Page 2 - Table Of COnTenTs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 TAbLE of CoNTENTS > p. 2 Table Of COnTenTs InTrOduCTIOn ....................................................................................................................................3 ARCHoS ™ DEVICE DESCRIPTIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 3 - InTrOduCTIOn; arChOs; OK
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 INTRoDUCTIoN > p. 3 InTrOduCTIOn arChOs ™ deVICe desCrIPTIOn bUTToNS on Top of the Device: Press and hold to switch on/off. Press once to switch the display of the image between TV and built-in LCD screen. Press and hold to lock the buttons of your ARCHoS ™ device. Main Navig...
Page 4 - hdd
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 INTRoDUCTIoN > p. 4 bUILT-IN MICRoPHoNE AND LoUDSPEAkER The built-in microphone is on the left side of the device. See: Using the AudioCorder. The built-in loudspeaker is on the right side, below the buttons. LED INDICAToRS oN/off indicator battery charge indicator - light o...
Page 5 - Menu; InTerfaCe language
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 INTRoDUCTIoN > p. 5 Menu In the lower right corner of the screen, the menu area shows the menu icons. Press Menu to display the available menu items. This is a contextual menu: the available options will vary, depend- ing on where you are in the interface. Home Screen This is...
Page 6 - baTTery; battery is charging:
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 INTRoDUCTIoN > p. 6 oTHER CHARACTER SETS file names, folder names and music tags can be displayed in various character sets, such as Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, etc. You can enable these character sets in the Language settings screen (see Language Settings for furthe...
Page 7 - original Archos; PrOduCT Care; click
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 INTRoDUCTIoN > p. 7 To replace the battery of the ARCHoS ™ 504, follow these steps: Caution: If the battery is incorrectly replaced or short-circuited, this could result in damage to the product and/or serious injuries to the user. Replace only with an original Archos ™ batter...
Page 8 - brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIDEo > p. 8 1. PlayIng VIdeO In the Home Screen, highlight the Video icon and press OK to enter the video mode. 1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs There are two types of views for you to browse through your videos: the Video List the Video browser You can switch betwe...
Page 9 - information about the video file.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIDEo > p. 9 both views display a motion thumbnail of the highlighted video as well as various information about the video file. If you have saved a video frame as a thumbnail (see: Video Playback Menu Items), the thumbnail will no longer play the highlighted video fil...
Page 10 - current play mode; the menu overlay disappears after a few seconds
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIDEo > p. 10 1.2 VIdeO PlaybaCK Highlight a video file, press OK to play it. VIDEo PLAYbACk SCREEN VIDEo PLAYbACk bUTToN CoNTRoLS During video playback, the buttons of your ARCHoS ™ device will act as follows: VIDEo PLAYbACk MENU ITEMS Info displays a message box wit...
Page 12 - PuTTIng VIdeOs OnTO yOur arChOs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIDEo > p. 12 PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the current mode) Single plays only one video file and stops folder plays all video files in the current folder Repeat & Shuffle (a status bar icon shows the current mode) Normal plays the video selection once and sto...
Page 13 - Your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING VIDEo > p. 13 1.5 reCOrdIng VIdeO Your ARCHoS ™ device can record video, via its VideoCorder function. You will need the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter to record video. See: optional functionalities to learn more about this feature. • • •
Page 14 - The arClIbrary and The MusIC brOwser
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 14 2. PlayIng MusIC In the Home Screen, highlight the Music icon and press OK to enter the music mode. 2.1 The arClIbrary and The MusIC brOwser There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs: the ARCLibrary the Music browser When browsin...
Page 15 - Show playlist and Sound menu items are available.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 15 ARCLIbRARY* AND MUSIC bRoWSER MENU ITEMS Info displays a message box with all the available information about the highlight- ed music file. Press to close the info screen. Delete allows you to delete the highlighted music file. A confirmation screen will ...
Page 16 - press once: back to the beginning
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 16 2.2 PlayIng MusIC Highlight an audio file, press OK to play it. MUSIC PLAYbACk SCREEN MUSIC PLAYbACk bUTToN CoNTRoLS During music playback, the buttons of your ARCHoS ™ device will act as follows: current play mode previous track song title artist name a...
