Archos AV 500 series Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System (OS)

Parameter Description

ARCLibrary Off: From the Music icon, you will just browse music ﬁ les in the folder Music.

On: (Only in USB Port mode ‘Hard drive’) Browse music via its tag characteristics but the ARCLibrary must be

updated manually.

Automatic: ARCLibrary is automatically updated when the USB cable is disconnected from your device.

Update ARCLibrary This button lets you update the ARCLibrary if you have set the parameter above to ON.

USB Port Windows Device (default), Hard drive .

Windows Device When set to , your AV 500 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it is connected to a Windows XP

(SP1 or higher) operating system with Windows Media® Player 10 installed. It will be seen as the AV 500 ‘Device’

in Windows® Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows® operating systems or MacIntosh®

computers.

Hard drive When set to Hard Drive , your AV 500 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected to a

computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows® XP operating systems.

Firmware Version Displays the current version of the OS (Operating System) and DRM (Digital Rights Management) system.

Update Firmware Used to update the AV 500 to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter

Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System.

Product Key Each AV 500 device has a unique product key number.

Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the AV 500’s hard drive. 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.

See the chapter VIDEO – Setting the Infrared Emitter Code for a complete explanation of when and how to

use this setting.

Updating the AV 500 Firmware Operating System (OS)

ARCHOS™ periodically updates the Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download on the

ARCHOS™ website (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature

improvements, and bug ﬁ xes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of

the OS. To check what version you have, click on the Settings action icon and then go to System . You will ﬁ nd

the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the ARCHOS™ website (www.archos.com) under

the download section.

Download the Update_AV 500.AOS ﬁ le

When you click on the link to download the new OS ﬁ le (the ﬁ le name is

Update_AV500.AOS), your browser may warn you that the contents of the download

may harm your computer. This is because the Windows® system does not know what

a .AOS ﬁ le is. Be assured that ARCHOS™ has made every effort to ensure that the ﬁ le

does not contain viruses. Click on the option Save to download this ﬁ le to a convenient

place, such as My Documents , in order to later copy this ﬁ le to your AV 500. If your AV

500 is connected to your PC, you can even save it directly to the AV 500.

Read the History.txt File

You will also ﬁ nd next to the ﬁ rmware download, a text ﬁ le which details the list of changes from the previous

version of the OS.

Copy to the AV 500

When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/adapter

plugged into the AV 500 so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are

performing the update. Connect your AV 500 to your computer (refer to the relevant

chapter if you are unsure about this), and then copy the Update_AV500.AOS ﬁ le to

the AV 500.