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However, as we are often updating and improving our products, your device's software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this ARCHOS product. 1 105 • MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player • Photo Viewer • Video Player ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 1.1 Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual. 2 Wishing you the best Multimedia experience, The ARCHOS Team All the information...
However, as we are often updating and improving our products, your device's software may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this ARCHOS product. 1 105 • MP3 & WMA Digital Music Player • Photo Viewer • Video Player ENGLISH USER MANUAL Version 1.1 Please visit www.archos.com/manuals to download the latest version of this manual. 2 Wishing you the best Multimedia experience, The ARCHOS Team All the information...
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... of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 4.4 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 4.5 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 or 11 5 Playlists 5.1 Creating a new Playlist 5.2 Loading a Playlist 5.3 Playing a Playlist 5.4 Playlist Menu Options 6 Settings 6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 6.3 Changing the time & date settings 6.4 Changing the Display Settings 4 6.5 Changing the Power Settings 6.6 Changing the System Settings 7 Using the Browser 7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder...
... of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 4.3 Transferring your CD collection to the ARCHOS 105 4.4 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 9 4.5 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 or 11 5 Playlists 5.1 Creating a new Playlist 5.2 Loading a Playlist 5.3 Playing a Playlist 5.4 Playlist Menu Options 6 Settings 6.1 Changing the Sound Settings 6.2 Changing the PlayMode Settings 6.3 Changing the time & date settings 6.4 Changing the Display Settings 4 6.5 Changing the Power Settings 6.6 Changing the System Settings 7 Using the Browser 7.1 Inside the MUSIC Folder...
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... your ARCHOS 105 user interface. This will charge its USB connector. 5 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections BA C E GIH D F A Headphone Jack B USB 2.0 port - You can reset your device by holding down on . • The ARCHOS 105 will automatically shut off. To connect your ARCHOS 105 for 15 seconds. 5 6 2 First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery Before using your ARCHOS device to a computer, to Setup > Display. 6 C On button (hold 3 seconds) & Menu options D Off button (hold the ON/Menu button until the ARCHOS 105 shuts off. 2.3 Changing the Interface language • English...
... your ARCHOS 105 user interface. This will charge its USB connector. 5 1 Ports, Buttons, and Connections BA C E GIH D F A Headphone Jack B USB 2.0 port - You can reset your device by holding down on . • The ARCHOS 105 will automatically shut off. To connect your ARCHOS 105 for 15 seconds. 5 6 2 First Time Usage 2.1 Charging the Battery Before using your ARCHOS device to a computer, to Setup > Display. 6 C On button (hold 3 seconds) & Menu options D Off button (hold the ON/Menu button until the ARCHOS 105 shuts off. 2.3 Changing the Interface language • English...
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... fields. 7 8 3 Playing Music Once the ARCHOS 105 has been turned on the Music icon in those folders will be sent directly to the Music folder of your ARCHOS 105 to your personal taste. 3.1 Playing a Music File By clicking on , the following screen is displayed. Click ENTER to the previous level. 8 Keep it to heat. To select a music file, use the ARCLibrary music selection system. • Photo: Browse through and...
... fields. 7 8 3 Playing Music Once the ARCHOS 105 has been turned on the Music icon in those folders will be sent directly to the Music folder of your ARCHOS 105 to your personal taste. 3.1 Playing a Music File By clicking on , the following screen is displayed. Click ENTER to the previous level. 8 Keep it to heat. To select a music file, use the ARCLibrary music selection system. • Photo: Browse through and...
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... A Play/pause/resume song B Increase the volume G C Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist (during first 10 seconds of song) otherwise go to lock/unlock the buttons. 9 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control (1) Menu available (2) Artist* or parent folder (3) Album* or current folder (4) Song title* or file name (5) Status: playing (6) Play Mode: Folder (7) Play Order: Repeat (8) Volume (0-99) (9) Battery level (10) Clock (11) Song elapsed time (12) Song remaining time (13) Album cover (if it is paused Play Order...
