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CHARGING & CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER

PUTTING MUSIC AND PHOTOS ONTO YOUR ARCHOS

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REGISTER YOUR PRODUCT!

Once you unpack your ARCHOS product, we recommend that you take a few minutes to register it. This will

allow you to get access to our technical support.

On our Website:

See the Frequently Asked Questions section on

www.archos.com/faq

Technical Support Team:

Visit

www.archos.com/support

for e-mail support.

U.S. & Canada: Call 877-300-8879

Europe: please register your product before contacting Technical Support.

WARNING

To prevent

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re or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. Use of this product is for personal

use only. Copying CDs or loading music, video, or picture

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les for sale or other business purposes is or may be a

violation of copyright law. Copyrighted materials, works of art, and/or presentations may require authorization

to be fully or partially recorded. Please be aware of all such applicable laws concerning the recording and use of

such for your country and jurisdiction. For driving safety, only a passenger should operate the device when the

car is in motion and not the driver. Laws governing the usage of electronic device by the driver may be applicable

in your jurisdiction and/or country.

LEGAL AND SAFETY INFORMATION

Warranty and Limited Liability

This product is sold with a limited warranty and speci

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c remedies are available to the original purchaser in

the event the product fails to conform to the limited warranty. Manufacturer’s liability may be further limited

in accordance with its sales contract. In general, and in an non-limited manner, the manufacturer shall not be

responsible for product damages caused by natural disasters,

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re, static discharge, misuse, abuse, neglect, improper

handling or installation, unauthorized repair, alteration or accident. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for

loss of data stored on disk media.

MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. EVEN IF INFORMED OF THE

POSSIBILITY THEREOF IN ADVANCE.

ARCHOS licensor(s) makes no warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, the implied warranties

of merchantability and

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tness for a particular purpose, regarding the licensed materials. ARCHOS’ licensor(s) does

not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the licensed

materials in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, correctness or otherwise. The entire risk as to the results

and performance of the licensed materials is assumed by you. The exclusion of implied warranties is not permit-

ted by some jurisdictions. The above exclusion may not apply to you.

In no event will ARCHOS’ licensor(s), and their directors, of

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cers, employees or agents (collectively ARCHOS’

licensor) be liable to you for any consequential, incidental or indirect damages (including damages for loss of

business pro

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ts, business interruption, loss of business information, and the like) arising out of the use of inability

to use the licensed materials even if ARCHOS’ licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Because some jurisdiction do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental

damages, the above limitations may not apply to you. Please see your sales contract for a complete statement of

warranty rights, remedies and limitation of liability.

Furthermore, warranty does not apply to:

Damages or problems resulting from misuse, abuse, accident, alteration or incorrect electrical current or voltage

Any product tampered-with or damaged warranty seal or serial number label.

Any product without a warranty or serial number label.

Batteries and any consumable items delivered with or in the equipment.

The end user is required to use this product only in conformity with its original purpose and is strictly forbidden

to make any technical modi

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cations that could potentially impinge on the rights of third parties. Any modi

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tion to the hardware, software, or physical enclosure of the product must be approved in writing by ARCHOS.

Non approved modi

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ed products are subject to the withdrawal of any or all guaranty clauses.

As part of the

contractual agreement of its products, ARCHOS is committed to ensure the availability of parts and components

that are essential to the use and proper working conditions of its products. This availability will be guaranteed for

a period of two years, as of the

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rst retail release for customers.

Lithium-ion Battery Caution

This product is equipped with a Lithium-Ion battery. Do not pierce, open, disassemble it, or use it in a humid and/or

corrosive environment. Do not put, store or leave your product in or near sources of heat, in direct strong sunlight,

in a high temperature location, in a pressurized container or in a microwave oven. Do not expose it to temperatures

over 60 C (140 F). If the battery leaks and you come into contact with the leaked

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uids, rinse thoroughly with water

and seek medical attention immediately. Failure to follow these instructions could cause the Lithium-Ion battery to

leak acid, become hot, explode or ignite and cause injury and/or damage. Only ARCHOS certi

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ed technicians are

quali

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ed to repair your ARCHOS device. In calling upon non quali

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ed persons to repair your ARCHOS product, you

run the risk of damaging your device and voiding your guaranty. To prevent risks of electric shock, this unit must

only be opened by quali

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ed service personnel.

