Tv Control; Updating The Av 500 Firmware Operating System (Os) - Archos AV 500 series User Manual

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Parameter Parameter Description 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 automatically updated when the USB cable is disconnected from your device.
Update ARCLibrary This button lets you update the ARCLibrary if you have set the parameter above to ON.
USB Port Windows Device (default), Hard drive .
When set to , your AV 500 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it is connected to a Windows XP
Windows Device
(SP1 or higher) operating system with Windows Media
in Windows
computers.
When set to Hard Drive , your AV 500 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected to a
Hard drive
computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows
Firmware Version Displays the current version of the OS (Operating System) and DRM (Digital Rights Management) system.
Update Firmware Used to update the AV 500 to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter
Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System.
Product Key Each AV 500 device has a unique product key number.
Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the AV 500's hard drive. Reported number of megabytes is binary
based counting (1kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported MB represents approximately 1.05 megabytes (decimal).
Formatting also takes up space.

19.8 TV control

19.8 TV control
See the chapter VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code for a complete explanation of when and how to
use this setting.
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Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System (OS)

Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System (OS)
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ARCHOS periodically updates the Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download on the
™
ARCHOS ™ website (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature
improvements, and bug fi xes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of
the OS. To check what version you have, click on the Settings action icon and then go to System . You will fi nd
the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the ARCHOS
the download section.
Read the History.txt File
You will also fi nd next to the fi rmware download, a text fi le which details the list of changes from the previous
version of the OS.
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Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows® operating systems or MacIntosh®
®
Download the Update_AV 500.AOS fi le
When you click on the link to download the new OS fi le (the fi le name is
Update_AV500.AOS), your browser may warn you that the contents of the download
may harm your computer. This is because the Windows
a .AOS fi le is. Be assured that ARCHOS
does not contain viruses. Click on the option Save to download this fi le to a convenient
place, such as My Documents , in order to later copy this fi le to your AV 500. If your AV
500 is connected to your PC, you can even save it directly to the AV 500.
Copy to the AV 500
When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/adapter
plugged into the AV 500 so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are
performing the update. Connect your AV 500 to your computer (refer to the relevant
chapter if you are unsure about this), and then copy the Update_AV500.AOS fi le to
the AV 500.
® Player 10 installed. It will be seen as the AV 500 'Device'
XP operating systems.
®
website (www.archos.com) under
™
system does not know what
®
™ has made every effort to ensure that the fi le
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