Archos AV 700 TV User manual

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ARCHOS
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MOBILE TV & RECORDER
MOBILE TV & RECORDER
AV 700 TV
AV 700 TV
Mobile TV & Recorder / Video Player & Recorder / Music Player & Recorder / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive
English Language User Manual
User Manual for ARCHOS™AV 700 TV series
Version 1.2
Please visit www.archos.com to download the most recent manual and software for this product.
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Dear Customer,
ARCHOS™thanks you for your choice of this exciting AV 700 TV product. The AV 700 TV is designed to be the
companion to your home entertainment system. With the optional docking pod connected to your television,
you can easily connect your AV 700 TV to the pod as desired. Optionally, you can connect it to your computer
with the included USB Cable. By connecting to a computer, you get the advantage of being able to download
legal music and video content from the Internet. Since it is a PlaysForSure™device, you have a wide choice of
music and video content available on the Internet. For more information about the PlaysForSure™program, see
www.playsforsure.com.
This manual will explain, in detail, the functionality of your device. The better you know how to use it, the more
enjoyment you will get from it. Remember, with the AV 700 TV, you can…
• Watch Digital TV on the built-in screen, a television or video projector
• Record your favorite Digital TV programs directly onto yourAV 700 TV
• Play MPEG-4 & WMV video files on the built-in screen, a television or video projector
• Record and edit MPEG-4 video files from a television or other video device (with optional accessories)
• Listen to MP3, WMA, or WAV music files or PlaysForSure™downloaded music files
• Record music files into digital format directly from your hi-fiwithout a computer (with optional accessories)
• Synchronize your Windows®Media Player music and video library to your AV 700 TV
• View JPEG and BMP digital photos and create slide shows
• Copy Pictures from your digital camera via the built in host USB port
• Store .DOC, .PDF, or any type of data files – it’s a portable hard drive too!
We wish you many years of enjoyment from your AV 700 TV 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 TV, 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.
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As our engineers are always updating and improving the software, 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
1 INTRO – Buttons and Connections 7
1.1 Remote Control Description 9
2 INTRO – First Time Usage 10
2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter 10
2.2 Turning on the AV 700 TV 10
2.3 Shutting off theAV 700 TV and Battery saving features 10
2.4 Changing the Interface Language 11
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 11
2.6 Caring for the AV 700 TV 11
2.7 Hardware Reset 12
3 TV –Watching Digital TV 13
3.1 Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV 13
3.2 Watching Digital TV 16
3.3 Digital TV Action Icons 17
3.4 Watching Digital TV in your Car* 19
4 TV – Recording Digital TV 21
4.1 Recording Digital TV with theAV 700 TV 21
4.2 Setting the Scheduler 21
4.3 Viewing Digital TV recordings on your computer 22
5 VIDEO – Playing Video Files 23
5.1 Video PlaybackAction Icons 24
5.2 Resume Function 25
6 VIDEO – Playing Video Files from the Internet 26
6.1 Protected Internet Video content 26
6.2 Non Protected Internet Video Content 26
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7 VIDEO –Recording Video Files 27
8 VIDEO – Creating MPEG-4 Video Files with your Computer 28
8.1 Installing the PC Software 29
8.2 Using MPEG-4 Translator 31
9 MUSIC – Playing Music Files 33
9.1 Button Control 34
9.2 Play Screen Icons 35
9.3 Browsing through your Music Library 36
9.4 Playing Through your Stereo System 37
9.5 Setting a Bookmark 37
9.6 The Resume Function 38
10 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 700 TV 39
10.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media®Player (WMP) to the AV 700 TV 39
10.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 40
10.3 Transferring your CD collection to the AV 700 TV 41
10.4 Installing Windows Media®Player 10 (WMP10) 41
11 MUSIC – Playlists 42
11.1 Playing a Playlist 42
11.2 Creating a Playlist 42
11.3 Saving a Playlist 43
11.4 Adding songs to a Playlist while listening to Music 44
12 MUSIC –Recording Music 45
13 MUSIC – Using iTunes
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14 PHOTO – Viewing Photos 47
14.1 Viewing Photos 47
14.2 Viewing a slideshow 49
14.3 Transferring photos to your AV 700 TV 49
15 GAMES – Playing Mophun
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16 BROWSER – Using the Browser 52
16.1 Navigating the Directory Structure 53
16.2 File and Folder Operations 54
