Resume Function

When you turn on your AV 500 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 500 can resume the last played audio or video le.
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 PlaysForSure symbol on a web site for Windows Portable Media Center (PMC)**, then these protected downloads will be playable on your AV 500.
4.1 Protected Internet Video content
If you check the PlaysForSure website (www.playsforsure.com) you will nd web retailers who offer rental, subscription, or purchasable video content. Remember, web sites must carry the PlaysForSure symbol in order for their videos to play on the AV 500.
Non Protected Internet Video Content
The AV 500 plays.AVI les that are encoded with in MPEG-4 format. It can play such video les at a maximum size of 720 x 576 pixels (25 frames/second). It can also play.WMV les (WMV9 SP) up to a maximum size of 352 x 288**. The AV 500 will not directly play les of type.mov,.mpg, or.mpeg. The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to create video les 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 le you download from the Internet will not play right away on your device. Due to certain variations, even when video les are formatted in MPEG-4 they may not play right away. If you have some video les that do not play directly on your AV 500, they will have to be converted rst. Windows Media Player 10 (Available only for Windows XP) will convert your video le automatically when you sync the le that is on your PC to the AV 500. It will display a little message converting.
* MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; AVI: audio/video le container by Microsoft. MPEG-4 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.
You can also use the software MPEG-4 Translator included on the AV 500 hard drive to re-encode your video les into the proper MPEG-4 SP format that the AV 500 can play. See the chapter Video creating MPEG-4 video les with your computer for more details.
VIDEO Recording Video Files
With your (optional) TV docking pod or AV cable properly connected to a VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver, making a recording is simple.

Notes: If the TV programs from your personal calendar do not seem to be correctly copied to the AV 500 scheduler, go to the ARCHOS web site to make sure that have the very latest version of the AV 500 rmware. Update your rmware (Operating System) as explained in the chapter Updating the AV 500 rmware Operating System. If you change your Yahoo! personal calendar by deleting some TV programs and adding new ones, only the new programs will be added to the AV 500 scheduler when you save the html le to the AV 500. If you want to delete scheduled items, you must do this in the AV 500 scheduler itself. Missed recordings (because you did not have the AV 500 connected to the pod at the record time) will be deleted from the scheduler. If a personal calendar recording event does not nd the station name in your list of channels, it will put the event into the scheduler and mark it with a ?, indicating that you must assign a channel number to the name. Move the cursor to the line containing the ?, and click on the action icon Set Channel. You can now scroll through the channel numbers and assign a number to the station name for that event. You only have to do this once. The AV 500 will keep the station name and its channel number.
VIDEO Setting the Infrared Emitter Code*
This is a one time step to set your AV 500 to send the correct infrared codes to control your video cassette recorder, cable box, or satellite receiver. This is done so that the AV 500, via the TV docking pod, can turn on and off your video device and also change its channels. If you do not plan on making scheduled recordings, then you do not need to install the IR emitter or set the infrared emitter code.
Before beginning this procedure of setting the emitter code, your AV 500 must be connected to the TV docking pod, the pod powered with the charger/adapter, and the IR emitter connected to the pod. Hold the IR Emitter in front of the IR receptor (remote control reception panel on your tuner) so that the IR Emitter can control your device. See the chapter Connecting the TV docking pod to your Television System section Connection 5 : the Infrared Emitter of this manual if you do not know where the IR receptor on your VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver is located. Once you have veried that the AV 500 is controlling your VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver, (explained below) you can peal off the white ring protecting the adhesive, and stick the IR emitter to your device. Your tuner may be your VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver.
* Concerns users with TV docking pod only.
7.1 Part 1: Choose your Device and Brand
Select the Settings action icon and click on the TV Control icon. 1. Select the type of device that you will stick your IR Emitter to. You have the choice of either a VCR (video cassette recorder), Cable Box, or Satellite Receiver. 2. Select the brand of your device. 3. Click on Tune IR Emitter button. 4. The TV Channels button allows you to give names to each channel. For example, if channel 6 is CNN where you live, then you can give channel 6 that name in this screen. Or, if you use the My Yahoo! personal calendar to set your recording scheduler, the AV 500 will allow you to assign a channel number to a station name given from your scheduled TV programs. (see the chapter Automated Yahoo! TV Recording Scheduler for details).

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.

