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1. ekU VPE IUE ee BS I EXAMPLE 1 EEEE EEEN 22 9 2 EXAMPLE 2 5 icing ec Aa Sea 8 Mc D c C eee 22 USING THE USB CONNEC T ILI eid 6 1 CONNECTING A USB EXTERNAL DEVICE TO THE ARCHOS 24 6 2 CONNECTING THE ARCHOS TO A 25 VERSION 3 0 P N 105817V3 ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 1 INTRODUCTION While reading this manual you should refer to the appropriate side Europe North America of the Connection Guide Sheet This separate sheet is included in the DVR Station s box AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE FROM ARCHOS 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 Wishing you the best multimedia experience The ARCHOS Team All the information contained in this manual was correct at the time of publication However as we are often updating and improving our products your DVR Station may have a slightly different appearance or modified functionality than presented in this manual WHERE TO FIND THE INFORMATION YOU MAY NEED Lm Latest version of the manual Visit www archos com manuals to download most rec2. Nd ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 1 Connect the included charger adapter to the jack labeled DIC IN on the back of the DVR Station 2 Then plug the other end of the charger adapter into an available wall socket V f you have correctly connected the charger adapter the DVR Station s LED indicator on the front of the device on the right side will light up 2 4 INSTALLING THE DVR STATION The way you install your DVR Station will vary depending on the number of audio vi sual devices you have and how your entertainment system is set up These different ways of installing the DVR Station are described in the following sec tions This shows the basic connection setup of a television source tuner the DVR Station and your TV When connected to your ARCHOS device TV and tuner satellite receiver digital TV receiver cable DSL box VCR or DVD Recorder the DVR Station will allow you to do everything described in the Introduction y Alv Your tuner needs to be connected to your home antenna satellite cable Connect your tuner s TV outputs to the DVR Station s inputs Connect the DVR Station s outputs to your TV s inputs In order to display the contents of the ARCHOS on your TV make sure that the ARCHOS TV Settings reflect your DVR TV configuration OO06 From the Home Screen select the Settings menu item then choose Display TV Standard
3. USA or PAL Europe select the one that is com patible with your country s television system Connection based on how you have connected the DVR Station to your TV ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 VM When connected to your ARCHOS device and TV the DVR Station will allow you to Ay do everything described in the Introduction except scheduling TV recordings 1 Connect the DVR Station s outputs to your TV s inputs to display the image of the ARCHOS device on your TV 2 Connect your TV s outputs to the DVR Station s inputs to be able to record from your television Verify that your TV has audio video outputs Check your television manual 3 In order to display the contents of the ARCHOS on your TV make sure that the ARCHOS TV Settings reflect your DVR TV configuration From the Home Screen select the Settings menu item then choose Display TV Standard USA or PAL TV Connection based on how you have connected the DVR Station b f your TV has no audio video outputs you will not be able to record from it You will Ay only be able to display the contents of the ARCHOS on your TV 1 Connect the DVR Station s outputs to your TV s inputs 2 Make sure that the ARCHOS TV Settings reflect your DVR TV configuration From the Home Screen select the Settings menu item then choose Display
4. This button is like a mouse s left button Depending on where you are in the interface it will allow you to open a link execute a function etc same as if you tapped on the screen This button is like a mouse s right button Depending on where you are in the interface pressing this button will display a contextual menu same as if you held down on the touchscreen ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 These the main buttons e d 4 b Navigation buttons move from one item to another OK Enter Accept or Play Pause Resume Escape Back Stop High speed fast forward list scrolling or zoom in High speed fast rewind list scrolling or zoom out Display a text description of the available menu icons Switch the display of the image between the built in LCD screen and a TV Turn on the ARCHOS put it into standby mode Increase decrease volume Mute sound Tab between available screens The keyboard can be used for example to enter a Web address write an e mail only with Gen 5 WiFi devices name rename a folder etc Alt Alt t 4 Caps Lock key Green Alt key enable the keys green secondary functions Blue Alt key enable the keys blue secondary functions Shift key delete character before cursor ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 e HHRDWFRE SETUP 2 1 CONNECTION PRINCIPLES The ARCHOS DVR Station allows you to record
