User manual ARCHOS AV700 TV

1 ARCHOSTM MOBILE TV & RECORDER ® AV 700 TV Mobile TV & Recorder / Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive English Language User Manual User Manual for ARCHOSTM AV 700 TV series Version 1.2 Please visit www.archos.com to download the most recent manual and software for this product. 2 Dear Customer, ARCHOSTM thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 TV product. The AV 700 TV is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system. With the optional docking pod connected to your television, you can easily connect your AV 700 TV 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 PlaysForSureTM device, you have a wide choice of music and video content available on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSureTM program, see www.playsforsure.com. 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 TV, you can... · · · · · · · · · · Watch Digital TV on the built-in screen, a television or video projector Record your favorite Digital TV programs directly onto your AV 700 TV 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 (with optional accessories) Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music files or PlaysForSureTM downloaded music files Record music files into digital format directly from your hi-fi without a computer (with optional accessories) Synchronize your Windows® Media Player music and video library to your AV 700 TV 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 files ­ it's a portable hard drive too! We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 TV product. Please do register your product at our website www.archos.com/register/products.html 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 TV, Video, Music, and Photo experience, The ARCHOSTM TEAM Please take the time to read though this manual. There are many things that this device can do that you 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. 2 3 Table of Contents 1 INTRO ­ Buttons and Connections 1.1 2 Remote Control Description 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 16 17 19 21 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 26 3 7 INTRO ­ First Time Usage 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Plugging in the AC Adapter Turning on the AV 700 TV Shutting off the AV 700 TV and Battery saving features Changing the Interface Language Foreign Character Sets Caring for the AV 700 TV Hardware Reset 3 TV ­ Watching Digital TV 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV Watching Digital TV Digital TV Action Icons Watching Digital TV in your Car* 4 TV ­ Recording Digital TV 4.1 4.2 4.3 Recording Digital TV with the AV 700 TV Setting the Scheduler Viewing Digital TV recordings on your computer 5 VIDEO ­ Playing Video Files 5.1 5.2 Video Playback Action Icons Resume Function 6 VIDEO ­ Playing Video Files from the Internet 6.1 6.2 Protected Internet Video content Non Protected Internet Video Content 4 7 8 VIDEO ­ Recording Video Files VIDEO ­ Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 8.1 8.2 9 Installing the PC Software Using MPEG-4 Translator 29 31 33 34 35 36 37 37 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 42 42 43 44 45 46 47 47 49 49 51 27 28 MUSIC ­ Playing Music Files 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Button Control Play Screen Icons Browsing through your Music Library Playing Through your Stereo System Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function 10 MUSIC ­ Putting Music onto your AV 700 TV 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 11 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media Player (WMP) to the AV 700 TV Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 700 TV Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) ® MUSIC ­ Playlists 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Playing a Playlist Creating a Playlist Saving a Playlist Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 12 MUSIC ­ Recording Music 13 MUSIC ­ Using iTunesTM with your AV 700 TV 14 PHOTO ­ Viewing Photos 14.1 14.2 14.3 Viewing Photos Viewing a slideshow Transferring photos to your AV 700 TV 15 GAMES ­ Playing Mophun® Games 4 5 16 BROWSER ­ Using the Browser 16.1 16.2 16.3 Navigating the Directory Structure File and Folder Operations Using the Virtual Keyboard 53 54 57 58 58 58 60 62 63 63 64 65 66 67 67 68 69 70 72 73 73 74 75 77 77 79 79 5 52 17 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 700 TV to/from your PC 17.1 17.2 17.3 USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') Connecting the AV 700 TV Disconnecting the AV 700 TV from your Computer 18 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port 19 SETTINGS 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 Sound Settings Play Mode Settings Clock Settings Display Settings Appearance settings Power Settings System Settings TV control 20 Updating the AV 700 TV Firmware Operating System (OS) 21 Replacing the battery 22 Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 Docking Pod Cable Connections Travel Kit Cable Connections Recording Procedure Where is the Recording Saved? Audio Editing 23 Recording External Video with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit 23.1 Docking Pod Cable Connections 6 23.1.1 TV Docking Pod Description 23.1.2 Connecting the TV Docking Pod to your Television System - Connect & Test Method 23.1.3 Connection Diagram 79 80 84 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 Travel Kit Cable Connections Recording Video Files from External Sources Setting the Recording Parameters Where is the Recording Saved? Editing Video Files Copy Protection Docking Pod-Specific Options 23.8.1 Manually Setting the Scheduler 23.8.2 Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler 23.8.3 Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 93 95 97 86 87 88 90 90 93 93 24 Troubleshooting 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 USB Connection issues Charging and Power issues AV 700 TV locks up (freezes operation) or Stops File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning 100 101 101 101 100 25 Technical Specifications 26 Legal and Safety Notices 104 106 6 7 1 INTRO ­ Buttons and Connections a Move UP (also increases volume during media playback) b Move DOWN (also decreases volume during media playback) c Move LEFT (also plays previous song or fast reverse through song or video) d Move RIGHT (also plays next song or fast forward through song or video) e Accelerate UP ­ go up the list of items at high speed f Accelerate Down ­ go down the list of items at high speed g Infrared sensor for the remote control h Left and right loud speakers i On indicator j Hard drive activity indicator (read/write) k Battery charger indicator (blinks when battery is charged*) 7 8 l TV out indicator (indicates that video is being sent to a connected external television) m Play/Enter/On ­ Hold for 3 seconds to switch on the device n Stop/Escape/Off ­ Hold for 3 seconds to switch off the device o UP action button (move up on the list of action icons) p SELECT action button (select the highlighted action icon) q DOWN action button (move down on the list of action icons) a Antenna connector for Digital TV b LCD/TV button ­ Hold down to switch between the LCD and an external TV display c USB 2.0 Full speed USB Host port ­ to connect compatible devices d Multi-connect jack* ­ for headphones, TV Docking Pod, and AV in/out connections e USB 2.0 High speed device port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to your computer f Power Connector (Use only the supplied ARCHOSTM power charger/adapter) g Battery latch 8 9 1.1 Remote Control Description Standby / Wake Up Switch between Built-in & External Video This group of buttons acts as the navigation and acceleration buttons on the left of the AV 700 TV and the Play & Stop buttons on the right side. Numeric entry: to access a Digital TV channel directly, enter its number. Action icon select and execute buttons Increase / Decrease Volume Mute sound Displays Action icon descriptions, if activated (Setup > Display) 9 10 2 2.1 INTRO ­ First Time Usage Plugging in the AC Adapter · Use only the included ARCHOSTM charger/adapter. · You can charge the internal battery of the AV 700 TV by plugging the included adapter/charger directly into the device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger into the optional TV Docking Pod and connecting your AV 700 TV to the optional TV Docking Pod. · Before using for the first time, charge the batteries completely. The charge indicator (CHG) light just below the navigation pad will start to blink when the battery is charged. 