Archos AV 500 series INTRO First Time Usage

INTRO – First Time Usage

• Use only the included ARCHOS™ charger/adapter.

• You can charge the internal battery of the AV 500 by plugging the included adapter/charger directly into the

device, or you can charge it by plugging the adapter/charger into the (optional) TV docking pod and connecting

your AV 500 to the Pod.

• Before using for the ﬁ rst time, charge the battery completely. The charge indicator (CHG) light will start to blink

when the battery is charged.

• Hold the PLAY/ON button o for 3 seconds. The green “On” indicator light will turn on. Be patient, it will take

a few seconds for the operating system to boot up.

• If the unit shuts off after holding the ON button for several seconds, plug in the ARCHOS™ adapter/charger to

make sure the battery gets charged.

To shut off the unit, press and hold the STOP/ESC/OFF button x for 3 seconds.

In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a

Power Off parameter. Thus, if your AV 500 is idle for a couple of minutes, it will shut

itself off. This setting can be changed from one to nine minutes or to never .

In the Power menu [Display setup screen Power: Battery Operation] there is a Backlight Off parameter to

save battery power (the lighting of the screen consumes a lot of the battery power). That is, if the AV 500 is not

being used, the screen will shut off in order to save battery life. To turn the screen back on, just click once on any

button. See the section Power in the Settings chapter for a complete explanation.

The AV 500 interface can be set to English (default), French, Spanish,

German, or Russian.

• Using the UP action button, highlight the Settings icon (showing a

wrench) and then click the center SELECT action button.

• Highlight the Display icon and click the PLAY/ENTER button.

• Highlight the Language parameter using the UP/DOWN buttons.

• Click the RIGHT or LEFT button to choose the desired language.

• The language displayed will change immediately.

• Click on the STOP/ESC button to return to the Setup page and

again to return to the main menu screen.

You have the option of displaying ﬁ le names, folder names, and music tags in various character sets (ex: Korean,

Japanese, Simpliﬁ ed Chinese, etc.). You can ﬁ nd the language ﬁ les CodePage_name.4FZ in the font folder

under /Data/Foreign Fonts on the AV 500 hard drive or on the ARCHOS™ website under the heading Software.

If, for example, you would like to have the Korean language display, then you would copy the ﬁ le CP949.4FZ into

the folder /system on the AV 500 and shut down and restart the AV 500. File names, folder names, and music

tags written using the Microsoft® codepage for the language will now be displayed in that character set. Only

one .4FZ can be used at a time, thus you should only put one .4FZ ﬁ le into the /system folder. When an .4FZ

language ﬁ le is used, the interface language will be set to English.

The ARCHOS™ Video AV 500 is an electronic product that needs to be treated with more care than typical

consumer electronic products.

• Do not subject it to shock.

• Do not subject it to heat. Keep it well ventilated.

• Keep the AV 500 away from water and excessively humid areas.