ARCHOS™ MOBILE VIDEO RECORDER AV 700 SERIES Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive English Language User Manual User Manual for ARCHOS™ AV 700 series Version 1.8 Please visit our website to download the most recent manual and software for this product 1 2 Dear Customer, ARCHOS™ thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 product. The AV 700 is designed to be the companion to your home entertainment system.
3 We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 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 Video, Music, and Photo experience, The ARCHOS™ 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.
5 8 VIDEO – Editing Video Files 9 30 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 9.1 9.2 Installing the PC Software Using MPEG-4 Translator 33 34 36 10 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 11 38 Button Control Play Screen Icons Browsing through your Music Library Playing Through your Stereo System Setting a Bookmark The Resume Function 39 40 41 42 42 43 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.
7 23 Connecting the TV Docking Pod to your Television System 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 Connect & Test Method Connection (1): Powering the TV Docking Pod Connection (2): Breaking your regular TV Connection Connection (3): Put the TV docking pod between your TV and Tuner Connection (4): Connect the AV 700 to the TV Docking Pod Connection (5): the S-Video In Connection (6): the Infrared Emitter 84 85 85 85 85 86 87 87 24 Replacing the battery 89 25 Technical Support 90 26 Troubleshooting 26.
9 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 LCD/TV button – Hold down to switch between the LCD and an external TV display b USB 2.
11 2 INTRO – First Time Usage 2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter • Use only the included ARCHOS™ charger/adapter. • You can charge the internal battery of the AV 700 by plugging the included adapter/charger directly into the device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger into the TV Docking Pod and connecting your AV 700 to the Docking Pod. • Before using for the first time, charge the batteries completely.
13 • Keep the AV 700 away from high electromagnetic fields. • Keep any connected cords to the AV 700 neatly arranged. This light product could fall if a cord is accidentally pulled by a child. • Do not open up the AV 700. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty. 2.7 Hardware Reset In the event that your AV 700 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.
15 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. 3.1 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.
17 4 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 700. 4.1 Protected Internet Video content If you check the PlaysForSure™ website (www.playsforsure.
19 5 VIDEO – Recording Video Files With your TV docking pod properly connected to a VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver, making a recording is a simple affair. See the relevant chapter for instructions on connecting the TV docking pod to your television system. Pre-record Screen 1. Select VideoCorder on the main menu screen. In the prerecord screen, you should see movement on the sound level bar indicating that sound will be recorded. Adjust the sound level by clicking the LEFT/RIGHT buttons.
21 Source Composite, S-Video, Auto. You can choose which video input you want the AV 700 to use. Normally, with a good video signal, you can set it to Auto, and the AV 700 will scan the two TV docking pod inputs to see which one is receiving video (AV In or S-Video). Format Auto, 4:3, 5:3, 16:9, 2.35. This is the aspect ratio of the screen that the AV 700 will record. You can set this manually, but in most cases you can just leave it on Auto. Resolution Optimal, VGA.
23 Empty Scheduler, ready to be programmed. Once a valid record time is entered, and the save button pressed, the empty box will get a green checkmark. Scheduler after having been set. The “--- Current” means that the AV 700 will record the current video signal (no channel changing). This is for people who do not use the stick-on infrared emitter. Notes about setting the Scheduler. • The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically.
25 6 VIDEO – Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler For those who have a My Yahoo!® account and use the calendar feature, the AV 700 can read the TV programs scheduled into your personal calendar and transmit these to your AV 700 to be included in the AV 700 scheduler. This way, you do not have to input all your scheduled recordings manually. You can sign up for an account and learn how to use the My Yahoo!® TV and calendar functions at the Yahoo!® Website (www.yahoo.com).
27 7 VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code This is a one time step to set your AV 700 to send the correct infrared codes to control your video cassette recorder, cable box, or satellite receiver. This is done so that the AV 700, 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.
29 out which code works with your device. In the example screen, you see the code V009. If this code does not work when doing the Test: channel select, advance it to the next code and then test to see if that next code works. 3. Test channel select: When you press the Test channel select button (highlight test channel select and press ENTER), the AV 700 will send a signal through the docking pod to the infrared emitter and change the channel on your tuner (VCR, cable box, or satellite receiver).
31 Example 2: You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sections before the program started, parts during the program, and the program afterwards because you had recorded a little extra. In this case, you would make a Start mark (a) at time 00:00 and then forward to the end of what you want to delete and make your End mark (b), and choose Remove selected part. This part of the video recording will now be cut out.
33 9 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. This transformation process is called re-encoding.
35 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.