5. TV Standard USA or PAL TV Connection based on how you have connected the DVR Station 1 Do not place the ARCHOS in the powered DVR Station yet v f you can still watch TV it means that you have correctly connected the DVR Station as a pass through device If you cannot watch TV anymore this means that there is an incorrect connection Check the previous connections steps carefully ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 r I r IA m I M es D r HcaArting ho ARI F intr A V 3 j gt j 7 I J J A A A L l 2 Now insert your ARCHOS device that is off into the powered DVR Station When the ARCHOS is on press the TV LCD button or the TV button on the included remote control Make sure that your TV is switched to the AV input that is used to connect the DVR Station v The DVR Station will stop passing through the normal TV signals to the television and send sound and images from your ARCHOS device If you can see the con tents of the ARCHOS on your TV you can move on to the next chapters If you cannot see the contents of the ARCHOS on your or if the image is al tered try to modify the ARCHOS TV Settings From the ARCHOS Home screen select the Settings menu item then choose Display Change the following parameters TV Standard 32 Settings choose between the NTSC USA M mee and PAL Europe
6. systems se lect the one that is compatible with your country s television system Brightness Contrast Touch Screen Calibration TV Format 4 3 or 16 9 the format used by your television set to display images TV Standard PAL EUROPE TV Format 16 9 TV Connection Composite the option Wide screen becomes available when you set the TV standard param eter to PAL TV Connection select the type of video output Composite S Video or RGB based on how you have connected the DVR Station to your TV The DVR Station will pass through the following video signals when the ARCHOS device is not set to external display or is not placed in the DVR Station ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 ONU slic Composite yellow connector or sup plied scart Europe Composite No yellow connector or sup S Video will only show black amp plied scart Europe white image Composite RGB yellow connector or sup E plied scart Europe PR R PB B Y C S Video or S Video on supplied scart S Video Yes Europe Composite NG or S Video on supplied scart will only show black amp yellow connector A Europe white image S Video RGB 4 Vi j O e on supplied scart PR R PB B Y G TP yx Note for North America Although your DVR Station has connectors for composite video yellow ARCHOS has sup plied S Video cables in ord
7. be played back on the ARCHOS that created them and not on a computer The playback of protected files is also limited to the built in LCD screen and cannot be displayed on an external television ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 5 EDITING YOUR RECORDINGS Video files recorded with the ARCHOS DVR Station can be edited by deleting the sec tions you do not wish included The editing you can do is either cropping or cutting of particular segments of the video file You will mark a segment of your video file and then you will tell the ARCHOS to de lete everything except the marked segment or to delete the marked segment from the video file These operations can be done multiple times on the same video file Once finished you will have the option to save the edit marks with the video or to write a new video file If you save your file with edit marks you can always go back and change your edits at another time The actual video information is not deleted On the other hand you can write a new file which will only include the video parts that you specified in the edit session This file will be smaller but you can never un edit it 5 1 EXAMPLE 1 You have recorded a music video program and would like to keep one single music presenta tion But you do not want to keep the rest of the television recording b Beginning of recording Video section to keep End of recording 1 Open the video file you want to edit an
8. section s that you want to cut out ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 USING THE USB CONNECTIONS 6 1 CONNECTING A USB EXTERNAL DEVICE TO THE ARCHOS ys The DVR Station allows you to connect a USB external device to your ARCHOS so that you can trans fer files or play content directly on the ARCHOS These devices can be Mass Storage Class MSC or PTP devices 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 are not supported Insert the ARCHOS Gen 5 device into the DVR Station Once the ARCHOS is on connect the external USB device with a standard USB cable if needed into the DVR Station USB A port d 3 Turn on the external USB device if needed check the documentation of your external USB device 4 A double browser window will appear on the ARCHOS the external USB device will appear in the left panel and your ARCHOS device s hard drive in the right panel 5 You can then play files directly on the ARCHOS or transfer them onto it ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 Make sure that no transfer is being made the HDD light on your ARCHOS device should not be flickering From the File Browser select the Remove safely menu item You can now pull out the USB cable on either end A 6 2 CONN
