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6.5 Changing the Power Settings
6.5 Changing the Power Settings
To help you get the most battery life out of your Archos™ 104 before having to recharge it, you can adjust the
power settings. Go to Setup > Power.
Parameter Description
Parameter Description
Power Off Range: 1 to 9 minutes or Never.
Number of minutes of user inactivity before the Archos™ 104 automatically shuts off. The Archos™ 104 will not shut
off during the playback of music fi les. Never (on DC Power) indicates that the Archos™ 104 will not do an automatic
shut down.
Backlight Backlight shut down time: Off, 10 to 90 seconds, Never.
The time of user inactivity (no buttons pressed) before the Archos™ 104 turns off the backlight. Never indicates that
the backlight will always stay on. Keeping the backlight on will reduce the battery time.
Hard drive 10-90 seconds. The number of seconds from the time of the last fi le access before the Archos™ 104 tells the
internal hard disk to stop spinning. The longer this time, the more often the hard disk is turning and the quicker the
response time when accessing fi les. However, as it is set longer, it will quickly consume your battery. Caution: This
setting should only be changed by experienced users. The default setting is 10s.
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6.6 Changing the System Settings
6.6 Changing the System Settings
To change the system parameters or get information about the system, go to Setup > System .
Parameter Description
Parameter Description
Show all fi les If “Off” is selected, fi les are fi ltered so that only music fi les are shown. The “On” setting lets you see other fi le types
as well as music fi les.
USB Port Windows Device, Hard disk.
When set to Windows Device, your Archos™ 104 will use the MTP (Media Transport Protocol) whenever it is
connected to a Windows XP (SP1 or higher) operating system with Windows Media
®
Player 10 installed. It will
be seen as the Archos™ 104 ‘Device’ in Windows
®
Explorer. WARNING: This will not work for earlier Windows®
operating systems or Macintosh® computers.
When set to Hard Drive, your Archos™ 104 will act as an external hard drive (mass storage device) when connected
to a computer. Use this mode for all non-Windows® XP operating systems
.
OS Version Displays the current version of the Operating System (OS).
Prod key Display the product key of your Archos™ 104 . Every Archos™ 104 has a unique product key number.
Hard Disk Displays the amount of free and used space on the Archos™ 104’s hard disk. Reported number of megabytes
is binary based counting (1kb=1024 bytes). Thus each reported MB represents approximately 1.05 megabytes
(decimal). Formatting also takes up space.
[Update Firmware] Used to update the Archos™ 104 to a new version of the Operating System. See the chapter
Updating the Archos™ 104 Firmware.