37 Target & Priority If the AV 700 device is not listed, select “ARCHOS™ 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 re-encoding a video file that is 800x600 in resolution and 30 frames per second, this is beyond the maximum resolution that the AV 700 can play. Thus, the MPEG-4 Translator program will have to decrease the resolution.
39 Vol. ol.l + 10.1 Button Control Vol + HSA FF 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 Rew HSR Vol. o X HSA H Rew. FF F >I X HSR Vol.
41 10.3 Browsing through your Music Library The ARClibrary is your AV 700’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, 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.
43 Resume: Start playing from the bookmarked position. Ignore: Keep the bookmark but start playing from the very beginning. Clear: Clear the bookmark from this file and start playing from the very beginning. 10.6 The Resume Function When you turn on your AV 700 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 can resume the last played audio or video file.
45 Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your AV 700 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 to the computer. Songs which have been added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary. 11.2 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.
47 12 1 2 MUSIC – Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the AV 700 will automatically play one after the other. The AV 700 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 hard drive. Playlists are indicated by a special list icon (circled icon to the left). 12.
49 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. 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.
51 If you are using the optional multi-connect adapter (can be purchased from the ARCHOS™ web site) and an AV cable, you should plug the AV cable into the AV In side of the adapter, and then plug the adapter into the AV 700. 51 52 13.2 Recording Procedure Before the actual audio recording begins, there is a pre-recording screen which will allow you to adjust your recording settings. 1. On the main screen, select AudioCorder then click on ENTER. 2.
53 3. Click on the Settings action icon to reveal the recording parameters screen as shown above. 4. Once you have clicked on the Record action icon (or Enter button), you can pause the recording by clicking the Pause action icon (or Enter button) and then stop the recording by clicking on the STOP button. You can record from any line-level audio source to the AV 700.
55 • Validate and Save the edit. The file will be saved with the word ”edit” appended to the file name in the same folder as the original. • If you do not want to save your modifications, click the STOP/ESC button and select OK. Highlight the file to edit and select the File Management action icon. Choose Edit. Only files which have been created with the AV 700 recording function will show Edit in the file menu. Files created from CDs or downloaded cannot be edited.
57 15 1 5 PHOTO – Viewing Photos The AV 700 series support the viewing of JPEG (.jpg) and Bitmap (.bmp) image formats. Progressive JPEG images are not supported. The AV 700 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.
59 15.2 Viewing a slideshow By clicking on the action icon Play a Slideshow, the AV 700 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. 15.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 The AV 700 is equipped with a USB host port.
61 16 1 6 GAMES – Playing Mophun® Games Please verify the availability of this feature on the ARCHOS™ web site. 61 62 17 1 7 BROWSER – Using the Browser The browser is used to navigate the file system on the AV 700. 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.
63 17.1 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/Music/Wes Burden/ to AV 700/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.
65 Copying and Moving Files and Folders By using the unique ARCHOS™ 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 The left panel is the connected USB device (ex: digital camera or hard drive) and the right panel the AV 700 hard drive contents.
67 17.3 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. 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 (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.
69 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 in Windows® Explorer and WMP10.
71 Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh® Drag the AV 700 hard drive icon towards the trashcan, the trashcan 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 700 and/or computer.
73 20 2 0 SETTINGS From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings. 20.1 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 Setup action icon while listening to music.
75 Repeat & Shuffle Normal Plays your songs one after the other and then stops after the last song. Repeat Continuously plays through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Playlist). Shuffle Randomly play through the current set of songs (Artist, Album, folder, or Playlist). Intro duration From 10 to 90 seconds. This is the time for which each song will be played when selecting Scan for Playmode settings. 20.3 Clock Settings The AV 700 has an internal real time clock.
77 20.5 Appearance settings Setting Description Wallpaper On, Off. When set to On, the selected picture (next item) will be displayed as the AV 700 screen background. Picture name This option will display the names of the JPEG images in the AV 700’s System folder that can be used for screen backgrounds (Wallpaper). You can add your own JPEG images to the System folder by dragging and dropping a JPEG file from your computer. You can also set the wallpaper within the Photo mode.
79 Parameter Description ARCLibrary Off: From the Music icon, you will just browse music files 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 This button lets you update the ARCLibrary if you have set the parameter above to ON. USB Port Windows Device (default), Hard drive.
81 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? If your AV 700 is seen as a hard drive, then you simply need to drag the Update_AV700.AOS file onto this icon, and Windows® will place the file into the top most directory (root) of the AV 700. It should not be placed inside any folder within your AV 700. Once this file is copied, safely disconnect (refer to the chapter on Connecting/Disconnecting) the AV 700 from the computer.
83 22.1 Remote Control Description Standby / Wake Up* Switch between Built-in & External Video Numeric entry This group of buttons acts as the navigation and acceleration buttons on the left of the AV 700 and the Play & Stop buttons on the right side. Action icon select and execute buttons Go up or down a channel if you have the e infrared emitter connected to your VCR, VCR R, cable box, or satellite receiver.
