Archos AV500 User Guide - Page 37

73 19 SETTINGS From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings. 19.1 Sound Settings If you would like to customize the sound quality, you can adjust the Bass, Treble, and other audio settings to suit your particular taste. Normally you will do this while listening to music so that you can hear the changes you make. Simply click on the Audio Settings action icon while listening to music. • Once in the Settings screen, move over to the Sound icon and click again on ENTER o. Use LEFT and RIGHT buttons to change a parameter's value. You will hear these changes instantly. • Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select different parameters. • Click on STOP/ESC x when finished. You will return to the Setup screen. • Click on STOP/ESC x again and you will return to the music playing screen. 73 74 The Sound Parameters Parameter Volume Bass Treble Balance Bass Boost Reset button Description 0 - 99 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the low frequencies. 10 levels. Decreases or Increases the high frequencies. 10 levels. Favors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal. 10 levels. Increases the very low frequencies. Re-adjusts all settings to their default values. 19.2 Play Mode Settings If you would like the AV 500 to play through an entire folder of songs, play songs at random (shuffle), or any of the other playing options, you can set these parameters in the PlayMode settings. Click on the Settings action icon from the main menu or while listening to music and then choose PlayMode. Parameter Playmode options Folder All Single Queue Scan 74 Description Play all tracks in the current directory or current album. Play all tracks on the AV 500. Play a single track then stop. While the current song is playing, select the Show ARCLibrary action button, find the next song you want to play, then click PLAY. This is your queued song. You can only queue one song at a time. See the Playlist section to prepare multiple songs to play. Once the current track is finished playing, your queued track will be played. If you do not queue another track at this time, the AV 500 will play the next song in the directory. Each track in the directory is played for 10 - 90 seconds. This allows a quick sample of each song. If you want to play the whole song, click on the Play button during those first 10 - 90 seconds. The AV 500 will then revert to single directory mode and play the rest of the songs in the directory without scanning.