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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    2.2. Using the ARCHOS interface 10.1.2. The favorites list 2.2.1. Customizing the Home 10.2. Music playback screen items 10.3. Transferring your music to your ARCHOS 3. Making a WiFi Connection 11. Gallery 3.1. Enabling WiFi 11.1. Photo wall 3.1.1. Advanced connection 11.2.

  • Page 2: General Instructions

    (SMB) Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you satisfaction for many years to come. This truly miniature multimedia computer running Android™ allows you to download a multitude of applications (Apps), and get the most from the Internet (surf, e-mail, widgets, etc.), just like...

  • Page 3: First Steps

    1.2.2. THE STARTUP WIZARD The first time you turn on the ARCHOS, the installation wizard will help you configure the main functions of your ARCHOS: language, country, time, etc. You can rerun the Startup Wizard anytime you want by going to Settings >...

  • Page 4: Using The Archos Interface

    7. Micro-SD card slot: To read and write to micro-SD or micro-SDHC memory cards. 8. Mini-HDMI video output: To connect an optional HDMI cable for diplaying the ARCHOS to your HD television. Go Back: You can always go back to the previous screen by pressing this button.

  • Page 5: Customizing The Home

    To configure a WiFi connection, you need to be in a WiFi zone that will allow you to connect to it. Every time the ARCHOS is in range of a network that you have already configured once, it will attempt to make a connection (so long as the WiFi setting is enabled).

  • Page 6: Advanced Connection

    3.2. WiFi connection problems The ARCHOS internet tablets support the 802.11 b, g, and n WiFi protocols. If you cannot connect to your access point, first determine if the problem lies with your access point or with the ARCHOS. Try using another WiFi device, such as a laptop computer or a Wi-Fi enabled telephone and see if that will connect to your access point.

  • Page 7: Transferring Files

    The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player is a one way "sync" button. It will add video, music and photo files to your ARCHOS. It will give you the possibility to have the same digital media on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media®...

  • Page 8: Settings

    You can now unplug the USB cable. 5. SETTINGS Use the settings to modify your ARCHOS to function for your particular needs. You can scroll the screen up and down to reveal settings that you don’t initially see. When it is possible, you can use the Menu icon to access more options within one of the settings.

  • Page 9: Pairing

    5.1.2. TETHERING (CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET) Now that your ARCHOS and phone can talk to each other, it is just a matter of telling the ARCHOS (only once of course) what the name of your phone’s data service is called.

  • Page 10: Tv Out

    Switch to TV: Switch the display from the built-in LCD to a connected HD TV. An optional mini-HDMI cable required. The screen of the ARCHOS then acts as a touch-pad in order to move the cursor on the screen of your TV.
  • Page 11 Some third party software includes special accessibility options for visually or hearing impaired users. Checking this option will enable those features. 5.10. Date & Time Automatic: Enable this option if you want to set the clock automatically when your ARCHOS is connected to a WiFi http://www.archos.com/manuals/A70_EN_v1.1.htm[2/24/2011 3:19:12 PM]...
  • Page 12 Plug-ins: lists the plug-ins that you have installed onto your device. The cinema plug-in is available for purchase from the ARCHOS web site. This plug-in will allow your device to play MPEG2 formatted video files (including .vob and .TS files) as well as AC3 audio files.
  • Page 13 ARCHOS 70 User Guide Startup wizard: The startup wizard will start the next time you turn on your device. This allows you to reset the basic settings of your ARCHOS (language, date, time, etc.). 6. INTERNET NAVIGATION Before launching any application that needs to make a connection to the Internet, make sure that you are connected to a WiFi network ( icon on the top right of the screen).
  • Page 14 The Video browser allows you to navigate through and ARCHOS 7 Technical play the video files stored in the ARCHOS internal memory Specifications or an SD card (for devices that have an SD card slot) or even files stored on other computers on your local network...
  • Page 15 You don't have to limit yourself to playing only the video, music, and photo files that are stored on your device. When connected to your home WiFi network, your ARCHOS gives you the possibility to watch, directly on your device, the shared media files (videos, music or photos) stored on your computer. There are two main ways to "stream"...

  • Page 16: Pc's Shared Media Files (Upnp)

    To share a folder on your PC, right-click on it and select Sharing. You can browse all the shared folders by using the Files application on your ARCHOS. In the file browser, find the group External and select Shared folders (SMB). You'll see the computer's name here, and then the shared folders and files inside it.

  • Page 17: Playing Shared Video And Music

    ARCHOS 70 User Guide 9.2.2. PLAYING SHARED VIDEO AND MUSIC 1. Open Video or Music > Storage and then select Media servers (UPnP) shown under External (you may need to scroll down to see this) to start scanning for devices and computers sharing their media files on the WiFi network.

  • Page 18: Creating Playlists

    ARCHOS 70 User Guide music files do not contain information tags, they will be classified as (Unknown) in the Music Library. If not already present, the music player widget can be placed on one of the five home screens to give you quick access to your recently added and recently played music.

  • Page 19: Transferring Your Music To Your Archos

    4. See Transferring Files to learn how to transfer the ripped music files onto the ARCHOS. See your Windows Media® Player help instructions for more information. Check the laws and regulations in your country or jurisdiction to know if private copying of your CDs for your own use is authorized.

  • Page 20: Photo Wall

    You can crop an image to fit the format of the screen or just show the more interesting parts. Don't forget that you can also just rotate the ARCHOS itself and a vertically oriented picture will then fill up the whole screen. To crop an image, tap on the menu icon and then on More.

  • Page 21: Putting Photos Onto Your Archos

    Tap on Save and the results will be added as a new photo to the photo album. You can delete the original image without fear of deleting the newly created one. 11.4. PUTTING PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS To copy photos from your camera to your ARCHOS you can connect your ARCHOS to the camera directly with the optional USB Host cable...

  • Page 22: Accessing Shared Media Files Via Upnp

    Facebook accounts. Open the application and then tap on the bottom area of the screen to display the available options. You can view a slideshow of the photos that are stored on the ARCHOS, from your own on-line photo albums, on-line albums of others, or view selected photos by keywords.

  • Page 23: Stopping Apps

    An alternative clock. 18.4. POWER CONTROL This very useful widget allows you to easily shut on/off modules of the ARCHOS that take up power. You can thus extend the usable battery charge of your device. From the left to right.

  • Page 24: Updating The Device

    20.3. System recovery If your ARCHOS does not respond correctly or does not start properly, you can try to remedy this situation with a system recovery. Be very careful with this as there are options to erase all the data on your device.
  • Page 25 MPEG-2 video playback capabilities. You can purchase a software plug-in from the ARCHOS on-line store which will allow your ARCHOS to play these files. This allows your device to play VOB, TS, PS video streams as well as AC3 audio.

  • Page 26: Technical Support Information

    A/V select button of your TV's remote control. 21.3.1. SCREEN AS TOUCHPAD Once the screen image is displayed, use the screen of the ARCHOS as a track pad to move the cursor around the screen of your television. Be sure to orient the device as shown below in order to use the correct touch zones of the screen.

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