9. video from most any standard video source Typically this is your home television system By placing the DVR Station next to your television you have a simple way to connect and disconnect your ARCHOS device simply by placing it into the station The DVR Station is a pass through device This means that when your ARCHOS de vice is not placed in it and video is playing DVD Television etc it simply passes the audio and video signals through the DVR Station to your television What this means is that you will place the ARCHOS DVR Station between your tele vision reception device Cable box satellite receiver Digital TV receiver etc and your television See Diagram on Connection Guide When connecting cables between devices always remember that the OUT connectors of one device must be connected by cables to the IN connectors of the next device You can think of it as the signals traveling out of one device into the next device Finally make sure that you always match the color of the connector with the color of the jack it is being plugged into 2 2 INSERTING THE DVR ADAPTER A See Diagram on the Connection Guide Take the DVR adapter that came with your ARCHOS Gen 5 device The plastic DVR Adapter does not come with the DVR Station Insert the DVR Adapter into the DVR Station Y This will allow your ARCHOS device to perfectly fit into the DVR Station v 2 3 CONNECTING THE POWER CHARGER ADAPTER
10. ARCHOS 1 2 HOW USE THE REMOTE CONTROL 34 9 Ifyou are using the DVR Station to display the contents of the ARCHOS on your TV you will need to use the DVR Station s included remote control to navigate through the ARCHOS interface The DVR Station has an infrared receiver located on the front of the device on the right side o Point the supplied remote control towards the infrared receiver to control your ARCHOS device ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 eo A C 3 J 0 Lad o e e E e E o e E X pL A ADAB i T T3 aso xd ich lv UAN M H R 29000000 ET 000000000000000000000000000000 This part of the remote control is used for Web Browser and Widgets only with Gen 5 WiFi enabled devices Use the direction pad to move the cursor that appears on the screen Pressing this button will activate 2 modes at the same time the left button lock mode the direction pad will act as if you moved a mouse while holding its left button at the same time It will allow you for example to use sliders or other dragging controls the navigation buttons at the top right will allow you to move from one link field to another normally they scroll the page up down Press again to disable these 2 modes
11. ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTROOUC TION em T e 1 1 WHAT CAN THE DVR STATION 00 3 1 2 HOW TO USE THE REMOTE 3 AHAROWARE SE TU e 6 2 1 CONNECTION PRINCIPLES nu chon Eon ee E Rm 9 En o Ee 6 2 2 INSERTING THE DVR 6 2 3 CONNECTING THE POWER 6 2 4 INSTALLING THE DVR 7 zi SLHELDLULINI TV RECORDINGS 11 3 1 WHAT S REQUIRED TO USE THIS 11 3 2 ACTIVATING THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE ONLINE 11 3 3 TRANSFERRING THE PROGRAM DATA TO THE ARCHOS 12 3 4 CONFIGURING THE TV CONTROL SETTINGS 14 3 5 SCHEDULING YOUR 17 H RECORDING AUDIO VIDEO MANUALLY 19 4 1 RECORDING AUDIO MANUALLY leeren 19 4 2 RECORDING VIDEO MANUALLY leeren 20 2 EDITING YOUR
12. ECTING THE ARCHOS TO A COMPUTER Insert the ARCHOS Gen 5 device into the DVR Station Plug the ARCHOS USB cable supplied with your ARCHOS Gen 5 device into the DVR Station USB B port 3 Plug the other end of the ARCHOS USB cable into your running computer 4 The ARCHOS will ask you if you want to connect it or charge its battery Choose to connect it The ARCHOS icon will appear on your computer You can now start transferring files onto it NI e m lt i
13. RCHOS E FP M Update Procedure 1 On your computer install ArchosLink and run it 2 Connect the ARCHOS to your computer 3 In the first part of the Podcast tab click on the TV Program Guide update line In the second part of the screen you will see progression bars indicating the status of the Program Guide download synchronization Europe if you have correctly activated the TV Program Guide online ArchosLink will start transferring the data to your ARCHOS This operation can take several minutes USA in the second part of the Podcast tab click on the Download TV Program Guide button see image EOE ArchosLink will start transferring the data to your ARCHOS This operation might take time depending on the number of channels included in your TV Guide 4 When the progression bars are at 100 it means that the download synchronization is finished You can now disconnect the ARCHOS from your computer ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 3 4 CONFIGURING THE TV CONTROL SETTINGS ly7 7 er Settings From the ARCHOS Home Screen select the Settings 2 menu item and choose TV Control to display the TV Control settings screen Set infrared Emitter TV Control This settings screen allows you to set l ake the DVR Station s IR emitter as well as configure the channel list 1 From the TV Control screen select Set TV Channel List 2 Verify that the ch
14. annel list on the ARCHOS is the same as on your tuner 3 Here you can deselect select a channel or change the number of a channel The DVR Station has a high powered infrared LED located on the front of the device at the same place as the infrared receiver see How to Use the Remote Control tallows your ARCHOS device to communicate with your tuner VCR cable box satellite receiver or Digital TV re ceiver so that it can turn it on and off and change channels on it This is a one time step to set your ARCHOS device to send the correct infrared codes to control your tuner If you do not plan on making scheduled recordings then you do not need to set the infrared emitter code 1 Test turning your tuner off 1 From the TV Control screen select Set Infrared Emitter This first screen allows you to correctly set the codes and parameters so that the DVR Station can turn your tuner on off automatically for a scheduled recording 4 ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 Settings 1204 p Set Infrared Emitter Receiver Brand Adelsound Codes V616 1 1 Test Power Off Code Test Channel Select 2 TV Receiver select the type of tuner that you want to control with the IR Emitter VCR Cable DSL box Satellite Receiver DVD Recorder or Digital TV 3 Receiver brand choose the brand of your tuner You can use the 4 11 buttons on the remote co
