Archos TV Plus 500973 User manual

DearCustomer,
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, to the ARCHOS Content Portal,
and theTV ProgramGuide.
Wishing you the best multimedia experience,
TheARCHOSTeam.
All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of
publication. However, as we are often updating and improving our prod-
ucts, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
STARTING UP...........................................................................................4
DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHOS DEVICE..........................4
CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO YOUR TV .........................7
THE INSTALLATION WIZARD ..................................9
TURNING THE ARCHOS ON/OFF................................9
USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE ..............................10
PRODUCT CARE ...........................................11
1. PLAYING VIDEO.................................................................................12
1.1BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS ........................12
1.2VIDEO PLAYBACK.......................................13
1.3VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS.................................15
1.4RECORDING VIDEO......................................16
1.5 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED VIDEOS.......................16
2. PLAYING MUSIC...............................................................................17
2.1BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES....................17
2.2MUSIC PLAYBACK ......................................18
2.3MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS ................................20
2.4PLAYLISTS ............................................22
2.5RECORDING ANALOGUE AUDIO ............................24
2.6 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED MUSIC .......................24
3. VIEWING PHOTOS..........................................................................26
3.1BROWSING THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS........................26
3.2PHOTO VIEWER.........................................27
3.3PHOTO VIEWER SETTINGS ................................29
3.4PLAYING A SLIDESHOW ..................................29
3.5VIEWING PHOTOS WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC ...............30
3.6 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED PHOTOS ......................30
4.USING THE FILE BROWSER.......................................................31
4.1NAVIGATION ...........................................31
4.2USING THE FILE BROWSER WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC ........33
4.3USING THE PDF READER .................................33
5. USING THE WIFI FEATURES ....................................................35
5.1BROWSING THE WEB ....................................35
5.2PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED MEDIA FILES ..................37
5.3THE ARCHOS CONTENT PORTAL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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6. TRANSFERRING FILES..................................................................41
6.1 USB HOST CONNECTION .................................41
6.2BROWSING OTHER COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK ............42
6.3CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO A COMPUTER .................43
7. MAIN SETTINGS.............................................................................46
7.1“SOUND”SETTINGS.....................................46
7.2“TV SETTINGS”.........................................47
7.3“APPEARANCE”SETTINGS................................48
7.4“NETWORK”SETTINGS ..................................49
7.5“LANGUAGE AND REGION”SETTINGS .......................52
7.6“TV CONTROL”SETTINGS ................................53
7.7“CLOCK”SETTINGS .....................................53
7.8“FIRMWARE AND PLUG-INS”SETTINGS .....................54
7.9 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE ...............................54
7.10“SYSTEM”SETTINGS...................................55
8. TV RECORDING: HARDWARE SETUP..................................58
8.1 CONNECTION PRINCIPLES................................58
8.2 CONNECTING A TUNER TO YOUR ARCHOS....................58
8.3 CONNECTING WITH A TV ONLY (NO EXTERNAL TUNER) .........61
9. THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE..........................................................62
9.1 WHAT’S REQUIRED TO USE THIS FUNCTION? .................62
9.2 ACTIVATING THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE ONLINE................62
9.3 TRANSFERRING THE PROGRAM DATA TO THE ARCHOS .........63
9.4 CONFIGURING THE TV CONTROL SETTINGS ..................63
9.5 SCHEDULING YOUR RECORDING ...........................66
10. OTHER RECORDING FUNCTIONS..........................................68
10.1 THE“TV SCHEDULER” ..................................68
10.2 RECORDING VIDEO MANUALLY ...........................68
10.3 RECORDING AUDIO MANUALLY ...........................70
10.4 EDITING YOUR RECORDINGS .............................71
TROUBLESHOOTING..........................................................................74
RESTARTING / RESETTING YOUR ARCHOS ......................74
SYSTEM RECOVERY........................................74
REPAIR AND FORMATTING TOOLS.............................75
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS........................................................77
TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION..........................................................................79

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STARTING UP
DESCRIPTION OF THE ARCHOS DEVICE
LED INDICATORS
The LED indicators are located on the front of the device,on the left side:
Red light:
light on: theARCHOS is in standby mode.
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Green light:
light on: theARCHOS is on.
CONNECTORS
On the right side of the device:
1.
USBA Connector (for USB Host) to connect a compatible USB device such as
a USB Flash key, a digital camera or a portable media player.
