The AV 700 is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system. With the docking pod connected to your television, you can easily connect your AV 700 to the pod as desired. Optionally, you can connect it to your computer with the included USB Cable. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantage of being able to download legal music and video content from the Internet. Since it is a PlaysForSure™ device, you have a wide choice of music and video content available on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure™ program, see This manual will explain, in detail, the functionality of your device. The better you know how to use it, the more enjoyment you will get from it. Remember, with the AV 700, you can… • Play MPEG-4 & WMV video files on the built-in screen, a television or video projector • Record and edit MPEG-4 video files from a television or other video device • Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music files or PlaysForSure™ downloaded music files • Record music files into digital format directly from your hi-fi without a computer • Synchronize your Windows® Media Player music and video library to your AV 700 • View JPEG and BMP digital photos and create slide shows • Copy Pictures from your digital camera via the built in host USB port • Store .DOC, .PDF, or any type of data file – it’s a portable hard drive too! We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 product. Please do register your product at our website to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product. We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 product. Please do register your product at our website to ensure that you get access to our help line and to be informed of free software updates for your product. The ARCHOS™ TEAM Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many things that this device can do thatyou may not be aware of. As our engineers are always updating and improving the software, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual. 3 4 T TTable of C ents able of Co oon nnt ttents 1 INTRO – Buttons and Connections 8 2 INTRO – First Time Usage 11 2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 11 2.2 Turning on the AV 700 11 2.3 Shutting off the AV 700 and Battery saving features 11 2.4 Changing the Interface Language 12 2.5 Foreign Character Sets 12 2.6 Caring for the AV 700 12 2.7 Hardware Reset 13 3 VIDEO – Playing Video Files 14 3.1 Video Playback Action Icons 15 3.2 Resume Function 16 4 VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet 17 4.1 Protected Internet Video content 17 4.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content 17 5 VIDEO – Recording Video Files 19 5.1 Setting the Recording Parameters 20 5.2 Where is the Recording Saved? 22 5.3 Copy Protection 22 5.4 Manually Setting the Scheduler 22 6 VIDEO – Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler 25 7 VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 27 7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand 28 7.2 Part 2: Finding the Right Emitter Codes 28 5 5 9 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 33 9.1 Installing the PC Software 34 9.2 Using MPEG-4 Translator 36 10 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 38 10.1 Button Control 39 10.2 Play Screen Icons 40 10.3 Browsing through your Music Library 41 10.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 42 10.5 Setting a Bookmark 42 10.6 The Resume Function 43 11 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 44 11.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the AV 700 44 11.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 45 11.3 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 700 46 11.4 Installing Windows Media® Player 9 (WMP9) 46 11.5 Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) 46 12 MUSIC – Playlists 47 12.1 Playing a Playlist 47 12.2 Creating a Playlist 47 12.3 Saving a Playlist 48 12.4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 49 13 MUSIC – Recording Music 50 13.1 Cable Connections for Audio Recording 50 13.2 Recording Procedure 52 13.3 Where is the Recording Saved? 54 13.4 Audio Editing 54 5 6 14 MUSIC – Using iTunes™ with your AV 700 56 15 PHOTO – Viewing Photos 57 15.1 Viewing Photos 57 15.2 Viewing a slideshow 59 15.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 59 16 GAMES – Playing Mophun® Games 61 17 BROWSER – Using the Browser 62 17.1 Navigating the Directory Structure 63 17.2 File and Folder Operations 64 17.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 67 18 Connecting/Disconnecting* the AV 700 to/from your PC 68 18.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 68 18.2 Connecting the AV 700 68 18.3 Disconnecting the AV 700 from your Computer 70 19 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port 72 20 SETTINGS 73 20.1 Sound Settings 73 20.2 Play Mode Settings 74 20.3 Clock Settings 75 20.4 Display Settings 76 20.5 Appearance settings 77 20.6 Power Settings 77 20.7 System Settings 78 20....