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1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections 5
2 First Time Usage 6
2.1 Charging the Battery 6
2.2 Turning the Archos™ 204 ON and OFF 7
2.3 Changing the Interface language 7
2.4 Caring for the Archos™ 204 7
2.5 Foreign Character Sets 7
3 Playing Music 8
3.1 Playing a Music File 8
3.3 Playback Menu Items 11
3.4 ARCLibrary Specifi cs 11
3.5 ARCLibrary Updating 12
3.6 Setting a Bookmark 12
3.7 The Resume Function 12
3.8 Locking the Archos™ 204 Buttons 13
4 Putting Music onto your Archos™ 204 14
4.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the Archos™ 204 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™ 204 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 your Archos™ 204 32
8.1 Using the Photo Browser 32
8.2 Photo Browser Contextual Menu 33
8.3 Transferring Photos to your Archos™ 204 34
8.3.1 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode 34
8.3.2 Transferring Photos in Windows Device Mode 34
9 Connecting the Archos™ 204 to a Stereo system 35
10 Connecting the Archos™ 204 to/from your Computer 36
10.1 USB Connection Type (‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’) 36
10.2 Connecting the Archos™ 204 36
10.3 Disconnecting the Archos™ 204 from your Computer 37
11 Updating the Archos™ 204 Firmware 40
11.1 Download the A204.AOS fi le 40
11.2 Copy to Archos™ 204 root and Update 40
11.3 ‘Hard Drive’ or ‘Windows Device’? 41
11.4 Activate the Update 41
12 Troubleshooting 42
12.1 USB Connection issues 42
12.2 File issues, corrupted data, formatting, and partitioning. 44
12.2.1 Windows® ME Running Scan-Disk (Error Checking) - Hard Drive Mode only 45
12.2.2 Windows® XP & 2000 Running Check Disk Utility (ChkDsk) - Hard Drive Mode only 45
13 Technical Specifi cations 46
14 Technical Support 47