With optional software plug ins available for purchase at www archos com AAC stereo audio files AC3 stereo audio and 5 1 sound files JPEG BMP PNG Reads PDF documents May not implement all PDF features e Via the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter Records NTSC PAL SECAM in MPEG 4 AVI format with stereo sound VGA resolution 640 x 480 30 or 25 f s ARCHOS GEN 5 e Via the optional DVR Travel Adapter DVR Station Gen 5 stereo line in WAV IMA ADPCM or PCM format USB 2 0 High Speed Device compatible US
61. tandby the amount of time of user inactivity before the ARCHOS goes into Standby mode the system will not go into Standby mode during a slideshow audio video play back audio video recording or USB connection 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 GE Web Browser normal power off while browsing the web the ARCHOS will go into Standby mode according to the setting selected for the Standby parameter prevents power off while browsing the web the system will never go into Standby mode 8 8 FIRMWARE AND PLUG INS SETTINGS Firmware and Plug ins Farmaare Wer BU NEL lUi QUINT Linrsma Vide Poscast Web Browser Preduct Key HE WP E ER D33H TH Dame Fireraare Update Firmware Ver displays the current version of the firmware and Digital Rights Management DRM system Plug ins displays the current plug ins installed on your device Product Key each ARCHOS has a unique number you will need this number to register your product online www archos com register Firmware Update use this button to update the firmware manually see Updating the Firmware ARCHOS GEN 5 EB online Firmware Update use this button to search for an online update via a WiFi network If there is one available it will be installed aut
62. tors allow you to Connect your ARCHOS to a computer see Connecting the ARCHOS to a Computer Charge the battery of your ARCHOS see First Time usage Charging the Battery The Docking connectors also allow you to plug one of our optional accessories available from www archos com Connect a compatible USB device to the ARCHOS with the optional DVR Station Gen 5 Mini dock or Battery Dock Record external audio video with the optional DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR Travel Adapter e See Optional ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 INTRODUCTION gt P6 BUILT IN LOUDSPEAKER On right side of the device below the buttons 605 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 MEMORY CARD SLOT depending on model m The memory card slot located on top of the device on the right side allows you to insert one of the following cards which are not supplied SD MMC Mini and micro SD with adapter e RS MMC with adapter To learn how to browse the contents of your card see Browsing Through your Videos Browsing Through your Music Files Browsing Through your Photos or Using the File Browser FIRST TIME USAGE CHARGING THE BATTERY Before using your ARCHOS for the first time completely charg
63. ttings you can choose to display the Video Player settings screen see Video Player Lus Settings or the Sound settings screen see Sound Settings le VIDEO PLAYBACK To play a video highlight the file and open it The menu overlay will disappear auto matically after a few seconds VIDEO PLAYBACK SCREEN l Exit icon al oF E 15 09 JX 1 Ae i E de video file name 3 Tab icon H volume level 5 play pause icon video progression bar 7 menu items MM O00 43 ARCHOS GEN 5 To pause resume the video tap on the Pause Play 3 icon see n 5 in the previous screen To display the menu overlay again tap once anywhere on the screen To make it disappear again wait for a few seconds or tap on the Tab icon id in the top left corner see n 3 You can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the vid eo You can also use the stylus to drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video see n amp The volume bar be dragged in the same way see n H To execute a menu item s function simply tap on its icon In order to display a text description of the icon tap on the menu word see n 7 stop the video and go back to the Video browser tap on the Exit icon 3 see n 1 To exit the Video mode and go back directly to the Home screen tap and hold the Exit icon
64. ture 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 ARCHOS home screen menu item while playing a song In the Home screen select the Photo icon to enter the Photo mode Browse through your photos see Browsing Through your Photos or start a slide show as normal see Playing a Slideshow To go back to the Music playback screen go to the Home screen and select the Music icon ARCHOS GEN 5 3 6 PUTTING PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS There are two main methods to transfer the pictures stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS 1 Windows Media Player copy your pictures using Windows Media Player 10 or higher Use Windows Player 10 or higher Sync tab to synchronize your computer s pictures with the ARCHOS See Putting Files onto the ARCHOS to learn more about how to transfer your computer s pictures with Windows Media Player gt 2 Windows Explorer Copy and paste your pictures 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 3 7 PLAYING YOUR PC S SHARED PHOTOS e When connected to your home WiFi network your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to view directly on your device shared photos By stored in
65. u Jan 18 H Program Guide data or change vari a re EC ETE ous settings program guide update and 5 7 channel list configuration el Word Ness HBL Marke 3 Navigate through the different TV pro ms Tho Pa The Magan grams and simply select the one you cern wish to record Lady for Night 4 When the time comes your ARCHOS will automatically start recording the scheduled program The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 will tell you more about how to setup and use the TV Program Guide 9 4 RECORDING EXTERNAL VIDEO MANUALLY With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 DVR Travel Adapter or Helmet CamCorder you will be able to record video from most any standard video source 1 In the Home screen select the Recorder icon and use the tabs to access the Video recorder mode 2 This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound volume left right ar rows or change various settings scheduling and video parameters 3 You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the video source Start recording red icon menu item 4 Close the screen 4 to stop and save the recording The manual that comes with the DVR Station Gen 5 or DVR travel Adapter will tell you more about how to record external video manually ARCHOS GEN 5 9 5 RECORDING EXTERNAL AUDIO MANUALLY umm n Ss 1 In the Home screen select the
