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6.5 Changing the Power Settings
To help you get the most battery life out of your ARCHOS 105 before having to recharge it, you can adjust the power settings. Go to Setup > Power.
Parameter | Description |
Power Off | Range: 1 to 9 minutes or Never. |
| Number of minutes of user inactivity before the ARCHOS 105 automatically shuts off. The ARCHOS 105 will not |
| shut off during the playback of music files. Never (on External power operation) indicates that the ARCHOS 105 |
| will not do an automatic shut down. |
Backlight | Backlight shut down time: 10 to 90 seconds, Never. |
| The time of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the ARCHOS 105 turns off the backlight. Never indicates that |
| the backlight will always stay on. Keeping the backlight on will reduce the battery time. |
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6.6 Changing the System Settings
To change the system parameters or get information about the system, go to Setup > System.
Parameter | Description |
Show all files | If “Off” is selected, files are filtered so that only music files are shown. The “On” setting lets you see other file types |
| as well as music files. |
USB Port | Windows Device, Hard Drive. |
| When set to Windows Device, your ARCHOS 105 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it |
| is connected to a PC with Windows Media® Player 10 or higher installed. It will be seen as the ARCHOS 105 |
| Device in Windows® Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows® operating systems or Macintosh® |
| computers. |
| When set to Hard Drive, yourARCHOS 105 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected |
| to a computer. Use this mode for all |
OS Version | Displays the current version of the Operating System (OS). |
Prod key | Display the product key of your ARCHOS 105. Every ARCHOS 105 has a unique product key number. |
Internal Storage | Displays the amount of free and used space in the ARCHOS 105’s internal memory. Reported number of megabytes |
| is binary based counting (1kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported MB represents approximately 1.05 megabytes |
| (decimal). Formatting also takes up space. |
[Update Firmware] | Used to update the ARCHOS 105 to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter |
| Updating the ARCHOS 105 Firmware. |
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