Page 19 - able to appreciate the sound changes.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 19 Volume adjusts the output volume. built-in loudspeaker oN the loudspeaker is always on. off the loudspeaker is always off. Automatic the built-in loudspeaker automatically turns off when you plug in headphones or an AV Cable. bass boost frequency adjusts ...
Page 21 - To jump back and forth between the left and right panels, press .
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 21 You can also add the content of an entire folder, artist, album, etc. if you highlight it and press or OK . Another way to add songs to a playlist is by using the Add to playlist or Insert in playlist menu items:Add to playlist will add the highlighted tr...
Page 22 - PuTTIng MusIC OnTO yOur arChOs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 PLAYING MUSIC > p. 22 Sound will display the sound settings screen (See: Sound settings). Press to exit this screen. EDITING A PLAYLIST To edit an existing playlist: Highlight the playlist and use the Show playlist menu item. You can now add, shuffle, move or remove tracks wit...
Page 24 - usIng The audIOCOrder; audIOCOrder seTTIngs sCreen
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE AUDIoCoRDER > p. 24 3. usIng The audIOCOrder You can record audio either from the built-in microphone or from an ex- ternal line-level analog source if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. In the Home Screen, highlight the AudioCorder icon and pre...
Page 25 - buIlT-In MICrOPhOne reCOrdIng PrOCedure; a new recording menu item while you are recording.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE AUDIoCoRDER > p. 25 3.2 buIlT-In MICrOPhOne reCOrdIng PrOCedure Highlight the Settings menu item and press OK to enter the AudioCorder settings screen. Select Microphone as the source. Press to go back to the pre-recording screen. Adjust the recording level using / ...
Page 26 - The PhOTO wall and The PhOTOlIbrary
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 VIEWING PHoToS > p. 26 4. VIewIng PhOTOs In the Home Screen, highlight the Photo icon and press OK to enter the photo viewer. 4.1 The PhOTO wall and The PhOTOlIbrary There are three types of views for you to browse through your photos: the Photo Wall the PhotoLibrary the Phot...
Page 30 - PlayIng a slIdeshOw; VIewIng PhOTOs whIle lIsTenIng TO MusIC; show will be paused. When you come back to it, simply press; to resume the; TransferrIng PhOTOs TO yOur arChOs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 VIEWING PHoToS > p. 30 4.4 PlayIng a slIdeshOw To view a slideshow, highlight a picture file in the Photo Wall, PhotoLibrary or Photo browser and choose the Slideshow menu item. You can also start a slideshow while viewing photos: choose the Start slideshow menu item or simpl...
Page 31 - About your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE bRoWSER > p. 31 5. usIng The brOwser The Archos ™ File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the file sys- tem of your ARCHoS ™ device’s hard drive. In the Home Screen, highlight the browser icon and press OK to enter the file browser. You will see two panels...
Page 32 - the highlighted file or folder.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE bRoWSER > p. 32 bRoWSER MENU ITEMS Info displays a message box with all the available information about the highlight- ed file. Press to close the info screen. Create folder creates a folder in the current location. You will have to enter the folder’s name with the v...
Page 33 - usIng The VIrTual KeybOard
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE bRoWSER > p. 33 CoPYING AND MoVING fILES AND foLDERS In the left panel, highlight the file or folder that you want to copy or move. Press to focus on the right panel. Navigate to the location where you wish to copy or move the file or folder that you highlighted in t...
Page 34 - usIng The Pdf reader
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 USING THE bRoWSER > p. 34 kEYboARD fUNCTIoN kEYS: On the right of the keyboard, there are five function keys: Shift: switch between upper-case and lower-case characters. backspace: delete character before cursor. Clear current name. Move cursor one character to the left. Move ...
Page 36 - COMPuTer COnneCTIOn; ‘wIndOws MedIa deVICe’ Or ‘PC hard drIVe’; nection by selecting the Enable USb menu item in the Home Screen.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 CoMPUTER CoNNECTIoN > p. 36 6. COMPuTer COnneCTIOn 6.1 ‘wIndOws MedIa deVICe’ Or ‘PC hard drIVe’ There are two connection modes for your ARCHoS ™ device to connect to your com- puter. When your ARCHoS ™ device is turned on and you connect it to a computer, a screen will pop u...
