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Archos AV700 Series User Manual

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ARCHOS
ARCHOS
MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER
MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER
™ ™
AV 700 SERIES
AV 700 SERIES
Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive
English Language User Manual
User Manual for ARCHOS
AV 700 series
™
Version 1.6
Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product
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Dear Customer,
ARCHOS
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thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 product. The AV 700 is designed to be the companion
to your home entertainment system. With the docking pod connected to your television, you can easily connect
your AV 700 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
on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure
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, you can...
• 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
• 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
• 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 le – it's a portable hard drive too!
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device, you have a wide choice of music and video content available
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Media Player music and video library to your AV 700
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program, see www.playsforsure.com .
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downloaded music fi les
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  • Page 1 With the docking pod connected to your television, you can easily connect your AV 700 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.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 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.
  • Page 3 Playing Through your Stereo System 10.5 Setting a Bookmark 10.6 The Resume Function 11 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 11.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media 11.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 11.3...

  • Page 4: Intro - Buttons And Connections

    Connection (2): Breaking your regular TV Connection 23.4 Connection (3): Put the TV docking pod between your TV and Tuner 23.5 Connection (4): Connect the AV 700 to the TV Docking Pod 23.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In 23.7 Connection (6): the Infrared Emitter...
  • Page 5 USB 2.0 Full speed USB Host port – to connect compatible devices c Multi-connect jack* – for headphones, TV Docking Pod, and AV in/out connections d USB 2.0 High speed device port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to your computer e Power Connector (Use only the supplied ARCHOS power charger/adapter) ™...

  • Page 6: Intro - First Time Usage

    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 is idle for 6 minutes, it will shut itself off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to never .

  • Page 7: Hardware Reset

    • 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 warranty.

  • Page 8: Video Playback Action Icons

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

  • Page 9: Video - Playing Video Files From The Internet

    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, they will have to be converted fi rst. Windows Media Player 10 (Available only for Windows XP) will convert your video fi...

  • Page 10: Video - Recording Video Files

    Auto Stop Rec On, Off. If set to On, the AV 700 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 11: Where Is The Recording Saved

    Composite, S-Video, Auto. You can choose which video input you want the AV 700 to use. Normally, with a good video signal, you can set it to Auto, and the AV 700 will scan the two TV docking pod inputs to see which one is receiving video (AV In or S-Video).
  • Page 12 • The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically. • In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the AV 700 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, it will not interrupt you in order to go make the scheduled recording.

  • Page 13: Video - Automated Yahoo

    TV programs and adding new ones, only the new programs will be added to the AV 700 scheduler when you save the html fi le to the AV 700. If you want to delete scheduled items, you must do this in the AV 700 scheduler itself.

  • Page 14: 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 pod, can turn on and off your video device and also change its channels.

  • Page 15: Video - Editing Video Files

    Key Delay Change the delay between the emission of each digit of a channel. You may need to adjust this if the AV 700 seems to send only half the digits of a channel or more digits of a channel. Example: Adjust the key delay and retest channel select if it sends channel 2 instead of 12 or sends 112 instead of 12.
  • Page 16 I-Frames to cut at. 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 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 17: Video - Creating Mpeg-4 Video Files With Your Computer

    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. When you run it for the fi rst time, the MPEG-4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program.

  • Page 18: 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 19: Music - Playing Music Files

    If for example you are re-encoding a video fi le that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the AV 700 can play. Thus, the MPEG-4 Translator program will have to decrease the resolution.

  • Page 20: Button Control

    To lock the AV 700 buttons, select the lock action icon on the main screen and press the Select button. The AV 700 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 21: Browsing Through Your Music Library

    Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks. The next time you play an audio fi le which contains a bookmark, you will be presented with three options: 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...

  • Page 22: The Resume Function

    10.6 The Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 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 can resume the last played audio or video fi...

  • Page 23: Comparison Of Windows Media Player 10 To Windows Media Player

    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 which have been added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary.

  • Page 24: Music - Playlists

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

  • Page 25: Adding Songs To A Playlist While Listening To Music

    13 3 With the AV 700 series, you do not need a computer to create digital music fi les. It is capable of recording from any standard analog line source (ex: HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, etc) into a standard Windows format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed).

  • Page 26: Recording Procedure

    If you are using the optional multi-connect adapter (can be purchased from the ARCHOS 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. 13.2 Recording Procedure 13.2 Recording Procedure...

  • Page 27: Where Is The Recording Saved

    You can record from any line-level audio source to the AV 700. 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 28: Music - Using Itunes

    3) When you drag and drop MP3 fi les from your iTunes the ID3 tag information of the MP3 fi le, and create a folder on the root of your AV 700 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 29: 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 television output. When you are in the Photo mode, it means that only fi...

