Appearance Settings; Power Settings; System Settings - Archos AV 500 series User Manual

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19.5 Appearance settings

19.5 Appearance settings
Setting Setting Description Description
Wallpaper On, Off. When set to On, the selected picture (next item)
will be displayed as the AV 500 screen background.
Picture name This option will display the names of the JPEG images in
the AV 500's System folder that can be used for screen
backgrounds (Wallpaper). You can add your own JPEG
images to the System folder by dragging and dropping
a JPEG fi le from your computer. You can also set the
wallpaper within the Photo mode.
Font Outline If your screen background is a dark color, it will be diffi cult to see the black text on the screen. Set Outlined font to
On to have a more visible white outlined font.
Color scheme Allows you to choose what color you would like to have for the status bar above and the screen buttons.
Cursor color Changes the color of the cursor and its background.
Previous settings Click this button to return to the settings last set.

19.6 Power Settings

19.6 Power Settings
These settings will help you to save battery power thus
allowing a longer battery autonomy.
You can set the AV 500 to conserve power for both modes
of operation (when it is powered from the battery, or when
it is connected to the AC charger/adapter (DC-Power
operation).
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Parameter Parameter Description Description
Power Off 1-9 minutes or Never. The number of minutes of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the AV 500 shuts off.
During the playback of music or video fi les, this setting takes effect only after the fi les are fi nished playing.
Backlight Off 10-90 seconds or Never. The time of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the AV 500 turns off the screen to
conserve power. During the playback of video fi les, this setting only takes effect once the fi le is fi nished playing.
Hard disk 10-90 seconds. The number of seconds from the time of the last fi le access before the AV 500 tells the internal
hard drive to stop spinning. The longer this time is set, the more often the hard drive is turning and the quicker the
response time when accessing fi les. However, as it is set longer, it will quickly consume your battery. Caution: This
setting should only be changed by experienced users.
Standby 1-9 minutes or Never. The number of minutes of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the AV 500 goes into
Standby mode. When powered by the AC charger/adapter (or connected to a powered TV docking pod), the AV
500 will not completely shut off. It will go into Standby mode. This way, it can wake up to make a scheduled video
recording.
A typical use of these settings is to set the power off, screen off, and hard disk to low values when used in battery
mode. When the power adapter is plugged in, you do not need to conserve energy and thus keeping the Power
on and the Backlight on makes using the AV 500 more agreeable. Increasing the hard disk value beyond the
default may actually discharge the battery even when the Charger/adapter is plugged in. Note also that your unit
will run hotter when the backlight and hard drive are on for long periods of time.

19.7 System Settings

19.7 System Settings
The System settings allow you control over the low level
parameters of the AV 500.
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