12.3 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 500 will be saving your Playlist to. Save Close Rename Clear Shufe Saves the current playlist to Playlists or 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 shufes 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 nished.
Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move or rename the actual music les since the Playlist searches in the original le location. If you need to move your music les to a different folder, youll have to recreate your Playlist.
12.4 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.

13.3 Where is the Recording Saved?
The default location for audio recordings is the folder called Music. This can be changed though. For example, you click on the Music icon in the main menu and then you choose Browse Hard Drive. Notice that there is the Launch Audiocorder action icon. Each time you use this button to start the Audiocorder application instead of the AudioCorder button on the main menu, you set the recording default location to the current folder. For example, lets say you have a folder called /Music/Vinyls/Soul. If you go to this folder and then make a recording using the action icon, you will set the default record location to this folder. Now, all your recordings you make with the Audiocorder icon will be saved in the folder /Music/Vinyls/Soul.

13.4 Audio Editing

Audio les (only recordings that were made from the AudioCorder icon) can be modied by deleting the sections you do not wish included. If you would like to edit an audio recording, you have the possibility to cut the le down to the specic part you want to keep. In the example below, you have recorded a lecture of 33 minutes and 22 seconds in length. You would like to cut out and save just one particular important section from 12 minutes and 15 seconds to 21 minutes and 5 seconds. The diagram below illustrates the situation. To keep just this section (cropping it), you will:
Locate this le via Browse hard disk in the Music application. From the action icons, select the File Management action icon and then select Edit. In the edit mode, set the Cut In point (12:15 in our example). This will remove the part of the le BEFORE the desired segment. Now set a Cut Out point (21:05 in our example. Please note: As you have cut part of the le, this position will actually be earlier in the le now). Validate and Save the edit. The le will be saved with the word edit appended to the le name in the same folder as the original. If you do not want to save your modications, click the STOP/ESC button and select OK. Highlight the le to edit and select the File Management action icon. Choose Edit. Only les which have been created with the AV 500 recording function will show Edit in the le menu. Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited. Once you enter the edit mode, the audio le will play in a continuous loop so that you will be able to hear the changes to the edit as you make them.

Use the fast-reverse and fast-forward buttons (LEFT/RIGHT buttons) to locate the points you want the new le to start and end. These are the Cut In and Cut Out points. Once you have set these points, you can save the edit. In this example, a new le REC0001_Edit will be made. Your original le is left untouched. You will notice that your Cut In and Cut Out times are marked just below the le name.
MUSIC Using iTunes with your AV 500
The easiest way to transfer music les between a Macintosh computer and your AV 500 is to use the Macintosh Finder to drag and drop the les to and from your Macintosh. However, for Macintosh users who do want to use the AV 500 with iTunes, ARCHOS has developed a special i-Tunes plug-in. You will nd it in the folder /Data/i-Tunes Plug-in on the AV 500 hard drive or at the ARCHOS website. In this folder you will nd a plug-in for Mac OS 9.x and another folder for Mac OS 10.x. You will also nd a JPEG image illustrating where you need to copy the plug-in to. Once this is done, iTunes will recognize the AV 500 as a Device. Attention Your AV 500 needs to be set to Hard drive mode (see the section System Settings in the Settings chapter or the chapter Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 500 to/from your PC on how to do this.) Please keep in mind the following: 1) Music purchased at Apples on-line music store are copy protected with a proprietary encryption system. The ARCHOS device will not be able to play this purchased music or les in ACC format which you might have created. It will happily play MP3 format les without problem. 2) When you create your Playlists with iTunes (you can only create Playlists from songs that have been copied to your AV 500), your Macintosh will save these Playlists to the root directory of your AV 500. It will not save them to the AV 500 Playlists directory. It would be best to use the AV 500 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 les from your iTunes library to your AV 500, the i-Tunes program will look at the ID3 tag information of the MP3 le, and create a folder on the root of your AV 500 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 500 convention of placing the music into the Music folder rst.

PHOTO Viewing Photos

The AV 500 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV 500 will resize the image to t 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 les of type JPEG or BMP will be visible in the directory. Other le types will not be visible. The three images on the right are thumbnail sized pictures of the highlighted le (center) and the picture just before and just after the highlighted le. Select the Photo icon, then click Enter o in order to go to the Photo directory.

