Archos AV 500 series manual

1 1 ARC HOS ARC HOS ™ ™ MOBILE VIDEO REC ORDER MOBILE VIDEO REC ORDER A V 500 SERIES A V 500 SERIES Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo W allet & Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive English Language User Manual User Manual for ARCHOS ™ A V 500 series V ersion 2.4 Please visit our website to download the most recent m[...]

3 3 We wish you many years of enjoyment from your A V 500 product. Please do register your product at our website www .archos.com to ensure that you get have access to our help line and to be informed of technical support and free software updates for your product. Wishing you the best Video, Music, and Photo experience, The ARCHOS ™ TEAM *For fu[...]

5 5 8 VIDEO – Editing Video Files 31 9 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 34 9.1 Installing the PC Software 35 9.2 Using MPEG-4 T ranslator 36 10 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 39 10.1 Button Control 40 10.2 Play Screen Icons 40 10.3 Browsing through your Music Library 42 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 43 10.5 Settin[...]

7 7 22.3 Connection (2): Breaking your regular TV Connection 85 22.4 Connection (3): Put the TV docking pod between your TV and T uner 85 22.5 Connection (4): Connect the A V 500 to the TV docking pod 86 22.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In 87 22.7 Connection (6): the Infrared Emitter 87 23 Replacing the battery 89 23.1 “Thin” version 89 22.2 St[...]

9 9 a On indicator b Hard drive activity indicator (read/write) c Battery charger indicator (blinks when battery is charged) d Infrared sensor for the remote control e Loud speaker f Move UP (also increases volume during media playback) g Move DOWN (also decreases volume during media playback) h Move LEFT (also plays previous song or fast reverse t[...]

11 11 2 2 INTRO – First T ime Usage INTRO – First T ime Usage 2.1 Charging the battery 2.1 Charging the battery • Use only the included ARCHOS ™ charger/adapter . • Y ou can charge the internal battery of the A V 500 by plugging the included adapter/charger directly into the device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger int[...]

13 13 • Keep the A V 500 away from high electromagnetic fi elds. • Keep any connected cords to the A V 500 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. • Do not open up the A V 500. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty . 2.7 Hardware Reset 2.7 Hardware Rese[...]

15 15 Video Browser Action Icons Hide the Thumbnails Reset thumbnails. The thumbnail images on the right side of the screen will be reset to their original default setting. 3.1 V ideo Playback Action Icons 3.1 V ideo Playback Action Icons While a video fi le is playing, click on the Select action button. The action icons on the right of the screen[...]

17 17 4 4 VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet When using Windows Media ® Player 10, you will have the advantage of being able to download protected video content from the Internet. When you see the PlaysForSure ™ symbol on a web site for Windows ® Portable Media Center (PMC)**, then th[...]

19 19 5 5 VIDEO – Recording Video Files VIDEO – Recording Video Files With your (optional) TV docking pod or A V cable properly connected to a VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver , making a recording is simple. 5.1 Video recording connections 5.1 Video recording connections See the relevant chapter for instructions on connecting the TV dockin[...]

21 21 5.3 Setting the Recording Parameters 5.3 Setting the Recording Parameters Y ou can set the recording parameters manually to suit your speci fi c needs. Click the Setup action icon in the VideoCorder’s pre-recording screen. Rename Allows you to change the fi lename before the recording begins. Auto Stop Rec On, Off. If set to On, the A V 5[...]

23 23 5.5 Copy Protection 5.5 Copy Protection The A V 500 video recording system is designed to respect the Macrovision ® copyright protection system. If the source of your video is copy protected, the A V 500 will record in protected mode. Y ou will see a ”P” icon on the recording screen (not during playback) indicating that the fi le will b[...]

25 25 • If the end time is earlier than the start time, then it is assumed that you start recording on the start date, and the recording ends on the following day at the end time. • Once a scheduled recording has been made, or the date of a recording has been passed, without the recording having been made (the A V 500 was not connected to the p[...]

