Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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ENGLISH USER MANUAL
704 TV
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ARCHoS dEVICE dESCRIptIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 USING tHE toUCHSCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 INtERfACE LANGUAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 bAttERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 pRodUCt CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. PlayIng VIdeO ...........................................................................................................................10
1.1 1. 1.3 1.4 1.5 .1 . .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 3.1 3. 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 bRoWSING tHRoUGH YoUR VIdEoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 VIdEo pLAYbACk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 VIdEo SEttINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pUttING VIdEoS oNto YoUR ARCHoS dEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 RECoRdING VIdEo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 bRoWSING tHRoUGH YoUR MUSIC fILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MUSIC pLAYbACk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 MUSIC SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 SoUNd SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 pLAYLIStS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 pUttING MUSIC oNto YoUR ARCHoS dEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 RECoRdING AUdIo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 bRoWSING tHRoUGH YoUR pHotoS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 pHoto VIEWER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 pHoto SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 pLAYING A SLIdESHoW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 VIEWING pHotoS WHILE LIStENING to MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 pUttING pHotoS oN to YoUR ARCHoS dEVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. PlayIng MusIC ..........................................................................................................................14
3. VIewIng PhOTOs ......................................................................................................................21
4. usIng The brOwser .......................................................................................................... 26 .
4.1 NAVIGAtIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. USING tHE VIRtUAL kEYboARd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3 USING tHE pdf REAdER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. dIgITal TV ..................................................................................................................................30 .
5.1 5. 5.3 5.3 fIRSt tIME USAGE: tUNING dIGItAL tV CHANNELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 WAtCHING dIGItAL tV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 RECoRdING dIGItAL tV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 dISCoNNECtING tHE fLAp ANtENNAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
6. usb COnneCTIOns ................................................................................................................ 36
6.1 CoMpUtER CoNNECtIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6. USb HoSt CoNNECtIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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7.1 7. 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.1 8. 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 LANGUAGE SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 dISpLAY SEttINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 AppEARANCE SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 CLoCk SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 poWER SEttINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 tV CoNtRoL SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 SYStEM SEttINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 UpdAtING tHE fIRMWARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 dVR StAtIoN & dVR tRAVEL AdAptER pRESENtAtIoN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 RECoRdING VIdEo (ExtERNAL SoURCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 EdItING VIdEo fILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SEttING tHE SCHEdULER foR dVR RECoRdINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 tHE INfRAREd EMIttER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 RECoRdING AUdIo (ExtERNAL SoURCE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
8. OPTIOnal funCTIOnalITIes ........................................................................................... 46 .
TeChnICal sPeCIfICaTIOns ................................................................................................... 56 TeChnICal suPPOrT InfOrMaTIOn ................................................................................. 58 .
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on the left side of the device: Press and hold to switch on/off.
Press once to switch the display of the image between TV and built-in LCD screen. Press and hold to lock the touchscreen of your ARCHOS device.
CoNNECtoRS
Underneath the device are several connectors: dVr Record external video and/or audio via the optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter, available sTaTIOn from www.archos.com (see Optional Functionalities). Connect your ARCHOS device to your computer (see Computer Connection). b Connect a compatible external device to your ARCHOS (see USB Host Connection). a
on the left side of the device: Power: charge the battery of your ARCHOS device (see Battery Charge). AV Out Jack: · Audio: plug in headphones. · Video: plug in the ARCHOS AV cable to connect to your TV, hi-fi, etc. on top of the device: Antenna connector for Digital TV: connect the supplied flap antenna system. See: Digital TV.
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LEd INdICAtoRS
ON/OFF indicator Hard Disk Drive activity indicator: · the light flickers when the hard drive is active (playing/transferring files). Battery charge indicator: · light on: the battery is charging. · flashing: the battery is fully charged. Video display indicator: · the light is on when the image is displayed on an external display.
bUILt-IN LoUdSpEAkERS
The built-in stereo loudspeakers are on the front of the device, on both sides below the screen.
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REMotE CoNtRoL
· The ARCHOS 704 TV has an infrared receiver located on the front of the device, in the bottom left corner. · Point the supplied remote control towards the infrared receiver to control your ARCHOS device.
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1 standby/on (when the charger/adapter is connected) or power off. 2 change the Digital TV channel. 3 record Digital TV or start an external video/audio recording with optional DVR Station or DVR Travel Adapter (Start recording menu item on screen). 4 switch between built-in screen and an external screen ( 6 Navigation buttons: move from an item to another. ( / screen). 7 Enter/Accept and Pay/Pause/Resume button. 8 Escape/Back /Stop button ( button on screen). 9 mute sound.
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button).
5 Accelerator buttons: high-speed fast forward, reverse, or list scrolling. and / buttons on
tab between available screens (
button on screen).
Menu button: display a text description of the available menu icons (Menu button on screen). increase / decrease volume. change Digital TV channels.
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usIng The TOuChsCreen
Your ARCHOS 704 TV device is equipped with a touchscreen. Most screen areas will react when you tap on them using the included stylus or your fingernail. Below is a description of the main tactile screen areas and a few tips on how to use the touchscreen.
INtERfACE dESCRIptIoN & tACtILE SCREEN AREAS
Status bar · In the top right corner of the screen, the status bar indicates the volume, the battery level, the current time, the playback status of your device, etc. · This area is not tactile, except for the cross, which may appear at the right end of the status bar for you to exit the current screen.
tabs · In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area shows other available applications and screens (Setup Screen, Home Screen, etc.). They vary, depending on where you are in the interface. · You can tap on the icon to switch between the available screens. · You can also tap directly on one of the tabs to access the corresponding screen. Contextual Menu · In the lower right corner of the screen, the contextual menu area shows the menu icons: the available options will vary, depending on where you are in the interface. · To execute a menu icon's function, simply tap on it. In order to display a text description of the icon, tap on the MENU word.
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Home Screen · This is the main screen of your ARCHOS device, showing its main functions. · In the Home Screen or in the Setup Screen, you can tap directly on an icon to select it. Tap a second time to launch the application. · In a browser window, in the ARCLibrary, or in the photo wall, you can tap twice on a file, song or video to launch it.
other touchscreen Actions · When watching a video or listening to music, you can tap on the progression bar to go directly to a different location in the video or song. You can also drag the cursor in the progression bar to another location in the video or song. · In the screens where it appears, the volume bar can be dragged in the same way. · In the Archos file browser, you can drag the scroll bar up and down to scroll the file list up and down. You can also scroll faster by tapping above or ...