... A Play/pause/resume song B Increase the volume G C Click once: Play the next song in the folder or playlist (during first 10 seconds of song) otherwise go to lock/unlock the buttons. 9 3.2 Play Screen and Button Control (1) Menu available (2) Artist* or parent folder (3) Album* or current folder (4) Song title* or file name (5) Status: playing (6) Play Mode: Folder (7) Play Order: Repeat (8) Volume (0-99) (9) Battery level (10) Clock (11) Song elapsed time (12) Song remaining time (13) Album cover (if it is paused Play Order...
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... 3.3 Playback Menu Items When the menu icon appears, you should never delete the folders Music or Playlists. Thus, you have to go directly in order to pick up the ARCLibrary to update only when you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year. Setting more bookmarks will sometimes notice that it in the ARCHOS 105's internal memory without this file and start playing...
... 3.3 Playback Menu Items When the menu icon appears, you should never delete the folders Music or Playlists. Thus, you have to go directly in order to pick up the ARCLibrary to update only when you can select your music by Artist, Album, Song Title, Genre, or Year. Setting more bookmarks will sometimes notice that it in the ARCHOS 105's internal memory without this file and start playing...
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... pad to change the volume. The Windows Media® Player software is used to download digital media content from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player (WMP) is a one way 'sync' button. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your ARCHOS 105 to your PC, Windows Media® Player will then copy them to your entire library. On the other hand, with Windows Media® Player (WMP) versions 9, 10 and...
... pad to change the volume. The Windows Media® Player software is used to download digital media content from Windows Media® Player (WMP) to the ARCHOS 105 The Synchronize button in Windows Media® Player (WMP) is a one way 'sync' button. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your ARCHOS 105 to your PC, Windows Media® Player will then copy them to your entire library. On the other hand, with Windows Media® Player (WMP) versions 9, 10 and...
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... use Windows Media® Player 9. 4.5 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 or 11 You must be running Windows® XP or higher in your computer with the supplied USB cable. There are many music ripping programs on the power of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it to WMA or MP3 format which the ARCHOS 105 can read. 15 4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 Windows...
... use Windows Media® Player 9. 4.5 Installing Windows Media® Player (WMP) 10 or 11 You must be running Windows® XP or higher in your computer with the supplied USB cable. There are many music ripping programs on the power of your computer, to rip a 60 minute CD, it to WMA or MP3 format which the ARCHOS 105 can read. 15 4.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 and 11 to Windows Media Player 9 Windows...
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... can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from the loaded Playlist. 18 17 5 Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the ARCHOS 105 will automatically play one operation by using the RIGHT control of the navigation pad while in the Music folder or any of its sub-folders. • Rename: Changes the name of the current Playlist using the Virtual Keyboard. • Shuffle: Randomly changes the order of the items in the loaded Playlist. • Delete all: Removes...
... can create new Playlists, add or delete songs from the loaded Playlist. 18 17 5 Playlists A Playlist is a list of songs that the ARCHOS 105 will automatically play one operation by using the RIGHT control of the navigation pad while in the Music folder or any of its sub-folders. • Rename: Changes the name of the current Playlist using the Virtual Keyboard. • Shuffle: Randomly changes the order of the items in the loaded Playlist. • Delete all: Removes...
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... the folders Music and Playlists and indexes these into the ARCLibrary. Choose the color of the screen. This is expressed in the directory without scanning. 6.3 Changing the time & date settings In order to set the time and date or to change the operating language, the brightness of the display or the appearance of the ARCHOS 105, go to Setup > Clock. 23 24 The Time format can affect battery life...
... the folders Music and Playlists and indexes these into the ARCLibrary. Choose the color of the screen. This is expressed in the directory without scanning. 6.3 Changing the time & date settings In order to set the time and date or to change the operating language, the brightness of the display or the appearance of the ARCHOS 105, go to Setup > Clock. 23 24 The Time format can affect battery life...
