ARCHOS AV 500 series - Manual (Page 23)

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1 11 1 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 500 MUSIC – Putting Music onto your AV 500
Your Archos ™ product is a certifi ed PlaysForSure ™ digital device which means that wherever
you fi nd music for sale on the Internet with this symbol, you can be certain that it will ‘Play for
sure’ on your AV 500*.
The AV 500 is designed to work seamlessly with Windows Media ® Player (WMP) versions
9 and 10. The Windows Media ® Player software is used to download digital media content
from the Internet to your computer and organizing it. You will also use it to synchronize (copy)
the contents of your Windows Media
® Player media library to your Archos ™ device. See the
comparison chart below for an explanation of the different features available when running
Windows Media Player 9 and 10 or check out the web site www.playsforsure.com.
*Subscription services require you to be running Windows Media ® Player 10.
11.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media 11.1 Synchronizing Music from Windows Media ® ® Player (WMP) to the AV 500 Player (WMP) to the AV 500
The Synchronize button in Windows Media ® Player (WMP) is a one way ‘sync’ button.
That is, it will add music, video, and photo fi les to your AV 500 so that you have the
same digital media on your AV 500 as you have in your Windows Media
® Player
media library. Of course, you can choose to sync only certain songs, videos, or
photos, or sync your entire library. On WMP10, you can click the button Set up Sync
in the Sync tab and then check the box labeled Synchronize Device Automatically . This is the auto-sync
advantage of WMP10. If this box is checked, then each time you connect your AV 500 to your PC, Windows
Media
® Player will automatically start up and check to see if there are any new music, videos, or photos in your
media library, and if so, will then copy them to your AV 500. You also have the
possibility to decide what types of media automatically sync when you connect
your AV 500. For example, you may only want music fi les to be synchronized. On
the other hand, with Windows Media
® Player 9, you have to tell it what you want
to sync, WMP9 cannot synchronize automatically when you connect your AV 500
to your computer.
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Note for WMP10 users: Files added to your AV 500 from another computer or fi les which are recorded from an analog
source cannot be added to the Windows Media
® Player Library when you connect your AV 500 to the computer. Songs
which have been added, will however, be listed in the device’s ARCLibrary.
11.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9 11.2 Comparison of Windows Media Player 10 to Windows Media Player 9
Windows ® Media Player 10 is only available for Windows ® XP (service Pack 1) and newer operating systems. It
is worth your while to upgrade to Windows ® XP (home or professional) and to Windows ® Media Player 10. The
list below shows the advantages.
Functionality WMP9 WMP10 Functionality WMP9 WMP10
Auto-synchronize the WMP library to ARCHOS ™ AV 500 on connecting to PC no* yes
Can synchronize subscription music (‘to go’ services) to your AV 500 no yes
Carefree USB disconnection (no special green arrow unmount procedure) no yes
Will convert video fi les** to play on your AV 500 if not in correct format no yes
Supports protected Internet video downloads no yes
PlaysForSure ™ audio content yes (download) yes
* Must use WMP9 manual sync function to copy purchased music to the AV 500.
**Microsoft reserves the right to limit which video fi le formats it will convert with WMP10