2.
USB BConnector (with optional cable): to connect theARCHOS to a computer.
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On the back of the device:
3.
Resetbutton: ONLYusethisbuttonifyouneedtorestarttheInstallationWizard.
When you press this button,theARCHOS will restart and a message will pop up
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the wizard will be automatically relaunched.See: The InstallationWizard .
ATTENTION: if you use the reset button and relaunch the wizard, no
data will be erased but your TV connection settings will be lost, and you
will have to set them up again through the wizard.
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a‘home cinema’).
5. Audio/Video inputs and outputs:
to connect to the Audio and Video con-
nectors of yourTV (and tuner), using the supplied cables.Audio/Video inputs
and outputs available: RGB**, Component (YPbPr)*, Composite Video**, S-
Video***, Stereo Analog Audio.
Check the manualofyourTV (and tuner) to see whattypesof connectorsyour
device has.
6. Ethernet connector*:
you can plug an Ethernet cable to connect to the
Internet and to your local network.
7. DC in:
to connect the included power adapter.
In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore,
disconnect the power adapter, wait for 15 seconds and reconnect it.
When the red LED indicator stops blinking, press the Power button on
the supplied remote control to turn on your device.
8. HDMIOut*:
toconnect to a television that hasanHDMI input (suchas an‘HD
Ready’TV).
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** US: requires optional cable(s)
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THE REMOTE CONTROL
You will need the remote control in order
to control yourARCHOSTV+.
YourARCHOS device has an infrared re-
ceiver located on the front of the device,
on the left side (next to the LED indica-
tors).Point the supplied remote control
towards the infrared receiver.
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1.
This part of the remote control is used for theWeb Browser.
Use the direction pad to move the cursor that appears on the screen.
Pressing this button will activate 2 modes at the same time:
the“left button lock”mode: the direction pad will act as if you
moved a mouse while holding its left button at the same time.It will
allow you, for example,to use sliders or other dragging controls.
the navigation buttons, at the top right, will allow you to move from
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Press again to disable these 2 modes.
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This button is like a mouse’s left button.Depending on where you are in
the interface,it will allow you to open a link, execute a function,etc.
This button is like a mouse’s right button. Depending on where you are
in the interface,pressing this button will display a contextual menu.
2.
These are the main buttons:
Navigation buttons: move from one item to another
Enter/Accept or Play/Pause/Resume
Exit button: Escape/Back/Stop
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DownAccelerator button:High-speed fast rewind,list scrolling or zoom out
Menu button:Display a text description of the available menu icons
Switch the display of the image between theARCHOS and a tuner (not
in HDMI output mode), if you have connected one to theARCHOS’ in-
put connectors. See TVRecording:HardwareSetup.
Power button:Turn theARCHOS on/off
Volume buttons: Increase/decrease volume
Mute sound
Tab button:Tab between available screens
3.
The keyboard can be used to enter aWeb address,write an e-mail, name/re-
name a folder, etc:
Caps Lock key
GreenAlt key:enable the keys’green secondary functions
BlueAlt key: enable the keys’blue secondary functions
Shift key
delete character before cursor
In order to type one of the green/blue secondary characters in capital letters
(é, è, ç, etc.), press Caps Lock, then Alt green/blue, and press the correspond-
ing key.
CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO YOUR TV
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Connection Diagram for NorthAmerica:*
* North America: If your TV does not have an S-video input connector, use a
standard male/male RCA cable (on the yellow video jack) instead of the sup-
plied S-video cable.
Connect theARCHOS’outputs to yourTV’s inputs as shown above. If you have an
HDMI cable, you can connect it now.
Connect the included power adapter to the jack labeled DC-IN on the back of the
ARCHOS.
Then plug the other end of the power adapter into an available wall socket.
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cally.The red LED indicator will start blinking while the device is starting.When
theARCHOS is on, the green LED will light up.
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this device (even if they give the same voltage rating).
Make sure that yourTV is switched to theAV input which theARCHOS is con-
nected to (on the back of theTV).
Once theARCHOS turns on (green light),your device will cycle between three
different video output modes in order for you to select the correct one.Wait until
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OKon the remote control.
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ARCHOS.
See TV Recording: Hardware Setup to learn how to connect a tuner to the ARCHOS
in order to schedule a TV recording (manually or via the TV Program Guide).