Once you plug an MSC type device into the USB host port (via the host adapter cable), the browsers left panel will show the contents of your external USB device, and the right panel will show the contents of your AV 500s 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 on the next page. Method 1
Photos from camera are shown on the left, and your AV 500 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 les action icon. Your les will be copied to your AV 500 into the folder in the right pane. You can now unplug the camera from the AV 500.
BROWSER Using the Browser
The browser is used to navigate the le system on the AV 500. The le system is FAT32, the same type of le 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 les on your AV 500, it is STRONGLY ADVISED that you keep a neat and orderly le structure. Otherwise, you will be spending time searching for les and not listening or watching them. ARCHOS 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.
16.1 Navigating the Directory Structure
To navigate the directory structure you will use: ENTER: Open the highlighted folder (directory) or Play the highlighted le.
ESC/STOP x : Go back to the main menu.
Move the cursor up and down to the previous or next le or folder.
RIGHT: Open the currently highlighted folder. LEFT: Go back up one level in the folder hierarchy. Example: Go from folder AV500/Music/Wes Burden/ to AV500/Music.
16.2 File and Folder Operations
Depending on where you are in the folder system, you will have the option to manipulate les and folders. From the main menu, click on Browser. Files that the AV 500 cannot play will be preceded by the unknown le type icon.
Folder Operations Info Create Delete
File Operations Show le information such as song length, video length, photo size, number of kilobytes used of hard drive space, date le was made, etc. Create a new folder inside the current folder. Delete the le permanently from the AV 500. (Before it is deleted, the AV 500 will ask Delete le: 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 les therein? Use the action buttons to reply Yes or No. Change the name of the le 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 le 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.

Connecting/Disconnecting* the AV 500 to/from your PC
17.1 USB Connection Type (Hard Drive or Windows Device)
Your device comes congured 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 500. You will do this by going to the Settings action icon and then to System and USB Port and change it to Hard Drive.
17.2 Connecting the AV 500
Connection order: See the sections below for your particular computers operating system. 1) Connect the power adapter to the AV 500. 2) With your computer running, plug the USB cable into your computer. 3) With the AV 500 off, plug in the other end of the USB cable to the AV 500 USB Device port. 4) Turn on the AV 500. (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.) * Note that when the AV 500 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 500 will get hot. If the AV 500 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 500 freeze up. The AV 500 is not compatible with Windows NT, Windows 95, or Windows 98. While connected to your computer, the AV 500 buttons are blocked and are no longer functional.
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 500 in Windows Explorer and WMP10. Without Windows XP Service Pack 1 (a free update) or Windows Media Player 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 500 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.

3. There will be a message indicating that it is now safe to disconnect the AV 500. You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your AV 500 and/or computer.
Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh Drag the AV 500 hard drive icon towards the trash can, the trash can will become a big arrow as shown in the screen shot to the left. Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow. The hard drive icon will disappear from the desktop. You can now safely unplug the USB cable from your AV 500 and/or computer.
Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port
Thanks to the USB Host port, you can connect USB Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices such as many digital cameras and external hard drives in order to transfer pictures or data to/from your AV 500. Check your manufacturers information to nd out whether your device is an MSC device. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. are not supported. To connect an MSC device, use the included short USB host adapter.
If your camera follows the Mass Storage Class (MSC) standard for USB connection, then your camera will show up in the le browser as the folder /External USB. If you look in this folder you will see your photos or les. See the chapter on the File Browser for instructions on how to copy les.

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 parameters value. You will hear these changes instantly. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select different parameters. Click on STOP/ESC x when nished. You will return to the Setup screen. Click on STOP/ESC x again and you will return to the music playing screen.

The Sound Parameters

Volume Bass Treble Balance Bass Boost Reset button
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 (shufe), 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.

Playmode options Folder All Single Queue
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, nd 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 nished 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 rst 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.
Repeat & Shufe options Normal Repeat Shufe Intro duration Plays your songs one after the other and then stops after the last song. Continuously plays through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Playlist). Randomly play through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Playlist). From 10 to 90 seconds. This is the time for which each song will be played when selecting Scan for Playmode settings.

19.3 Clock Settings

The AV 500 has an internal real time clock. The time of day is shown on the top right of the screen in either 24 hour or 12 hour display mode. To set it, select the Settings action icon then select Clock.

Choose parameter

Choose value for highlighted parameter
When nished setting the parameters, move down to the Set button, then click on the ENTER o button. The clock time and date are now set. Click on the STOP/ESC x button to go back to the main settings menu.

19.4 Display Settings

These settings regulate the interface language and the presentation of the screen.

