Archos 204 user manual

MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive

English user 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 our engineers are

always updating and improving our products, your device’s software may have a slightly different appearance or

modiﬁ ed functionality than presented in this manual.

Contents

Main MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player / Photo Viewer / USB 2.0 Hard Drive English user manual T able of Contents Ports, Buttons, and Connections 2.1 Charging the Battery First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery Playing Music 3.1 Playing a Music File 2.2 Turning the Archos 204 ON and OFF 2.5 Foreign Character Sets 2.4 Caring for the Archos 204 Playing Music 3.1 Playing a Music File 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control 11 12 1 2 3 4 D B A F D D B C C E E F D 3.7 The Resume Function 3.3 Playback Menu Items 3.6 Setting a Bookmark 3.5 ARCLibrary Updating Putting Music onto your Archos 204 Player (WMP) to the Archos 204 4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media 3.8 Locking the Archos 204 Buttons Putting Music onto your Archos 204 4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media Player (WMP) to the Archos 204 Page Playlists 5.4 Playlist Menu Options 5.3 Playing a Playlist 5.2 Loading a Playlist 5.1 Creating a new Playlist Settings 6.1 Changing the Sound Settings Settings 6.1 Changing the Sound Settings Parameter Description Parameter Description Parameter Description 6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 6.4 Changing the Display Settings 6.3 Changing the time & date settings 6.4 Changing the Display Settings 6.6 Changing the System Settings 6.5 Changing the Power Settings 6.5 Changing the Power Settings Using the Browser Button Controls 7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder 7.2 Navigating the Directory Structure 7.3 File and Folder Operations in Browser Mode 7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard 1 23 Viewing Photos with your Archos 204 8.1 Using the Photo Browser 45 6 7 Viewing Photos with your Archos 204 8.1 Using the Photo Browser 8.2 Photo Browser Contextual Menu 8.3 Transferring Photos to your Archos 204 Connecting the Archos 204 to a Stereo system 10.2 Connecting the Archos 204 10.1 USB Connection Type (Hard Drive or Windows Device) Connecting the Archos 204 to/from your Computer 10.1 USB Connection Type (Hard Drive or Windows Device) 10.3 Disconnecting the Archos 204 from your Computer Updating the Archos 204 Firmware 11.2 Copy to Archos 204 root and Update 11.1 Download the A204.AOS le 11.2 Copy to Archos 204 root and Update 11.3 Hard Drive or Windows Device? Troubleshooting 12.1 USB Connection issues 11.3 Hard Drive or Windows Device? Activate the Update 12.2 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning. Technical Speci cations Technical Speci cations Archos 204