FCC Compliance Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of

the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residen-

tial installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and

used in accordance with instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there

is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the

user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

To assure continued compliance, any changes or modi

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cations not expressly approved by the party responsible for

compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment. (Example - use only shielded interface cables

when connecting to computer or peripheral devices).

USA: - This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,

including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment

complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This transmitter must

not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Canada: - Operation is sub-

ject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept

any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)

Normal functioning of the product may be disturbed by ESD. If so, simply shut off the device with the On/Off

switch and restart as normal. During

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le transmission, please handle with care and operate in a static-free

environment.

Avoiding Hearing Damage

This product respects the current regulations for limiting the output volume of consumer audio devices

to a safe level. By listening to your device with headphones or earbuds at high volumes, you run the risk

of permanent damage to your ears. Even if you get used to listening at high volumes and it seems normal

to you, you still risk the possibility of damaging your hearing.

Reduce the volume of your device to a

reasonable level to avoid permanent hearing damage.

If you hear ringing in your ears,

reduce the volume

or shut off your device. This device has been tested with the ARCHOS supplied earphones. In order to preserve your

hearing, it is advised that you use only the following headphone models: the earphones supplied with your ARCHOS

device, or any other headphones that respect the current regulations. Other types of headphones may produce higher

volume levels.

Environmental Considerations

Protection of the environment is an important concern to ARCHOS. In order to put this concern into

tangible actions, ARCHOS has consciously included a set of methods that favor a respect for the

environment into the entire cycle of its products; from fabrication to consumer usage, to

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nal disposal.

Batteries : If your product contains a detachable battery pack, you should only dispose of it in a des-

ignated collection point for used batteries. The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your

product signi

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es that it falls into the category of electric/electronic equipment. Products of this type

contain substances that are potentially dangerous to the environment and to human health.

Therefore, you should not dispose of the ARCHOS electronic device in a regular trash. As such, the current Euro-

pean directives ask that this device be collected:

- At places of distribution in the case of a purchase of a similar electronic product.

- At locally created disposal areas (waste disposal centers, sorted trash system, etc.)

By doing this, you are actively participating in the reuse and recycling of disposed electronic and electric equip-

ment that could have potential effects on the environment and human health.

Copyright Notice

Copyright ARCHOS © 2009. All rights reserved.

This document may not, in whole or part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any

electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior consent, in writing, from ARCHOS. All brands and

products names are registered trademarks and the property of their respective owners. Speci

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cations are subject

to change without noti

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cation. Errors and omissions accepted. Images and illustrations may not always match

contents.

Disclaimer of warranty

to the extent allowed by applicable law, representations and warranties of non-infringe-

ment of copyrights or other intellectual property rights resulting from the use of the product under conditions

other than as here above speci

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ed, are hereby excluded.

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DISCONNECTING THE ARCHOS FROM A COMPUTER

Once all your

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le transfers are

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nished,

close Windows® Explorer and any

other program that may have read or written to the ARCHOS.

Click on the

‘safely remove’ icon in the system tray, next to the clock.

Before removing

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

three solid bars, this means the battery is completely charged.

If they are

blinking, it means the battery is still charging.

You can leave the device to

fully charge or unplug the cable and use the ARCHOS with a partial charge.

MUSIC PLAYBACK

1. Audio Frequency Graph

(or song lyrics if the folder contains a .lrc

file with same name as the song)

2. Elapsed time

3. Play/pause Status

4. Song duration

5. Song title

6. Equalizer setting

7. Song item out of total

number of songs on the

device

8. Volume

9. Repeat Mode

(Play one song, Repeat one song, Play

all songs, Play & repeat all songs, play

song intro)

10. Play mode

(Normal, Shuffle)

11. File’s encoded bit rate

12. Volume controls

13. Previous song

(slide left)

Fast reverse

(slide & hold)

14. Next song

(slide right)

Fast forward

(slide & hold)

PHOTO PLAYBACK

TROUBLESHOOTING

You can transfer your media

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les to the ARCHOS either by copy/pasting them into the

respective folders using Windows® Explorer (or the Finder on a Macintosh), or by using

Windows Media® Player. The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player is a one

way ‘sync’ button. It will add music and photo

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les 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

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

the

Start Sync

button. The selected songs or photos will be copied directly into the corre-

sponding

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 avail-

able 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

As we are often updating and improving our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or modi

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ed functionality than presented in this User Guide.

