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    ENGLISH Pl ea se v is it w ww .a rc ho s. co m/ ma nu al s to d ow nl oa d th e la te st v er si on o f th is m an ua l. ENGLISH USER MANUAL Entertainment w a y V ersion 2.0 | 5 Dear Customer , Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. W e hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will g ive you satisfaction f or man y year s to come. This tr[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 2 Ta ble Of COnTenTs InTrO duC TIOn...................................................................................................... 4 A R C H O S D E S C R I P T I O N ............................................ 4 F I R S T T I M E U S A G E ............................................... 5 T H E P[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > P . 3 a rChOs Plug-Ins and add-Ons ............................................................51 D V R S T A T I O N .................................................. 5 1 D V R S N A P - O N .................................................. 5 1 M I N I D O C K ..............................................[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 4 InTrO duC TIOn a rChOs desCrIPTIOn MAIN BUTTONS Press and hold to turn your ARCHOS on /off*. The green LED indicator lights up w hen the device is on. When the device turns on, wait f or the ARCHOS and Android™ log os to appear . • • * Wh en y ou r de vi ce i s on , yo u ca n pr es s th e Po we r bu tt [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 5 MICROPHONE The microphone is located underneath the device, on the right side. ACCELEROMETER The ARCHOS is equipped with an accelerometer which allows the screen to automati - cally switc h its orientation when you rotate the device. T o see how to set up the ac - celerometer (calibr ation, orientation), see:[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 6 The POwer buTTOn Press and hold the button to turn your ARCHOS on /off . See ARCHOS Description . The green LED indicator lights up w hen the device is on. When the device turns on, wait f or the ARCHOS and Android™ log os to appear . While the ARCHOS is on, holding down on the P ower button will displa y a[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 7 Home Screen Thes e a r e t he d ef aul t An dr o id ™ s ho rtc ut s ( W e b “ B ro ws er ” , “ EMa il ” , “ Con ta ct s ” , et c .) . T ap on an ic on t o o pe n t he c or r e sp on d in g ap p li ca ti o n. Y ou c a n cu st om i ze th e Ho m e sc r e en b y ad di ng /r em o vi ng sh ort cu ts a[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 8 Changing the wallpaper F rom the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon. A list of options appears at the bottom of the screen. T ap on “ W allpaper ” then choose fr om the list . Changing the Settings F rom the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon , tap on “ Settings ” and c hoose a category: “ Wireless Co[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 INTRODUCTION > P . 9 PrO duC T Ca re Y our ARCHOS is an electronic product that needs to be tr eated with car e: Do not subject it to shock or vibration. Do n ot su bj ec t i t to he at, k ee p it ve n ti la te d ( es pe c ia ll y w he n c on ne ct e d to a co mp ut e r) . K eep it a w a y from w ater and excessivel y humid ar ea[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 10 usIng The fIle brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser g ives you the possibility to navig ate the le system of your ARCHOS internal memory . In the Home screen, tap on the applications tab , on the right side of the scr een, and tap on “ File man- ager ” to enter the File Br owser . Y ou will see t[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 11 FILE BROWSER MENU ITEMS Note that some of the above menu items may not appear if they are not avail- able for the highlighted le or folder . “Info” displays a messag e bo x with inf ormation about the highlighted le. “Select mode” activ ates the selection mode, which allows you to sel[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 USING THE FILE BROWSER > P . 12 usIng The VIrTu a l keybO a rd Th e virtu al ke y bo ar d is an int er f ac e tha t all o ws yo u to ty pe in te xt, f or in st an c e to r en a me a l e o r f o ld er , or w h en y ou w ant t o g i v e a ti t le t o a p la yli st t ha t y ou h a v e j us t c r ea te d . the virtual keyboar d mi[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAKING A WIFI CONNECTION > P . 13 M a k I n g a w I f I C O n n e C T I O n When you do not need the WiFi or Bluetooth connections, remember to deacti- vate them in order to save battery power . F irst of all, you need to configure a WiF i network . F or this pr ocedure to w ork , you need to be in a WiF i zone that will allow yo[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAKING A WIFI CONNECTION > P . 