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    Dear Customer , thank you f or c hoosing this ARCHOS product. W e hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you entire satisfaction f or many year s to come. Please do reg ister your product on our website (www .archos.com /register) to ensure that you g et ac - cess to our help line and to be informed o f free softwar e updates for y[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > p. 2 Ta ble Of COnTenTs InTrO duC TIOn ................................................................................................................................... 4 A R C H O S D E V I C E D E S C R I P T I O N ................................................. 4 USING THE TOUCHSCREEN .....................[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 T ABLE OF CONTENTS > p. 3 7. usb COnneC TIOns ................................................................................................................ 36 7 . 1 C O M P U T E R C O N N E C T I O N ................................................. 3 6 7.2 USB HOST CONNECTION .................................................. 3 [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 4 InTrO duC TIOn a rChOs deVIC e desCrIPTIOn BUTTONS On the left side of the device: Press and hold to switch on /off . Press once to switch the display o f the image between TV and built-in LCD scr een. Press and hold to lock the buttons of your ARCHOS device. CONNECTORS Underneath the device are several connectors[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 5 BUIL T -IN LOUDSPEAKERS The built -in stereo loudspeakers are on the fr ont of the device, on both sides below the screen. LEG ST AND REMO TE CONTROL The ARCHOS 704 WIFI has an infrared r eceiver located on the front of the device, in the bottom left corner . Point the supplied r emote control tow ards the infr ar[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 6 usIng The TOuChsCreen Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI device is equipped with a touchscreen. Most screen areas will r eact when you tap on them using the included stylus or your ngernail. Below is a description of the main tactile scr een areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen. INTERF ACE DESCRIPTION & T [...]