16.3 Using the Virtual Keyboard 57
17 Connecting/Disconnecting the AV 700 TV to/from your PC 58
17.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 58
17.2 Connecting the AV 700 TV 58
17.3 Disconnecting the AV 700 TV from your Computer 60
18 Connecting Devices to the USB Host Port 62
19 SETTINGS 63
19.1 Sound Settings 63
19.2 Play Mode Settings 64
19.3 Clock Settings 65
19.4 Display Settings 66
19.5 Appearance settings 67
19.6 Power Settings 67
19.7 System Settings 68
19.8 TV control 69
20 Updating the AV 700 TV Firmware Operating System (OS) 70
21 Replacing the battery 72
22 Recording Audio with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit 73
22.1 Docking Pod Cable Connections 73
22.2 Travel Kit Cable Connections 74
22.3 Recording Procedure 75
22.4 Where is the Recording Saved? 77
22.5 Audio Editing 77
23 Recording External Video with the Optional Docking Pod/Travel Kit 79
23.1 Docking Pod Cable Connections 79
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23.1.1 TV Docking Pod Description 79
23.1.2 Connecting the TV Docking Pod to your Television System - Connect & Test Method 80
23.1.3 Connection Diagram 84
23.2 Travel Kit Cable Connections 86
23.3 Recording Video Files from External Sources 87
23.4 Setting the Recording Parameters 88
23.5 Where is the Recording Saved? 90
23.6 Editing Video Files 90
23.7 Copy Protection 93
23.8 Docking Pod-Specific Options 93
23.8.1 Manually Setting the Scheduler 93
23.8.2 Automated Yahoo!® TV Recording Scheduler 95
23.8.3 Setting the Infrared Emitter Code 97
24 Troubleshooting 100
24.1 USB Connection issues 100
24.2 Charging and Power issues 101
24.3 AV 700 TV locks up (freezes operation) or Stops 101
24.4 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning 101
25 Technical Specifications 104
26 Legal and Safety Notices 106

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INTRO – Buttons and Connections
INTRO – Buttons and Connections
a Move UP (also increases volume during media playback)
b Move DOWN (also decreases volume during media playback)
c Move LEFT (also plays previous song or fast reverse through song or video)
d Move RIGHT (also plays next song or fast forward through song or video)
e Accelerate UP – go up the list of items at high speed
f Accelerate Down – go down the list of items at high speed
g Infrared sensor for the remote control
h Left and right loud speakers
i On indicator
j Hard drive activity indicator (read/write)
k Battery charger indicator (blinks when battery is charged*)
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l TV out indicator (indicates that video is being sent to a connected external television)
mPlay/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 Antenna connector for Digital TV
b LCD/TV button – Hold down to switch between the LCD and an external TV display
c USB 2.0 Full speed USB Host port – to connect compatible devices
d Multi-connect jack* – for headphones, TV Docking Pod, andAV in/out connections
e USB 2.0 High speed device port (USB 1.1 compatible) to connect to your computer
f Power Connector (Use only the supplied ARCHOS™power charger/adapter)
g Battery latch

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1.1 Remote Control Description
1.1 Remote Control Description
Numeric entry: to access a Digital TV
channel directly, enter its number.
Switch between Built-in & External Video
Increase / Decrease Volume
Mute sound
This group of buttons acts as the
navigation and acceleration buttons on
the left of the AV 700 TV and the Play &
Stop buttons on the right side.
Action icon select and execute buttons
Displays Action icon descriptions,
if activated (Setup > Display)
Standby / Wake Up
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INTRO – First Time Usage
INTRO – First Time Usage
2.1 Plugging in theAC Adapter
2.1 Plugging in the AC Adapter
• Use only the included ARCHOS™charger/adapter.
• You can charge the internal battery of theAV 700 TV by plugging the included adapter/charger directly into the
device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger into the optional TV Docking Pod and connecting
your AV 700 TV to the optional TV Docking Pod.
• Before using for the first time, charge the batteries completely. The charge indicator (CHG) light just below the
navigation pad will start to blink when the battery is charged.
2.2 Turning on the AV 700 TV
2.2 Turning on the AV 700 TV
• Hold the PLAY/ON button for 3 seconds. The green “On” indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take a
few seconds for the operating system to boot up.
• If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds, plug in theARCHOS™adapter/charger to
make sure the batteries get charged.
2.3 Shutting off the AV 700 TV and Battery saving features
2.3 Shutting off the AV 700 TV and Battery saving features
To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button for 3 seconds.