66. und image Settings will display the Photo viewer settings screen see next section Zoom use the slider to magnify demagnify the current picture 3 3 PHOTO VIEWER SETTINGS e In the Photo mode you can access the Photo viewer settings screen via the Settings menu item F6 Use the left right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter Picture Pause defines the time that each picture will be displayed during a slideshow ARCHOS GEN 5 Transition defines the transition effect to be used between two pictures There are several cool effects that you can choose from Sequence allows you to enable disable the shuffle mode If this parameter is set to Shuffle your pictures will be displayed randomly To disable the shuffle mode select Normal Format allows you to change the way the picture is displayed Original displays the entire picture in its original format Full Screen enlarges the picture to fill the screen In order to fit the ARCHOS screen your device might need to cut small parts of the image most likely at the top and bottom 3 4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW To view a slideshow highlight a picture file in the Photo browser or while view ing photos viewing and choose the Start slideshow menu item e While a slideshow is playing you can pause it at any time by selecting the Pause slideshow menu item You can define the time that each pic
67. uter into the Video folder of your ARCHOS To learn how to connect disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer see the Transferring Files section If some of your videos don t play on your ARCHOS you may need to transcode them to a compatible format e The easiest way to do this is by using Windows Media Player 10 or higher to transfer videos to your ARCHOS Windows Media Player will automatically con vert most formats to the WMV format that your device can play See your Windows Media Player help instructions for more information f you don t want to use Windows Media Player a search on the Internet should allow you to find suitable utility programs to do this job f you would like to simply copy and paste unprotected DVD video files from your PC onto your ARCHOS without converting them to WMV format you can ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 PLAYING VIDEO P 17 purchase the Cinema plug in from the ARCHOS website www archos com The same is also true for video podcasts in the H 264 format In this case purchase the Video Podcast plug in 15 RECORDING VIDEO With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 DVR Travel Adapter or Helmet CamCorder available at www archos com your ARCHOS will be able to record video from most any standard video source See Optional Functionalities With the optional DVR Station Gen 5 you will also have the pos sibility to schedule TV recordings easily via the TV Program Guide EPG
68. utton e The first screen of the Video mode shows you all the videos and sub folders located in the Video folder E To play a video highlight it then Buddha Bar Nature Traller avi ape tu ARCHOS avi EA Tu US e If a video is in a subfolder of the Video folder open the subfolder and F r ihren Persdolichen ARCHOS avi you will see your video y it your ARCHOS UK avi Depending on model If you have inserted a memory card into the ARCHOS see Memory Card Slot select the line SD MMC in the first screen of the Video Browser You can now browse the contents of your card and play your videos if your card contains any In the Video browser only video files and folders will appear ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL v2 0 PLAYING VIDEO gt P 12 VIDEO BROWSER MENU ITEMS Info n displays a message box with information about the highlighted video file 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 Bookmark Resume will resume playing the highlighted video from the bookmark Clear will remove the bookmark from the highlighted video file Bookmark only appears in the menu when a bookmarked video file is high lighted Se
69. w on the right see Playlists Bookmark Resume will resume playing the highlighted song from the bookmark Clear will remove the bookmark from the highlighted music file Bookmark only appears in the menu when a bookmarked music file is high lighted File Management A Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted music file using the virtual keyboard See Using the Virtual Keyboard Delete allows you to delete the highlighted music file A confirmation screen will pop up Settings 4 you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen see Music Player Settings or the Sound settings screen see Sound Settings The available menu items will vary depending on the mode you chose Music Library or Music Browser ARCHOS GEN 5 2 2 MUSIC PLAYBACK Use the scroll bar to browse through the list of audio tracks To play a song highlight the corresponding file and open it artist album title song title play back status and track number PERLE 3 available tabs volume level 5 play pause icon D 7 previous track ge ranp aee n 7 next track 12 NR 72 ofthe Great Spaj idis ET menu items 605 To pause resume the song tap on the Pause Play 3 icon see n 5 above To play the previ
70. you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video file You will mark a segment of your video file and then you will tell the ARCHOS to delete everything except the marked segment or to delete the marked segment from the video file These operations can be done multiple times on the same video file ARCHOS GEN 5 Once finished you will have the option to save the edit marks with the video or to write a new video file If you save your file 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 file which will only include the video parts that you specified in the edit session This file will be smaller but you can never un edit it You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single music presentation But you do not want to keep the rest of the television recording a 6 Beginning of recording Video section to keep End of recording 1 Open the video file you want to edit and pause it See Playing Video 2 In the progression bar go to the beginning of the desired section a select the Insert a mark menu item and choose Start Mark 3 Forward to the end of the desired section b select the Insert a mark menu item and choose End Mark 4 Select the Edit Selection menu item and choose Crop which will delete everything except the designated se
71. you to balance the sound between the left and right stereo channels Reset resets the sound parameters to the default values e Your ARCHOS features a 5 band equalizer Select a band Bass Mid bass Mid range Mid treble or Treble then use the up down arrows to change the gain level for these frequency ranges i Equalizer ARCHOS GEN 5 8 2 DISPLAY SETTINGS c vgs 39 Display HrigaenessLonras Tart SEES HIBEE PE S ry 5andard i rv 169 Connection r Ccenpasile LCD Backlight adjusts the level of backlight of the built in screen j Seting GE Brightness Contrast use this button to adjust the display parameters of the built in screen contrast brightness and gamma you can also reset the LCD param eters to the default values Reset button Lcd Settings 605 Touch Screen Calibration f the touchscreen is not responding properly use this button and follow the in structions on the screen LCD stability f you find that the LCD screen flickers use this button to access the LCD stabil ity screen Press the left right navigation buttons until the screen stops flickering ARCHOS GEN 5 TV Standard choose between the NTSC USA and PAL Europe systems select the one that is compatible with your country s television system TV Format 4 3 or 16 9 the format use

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