Archos AV 500 series user manual Sound Settings, Play Mode Settings

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19 SETTINGS

From the main screen, select the Settings action icon to reveal the menu items for various settings.

19.1 Sound Settings

If you would like to customize the sound quality, you can adjust the Bass, Treble, and other audio settings to suit your particular taste. Normally you will do this while listening to music so that you can hear the changes you make. Simply click on the Audio Settings action icon while listening to

music.

•Once in the Settings screen, move over to the Sound icon and click again on ENTER o. Use LEFT and RIGHT buttons to change a parameter’s value. You will hear these changes instantly.

•Use the UP and DOWN buttons to select different parameters.

•Click on STOP/ESC x when finished. You will return to the Setup screen.

•Click on STOP/ESC x again and you will return to the music playing screen.

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The Sound Parameters

Parameter	Description
Volume	0 – 99
Bass	10 levels. Decreases or Increases the low frequencies.
Treble	10 levels. Decreases or Increases the high frequencies.
Balance	10 levels. Favors the right or left channel of the Stereo signal.
Bass Boost	10 levels. Increases the very low frequencies.
Reset button	Re-adjusts all settings to their default values.

19.2 Play Mode Settings

If you would like the AV 500 to play through an entire folder of songs, play songs at random (shuffle), or any of the other playing options, you can set these parameters in the PlayMode settings. Click on the Settings action icon from the main menu or while listening to music and then choose PlayMode.

Parameter	Description
Playmode options
Folder	Play all tracks in the current directory or current album.
All	Play all tracks on the AV 500.
Single	Play a single track then stop.
Queue	While the current song is playing, select the Show ARCLibrary action button, find the next song you want to play,
	then click PLAY. This is your queued song. You can only queue one song at a time. See the Playlist section to
	prepare multiple songs to play. Once the current track is finished playing, your queued track will be played. If you do
	not queue another track at this time, the AV 500 will play the next song in the directory.
Scan	Each track in the directory is played for 10 - 90 seconds. This allows a quick sample of each song. If you want to
	play the whole song, click on the Play button during those first 10 - 90 seconds. The AV 500 will then revert to single
	directory mode and play the rest of the songs in the directory without scanning.
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