In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Power Off parameter. It is
factory set to 6 minutes. Thus, if your AV 700 TV is idle for 6 minutes, it will shut itself off. This setting can be
changed from one to nine minutes or to never.
In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a
Backlight Off parameter to save battery power (the lighting of the screen consumes
a lot of the battery power). It is factory set to 60 seconds. That is, if the AV 700 TV is
not being used, the screen will shut off in order to save battery life. To turn the screen
back on, just click once on any button. See the section Power in the Settings chapter
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2.4 Changing the Interface Language
2.4 Changing the Interface Language
The AV 700 TV interface can be set to English (default), French,
Spanish, German, or Russian.
• Using the UP action button, highlight the Settings icon (showing a
wrench) and then click the center SELECT action button.
• Highlight the Display icon and click the PLAY/ENTER button.
• Highlight the Language parameter using the UP/DOWN buttons.
• Click the RIGHT or LEFT button to choose the desired language.
• The language displayed will change immediately.
• Click on the STOP/ESC button to return to the Setup page and again to return to the main menu screen.
2.5 Foreign Character Sets
2.5 Foreign Character Sets
You have the possibility to display your file names, folder names, and music tags in various character sets (ex:
Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, etc.). You can find the language files CodePage_name.4FZ in the font
folder under /Data/Asian Fonts on the AV 700 TV hard drive or on the ARCHOS™website under the heading
Software. If, for example, you would like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the file
CP949.4FZ into the folder /system on the AV 700 TV and shut down and restart the AV 700 TV. File names,
folder names, and music tags written using the Microsoft®codepage for the language will now be displayed in
that character set. Only one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should only put one .4FZ file into the /system
folder. When an .4FZ language file is used, the interface language will be set to English.
2.6 Caring for theAV 700 TV
2.6 Caring for theAV 700 TV
The ARCHOS™Video AV 700 TV is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical
consumer electronic products.
• Do not subject it to shock.
• Do not subject it to heat. Keep it ventilated by keeping it on its feet with the fold-out stand (especially when
connected to a computer).
• Keep the AV 700 TV away from water and excessively humid areas.
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• Keep the AV 700 TV away from high electromagnetic fields.
• Keepanyconnectedcordsto theAV 700 TV neatlyarranged.This lightproductcould fall if acordisaccidentally
pulled by a child.
• Do not open up the AV 700 TV. There are no user serviceable parts inside. Opening will void your warranty.
2.7 Hardware Reset
2.7 Hardware Reset
In the event that your AV 700 TV 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. In normal operation, the
STOP/ESC button will shut down theAV 700 TV after being held down for 3 seconds.

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TV – Watching Digital TV
TV – Watching Digital TV
3.1 Tuning Digital TV on the AV 700 TV
Before you can use your AV 700 TV to watch Digital TV for the first time, you will need to tune it to
receive the available programs in your area. You may also need to do this when you enter a different
coverage area, for instance when you travel a long distance.
Setting Up and Connecting the Antennas
Your AV 700 TV comes with a set of two amplified antennas along with their cable and carrying case. Start by
assembling these elements as shown in this picture.
Then, connect the antennas to the antenna connector of your AV 700 TV. This port is next to the TV/LCD button
on the top of the device, and is marked with this symbol: .
Attention: DO NOT connect the antennas to the ‘USB A’ port of the AV 700 TV!
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Positioning the Antennas for Optimal Reception
You must now make sure that your antennas are in a position that allows for good reception. In most situations,
you will be able to obtain a good quality signal by leaving the antennas in the opened carrying case.
For an optimal reception, unfurl the cables of the antennas (leaving the
antennas in their pockets) and place them as far as possible from the
AV 700 TV device, and asclose as possible to a window. Never place the
antennas less than 80cm (30 inches) from the AV 700 TV. Try different
orientations to determine which one offers the best reception (see signal
quality icon further down).
Deploy the antennas away from any electromagnetic source such as
a TV or PC, and away from any metal parts (at least 30 cm/12”).
The supplied antennas are directional antennas: the most sensitive side
is the front side, with the shortest element. In some areas, reception
may be very poor, and you may need to take the antennas out of their
pockets. In such a case, turn them in opposite directions, as far away
from each other as possible.
Note that both of the antennas have a
power LED that will light up once they
are correctly plugged in.
