We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you satisfaction for many years to come. Please do register your product on our website (to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product. Wishing you the best multimedia experience, The ARCHOS Team. All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, as we are often updating and improving our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual. Entertainment way ARCHOS ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL V3.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS > P. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION........................................................................................4 ARCHOS DESCRIPTION......................................4 FIRST TIME USAGE: CHARGING THE BATTERY....................6 TURNING THE ARCHOS ON/OFF................................7 USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE...............................7 CHANGING THE LANGUAGE..................................12 PRODUCT CARE...........................................12 1. PLAYING VIDEO.................................................................................13 1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS........................13 1.2 VIDEO PLAYBACK.......................................14 1.3 VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS.................................17 1.4 PUTTING VIDEOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS......................18 1.5 RECORDING VIDEO......................................19 1.6 PLAYING YOUR PC'S SHARED VIDEOS ......................19 2. PLAYING MUSIC..............................................................................20 2.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES....................20 2.2 MUSIC PLAYBACK......................................22 2.3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS................................24 2.4 PLAYLISTS............................................26 2.5 PUTTING MUSIC ONTO YOUR ARCHOS.......................28 2.6 RECORDING ANALOGUE AUDIO............................29 2.7 PLAYING YOUR PC'S SHARED MUSIC.......................30 3. VIEWING PHOTOS...........................................................................31 3.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS........................31 3.2 PHOTO VIEWER.........................................32 3.3 PHOTO VIEWER SETTINGS................................34 3.4 PLAYING A SLIDESHOW..................................35 3.5 VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC...............35 3.6 PUTTING PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS......................36 3.7 PLAYING YOUR PC'S SHARED PHOTOS......................36 4. USING THE FILE BROWSER......................................................37 4.1 NAVIGATION...........................................37 4.2 USING THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD...........................39 4.3 USING THE FILE BROWSER WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC........40 4.4 BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK............41 4.5 USING THE PDF READER.................................41 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... ARCHOS GEN 5 MANUAL V3 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS > P.3 5. CONNECTING TO A WIFI NETWORK....................................44 5.1 WIFI CONNECTION PROCEDURE............................44 5.2 WIFI NETWORK CONFIGURATION...........................45 6. THE WIFI FEATURES....................................................................48 6.1 BROWSING THE WEB....................................48 6.2 PLAYING YOUR PC'S SHARED MEDIA FILES..................50 6.3 THE ARCHOS CONTENT PORTAL............................53 7. TRANSFERRING FILES................................................................54 7.1 CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO A COMPUTER.................54 7.2 USB HOST CONNECTION.................................56 8. MAIN SETTINGS..............................................................................58 8.1 "SOUND" SETTINGS.....................................58 8.2 "DISPLAY" SETTINGS....................................60 8.3 "APPEARANCE" SETTINGS................................61 8.4 "LANGUAGE (AND REGION)" SETTINGS......................62 8.5 "TV CONTROL" SETTINGS................................62 8.6 "CLOCK" SETTINGS.....................................63 8.7 "POWER" SETTINGS.....................................64 8.8 "FIRMWARE AND PLUG-INS" SETTINGS.....................65 8.9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE................................66 8.10 "SYSTEM" SETTINGS...................................67 9. OPTIONAL FUNCTIONALITIES..................................................69 9.1 ARCHOS ACCESSORIES..................................69 9.2 ARCHOS PLUG-INS......................................70 9.3 SCHEDULING A TV RECORDING............................70 9.4 RECORDING EXTERNAL VIDEO MANUALLY...................71 9.5 RECORDING EXTERNAL AUDIO MANUALLY...................72 9.6 DISPLAYING THE ARCHOS ON A TV.........................7...