85 23.1 Connect & Test Method Even if connecting audio-visual equipment is not your strong suit, by following our instructions and applying our Connect & Test method, you will be able to verify that your connections are correct. Refer to the color connection diagrams in the back of this manual while reading through each section below. 23.2 Connection (1): Powering the TV Docking Pod Plug the included adapter/charger into the jack labeled DC-in on the TV docking pod.
87 23.6 Connection (5): the S-Video In If you would like to get a higher quality video recording, and your video recorder, cable box or other video device has an S-video output, you can connect a standard S-video cable from it to your TV docking pod. This will carry only the video signal to the pod and your AV 700, not the audio. The video pass thru feature is not supported for S-Video input. DO NOT PLUG IN BOTH THE S-VIDEO CONNECTOR AND THE STANDARD YELLOW AV IN CONNECTOR AT THE SAME TIME. 23.
89 24 2 4 Replacing the battery Your AV 700 has a removable battery. You may want to purchase a second battery for cases when you know that you will be unable to recharge your AV 700 before the supplied battery runs out. Refer to the chapter Settings – Power Settings for information about getting the most use from the battery. Before removing the battery, disconnect the charger/adapter and switch off the device. The AV 700’s battery is located on the left hand side on the back of the device.
91 Telephone Support Canada 949-609-1400 Nederland 020-50 40 510 Danmark 35 25 65 67 Norge 22 57 77 71 Deutschland 069-6698-4714 Schweitz/Suisse 442 004 111 España 09-1745-6224 Suomi 09 2311 3434 France 01 70 20 00 30 Svenska 08 579 290 80 Ireland 01-601-5700 UK 0207-949-0115 Italia 02-4827-1143 USA 877-300-879 (toll free) Email Support tech-support.us@archos.com English (United States and Canada customers) tech-support.eu@archos.
93 26 2 6 Troubleshooting 26.1 USB Connection issues Problem: I cannot get my AV 700 to be recognized by the computer or it asks for a driver. Solutions: • 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 Setup > System > USB Port and set it to ‘Hard Drive’.
95 Problem: On the AV 700, I find new file names and folder names that I never created and/or they have strange gibberish names. Answer: (Hard drive mode) Most likely, the AV 700’s file allocation table (FAT) has been corrupted. This could have been due to the AV 700 shutting down (due to low battery power) while reading or writing to your computer via the USB connection. To fix a corrupted FAT problem, you should use the Error Checking utility or the Check Disk utility explained at the end of this section.
97 27 2 7 Technical Specifications ARCHOS™ VIDEO AV 700 series Storage Capacity See packaging Display 7” LCD 480x234 pixels, 262 000 colors and TV output1 Video recording MPEG-4 SP and stereo sound in AVI format. Video playback MPEG-4 SP with B-Frames2 with stereo sound. Near DVD quality up to 720x480 @ 30 f/s (NTSC), 720x576 @ 25 f/s (PAL), AVI file format. WMV9 SP (including protected WMV9 SP files) up to 352x288 @ 30 f/s.
99 28 2 8 Legal Warranty and Limited Liability This product is sold with a limited warranty and specific 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.
101 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.
103 The Product : The crossed-out garbage can symbol on your product signifies 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.
105 Codecs VIDEO – Installing the PC Software – MPEG-4 codec (Compression/Decompression) 9.1* VIDEO – Installing the PC Software – MP3 Sound Codec 9.1* Compression VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet 4* VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 9* MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 11* Connecting 2 USB devices Connect Devices to the USB Host Port 19* 10 20.3* 11.1 Date and time SETTINGS – Clock Settings Default location VIDEO – Where is the Recording Saved? 5.
107 Music deleted/missing from your device MUSIC – Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the AV 700 11.1* 6.1 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* 5 MUSIC – Browsing through your Music Library 10.3* Music files sorted by categories Music lists (Playlists) MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* MUSIC – Playlists 12* New music not showing in the ARCLibrary MUSIC – Browsing through your Music Library 10.3* SETTINGS – System Settings 20.
109 Slideshow PHOTO – Viewing photos – Viewing Slideshow 15.2* Slow motion VIDEO – Playing video files : Slow motion 3.1* Sound VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 9* MUSIC – Playing Music Files 10* MUSIC – Playing Through your Stereo System 10.4* MUSIC – Recording Procedure 13.2* SETTINGS – Sound Settings – Sound parameters 20.1* Speakers VIDEO – Playing video files: Built-in speakers 3.1* MUSIC – Playing music files – Playing through your Stereo System 10.