2.2 Turning on the AV 700 TV · Hold the PLAY/ON button for 3 seconds. The green "On" indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take a few seconds for the operating system to boot up. · If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds, plug in the ARCHOSTM adapter/charger to make sure the batteries get charged. 2.3 Shutting off the AV 700 TV and Battery saving features To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button for 3 seconds. In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Power Off parameter. It is factory set to 6 minutes. Thus, if your AV 700 TV is idle for 6 minutes, it will shut itself off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to never. In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Backlight Off parameter to save battery power (the lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power). It is factory set to 60 seconds. That is, if the AV 700 TV is not being used, the screen will shut off in order to save battery life. To turn the screen back on, just click once on any button. See the section Power in the Settings chapter for a complete explanation. 10 11 2.4 Changing the Interface Language The AV 700 TV interface can be set to English (default), French, Spanish, German, or Russian. · Using the UP action button, highlight the Settings icon (showing a wrench) and then click the center SELECT action button. · Highlight the Display icon and click the PLAY/ENTER button. · Highlight the Language parameter using the UP/DOWN buttons. · Click the RIGHT or LEFT button to choose the desired language. · The language displayed will change immediately. · Click on the STOP/ESC button to return to the Setup page and again to return to the main menu screen. 2.5 Foreign Character Sets You have the possibility to display your file names, folder names, and music tags in various character sets (ex: Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, etc.). You can find the language files CodePage_name.4FZ in the font folder under /Data/Asian Fonts on the AV 700 TV hard drive or on the ARCHOSTM website under the heading Software. If, for example, you would like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the file CP949.4FZ into the folder /system on the AV 700 TV and shut down and restart the AV 700 TV. File names, folder names, and music tags written using the Microsoft® codepage for the language will now be displayed in that character set. Only one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should only put one .4FZ file into the /system folder. When an .4FZ language file is used, the interface language will be set to English. 2.6 Caring for the AV 700 TV The ARCHOSTM Video AV 700 TV is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical consumer electronic products. · Do not subject it to shock. · Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated by keeping it on its feet with the fold-out stand (especially when connected to a computer). · Keep the AV 700 TV away from water and excessively humid areas. 11 12 · Keep the AV 700 TV away from high electromagnetic fields. · Keep any connected cords to the AV 700 TV neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. · Do not open up the AV 700 TV. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty. 2.7 Hardware Reset In the event that your AV 700 TV freezes operation (due to electrostatic phenomena for example), you can actuate a hardware reset by holding down on the STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds. In normal operation, the STOP/ESC button will shut down the AV 700 TV after being held down for 3 seconds. 12 13 3 3.1 TV ­ Watching Digital TV Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV Before you can use your AV 700 TV to watch Digital TV for the first time, you will need to tune it to receive the available programs in your area. You may also need to do this when you enter a different coverage area, for instance when you travel a long distance. Setting Up and Connecting the Antennas Your AV 700 TV comes with a set of two amplified antennas along with their cable and carrying case. Start by assembling these elements as shown in this picture. M = Master M S S = Slave Then, connect the antennas to the antenna connector of your AV 700 TV. This port is next to the TV/LCD button . on the top of the device, and is marked with this symbol: Attention: DO NOT connect the antennas to the `USB A' port of the AV 700 TV! 13 14 Positioning the Antennas for Optimal Reception You must now make sure that your antennas are in a position that allows for good reception. In most situations, you will be able to obtain a good quality signal by leaving the antennas in the opened carrying case. · For an optimal reception, unfurl the cables of the antennas (leaving the antennas in their pockets) and place them as far as possible from the AV 700 TV device, and as close as possible to a window. Never place the antennas less than 80cm (30 inches) from the AV 700 TV. Try different orientations to determine which one offers the best reception (see signal quality icon further down). Deploy the antennas away from any electromagnetic source such as a TV or PC, and away from any metal parts (at least 30 cm/12"). The supplied antennas are directional antennas: the most sensitive side is the front side, with the shortest element. In some areas, reception may be very poor, and you may need to take the antennas out of their pockets. In such a case, turn them in opposite directions, as far away from each other as possible. · · DO NOT connect the antennas to the USB A port! Note that both of the antennas have a power LED that will light up once they are correctly plugged in. 14 FRONT BACK FRONT BACK POWER LED 15 Note: you can use the AV 700 TV as a Digital TV tuner at home and connect the AV 700 TV to your home antenna using the supplied Antenna Adapter Cable (IMPORTANT: use only the ARCHOSTM supplied cable, and connect only to a regular aerial antenna outlet, not a cable TV service outlet). Signal quality icon: This icon is located in the status bar. The color and the number of bars indicate the level of quality of the received signal. The icon is split in two parts, showing reception for the left and right antennas separately. When you move the antennas, allow a few seconds Master Slave before the icon reflects any change. Please note that if you use your home antenna and the supplied Antenna Adapter Cable, it is normal that only the left side of the icon will show signal quality. Scanning for Channels From the Main Menu of the AV 700 TV, select the Digital TV menu icon and press the ENTER button. Using the action buttons, select Digital TV Settings and then select Scan. Your device will scan through the available channels (this can take a few minutes). You can now watch TV! Note: to avoid losing these new settings the next time you scan for channels, you can save them as a preset (see Digital TV Settings in section 3.3 - Digital TV Action Icons). 15 16 3.2 Watching Digital TV To watch Digital TV, simply select the Digital TV menu icon on the main screen and press the ENTER button. You can then browse through the available channels by using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons, as shown here: volume up previous channel display channel list next channel volume down When you change channels, an information screen about the current program and the following program will be shown for a few seconds, as shown in this picture. Channel number Channel name Current program timeline Current program start time and title Next program start time and title Channel List Press either of the acceleration buttons to display the list of available channels. You can then use the UP/DOWN buttons to select a channel and press the ENTER button to jump directly to the highlighted channel. display channel list highlight previous channel go to highlighted channel hide channel list highlight next channel Alternatively, you can also go directly to a channel by typing its number on the supplied remote control. 16 17 3.3 Digital TV Action Icons Hide Text Overlay Select this icon to shut off the On Screen Display (the status bar, action icons and other overlaid informational graphics). Video Format Change the way the image is displayed on the built-in LCD screen of your AV 700 TV or on your TV: Auto Maximized Image Original Picture Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or television. Enlarge the image to fill the screen. The entire picture will always be seen on the TV and the built-in screen, no cutting. Built-in speaker on/off Turn on or off the built-in loudspeakers. Current Program Info Information will be displayed on your screen about the program you're viewing, its duration, and potentially other programming information. Note that this information is provided by the TV stations themselves and may not always be available. 