Setting

Language Action icon help TV Standard
The AV 500 can be set to English (default), French, German, Spanish, or Russian. Displays the explanation or name of the action icons when moving up and down through the menu. If set to On, the rst click on the SELECT action button will show the names of the icons. The second click will select the icon. NTSC (USA), PAL (Europe). In order to view images or videos on an external television, select one option to send the video signal compatible with your countrys television system. Countries other than European or American will use one of these two systems. 4:3 or 16:9 the ratio at which images are displayed on your television set. Internal LCD or External TV. To display via the built-in LCD screen or to view the display via an external television. Holding the LCD/TV button for two seconds will also alternate between these two options. Be sure your television is selecting the correct external input. 0, 1, 2. The 3 brightness levels for the built-in LCD screen. Setting to a lower value will give you a longer battery autonomy. Time for which the video On Screen Display information will be shown when the video starts playing.

Standby

A typical use of these settings is to set the power off, screen off, and hard disk to low values when used in battery mode. When the power adapter is plugged in, you do not need to conserve energy and thus keeping the Power on and the Backlight on makes using the AV 500 more agreeable. Increasing the hard disk value beyond the default may actually discharge the battery even when the Charger/adapter is plugged in. Note also that your unit will run hotter when the backlight and hard drive are on for long periods of time.

19.7 System Settings

The System settings allow you control over the low level parameters of the AV 500.

ARCLibrary

Off: From the Music icon, you will just browse music les in the folder Music. On: (Only in USB Port mode Hard drive) Browse music via its tag characteristics but the ARCLibrary must be updated manually. Automatic: ARCLibrary is automatically updated when the USB cable is disconnected from your device.
Update ARCLibrary USB Port

Windows Device

This button lets you update the ARCLibrary if you have set the parameter above to ON. Windows Device (default), Hard drive. When set to , your AV 500 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it is connected to a Windows XP (SP1 or higher) operating system with Windows Media Player 10 installed. It will be seen as the AV 500 Device in Windows Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows operating systems or MacIntosh computers. When set to Hard Drive, your AV 500 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected to a computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows XP operating systems. Displays the current version of the OS (Operating System) and DRM (Digital Rights Management) system. Used to update the AV 500 to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System. Each AV 500 device has a unique product key number. Displays the amount of free and used space on the AV 500s hard drive. Reported number of megabytes is binary based counting (1kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported MB represents approximately 1.05 megabytes (decimal). Formatting also takes up space.

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Telephone Support

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Email Support

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Worldwide Ofces
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Solutions:

Troubleshooting
25.1 USB Connection issues
Problem: I cannot get my AV 500 to be recognized by the computer or it asks for a driver. If you are running an operating system other than Windows XP (Service Pack 1 minimum) with Windows Media Player 10 or higher, the USB Port setting should be set to Hard Drive. Go to Settings > System > USB Port and set it to Hard Drive. Only Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or higher) with Windows Media Player 10 or higher will allow for the USB Port Windows Device setting. Shut off and reboot the computer and the AV 500 and then try connecting again in the preferred order mentioned in the chapter Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 500 to/from your PC. If using a USB hub, try connecting without using the hub (some hubs are not powered and may not work with the AV 500). If using a USB port in the front of your computer, try a USB port in the back. Front USB ports are often from non-powered hubs. Do not connect to a USB port repeated through a keyboard. If using a laptop computer and a docking station, try connecting without the docking station. Macintosh users must update to OS 10.2.4 or higher. (Hard Drive mode) If the Files Allocation Table (FAT) gets corrupted, the AV 500 may not show up in Windows XP for over one minute, and then it comes up as local drive. Use DOS Utility ChkDsk as shown below. (Hard Drive Mode) Windows XP may recognize the AV 500 hard drive but yet not assign a drive letter to it. Right click on My Computer and select Manage. Then select Storage, then Disk Management. Within this window you may see the hard drive and be able to assign a drive letter by right-clicking on the hard drive, and selecting the option Change drive letter and paths