27 27 Notes: • If the TV programs from your personal calendar do not seem to be correctly copied to the A V 500 scheduler , go to the ARCHOS ™ web site to make sure that have the very latest version of the A V 500 fi rmware. Update your fi rmware (Operating System) as explained in the chapter Updating the A V 500 fi rmware Operating System. [...]

29 29 7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand 7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand Select the Settings action icon and click on the TV Control icon. 1. Select the type of device that you will stick your IR Emitter to. Y ou have the choice of either a VCR (video cassette recorder), Cable Box , or Satellite Receiver . 2. Select the brand of your[...]

31 31 8 8 VIDEO – Editing Video Files VIDEO – Editing Video Files Video fi les recorded by the A V 500 can be modi fi ed by deleting the sections you do not wish included. The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video fi le. Y ou will mark a segment of your video fi le, and then you will tell the A[...]

33 33 1. Play the fi le and pause at the spot you want to make your Start mark. Select the Set a mark-in here action icon. Let the video play – you will notice a small blue mark. 2. Now click on Pause at the location you want to mark the end of your segment. Select the Set a mark-out action icon. Now that you have de fi ned a segment in the vid[...]

35 35 9.1 Installing the PC Software 9.1 Installing the PC Software If your video fi le is not an MPEG-4 Simple Pro fi le .avi fi le of the proper size, you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the A V 500, you will need to create an A VI fi le that is MPEG-4 Simple Pro fi le with a resolution up to 720 x 576 (depending[...]

37 37 Select Source & Destination Files In the example, a source fi le 24 hours of Lemans.avi has been selected as the source video. Y ou can see on the bottom of the window its original characteristics (width 720, height 576, frame rate 24). Next, you must then tell the program where to place (Set Destination fi le) the newly recoded version[...]

39 39 1 1 0 0 MUSIC – Playing Music Files MUSIC – Playing Music Files When you click on the music icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the ARCLibrary . From here you can choose to either browse your music by the fi le system (Browse hard drive) or by music characteristics (Album, Artist, title, Genre, Y ear). Use the LEFT , RI[...]

41 41 Pla y O rder Play Order (no icon) Play once Repeat playing Shuf fl e (Random) track selection Pla y Mo de Play Mode A V 500 is currently playing from a Playlist Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory All: Play all tracks on A V 500 Single: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queue the next track to be played * Scan: Plays[...]

43 43 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System T o play your music through your stereo system, you can connect your (optional) pod audio outputs (red and white plugs of the cable connected to A V Out) to your stereo system inputs. Y ou can also use the A V cable and plug it in directly . Playing through a Ster[...]

45 45 1 1 1 1 MUSIC – Putting Music onto you r A V 500 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your A V 500 Y our Archos ™ product is a certi fi ed PlaysForSure ™ digital device which means that wherever you fi nd music for sale on the Internet with this symbol, you can be certain that it will ‘Play for sure’ on your A V 500*. The A V 500 is desig[...]

47 47 1 1.3 T ransferring your CD collection to the A V 500 1 1.3 T ransferring your CD collection to the A V 500 The process of transferring music from a CD into music fi les for your A V 500 is known as ‘ripping’. It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio) format and converting it to WMA or MP3 format which the A V 500 c[...]

49 49 when highlighting a folder , artist, or album. All the contents of the folder , artist, or album will be added (that is, appended) or inserted before the selected song in the current Playlist. Y ou can jump back and forth between the browser and the Playlist by selecting the Focus buttons. A Playlist can have a maximum of 5000 songs. We recom[...]

51 51 1 1 3 3 MUSIC – Recordi ng Music MUSIC – Recording Music With the A V 500 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 ® .W A V format, either PCM (uncompressed) or ADPCM (compressed).[...]

53 53 13.2 Recording Procedure 13.2 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins, there is a pre-recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings. 1. On the main screen, select AudioCorder then click on ENTER. 2. In the pre-recording screen, adjust the recording level* by clicking on the LEFT and RIGHT buttons[...]

