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Archos AV 700 TV User Manual

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ARCHOS
ARCHOS
MOBILE TV & RECORDER
MOBILE TV & RECORDER
™ ™
AV 700 TV
AV 700 TV
Mobile TV & Recorder / Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive
English Language User Manual
User Manual for ARCHOS
™
AV 700 TV series
Version 1.2
Please visit www.archos.com to download the most recent manual and software for this product.
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Dear Customer,
ARCHOS
™
thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 TV product. The AV 700 TV is designed to be the
companion to your home entertainment system. With the optional docking pod connected to your television,
you can easily connect your AV 700 TV to the pod as desired. Optionally, you can connect it to your computer
with the included USB Cable. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantage of being able to download
legal music and video content from the Internet. Since it is a PlaysForSure
music and video content available on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure
www.playsforsure.com .
This manual will explain, in detail, the functionality of your device. The better you know how to use it, the more
enjoyment you will get from it. Remember, with the AV 700 TV, you can...
• Watch Digital TV on the built-in screen, a television or video projector
• Record your favorite Digital TV programs directly onto your AV 700 TV
• Play MPEG-4 & WMV video fi les on the built-in screen, a television or video projector
• Record and edit MPEG-4 video fi les from a television or other video device (with optional accessories)
• Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music fi les or PlaysForSure
• Record music fi les into digital format directly from your hi-fi without a computer (with optional accessories)
• Synchronize your Windows
• View JPEG and BMP digital photos and create slide shows
• Copy Pictures from your digital camera via the built in host USB port
• Store .DOC, .PDF, or any type of data fi les – it's a portable hard drive too!
We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 TV product. Please do register your product at our
website www.archos.com/register/products.html 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 TV, Video, Music, and Photo experience,
™
The ARCHOS
TEAM
Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many things that this device can do that you may not be aware of.
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As our engineers are always updating and improving the software, your device's software may have a slightly
different appearance or modifi ed functionality than presented in this manual.
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Media Player music and video library to your AV 700 TV
™
device, you have a wide choice of
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downloaded music fi les
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program, see

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  • Page 1 ARCHOS ™ thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 TV product. The AV 700 TV is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system. With the optional docking pod connected to your television, you can easily connect your AV 700 TV to the pod as desired. Optionally, you can connect it to your computer with the included USB Cable.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Remote Control Description INTRO – First Time Usage Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the AV 700 TV Shutting off the AV 700 TV and Battery saving features Changing the Interface Language Foreign Character Sets Caring for the AV 700 TV Hardware Reset TV –...
  • Page 3 19.6 Power Settings 19.7 System Settings 19.8 TV control 20 Updating the AV 700 TV Firmware Operating System (OS) 21 Replacing the battery 22 Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit 22.1 Docking Pod Cable Connections 22.2 Travel Kit Cable Connections 22.3...

  • Page 4: Intro - Buttons And Connections

    Multi-connect jack* – for headphones, TV Docking Pod, and AV in/out connections e USB 2.0 High speed device port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to your computer ™ f Power Connector (Use only the supplied ARCHOS power charger/adapter) g Battery latch...

  • Page 5: Remote Control Description

    In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 6 minutes. Thus, if your AV 700 TV is idle for 6 minutes, it will shut itself off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to never .

  • Page 6: Changing The Interface Language

    • Keep the AV 700 TV away from water and excessively humid areas. • Keep the AV 700 TV away from high electromagnetic fi elds. • Keep any connected cords to the AV 700 TV neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child.

  • Page 7: Tv - Watching Digital Tv

    Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV Before you can use your AV 700 TV to watch Digital TV for the fi rst time, you will need to tune it to receive the available programs in your area. You may also need to do this when you enter a different coverage area, for instance when you travel a long distance.

  • Page 8: Watching Digital Tv

    Note: you can use the AV 700 TV as a Digital TV tuner at home and connect the AV 700 TV to your home antenna using the supplied Antenna Adapter Cable (IMPORTANT: use only the ARCHOS ™ supplied cable, and connect only to a regular aerial antenna outlet, not a cable TV service outlet).

  • Page 9: Digital Tv Action Icons

    Select this icon to shut off the On Screen Display (the status bar, action icons and other overlaid informational graphics). Video Format Change the way the image is displayed on the built-in LCD screen of your AV 700 TV or on your TV: Auto Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or television.

  • Page 10: Watching Digital Tv In Your Car

    * Safety Notice: for the driver and passengers’ safety, and to comply with some countries’ road regulations, the AV 700 TV should not be placed such that it is viewable by the driver (see additional notices and disclaimers in the legal section of this manual).

  • Page 11: Tv - Recording Digital Tv

    • The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically. • In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the AV 700 TV in the main menu screen or set it to standby mode (press Standby button on remote control). That is, if you are listening to music, watching a video, or looking at photos on your AV 700 TV, it will not interrupt you in order to go make the scheduled recording.

