Archos 7 160GB 501210 User Manual

 

First, you need to connect to a 

WiFi network. See 

the WiFi. The device you want to 

share files with needs to be con-

nected to the same WiFi network.
To enable the file server directly, tap 

on “

” from the Home Screen, 

choose “

”, and tap on the 

“

”

button. While 

the file server is turned on, other 

functions of your device are disabled

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Your ARCHOS hard drive will then be accessible from your computer’s network 

neighborhood.
If you want to set up your ARCHOS device to appear with a particular name in a 

particular workgroup on the network, you can change the following parameters 

(in the “

” screen):

Workgroup

enter the name of the workgroup, using the virtual keyboard.
see: 

Using the Virtual Keyboard.

Computer name

enter the name for the ARCHOS device in the network, using the virtual keyboard 

Using the Virtual Keyboard).

normally, you do not need to change this parameter unless more than one 

ARCHOS device of the same model name is in the workgroup.

Write access

“

”

will allow other computers to write to your ARCHOS hard drive.

“

”

will prevent other computers from writing to your device.

Password

only appears if the “

”

parameter is set to “

”.

Type in the password for other computers to be able to write to your hard drive 

Using the Virtual Keyboard).

Enable file server

tap on this button to turn on the file server.

Select this icon to display a list of useful PDF documents such as this full PDF 

manual, or other useful guides.
The documents will be in the language that you selected in the “

” settings.

Tap on a document to open it with the PDF reader. See PDF Documents.

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