55 55 Incremental Recording While recording, you will notice the incremental recording action icon. This allows you to create incremental recordings. This means that the current recording stops and a new recording instantly begins. The next recording has an additional number appended to its name. Thus if you create multiple incremental recordings, [...]

57 57 1 1 4 4 MUSIC – Using iT unes MUSIC – Using iT unes ™ ™ with your A V 500 with your A V 500 The easiest way to transfer music fi les between a Macintosh ® computer and your A V 500 is to use the Macintosh Finder ™ to drag and drop the fi les to and from your Macintosh ® . However , for Macintosh ® users who do want to use the A[...]

59 59 Rotate picture 90° left View previous/next photo Rotate picture 90° right • Move up the action icon menu to select a picture option. • Select the Zoom in/out action icon to change the number of photos in the carrousel view . Magnifying Photos Once the picture is displayed in full screen, selecting the Zoom in action icon will magnify th[...]

61 61 Photos from camera are shown on the left, and your A V 500 hard drive on the right. By using the Select right pane action icon, move to the right pane and choose the destination folder . Now return to the left pane and choose the Copy all fi les action icon. Y our fi les will be copied to your A V 500 into the folder in the right pane. Y ou[...]

63 63 16.1 Navigating the Directory Structure 16.1 Navigating the Directory Structure T o navigate the directory structure you will use: ENTER: Open the highlighted folder (directory) or Play the highlighted fi le. ESC/STOP x : Go back to the main menu. Move the cursor up and down to the previous or next fi le or folder . RIGHT : Open the current[...]

65 65 Copying and Moving Files and Folders 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 (1000 fi les per folder maximum). 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 righ[...]

67 67 16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard It is recommended that you create folders and rename fi les or folders from your computer when it is connected to the A V 500. The computer keyboard is much easier to use. However , at times when you are not near your computer and need to enter text directly with the A V 500 (ex[...]

69 69 Windows ® XP Please verify** that you have Windows ® XP and it is updated it to at least, Service Pack 1 . Y ou must also have Windows Media ® Player 10 (WMP10) installed on your computer . This way , you can take advantage of connecting it as a ‘ Windows Device ’. Connect it to your PC as enumerated above and you can then see the A V [...]

71 71 Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh ® Drag the A V 500 hard drive icon towards the trash can, the trash can will become a big arrow as shown in the screen shot to the left. Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow . The hard drive icon will disappear from the desktop. Y ou can now safely unplug the USB cable from your A V 500 and/or computer . 72[...]

73 73 1 1 9 9 SETTINGS SETTINGS From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings. 19.1 Sound Settings 19.1 Sound Settings If you would like to customize the sound quality , you can adjust the Bass, T reble, and other audio settings to suit your particular taste. Normally you will do this while list[...]

75 75 Repeat & Shuf fl e options Normal Plays your songs one after the other and then stops after the last song. Repeat Continuously plays through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder , or Playlist). Shuf fl e Randomly play through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder , or Playlist) . Intro duration From 10 to 90 seconds[...]

77 77 19.5 Appearance settings 19.5 Appearance settings Se t ti ng De sc ri p ti on Setting Description W allpaper On, Off. When set to On, the selected picture (next item) will be displayed as the A V 500 screen background. Picture name This option will display the names of the JPEG images in the A V 500’s System folder that can be used for scre[...]

79 79 Pa r am et er De sc ri p ti on Parameter Description ARCLibrary Off: From the Music icon, you will just browse music fi les in the folder Music . On: (Only in USB Port mode ‘Hard drive’) Browse music via its tag characteristics but the ARCLibrary must be updated manually . Automatic: ARCLibrary is automatically updated when the USB cable[...]

81 81 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? If your A V 500 is seen as a hard drive, then you simply need to drag the Update_A V500.AOS fi le onto this icon, and Windows ® will place the fi le into the top most directory (root) of the A V 500. It should not be placed inside any folder within your A V 500. Once this fi le is copied, safely d[...]