17 18 Digital TV Settings This menu allows you to manage the Digital TV channels: Preset 1-5 Scan Save Sort selecting one of these presets will change the set of currently available channels to ones you have previously preset. will search for available channels (see section Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV). saves the current set of channels as a preset. Use this option just after scanning if you have traveled and want to save the local Digital TV settings as preset 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. will open the list of current channels and allow you to sort them to a different order and to delete the ones that you don't want to keep. - Use the UP/DOWN buttons to highlight a channel number, then the RIGHT button to highlight the channel name. - The UP/DOWN buttons will then allow you to move the channel to a different position. - To delete a channel, highlight its name and press the STOP button. - Press the LEFT button to go back to highlighting a channel number. - To exit, highlight any channel number and press the STOP button. Start Recording This will start recording the channel you're watching (see section Recording Digital TV). Video Settings This will display the available settings, such as sound settings, LCD brightness, etc. 18 19 3.4 Watching Digital TV in your Car* With the AV 700 TV, you have the possibility to watch Digital TV on the move. For best reception while moving, the supplied antennas can be taken out of their carrying case to be mounted on the supplied car antenna support systems. You will first need to assemble the car antenna support systems, clip the antennas into place and then apply the support systems to a flat and smooth surface (such as a window area that does not interfere with the driver's view). BA CK OF AN TE NN A For best reception, it is advised to place the antennas in opposite directions (the front of the antennas, with the shortest element, must not be directed towards metal parts), one on each side of the vehicle (front and back, or left and right). 1 2 click! As reception conditions vary with vehicle types and other external conditions, it is advised to try different positions for the antennas to determine which one offers the best results. 4 3 Note: if traveling long distances, you may need to re-scan for channels from time to time. * Safety Notice: for the driver and passengers' safety, and to comply with some countries' road regulations, the AV 700 TV should not be placed such that it is viewable by the driver (see additional notices and disclaimers in the legal section of this manual). FR ON T OF AN TE NN A 19 20 Examples of positions where the supplied antennas can be mounted on a car (Local laws may prohibit mounting on certain windows of your vehicle) 20 21 4 4.1 TV ­ Recording Digital TV Recording Digital TV with the AV 700 TV The AV 700 TV allows you to record your favorite TV programs very easily. While you're watching TV, all you have to do is select the Start Recording action icon and the AV 700 TV will instantly start recording the program you're watching. To stop the recording, simply select the Stop Recording action icon. Note that while recording Digital TV, you will not be able to change channels. Where is the Recording Saved? The default location for Digital TV recordings is the folder called Video. Files recorded from Digital TV are named automatically from the program's title. To view a recording, go to the main menu and select the Video icon. You will see your recording here. 4.2 Setting the Scheduler If you would like to make a Digital TV recording for a future date or time, you can use the scheduler. You can find it in the main menu. You can program up to twenty different recordings up to one month in advance. Once you program your dates and times of recording, press the action button OK to set them. IMPORTANT: your AV 700 TV must be plugged in and powered by the adapter/charger. If left alone, the AV 700 TV will go on standby itself after a few minutes. At the programmed time, it will turn on and make the recording. 21 22 1. Click the Scheduler icon. 2. Select the line you want to edit using the UP and DOWN buttons, then press RIGHT to start editing. 3. Set each line with the desired date, time and channel. Make sure that the letter before the channel number is D (D stands for Digital TV and A stands for Analog recording - see section 23.8 of the full manual about using the scheduler for Analog recordings with the optional TV Docking Pod). 4. Click on the save icon to save the program. Click on the STOP/ESC button to return to the previous screen. 5. Make sure the adapter/charger is connected to the device. Set the AV 700 TV to Standby (red `standby' button on remote control) or go back to the main menu screen and allow it to automatically (after a couple minutes of inactivity) go into standby mode. Notes about setting the Scheduler: · The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically. · In order for a scheduled recording to start, you must leave the AV 700 TV in the main menu screen or set it to standby mode (press Standby button on remote control). That is, if you are listening to music, watching a video, or looking at photos on your AV 700 TV, it will not interrupt you in order to go make the scheduled recording. · When the AV 700 TV user interface is in English, the Date format is set to Month/Day. · If the end time is earlier than the start time, then it is assumed that you start recording on the start date, and the recording ends on the following day at the end time. · Once a scheduled recording has been made, or the date of a recording has been passed, without the recording having been made (the AV 700 TV was not in Standby mode), the schedule entry will be erased from the scheduler. · Some recordings can create files that are larger than 2 gigabytes (GB) each. The AV 700 TV will create multiple files in order to make long recordings. 4.3 Viewing Digital TV recordings on your computer If you want to view your Digital TV recordings on your computer, you will have to install software that can read videos in MPEG-2 TS format (.TS extension). One possibility is the VLC Player (www.videolan.org). 22 23 5 VIDEO ­ Playing Video Files Click on the Video icon in the main menu, highlight the desired video file, and then click on PLAY/GO. The thumbnail images on the right side will show you a frame from the highlighted video file (center) as well as a frame from the file above and the file below the highlighted one. By clicking on the Video icon in the main menu, you will enter into a `video only' mode. Other playable file types, for example music files, that may be in this folder are only listed if you enter the folder via the Browser. To watch your videos on a television, you must hold down the LCD/TV button for two seconds (or click on the TV button on the remote control). The AV 700 TV screen will go black and the video will be sent out to your connected television. Switch your television to auxiliary video input (often found just below channel 1 ­ sometimes called L1 or L2). If you don't see a clear color image, you may have to set your AV 700 TV to your local television standard (NTSC-North America or PAL-Europe) in / Display from the main menu. Button controls while playing a video file Vol + Vol Rew. FF HSR HSA >I X Increase volume Decrease volume Fast Rewind Fast Forward High speed reverse High speed advance Play/Pause Stop Vol. + ol. l H HSA Rew. HSR Vol. 23 FF F >I X 24 Video Browser Action Icons Hide the Thumbnails Reset thumbnails. The thumbnail images on the right side of the screen will be reset to their original default setting. 5.1 Video Playback Action Icons While a video file is playing, click on the Select action button. The action icons on the right of the screen allow you to make video adjustments to your personal taste. Play & Sound Settings Use this setting if you would like to have the video files play one after the other, or just play one and stop. You can also adjust the sound settings and the amount of time the On Screen Display (OSD) information remains on the screen when you start a video file. Built-in Speakers Turn on or off the built-in loud speakers. Slow Motion Put the video into slow-motion view. You can cycle through the values Normal , ½ , ¼ , and 1/8 speed. The sound is muted when in slow motion. While in slow mode and paused, you can step image per image with the RIGHT button. Set Screen Format Video files come in various aspect ratios. That is, they can be TV sized (almost a square image), or in cinema size (much longer than high). To change the screen to your personal tastes, the following screen format options are available. 