LCD Pixel Policy The LCD screen on your ARCHOS AV 500 unit has been manufactured to rigorous standards to provide a high quality viewing experience. Nevertheless, your LCD screen may have slight imperfections. This is not particular to the ARCHOS screen, but to all devices which have LCD screens regardless of the original manufacturer of the LCD. Each product vendor guarantees that his screen will contain no more than a certain number of defective pixels. Each screen pixel contains three dot elements (Red, Blue, and Green). One or all of the dots in a given pixel may be stuck on or stuck off. A single dot stuck off is the least noticeable. All three dots of a pixel stuck on is the most noticeable. ARCHOS guarantees that its AV 500 screen will have no more than 2 defective pixel (regardless if these pixels have one or more defective dots). This means that during the period of guarantee for your country or jurisdiction, if the screen on your product has three or more defective pixels, ARCHOS will repair or replace your AV 500 product at its cost. Thus, two or less defective pixels is not grounds for replacement or repair of the product. 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 nal disposal. Batteries : If your product contains a detachable battery pack, you should only dispose of it in a designated collection point for used batteries. The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your product signies 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 European 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 equipment that could have potential effects on the environment and human health.
Please note: This index refers to both the abridged USER GUIDE and the complete PDF user manual (this document). References to this PDF user manual are marked *.

VIDEO Video Playback Action Icons Built-in speakers SETTINGS Sound Settings Sound parameters

File system

VIDEO Manually Setting the Scheduler Notes about setting the Scheduler BROWSER Using the Browser

Files: Locating a le

VIDEO Where is the Recording Saved? MUSIC Browsing through your Music Library MUSIC Where is the Recording Saved? BROWSER - Navigating the directorey structure 5.4* 10.3* 13.3* 16.1* 11.3* 14* 15.3* 16* 18* 11.1* 10.2* 19.2* 2.5* 4.1* 19.6* 8* 7* 22.7* 10.1* 9* 10* 10.3* 11.1* 6.5.1 11.2 6.1 7.2 8.1
Files: Moving or copying les
MUSIC Transferring CD collection to the AV MUSIC Using iTunes with your AV 500 PHOTO Transferring photos to your AV 500 BROWSER Using the Browser Connect Devices to the USB Host Port
Files: Music deleted from your device
Synchronizing Music from Windows Media Player to the AV 500
Find a particular song (Scan)
MUSIC Play Screen Icons SETTINGS Play Mode Settings

Foreign character sets

INTRO First time usage Foreign character sets
Frame rates for video les
VIDEO Non Protected Internet Video Content

Free disc space

IFrame
VIDEO Editing Video Files
Infrared emitter/receiver
VIDEO Setting the Infrared Emitter Code Connecting the TV docking pod to your Television System Connection 6: the infrared emitter

MPEG-4 Translator

VIDEO Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer

Music Browser

MUSIC Playing Music Files MUSIC Browsing through your Music Library
Music deleted/missing from your device
MUSIC Synchronizing Music from Windows Media Player (WMP) to the AV 500
Music les sorted by categories
MUSIC Playing Music Files MUSIC Browsing through your Music Library 10* 10.3* 10* 12* 10.3* 19.6* 19.6* 19.4* 19.6* 20* 19.6* 19.4* 10.2* 12.3* 19.2* 10* 12* 10* 12* 10* 12* 11* 5.6* 6 11.11.2 5

Music lists (Playlists)

MUSIC Playing Music Files MUSIC Playlists
New music not showing in the ARCLibrary
New Playlist does not display
SETTINGS Display Settings

Operating system

SETTINGS System Settings Updating the AV 500 Firmware/OS

Operating system Version

Play songs randomly (Shufe)
MUSIC Play Screen Icons MUSIC Saving a Playlist SETTINGS Play Mode Settings
Playing only certain songs (Playlists)
Playing songs in a specic order

Playlists

PlaysForSure

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September 6, 2005

ARCHOS ENHANCES ITS PORTABLE VIDEO LINE WITH THE AV 500 MOBILE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER
ARCHOS AV 500 Mobile DVR Features 30- and 100-Gigabyte Versions and New Camera/Camcorder Add-On Accessory for Capturing and Storing Personal Video Directly On the Device IRVINE, Calif. September 2005 ARCHOS, Inc., the global consumer electronics manufacturer and leader in portable digital entertainment solutions, introduces today the AV 500 Mobile Digital Video Recorder, an upgrade of the industrys most popular portable video player, the ARCHOS AV400. The ARCHOS AV product line now includes the AV 700 and the AV 500, both of which act as mobile DVRs for scheduling and recording video onto a high quality, portable device. The new AV 500 comes in 30- and 100-gigabyte 1 versions, features a 4 color LCD display and a host of accessories for personalizing the player to an individual lifestyle. With both the AV 700 and new AV 500, the experience starts in the living room where TV programs and movies are recorded from any home entertainment system, and continues outside the home for enjoyment of favorite programming and movies where and when consumers want. The AV 500 fits easily in a pocket yet offers an impressive range of media enjoyment options: Records directly from the TV, VCR, DVD player 3 , cable box or satellite receiver; Stores up to 400 hours of video, 250 movies, 1 million photos or 55,000 songs 2 ; Plays Windows Media Video5 and MPEG-4 video files 4 ; Schedule s recordings while away from home; Transfers photos directly from digital cameras6 and transfers all media files using the USB host port; Plays videos or photos on a 4 color display; Plays recorded TV programs, movies and home videos and make slide shows on a TV; Records continuously up to 12 hours7 of personal video with the optional camcorder accessory; Uses the high-speed USB 2.0 port for fast connections to a PC or Mac, and the USB host port for attaching all other USB peripherals, such as USB key or external hard drives6 ; Purchase songs and videos from Microsoft PlaysForSure compatible online stores, such as Napster, Musicmatch, Wal-Mart Music Downloads and CinemaNow.