83 83 21.1 Remote Control Description 21.1 Remote Control Description Switch between Built-in & External Video This group of buttons acts as the navigation acceleration, and the Play & Stop buttons. Action icon select and execute buttons Same as on screen help button (opens the Info folder) Standby / W ake Up* Numeric entry Go up or down a [...]

85 85 22.1 Connect & T est Method 22.1 Connect & T est Method Even if connecting audio-visual equipment is not your strong suit, by following our instructions and applying our Connect & T est method, you will be able to verify that your connections are correct. Refer to the color connection diagrams in the back of this manual while read[...]

87 87 22.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In 22.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In If you would like to get a higher quality video recording, and your video recorder , cable box or other video device has an S-video output, you can connect a standard S-video cable from it to your TV docking pod. This will carry only the video signal to the pod and your A[...]

89 89 2 2 3 3 Replacing the battery Replacing the battery Y our A V 500 has a removable battery . Y ou may want to purchase a second battery for cases when you know that you will be unable to recharge your A V 500 before the supplied battery runs out. Refer to the chapter Settings – Power Settings for information about getting the most use from t[...]

91 91 2 2 4 4 T echnical Support T echnical Support In case you should encounter any technical dif fi culties using your product, we suggest you go through these steps in order to resolve any issues as ef fi ciently as possible: 1) Please read carefully through the appropriate sections of this manual. Some subject areas may be treated in two diff[...]

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95 95 Problem: (Hard Drive mode) What do I do if I try to disconnect via the green arrow but keep getting “The device ‘Generic V olume’ cannot be stopped now . Try stopping the device again later .” Answer: Shut off any program that might be accessing data on the A V 500, including Windows ® Explorer . If this does not work, shut down all [...]

97 97 • Be patient, this may take a while. Windows ® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) – HARD DRIVE mode only If you still have problems with the fi le system on your A V 500 you can try to fi x it using the DOS utility , check disk (chkdsk). Do the following; • Make sure external AC adapter is powering the A V 500. • Qui[...]

99 99 Physical Dimensions Approx.: 7.6 x 12.4 x 1.8/2.4/3.2cm - 3” x 4.9” x 0.7”/0.9”/1.2” T emperature Range 5 °C to 35 °C running ; -20 °C to 45 °C storage Minimum Requirements Computer con fi guration: PC with Windows® ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port. Macintosh® G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher , Macintosh® G3 and USB 2.0 port. F[...]

101 101 3. Any product without a warranty or serial number label. 4. Batteries and any consumable items delivered with or in the equipment. W arnings and Safety Instructions CAUTION T o prevent risks of electric shock, this unit must only be opened by quali fi ed service personnel. Power off and disconnect the power supply cable before opening the[...]

103 103 LCD Pixel Policy The LCD screen on your ARCHOS ™ A V 500 unit has been manufactured to rigorous standards to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may have slight imperfections. This is not particular to the ARCHOS ™ screen, but to all devices which have LCD screens regardless of the original manufactu[...]

105 105 VIDEO – Installing the PC Software – MPEG-4 codec (compression/decompression) 9.1* VIDEO – Installing the PC Software – MP3 Sound Codec 9.1* Compression VIDEO – Playing V ideo Files from the Internet 4* VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 V ideo Files with your Computer 9* MUSIC – Putting Music onto your A V 500 11* Connecting 2 USB devic[...]

107 107 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* 5 MUSIC – Browsing through your Music Library 10.3* Music lists (Playlists) MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* MUSIC – Playlists 12* New music not showing in the ARCLibrary MUSIC – Browsing through your Music Library 10.3* SETTINGS – System Settings 19.6* New Playlist does not display SETTINGS – Sy[...]

109 109 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* MUSIC – Playing Through your Stereo System 10.4* MUSIC – Recording Procedure 13.2* SETTINGS – Sound Settings – Sound parameters 19.1* Speakers VIDEO – Playing video fi les: Built-in speakers 3.1* MUSIC – Playing music fi les – Playing through your Stereo System 10.4* T ags MUSIC – Browsing[...]