Archos 110505 User manual

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MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player
Photo Viewer
Video Player
ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 1.1
Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual.
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An introductory note from ARCHOS
Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing this ARCHOS product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you
satisfaction for many years to come.
Please do register your product on our website (www.archos.com/register) 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 Multimedia experience,
The ARCHOS Team.
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All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. However, 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 manual.

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able of Contents
able of Contents
1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 5
2 First Time Usage 6
2.1 Charging the Battery 6
2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF 6
2.3 Changing the Interface language 6
2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105 7
3 Playing Music 8
3.1 Playing a Music File 8
3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 9
3.3 Playback Menu Items 11
3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics 11
3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 12
3.6 Setting a Bookmark 12
3.7 The Resume Function 12
3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons 13
4 Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105 14
4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media®Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 14
4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 15
4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 15
4.4 Installing Windows Media®Player (WMP) 9 16
4.5 Installing Windows Media®Player (WMP) 10 or 11 16
5 Playlists 17
5.1 Creating a new Playlist 17
5.2 Loading a Playlist 18
5.3 Playing a Playlist 18
5.4 Playlist Menu Options 18
6 Settings 20
6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 20
6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 22
6.3 Changing the time & date settings 23
6.4 Changing the Display Settings 24
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6.5 Changing the Power Settings 25
6.6 Changing the System Settings 26
7 Using the Browser 27
7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder 27
7.2 Navigating the Directory Structure 28
7.3 File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode 29
7.3.1 Contextual Menu on a File 29
7.3.2 Contextual Menu on a Folder 29
7.3.3 Contextual Menu while in the Double Browser 30
7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard 30
8 Viewing Photos with yourARCHOS 105 32
8.1 Using the Photo Browser 32
8.2 Photo Browser Contextual Menu 33
8.3 Transferring Photos to your ARCHOS 105 34
8.3.1 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode 34
8.3.2 Transferring Photos in Windows Device Mode 34
9 Playing videos with your ARCHOS 105 35
9.1 Playing video 35
9.2 Putting Videos onto yourARCHOS 105 35
10 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to a Stereo system 37
11 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 to your Computer 38
11.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 38
11.2 Connecting the ARCHOS 105 38
11.3 Disconnecting the ARCHOS 105 from your Computer 39
12 Updating the ARCHOS 105 Firmware 42
12.1 Download the firmware_a105.AOS file 42
12.2 Copy to ARCHOS 105 root and Update 42
12.3 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? 43
12.4 Activate the Update 43
13 Technical Specifications 44
14 Technical Support 45

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Ports, Buttons, and Connections
Ports, Buttons, and Connections
A Headphone Jack
B USB 2.0 port – To connect your ARCHOS device to a computer, to transfer files
and/or charge the battery.
C On button (hold 3 seconds) & Menu options
D Off button (hold 3 seconds) & Stop/Escape*
Navigation pad
E Move Up & increase volume
F Move Down & decrease volume
G Move Left (decrease value) or audio/video rewind
H Move Right (increase value) or audio/video fast forward
I Play/Pause/Resume/Enter
* Hardware reset: in the event that the ARCHOS 105 freezes operation, you can reset your device by holding down on the
STOP/ESC button for 15 seconds.
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First Time Usage
First Time Usage
2.1 Charging the Battery
2.1 Charging the Battery
Before using your ARCHOS 105 for the first time, completely charge the battery.
• The ARCHOS 105 is charged through its USB connector. Connect the included USB cable to a running
computer and plug the other end into the ARCHOS 105 while it is off. This will charge its internal battery.
• A lightning bolt symbol will flash over the battery icon in the status bar while the battery is charging: .
• It will stop flashing when the battery is fully charged: .
2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF
2.2 Turning the ARCHOS 105 ON and OFF
• Press and hold the ON/Menu button until the screen comes on.
• TheARCHOS 105 will automaticallyshutoff aftera given amount of timeif no buttons arepressed. To conserve
battery energy, the backlight will automatically shut off. You can change these parameters in Setup > Power.
• Press and hold the Stop/off button until theARCHOS 105 shuts off.
2.3 Changing the Interface language
2.3 Changing the Interface language
• English is selected as the default language for your ARCHOS 105 user interface. You can choose another
language by going to Setup > Display.