Charging:

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

automatically (even if you unmount it with the safe removal icon -- see below).

You can

also purchase a standard wall-to-USB charger to charge the device

Connecting:

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

connect as an external hard drive.

Windows® Explorer will show it as

ARCHOS 2 (E:)

for

example.

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

PROBLEM:

The music

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le is not visible in the library or cannot play when I select it in the

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le browser.

SOLUTION:

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

readable. The ARCHOS 2 can play MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, and APE

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le types. If it is an M4A type

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le

(typically from Macintosh

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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 pressing on the buttons.

SOLUTION:

Turn off the device by sliding and holding the power button for 3 seconds and then 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:

I would like to charge my device with the PC but listen to it at the same time.

SOLUTION:

By ‘removing safely’ the device as explained above, but not unplugging the USB cable, you

can use your ARCHOS product while it charges.

This charge and listen function is not possible with

Windows Vista™ computers.

PROBLEM:

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

SOLUTION:

You must place your

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les in the

Music

folder on the ARCHOS.

If it does not have music

tags, it will be listed under

<Other>

. Select

Update Library

(bottom item on list) which will update

the Library with all the latest added music.

PROBLEM:

I cannot see a

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le that I just copied to my ARCHOS.

SOLUTION:

Remember that when you are browsing in the Music or Photo folders, the

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les that are not

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

Files

browser to see all your

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les.

USER SETTINGS

Lock

Headphones

Select/Play/Pause

USB computer Interface

Volume -

Back/escape

(Long hold to go back

to the main menu)

Strap slot

Micro-SD Card Slot

Volume +

Slide Scroller

On/Off

(Hold for 3 seconds)

To change the language of your device, use the slide scroller until you see

SETTINGS, then press the Select button and use the slide scroller to select

LANGUAGE and then the desired language.

Close

Safely Remove

Unplug from computer

Opening the music browser will allow you to

choose your music by the title, artist, album, or

genre (so long as the music

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les have these tag

information in them).

If a song has no music

tags, then you can

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nd 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

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le (text

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le of type .LRC) is found

in the same folder and has the same name

as the song playing, the song lyrics will be

shown while the song plays.

The ARCHOS 2

vision will not play DRM protected music.

Opening the photo browser will allow you to view the stored photos one

by one or as an automatic slide show.

If you have inserted a micro-SD

card, you will be given the option to choose to view pictures on the card

or those stored in the built-in memory.

Hightlight the desired photo

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le,

then press Play to view it. Slide your

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nger up or down to view the next or

previous photo.

Press the Play/Pause button to start a slide show.

Press

Play/Pause again to stop the slide show.

The speed of the slideshow can be

adjusted through the settings.

By going to the main menu’s SETTINGS screen, you can

personalize how you want your ARCHOS 2 vision to

operate.

Music:

Allows you to decide if you want your music to repeat, to play in shuf

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mode or not, and what equalizer adjustments you want.

Record:

Allows you to set the quality and the volume for voice recordings us-

ing the built-in microphone.

Slideshow pause:

Allows you to set the length of time between images

shown during a slide show.

Display:

Allows you to set the

backlight

(how long the screen stays on),

Brightness

(the screen brightness) and

Backlight mode

(screen dims or goes

totally off)

Sleep Timer:

Sets the continuous playing time before the player is turned off

automatically.

Language:

Allows you to set your interface language

Note:

This device is also capable of displaying simple text (.txt)

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les!

MUSIC SELECTION

Volume -

Volume +

(Hold down to add the item to favorites)

Move up step by step (slide left)

Move down step by step (slide right)

Scroll upward and downward (slide & hold)

4. Select the item

1.

2.

3.

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