14 When the WiF i is enabled, the ARCHOS will connect automatically to your congur ed networks when they ar e in r ang e. If the ARCHOS nds a network that has never been congured, it will display a no- tication icon in the top left corner of the interface. Drag the top bar downw ards to [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 15 I n T er ne T & w I fI f ea T ur es Befor e launching an Internet application, make sure that the WiF i is activ ated on your device and that you are connected to a W iF i network . * T o nd more information about how to connect to the Internet, see: Making a WiFi Connectio n. brOwsIng The w[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 16 WEB BROWSER MENU ITEMS BROWSER MENU ITEMS “Go” allows you to enter the address o f a W eb site you’ d like to visit . Enter the addr ess with the virtual keyboard. Select “ Go ” to open the website in the current window . “Bookmarks” will open the “ Bookmarks ” manager . Y ou will[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 17 F or this to work , you will need a WiF i connection and Windows Media® Pla yer 11 or higher installed on your P C*. This is especially useful w hen you hav e a lar ge libr ary of music and video and you cannot t it all onto the internal memory of the ARCHOS. The ARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 18 Check the box Share my media to , and clic k on OK . The ARCHOS icon should appear in the win - dow , with a w arning symbol next to it*. * A TTENTION: the rst time you set your shar - ing options, it might take a couple of minutes for your PC to display the ARCHOS icon. 4. Select the ARCHOS ico[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 19 BROWSING O THER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK When you are connected to a Windows ® network , you can br owse* the shared folder s of other computer s in the network , using the ARCHOS File Br owser . C onnect the ARCHOS to your WiF i network (see Making a WiF i Connection ). In the Home screen, tap on[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 THE INTERNET FEA TURES > P . 20 WA TCHING WEB TV In order to be able to watch numerous Internet TV channels, directly on your ARCHOS, you will need to register your device. F irst connect to a WiF i network*. F rom the Home Scr een, tap on “ Media Club ” , then c hoose “ W eb TV ” . The “ W eb TV ” interface is or g a[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 21 Pla yIng VIdeO F rom the Home scr een, tap on the “ Video ” icon, then select “ Internal Storage ” to display all the videos and f older s stored in your device’ s Video f older . Y ou can resume the last-played video le, if it was interrupted before the end. brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs The ?[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 22 “ Delete ”: allows you to delete the highlighted video le. A conrmation screen will pop up. “Create Bookmark” creates a shortcut (on the Home screen, in the “ Video ” menu) to the highlighted video. “Bookmark” “ Resume ”: will resume playing the highlighted video fr om the bookmar[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 23 VIDEO PLA YBACK TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS T o pause /resume the video, tap on the P ause / Play icon (see n° 5 in the previous scr een). T o display the menu overla y , tap once an yw here on the scr een. T o make it disap - pear , tap again. Y ou can tap on the progr ession bar to g o directl y to a diff er e[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 24 “Set” “ Bookmark ”: sets a bookmark at the current spot in the video. Onl y one book - mark per le is allowed. to r e s um e pl a y i ng a v i de o fr om a bo ok ma r k, g o t o t he H o me s cr een, in t h e “ V ideo ” me n u, an d y ou w il l s ee y o ur b oo k ma rk ed vi de o . Y ou ca n[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 25 “PlayMode” “Repeat & Shufe” What the video player does... “ Single ” “ Normal ” plays the curr ent video le and then stops. - “ Repeat ” plays the curr ent video le repeatedl y . - “ Folder ” “ Normal ” plays all the video les o f the current f older one after th[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING VIDEO > P . 26 T o learn how to connect /disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer , see the T r ansferr ing F iles section. CREA TING COMP A TIBLE VIDEO FILES WITH YOUR COMPUTER If some o f your videos don ’t play on your ARCHOS, you ma y need to con vert them to a compatible format: The easiest w a y to do this is b y[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 27 Pla yIng MusIC F rom the Home scr een, tap on the “ Music ” icon, then select “ Internal Storage ” to display all the songs and f olders stor ed in your device’ s Music folder . Y ou can resume the last-played music le, if it was interrupted before the end. brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur MusIC fIles Th[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 28 THE MUSIC BROWSER The music br owser allows you to navig ate thr