MANUAL V3.0
5, 5g & 7
TRANSfERRING fILES > P. 49
7.2 PuTTIng fIles OnTO The arChOs
There are two main methods to transfer your files onto the ARCHOS:
Copy your media files (videos, music, photos) with
Windows Media® Player 10 or
higher*:
* For best performance, we recommend that users update to Windows Media
®
Player 11 or higher.
The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player is a one way ‘sync’ button. It will add
video, music and photo files to your ARCHOS. If will give you the possibility to have the
same digital media on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media® Player media
library.
Connect your ARCHOS to the computer. See
Connecting the ARCHOS
to a Computer.
On your computer, start Windows Media
®
Player.
Select the
Sync
tab.
Choose the media files you want to transfer.
Click on the
Start Sync
button.
The selected videos, songs or photos will be copied directly into the
corresponding
Video
,
Music
or
Pictures
folder of the ARCHOS.
See your Windows Media
®
Player help instructions for more information.
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The second method is to use Windows® Explorer
to copy and paste your files
from your computer to the
Video
,
Music
or
Pictures
folder of your ARCHOS.
You cannot copy files larger that 2 GB to the ARCHOS due to the FAT32 file
system constraints. For advanced users: in “PC Hard Drive” connection
modes (mode 2 and 3), the maximum size is 2 GB for .AVI files and 4 GB for
any other type of file. See:
Storage Settings
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7.3 dIsCOnneCTIng
When you disconnect the ARCHOS from a computer, your device automati-
cally updates the ARCLibrary (not in USB mode 2 “PC Hard Drive”), so that the
media files you just copied appear in the Music and Photo Libraries.
windows
®
xP or higher & wMP10 or higher
Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHOS and your computer.
Now unplug the USB cable from your ARCHOS and/or computer.
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