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Auto-synchronizes with Windows Media Player 10, and plays protected Windows Media Audio and Video files5. The AV 500 Mobile DVR is a perfect complement to our existing Mobile DVR line up, which
includes the 7 widescreen-display AV 700, released in June, and the new AV 500, said Henri Crohas, ARCHOS Chief Executive Officer. With its slim size, sleek new design and extended range of accessories, the AV 500 combines all of your media on one device and allows you to record your own video on the go. The AV 500 is the perfect portable video companion for kids heading back to school and for the approaching holiday wish list. Record Up to 12 Hours of Personal Video Continuously The AV 500 Mobile DVR features the new Digital Mini Cam add-on camcorder accessory (for both the 30- and 100-gigabite versions) and a super battery pack (for the 100-gigabite version only) that enables up to 12 hours of hands-free video recording directly onto the AV 500. Sold separately, the Digital Mini Cam includes a built-in microphone for recording hours of audio and video, and features a headband strap for attaching the camera to a helmet, hat or head. The Digital Mini Cam is perfect for taking action video while engaged in activities where recording hours of video in a hands-free environment are of interest, such as skiing and snowboarding, hiking or biking, or professional activities, such as security and surveillance. The Digital Mini Cam accessory enables high quality video recording at VGA resolution (640x480) eve n in a very dark environment (1.0 Lux/F 1.2). Once recorded, consumers can edit video into one hour files for easy storage and access on the AV 500. Pricing and Availability The ARCHOS AV 500 Mobile DVR will be available in early September at major retailers worldwide and from the ARCHOS web site at www.archos.com. Pricing for the AV 500 will be US$499.95 for the 30GB model and US$699.95 for the 100GB model. Pricing for the optional camera/camcorder accessory will be announced shortly.

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The AV 500 comes standard with a TV Docking Pod, AV in and out cables, remote control, protective case, headphones, USB 2.0 cable, USB host ca ble adapter and power adapter. Additional optional accessories include car adapter, protective case, double headphone kit, travel kit, additional TV cradle , additional batteries extension , 12Volt cable with dual power plug, 12 Volt car adapter, and other add-on products. Additional product and pricing information for the AV 500 and add-on accessories are available on the ARCHOS web site www.archos.com. About ARCHOS ARCHOS is a global consumer electronics hardware manufacturer and is the technology leader in the field of digital portable entertainment solutions. Committed to the most innovative technology, ARCHOS offers award-winning digital pocket-sized products that feature audio and video recording, photo viewing, gaming, as well as other multimedia and productivity applications, for the enjoyment of the most exciting entertainment anywhere, anytime. ARCHOS has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. More information is available online at www.archos.com.

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1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. On average; based on 100GB hard drive; based on 3.5 minutes/song and 64 kbits/second WMA(for better quality 128 Kbit/s encoding or more recommended), on 500 kbits/second MPEG-4 audio/video encoding and 1h30/movie (for near-DVD quality encoding at 1500 kbits/second or more recommended) and on JPEG, VGA. (3) External video output disabled for Macrovision-protected contents. (4) MPEG-4 SP with B-frames AVI up to 720x480@30f/s NTSC or 720x576@25f/s PAL.compatible with MPEG-4 SP with B-Frames AVI (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group; AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft; MPEG -4 SP with B -frames AVI up to 740x480@30f/s NTSC or 720x576@25f/s PAL. (5) Microsoft WMV9 SP up to 352x288@30f/s; supports WM DRM. (6) Only compatible with USB Mass Storage Class. (7) Estimated. Calculated with supper battery pack (available on the AV 500 100GB version only).
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