1 105 · MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player · Photo Viewer · Video Player ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 1.1 Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual. Entertainment way 1 2 An introductory note from ARCHOS Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. 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 (www.archos.com/register) 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. 2 3 Table of Contents 1 2 3 Ports, Buttons, and Connections First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery 2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF 2.3 Changing the Interface language 2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105 Playing Music 3.1 Playing a Music File 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 3.3 Playback Menu Items 3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 3.6 Setting a Bookmark 3.7 The Resume Function 3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105 4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 4.4 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 4.5 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 or 11 Playlists 5.1 Creating a new Playlist 5.2 Loading a Playlist 5.3 Playing a Playlist 5.4 Playlist Menu Options Settings 6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 6.3 Changing the time & date settings 6.4 Changing the Display Settings 6 6 6 7 8 9 11 11 12 12 12 13 5 6 8 4 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 20 20 22 23 24 3 5 6 4 6.5 6.6 Using 7.1 7.2 7.3 Changing the Power Settings Changing the System Settings the Browser Inside the MUSIC Folder Navigating the Directory Structure File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 Contextual Menu on a File Contextual Menu on a Folder Contextual Menu while in the Double Browser 29 29 30 25 26 27 27 28 29 7 8 7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard Viewing Photos with your ARCHOS 105 8.1 Using the Photo Browser 8.2 Photo Browser Contextual Menu 8.3 Transferring Photos to your ARCHOS 105 8.3.1 8.3.2 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode Transferring Photos in Windows Device Mode 34 34 30 32 32 33 34 9 10 11 12 13 14 Playing videos with your ARCHOS 105 9.1 Playing video 9.2 Putting Videos onto your ARCHOS 105 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to a Stereo system Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to your Computer 11.1 USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') 11.2 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 11.3 Disconnecting the ARCHOS 105 from your Computer Updating the ARCHOS 105 Firmware 12.1 Download the firmware_a105.AOS file 12.2 Copy to ARCHOS 105 root and Update 12.3 `Hard Drive' or `Windows Device'? 12.4 Activate the Update Technical Specifications Technical Support 35 35 35 37 38 38 38 39 42 42 42 43 43 44 45 4 5 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections B A A Headphone Jack B USB 2.0 port ­ To connect your ARCHOS device to a computer, to transfer files and/or charge the battery. C On button (hold 3 seconds) & Menu options D Off button (hold 3 seconds) & Stop/Escape* C G D E I F H Navigation pad E Move Up & increase volume F Move Down & decrease volume G Move Left (decrease value) or audio/video rewind H Move Right (increase value) or audio/video fast forward I Play/Pause/Resume/Enter * Hardware reset: in the event that the ARCHOS 105 freezes operation, you can reset your device by holding down on the STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds. 5 6 2 2.1 · · First Time Usage Charging the Battery Before using your ARCHOS 105 for the first time, completely charge the battery. · The ARCHOS 105 is charged through its USB connector. Connect the included USB cable to a running computer and plug the other end into the ARCHOS 105 while it is off. This will charge its internal battery. A lightning bolt symbol will flash over the battery icon in the status bar while the battery is charging: It will stop flashing when the battery is fully charged: . . 2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF · Press and hold the ON/Menu button until the screen comes on. · The ARCHOS 105 will automatically shut off after a given amount of time if no buttons are pressed. To conserve battery energy, the backlight will automatically shut off. You can change these parameters in Setup > Power. · Press and hold the Stop/off button until the ARCHOS 105 shuts off. 2.3 Changing the Interface language · English is selected as the default language for your ARCHOS 105 user interface. You can choose another language by going to Setup > Display. 6 7 2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105 The ARCHOS 105 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with care. · Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration. · Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer). · Keep the ARCHOS 105 away from water and excessively humid areas. · Keep the ARCHOS 105 away from high electromagnetic fields. 7 8 3 Playing Music Once the ARCHOS 105 has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. You can select the major functions from this main menu. · Music: Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection system. · Photo: Browse through and view all the pictures on your ARCHOS 105. · Video: Navigate through the Video folder and watch your videos. · Resume: Resume playing from the last place you stopped. · Browser: Browse through and manage all of the other files on your ARCHOS 105. · Setup: Set the parameters of your ARCHOS 105 to your personal taste. 3.1 Playing a Music File By clicking on the Music icon in the main menu screen, you will enter into a `music only' mode. File types other than WMA, WAV, and MP3 that may be in those folders will be filtered from view. There are two ways to access your music, by selecting Browse storage (Internal Memory) or by searching the songs' tag information, Artist, Album, Title, etc. In the case of Browse storage (Internal Memory), you will be sent directly to the Music folder of your ARCHOS 105. Here you can look at all your music files and the folders of your ARCHOS 105 as if you were browsing files with a computer. The other way is to browse your music by tag information, artist, album, song name, year, or genre. The Unknown category indicates that the file has no tag data. To select a music file, use the navigation controls UP and DOWN to move upwards or downwards and ENTER to enter a highlighted subfolder or tag category. Click ENTER to play the highlighted song. Use LEFT to leave a folder and go back to the previous level. 