ARCHOS AV 700 - Manuals

13 13 • Keep the AV 700 away from high electromagnetic fi elds. • Keep any connected cords to the AV 700 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. • Do not open up the AV 700. 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 TV docking pod properly connected to a VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver, making a recording is a simple affair. See the relevant chapter for instructions on connecting the TV docking pod to your television system. P...

27 27 7 7 VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code This is a one time step to set your AV 700 to send the correct infrared codes to control your video cassette recorder, cable box, or satellite receiver. This is done so that the AV 700, via the TV docking p...

29 29 out which code works with your device. In the example screen, you see the code V009. If this code does not work when doing the Test: channel select , advance it to the next code and then test to see if that next code works. 3. Test channel select: When you press the Test channel select button ...

33 33 9 9 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer How to create an MPEG-4 video fi le Video fi les that come from your digital camcorder, sent to you via e-mail, or which are freely available on the Internet are encoded in many di...

35 35 MP3 Sound Codec If MPEG-4 Translator detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC, it will use it, and your video fi le sound track will be MP3. Otherwise, it will use the standard IMA ADPCM codec. There are MP3 encoders (usually packaged together as an encoder and decoder) available on the Web for...

37 37 Target & Priority If the AV 700 device is not listed, select “ARCHOS ™ Default”. You will see a Priority box appear. This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be guarded. If for example you are re-encoding a video fi le that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames...

39 39 10.1 Button Control 10.1 Button Control Vol + Increase the Volume HSA High speed advance FF Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. Rew Click once: Play the previous song in the folder or playlist (during fi rst 10 seconds of song) otherwi...

41 41 10.3 Browsing through your Music Library 10.3 Browsing through your Music Library The ARClibrary is your AV 700’s music library. It is a system for indexing your music by album, artist, song title, etc. When you synchronize music fi les from your PC using Windows Media ® Player to the AV 700, ...

43 43 Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position. Ignore: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear: Clear the bookmark from this fi le and start playing from the very beginning. 10.6 The Resume Function 10.6 The Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 you may n...

45 45 Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your AV 700 from another computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog source cannot be added to the Windows Media ® Player Library when you connect your AV 700 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARC...

49 49 Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move or rename the actual music fi les since the Playlist searches in the original fi le location. If you need to move your music fi les to a different folder, you’ll have to recreate your Playlist. 12.4 Adding songs to a Play...

57 57 1 15 5 PHOTO – Viewing Photos PHOTO – Viewing Photos The AV 700 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV 700 will resize the image to fi t on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the tele...

59 59 15.2 Viewing a slideshow 15.2 Viewing a slideshow By clicking on the action icon Play a Slideshow , the AV 700 will present each picture in the current folder for a set amount of time and then go on to the next picture. You can set the amount of time that each picture stays on the screen under...

67 67 17.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 17.3 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 700. 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 700 hard drive icon towards the trashcan, the trashcan 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 USB ...

73 73 2 20 0 SETTINGS SETTINGS From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings. 20.1 Sound Settings 20.1 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 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 Playlist) ...

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 automa...

81 81 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? If your AV 700 is seen as a hard drive, then you simply need to drag the Update_AV700.AOS fi le onto this icon, and Windows ® will place the fi le into the top most directory (root) of the AV 700. It should not be placed inside any folder within your AV 700. O...

83 83 22.1 Remote Control Description 22.1 Remote Control Description Switch between Built-in & External Video This group of buttons acts as the navigation and acceleration buttons on the left of the AV 700 and the Play & Stop buttons on the right side. Action icon select and execute buttons...

87 87 23.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In 23.6 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 24 4 Replacing the battery Replacing the battery Your AV 700 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 700 before the supplied battery runs out. Refer to the chapter Settings – Power Settings for inf...

91 91 Telephone Support Canada 949-609-1400 Nederland 020-50 40 510 Danmark 35 25 65 67 Norge 22 57 77 71 Deutschland 069-6698-4714 Schweitz/Suisse 442 004 111 España 09-1745-6224 Suomi 09 2311 3434 France 01 70 20 00 30 Svenska 08 579 290 80 Ireland 01-601-5700 UK 0207-949-0115 Italia 02-4827-1143 ...

93 93 2 26 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting 26.1 USB Connection issues 26.1 USB Connection issues Problem: I cannot get my AV 700 to be recognized by the computer or it asks for a driver. Solutions: • If you are running an operating system other than Windows ® XP (Service Pack 1 minimum) with Windo...

97 97 2 27 7 Technical Speci fi cations Technical Speci fi cations ARCHOS ARCHOS ™ ™ VIDEO AV 700 series VIDEO AV 700 series Storage Capacity See packaging Display 7” LCD 480x234 pixels, 262 000 colors and TV output 1 Video recording MPEG-4 SP and stereo sound in AVI format. Video playback MPEG-4 SP...

99 99 2 28 8 Legal Legal Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and speci fi c remedies are available to the original purchaser in the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited in accordance with i...

103 103 The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your product signi fi es that it falls into the category of electric/electronic equipment. Products of this type contain substances that are potentially dangerous to the environment and to human health. Therefore, you should not dispose of ...