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2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105
2.4 Caring for the ARCHOS 105
The ARCHOS 105 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with care.
• Do not subject it to unnecessary shock or vibration.
• Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated (especially when connected to a computer).
• Keep theARCHOS 105 away from water and excessively humid areas.
• Keep theARCHOS 105 away from high electromagnetic fields.
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Playing Music
Playing Music
Once theARCHOS 105 has been turned on, the following screen is displayed. You can select the major functions
from this main menu. • Music: Browse through the folder Music or use the ARCLibrary music selection system.
• Photo: Browse through and view all the pictures on your ARCHOS 105.
• Video: Navigate through the Video folder and watch your videos.
• Resume: Resume playing from the last place you stopped.
• Browser: Browse through and manage all of the other files on yourARCHOS 105.
• Setup: Set the parameters of your ARCHOS 105 to your personal taste.
3.1 Playing a Music File
3.1 Playing a Music File
By clicking on the Music icon in the main menu screen, you will enter into a ‘music only’
mode. File types other than WMA, WAV, and MP3 that may be in those folders will be
filtered from view.
There are two ways to access your music, by selecting Browse storage (Internal
Memory) or by searching the songs’ tag information, Artist, Album, Title, etc. In the
case of Browse storage (Internal Memory), you will be sent directly to the Music folder
of your ARCHOS 105. Here you can look at all your music files and the folders of your
ARCHOS 105 as if you were browsing files with a computer. The other way is to browse
your music by tag information, artist, album, song name, year, or genre. The Unknown
category indicates that the file has no tag data.
To select a music file, use the navigation controls UP and DOWN to move upwards or downwards and ENTER
to enter a highlighted subfolder or tag category. Click ENTER to play the highlighted song. Use LEFT to leave a
folder and go back to the previous level.

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3.2 Play Screen and Button Control
3.2 Play Screen and Button Control
(1) Menu available
(2) Artist* or parent folder
(3) Album* or current folder
(4) Song title* or file name
(5) Status: playing
(6) Play Mode: Folder
(7) Play Order: Repeat
(8) Volume (0-99)
(9) Battery level
(10) Clock
(11) Song elapsed time
(12) Song remaining time
(13) Album cover (if it is available)
*If the file contains these tag data
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A Play/pause/resume song
B Increase the volume
C Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist.
Hold: Fast forward through the song.
D Decrease the Volume
E 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.
F Stop Song
G Hold for 3 seconds to lock/unlock the buttons.
Play Status Play Order
Play Status Play Order
Stopped (no icon) Play once
Playing a track Shuffle (Random) track selection
Current track is paused Repeat playing
The top status bar indicates the status and play settings that you have given. See the Settings chapter for a
description of the Playmode options.
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3.3 Playback Menu Items
3.3 Playback Menu Items
When the menu icon appears, you have certain options. During song playback, press the MENU
button for the following options.
• Setup: Enters the Setup screen (same as selecting the Setup icon
in the main menu) which allows you access to parameters such as
bass and treble.
• Info: Show file information such as the file name, file size, date created, file
format, etc.
• ARCLibrary:Allows you to browse through your ARCLibrary while listening to the
current song.
• Edit Playlist: Enters the playlist editor (see below how to use Playlists).
• Set Bookmark: Set a bookmark at the current position within the audio file. See
the Bookmark section below.
3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics
3.4 ARCLibrary Specifics
TheARCLibrary is a system for choosing your music by its characteristics. It can be
turned On or Off in the settings from Setup > Playmode. As shown in this screen
capture here, you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or
Year. MP3 and WMA music files have internal data tags to hold information about
the song. For MP3 files, these are known as ID3 tags. Not all MP3 files have all
this information filled in. If you purchase a song from a music download service,
the song will have this information. If you have an MP3 or WMA file without this tag
information, then you can add or change it by going to the properties of the file in
Windows®Explorer. TheARCLibrary indexes all the music and playlists that it finds
in the folders Music and Playlists by using the tag information in each song. Thus,
you should never delete the folders Music or Playlists. If a song does not have
tags, it will be put into the category <unknown>.