  • Page 12: Video - Playing Video Files

    To watch your videos on a television, you must hold down the LCD/TV button for two seconds (or click on the TV button on the remote control). The AV 700 TV screen will go black and the video will be sent out to your connected television. Switch your television to auxiliary video input (often found just below channel 1 –...

  • Page 13: Resume Function

    fi les are formatted in “MPEG-4” they may not play right away. If you have some video fi les that do not play directly on your AV 700 TV, they will have to be converted fi rst. Windows Media ®...

  • Page 14: Video - Recording Video Files

    PC tools which are available on the AV 700 TV’s hard drive. The fi rst method is very simple and merely requires that you synchronize a video fi le in your Media Player library to your AV 700 TV. You do not have much control in this converting process though and Windows Media ®...

  • Page 15: Installing The Pc Software

    Virtual Dub how to process the video fi le. It sets all the parameters for Virtual Dub specifi cally to create a video fi le in the right size and format to be read by the AV 700 TV. When you run it for the fi...

  • Page 16: Using Mpeg-4 Translator

    You should download the codec and install it on your computer. If the Virtual dub program has not been installed, you will also be notifi ed, and you should install it (either with the ARCHOS ™ Installation Utility or the Virtual Dub website). If you have placed the Virtual Dub program in a folder other than the installer default folder, it will ask you to locate the fi...

  • Page 17: Music - Playing Music Files

    The AV 700 TV will display the “locked” icon in the top left corner of the screen. Press the Select button again to unlock the buttons. You can still use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the volume.

  • Page 18: Play Screen Icons

    fi les from your PC using Windows Media ® Player to the AV 700 TV, the ARCLibrary will get updated to include the new songs you have added. As shown in this screen capture, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year.

  • Page 19: Playing Through Your Stereo System

    The Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 TV you may notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Browser but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted when the AV 700 TV...

  • Page 20: Music - Putting Music Onto Your Av 700 Tv

    WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically when you connect your AV 700 TV to your computer. Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your AV 700 TV from another computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog ®...

  • Page 21: Transferring Your Cd Collection To The Av 700 Tv

    Manage Playlist action icon, then choose Shuffl e . If you delete a Playlist from your AV 700 TV, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself.

  • Page 22: Saving A Playlist

    Save . ATTENTION : Make sure that your left panel is the Playlists folder because the open panel on the left is the location the AV 700 TV will be saving your Playlist to. Save Saves the current playlist to the folder open in the left panel. The * after the Playlist name indicates that this playlist has not been saved.

  • Page 23: Music - Recording Music

    ID3 tag information of the MP3 fi le, and create a folder on the root of your AV 700 TV using the name of the Artist as the folder name. Then it will take the Album name ID3 tag, and create a subfolder with that album as its name.

  • Page 24: Photo - Viewing Photos

    The AV 700 TV series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV 700 TV will resize the image to fi t on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output. When you are in the Photo mode, it means that only fi...

  • Page 25: Viewing A Slideshow

    14.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 TV The AV 700 TV is equipped with a USB host port. This port, along with the USB Host adapter cable will allow you to connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices to your AV 700 TV and transfer fi les from that device to your AV 700 TV.

  • Page 26: Games - Playing Mophun

    BROWSER – Using the Browser BROWSER – Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the AV 700 TV. The fi le system is FAT32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows ®...

  • Page 27: Navigating The Directory Structure

    Depending on where you are in the folder system, you will have the option to manipulate fi les and folders. From the main menu, click on Browser. Files that the AV 700 TV cannot play will be preceded by the unknown fi le type icon.
  • Page 28 The double browser can be used in: Photo View The left panel is the connected USB device (ex: digital camera or hard drive) and the right panel the AV 700 TV hard drive contents.

  • Page 29: Using The Virtual Keyboard

    Note that when the AV 700 TV is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal. It is normal that the AV 700 TV will get hot. If the AV 700 TV looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data.

  • Page 30: Disconnecting The Av 700 Tv From Your Computer

    If the AV 700 TV is connected to your computer as a Windows Device, verify that no data is being transferred between your AV 700 TV and your computer (the HDD light on your AV 700 TV is not fl ickering). You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your AV 700 TV and/or computer.

  • Page 31: Connecting Devices To The Usb Host Port

    Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices such as many digital cameras and external hard drives in order to transfer pictures or data to your AV 700 TV. Check your manufacturer’s information to fi nd out whether your device is an MSC device. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc.

  • Page 32: Settings

    Each track in the directory is played for 10 - 90 seconds. This allows a quick sample of each song. If you want to play the whole song, click on the Play button during those fi rst 15 seconds. The AV 700 TV will then revert to single...

  • Page 33: Clock Settings

    19.3 Clock Settings 19.3 Clock Settings The AV 700 TV has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode. To set it, select the Settings action icon then select Clock .

  • Page 34: Appearance Settings

    Standby mode. When powered by the AC charger/adapter (or connected to a powered TV Docking Pod), the AV 700 TV will not completely shut off. It will go into Standby mode. This way, it can wake up to make a scheduled video recording.