  • Page 7

    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 7 The Resume Icon Sometimes the Resume icon is highlighted in the Home Screen when you turn on the ARCHOS. This means that you can resume the last -played music or video le, if it was interr upted before the end. If the Resume icon is gra yed out , it means that no music or video le pla ybac k can be resumed. [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 8 T o replace the battery , follow these steps: PrO duC T Ca re CARING FOR Y OUR ARCHOS DEVICE Y our ARCHOS device is an electronic product that needs to be treated with car e: Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration. Do not subject it to heat, keep it v entilated (especially when connected to a computer[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 INTRODUCTION > p. 9 SYSTEM RECOVER Y If your ARCHOS device does not respond correctl y , or does not show cer tain songs or videos that you have copied to it, try using the r epair and format tools (see: System Settings ). If once turned on, the ARCHOS does not show the Home Screen, you can try a system recovery . It allows you to re[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 10 1. Pla yIng VIdeO In the Home Screen, tap on the Video icon to highlight it, then tap on it again to enter the Video mode. 1.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur VIdeOs There are two types of views f or you to browse through your videos: the V ideo List and the Video Br owser. Y ou can switc h between the two views by tappi[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 11 VIDEO LIST & BROWSER MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the highlighted video le. tap on to close the Info screen. - - Delete allows you to delete the highlighted video le. A conrmation screen will pop up. - Rename allows you to change the name of the [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 12 VIDEO PLA YBACK MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the current video le. tap on to close the Info screen. - - Format allows to change the w ay the imag e is displayed. Auto : adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built -in screen or TV . Full Screen : enla[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING VIDEO > p. 13 PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the curr ent mode) Single : plays only one video le and stops. - Folder : plays all video les in the curr ent folder . - Repeat & Sh ufe (a status bar icon shows the current mode) - Normal : plays the video selection once and stops. - Repeat : plays the video selec[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 14 2. Pla yIng MusIC In the Home Screen, tap on the Music icon to highlight it , then tap on it again to enter the Music mode. 2.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur MusIC fIles There are two types o f views for you to browse through your songs: the ARCLibrary and the Music Br owser . When browsing thr ough your music , only m[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 15 Delete allows you to delete the highlighted music le. A conrmation screen will pop up. - Rename allows you to change the name of the highlighted m usic le using the vir tual keyboard. see: Using the Virtual Keyboard . - - Resume song will resume pla ying the highlighted music le from the bookmark . [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 16 PLA YBACK ST A TUS ICONS Status bar icons tell you if your ARCHOS is: playing paused stopped MUSIC PLA YBACK MENU ITEMS Info displays a messag e box with all the av ailable information about the current music le. tap on to close the info screen. - - Home allows you to go back to the Home Screen w hile playin[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 17 PlayMode (a status bar icon shows the curr ent mode) Single : plays only one m usic le and stops. - Folder : plays all music les in the curr ent folder or album. - All : plays all music les in the ARCHOS device. - Queue : allows you to select a track to be pla yed after the current one is nished. wh[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 18 Preset allows you to quickly select a sound prole. - Set equalizer allows you to use a custom sound prole. T ap on this button to enter the equalizer screen (see next section). - Balance allows you to balance the sound between the left and right speakers. - Reset highlight and tap on it to reset sound par[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 19 CREA TING A PLA YLIST Select the Show playlist menu item w hile you are in the Music browser . A playlist panel will open on the right: you can now start adding songs to the current pla ylist . In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your playlist. T ap on a song to add it to the playl- ist[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 PLA YING MUSIC > p. 20 EDITING A PLA YLIST T o edit an existing playlist : Highlight the playlist and use the Show playlist men u item. Y ou can now add, shufe, move or remove tr acks within the playlist, using the appr opriate menu items. An asterisk (*) appears after the pla ylist’ s name in the right panel to indicate that mo[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 21 3. VIewIng PhOTOs In the Home Screen, tap on the Photo icon to highlight it, then tap on it again to enter the Photo viewer . 3.1 brOwsIng ThrOugh yOur PhOTOs There are thr ee types of views for you to br owse through your photos: the Photo W all , the PhotoLibr ary and the Photo Browser . When browsing thr ou[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 22 THE PHO TO BROWSER The Photo Browser allows you to na vigate the Pictures folder of your device’ s hard dr ive. It is based on the ARCHOS File Br owser. T o use it , select Browse Hard Drive in the PhotoLibr ary view . See: Using the Browser . • • • PHO TO WALL, PHOTOLIBRAR Y AND PHOTO BROWSER MENU ITE[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 23 3.2 PhOTO VIewer T ap on a picture le, then tap again to view it. The menu overlay will disappear automatically after a few sec - onds. PHO TO VIEWER SCREEN AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS T o display the menu overla y , tap once anywher e in the picture (to make it disappear ag ain, tap on ). T o display the next[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 24 3.3 PhOTO seTTIngs Y ou can access the Photo Settings screen via the Settings menu item while viewing pictures. T ap on the / buttons to select a diff erent setting for a par ameter . Picture P ause denes the time that each picture will be displayed dur ing a slideshow . - T ransition denes the tr ansiti[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 VIEWING PHO TOS > p. 25 3.6 PuTTIng PhOTOs On TO yOur a rChOs deVIC e There are sev eral methods f or you to transfer your own photos to the Pictures f older of the ARCHOS: C onnect your ARCHOS device to your computer and copy the pictures from your computer’ s hard dr ive to the ARCHOS (see: Computer Connection ), or sync them usi[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 26 4. usIng The brOwser The ARCHOS File Browser gives you the possibility to navig ate the le system of your ARCHOS device’ s hard dr ive. In the Home Screen, tap on the Browser icon to highlight it , then tap again on it to enter the File Browser . Y ou will see two panels: the one on the left is the pane[...]

  • Page 27

    MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 27 C opy allows you to copy the highlighted le or f older to the location dened in the other browser panel. - C opy all les allows you to copy all the les in the curr ent folder to the location dened in the other browser panel. - Move allows you to move the highlighted le or f older to the loc[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 28 4.3 brOwsIng OTher COMPuTers On The neTwO r k When you are connected to a Windows ® network, you can browse* the shared folder s of other computers in the network , using the Archos File Br owser. Fr om the Home Screen, select the Browser icon. Once in the browser , select Network . Y our device will sear c[...]

  • Page 29

    MANUAL V1.0 USING THE BROWSER > p. 29 PDF READER MENU ITEMS T o displa y the menu ov erlay while viewing a PDF document , tap once in the bottom right corner of the screen (see following pictur e). Hide text overla y will hide all overlaid gr aphics (status bar, menu items, etc .) to only show the PFD document . - Home allows you to go back to t[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 30 5. COnneC TIng TO a wIfI neTwO r k Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI can connect to a var iety of wireless networks, thus enabling you to browse the Internet or share and pla y les from other computers. 5.1 Pla yIng MedIa fIles frOM a neTwO r k Once you set up your ARCHOS to communicate over WiF i to your [...]

  • Page 31

    MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 31 5.2 wIfI COnneC TIOn PrO C edure ENABLING WIFI Fr om the Home Screen, select the Enable WiFi menu item . Y our device will scan for a vailable WiF i networks. The rst time you use your device, you may get a messag e “No congured networks f ound”. Highlight View available networks and tap[...]