8 9 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Menu available Artist* or parent folder Album* or current folder Song title* or file name Status: playing Play Mode: Folder Play Order: Repeat Volume (0-99) Battery level 15 2 3 4 67 8 9 10 (10) Clock (11) Song elapsed time (12) Song remaining time (13) Album cover (if it is available) *If the file contains these tag data 13 11 12 9 10 A B C D E Play/pause/resume song Increase the volume Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. Decrease the Volume Click once: Play the previous song in the folder or playlist (during first 10 seconds of song) otherwise go to the beginning of the song. Hold: Fast reverse through the song. Stop Song Hold for 3 seconds to lock/unlock the buttons. G E F B A D C F G Play Status Stopped Playing a track Current track is paused Play Order (no icon) Play once Shuffle (Random) track selection Repeat playing The top status bar indicates the status and play settings that you have given. See the Settings chapter for a description of the Playmode options. 10 11 3.3 Playback Menu Items When the menu icon appears, you have certain options. During song playback, press the MENU button for the following options. · Setup: Enters the Setup screen (same as selecting the Setup icon in the main menu) which allows you access to parameters such as bass and treble. · Info: Show file information such as the file name, file size, date created, file format, etc. · ARCLibrary: Allows you to browse through your ARCLibrary while listening to the current song. · Edit Playlist: Enters the playlist editor (see below how to use Playlists). · Set Bookmark: Set a bookmark at the current position within the audio file. See the Bookmark section below. 3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics The ARCLibrary is a system for choosing your music by its characteristics. It can be turned On or Off in the settings from Setup > Playmode. As shown in this screen capture here, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year. MP3 and WMA music files have internal data tags to hold information about the song. For MP3 files, these are known as ID3 tags. Not all MP3 files have all this information filled in. If you purchase a song from a music download service, the song will have this information. If you have an MP3 or WMA file without this tag information, then you can add or change it by going to the properties of the file in Windows® Explorer. The ARCLibrary indexes all the music and playlists that it finds in the folders Music and Playlists by using the tag information in each song. Thus, you should never delete the folders Music or Playlists. If a song does not have tags, it will be put into the category . 11 12 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating If you paste audio files from your computer to the ARCHOS 105, they go directly in the ARCHOS 105's internal memory without the ARCLibrary knowing about the new song. This is why the ARCLibrary is updated when you disconnect your ARCHOS 105 from the computer. Alternatively, you can set up the ARCLibrary to update only when you choose to, by setting it to On, not automatic. You can find the information on how to do this in the section Playmode in the Settings chapter. You will then have to go to the Setup > Playmode screen, highlight [Update ARCLibrary] and press ENTER. A message screen will appear indicating that it is updating the ARCLibrary contents. 3.6 Setting a Bookmark If you are listening to a song, or perhaps a long recording, and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to pick up from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function. While listening to the audio recording, simply click on the MENU button, then choose Set Bookmark. This will set a bookmark in the audio file at the current position. You can only set one bookmark per file. In your browser, bookmarked music files appear with this icon: . You can have a maximum of 16 files bookmarked. Setting more bookmarks will erase existing bookmarks, starting with the oldest. The next time you play the audio file, you will be presented with three options: Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position. Ignore: Clear: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear the bookmark from this file and start playing from the very beginning. 3.7 The Resume Function When you turn on your ARCHOS 105 you will sometimes notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Browser but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted when the ARCHOS 105 can resume the last played audio file. 12 13 3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons You can prevent the ARCHOS 105 from executing unintended functions by locking the buttons. To lock the buttons, hold down on the MENU button until the "lock" icon appears in the top-left corner of the screen. Now the buttons are disabled, but you can still use the UP and DOWN controls on the navigation pad to change the volume. To unlock the buttons hold down again on the Menu button until the "lock" icon disappears. 13 14 4 4.1 Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105 The ARCHOS 105 is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media® Player (WMP) versions 9, 10 and 11. The Windows Media® Player software is used to download digital media content from the Internet to your computer and organize it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media® Player media library to your ARCHOS device. See the comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running Windows Media® Player 9 and 10/11. Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player (WMP) is a one way `sync' button. That is, it will add music, photo and video files to your ARCHOS 105 so that you have t ...