24 25 Auto Format Maximized Image Full Picture Format Set a Book mark If you are watching a video and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to continue from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function. Highlight the icon and click on the Select action button. This will set a bookmark in the video file at the current position. You can only set one bookmark per file. When you look at the file in your browser, it will have a yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this file has a bookmark set within it. You can have a maximum of 16 files book-marked. Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks. The next time you play this video file, you will be presented with three options: Resume Ignore Clear Save as Thumbnail Save the current image on the screen as the video file's thumbnail in the Video browser view. Start playing from the book-marked position. Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear the bookmark from this file and start playing from the very beginning. Default mode. Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or television. Enlarge the image to fill the screen (LCD or TV). Sides may get slightly cut in this mode. The entire picture will always be seen on the television and the built-in screen. No cutting. On Screen Display (OSD) off Select this icon to shut off the On Screen Display (the status bar, action icons, and other overlaid informational graphics). 5.2 Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 TV you may notice that the icon which is highlighted on the main screen is not the Video icon but rather the Resume icon. This icon is highlighted when the AV 700 TV can resume the last played audio or video file. 25 26 6 6.1 VIDEO ­ Playing Video Files from the Internet When using Windows Media® Player 10, you will have the advantage of being able to download protected video content from the Internet. When you see the PlaysForSureTM symbol on a web site for Windows® Portable Media Center (PMC)*, then these protected downloads will be playable on your AV 700 TV. Protected Internet Video content If you check the PlaysForSureTM website (www.playsforsure.com) you will find web retailers who offer rental, subscription, or purchasable video content. Remember, web sites must carry the PlaysForSureTM symbol in order for their videos to play on the AV 700 TV. 6.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content The AV 700 TV plays .AVI files that are encoded in MPEG-4 format. It can play such video files at a maximum size of 720 x 576 pixels (25 frames/second). It can also play .WMV files (WMV9 SP) up to a maximum size of 352 x 288**. The AV 700 TV will not directly play files of type .mov, .mpg, or .mpeg. The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to create video files is very extensive and seems to change on a weekly basis. There are so many standards and formats that it is very possible that the video file you download from the Internet will not play right away on your device. Due to certain "variations", even when video files are formatted in "MPEG-4" they may not play right away. If you have some video files that do not play directly on your AV 700 TV, they will have to be converted first. Windows Media® Player 10 (Available only for Windows XP) will convert your video file automatically when you sync the file that is on your PC to the AV 700 TV. It will display a little message `converting'. You can also use the software MPEG-4 Translator included on the AV 700 TV hard drive to re-encode your video files into the proper MPEG-4 SP format that the AV 700 TV can play. See the chapter Video ­ creating MPEG-4 video files with your computer for more details. * MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft . MPEG4 SP with B-frames AVI up to 704x480@30f/s NTSC or 720x576@25f/s PAL. ** Microsoft WMV9 SP up to 352x288@30f/s and 800 kb/s ; supports WM DRM. 26 27 7 VIDEO ­ Recording Video Files It is possible to record external video with your AV 700 TV. To do so, you will need the optional Docking Pod, which will give you a permanent and instant connection to your home entertainment system and allow you to record from your satellite receiver, cable box, VCR or Camcorder directly onto your AV 700 TV device. If you want to make recordings from a place other than where your pod is connected, then you can purchase the AV Travel Kit to bring along with your ARCHOSTM device and record from any other audio or video source. See the chapter Recording External Video with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit for instructions on how to record video. Docking Pod AV Travel Kit These optional devices can be purchased from the ARCHOSTM website: www.archos.com. 27 28 8 VIDEO ­ Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer How to create an MPEG-4 video file Video files that come from your digital camcorder, sent to you via e-mail, or which are freely available on the Internet are encoded in many different ways. If not already in the proper MPEG-4 Simple Profile or WMV9 Simple Profile format, a transformation operation must be done in order that these video files can be played by the AV 700 TV. This transformation process is called re-encoding. There are basically two ways to do this; 1) Use the Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player 10 or 2) Use the PC tools which are available on the AV 700 TV's hard drive. The first method is very simple and merely requires that you synchronize a video file in your Media Player library to your AV 700 TV. You do not have much control in this converting process though and Windows Media® Player determines which video types it will and will not re-encode. The second method, although it requires some learning, will allow you to have much more control over the final quality of the re-encoded (converted) video file. It is described below. There are other tools available on the Internet, some free and some for sale, that can also convert your video files into the appropriate MPEG-4 video file format for the AV 700 TV. See the web site www.mpegmobile.com for a list of a few of them. PC Tools The AV 700 TV is delivered with two Windows® based programs that allow you to create MPEG-4 Simple Profile .AVI video files. They are the MPEG-4 Translator and Virtual DubTM. The MPEG-4 Translator will call the Virtual Dub program and give it the correct parameters to encode your video from its original format, .avi or .mpg (mpeg 1), and then encode it into an MPEG-4 SP .AVI file. The file will be scaled in order to be played back properly. 28 29 8.1 Installing the PC Software If your video file is not an MPEG-4 Simple Profile .avi file of the proper size, you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the AV 700 TV, you will need to create an AVI file that is MPEG-4 Simple Profile with a resolution up to 720 x 576 (depending on frame rate) and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or WAV. In actuality, in all cases, a resolution beyond 640x480 does not add any advantage. MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) In order for MPEG-4-Translator to compress the video in a file of the format MPEG-4 SP that the AV 700 TV can read, it requires an MPEG-4 codec to be installed on your computer.If you do not have the approporiate codec installed, MPEG-4 Translator will tell you on start up which codec it requires. You will be able to download it for free from the Internet. Virtual DubTM A utility for transcoding one video file into another. This is a general purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for even the most difficult video translations. When you install it with the ARCHOSTM Installation Utility, it will automatically unzip. It will prompt you to save it to C:\Program Files\VirtualDub. You should use this default directory location. Otherwise you will have to instruct the MPEG-4 Translator program where to find it. For more information on Virtual DubTM see the website - http://www.virtualdub.org. MPEG-4 Translator This program, developed by Archos, is a "Front-end" for the Virtual Dub program. It has a simple interface which you use and it then tells Virtual Dub how to process the video file. It sets all the parameters for Virtual Dub specifically to create a video file in the right size and format to be read by the AV 700 TV. When you run it for the first time, the MPEG-4 Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not install Virtual Dub in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual Dub is. If you forget, Windows® will give you an error when you try to launch it. 29 30 MP3 Sound Codec If MPEG-4 Translator detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC, it will use it, and your video