15. d pause it 2 In the progression bar go to the beginning of the desired section a select the Insert a mark menu item and choose Start Mark 3 Forward to the end of the desired section b select the Insert a mark m menu item and choose End Mark 4 Select the Edit Selection menu item and choose Crop which will delete everything except the designated section 5 2 EXAMPLE 2 You have recorded a television program but would like to remove certain sections before the program started parts during the program and the program afterwards because you had recorded a little extra ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 4 Open the video file you want edit and pause it In the progression bar go to the beginning of the first undesired section a select the Insert a mark menu item and choose Start Mark Forward to the end of the first undesired section b select the Insert a mark m menu item and choose End Mark Select the Edit Selection Ed menu item and choose Cut which will cut out this part of the recording Go to the beginning of the second undesired section c select the Insert a mark menu item and choose Start Mark Forward to the end of the second undesired section d select the Insert a mark m menu item and choose End Mark Select the Edit Selection menu item and choose Cut which will cut out this section Do the same for the other
16. edure Turn on your ARCHOS device 2 From the Home screen select the Recorder icon 3 Select the Update menu item Your ARCHOS will automatically connect to a config ured network v f your ARCHOS finds a configured WiFi network and if you have correctly activated the TV Program Guide online the TV Program data will start updating automatically This operation can take several minutes A Updating the TV Program Guide periodically Every time you transfer the TV Program Guide information to the ARCHOS your de vice will memorize all the TV Programs within a certain period of time Remember to update the data periodically the ARCHOS will remind you to update your TV Guide before it becomes obsolete select the Settings menu item if you want to set the update reminder ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 You also have the possibility to let the ARCHOS automatically update the TV Program Guide information at night Select the Settings menu item and set the Automatic Updates parameter to On Then leave your ARCHOS on the powered DVR Station at night v f your ARCHOS finds a configured WiFi network the data will be updated auto matically during the night Thus you must leave your WiFi connection powered throughout the night At the end of the online activation process you were asked to download ArchosLink This PC program is required to transfer the TV Program Guide data to your A
17. ent PDF version of this manual Troubleshooting See the Frequently Asked Questions section at www archos com faq Technical Support Visit www archos com support for e mail support U S amp Canada Call 877 300 8879 toll free Europe please register your product before contacting Technical Support www archos com register ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 1 1 WHAT CAN THE DVR STATION DO q When connected to your ARCHOS device and to your home entertainment system the DVR Station will allow you to schedule TV recordings via the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPC schedule TV recordings manually record audio video manually directly on your ARCHOS device from most any stan dard audio video source display video from the ARCHOS device on your TV connect a compatible USB device digital camera USB key external hard drive to your ARCHOS device in order to play or transfer its contents onto the ARCHOS Only with Gen 5 WiFi enabled ARCHOS devices access the ARCHOS Content Portal directly on your TV so that you can purchase movies or songs See the manual of your ARCHOS browse the web directly on your TV with the optional Web Browser plug in available for purchase at www archos com See the manual of your ARCHOS play directly on your TV media files stored on a computer connected to your home WiFi network See the manual of your
18. er s remote control to turn it on If you normally press the Power key select Power If you can press any channel key then select Any channel If you can press any key select Any key Time until video select the amount of time it normally takes between the moment you turn on your tuner and the moment the image appears on your TV 0 10 seconds 10 30 seconds gt 30 seconds When you have finished select Done and a confirmation message will appear Select OK ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 3 5 SCHEDULING YOUR RECORDING 1 In the Home screen select the Recorder icon to display the ARCHOS TV Program Guide 9 Ey TV Program Guide ES 15 09 i Thu Jan 18 P 15 00 15 30 16 00 16 30 17 00 17 30 gt Ey for a Night Movie Ought to Be in Pictures Monster in M Movie Brief Encounter Suzy Faking It BBC World News BBC Market News Tufbul The Pa The Megan Mull Saved Saved ESPN SportsCenter Extreme Sports Lady for a Night Movie 2 This screen s menu items will allow you to choose a different day update the Program Guide data or change various settings program guide update and channel list con figuration 3 Navigate through the different TV programs and simply select the one you wish to record 4 A new window will appear with a description of the TV program Select Record 5 You will go back t