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Note: you can use theAV 700 TV as a Digital TV tuner at home and connect theAV 700 TV to your home antenna
using the supplied Antenna Adapter Cable (IMPORTANT: use only the ARCHOS™supplied cable, and connect
only to a regular aerial antenna outlet, not a cable TV service outlet).
Signal quality icon:
This icon is located in the status bar. The color and the number of bars indicate the level
of quality of the received signal. The icon is split in two parts, showing reception for the
left and right antennas separately. When you move the antennas, allow a few seconds
before the icon reflects any change.
Please note that if you use your home antenna and the suppliedAntennaAdapter Cable, it is normal that only the
left side of the icon will show signal quality.
Scanning for Channels
From the Main Menu of the AV 700 TV, select the Digital TV menu icon and press the ENTER button. Using
the action buttons, select Digital TV Settings and then select Scan. Your device will scan through the available
channels (this can take a few minutes). You can now watch TV!
Note: to avoid losing these new settings the next time you scan for channels, you can save them as a preset (see
Digital TV Settings in section 3.3 - Digital TV Action Icons).
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3.2 Watching Digital TV
3.2 Watching Digital TV
To watch Digital TV, simply select the DigitalTV menu icon
on the main screen and press the ENTER button. You can
then browse through the available channels by using the
LEFT and RIGHT buttons, as shown here:
When you change channels, an information screen about the current program and the following program will be
shown for a few seconds, as shown in this picture.
Channel List
Press either of the acceleration buttons to display the list of available channels. You can then use the UP/DOWN
buttons to select a channel and press the ENTER button to jump directly to the highlighted channel.
Alternatively, you can also go directly to a channel by typing its number on the supplied remote control.
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3.3 Digital TV Action Icons
3.3 Digital TV Action Icons
Hide Text Overlay
Select this icon to shut off the On Screen Display (the status bar, action icons and other overlaid
informational graphics).
Video Format
Change the way the image is displayed on the built-in LCD screen of yourAV 700 TV or on your TV:
Auto Adjusts the video size to best adapt to the built-in screen or television.
Maximized Image Enlarge the image to fill the screen.
Original Picture The entire picture will always be seen on the TV and the built-in screen, no cutting.
Built-in speaker on/off
Turn on or off the built-in loudspeakers.
Current Program Info
Information will be displayed on your screen about the program you’re viewing, its duration, and
potentially other programming information. Note that this information is provided by the TV stations
themselves and may not always be available.
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Digital TV Settings
This menu allows you to manage the Digital TV channels:
Preset 1-5 selecting one of these presets will change the set of currently available channels to ones you
have previously preset.
Scan will search for available channels (see section Tuning Digital TV on theAV 700 TV).
Save saves the current set of channels as a preset. Use this option just after scanning if you have
traveled and want to save the local Digital TV settings as preset 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.
Sort will open the list of current channels and allow you to sort them to a different order and to
delete the ones that you don’t want to keep.
- Use the UP/DOWN buttons to highlight a channel number, then the RIGHT button to
highlight the channel name.
- The UP/DOWN buttons will then allow you to move the channel to a different position.
- To delete a channel, highlight its name and press the STOP button.
- Press the LEFT button to go back to highlighting a channel number.
- To exit, highlight any channel number and press the STOP button.
Start Recording
This will start recording the channel you’re watching (see section Recording Digital TV).
Video Settings
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3.4 Watching Digital TV in your Car*
3.4 Watching Digital TV in your Car*
With the AV 700 TV, you have the possibility to watch Digital TV on the move. For best reception while moving,
the supplied antennas can be taken out of their carrying case to be mounted on the supplied car antenna support
systems. You will first need to assemble the car antenna support systems, clip the antennas into place and then
apply the support systems to a flat and smooth surface (such as a window area that does not interfere with the
driver’s view).
For best reception, it is advised to place the antennas in opposite
directions (the front of the antennas, with the shortest element,
must not be directed towards metal parts), one on each side of
the vehicle (front and back, or left and right).
As reception conditions vary with vehicle types and other external
conditions, it is advised to try different positions for the antennas
to determine which one offers the best results.
Note: if traveling long distances, you may need to re-scan for
channels from time to time.
* Safety Notice: for the driver and passengers’safety, and to comply with some countries’road regulations, theAV 700 TV should
not be placed such that it is viewable by the driver (see additional notices and disclaimers in the legal section of this manual).
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Examples of positions where the supplied antennas can be mounted on a car
(Local laws may prohibit mounting on certain windows of your vehicle)