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THE INSTALLATION WIZARD
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If you ever need to relaunch the InstallationWizard,press the reset button.The
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relaunched.
ATTENTION: if you use the reset button and relaunch the wizard, no data will
be erased but your TV connection settings will be lost, and you will have to set
them up again through the wizard.
NAVIGATING INSIDE THE WIZARD
In the different screens of the wizard, use the up/down navigation buttons on the
remote control to highlight a parameter.
Use the left/right buttons to select a different setting for a parameter.
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light“Next”and press OKon the remote control to move on to the next screen.
If you want to go back to a previous screen, select“Previous”.
CONFIGURING THE WIFI/ETHERNET CONNECTION
At the end of the InstallationWizard, in the“Network”screen, you are invited to
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Choose“WiFi”,“Ethernet Cable”(standard Ethernet cable not supplied) or
“None”, based on the way you want to connect to the Internet (or local network).
If you do not have access to the Internet, select“None”.
See
“Network”Settings .
TURNING THE ARCHOS ON/OFF
Press the Power button on the remote control to turn on yourARCHOS or put
it into standby mode.
The green LED indicator, on the front of the device, lights up when the device is
on.The red LED lights up when the device is in standby mode.
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In the event that your ARCHOS freezes or does not respond anymore, discon-
nect the power adapter, wait for 15 seconds and reconnect it. When the red
LED indicator stops blinking, press the Power button on the supplied remote
control to turn on your device.
USING THE ARCHOS INTERFACE
INTERFACE DESCRIPTION
Status Bar
In the top right corner of the screen, the status
bar indicates the‘network connection’status
(WiFi or Ethernet), the volume level and the cur-
rent time of your device.
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Tabs
In the top left corner of the screen, the tabs area
shows other available applications and screens.They
vary, depending on where you are in the interface.
When there is only one tab available, theTab icon in
the top left corner is grayed out.
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Contextual Menu
In the lower right corner of the screen, the contextual menu area
shows the menu icons.The available options will vary, depending on
where you are in the interface.
In the Home screen,choose the“Settings”menu item to access the
main settings of yourARCHOS.
In the Home screen,the“Resume” menu item allows you to resume
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If the“Resume”menu icon does not appear, it means that no music
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This is the main screen of yourARCHOS, showing
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Main Button Actions:
To open an application/screen via its icon or item, use the Navigation buttons to
highlight the icon/item and press OK.
In the different applications,you can go back one level in the hierarchy by press-
ing the Exit button once.Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back
directly to the Home screen by holding the Exit button.
When several tabs are available, you can switch between them by pressing the
Tab button .
To execute a menu icon’s function, press the Menu button M,select a menu item
with the navigation buttons, and press OK.
While playing a video, song or photo slideshow, you can pause/resume it by
pressing OK.
Other Button Actions
When watching a video or listening to music, you can hold the left/right
Navigation buttons to move the cursor in the progression bar to another
location in the video or song.
To increase/decrease volume, use theVolume buttons (+/-).
In the different browsers (File,Music,Video, Photo), you can hold the up/
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scroll faster by using theAccelerator buttons.
In theWeb browser and the PDF viewer, you can scroll up and down by
holding the up/down Navigation buttons.
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PRODUCT CARE
YourARCHOS 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 it away from water and excessively humid areas.
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Do not open it up.There are no user-serviceable parts inside.Opening will void
your warranty.
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1. PLAYING VIDEO
In the Home screen,select the“Video”icon to enter theVideo mode.
1.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR VIDEOS
The“Video”browser allows you to navigate through the Video folder of the
ARCHOS’hard drive.
You can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current screen (Exit but-
ton ).Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back directly to the Home
screen by pressing and holding down on the Exit button.
THE VIDEO BROWSER
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shows you all the videos and sub-
folders located in the Video folder.
To play a video,highlight it, then
press OK.
If a video is in a subfolder of the
Video folder, open the subfolder, and
you will see your video.
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menu item, and choose “Thumbnail” (see: Video Playback Menu Items).
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VIDEO BROWSER MENU ITEMS
“Info”
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“Settings”
you can choose to display theVideo Player settings screen (see: Video Player
Settings ) or the“Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound”Settings ).
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VIDEO PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS
press once:stop the video and go back to the“Video”browser
hold:exit theVideo mode and go back directly to the Home screen.