Page 37 - vice, then you must use the PC Hard Drive mode.
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 CoMPUTER CoNNECTIoN > p. 37 WINDoWS ® xP & WMP10 oR HIGHER (WINDoWS MEDIA DEVICE MoDE) follow the previous steps to connect the ARCHoS ™ device, and select ‘Windows Media Device’ as the connection mode. The ARCHoS ™ device will appear in ‘My Computer’. You can now put your...
Page 38 - Windows
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 CoMPUTER CoNNECTIoN > p. 38 6.3 dIsCOnneCTIOn WINDoWS ® xP & WMP10 oR HIGHER (WINDoWS MEDIA DEVICE MoDE) Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHoS ™ device and your computer (the HDD indicator on your ARCHoS ™ device is not flick- ering). You can unplu...
Page 40 - language seTTIngs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 40 7. seTuP sCreen In the Home Screen, press to enter the Setup Screen (press again if you want to go back to the Home Screen).Select one of the settings icons (Language, Display, Appearance, etc.) and press OK to enter the corresponding settings screen. onc...
Page 41 - dIsPlay seTTIngs; aPPearanCe seTTIngs
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 41 7.2 dIsPlay seTTIngs TV SETTINGS TV Standard Choose between the NTSC (USA) and PAL (Europe) systems (select the one that is compatible with your country’s television system). TV format 4:3 or 16:9 - the ratio at which images are displayed on your televisi...
Page 42 - make sure that the time and date are set correctly!
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 42 Picture name allows you to select a picture to use as a background image. You can choose between all default backgrounds and images that you have pre- viously set as wallpapers. You can also set a picture as wallpaper from the photo and video modes. In ord...
Page 43 - Your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 43 7.5 POwer seTTIngs These settings will help you save battery power, thus allowing a longer battery autonomy. You can adjust settings for both battery operation and DC-Power operation (when the ARCHoS ™ is connected to a powered DVR Station or to a wall ou...
Page 45 - formatting also takes up space.; uPdaTIng The fIrMware
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 45 Windows Media Device: the ARCHoS ™ will use the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) whenever it is connected to a PC with Windows ® xP (SP1 or higher) and Windows Media ® Player 10 installed. You will be able to synchronize your media library automatically every...
Page 47 - OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes; dVr sTaTIOn & dVr TraVel adaPTer PresenTaTIOn; All video recordings made by your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 oPTIoNAL fUNCTIoNALITIES > p. 47 8. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes 8.1 dVr sTaTIOn & dVr TraVel adaPTer PresenTaTIOn You can record from an external video source if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. The ARCHoS ™ DVR Station stays connected to your home en...
Page 50 - seTTIng The sCheduler
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 oPTIoNAL fUNCTIoNALITIES > p. 50 CoPY PRoTECTIoN The ARCHoS ™ ’s recording system is designed to respect the Macrovision copy- right protection system. If the source of your video is copy-protected, the device will record in protected mode. You will see a ‘P’ icon on the recor...
Page 55 - ribly distorted recording.; usb hOsT COnneCTIOn; your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 oPTIoNAL fUNCTIoNALITIES > p. 55 You can also start recording to a new file directly by choosing the Save file and start a new recording menu item while you are recording. Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line-level and not an amplified signal (turning down the ...
Page 56 - TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 TECHNICAL SPECIfICATIoNS > p. 56 TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns CAPACITY: 30 Gb (1) Hard Drive store up to 130 hours of videos (7) , 85 Movies (7) , 300,000 pho- tos (7) or 15,000 songs (7) . DISPLAY: 4.3’’ TfT (480x272 pixels) 16/9, over 16 millions colors. VIDEo PLAYbACk* (2) MPEG...
Page 58 - The LCD screen on your ARCHoS
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 TECHNICAL SPECIfICATIoNS > p. 58 LCD PIxEL PoLICY The LCD screen on your ARCHoS ™ unit has been manufactured to rigorous stan- dards to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may have slight imperfections. This is not particular to the ARCHoS ...
Page 59 - TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn; Need Help? You can find the information you need:
504/604 MANUAL V2.0 TECHNICAL SUPPoRT INfoRMATIoN > p. 59 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...
