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- Page 1 Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual. Dear Customer, thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you entire satisfaction for many years to come.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
1.4 pUttING VIdEoS oNto YoUR ARCHoS dEVICE ....... . 13... - Page 3 MANUAL V1.0 7. usb COnneCTIOns ... 36 7.1 CoMpUtER CoNNECtIoN ..........36 7. USb HoSt CoNNECtIoN .
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Page 4: Introduction
Power: charge the battery of your ARCHOS device (see AV Out Jack: • Audio: plug in headphones. • Video: plug in the ARCHOS AV cable to connect to your TV, hi-fi, etc. LEd INdICAtoRS ON/OFF indicator Hard Disk Drive activity indicator: •... -
Page 5: Remote Control
The built-in stereo loudspeakers are on the front of the device, on both sides below the screen. LEG StANd REMotE CoNtRoL • The ARCHOS 704 WIFI has an infrared receiver located on the front of the device, in the bottom left corner. • Point the supplied remote control towards the infrared receiver to control your ARCHOS device. -
Page 6: Using The Touchscreen
In the screens where it appears, the volume bar can be dragged in the same way. • In the Archos file browser, you can drag the scroll bar up and down. • In the PDF viewer and in the Web browser, you can scroll up and down by tapping on the page and dragging it up or down (be careful not to tap on a link!). -
Page 7: Interface Language
Before using your ARCHOS device for the first time, charge the battery until the • Simply plug the ARCHOS Charger/Adapter into the power jack. The ARCHOS device will turn on and start charging, and a lightning bolt symbol will flash over the battery icon in the status bar: REpLACING tHE bAttERY The ARCHOS has a removable battery. -
Page 8: Product Care
RESEttING YoUR ARCHoS dEVICE • In the event that your ARCHOS device freezes operation (due to electrostatic phenomena, for example), you can reset it by pressing the • If this does not work, you can also use the master reset function by removing the battery (See:... -
Page 9: System Recovery
• If once turned on, the ARCHOS does not show the Home Screen, you can try a system recovery. It allows you to repair the hard drive, format it, or force the touchscreen calibration when you cannot access the touch-... -
Page 10: Playing Video
• The Video Browser allows you to navigate to Video other folders within the on the ARCHOS File Browser. • See: Using the Browser Both views display a motion thumbnail of the highlighted video as well as various information about the video file. -
Page 11: Video Playback
MANUAL V1.0 VIdEo LISt & bRoWSER MENU ItEMS Info displays a message box with all the available information about the highlighted video file. tap on to close the Info screen. Delete allows you to delete the highlighted video file. A confirmation screen will pop up. Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted video file using the virtual keyboard. -
Page 12: Video Settings
MANUAL V1.0 VIdEo pLAYbACk MENU ItEMS Info displays a message box with all the available information about the current video file. tap on to close the Info screen. Format allows to change the way the image is displayed. Auto : adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or TV. Full Screen : enlarges the picture to fill the screen and cuts some of the image. -
Page 13: Putting Videos Onto Your Archos Device
ARCHOS device to your computer). CREAtING CoMpAtIbLE VIdEo fILES WItH YoUR CoMpUtER If some of your videos don’t play on your ARCHOS device, you may need to transcode them to a compatible format. •... -
Page 14: Playing Music
(Artist, Album, Title, Genre, etc.) if your music files contain these tags. • When new music is added to the of the ARCHOS, the ARCLibrary will be updated automatically. • If some of your music files do not contain tags,... -
Page 15: Music Playback
MANUAL V1.0 Delete allows you to delete the highlighted music file. A confirmation screen will pop up. Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted music file using the virtual keyboard. see: Using the Virtual Keyboard Resume song will resume playing the highlighted music file from the bookmark. -
Page 16: Music Settings
MANUAL V1.0 pLAYbACk StAtUS ICoNS Status bar icons tell you if your ARCHOS is: playing paused MUSIC pLAYbACk MENU ItEMS Info displays a message box with all the available information about the current music file. tap on to close the info screen. -
Page 17: Sound Settings
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Page 18: Equalizer Screen
A playlist is a list of audio tracks that the music player will automatically play one after the other. • On your ARCHOS device, you can play, create and edit as many playlists as you want. • In the ARCHOS Browser, playlists are the files with the •... -
Page 19: Creating A Playlist
MANUAL V1.0 CREAtING A pLAYLISt • Select the Show playlist menu item while you are in the Music browser. A playlist panel will open on the right: you can now start adding songs to the current playlist. • In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist. Tap on a song to add it to the playl- ist (the song’s icon in the left panel will change to •... -
Page 20: Putting Music Onto Your Archos Device
There are two main methods to transfer your own music onto the ARCHOS: • Synchronize your music with Windows Media This method requires your ARCHOS USB connection to operate in ‘Windows Media Device’ mode (see: System Settings directly into the Music •... -
Page 21: Viewing Photos
MANUAL V1.0 3. VIewIng PhOTOs In the Home Screen, tap on the viewer. 3.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs • There are three types of views for you to browse through your photos: the Photo Wall, the PhotoLibrary and the Photo Browser. •... - Page 22 * Delete, Rename and Reset thumbnails only appear in Photo Browser view. Set as wallpaper defines the current picture as your ARCHOS device’s background image. Slideshow starts a slideshow from the highlighted image.