file sound track will be MP3. Otherwise, it will use the standard IMA ADPCM codec. There are MP3 encoders (usually packaged together as an encoder and decoder) available on the Web for you to download. If you choose to use the LAME codec, make sure that you have a version built with the ACM front-end. You can find other MP3 codecs on the web by using the search terms ACM, MP3 and CODEC in your favorite web search engine. Once this MP3 codec is installed into your system, MPEG-4 Translator will be able to create final video files with MP3 sound, even if the source video file does not have an MP3 sound track. If you are unsure what codecs (audio and/or video) have been installed on your computer, you can see the list by going to the following location. For Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices Properties > Hardware, choose Audio Codecs, then click on Properties. You will find a list here of all the audio codecs that are installed on your computer. Decoding of MPEG 2 video files is currently not supported by MPEG-4 Translator. These are usually .mpg or .mpeg format files, not the required AVI file. There are other tools found on the Internet (FlaskMPEG, Rippack, etc.) that may be downloaded in order to help you with these file types. A good starting place is the website www.digital-digest.com. 30 31 8.2 Using MPEG-4 Translator Here you see the image of the main MPEG-4 Translator program. When you first run the program, if the required codec has not been installed yet. You should download the codec and install it on your computer. If the Virtual dub program has not been installed, you will also be notified, and you should install it (either with the ARCHOSTM Installation Utility or the Virtual Dub website). If you have placed the Virtual Dub program in a folder other than the installer default folder, it will ask you to locate the file. Select Source & Destination Files In this example, a source file 24 hours of Lemans.avi has been selected as the source video. You can see on the bottom of the window its original characteristics (width 720, height 576, frame rate 30). Next, you must then tell the program where to place (Set Destination file) the newly recoded version of the file (don't worry, it will not erase the original). You should give it a new descriptive name, such as shown above Lemans_AV 700 TV.avi. Make sure you add the .avi extension. Change Settings Next, you can change the parameters (Change Settings) of the encoder to adjust the level of quality of the final image. Like MP3 music, the higher the bit rate setting is made, the higher the quality of the music, or video in this case, that you will get. However, this will also take up more space on your hard drive. A setting of 900 kbps will give you a nice looking image for viewing on a television. For near DVD quality, you can set it up to 1200 kbps. 31 32 Target & Priority If the AV 700 TV device is not listed, select "ARCHOSTM Default". You will see a Priority box appear. This control is to allow you to select which feature of the video to be guarded. If for example you are reencoding a video file that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the AV 700 TV can play. Thus, the MPEG-4 Translator program will have to decrease the resolution. Choosing LCD optimizes the final video format for viewing on the built in LCD screen. Choosing the TV option will optimize the movie to keep the highest possible frame rate. You can see what the size and frame rate will be by looking at the Video Image Size : Destination parameters. When choosing TV, it is understood that the output will be optimized for a television, and not the built-in screen. Start Click on Start and the program will call Virtual Dub to start processing the video. Depending on the power and speed of your computer, this could take real time (a 60 minute long video re-encoded in about 60 minutes) or much longer. As shown to the left, you will see the progress as it processes the video file. If the Start button is grayed out, it would be for one of two reasons. 1) The source file is not a true AVI file. Even if the file name ends with .avi, the internal file data determines if it is truly an AVI file. 2) The Virtual Dub program was not located when MPEG-4 Translator was started up. Close the program, restart it, and make sure you locate the Virtual Dub program. 32 33 9 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. MUSIC ­ Playing Music Files When you click on the music icon in the main screen, you will be sent directly to the ARCLibrary. From here you can choose to either browse your music by the file system (Browse hard drive) or by music characteristics (Album, Artist, title, Genre, Year). Use the LEFT, RIGHT, UP, and DOWN buttons to locate one of the factory installed music samples and then click on PLAY. If you hear nothing at first, make sure you have adjusted the volume control on the headphone cord. Current Directory Play Mode: One Directory Status: Playing Battery level Volume (maximum:99) Artist* or parent folder Album* or current folder Song title* or file name Next track to be played Relative location in the track Elapsed, remaining, and total song time Time of Day Album picture* File format and rec info Volume level meters 1 23 4 5 12 6 7 8 13 14 9 10 11 *If the file contains these tag data 15 33 34 9.1 Vol + HSA FF Rew Button Control Increase the Volume High speed advance Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist. Hold: Fast forward through the song. 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. High speed reverse Decrease the Volume Play/pause/resume Stop Song Vol. + ol. l H HSA Rew. HSR Vol. FF F >I X HSR Vol. >| X To lock the AV 700 TV buttons, select the lock action icon on the main screen and press the Select button. The AV 700 TV will display the "locked" icon in the top left corner of the screen. Press the Select button again to unlock the buttons. You can still use the UP and DOWN buttons to change the volume. 34 35 9.2 Play Screen Icons Status Stopped Blinks while Playing a track Current track is paused Recording a track Play Order (no icon) Play once Repeat playing Shuffle (Random) track selection Play Mode AV 700 TV is currently playing from a Playlist Folder: Play all tracks in the current directory All: Play all tracks on AV 700 TV Single: Play a single track then stop Queue: User can queue the next track to be played * Scan: Plays first 10 ­ 90 seconds of each track* * See the PlayMode section in the Settings chapter of this manual for details. 35 36 9.3 Browsing through your Music Library The ARClibrary is your AV 700 TV's music library. It is a system for indexing your music by album, artist, song title, etc. When you synchronize music files from your PC using Windows Media® Player to the AV 700 TV, the ARCLibrary will get updated to include the new songs you have added. As shown in this screen capture, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year. All music files that you purchase have internal `tags' which identify the artist, the album, and the song title. If your music files do not have internal tags (ex: WAV file format or untagged WMA or MP3 files) then the ARCLibrary will put them under the category (Unknown). Audio files created with the AV 700 TV from analog sources are indexed as Artist = (ARCHOS) and Album = (Audio Recordings). You can reach the PlayMode settings screen from the Setup action icon > PlayMode. The play mode determines how your music is played (just the current folder of music, all music, one file, etc.). See Playmode in the section Settings above for a description of how each one works. 36 37 9.4 Playing Through your Stereo System To play your music through your stereo system, you can use the supplied AV cable as shown below. You can also connect the optional docking pod audio outputs (red and white plugs of the cable connected to AV Out) to your stereo system inputs. Playing through a Stereo system with an AV Cable 9.5 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. Simply select the Set Bookmark action icon. This will set a bookmark in the audio file at the current position. You can only set one bookmark per file. When you look at the file in your browser, it will have a yellow check mark on its icon indicating that this file has a bookmark set within it. You can have a maximum of 16 files bookmarked. Setting more bookmarks will then start to erase the oldest bookmarks. The next time you play an audio file which contains a bookmark, you will be presented with three options: 37 38 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. 