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Hard Drive Mode & Macintosh

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First, close all programs that are using ﬁ les from your Archos™ 204. Drag the

Archos™ 204 hard drive icon towards the trash can, and the trash can will become a

big arrow as shown in the screen image. Drop the hard drive icon onto the arrow. The

hard drive icon will disappear from the desktop. You can now safely unplug the USB

cable from your Archos™ 204 and/or your computer.

Updating the Archos™ 204 Firmware

Archos periodically updates the ﬁ rmware or Operating System (OS) and makes it available for free download

on the ARCHOS website (www.archos.com). Updates to the Operating System include new features, feature

improvements, and bug ﬁ xes. You should check to make sure that you are running the most recent version of the

OS. To see the current version of the software your device is running, go to Setup > System and look at the line

OS Version . You will ﬁ nd the most recent version of the OS and its version number at the Archos website (www.

archos.com) under the category Software .

11.1 Download the A204.AOS ﬁ le

When you click on the link to download the new OS ﬁ le (the ﬁ le name is A204.

AOS), your browser may warn you that the contents of the download may harm your

computer. This is because the Windows

system does not know what an .AOS ﬁ le is.

Be assured that Archos has made every effort to ensure that the ﬁ le does not contain

viruses. Click on the option Save to download this ﬁ le to a convenient place, such as

My Documents , in order to later copy this ﬁ le to your Archos™ 204. If your Archos™ 204

is connected to your PC, you can even save it directly to the Archos™ 204.

You will also ﬁ nd next to the ﬁ rmware download, a text ﬁ le which details the list of

changes from the previous version of the OS.

11.2 Copy to Archos™ 204 root and Update

Connect your Archos™ 204 to your computer (See the chapter on

connecting to the computer for help), and then copy the A204.AOS ﬁ le to

the root directory of the Archos™ 204. The root directory is the top most

level of the directory hierarchy. Just drag this.AOS ﬁ le onto the Archos™ 204

Hard drive in your ﬁ le manager and it will place it in the top most directory

(outside any folder). If there is already an older version of the A204.AOS

ﬁ le on your Archos™ 204, Windows

will ask if you want to overwrite the

current ﬁ le. Click on Yes. Once this ﬁ le is copied, safely disconnect Archos™ 204 from the computer. Refer to the

disconnection procedure in the connection chapter if you are unsure of how to do this.

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