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USER MANUAL Arnova 7e G2 Dual Touch ARCHOS

On the web at http://arnovatech.com/register

Thank you for choosing this ARNOVA product. We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will give you satisfaction for many years to come. Once you unpack your ARNOVA product, we recommend that you take a few minutes to register it (http://arnovatech.com/register). This will allow you to get access to ARNOVA technical support (http://arnovatech.com/support).

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On our Website: See the Frequently Asked Questions section on http://arnovatech.com/faq

Contact our Technical Support Team: Visit http://arnovatech.com/support for e-mail support. Please register your product before contacting Technical Support (seeRegister your Product).

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 Quick Start Guide.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE

Power/Lock: slide left and hold to switch on/off. Slide right to lock the device's touchscreen.
When you slide left and hold, a window appears with a list of options (when the product is on). Tap on "Power Off" to fully shut down your ARNOVA. Tap on "Suspend" to put the device in standby (and allow a quick start up when you next tap the screen). While the device is in suspend mode, slide right to lock the device with its screen off. This can be useful if your ARNOVA is in your backpack, for example, and you do not want to wake it up by touching the screen by accident.
Micro-SD card reader
Charging indicator: Red light: battery charging / Yellow: battery charged.
Loudspeakers
Headphone jack
Power connector: to connect the supplied power cable.
Micro-USB port: to connect your ARNOVA to your computer, using the included USB cable (to transfer files). You can also connect a keyboard, a mouse or a mass storage USB device. Go on the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon then select Settings/USB Mode select. If the Host port is off, tap on the Host port line to turn it on. Important: turn off the Host port after use.
Leg stand: pull it out, and it will allow your ARNOVA to stand by itself on a flat, stable surface.

IMPORTANT:

Your device is frozen. You can turn it off. Slide and hold to the left the ON/OFF button for 10 seconds or press the reset button.

GO! STARTING UP

Before using your ARNOVA for the first time, completely charge the battery!

Charging the Battery

Connect the supplied power cable to the ARNOVA Power connector and to a wall outlet.

The ARNOVA device will turn on and start charging. The Power indicator light is red while the battery is charging. It will turn yellow when the battery is fully charged.

Installation Wizard

The first time you start up your ARNOVA, the installation wizard will bring you through a few screens to help you set up the principal settings: Language, country, time, etc.

CONNECTING TO THE WIFI NETWORK

For this procedure to work, you need to be in a WiFi zone that will allow you to connect to it. Every time the ARNOVA is in range of a network that you have already configured once, it will attempt to make a connection.

To configure a new WiFi network, go on the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon then select Settings
2 In the Settings screen, select Wireless & networks.
If the WiFi is off, tap on the Wi-Fi line to turn it on. Then select Wi-Fi settings. The ARNOVA will scan for available WiFi networks and display them at the bottom of the screen.
Tap on the network you want to connect to, enter the required network information* and then tap on Connect. Your ARNOVA will now attempt to establish a connection to that WiFi hot spot with the network parameters you entered.

• For free access WiFi points, there is no need to enter any special information. For secured networks, you will need either a key (a series of numbers and/or letters) of the type WEP, WPA, or WPA2. To obtain the exact connection parameters required, contact the Internet service provider.

THE ARNOVA INTERFACE

Your ARNOVA device is equipped with a capacitive touchscreen. Use your finger pulp to navigate.

These are the default Android™ shortcuts (Web Browser, EMail, etc.). Tap on an icon to open the corresponding application. You can customize the Home screen by adding/removing shortcuts and widgets, changing the wallpaper, etc. See next page.

Settings shortcut

Web browser shortcut

Application button

Tap on this icon to reveal all the Android™ applications installed on your ARNOVA (games, various tools, etc.). You can copy them onto the Home screen. You can get more Android™ applications from AppsLib.

Top bar of the Interface (varies according to the screen you are in)

CUSTOMIZING YOUR PRODUCT

The extended Home screen

Slide your finger horizontally on the screen to go to the left or right side of the extended Home screen.

Customizing the Home screen items

To add a Home screen item (shortcuts, widgets, etc.), hold your finger on the screen at an empty location, then choose from the list. You can also tap on the Menu icon and select Add at the bottom of the screen.
- To move a Home screen item, hold your finger onto it until it gets larger, then drag it to the desired location, and release your finger.
To remove a Home screen item, hold your finger onto it, drag it onto the recycle bin (while you're holding an item, the Applications tab, on the right side of the screen, turns into a recycle bin) and release your finger.

Adding more applications with APPSLIB : With the ARNOVA connected to the Internet, tap on the AppsLib icon . This online library of free and purchasable applications has thousands of fun games and useful applications to download and use.

Changing the Settings: From the Home screen, tap on the Menu icon, tap on Settings and choose a category: Wireless controls, Sound & display, Date & time, etc.

PLAYING MULTIMEDIA FILES

1 From the Home screen, tap on the video, audio or photo icon.
The ARNOVA will display a list of files or folders corresponding to the selected category.
3 Tap on an item to start playing it.

Only in Video and Photo modes: to display/hide the on-screen controls, tap anywhere on the screen.

Video

To pause or resume a video, tap on the icon (bottom of screen). To go to any particular point in the video, slide the progression bar to the desired point.

Music

To play the next or previous song, tap on the icons Use the cons / and the progression bar as in the video player screen (see above).

Photo

To start or pause a slide show, tap on the icon / To view the next or previous photo, tap on the icons.

TRANSFERRING MEDIA TO YOUR ARNOVA

1 Connect the supplied USB cable to the ARNOVA and to a running computer.
2 The ARNOVA will turn on. Within a few seconds the ARNOVA will appear as an icon on your computer.
3 You can transfer your media files to the ARNOVA either by copy/pasting them into the respective folders using Windows Explorer (or the Finder on a Mac®), or by using Windows Media Player. Open Windows Media Player and then use the Sync tab to synchronize your music, videos, and photos onto your ARNOVA. See Windows Media Player's Help to learn more about this.
Once all your file transfers are finished, close Windows Explorer and any other program that may have read or written to the ARNOVA. Click on the 'safely remove' icon in the system tray, next to the clock. You can now unplug the USB cable.

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National restrictions

This device is intended for home and office use in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below:

Country Restriction ReasonRemark

Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor

use and public service

France Outdoor use lim

ited to 10mW e.i.r.p.

within the band

2454-2483.5 MHz

Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the

2.4 GHz band has been ongoing in recent

years to allow current relaxed regulation. Full

implementation planned 2012

Italy None If used outside of own premises, general

authorization is required.

Luxembourg None General authorization required for network

and service supply (not for spectrum)

Norway Implemented This subsection does not apply for the geo-

graphical aera within a radius of 20km from

the centre of Ny-Alesund

Russian Federation None Only for indoor applications

Note: Please don't use the product outdoors in France.

Consult the declaration of conformity on http://www.arnovatech.com/products/declaration_conformity.html

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