  • Page 35: Tv Control

    Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows® operating systems or MacIntosh® computers. When set to Hard Drive , your AV 700 TV will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected to a computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows ®...

  • Page 36: Replacing The Battery

    The AV 700 TV will search for the .AOS fi le. Follow the on-screen instructions. When completed, the AV 700 TV will restart and you can go back to this screen to verify that you have updated the fi rmware to the new version.

  • Page 37: Recording Audio With The Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit

    Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit With the AV 700 TV series, you do not need a computer to create digital music fi les. It is capable of recording from ®...

  • Page 38: Recording Procedure

    STOP button. You can record from any line-level audio source to the AV 700 TV. Be careful that the source audio is supplying a line level and not an amplifi ed signal (turning down the volume on the player will work if you are using the headphone out signal of your audio device).

  • Page 39: Where Is The Recording Saved

    Highlight the fi le to edit and select the File Management action icon. Choose Edit . Only fi les which have been created with the AV 700 TV recording function will show Edit in the fi le menu. Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited.

  • Page 40: Recording External Video With The Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit

    23.1 Docking Pod Cable Connections By installing the TV Docking Pod, you have an easy way to connect and disconnect your AV 700 TV to or from your home entertainment system. Simply connect the pod’s multi-connect plug to the AV 700 TV as needed. If you have scheduled television recordings to make, then connect the AV 700 TV to the pod and let it make the recording while you are away.
  • Page 41 S-video output, you can connect a standard S-video cable from it to your TV docking pod. This will carry only the video signal to the pod and your AV 700 TV, not the audio. The video pass thru feature is not supported for S-Video input.

  • Page 42: Connection Diagram

    Now that you know where the infrared receptor is, you need to set the correct infrared emitter code on your AV 700 TV and then affi x the IR emitter to your device. Every VCR, cable box, and satellite receiver has a different infrared code to tell it to turn on and off and how to change channels.

  • Page 43: Travel Kit Cable Connections

    23.2 Travel Kit Cable Connections If you are using the optional multi-connect adapter (can be purchased from the ARCHOS™ web site) and an AV cable, you should plug the AV cable into the AV In side of the adapter, and then plug the adapter into the AV 700 TV.

  • Page 44: Recording Video Files From External Sources

    Auto Stop Rec On, Off. If set to On, the AV 700 TV will stop recording after the duration set in the next line. For example, you want to record a television show for two hours but do not want to stay around for the two hours to stop the recording. A recording that you start manually will last for 2 hours.

  • Page 45: Where Is The Recording Saved

    Composite, S-Video, Auto. You can choose which video input you want the AV 700 TV to use. Normally, with a good video signal, you can set it to Auto, and the AV 700 TV will scan the two TV docking pod inputs to see which one is receiving video (AV In or S-Video).
  • Page 46 Go to the I-Frame you desire and then set your Mark. Trying to set a mark between I-Frames is ineffective since the AV 700 TV will just choose the closest I-Frame. 1. Play the fi le and pause at the spot you want to make your Start mark.

  • Page 47: Copy Protection

    • The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically. • In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the AV 700 TV in the main menu screen or set it to standby mode (press Standby button on remote control). That is, if you are listening to music, watching a video, or looking at photos on your AV 700 TV, it will not interrupt you in order to go make the scheduled recording.

  • Page 48: Automated Yahoo!® Tv Recording Scheduler

    • If you change your Yahoo!® personal calendar by deleting some TV programs and adding new ones, only the new programs will be added to the AV 700 TV scheduler when you save the html fi le to the AV 700 TV. If you want to delete scheduled items, you must do this in the AV 700 TV scheduler itself.

  • Page 49: Setting The Infrared Emitter Code

    23.8.3 Setting the Infrared Emitter Code This is a one time step to set your AV 700 TV 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 TV, via the TV docking pod, can turn on and off your video device and also change its channels.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    (step 2 above). 4. Test ON/OFF: When you click on the Test On/Off button, the AV 700 TV will send a signal to the infrared emitter and turn your device on or off.
  • Page 51 ScanDisk or the DOS chkdsk (Check Disk) program to try to fi x your problem. If this doesn’t fi x your problem and you are sure you must reformat the AV 700 TV hard drive, then go to the screen Settings >...
  • Page 52 XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) – HARD DRIVE mode only If you still have problems with the fi le system on your AV 700 TV you can try to fi x it using the DOS utility, check disk (chkdsk).
  • Page 53 Any modifi cation to the hardware, software, or physical enclosure of the product must be approved in writing by ARCHOS™. Non approved modifi ed products are subject to the withdrawal of any or all...
  • Page 54 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 AV 700 TV product at its cost. Thus, two or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product.
  • Page 55 Worldwide Offi ces United States & Canada Europe & Asia ARCHOS Inc. ARCHOS S.A. ™ ™ 7951 E Maplewood 12, rue Ampère Greenwood Village, CO 80111 USA 91430 Igny France Phone: 1 303-962-3350 Phone: +33 (0) 169 33 169 0...

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