ough the Music folder of your device’ s internal memory . T o use it , select “ Internal Memory ” in the initial Music Libr ary view . • • MUSIC LIBRARY AND MUSIC BROWSER MENU ITEMS* * The available menu items will vary depending on[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 29 “Settings” you can choose to display the Music Pla yer settings screen (see: Music Player Settings ) or the “ Sound ” settings screen (see: “Sound” Settings ). MusIC Pla yba Ck Slide your nger v ertically on the screen to br owse through the list. T ap on a song to select it and tap on it ag[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 30 Wh en y ou l ea ve t he m us ic p la yb ac k sc re en w hi le a s on g is s ti ll p la yi ng , it w il l ke ep p la yi ng i n th e ba ck gr ou nd . Th is a ll ow s yo u to b ro ws e yo ur i nt er na l me m- or y , v ie w yo ur p ho to s or s ur f th e W eb w hi le l is te ni ng t o mu si c. Y ou w il l be [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 31 “PlayMode” , “Repeat & Shuf e” the following table explains how the audio pla yer will w ork accor ding to the set - tings you chose in “ PlayMode ” AND “ Repeat & Shufe ” . An icon shows the current modes in the Music pla yback screen. “PlayMode” “Repeat & Shufe?[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 32 “ Queue ” allows you to select a tr ack to be played after the curr ent one is nished. while a tr ack is playing, switch to the browser window , select a tr ack to highlight it , then open it. This is your queued track , which will be played after the curr ent tr ack . you can only queue one tr ack [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 33 Pla ylIs Ts A playlist is a list o f audio tr acks that the music pla yer will automatically pla y one after the other . On your ARCHOS, you can pla y , create and edit as many pla ylists as you w ant . Note: when you delete a playlist, you are only deleting the list and not the mu- sic itself. PLA YING A [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 34 “ Move ”: allows you to c hange the position o f the highlighted tr ack within the playlist. Highlight the tr ack you w ant to move, select the “ T rack ” men u item, then choose “ Move ” . Now highlight the position to which you w ant to move the tr ac k and v alidate. “Playlist” “ Clear[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 35 Highlight the playlist you w ant to modify and open it . A panel showing the con - tents of the pla ylist will open on the right. Y ou can now add, sh ufe, move or remove tr ac ks within the playlist, using the appropr iate menu items. The av ailable men u items will v ary accor ding to which panel you [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 PLA YING MUSIC > P . 36 Once this is done, the album will become par t of your Music Libr ary . See T r ansferr ing F iles to learn how to tr ansf er the ripped m usic les onto the ARCHOS . See your Windows Media® Player help instructions for more information. Check the laws and regulations in your country or jurisdiction to [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 37 VIewIng PhOTOs F rom the Home scr een, tap on the “ Photo ” icon, then select “ Internal Storage ” to display all the photos and f older s stored in your device’ s Pictures folder . Y ou can resume the last-viewed photo or slideshow . brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs The “ Photo ” browser allows[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 38 “Start slideshow” starts a slideshow from the highlighted image. “Create Bookmark” creates a shortcut to this picture on the Home scr een, in the “ Photo ” menu. “Settings” will display the Photo viewer settings scr een (see Photo V iewer Settings ). * The available menu items will vary de[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 39 Y ou can use the progr ession bar to g o directl y to another photo of the curr ent folder . T o display the av ailable menu items, tap on the men u icon . T o close the photo and go back to the “ Photo ” browser , tap on the Back icon . T o exit the Photo mode and go back directly to the Home scr een[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 40 PhOTO VIewer seTTIngs In the Photo mode, you can access the Photo viewer settings screen via the “ Settings ” menu item. Use the left /right arrows to select a diff er ent setting for a par ameter. • • “Picture P ause” denes the time that each picture will be displa yed during a slideshow .[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 VIEWING PHO TOS > P . 41 PuTTIng PhOTOs OnTO yOur a rChOs There are two main methods to transf er the pictures stored on your computer onto the ARCHOS: Windows Media® Pla yer : copy your pictur es using Windows Media ® Pla yer 11 or higher: Use Windows Media ® Player 11 or higher ( Sync tab) to synchronize your computer ’ s [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 42 TransferrIng fIles ▲ ! A TTENTION: T o connect your ARCHOS to your PC, you MUST have Windows Media Player® 1 1 or higher installed on your computer . COnneC TIng The a rChOs TO a COMPuTer C onnect the supplied USB cable to the ARCHOS. Plug the USB end of the cable into your computer . The ARCHOS wil[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 TRANSFERRING FILES > P . 