  • Page 30: Viewing A Slideshow

    15.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 The AV 700 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 and transfer fi les from that device to your AV 700.

  • Page 31: Games - Playing Mophun

    BROWSER – Using the Browser 17 7 The browser is used to navigate the fi le system on the AV 700. The fi le system is FAT32, the same type of fi le system that is found on Windows which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of fi les on your AV 700, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly fi...

  • Page 32: 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 cannot play will be preceded by the unknown fi le type icon.
  • Page 33 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 hard drive contents. Music View The left browser is the AV 700 hard drive contents and right browser the music Playlist.

  • Page 34: Using The Virtual Keyboard

    * Note that when the AV 700 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 will get hot. If the AV 700 looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data.

  • Page 35: Disconnecting The Av 700 From Your Computer

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

  • Page 36: 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. 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 37: 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 will then revert to single directory...

  • Page 38: Clock Settings

    20.3 Clock Settings 20.3 Clock Settings The AV 700 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 39: Appearance Settings

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

  • Page 40: Tv Control

    It will be seen as the AV 700 ‘Device’ in Windows Windows® operating systems or MacIntosh® computers. When set to Hard Drive , your AV 700 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected to a 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.

  • Page 41: Tv Docking Pod Description

    S-Video in – input (you can use a standard s-video cable (not included) for your video input) d Adapter connection – connect the included power adapter here e Infrared Emitter jack – plug in the included infrared emitter if you want the AV 700 to control a VCR, cable box, or sat. receiver.

  • Page 42: Remote Control Description

    This group of buttons acts as the navigation and acceleration buttons on navigation and acceleration buttons on the left of the AV 700 and the Play & the left of the AV 700 and the Play & Stop buttons on the right side.

  • Page 43: Connect & Test Method

    TEST IT: Test now to verify that it works as desired. • Turn on the AV 700 and your television. • Hold down on the TV/LCD button for 2 seconds (button located on top of the AV 700). • The screen on your AV should go black.

  • Page 44: Connection (5): The S-Video In

    Now that you know where the infrared receptor is, you need to set the correct infrared emitter code on your AV 700 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 45: Replacing The Battery

    (1). Then, lower the battery into its compartment (2). Finally, remember to move the slider latch towards the top of the AV 700 in order to secure the battery inside its compartment (3).

  • Page 46: Telephone Support

    069-6698-4714 España 09-1745-6224 France 01 70 20 00 30 Ireland 01-601-5700 Italia 02-4827-1143 tech-support.us@archos.com English (United States and Canada customers) tech-support.eu@archos.com English or French (Europe and the rest of the planet) tech-support.de@archos.com German (Germany) WWW.ARCHOS.COM United States & Canada ARCHOS Technology ™...

  • Page 47: Troubleshooting

    USB Port ‘ Windows Device ’ setting. • Shut off and reboot the computer and the AV 700 and then try connecting again in the preferred order mentioned in the chapter Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 700 to/from your PC .
  • Page 48 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 you can try to fi x it using the DOS utility, check disk (chkdsk).

  • Page 49: Technical Specifi Cations

    All brands and product names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Specifi cations are subject to change without notice. Errors or omissions excepted. Images and illustrations may not always match contents. COPYRIGHT ARCHOS © 2005. All rights reserved.

  • Page 50: Legal

    ARCHOS’ licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Because some jurisdiction do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitations may not apply to you.
  • Page 51 ARCHOS or replace your AV 700 product at its cost. Thus, two or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product.

  • Page 52: Index

    Please note: This index refers to both the abridged user guide (this document) and the complete PDF user manual (found in the Data/ Manuals folder on the AV 700 hard drive). References to the PDF user manual are marked *.
  • Page 53 Compression VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 Connecting 2 USB devices Connect Devices to the USB Host Port Date and time SETTINGS –...
  • Page 54 MUSIC – Playing Music Files MUSIC – Playlists Playlists MUSIC – Playing Music Files MUSIC – Playlists PlaysForSure MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 Programmed recordings VIDEO – Manually Setting the Scheduler VIDEO – Automated Yahoo! ® TV Recording Scheduler VIDEO –...
  • Page 55 MUSIC – Synchronizing Music from Windows Media Yahoo! ® Scheduler VIDEO – Automated Yahoo! ® TV Recording Scheduler Zoom PHOTO – Viewing Photos – Magnifying Photos ® Player to the AV 700 15.2* 3.1* 10.4* 13.2* 20.1* 3.1* 10.4* 10.3* 3.1* 20.4*...

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