19. er that you get the best possible video recording quality ARCHOS recommends that you use these connections instead of the composite connector yellow Note for Europe To get the best recording quality from your TV or other tuner devices ARCHOS recommends that you record from an S Video signal You may be able to do this by setting the scart con nector on the back of your tuner satellite receiver Digital TV Adapter VCR etc to send out an S Video signal Check the manual of the device to see if this can be set If the device can be set to exit an S Video signal through the scart connection then you should set your television as well to expect an S Video signal sometimes called Y C from its scart connector See your television s manual on how to do this Make sure to set your ARCHOS device to send out an S Video signal as well Menu gt Settings gt Display gt TV Connection gt S Video ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 3 SCHEDULING TV RECORDINGS With the ARCHOS TV Program Guide EPG you will be able to sched ule recordings easily You have a one year free subscription to the TV Program Guide E TV Program Guide es 15 09 i Thu Jan 18 gt 15 00 15 30 16 00 16 30 17 00 17 30 gt ady fora Night 3 Movie 1 Ought to Be in Pictures Manster in M Movie Brief Encounter Suzy Faking It BBC World News BBC Market News Tufbul The Pa The Megan Mull Saved Saved ESPN Tenn
20. ersion 3 RECORDING AUDIO VIDEO MANUALLY H 1 RECORDING AUDIO MANUALLY With the DVR Station you will be able record audio from most standard audio source hi fi turntable boombox etc Your ARCHOS needs to be connected to the DVR Station Also connect your audio source s outputs to the DVR Station s inputs In the Home screen select the Recorder icon and use the tabs button to cess the Video Recorder mode Then select the Audio Recorder menu item This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound gain left right arrows as well as configure other recording parameters see next section You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the audio source REC yellow icon Start Recording menu item or OK button You can pause and resume your recording at any time Close the screen to stop and save the recording To access the Audio Recorder settings screen select the Settings menu item Set Title allows you to give a personalized title to the recording using the keyboard Format you can choose between PCM uncompressed and ADPCM compressed WAV format Sampling choose the sample rate for your recording a higher rate gives higher sound quality but a larger file ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 H 2 RECORDING VIDEO MANUALLY With the DVR Station you will be able to record video from most any standard vide
21. is SportsCenter Extreme Sports Lady for a Night Movie 3 1 WHAT S REQUIRED TO USE THIS FUNCTION e In order to use this functionality you will need to connect the powered DVR Station to your Gen 5 ARCHOS device and to a tuner which can be either a Satellite receiver a Digital TV receiver a cable DSL box aVCR a DVD Recorder See Diagram on the Connection Guide and Hardware Setup chapter of this manual 2 3 2 ACTIVATING THE TV PROGRAM GUIDE ONLINE After having set the DVR Station to your home television system you will need to activate the TV Program Guide EPG online This is a one time operation ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 1 Go to www archos com register 2 Access your ARCHOS account or create one if you don t have one yet and register your ARCHOS Gen 5 device If you have already registered your ARCHOS Gen 5 de vice find the line that matches your product and click on More on the right 3 Follow the instructions on screen to activate the TV Program Guide 3 3 TRANSFERRING THE PROGRAM DATA TO THE ARCHOS Once you have activated the TV Program Guide online you now need to transfer its data onto your ARCHOS There are two ways to do this directly on your ARCHOS via the WiFi for WiFi enabled devices using your computer via ArchosLink for non WiFi devices or if you cannot or do not want to transfer the data over the WiFi First time Proc
22. ntrol to scroll the list faster 4 Select the Test power Off code button Make sure that your tuner is on Your ARCHOS device will then try to turn your tuner off After a few seconds your ARCHOS will ask you if the device responded correctly V f your tuner turned off select Yes and move on to the next section If your tuner did not turn off select No try next code Your device will try turning the tuner off again using a different code Repeat this operation until the ARCHOS manages to turn the tuner off lf nan f Mama to If none of the codes work check that the DVR Station is positioned in a way that allows the infrared signal to O h your tuner s receiver Note In some rare cases the ON OFF functionality may not work 2 Test changing channels on your tuner After you select Yes at the end of the 1 test the following screen appears It allows you to correctly set the parameters so that the DVR Station can change channels on your tuner for a scheduled recording JO Settings ss 15 15 Set Infrared Emitter Test Channel Select Manual settings 1 For the Channel parameter select the highest channel that is currently memorized on your tuner ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 x N Select the Test channel select button Make sure that your tuner is on Your ARCHOS device will then attempt to switch y
