Archos 501338 User Guide

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CHARGING & CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER

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 User Guide.

CONTROL ICONS & SETTINGS

MUSIC PLAYBACK

PUTTING MUSIC AND PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS

TROUBLESHOOTING

Charging

: Whenever your ARCHOS is connected to a running computer, it will charge automatically

(even if you unmount it with the safe removal icon).

Connecting

: When you connect the USB cable to your computer, the ARCHOS will connect as an

external hard drive. Windows

®

Explorer will show it as

ARCHOS 3 (E:)

for example.

For Macintosh

computers, it will also appear as an external hard drive.

Opening the music browser will allow you to choose

your music by the title, artist, album, or genre (so long as

the music files have these tag information in them).

If a

song has no music tags, then you can find it in the folder

named

<Other>

. To change how your music plays, such

as randomly, repeating, or just playing one album, press

the menu button (bottom left of screen) to make your

selection.

If a lyrics file (text file of type .LRC) is found in the same

folder and has the same name as the song playing, the

song lyrics will be shown while the song plays.

The

ARCHOS will not play DRM protected music (these are

typically music files that have been purchased on-line).

PROBLEM

: The music file is not visible in the library or cannot play when I select it in the file browser.

SOLUTION

: Make sure you put all your music in the folder named ‘Music.’ Not all music formats are

readable. The ARCHOS 3 can play MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, and OGG file types. If it is an M4A type

file (typically from Macintosh

®

computers), it will need to be converted to one of the above formats

before being able to play.

PROBLEM

: The device is frozen and doesn’t respond to tapping on the screen.

SOLUTION

: Turn off the device with the switch on the bottom and restart as normal. You can also

press the reset button on the back of the device by using an object such as a toothpick.

PROBLEM

: The ARCHOS doesn’t keep its settings after I change them.

SOLUTION

: If you shut off the ARCHOS with the switch on the bottom, it will not remember changes

you made to your settings. Shut off the ARCHOS by holding down on the power icon on the bottom

right. This will save your changes correctly.

PROBLEM

:

I added new music to my ARCHOS but it does not show up in the Music browser.

SOLUTION

: You must place your files in the Music folder on the ARCHOS.

If it does not have music

tags, it will be listed under

<Other>

. Select

Update Music Library

(bottom item on list) which will

update the Library with all the latest added music.

PROBLEM

:

I cannot see a file that I just copied to my ARCHOS.

SOLUTION

: Remember that when you are browsing in the Music or Photo folders, the files that are not

of those types will not be visible - even though they are there. Use the

Files

browser to see all your files.

You can transfer your media files to the ARCHOS either by copy/pasting them into the respec-

tive folders using Windows

®

Explorer (or the Finder on a Macintosh), or by using Windows Media

®

Player. The Synchronize button in Windows Media

®

Player is a one way ‘sync’ button. It will add

music and photo files to your ARCHOS. It will give you the possibility to have the same digital media

on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media

®

Player library.

On your computer, start Windows Media

®

Player. 1) Select the

Sync

tab. 2) Drag the media files you

want to transfer into the sync area in the panel on the right. 3) Click on the

Start Sync

button. The

selected songs or photos will be copied directly into the corresponding

Music

or

Pictures

folder of

the ARCHOS. See your Windows Media

®

Player help instructions for more information. To receive

and play podcasts, you can use freely available software from the Internet such as the popular Juice

program to get your podcasts and then you can transfer them to your ARCHOS.

Synchronize with

Windows Media

®

Player 11

Copy/paste with

Windows

®

Explorer

PHOTO PLAYBACK

Opening the photo browser will allow you to view the stored photos one by one or as an automatic

slide show.

Slide your finger across the screen to the right or to the left to view the next or previous

photo.

Tap the screen to hide or show the controls.

Press the play icon to start a slide show of the

pictures in the current folder.

The menu button on the bottom left of the screen will allow you to

adjust how fast the slide show goes.

You can make a slide show with music by first playing a song

and then exiting the music player and starting a slide show while the music continues to play.

START SLIDE SHOW

SET PLAY SPEED

1. Song title

2. Album name

3. Artist name

4. Repeat Mode

(Play one song, Repeat one

song, Play all songs, Play &

repeat all songs, play song intro)

5. Play mode

(Normal, Shuffle)

6. Elapsed time

(tap anywhere on the progres-

sion bar to jump to another part

of the song)

7. Playback options

8. Volume Control

(Tap on the volume bar for the

desired level)

9. Total song length

10. Back

(tap to start the previous song

or hold to backup quickly within

the song)

11. Play/pause

12. Forward

(tap to start the next song or hold

to forward quickly within the song)

13. Repeat mode indicator

Lock

On/Off

(Hold for 3 seconds to turn on)

Headphones

Back/escape

USB computer Interface

Control Icons

Function Icons

Scroll wheel

(When in a long list)

To change the language of your device, press on the third control icon

, and then select

Language

, and then the desired language. Press on the Back/escape button to return.

WALLPAPER CHANGER

Allows you to choose one of the preset choices of wallpapers.

You can set your own wallpaper by going to the photo browser and selecting

Set Wallpaper

in the Photo settings. It will set your wallpaper to the currently viewed photo.

SETTINGS

These are the main settings of the ARCHOS 3 and allow you to set items such

as automatic power-off time, screen brightness, the time & date, or language.

POWER OFF

By pressing and holding this icon, your device will shut off.

It will remember

your latest settings and which song was the most recently played so that you can resume

your song or podcast when you turn it on again.

EN

DISCONNECTING THE ARCHOS FROM A COMPUTER

Once all your file transfers are finished, close

Windows

®

Explorer and any other program that may

have read or written to the ARCHOS.

Click on the ‘safely remove’ icon in the system tray, next to the

clock.

Before removing the cable, you will notice the state of the battery charge. If the icon has three

solid bars, this means the battery is completely charged.

If they are blinking, it means the battery

is still charging.

You can leave the device to fully charge or unplug the cable and use the ARCHOS

with a partial charge.

Close

Safely Remove

Unplug from computer

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