9.6 The Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 TV you may 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 AV 700 TV can resume the last played audio or video file. 38 39 10 10 MUSIC ­ Putting Music onto your AV 700 TV Your ArchosTM product is a certified PlaysForSureTM digital device which means that wherever you find music for sale on the Internet with this symbol, you can be certain that it will `Play for sure' on your AV 700 TV*. The AV 700 TV is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media® Player (WMP) versions 9 and 10. The Windows Media® Player software is used to download digital media content from the Internet to your computer and organizing it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media® Player media library to your ArchosTM device. See the comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running Windows Media Player 9 and 10 or check out the web site www.playsforsure.com. *Subscription services require you to be running Windows Media® Player 10. 10.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the AV 700 TV The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player (WMP) is a one way `sync' button. That is, it will add music, video, and photo files to your AV 700 TV so that you have the same digital media on your AV 700 TV as you have in your Windows Media® Player media library. Of course, you can choose to sync only certain songs, videos, or photos, or sync your entire library. On WMP10, you can click the button Set up Sync in the Sync tab and then check the box labeled Synchronize Device Automatically. This is the auto-sync advantage of WMP10. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your AV 700 TV to your PC, Windows Media® Player will automatically start up and check to see if there are any new music, videos, or photos in your media library, and if so, will then copy them to your AV 700 TV. You also have the possibility to decide what types of media automatically sync when you connect your AV 700 TV. For example, you may only want music files to be synchronized. On the other hand, with Windows Media® Player 9, you have to tell it what you want to sync, WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically when you connect your AV 700 TV to your computer. 39 40 Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your AV 700 TV from another computer or files which are recorded from an analog source cannot be added to the Windows Media® Player Library when you connect your AV 700 TV to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the device's ARCLibrary. 10.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 Windows® Media Player 10 is only available for Windows® XP (service Pack 1) and newer operating systems. It is worth your while to upgrade to Windows® XP (home or professional) and to Windows® Media Player 10. The list below shows the advantages. Functionality Auto-synchronize the WMP library to ARCHOSTM AV 700 TV on connecting to PC Can synchronize subscription music (`to go' services) to your AV 700 TV Carefree USB disconnection (no special green arrow unmount procedure) Will convert video files** to play on your AV 700 TV if not in correct format Supports protected Internet video downloads PlaysForSureTM audio content WMP9 no* no no no no WMP10 yes yes yes yes yes * Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the AV 700 TV. ** Microsoft reserves the right to limit which video file formats it will convert with WMP10 40 41 10.3 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 700 TV The process of transferring music from a CD into music files for your AV 700 TV is known as `ripping'. It is actually a re-encoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio) format and converting it to WMA or MP3 format which the AV 700 TV can read. There are many music ripping programs on the market, but ARCHOSTM recommends that you use Windows Media® Player to do it. In fact, when you place a music CD in your computer, Windows® will ask you if you would like to rip it. Depending on the power of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it will take anywhere from 10 minutes to 60 minutes. Once this is done, the album will become part of your music library. Connect your AV 700 TV to your computer with the supplied USB cable. Now, you go to the Sync tab and tell Windows Media® Player to synchronize that album to your AV 700 TV. It will then transfer that album to your AV 700 TV. Note: Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not allow Windows Media® Player to make music files from them. 10.4 Installing Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) You must be running Windows® XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) in order to install Windows Media® Player 10. Please visit the Microsoft® Website www.playsforsure.com to download and install the very latest version. 41 42 11 11 11.1 MUSIC ­ Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the AV 700 TV will automatically play one after the other. The AV 700 TV can load one Playlist at a time into its internal memory. You can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or Save a Playlist to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save on the AV 700 TV hard drive. Playlists are indicated by a special list icon (circled icon to the left). Playing a Playlist To play a Playlist, you simply scroll to the Playlist, such as `Sample Playlist' shown to the left, and click on PLAY. The list of songs will be loaded into the internal memory of the AV 700 TV and then be displayed in a separate panel. Click on PLAY and the songs will be played in the order shown. To shuffle the music entries in a random order, you can click on the Manage Playlist action icon, then choose Shuffle. If you delete a Playlist from your AV 700 TV, you are only deleting the list and not the music itself. 11.2 Creating a Playlist To create a Playlist, select the Open Playlist panel action icon while you are in the Music browser. A second panel will open on the right side to display the Playlist contents. You can now start adding songs to the current Playlist. In the left panel, locate the songs you would like to add to your Playlist. Once the song is highlighted, click on the RIGHT or ENTER button or select the Add to Playlist action icon to add it to the Playlist. The song will be added to the Playlist and a small mark next to the music icon will be made to indicate that it is in the Playlist. Continue searching and adding songs in this manner until you are satisfied. You can select the Add or Insert action buttons 42 43 when highlighting a folder, artist, or album. All the contents of the folder, artist, or album will be added (that is, appended) or inserted before the selected song in the current Playlist. You can jump back and forth between the browser and the Playlist by selecting the Focus buttons. A Playlist can have a maximum of 5000 songs. We recommend that you save your Playlists. 11.3 Saving a Playlist It is recommended that each time you create a Playlist, you save it to a separate folder called Playlists. These lists take very little space on your hard drive and if well named, give you easy access to your favorite songs. Go to the Playlist by selecting Music from the main menu and then select the Open Playlist panel action icon. You will then see the list of songs in the current Playlist. Use the action button to focus on the right panel, then select the Manage Playlists action icon, and select Save. ATTENTION: Make sure that your left panel is the Playlists folder because the open panel on the left is the location the AV 700 TV will be saving your Playlist to. Save Close Rename Clear Shuffle Saves the current playlist to the folder open in the left panel. The * after the Playlist name indicates that this playlist has not been saved. Clears the Playlist and closes the Playlist panel. Renames the current playlist. Clears the contents of the current playlist. Randomly shuffles the order of the songs in the current playlist. The following Playlist action icons are also available Icon: Remove Track Icon: Move track Will delete the highlighted song from the Playlist. It will not delete the actual song itself from your hard drive, just from the current Playlist. Allows you to change the place in the list of the highlighted song. Click on Move and then click on UP or DOWN to move the song up or down the list. Click OK when finished. 43 44 Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move or rename the actual music files since the Playlist searches in the original file location. If you need to move your music files to a different folder, you'll have to recreate your Playlist. 