43 PuTTIng fIles OnTO The a rChOs There ar e two main methods to tr ansf er your les onto the ARCHOS: C op y your media les (videos, music , photos) with Windows Media® Pla yer 11 or higher: Th e S yn chr oniz e bu t to n in Wi n do ws Me d ia ® Pla yer is a one w a y ‘s yn c’ but t on . It wi[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 44 MaIn seTTIngs F rom the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon, tap on “ Settings ” and choose a category: “ Wireless Controls ” , “ Sound & Display ” , “ Date & T ime ” , etc . USING THE TOUCHSCREEN When a down arrow appear s on the right o f a par ameter , this means that this setting i[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 45 “Bluetooth ” tap on this line to enable or disable the Bluetooth connection. “Bluetooth settings” allows you to set up your device’ s name (the name that will appear on your dif- fer ent Bluetooth devices), make it discover able or hidden, scan for Bluetooth de- vices in r ang e, etc . The list of[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 46 “Display settings” “ T ouc h- Scr een Calibration ” If the touchscreen is not responding pr operly , use this button and f ollow the in- structions on the scr een. If this does not work or if you cannot access the touchscreen settings, you can force the touchscreen calibration (see: System Recover y[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 47 “ TV F ormat” choose between the “ NTSC (USA) ” and “ P AL (Europe) ” systems (select the one that is compatible with your country’ s television system). choose between “ 4/3 ” , “ 16/9 ” or “ Wide screen ” - the format used b y your televi- sion set to display imag es. if you choo[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 48 “F ormat internal stor ag e” formats the internal memory (er ase all data, media les, and licenses) “System storage” “ A v ailable space” displays the amount o f free space a v ailable on the system memory (the memory used to store the Android™ applications). “F actory data reset” er as[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 49 “a bOuT deVIC e” “Status” select this option to see the battery level and status, the W iF i Mac address, the Bluetooth address, etc . “Online reg istr ation ” select this option to reg ister your device on-line (W iF i connection r equired): it will allow you to get ac cess to our technical sup[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 MAIN SETTINGS > P . 50 UPD A TE DIRECTL Y ON THE ARCHOS ( WIFI CONNECTION NEEDED ) This is the easiest w ay to update the rmw are. For this to work, you only need a con- nection to a WiF i network . See Making a WiF i Connection . F rom to the Home scr een, tap on the Menu icon , select “ Settings ”, and choose “ About d[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 ARCHOS PLUG-INS AND ADD-ONS > P . 51 a r C h O s P l u g - I n s a n d a d d - O n s Y ou can purchase the f ollowing accessories to add more functions to your ARCHOS device. They are av ailable online at the ARCHOS website www .archos.com , or directly on your product in the Media Club . A list of FREE (ex : W eb TV & Radio)[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 ARCHOS PLUG-INS AND ADD-ONS > P . 52 baTTer y dO Ck The battery dock is like the Mini Dock but also includes a battery to giv e your ARCHOS extra pla y time. TV sna P-On Digital TV receiver which allows you to watch and recor d digital TV (DVB- T ) directly on your ARCHOS. Ca r MOunT Allows you to mount your ARCHOS on your windsh[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 TROUBLESHOO TING > P . 53 TrOubleshO OTIng reseTTIng yOur a rChOs In the event that your ARCHOS freezes oper ation, you can for ce the device to shut down by holding the P ower button f or 15 seconds. Only if the P ower button does not r eset your device, then should you use the “pinhole reset” button, locat - ed on the back [...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 TROUBLESHOO TING > P . 54 “F ormat Disk” formats the internal memory . all data (music , photos, videos, etc .), licenses and settings ar e er ased. “Check Disk” chec ks the internal memory and attempts to x error s, if any . does not er ase an y data. “F or ce T ouchscreen Calibr ation ” use this option if the tou[...]

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    MANUAL V2.0 | 5 All br ands and product names are register ed trademarks and the property of their respec - tive owners. Windows Media ® and W indows ® are tr ademarks or reg ister ed tr ademarks of Microsoft C or por ation in the United States and /or other countries. Specications are subject to c hange without notice. Errors or omissions exc[...]