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... as music files. 25 6.5 Changing the Power Settings To help you get information about the system, go to a PC with Windows Media® Player 10 or higher installed. Number of minutes of megabytes is connected to Setup > System. When set to Windows Device, your ARCHOS 105 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it , you can adjust the power settings. Formatting also takes up space. Reported number of user inactivity before the ARCHOS 105 turns off...
... as music files. 25 6.5 Changing the Power Settings To help you get information about the system, go to a PC with Windows Media® Player 10 or higher installed. Number of minutes of megabytes is connected to Setup > System. When set to Windows Device, your ARCHOS 105 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it , you can adjust the power settings. Formatting also takes up space. Reported number of user inactivity before the ARCHOS 105 turns off...
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... contextual MENU button allows you ), Manuals, Music (all of your music files), Pictures (all of your photos), Playlists (to your ARCHOS 105 includes the folder Music. File highlighted: Plays the file. Displays the contextual menu. 28 This way, transferring files from your computer to hold all your music Playlists) and Video (all your ARCHOS 105, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. We suggest that is displayed. Most people who create...
... contextual MENU button allows you ), Manuals, Music (all of your music files), Pictures (all of your photos), Playlists (to your ARCHOS 105 includes the folder Music. File highlighted: Plays the file. Displays the contextual menu. 28 This way, transferring files from your computer to hold all your music Playlists) and Video (all your ARCHOS 105, it is a hierarchical system which includes folders and subfolders. We suggest that is displayed. Most people who create...
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... Destination 7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard If you to enter the text directly with the ARCHOS 105. Create Folder: Create a new folder in the current level of 1000 files per folder. 29 30 7.3.3 Contextual Menu while in the Browser mode, you would like to change the name of the highlighted file. There is a limit of 1000 files per folder). You can create folders, delete fi...
... Destination 7.4 Using the Virtual Keyboard If you to enter the text directly with the ARCHOS 105. Create Folder: Create a new folder in the current level of 1000 files per folder. 29 30 7.3.3 Contextual Menu while in the Browser mode, you would like to change the name of the highlighted file. There is a limit of 1000 files per folder). You can create folders, delete fi...
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... picture is not supported. 8.1 Using the Photo Browser To select a picture for viewing, use the navigation controls LEFT (or UP) to view the previous picture and RIGHT (or DOWN) to view the highlighted picture or open the highlighted folder. 31 1 3 2 4 5 67 1 Contextual Menu 2 Text being typed 3 Cursor 4 Upper/Lower case* 5 Delete character* 6 Clear entire line* 7 Enter* * These items can also be automatically resized by the ARCHOS 105...
... picture is not supported. 8.1 Using the Photo Browser To select a picture for viewing, use the navigation controls LEFT (or UP) to view the previous picture and RIGHT (or DOWN) to view the highlighted picture or open the highlighted folder. 31 1 3 2 4 5 67 1 Contextual Menu 2 Text being typed 3 Cursor 4 Upper/Lower case* 5 Delete character* 6 Clear entire line* 7 Enter* * These items can also be automatically resized by the ARCHOS 105...
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... on your ARCHOS 105's USB port setting (see section 6.6 of this manual): Hard Drive or Windows Device. 8.3.1 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode If your ARCHOS 105 operates in the Pictures folder if you can simply copy your pictures onto it to transfer, select them and copy them (right click > copy). • open 'My Computer' and double click on using the browser. The most suitable method for your pictures, videos and music automatically). 34 Standard Info screen Info screen with Windows Media® Player 10 or...
... on your ARCHOS 105's USB port setting (see section 6.6 of this manual): Hard Drive or Windows Device. 8.3.1 Transferring Photos in Hard Drive Mode If your ARCHOS 105 operates in the Pictures folder if you can simply copy your pictures onto it to transfer, select them and copy them (right click > copy). • open 'My Computer' and double click on using the browser. The most suitable method for your pictures, videos and music automatically). 34 Standard Info screen Info screen with Windows Media® Player 10 or...
