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Playing videos with your ARCHOS 105 Playing video Putting Videos onto your ARCHOS 105 10 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to a Stereo system 11 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to your Computer 11.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 11.2...
H Move Right (increase value) or audio/video fast forward Play/Pause/Resume/Enter * Hardware reset: in the event that the ARCHOS 105 freezes operation, you can reset your device by holding down on the STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds. First Time Usage First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery...
Playing Music Playing Music Once the ARCHOS 105 has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. You can select the major functions from this main menu. • Music : Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection system.
3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control Menu available Artist* or parent folder Album* or current folder Song title* or fi le name Status: playing Play Mode: Folder Play Order: Repeat Volume (0-99) Battery level (10) Clock (11) Song elapsed time (12) Song remaining time...
3.5 ARCLibrary Updating If you paste audio fi les from your computer to the ARCHOS 105, they go directly in the ARCHOS 105’s internal memory without the ARCLibrary knowing about the new song. This is why the ARCLibrary is updated when you disconnect your ARCHOS 105 from the computer.
You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media media library to your ARCHOS device. See the comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running Windows Media 4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media...
4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 The process of transferring music from a CD into fi les for your ARCHOS 105 is known as ‘ripping’. It is actually a transcoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio) format and converting it to WMA or MP3 format which the ARCHOS 105 can read.
Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the ARCHOS 105 will automatically play one after the other. The ARCHOS 105 can handle one Playlist at a time. You can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or Save a Playlist as a fi...
Settings Settings There are a number of parameters you can set on the ARCHOS 105 to make it operate according to your particular needs. Start by clicking on Setup . Within the menus, you will fi nd different parameters. In order to modify a parameter, click LEFT or RIGHT on the navigation pad.
6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings If you would like the ARCHOS 105 to play through an entire folder of songs, play songs at random (shuffl e), or any of the other playing options, you can set these parameters in the Playmode settings. Go to Setup > Playmode .
You can only queue one song at a time. See the Playlist section to prepare multiple songs to play. Once the current track has fi nished playing, your queued track will be played. If you do not queue another track at this time, the ARCHOS 105 will play the next song in the original directory.
6.5 Changing the Power Settings 6.5 Changing the Power Settings To help you get the most battery life out of your ARCHOS 105 before having to recharge it, you can adjust the power settings. Go to Setup > Power. Parameter...
7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder 7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder The top level of your ARCHOS 105 includes the folder Music . Most people who create neat fi le structures for their ARCHOS players make the following hierarchy within the Music folder.
Contextual Menu while in the Double Browser By using the unique ARCHOS double browser system, you can copy or move fi les from one location in the fi le structure to another (caution: there is a limit of 1000 fi les per folder). While in the Browser mode, you simply click the RIGHT control and a second browser panel will open.
Viewing Photos with your ARCHOS 105 With your ARCHOS 105, you can view pictures in the JPEG format* on the built-in LCD screen. They will be automatically resized by the ARCHOS 105 to fi t on its screen. By clicking on the Photo icon in the main menu screen, you will enter into the Photo browser.
• open the Pictures folder of your ARCHOS 105 and paste your pictures there (right click > paste). Note that your photos must go in the Pictures folder if you want to be able to view them directly on your ARCHOS 105.
fi les come in many different sizes and formats, you may need to use Windows Media Player 11 to convert them to play on your ARCHOS 105. Follow these steps to convert the video fi le that you would like to store and view on your ARCHOS 105.
2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer. 3) Plug in the other end of the USB cable to the ARCHOS 105 USB Device port (if your computer asks to install a new driver for the new hardware, then you must unplug it and change the USB Port to Hard Drive.) Windows ®...
Attention: The operating system will not allow you to safely disconnect the ARCHOS 105 if you have an open fi le from it in a running application. You will have to close all open ARCHOS 105 fi les in any running application.
OS. To see the current version of the software your device is running, go to Setup > System and look at the line OS Version . You will fi nd the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com/fi...
Activate the Update On your ARCHOS 105, go to Setup > System and select the [ Update Firmware ] line. Click ENTER. You will be prompted to power the ARCHOS 105 with the USB cable connected to a turned-on computer. The ARCHOS 105 will now locate the update fi...
Technical Support Need Help? You can fi nd the information you need: • on our Website: see the frequently asked questions section on www.archos.com/faq • by asking our technical support team: visit www.archos.com/support for e-mail support. • U.S. & Canada: Call 877-300-8879 (toll free).
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