User manual ARCHOS TV PLUS

[. . . ] ENGLISH ENGLISH USER MANUAL TV+ Version 1. 0 Please visit www. archos. com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual. 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, to the ARCHOS Content Portal, and the TV Program Guide. Wishing you the best multimedia experience, The ARCHOS Team. All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication. [. . . ] In order to activate the ARCHOS Content portal, you will need to register your ARCHOS product online on the ARCHOS web site (www. archos. com/register). Make sure you have configured your ARCHOS on a WiFi / Ethernet network (see: "Network" Settings). TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 USING THE wIfI fEATURES > P. Select the ARCHOS "Content Portal" icon to view available online media stores and purchase videos or songs. Depending on your connection speed, you will have the possibility to start playing the video/song you purchased or rented while it's being downloaded (streaming content websites start to play instantly). The videos/songs you get from the ARCHOS Content Portal are saved in the "Video"/"Music" folders. TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 TRANSfERRING fILES > P. ransferring files T 6. 1 usb hOsT COnneCTiOn · The ARCHOS allows you to connect a USB external device, so that you can transfer files or play content directly on the ARCHOS. · These devices can be Mass Storage Class (MSC) devices, such as digital cameras, card readers, or external hard drives, or digital cameras using the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP). · Check your manufacturer's information to find out whether your device is an MSC or PTP device. Non Mass Storage Class devices such as printers, Ethernet adapters, mice, keyboards, etc. Once the ARCHOS is on, connect the external USB device (with a standard USB cable if needed) into the usb a port. Turn on the external USB device if needed (check the documentation of your external USB device). A double browser window will appear on the TV screen: the external USB device will appear in the left panel, and your ARCHOS device's hard drive in the right panel. * * You can also access the contents of your USB device from the "Video", "Music" and "Photo" browsers. 4. To transfer files to/from your USB device using the double browser, see Copying and Moving Files and Folders. TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 TRANSfERRING fILES > P. You can now pull out the USB cable on either end. Note: you may not always be able to copy files to your external USB device from your ARCHOS. 6. 2 brOwsing OTher COMpuTers On The neTwOrK · When you are connected to a Windows® network, you can browse* the shared folders of other computers in the network, using the ARCHOS File Browser. In the left panel of the browser, select the first line in the list ("Network"). Your device will connect to your WiFi / Ethernet access point and then search for other computers in the Windows® network. You can then choose a computer and start browsing its shared folders. * If the computer with the shared folders normally has a Windows® username and password, you will be asked to enter these before you can access the folder contents. Using the ARCHOS double browser, you will be able to play media files or transfer any file from a networked computer onto your device. You can also transfer files from your device onto a computer's write-enabled shared folder (see Copying and Moving Files and Folders). If the WiFi is not enabled or if you are not connected to a network, the device will scan for available networks and connect to a known network or display the list of available networks so that you can connect to one of them. TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 TRANSfERRING fILES > P. You can now start transferring files to it. You cannot copy files larger that 2 GB to the ARCHOS due to the FAT32 file system constraints. For advanced users: in "PC Hard Drive" connection modes (mode 2 and 3), the maximum size is 2 GB for . AVI files and 4 GB for any other type of file. See: "System" Settings. TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 TRANSfERRING fILES > P. 44 dISCoNNECTING When you disconnect the ARCHOS from a computer, your device automatically updates the ARCLibrary, so that the media files you just copied appear in the Music and Photo Libraries. windows® xP or higher & wMP10 or higher · Verify that no data are being transferred between your ARCHOS and your computer. You must remove/unmount the ARCHOS from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable to avoid loss of data or freezing. [. . . ] While the red indicator is blinking faster, press the TV button on the remote control to access the Recovery mode. If the image does not appear, press the TV button and wait for a few seconds. Repeat this operation until you can see the recovery screen (white background). While you are in recovery mode, use the navigation buttons of the remote control to move from one option to another and press OK to validate. TV+ MANUAL V1. 0 TRoUbLESHooTING > P. 75 foRCING THE fIRMwARE UPdATE To update the firmware, always try to do it as explained in the section: Updating the Firmware. If this does not work, you can force the firmware update (first screen of the recovery mode): "No" - cancels the firmware update and brings you to the second screen of the recovery mode. [. . . ]