  • Page 32

    MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 32 T o select a netw ork and start the connection process, simply tap on the one that you w ant to connect to ( your home wireless network or a free hotspot). Y ou will be taken to the conguration scr een for this network , where you will ha ve to enter some information to set up your access to th[...]

  • Page 33

    MANUAL V1.0 CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK > p. 33 Y ou will have to specify the following settings: K ey length (for WEP networks only) the authentication key can be 10 character s long (64bit) or 26 c har acters long (128bit) (hexadecimal charac - ters). - K ey type in the authentication key . you will be taken to a virtual numeric keyboar d. ty[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 BROWSING THE WEB > p. 34 6. brOwsIng The web Y our ARCHOS 704 WIFI featur es a Web browser that was designed especially for this ARCHOS device. It allows you to browse websites, use web-base e -mailing , download content , etc . 6.1 launChIng The web brOwser Fr om the Home Screen, tap on directly the W eb Icon. If you are already con[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 BROWSING THE WEB > p. 35 BROWSER MENU ITEMS Navig ation Forward : will go to the next pag e in your browsing history , if you used Back bef ore. Stop : will stop loading the Web pag e. Back : will go back to the previous pag e that you browsed. - - - Bookmarks will open the Bookmark manager . Her e you can sor t your bookmarks, delet[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 36 7. usb COnneC TIOns 7.1 COMPuTer COnneC TIOn ‘WINDOWS MEDIA DEVICE’ OR ‘PC HARD DRIVE’ There are two connection modes f or 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 [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 37 Windows® XP & WMP10 or Higher (Windows Media Device Mode) Follow the pr evious steps to connect the ARCHOS device, and select W indows Media Device as the connec- tion mode. The ARCHOS device will appear in My Computer . Y ou can now put your own les onto the ARCHOS: S ync hronize your m usic , videos [...]

  • Page 38

    MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 38 Once all your tr ansfers are nished, click on the ‘safely r emove’ icon in the system tra y , next to the clock . Windows ® 2000 / ME Windows ® XP Click on the ‘safel y remove’ message. A message will pop up , telling you that it is now saf e to disconnect the device*. Y ou can now safely unplug t[...]

  • Page 39

    MANUAL V1.0 USB CONNECTIONS > p. 39 a TO CONNECT A USB DEVICE TO YOUR ARCHOS DEVICE: T urn on your ARCHOS device. Plug the ‘mini’ end of the supplied USB host adapter into the ARCHOS device ( a port). C onnect the external USB device (use a standard USB cable if needed) to the other end of the supplied USB host adapter . T urn on the externa[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 40 8. seTuP sCreen In the Home Screen, tap on to enter the Setup Screen (tap on if you w ant to go back to the Home Screen). T ap on one of the settings icons ( Language , Display , Appearance , etc .) and tap on it ag ain to enter the corresponding settings scr een. Once you are in a settings screen: tap on a par a[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 41 TV Format 4:3 or 16:9 - the format used b y your television set to display images. the option Wide screen becomes av ailable when you set the TV standard parameter to P AL (Europe) . - - V ideo Output choose between Internal LCD and External TV (to do this, you can als o press the button on the device). - Externa[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 42 Picture name allows you to select a picture to use as a background imag e. you can choose between all default backgrounds and imag es that you have previousl y set as wallpapers. you can also set a picture as w allpaper from the photo and video modes. - - - Theme denes the theme color for your icons (and f or [...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 43 BA TTERY OPERA TION Power Off the amount of time of user inactivity bef ore the system shuts down. the system will not shut down dur ing a slideshow or audio /video playback . - - Backlight Off the amount of time of user inactivity bef ore the LCD display turns of f. the display will not turn o ff while a video o[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 44 This settings screen will allow you to congur e several key f eatures of your ARCHOS device, such as your pref erred USB port mode, r epair and format tools, rmw are updates, W iFi reg ion selection. It will also give you inf ormation about the current plugins and rmw are ver sion, the pr oduct key , the[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 45 Select Wi reg ion use the arrow in the bottom left corner of the scr een to view the Select Wi region button. tap on it to access the Select Wi region settings scr een. select your reg ion in the list and tap on to return to the System set - tings screen. - - - Note: reported number of megabytes is binar[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 46 P assword only appears if the W rite access parameter is set to On . T ype in the password f or other computers to be able to write to your har d drive (see Using the V irtual Keyboard ). - Enable le server tap on this button to turn on the le server . - Note: some networks lter MAC addresses. Y ou can ?[...]