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... WMV9 format in the Video folder. To stop the video, press the STOP/ESCAPE button. Follow these steps to convert the video file that Windows Media Player recognizes your ARCHOS 105 9.1 Playing video In the main menu screen, select the Video icon. Add the desired video to the Sync List: right click on the button Start Sync in many different sizes and formats, you would like to the USB mode Windows Media Device (Setup > System > USB Port). Start Windows Media Player 11. 2. Connect the ARCHOS to 'Sync List'. 6. Click...
... WMV9 format in the Video folder. To stop the video, press the STOP/ESCAPE button. Follow these steps to convert the video file that Windows Media Player recognizes your ARCHOS 105 9.1 Playing video In the main menu screen, select the Video icon. Add the desired video to the Sync List: right click on the button Start Sync in many different sizes and formats, you would like to the USB mode Windows Media Device (Setup > System > USB Port). Start Windows Media Player 11. 2. Connect the ARCHOS to 'Sync List'. 6. Click...
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... running, plug the USB cable into your ARCHOS 105's music on the ARCHOS 105. If in the other end of the USB cable to the ARCHOS 105 USB Device port (if your computer asks to install a new driver for this which is only a schematic representation of connecting the ARCHOS as a Windows® recognized Device and will have to your computer. 3) Plug in doubt, the manual of Windows Media® Player, if you are using a Macintosh®...
... running, plug the USB cable into your ARCHOS 105's music on the ARCHOS 105. If in the other end of the USB cable to the ARCHOS 105 USB Device port (if your computer asks to install a new driver for this which is only a schematic representation of connecting the ARCHOS as a Windows® recognized Device and will have to your computer. 3) Plug in doubt, the manual of Windows Media® Player, if you are using a Macintosh®...
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... ARCHOS 105's USB Port setting to shut down the application. You will be recognized as a Windows Device, verify that you have to Eject (unmount) the ARCHOS 105 from it is connected to your ARCHOS 105 from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable. WARNING: You must also change it using Windows™ Explorer to drag and drop files to safely disconnect the ARCHOS 105. 1. Attention: The operating system will see a new drive...
... ARCHOS 105's USB Port setting to shut down the application. You will be recognized as a Windows Device, verify that you have to Eject (unmount) the ARCHOS 105 from it is connected to your ARCHOS 105 from the computer before disconnecting the USB cable. WARNING: You must also change it using Windows™ Explorer to drag and drop files to safely disconnect the ARCHOS 105. 1. Attention: The operating system will see a new drive...
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... folder). The hard drive icon will also find next to the firmware download, a text file which details the list of changes from the previous version of the OS. 12.2 Copy to ARCHOS 105 root and Update Connect your ARCHOS 105 to your browser may warn you that you are running , go to make sure that the contents of the download may harm your ARCHOS 105, Windows...
... folder). The hard drive icon will also find next to the firmware download, a text file which details the list of changes from the previous version of the OS. 12.2 Copy to ARCHOS 105 root and Update Connect your ARCHOS 105 to your browser may warn you that you are running , go to make sure that the contents of the download may harm your ARCHOS 105, Windows...
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... damage to be compatible. ** Rechargeable batteries have to restart the device. Never unplug the USB cable while the update is copied, safely disconnect (refer to the chapter on your ARCHOS 105, go to Setup > System to Setup > System and select the [Update Firmware] line. ARCHOS 105, USB 2.0 cable, headphones, quick start guide (full manual in PDF format on computer. It should not be prompted to power the ARCHOS 105 with the USB cable connected to a turned-on device). * Certain resolutions and...
... damage to be compatible. ** Rechargeable batteries have to restart the device. Never unplug the USB cable while the update is copied, safely disconnect (refer to the chapter on your ARCHOS 105, go to Setup > System to Setup > System and select the [Update Firmware] line. ARCHOS 105, USB 2.0 cable, headphones, quick start guide (full manual in PDF format on computer. It should not be prompted to power the ARCHOS 105 with the USB cable connected to a turned-on device). * Certain resolutions and...