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CHAR
GING & CONNECTING T
O
A COMPUTER
PUTTING MUSIC AND PHO
TOS ONT
O Y
OUR AR
CHOS
DISCONNECTING THE AR
CHOS FR
OM A COMPUTER
Once all your
fi
le transfers are
fi
nished, close Windows
®
Explorer and any other
program that may have read or written to the
ARCHOS. Click on the ‘safely remove’
icon in the system tray
, next to the clock. Before removing the cable, you will notice
the state of the battery charge. If the icon has three solid bars, this means the battery
is completely charged. If they are blinking, it means the battery is still charging.
Y
ou
can leave the device to fully charge or unplug the cable and use the
ARCHOS with a
partial charge.
MUSIC PLA
YB
A
C
K
1. Audio
Frequency
Graph
(or song lyrics if the folder contains a
.lrc
fi
le with same name as the song)
2. Elapsed time
3. Play/pause Status
4. Song duration
5. Song title
6. Equalizer setting
7. Song item out of total num-
ber of songs on the device
8. V
olume
9. Repeat Mode
(Play one song, Repeat one song, Play all songs, Play &
repeat all songs, play song intro)
10. Play mode
(Normal, Shuf
fl
e)
11. File’
s encoded bit rate
12. V
olume controls
13.
Previous song
(slide left)
Fast reverse
(slide & hold)
14. Next song
(slide right)
Fast forward
(slide & hold)
PHO
TO
PLA
YB
A
C
K
TR
OUBLESHOO
TING
Y
ou can transfer your media
fi
les to the
ARCHOS either by copy/pasting them into the
respective folders using Windows
®
Explorer (or the Finder on a Macintosh), or by using
Windows Media
®
Player
. The Synchronize button in Windows Media
®
Player is a one way
‘sync’
button. It will add music and photo
fi
les to your
ARCHOS. It will give you the possibil-
ity to have the same digital media on your
ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media
®
Player library
.
On your computer
, start Windows Media
®
Player
. 1) Select the
Sync
tab. 2) Drag the media
fi
les you want to transfer into the sync area in the panel on the right. 3) Click on the
Start
Sync
button.
The selected songs or photos will be copied directly into the corresponding
Music
or
Pictures
folder of the
ARCHOS. See your Windows Media
®
Player help instruc-
tions for more information.
To
receive and play podcasts, you can use freely available
software from the Internet such as the popular Juice program to get your podcasts and then
you can transfer them to your
ARCHOS.
Synchronize with
W
indows Media
®
Player 1
1
Copy/paste with
W
indows
®
Explorer
As we are often updating and improving our products, your device’
s software may have a slightly dif
ferent appearance or modi
fi
ed functionality than presented in this User Guide.
Charging:
Whenever your
ARCHOS is connected to a running computer
, it will charge
automatically (even if you unmount it with the safe removal icon -- see below).
Connecting:
When you connect the USB cable to your computer
, the
ARCHOS will
connect as an external hard drive. Windows
®
Explorer will show it as
ARCHOS 2 (E:)
for
example. For Macintosh computers, it will also appear as an external hard drive.
PROBLEM:
The music
fi
le is not visible in the library or cannot play when I select it in the
fi
le
browser
.
SOLUTION:
Make sure you put all your music in the folder named ‘Music.’
Not all music
formats are readable.
The
ARCHOS 2 can play MP3, WMA, W
A
V
, FLAC, and
APE
fi
le
types. If it is an M4A
type
fi
le (typically from Macintosh
®
computers), it will need to be con-
verted to one of the above formats before being able to play
.
PROBLEM:
The device is frozen and doesn’t respond to pressing on the buttons.
SOLUTION:
T
urn of
f the device by sliding and holding the power button for 3 seconds and
then restart as normal.
Y
ou can also press the reset button on the back of the device by
using an object such as a toothpick.
PROBLEM:
I would like to charge my device with the PC but listen to it at the same time.
SOLUTION:
By ‘removing safely’
the device as explained above, but not unplugging the
USB cable, you can use your
ARCHOS product while it charges.
This charge and listen
function is not possible with Windows V
ista™ computers.
PROBLEM:
I added new music to my
ARCHOS but it does not show up in the Music
browser
.
SOLUTION:
Y
ou must place your
fi
les in the
Music
folder on the
ARCHOS. If it does not
have music tags, it will be listed under
<Other>
. Select
Update Library
(bottom item on
list) which will update the Library with all the latest added music.
PROBLEM:
I cannot see a
fi
le that I just copied to my
ARCHOS.
SOLUTION:
Remember that when you are browsing in the Music or Photo folders, the
fi
les
that are not of those types will not be visible - even though they are there. Use the
Files
browser to see all your
fi
les.
USER SETTINGS
Lock
Headphones
Select/Play/Pause
USB computer Interface
V
olume -
Back/escape
(Long hold to go back to the main menu)
Strap slot
Micro-SD Card Slot
V
olume +
Slide Scroller
On/Of
f
(Hold for 3 seconds)
To
change the language of your device, use the slide scroller until you see
SETTINGS, then press the Select button and use the slide scroller to select
LANGUAGE and then the desired language.
Close
Safely Remove
Unplug from computer
Opening the music browser will allow you to
choose your music by the title, artist, album, or
genre (so long as the music
fi
les have these tag
information in them). If a song has no music
tags, then you can
fi
nd it in the folder named
<Other>
. T
o change how your music plays,
such as randomly
, repeating, or just playing one
album, press the menu button (bottom left of
screen) to make your selection.
If a lyrics
fi
le
(text
fi
le of type .LRC) is found in
the same folder and has the same name as
the song playing, the song lyrics will be shown
while the song plays.
The
ARCHOS 2 vision
will not play DRM protected music.
Opening the photo browser will allow you to view the stored photos one by one or as
an automatic slide show
. If you have inserted a micro-SD card, you will be given the
option to choose to view pictures on the card or those stored in the built-in memory
.
Hightlight the desired photo
fi
le, then press Play to view it. Slide your
fi
nger up or down
to view the next or previous photo. Press the Play/Pause button to start a slide show
.
Press Play/Pause again to stop the slide show
.
The speed of the slideshow can be
adjusted through the settings.
By going to the main menu’
s SETTINGS screen, you can personal-
ize how you want your
ARCHOS 2 vision to operate.
Music:
Allows you to decide if you want your music to repeat, to play in shuf
fl
e mode or not,
and what equalizer adjustments you want.
Record:
Allows you to set the quality and the volume for voice recordings using the built-in
microphone.
Slideshow pause:
Allows you to set the length of time between images shown during a
slide show
.
Display:
Allows you to set the
backlight
(how long the screen stays on),
Brightness
(the
screen brightness) and
Backlight mode
(screen dims or goes totally of
f)
Sleep T
imer:
Sets the continuous playing time before the player is turned of
f automatically
.
Language:
Allows you to set your interface language
Note:
This device is also capable of displaying simple text (.txt)
fi
les!
MUSIC SELECTION
V
olume -
V
olume +
(Hold down to add the item to
favorites)
Move up step by step (slide left)
Move down step by step (slide right)
Scroll upward and downward (slide & hold)
4. Select the item
1.
2.
3.
EN