ARCHOS AV 500 series - Manual

13 13 • Keep the AV 500 away from high electromagnetic fi elds. • Keep any connected cords to the AV 500 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. • Do not open up the AV 500. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warrant...

17 17 4 4 VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet When using Windows Media ® Player 10, you will have the advantage of being able to download protected video content from the Internet. When you see the PlaysForSure ™ symbol on a web site for Window...

19 19 5 5 VIDEO – Recording Video Files VIDEO – Recording Video Files With your (optional) TV docking pod or AV cable properly connected to a VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver, making a recording is simple. 5.1 Video recording connections 5.1 Video recording connections See the relevant chapter ...

23 23 5.5 Copy Protection 5.5 Copy Protection The AV 500 video recording system is designed to respect the Macrovision ® copyright protection system. If the source of your video is copy protected, the AV 500 will record in protected mode. You will see a ”P” icon on the recording screen (not during p...

27 27 Notes: • If the TV programs from your personal calendar do not seem to be correctly copied to the AV 500 scheduler, go to the ARCHOS ™ web site to make sure that have the very latest version of the AV 500 fi rmware. Update your fi rmware (Operating System) as explained in the chapter Updating ...

29 29 7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand 7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand Select the Settings action icon and click on the TV Control icon. 1. Select the type of device that you will stick your IR Emitter to. You have the choice of either a VCR (video cassette recorder), Cable Box , or...

31 31 8 8 VIDEO – Editing Video Files VIDEO – Editing Video Files Video fi les recorded by the AV 500 can be modi fi ed by deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video fi le. You will mark a segment of your v...

35 35 9.1 Installing the PC Software 9.1 Installing the PC Software If your video fi le is not an MPEG-4 Simple Pro fi le .avi fi le of the proper size, you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the AV 500, you will need to create an AVI fi le that is MPEG-4 Simple Pro fi le w...

39 39 1 10 0 MUSIC – Playing Music Files MUSIC – Playing Music Files When you click on the music icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the ARCLibrary. From here you can choose to either browse your music by the fi le system (Browse hard drive) or by music characteristics (Album, Arti...

41 41 Play Order Play Order (no icon) Play once Repeat playing Shuf fl e (Random) track selection Play Mode Play Mode AV 500 is currently playing from a Playlist Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory All: Play all tracks on AV 500 Single: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queu...

43 43 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System To play your music through your stereo system, you can connect your (optional) pod audio outputs (red and white plugs of the cable connected to AV Out) to your stereo system inputs. You can also use the AV cable an...

45 45 1 11 1 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 500 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 500 Your Archos ™ product is a certi fi ed PlaysForSure ™ digital device which means that wherever you fi nd music for sale on the Internet with this symbol, you can be certain that it will ‘Play for sure’ on your...

47 47 11.3 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 500 11.3 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 500 The process of transferring music from a CD into music fi les for your AV 500 is known as ‘ripping’. It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio) format and converting it to...

49 49 when highlighting a folder, artist, or album. All the contents of the folder, artist, or album will be added (that is, appended) or inserted before the selected song in the current Playlist. You can jump back and forth between the browser and the Playlist by selecting the Focus buttons. A Play...

51 51 1 13 3 MUSIC – Recording Music MUSIC – Recording Music With the AV 500 series, you do not need a computer to create digital music fi les. It is capable of recording from any standard analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a standard Windows ® .WAV format, either PCM...

53 53 13.2 Recording Procedure 13.2 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins, there is a pre-recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings. 1. On the main screen, select AudioCorder then click on ENTER. 2. In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recordin...

57 57 1 14 4 MUSIC – Using iTunes MUSIC – Using iTunes ™ ™ with your AV 500 with your AV 500 The easiest way to transfer music fi les between a Macintosh ® computer and your AV 500 is to use the Macintosh Finder ™ to drag and drop the fi les to and from your Macintosh ® . However, for Macintosh ® us...

59 59 Rotate picture 90° left View previous/next photo Rotate picture 90° right • Move up the action icon menu to select a picture option. • Select the Zoom in/out action icon to change the number of photos in the carrousel view. Magnifying Photos Once the picture is displayed in full screen, select...

61 61 Photos from camera are shown on the left, and your AV 500 hard drive on the right. By using the Select right pane action icon, move to the right pane and choose the destination folder. Now return to the left pane and choose the Copy all fi les action icon. Your fi les will be copied to your AV...

67 67 16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard It is recommended that you create folders and rename fi les or folders from your computer when it is connected to the AV 500. The computer keyboard is much easier to use. However, at times when you are not near your computer and n...

71 71 Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh ® Drag the AV 500 hard drive icon towards the trash can, the trash can will become a big arrow as shown in the screen shot to the left. Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow. The hard drive icon will disappear from the desktop. You can now safely unplug the US...

73 73 1 19 9 SETTINGS SETTINGS From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings. 19.1 Sound Settings 19.1 Sound Settings If you would like to customize the sound quality, you can adjust the Bass, Treble, and other audio settings to suit your particu...

75 75 Repeat & Shuf fl e options Normal Plays your songs one after the other and then stops after the last song. Repeat Continuously plays through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Playlist). Shuf fl e Randomly play through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Pl...

79 79 Parameter Description Parameter Description ARCLibrary Off: From the Music icon, you will just browse music fi les in the folder Music . On: (Only in USB Port mode ‘Hard drive’) Browse music via its tag characteristics but the ARCLibrary must be updated manually. Automatic: ARCLibrary is autom...

81 81 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? If your AV 500 is seen as a hard drive, then you simply need to drag the Update_AV500.AOS fi le onto this icon, and Windows ® will place the fi le into the top most directory (root) of the AV 500. It should not be placed inside any folder within your AV 500. O...

83 83 21.1 Remote Control Description 21.1 Remote Control Description Switch between Built-in & External Video This group of buttons acts as the navigation acceleration, and the Play & Stop buttons. Action icon select and execute buttons Same as on screen help button (opens the Info folder) ...

87 87 22.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In 22.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In If you would like to get a higher quality video recording, and your video recorder, cable box or other video device has an S-video output, you can connect a standard S-video cable from it to your TV docking pod. This will ...

89 89 2 23 3 Replacing the battery Replacing the battery Your AV 500 has a removable battery. You may want to purchase a second battery for cases when you know that you will be unable to recharge your AV 500 before the supplied battery runs out. Refer to the chapter Settings – Power Settings for inf...

91 91 2 24 4 Technical Support Technical Support In case you should encounter any technical dif fi culties using your product, we suggest you go through these steps in order to resolve any issues as ef fi ciently as possible: 1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. ...

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97 97 • Be patient, this may take a while. Windows ® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) – HARD DRIVE mode only If you still have problems with the fi le system on your AV 500 you can try to fi x it using the DOS utility, check disk (chkdsk). Do the following; • Make sure external AC a...

99 99 Physical Dimensions Approx.: 7.6 x 12.4 x 1.8/2.4/3.2cm - 3” x 4.9” x 0.7”/0.9”/1.2” Temperature Range 5 °C to 35 °C running ; -20 °C to 45 °C storage Minimum Requirements Computer con fi guration: PC with Windows® ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port. Macintosh® G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher, Mac...

103 103 LCD Pixel Policy The LCD screen on your ARCHOS ™ AV 500 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...