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pause/resume the video
accelerated fast forward
left/right: fast rewind/forward
accelerated fast rewind
display/hide the menu overlay
display available menu items
increase/decrease volume
Mute sound
VIDEO PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS
“Info”
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“Soundtrack”and/or“Subtitles”
allows you to select a different audio track*.
allows you to choose subtitles**.
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.ssa, .sub (text based) and .smi.
“Format”
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your device might need to cut small parts of the image, most likely at the top
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encoded in 2.35 format with black bands at the top and bottom.
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“Speed”
will play the current video in slow motion or high speed.
while paused in slow motion,you can advance frame by frame, using the right
arrow.
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videos will appear, in the“Video”browser, with a bookmark symbol and a
progression bar.
to resume playing a video from a bookmark, go to the“Video” browser and
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you can choose to display theVideo Player settings screen (see next section)
or the“Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound”Settings ).
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1.3 VIDEO PLAYER SETTINGS
In theVideo mode, you can access theVideo Player settings screen by using the
“Settings”menu item .
Use the left/right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter.
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“UPnPThumbnails”
here you can enable/disable the video thumbnails while browsing through your
PC’s shared videos (see: Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files ). If you choose
“Disabled”, you will be able to browse through your PC’s shared videos faster.
1.4 RECORDING VIDEO
YourARCHOS gives you the possibility to record video from most
any standard video source.
See:
RecordingVideo Manually .
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You will also have the possibility to scheduleTV recordings easily,
via theTV ProgramGuide (EPG).
See:
TheTV programGuide.
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1.5 PLAYING YOUR PC’S SHARED VIDEOS
Using aWiFi or Ethernet connection, yourARCHOS gives you the
possibility to watch, directly on yourTV, shared videos stored in
your PC’sWindows Media® Library.
For this to work, you will need aWiFi or Ethernet connection and
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TheARCHOS uses the UPnP (Universal Plug-and-play) standard to
play streamed videos from your PC’sWindows Media® Library.
See:
Playing your PC’s Shared Media Files .
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2. PLAYING MUSIC
In the Home screen,select the“Music” icon to enter the Music mode.
2.1 BROWSING THROUGH YOUR MUSIC FILES
There are two types of views for you to browse through your songs: the Music
Library and the Music Browser.
In both views, you can go back one level in the hierarchy by closing the current
screen (Exit button ).Wherever you are in the hierarchy, you can go back direct-
ly to the Home screen by pressing and holding down on the Exit button.
THE MUSIC LIBRARY
The Music Library (default view)
shows your music sorted by cat-
egories (Artist,Album,Genre, etc.) if
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When new music is copied to the
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updated automatically.
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Music Library.
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THE MUSIC BROWSER
The music browser allows you to
navigate through the Music folder
of your device’s hard drive.
To use it, select“Hard Drive” in the
initial Music Library view.
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“Info”
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“Resume”: will resume playing the highlighted song from the bookmark.
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you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see: Music Player
Settings ) or the“Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound”Settings ).
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2.2 MUSIC PLAYBACK
Use the up/down navigation buttons to browse through the list of audio tracks.
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MUSIC PLAYBACK SCREEN
1. Exit icon
2. artist name, album
title, song title, play-
back status icon(s)
and track number
3. available tabs
4. volume level
5. previous track
6. next track
7. progression bar
8. menu items
MUSIC PLAYBACK BUTTON CONTROLS
press once:stop the song and go back to the “Music” Library or browser
hold: exit the Music mode and go back directly to the Home screen.
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pause/resume the song
accelerated fast forward
left:
press once:back to the beginning of the song, or previous song (in the
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hold: fast rewind
right:
press once:next song
hold: fast forward
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tabs back to the Music Library or Music browser (depending on which mode
you launched the song from)
display available menu items
increase/decrease volume
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MUSIC PLAYBACK MENU ITEMS
“Info”
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“ARCHOS home screen”
allows you to go back to the Home screen, and browse your hard drive or
view your photos while listening to music.
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item,then choose“Resume” (“Clear”will remove the bookmark from the song).
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(none).
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you can choose to display the Music Player settings screen (see next section)
or the“Sound” settings screen (see: “Sound”Settings ).
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2.3 MUSIC PLAYER SETTINGS
In the Music mode, you can access the Music Player settings screen by using the
“Settings”menu item .
Use the left/right arrows to select a different setting for a parameter.
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