11.4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music This can only be done if you have entered your Music folder via the Music icon and not by the general browser. To add the song you are listening to or any other song to the current Playlist, do the following: · While playing a song, choose the action icon Playlist Editor. A new window will open with two panels, the hard drive contents on the left, and the Playlist on the right. · Select the Focus on the left panel action icon to go to the hard drive browser panel. · Select the song or folder of songs to add, then click PLAY or the action icon Add to Playlist. · Click ESC to return to the playing screen. Remember to save your changes before closing the Playlist. 44 45 12 MUSIC ­ Recording Music It is possible to record sound with your AV 700 TV. To do so, you will need the optional Docking Pod, which will give you a permanent and instant connection to your home entertainment system and allow you to record from any standard analog line source (HiFi system, Boombox, CD Player, Cassette player etc.) directly onto your AV 700 TV device. If you want to make recordings from a place other than where your pod is connected, then you can purchase the AV Travel Kit to bring along with your ARCHOSTM device and record from any other audio or video source. See the chapter Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit to learn how to record sound. Docking Pod AV Travel Kit These optional devices can be purchased from the ARCHOSTM website: www.archos.com. 45 46 13 13 MUSIC ­ Using iTunesTM with your AV 700 TV The easiest way to transfer music files between a Macintosh® computer and your AV 700 TV is to use the Macintosh FinderTM to drag and drop the files to and from your Macintosh®. However, for Macintosh® users who do want to use the AV 700 TV with iTunes®, ARCHOSTM has developed a special i-Tunes® plug-in. You will find it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the AV 700 TV hard drive or at the ARCHOSTM website. In this folder you will find a plug-in for Mac OS 9.x and another folder for Mac OS 10.x. You will also find a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug-in to. Once this is done, iTunesTM will recognize the AV 700 TV as a `Device'. Please keep in mind the following: Attention Your AV 700 TV needs to be set to "Hard drive" mode (see the section System Settings in the Settings chapter or the chapter Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 700 TV to/from your PC on how to do this.) 1) Music purchased at Apple's on-line music store are copy protected with a proprietary encryption system. The ARCHOSTM device will not be able to play this purchased music or files in AAC format which you might have created. It will happily play MP3 format files without problem. 2) When you create your Playlists with iTunes® (you can only create Playlists from songs that have been copied to your AV 700 TV), your Macintosh® will save these Playlists to the root directory of your AV 700 TV. It will not save them to the AV 700 TV Playlists directory. It would be best to use the AV 700 TV itself to make Playlists and then save these Playlists in your Playlists folder. (See section Creating a Playlist in chapter Music ­Playlists) 3) When you drag and drop MP3 files from your iTunes® library to your AV 700 TV, the i-Tunes® program will look at the ID3 tag information of the MP3 file, and create a folder on the root of your AV 700 TV using the name of the Artist as the folder name. Then it will take the Album name ID3 tag, and create a subfolder with that album as its name. Finally, it will take the MP3 song itself and place it into that album subfolder. Thus, although it is a clean structure of artists and albums, i-Tunes® does not follow the AV 700 TV convention of placing the music into the Music folder first. 46 47 14 14 PHOTO ­ Viewing Photos The AV 700 TV series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV 700 TV will resize the image to fit on the built-in screen or on a television screen if you choose the television output. When you are in the Photo mode, it means that only files of type JPEG or BMP will be visible in the directory. Other file types will not be visible. The three images on the right are thumbnail sized pictures of the highlighted file (center) and the picture just before and just after the highlighted file. 14.1 Viewing Photos When you click Enter on a highlighted image file, the AV 700 TV will display the image in full screen mode. Displayed as a full screen image, you can rotate it, magnify it, or set it as the AV 700 TV screen background with the Save as Wallpaper function in the File Management action icon. 1 x 1 image 2 x 2 images (Zoom out 1x) 3 x 3 images (Zoom out 2x) 47 48 Rotate picture 90° left View previous photo View next photo Rotate picture 90° right · Move up the action icon menu to select picture option. · Select the Zoom in/out action icon to change the number of photos in the carrousel view. Magnifying Photos Once the picture is displayed in full screen, selecting the Zoom in action icon will magnify the image up to two levels. Each successive click will magnify the picture one more level. You can use your direction buttons to move the picture around in order to see the desired magnified area. The small + signs on the bottom left of the screen indicate the level of magnification, either + or ++. Click on STOP/ESC to go back to an unmagnified view. 48 49 14.2 Viewing a slideshow By clicking on the action icon Play a Slideshow, the AV 700 TV will present each picture in the current folder for a set amount of time and then go on to the next picture. You can set the amount of time that each picture stays on the screen under the action icon Photo Browser Settings > Picture Pause. This parameter is the number of seconds each picture displays on the screen. 14.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 TV The AV 700 TV is equipped with a USB host port. This port, along with the USB Host adapter cable will allow you to connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices to your AV 700 TV and transfer files from that device to your AV 700 TV. Many cameras produced today are MSC type devices. Thus you can often plug your camera directly into the AV 700 TV's USB Host port and copy your photos with the ARCHOSTM browser. If you do not have an MSC type camera, you can use a USB card reader and plug this into AV 700 TV's USB host port (via the USB host adapter cable). Finally if neither of these solutions is available to you, you can always copy the photos to your computer and then copy them from your computer to the connected AV 700 TV. 3 methods to copy photos to your AV 700 TV 1) Connect your Mass Storage Class camera to USB Host port (via USB host adapter cable). 2) Use a stand alone USB card reader with the USB host adapter cable. 3) Copy photos to your computer and then copy (or Sync with Windows Media® Player 10) to the AV 700 TV. 49 50 Once you plug an MSC type device into the USB host port (via the host adapter cable), the browser's left panel will show the contents of your external USB device, and the right panel will show the contents of your AV 700 TV's hard drive. Navigate to the panel which contains your photos (in this example /DCIM/113CANON). Move to the right panel (action) and navigate to the folder you would like to save your photos to (you can create a new folder if you need to by selecting the corresponding action icon). See the screen images. Method 1 Photos from camera are shown on the left, and your AV 700 TV hard drive on the right. By using the Select right pane action icon, move to the right pane and choose the destination folder. Now return to the left pane and choose the Copy all files action icon. Your files will be copied to your AV 700 TV, into the folder in the right pane. You can now unplug the camera from the AV 700 TV. 50 51 15 15 GAMES ­ Playing Mophun® Games Please verify the availability of this feature on the ARCHOSTM website: www.archos.com. 51 52 16 16 BROWSER ­ Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the AV 700 TV. The file system is FAT32, the same type of file system that is found on Windows® based computers. That is, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. Because you will be putting hundreds of files on your AV 700 TV, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that keep a neat and orderly file structure. Otherwise, you will be spending time searching for files and not listening or watching them. ARCHOSTM recommends that you keep the factory created folders: Data, Music, Playlists, Video, and Pictures. The folders Music, Pictures, and Video are special folders in that the icons on the main screen lead to these folders and then places you directly in that folder. If these folders are deleted or renamed, you will be taken to the root level (highest level) of the directory hierarchy. 