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3.5 ARCLibrary Updating
3.5 ARCLibrary Updating
If you paste audio files from your computer to the ARCHOS 105, they go directly in the ARCHOS 105’s internal
memory without the ARCLibrary knowing about the new song. This is why the ARCLibrary is updated when
you disconnect your ARCHOS 105 from the computer. Alternatively, you can set up the ARCLibrary to update
only when you choose to, by setting it to On, not automatic. You can find the information on how to do this
in the section Playmode in the Settings chapter. You will then have to go to the Setup > Playmode screen,
highlight [Update ARCLibrary] and press ENTER. A message screen will appear indicating that it is updating
the ARCLibrary contents.
3.6 Setting a Bookmark
3.6 Setting a Bookmark
If you are listening to a song, or perhaps a long recording, and would like to place a bookmark in it in order to
pick up from this point at another time, you can use the Bookmark function. While listening to the audio recording,
simply click on the MENU button, then choose Set Bookmark. This will set a bookmark in the audio file at the
current position. You can only set one bookmark per file. In your browser, bookmarked music files appear with
this icon: . You can have a maximum of 16 files bookmarked. Setting more bookmarks will erase existing
bookmarks, starting with the oldest. The next time you play the audio file, you will be presented with three
options:
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.
3.7 The Resume Function
3.7 The Resume Function
When you turn on your ARCHOS 105 you will sometimes 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
ARCHOS 105 can resume the last played audio file.

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3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons
3.8 Locking the ARCHOS 105 Buttons
You can prevent theARCHOS 105 from executing unintended functions
by locking the buttons. To lock the buttons, hold down on the MENU
button until the “lock” icon appears in the top-left corner of the screen.
Now the buttons are disabled, but you can still use the UP and DOWN
controls on the navigation pad to change the volume. To unlock the
buttons hold down again on the Menu button until the “lock” icon
disappears.
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Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105
Putting Music onto your ARCHOS 105
The ARCHOS 105 is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media®Player (WMP) versions 9, 10 and
11. The Windows Media®Player software is used to download digital media content from the Internet to your
computer and organize it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy) the contents of your Windows Media®Player
media library to yourARCHOS device. Seethe comparison chart belowfor an explanation of thedifferent features
available when running Windows Media®Player 9 and 10/11.
4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media
4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media
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The Synchronize button in Windows Media®Player (WMP) is a one way ‘sync’ button.
That is, it will add music, photo and video files to your ARCHOS 105 so that you have
the same digital media on your ARCHOS 105 as you have in your Windows Media®
Player media library. Of course, you can choose to sync only
certain songs, photos or videos, or sync your entire library.
On WMP10/11, you can click the button Set up Sync in the Sync tab and then check
the box labeled Synchronize DeviceAutomatically. This is the auto-sync advantage of
WMP10/11. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your ARCHOS 105 to
your PC, Windows Media®Player will automatically start up and check to see if there is any new music, photos
or videos in your media library, and if so, will then copy them to your ARCHOS 105. On the other hand, with
Windows Media®Player 9, you have to tell it what you want to sync, WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically
when you connect your ARCHOS 105 to your computer.
Note for WMP10/11 users: Files added to your ARCHOS 105 from another computer cannot be added to the
Windows Media®Player Library when you connect yourARCHOS 105 to the computer. Songs which have been
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4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9
4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9
Windows®Media Player 10 /11 is only available for Windows®XP (service Pack 1) and newer operating systems.
It is worth your while to upgrade to Windows®XP or higher and to Windows®Media Player 10/11. The list below
shows the advantages.
Functionality WMP9 WMP10 and 11
Auto-synchronize the WMP library
to ARCHOS 105 on connecting to PC no* yes
Can synchronize subscription music
(‘to go’ services) to your ARCHOS 105 no yes
Carefree USB disconnection
(no special green arrow unmount procedure) no yes
* Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the ARCHOS 105.
4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105
4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105
The process of transferring music from a CD into files for your ARCHOS 105 is known
as ‘ripping’. It is actually a transcoding process, taking the CDA (CD Audio) format and
converting it to WMA or MP3 format which the ARCHOS 105 can read. There are many
music ripping programs on the market, but the easiest thing to do is to use Windows Media®
Player to do it. In fact, when you place a music CD in your computer, Windows®will ask you
if you would like to rip it. Depending on the power of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it
will take anywhere from 10 minutes to 60 minutes. Once this is done, the album will become
part of your music library. Connect your ARCHOS 105 to your computer with the supplied
USB cable. Now, you go to the Sync tab and tell Windows Media®Player to synchronize
that album to yourARCHOS 105. It will then transfer that album to your ARCHOS 105.
