Archos 3 Vision Manual

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Control Icons

Headphones

On/Off

Lock

(Hold for 3 seconds to turn on)

To change the language of your device, press on the third control icon

Language, and then the desired language. Press on the Back/escape button to return.

disConneCting the arChos from a Computer

Once all your file transfers are finished, close Windows

Explorer and any other program that may

have read or written to the ARCHOS. Click on the 'safely remove' icon in the system tray, next to the

clock. Before removing the cable, you will notice the state of the battery charge. If the icon has three

solid bars, this means the battery is completely charged. If they are blinking, it means the battery

is still charging. You can leave the device to fully charge or unplug the cable and use the ARCHOS

with a partial charge.

Safely Remove

Unplug from computer

photo playbaCk

Opening the photo browser will allow you to view the stored photos one by one or as an automatic

slide show. Slide your finger across the screen to the right or to the left to view the next or previous

photo. Tap the screen to hide or show the controls. Press the play icon to start a slide show of the

pictures in the current folder. The menu button on the bottom left of the screen will allow you to

adjust how fast the slide show goes. You can make a slide show with music by first playing a song

and then exiting the music player and starting a slide show while the music continues to play.

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 User Guide.

Charging & ConneCting to a Computer

Function Icons

Scroll wheel

(When in a long list)

Back/escape

USB computer Interface

Charging: Whenever your ARCHOS is connected to a running computer, it will charge automatically

(even if you unmount it with the safe removal icon).

Connecting: When you connect the USB cable to your computer, the ARCHOS will connect as an

external hard drive. Windows

, and then select

computers, it will also appear as an external hard drive.

musiC playbaCk

Control iCons & settings

START SLIDE SHOW

SET PLAY SPEED

WALLPAPER CHANGER Allows you to choose one of the preset choices of wallpapers.

You can set your own wallpaper by going to the photo browser and selecting Set Wallpaper

in the Photo settings. It will set your wallpaper to the currently viewed photo.

SETTINGS These are the main settings of the ARCHOS 3 and allow you to set items such

as automatic power-off time, screen brightness, the time & date, or language.

POWER OFF By pressing and holding this icon, your device will shut off. It will remember

your latest settings and which song was the most recently played so that you can resume

your song or podcast when you turn it on again.

Explorer will show it as ARCHOS 3 (E:) for example. For Macintosh

Opening the music browser will allow you to choose

your music by the title, artist, album, or genre (so long as

the music files have these tag information in them). If a

song has no music tags, then you can find it in the folder

named <Other>. To change how your music plays, such

as randomly, repeating, or just playing one album, press

the menu button (bottom left of screen) to make your

selection.

If a lyrics file (text file of type .LRC) is found in the same

folder and has the same name as the song playing, the

song lyrics will be shown while the song plays. The

ARCHOS will not play DRM protected music (these are

typically music files that have been purchased on-line).

putting musiC and photos onto your arChos

You can transfer your media files to the ARCHOS either by copy/pasting them into the respec-

tive folders using Windows

Explorer (or the Finder on a Macintosh), or by using Windows Media

Player. The Synchronize button in Windows Media

Player is a one way 'sync' button. It will add

music and photo files to your ARCHOS. It will give you the possibility to have the same digital media

on your ARCHOS as you have in your Windows Media

Player library.

Copy/paste with

Windows

Explorer

On your computer, start Windows Media

Player. 1) Select the Sync tab. 2) Drag the media files you

want to transfer into the sync area in the panel on the right. 3) Click on the Start Sync button. The

selected songs or photos will be copied directly into the corresponding Music or Pictures folder of

the ARCHOS. See your Windows Media

Player help instructions for more information. To receive

and play podcasts, you can use freely available software from the Internet such as the popular Juice

program to get your podcasts and then you can transfer them to your ARCHOS.

1. Song title

2. Album name

3. Artist name

4. Repeat Mode

(Play one song, Repeat one

song, Play all songs, Play &

repeat all songs, play song intro)

5. Play mode

(Normal, Shuffle)

6. Elapsed time

(tap anywhere on the progres-

sion bar to jump to another part

of the song)

7. Playback options

troubleshooting

PROBLEM: The music file is not visible in the library or cannot play when I select it in the file browser.

SOLUTION: Make sure you put all your music in the folder named 'Music.' Not all music formats are

readable. The ARCHOS 3 can play MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, and OGG file types. If it is an M4A type

file (typically from Macintosh

computers), it will need to be converted to one of the above formats

before being able to play.

PROBLEM: The device is frozen and doesn't respond to tapping on the screen.

SOLUTION: Turn off the device with the switch on the bottom and restart as normal. You can also

press the reset button on the back of the device by using an object such as a toothpick.

PROBLEM: The ARCHOS doesn't keep its settings after I change them.

SOLUTION: If you shut off the ARCHOS with the switch on the bottom, it will not remember changes

you made to your settings. Shut off the ARCHOS by holding down on the power icon on the bottom

right. This will save your changes correctly.

PROBLEM: I added new music to my ARCHOS but it does not show up in the Music browser.

SOLUTION: You must place your files in the Music folder on the ARCHOS. If it does not have music

tags, it will be listed under <Other>. Select Update Music Library (bottom item on list) which will

update the Library with all the latest added music.

PROBLEM: I cannot see a file that I just copied to my ARCHOS.

SOLUTION: Remember that when you are browsing in the Music or Photo folders, the files that are not

of those types will not be visible - even though they are there. Use the Files browser to see all your files.

Synchronize with

Windows Media

Player 11

8. Volume Control

(Tap on the volume bar for the

desired level)

9. Total song length

10. Back

(tap to start the previous song

or hold to backup quickly within

the song)

11. Play/pause

12. Forward

(tap to start the next song or hold

to forward quickly within the song)

13. Repeat mode indicator

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