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Page 23: Photo Viewer
: displays the entire picture in its original format. Full Screen : enlarges the picture to fill the screen and cuts some of the image. Set as wallpaper defines the current picture as your ARCHOS device’s background image. Start slideshow starts a slideshow from the current image. Settings... -
Page 24: Photo Settings
MANUAL V1.0 3.3 PhOTO seTTIngs Photo You can access the Settings screen via the buttons to select a different setting for a parameter. Picture Pause defines the time that each picture will be displayed during a slideshow. Transition defines the transition effect to be used between two pictures. There are several cool effects that you can choose from. -
Page 25: Putting Photos On To Your Archos Device
3.6 PuTTIng PhOTOs On TO yOur arChOs deVICe There are several methods for you to transfer your own photos to the • Connect your ARCHOS device to your computer and copy the pictures from your computer’s hard drive to the ARCHOS (see: Computer Connection Media Device’... -
Page 26: Using The Virtual Keyboard
MANUAL V1.0 4. usIng The brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navigate the file system of your ARCHOS device’s hard drive. In the Home Screen, tap on the highlight it, then tap again on it to enter the File Browser. -
Page 27: Copying And Moving Files And Folders
MANUAL V1.0 Copy allows you to copy the highlighted file or folder to the location defined in the other browser panel. Copy all files allows you to copy all the files in the current folder to the location defined in the other browser panel. Move allows you to move the highlighted file or folder to the location defined in the other browser panel. -
Page 28: Browsing Other Computers On The Network
Using the Archos double browser, you will be able to transfer files from a computer onto your device, or transfer files from your device onto a computer’s write-enabled shared folder (see If the WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the device will scan for available networks and connect to a known network or display the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them. - Page 29 MANUAL V1.0 pdf REAdER MENU ItEMS To display the menu overlay while viewing a PDF document, tap once in the bottom right corner of the screen (see following picture). Hide text overlay will hide all overlaid graphics (status bar, menu items, etc.) to only show the PFD document. Home allows you to go back to the Home Screen.
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Page 30: Connecting To A Wifi Network
• With this ARCHOS 704 WIFI device, you can set it in your living room for example, hook it up to your home entertainment system with the optional DVR Station, and play movies or music stored on your desktop PC. -
Page 31: Wifi Connection Procedure
The list of available networks will be displayed. • If your ARCHOS device finds networks that you have previously used and configured, it will connect auto- matically to one of them. • If you get the message “Could not connect to any Wifi network!”, highlight on it again. -
Page 32: Wifi Network Configuration
5.3 wIfI neTwOrk COnfIguraTIOn In order to connect to a wireless network, the ARCHOS 704 WIFI will need some specific information about the network. Your device will automatically pick up certain pieces of information that it needs. You can enter the rest of the information manually in the network’s configuration screen, as shown in the following sections. - Page 33 Filtered networks: If your network manager allows only specific devices to connect to the network (known as MAC address filtering), you can supply the network manager with the MAC address of your ARCHOS. To find out what your MAC address is, go to the Setup Screen, then select the System icon. See: System Settings.
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Page 34: Browsing The Web
You can use your stylus to scroll the current web page horizontally or vertically. To open a link, simply tap on If you display the image of your ARCHOS on the television set via the optional AV cable: use the the supplied remote control to switch between the different tabs (see: Remote Control). - Page 35 : will display the Web page as on a large display. Vertical and Horizontal scrolling is necessary to view all parts of the page. Cursor Mode this menu item only appears when the image of your ARCHOS is displayed on the television set via the op- tional AV cable. Link...
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Page 36: Usb Connections
There are two connection modes for your ARCHOS device to connect to your computer. When your ARCHOS device is turned on and you connect it to a computer, a screen will pop up on the ARCHOS asking you to choose the connection mode to be used for this connection (see next section). - Page 37 Copy your media files directly via Windows® Explorer into the Media, then Music, Video or Pictures folder. If your computer asks for a driver or an installation CD when you connect your ARCHOS, then you must use the PC Hard Drive mode.
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Page 38: Usb Host Connection
7.2 usb hOsT COnneCTIOn • Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect compatible USB devices to the ARCHOS, in order to transfer files or pictures to your Archos. • These devices can be Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices, such as digital cameras, card readers or external hard drives, or digital cameras using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP). - Page 39 Turn on the external USB device if needed (check the documentation of your external USB device). A double browser window will appear on the ARCHOS: the external USB device will appear in the left panel, and your ARCHOS device’s hard drive in the right panel.