  • Page 47

    MANUAL V1.0 SETUP SCREEN > p. 47 3. Activate the Update: Go to the System Settings screen of your ARCHOS device. • T ap on Update Firmware . • Y our ARCHOS device will ask you to plug in the c harg er/adapter. Do so and then tap on the screen to con- tinue. • The new rmw are will be installed on your device. •[...]

  • Page 48

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 48 9. O PTIOna l funC TIOna lITIes 9.1 dVr s TaTIOn & dVr TraVel ada PTer PresenTaTIOn Y ou can record fr om an external video s our ce if you use the optional DVR Station or DVR T r avel Adapter . The ARCHOS DVR Station sta ys connected to your home enter tainment system and allows you to quickly co[...]

  • Page 49

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 49 PRE-RECORDING SCREEN MENU ITEMS Open scheduler will take you directl y to the Sc heduler screen (see Setting the Scheduler ). tap on to go back to the pre-recor ding screen. - - Hide text overla y will hide all overlaid gr aphics (status bar, menu items, etc .) to only show the video image. - Start re[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 50 Widescr een options: Auto / On / Off . If your tuner (cable box, satellite receiver , etc .) outputs a video signal in widescreen, you can for ce the ARCHOS to recogniz e this signal. This should be set to On if recor dings show people that look unusually tall and thin. But in most cases you can just [...]

  • Page 51

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 51 9.3 edITIng VIdeO fIles V ideo les recor ded with the ARCHOS DVR Station or T ravel Adapter can be edited b y deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video le. Y ou will mark a segment of your video le,[...]

  • Page 52

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 52 9.4 seTTIng The sCheduler Fr om the Home Screen, tap on the Scheduler icon to highlight it and tap on it again to enter the Scheduler screen. MAIN STEPS T ap on the line you w ant to edit to highlight it , then tap on it again to start editing . Set each line to the desired date, time (and channel if [...]

  • Page 53

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 53 Post -recor d This is a safety mar gin added to the end of a scheduled recor ding which was set via the My Y ahoo!® TV sched- uler of your personal calendar . It affects ONL Y these recor dings. This is just in case the cloc ks between your ARCHOS device and the broadcast station ar e different or if[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 54 If a personal calendar recor ding event does not nd the station name in your list of channels, it will put the event into the scheduler and mark it with a ? , indicating that you must assign a channel number to the name. T ap on the line containing the ? and select the Set Channel menu item. Y ou c[...]

  • Page 55

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 55 P art 1: Choose your Device and Brand Select the type of device that you w ant to control with the IR Emitter . Select the brand o f your device. The TV Channels button allows you to give names to eac h channel. F or example, if channel 6 is CNN wher e you live, then you can give c hannel 6 that name [...]

  • Page 56

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 56 K ey: Enter Set this to On if normally , you have to press the OK button on your device’ s remote control after you enter the channel number . Example: If you normally press 1, 3, OK for channel 13, then you would need to set this parameter to On . - K ey Delay Change the dela y between the emission[...]

  • Page 57

    MANUAL V1.0 OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES > p. 57 RECORDING PROCEDURE C onnect the A V cable to an audio s ource (hi-, turntable, boombo x , etc .) and then the other end to the IN connec - tor of the DVR S tation or DVR T r avel Adapter . In the pre-recor ding screen, adjust the recording lev el using / ( / only adjust the headphones’ volume, n[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > p. 58 TeChnICa l sPeC IfICaTIOns CAP ACITY : 40GB* Hard Dr ive to store up to 35 Movies (1) , 400,000 photos (1) or 10,000 songs (1) . 80GB* Hard Dr ive to store up to 70 Movies (1) , 800,000 photos (1) or 20,000 songs (1) . DISPLA Y : 7’ ’ TFT T ouchscreen (800x480 pix els), 260,000 color s. VIDEO PL[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SPECIFIC A TIONS > p. 59 DIMENSIONS & WEIGHT Approx. 182 x 128 x 20 mm; 7.05” x 4.96” x 7.75” - foldout leg-stand. Approx. 630 gr.; 22 oz . P ACKAGES INCLUDES ARCHOS 704 WIFI, headphones, USB 2.0 cable, USB 2.0 host adapter , D VR Station saddle, stylus, remote con- trol, power adapter/c harg er , pr otective pouc[...]

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    MANUAL V1.0 TECHNICAL SUPPOR T INFORMA TION > p. 60 All brands and pr oduct names are reg istered trademarks and the pr oper ty of their respective owner s. Windows Media ® and Windows ® are trademarks or reg istered trademarks of Microsoft C orpor ation in the United States and /or other countries. Specications are subject to change withou[...]