23. o source 1 Your ARCHOS needs to be connected to the DVR Station Also connect your video source s outputs to the DVR Station s inputs 2 In the Home screen select the Recorder icon and use the tabs button to ac cess the Video Recorder mode 3 This screen will allow you to adjust the recording sound gain left right arrows as well as configure other recording parameters see next section 4 You can now tell the ARCHOS to start recording from the video source REC yellow icon Start Recording menu item or button You can pause and resume your recording at any time 5 Close the screen to stop and save the recording Pd To access the Video recorder settings screen select the Settings menu item Auto Stop Rec the duration of time after which the ARCHOS will automatically stop record ing If you disable this function the recording will continue until you press or until the entire hard drive fills up Rename allows you to define the filename before the recording begins using the keyboard Source you can choose which video input Auto Composite S Video you want the ARCHOS to use Normally with a good video signal you can set it to Auto and your ARCHOS will scan the DVR station inputs to see which one is receiving video ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 Format Auto 4 3 5 3 16 9 2 35 This is the aspect ratio
24. o the TV Program Guide and a REC icon will now appear next to the TV Program you selected TV Scheduler 11 19 From ARCHOS Home Screen select the Recorder icon and switch to the TV Scheduler tab button Channel Once TAug 14 38 16 27 Current v This screen allows you to view and edit your scheduled recordings It also allows you to schedule recordings manually if you are not using the TV Program Guide ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL version 3 Here you can schedule a new recording or edit an existing one you can remove it edit its title change the time date channel etc You also have the possibility to add a safety margin to the beginning end of the scheduled recording To set this parameter use the Settings menu item The scheduler automatically reorganizes the recording events chronologically In order for a scheduled recording to start you must leave the ARCHOS device on the home menu screen or leave it in stand by mode If you are listening to music watch ing a video or looking at photos with the device it will not interrupt you to make the scheduled recording Once the scheduled recording has been made or the date of a recording has been passed without the recording having been made the ARCHOS was not connected to the DVR Station or was not in standby mode the schedule entry will be erased from the scheduler ARCHOS DVR STATION GEN 5 USER MANUAL v
25. of the screen that the ARCHOS device will record You can set this manually but in most cases you can just leave it on Auto Widescreen Auto On Off If your tuner cable box satellite receiver etc outputs video signal in widescreen you can force the ARCHOS to recognize this signal This should be set to On if recordings show people that look unusually tall and thin But in most cases you can just leave it on Auto Bitrate 500kb s 1000kb s 1500kb s 2000kb s 2500kb s Use this to set the encoding quality The higher the encoding rate the higher the image quality but also more hard drive space will be used Sampling 32kHz 48kHz This is the sound sampling rate The higher value gives a higher quality sound but will take up more space on the hard drive Brightness adjusts the recorded image brightness Contrast adjusts the recorded image contrast Saturation use this to de emphasize or saturate the colors in the recorded image Hue changes the color spectrum in the recorded image Reset changes the above settings to the default values The ARCHOS recording system is designed to respect the Macrovision copyright protection system If the source of your video is copy protected the device will record in protected mode You will see a P icon on the recording screen not during play back indicating that the file will be a protected file Protected files can only
26. our tuner to the selected channel After a few seconds your ARCHOS will ask you if the device responded correctly If this worked select Yes If this did not work select No try next option Your device will try again to switch your tuner to the selected channel using a different option Repeat this operation until it works Here is a description of the different parameters automatically set by the ARCHOS Key Delay delay between the emission of each digit of a channel Short Normal Long Key Enter Set to On if normally you have to press an OK button on your turner s remote control after you enter the channel number Example If you normally press 1 3 OK to access channel 13 then this parameter is set to On Key Set to On if normally you need to press a special key on your tuner s remote control before entering a channel with several digit numbers that is to say a channel greater than 9 This key is often represented with this symbol Switches on with see below Time until video see below g pily After you selected Yes at the end of the 2 step the following screen appears You will have to set these two parameters Settings 15 33 l4 Set Infrared Emitter witches Witt Power Time until video gt 30 seconds Done Switches on with this depends on what key you normally press on your tun
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