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Page 40: Setup Screen
Setup Screen. 8.1 language seTTIngs Language Choose a language. Visit www.archos.com to check the availability of other languages that you can download and install. 8.2 dIsPlay seTTIngs tV SEttINGS TV Standard... -
Page 41: Lcd Settings
MANUAL V1.0 TV Format 16:9 - the format used by your television set to display images. the option Wide screen becomes available when you set the Video Output Internal LCD choose between External Display Composite choose between the video out of your DVR station to your television. for example, if you are using the yellow video connector as the video out, then select LCd SEttINGS LCD Brightness... -
Page 42: Clock Settings
These settings will help you save battery power, thus allowing a longer battery autonomy. • You can adjust settings for both battery operation and power supply operation (when the ARCHOS is pow- ered by the AV charger/adapter). SEtUp SCREEN > p. 4... -
Page 43: Battery Operation
: while browsing the web, the system will never go into Standby mode. Your ARCHOS device will consume more power as these parameters are set to higher values (the backlight and hard drive in particular consume much power). - Page 44 MANUAL V1.0 • This settings screen will allow you to configure several key features of your ARCHOS device, such as your preferred USB port mode, repair and format tools, firmware updates, WiFi region selection. • It will also give you information about the current plugins and firmware version, the product key, the MAC address and the storage space that is currently used/available.
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Page 45: Wireless File Server Settings
ARCHOS 704 WIFI device in the network, using the virtual keyboard (see Virtual Keyboard normally, you do not need to change this parameter unless more than one ARCHOS 704 WIFI device is in the workgroup. -
Page 46: Updating The Firmware
Cut the AOS file from your computer (right-click on the file > • Paste the AOS file in your ARCHOS device: Simply drag and drop the AOS file onto the icon of your ARCHOS device in • If there is already an AOS file, Windows •... - Page 47 • Tap on Update Firmware • Your ARCHOS device will ask you to plug in the charger/adapter. Do so and then tap on the screen to con- tinue. • The new firmware will be installed on your device. SEtUp SCREEN > p. 47...
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Page 48: Optional Functionalities
All video recordings made by your ARCHOS device are saved in the Video folder. If you wish to keep them in a different location, you can use the Move function of the ARCHOS file browser after recording (see: Using the Browser). - Page 49 16:9 2.35 options: this is the aspect ratio of the screen that the ARCHOS device will record. You can set this manually, but in most cases you can just leave it on Setting the Scheduler settings screen (see next section).
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Page 50: Copy Protection
• Protected files can only be played back on the ARCHOS device that created them, and not on a computer. • The playback of protected files is also limited to the built-in LCD screen and cannot be displayed on an exter- nal television. -
Page 51: Editing Video Files
• You will mark a segment of your video file, and then you will tell the ARCHOS to delete everything except the marked segment or to delete the marked segment from the video file. These operations can be done mul- tiple times on the same video file. -
Page 52: Setting The Scheduler
Validate selected program Select the Do not turn off the ARCHOS device! Make sure the ARCHOS is in stand-by mode at the scheduled time for the recording (connected to the DVR station or to the DVR Travel Adapter and a wall outlet). - Page 53 • In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the ARCHOS device on the main menu screen or leave it in stand-by mode. If you are listening to music, watching a video or looking at photos with the de- vice, it will not interrupt you to make the scheduled recording.
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Page 54: The Infrared Emitter
• This is a one time step to set your ARCHOS device to send the cor- rect infrared codes to control your tuner. If you do not plan on mak- ing scheduled recordings, then you do not need to set the infrared emitter code. - Page 55 6 that name in this screen. Or, if you use the My Yahoo! your recording scheduler, the ARCHOS device will allow you to assign a channel number to a station name given from your scheduled TV programs.
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Page 56: Recording Audio (External Source)
Key Delay Change the delay between the emission of each digit of a channel. You may need to adjust this if the ARCHOS device 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 57 MANUAL V1.0 RECoRdING pRoCEdURE Connect the AV cable to an audio source (hi-fi, turntable, boombox, etc.) and then the other end to the IN connec- tor of the DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter. In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording level using not the recording volume).
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Page 58: Technical Specifications
• Mini B for USB 2.0 computer connection. • Mini A for USB 2.0 host connection. • Docking connectors to connect DVR Station and other Archos accessories. bAttERY LIfE: • Music playback time: up to 25 hours • Video playback time: up to 4.5 hours poWER SoURCE: •... - Page 59 (Red, Blue, and Green). One or all of the dots in a given pixel may be stuck on or stuck off. A single dot stuck off is the least noticeable. All three dots of a pixel stuck on is the most noticeable. ARCHOS guarantees that this device’s screen will have no more than 3 defective pixels (regardless if these pixels have one or...
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Page 60: Technical Support Information
MANUAL V1.0 TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn Need Help? You can find 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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