52 53 16.1 Navigating the Directory Structure To navigate the directory structure you will use: ENTER: Open the highlighted folder (directory) or Play the highlighted file. ESC/STOP: Go back to the main menu. Go to the parent directory (go back up one level). Example: Go from folder AV 700 TV/Music/Wes Burden/ to AV 700 TV/Music. You can also use the Left navigation button to go to the parent directory. Move the cursor up and down to the previous or next file or folder. RIGHT: Open the currently highlighted folder. LEFT: Go back up one level in the folder hierarchy. 53 54 16.2 File and Folder Operations Depending on where you are in the folder system, you will have the option to manipulate files and folders. From the main menu, click on Browser. Files that the AV 700 TV cannot play will be preceded by the unknown file type icon. Folder Operations Info Create Delete File Operations Show file information such as song length, video length, photo size, number of kilobytes used of hard drive space, date file was made, etc. Create a new folder inside the current folder. Delete the file permanently from the AV 700 TV. (Before it is deleted, the AV 700 TV will ask "Delete file: xxxxx ?". Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. For folder, it will delete the entire contents of the folder. It will ask "Delete folder: xxxxx and all files therein?" Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. Change the name of the file or folder to something new. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section Virtual Keyboard in the Browser chapter) to enter the new file or folder name. Create a new folder in the current level of the directory. You will be sent to the virtual keyboard (see section Virtual Keyboard in the Browser chapter) to enter the new folder name. Rename Create 54 55 Copying and Moving Files and Folders By using the unique ARCHOSTM double browser system, you can copy or move files from one location in the file structure to another (1000 files per folder maximum). You simply select the Open a new panel action button, and a second browser panel will open. The double browser can be used in: Photo View Music View Browser View The left panel is the connected USB device (ex: digital camera or hard drive) and the right panel the AV 700 TV hard drive contents. The left browser is the AV 700 TV hard drive contents and right browser the music Playlist. Two panels to browse two different parts of the AV 700 TV hard drive. In the Browser mode, you can jump between the two panels using the Focus on the left/right panel action icon. Where the cursor is highlighting a file or folder, that panel is the source for the copy. The destination folder will be the other panel. For example, we want to copy the file Project info.doc from the AV 700 TV/Data/Files from Work folder to the AV 700 TV/Data/Completed projects folder. We must start from the main screen Browser mode. 1) Locate and highlight the file to be copied. Using the action buttons, move to the right pane. 55 56 2) In the right pane, locate the destination folder. Then move back to the left pane. 3) Highlight the file to be copied and select the Copy file action icon. 4) The selected file will now be copied into the destination folder. 56 57 16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard It is recommended that you create folders and rename files or folders from your computer when it is connected to the AV 700 TV. The computer keyboard is much easier to use. However, at times when you are not near your computer and need to enter text directly with the AV 700 TV (ex: renaming a file or creating a new folder). For this, the virtual keyboard screen will appear. The new text that you are typing Cursor Press ENTER to enter the highlighted key/letter. Change keyboard between upper case and lower case Backspace button Clear the entered text Confirmation to use the entered text. Hold down on the LEFT or RIGHT buttons to move the cursor within the entry line. 57 58 17 17 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 700 TV to/from your PC Note that when the AV 700 TV is connected to a computer, it will use more energy than usual. Your battery power will be consumed at a higher rate than normal. It is normal that the AV 700 TV will get hot. If the AV 700 TV looses power while connected to your computer you could damage your directory structure and/or loose data. Thus, you should always use the AC adapter when connected to your computer. Be careful to understand the disconnection procedure also since disconnecting incorrectly can lead to data loss or computer/AV 700 TV freeze up. The AV 700 TV is not compatible with Windows® NT, Windows® 95, or Windows® 98. While connected to your computer, the AV 700 TV buttons are blocked and are no longer functional. 17.1 USB Connection Type (`Hard Drive' or `Windows Device') Your device comes configured as a Windows® Device and will be immediately recognized by your computer if you are running Windows® XP (with Service Pack 1 minimum) and Windows Media® Player 10. If you have another version of Windows®, not sure what version of Windows® XP you have, or if you are using a Macintosh®, then you will need to change the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Port setting on the AV 700 TV. You will do this by going to the setup action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to `Hard Drive'. 17.2 Connecting the AV 700 TV Connection order: See the sections below for your particular computer's operating system. 1) Connect the power adapter to the AV 700 TV. 2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer. 3) With the AV 700 TV off, plug in the other end of the USB cable to the AV 700 TV USB Device port. 4) Turn on the AV 700 TV. (If your computer asks to install a new driver for the new hardware, then you must unplug it and change the USB Port to Hard Drive.) 58 59 Windows® XP Please verify* that you have Windows® XP and it is updated it to at least, Service Pack 1. You must also have Windows Media® Player 10 (WMP10) installed on your computer. This way, you can take advantage of connecting it as a `Windows Device'. Connect it to your PC as enumerated above and you can then see the AV 700 TV in Windows® Explorer and WMP10. Without Windows® XP Service Pack 1 (a free update) or Windows Media® 10, you cannot use it as a Windows® recognized `Device' and will have to follow the instructions for Windows® ME & 2000 below. * Right-click on `My Computer' select `Properties', and then look in the tab labeled `General'. It should say "Service Pack 1" or higher. Windows® ME and 2000 Attention: Before connecting the AV 700 TV to your computer with the USB cable, go to the setup action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to `Hard Drive'. When connected to your computer, the AV 700 TV will be recognized as an external Hard Drive and display automatically within a few seconds of being connected. You will see a new drive letter, such as E: in My Computer called AV 700 TV. You can now use the hard drive called AV 700 TV like any other external hard drive. Simply access it using Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to and from the AV 700 TV's hard drive. MacintoshTM OS X If you have OS X, you must update to version 10.2.4 or newer. You must also change the AV 700 TV's USB Port setting to `Hard Drive'. From the main menu, go to the setup action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to `Hard Drive'. You will now simply plug the AV 700 TV into your Macintosh® as enumerated above, and within a few seconds, the AV 700 TV will be recognized as a mass storage device (Hard Drive) and mount on the desktop. You can now use the hard drive called AV 700 TV like any other external hard drive. 59 60 17.3 Disconnecting the AV 700 TV from your Computer Windows Device Mode If the AV 700 TV is connected to your computer as a Windows Device, verify that no data is being transferred between your AV 700 TV and your computer (the HDD light on your AV 700 TV is not flickering). You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your AV 700 TV and/or computer. Hard Drive Mode If the AV 700 TV is connected to your computer as a hard drive, DO NOT SIMPLY PULL OUT THE USB CABLE AT ANY TIME! WARNING: You must properly remove (unmount) your AV 700 TV from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing the computer and/or the AV 700 TV. Hard Drive Mode & Windows® To safely disconnect the AV 700 TV hard drive, click on the system tray remove icon (green arrow as shown below) and follow the instructions. Wait until you get a message saying that you can safely unplug the device before disconnecting the USB cable. 1. The safe remove icon is in the system tray next to the clock. Windows® XP Windows® 2000 & Windows® ME