Note: Some music CDs have a special copy protection system that will not allow Windows Media®Player to
make music files from them.
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4.4 Installing Windows Media
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If you have Windows®ME or 2000, you should use Windows Media®Player 9.
4.5 Installing Windows Media
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You must be running Windows®XPor higher in order to install Windows Media®Player 10/11. The easiest way to
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Playlists
Playlists
A Playlist is a list of songs that the ARCHOS 105 will automatically play one after the other. The ARCHOS 105
can handle one Playlist at a time. You can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from a Playlist, or Save a
Playlist as a file (file type.m3u) to be used another time. There is no limit to the number of Playlists you can save
on the ARCHOS 105. A Playlist can have a maximum of 1000 songs in it.
5.1 Creating a new Playlist
5.1 Creating a new Playlist
To create a Playlist, press the RIGHT button while you are in the Music browser. A
second panel is opened on the right side to display the Playlist contents (shown empty
in the picture). You can now start adding songs to the current Playlist.
Note: If tracks are displayed in the right panel, this means a Playlist is already open.
To create a new Playlist, close the current list first (see the Playlist Menu options) and
click RIGHT again.
In the left panel, search for the songs you would like to add to your Playlist. Once the
song is highlighted, click on the ENTER button to add it to the Playlist. The song will
be added to the Playlist and a small mark is placed next to the music note icon to
indicate that it is now in the Playlist. You can also add all the music files of a complete folder in one operation
by highlighting the desired folder and choosing Add to playlist or Insert in playlist on the menu. Be careful
about which panel you are in since the left panel menu has different options than the right panel menu. Continue
searching and adding songs in this manner until you are satisfied. You can jump back and forth anytime between
the two panels by clicking LEFT/RIGHT on the navigation pad.
We recommend that you save your Playlists (see Playlists Menu Options below) to use them again later. After
saving a new Playlist, use the menu of the left panel to update the ARCLibrary in order for it to appear in your
Playlists folder. The menu also offers you the option Insert in playlist: The track will be added before the track
which is highlighted in the Playlist.
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5.2 Loading a Playlist
5.2 Loading a Playlist
You can load a previously saved Playlist or add the files it contains to the current
Playlist. Use the music browser to select the Playlist of your choice (Playlists are
indicated by a special list icon) and then press OK. If there were already some items
in the ARCHOS 105 Playlist, then the songs of the loaded Playlist will be added to the
end of it. You can then check or modify the Playlist as usual in the Playlist panel.
5.3 Playing a Playlist
5.3 Playing a Playlist
After loading a Playlist, press the RIGHT control on the navigation pad to go into
the Playlist edition panel. Then use the UP and DOWN controls to select a song.
Click on ENTER, and your Playlist will start playing from that song according to
the current PlayMode settings.
5.4 Playlist Menu Options
5.4 Playlist Menu Options
While in the Playlist screen (right side) you have the following options.
• Save: Saves the current Playlist onto theARCHOS 105 so that it can be reloaded
later. It will be saved into the directory Playlists.
• Close: Closing the list enables you to create a new Playlist by using the RIGHT
control of the navigation pad while in the Music folder or any of its sub-folders.
• Rename: Changes the name of the current Playlist using the Virtual Keyboard.
• Shuffle: Randomly changes the order of the items in the loaded Playlist.
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• Move:Allows you to change the order of songs in the Playlist by moving them up
or down using the UP/DOWN buttons of the navigation pad.
• Delete: Removes the highlighted track from the playlist.
Note: To delete a Playlist, navigate to Browser > Playlists. Highlight the Playlist, press the menu button,
highlight Delete and press ENTER.
(Moving a music track)
Important: Once you save a Playlist it is important that you do not move the actual files as the Playlist searches in the
original file location. If you need to move your files to a different folder, you’ll have to recreate your Playlists.
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Settings
Settings
There are a number of parameters you can set on the ARCHOS 105 to make it
operate according to your particular needs. Start by clicking on Setup.
Within the menus, you will find different parameters. In order to modify a parameter,
click LEFT or RIGHT on the navigation pad.
6.1 Changing the Sound Settings
6.1 Changing the Sound Settings
If you would like to customize the sound quality, go to [Setup > Sound].