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dburr

by dburr

I'm finding that my Archos (running firmware 2.0.38) is somewhat unstable.
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Every now and then I will be playing a video and the thing will suddenly pause for anywhere from a half a second to several seconds. Also I'd say maybe 1 in every 50 videos causes the thing to lock up hard (have to forcibly power it down by holding the button down for 10 seconds or whatever). I mostly watch H.264 with MP3 or AAC audio and subtitles (fansubbed anime), usually standard def (640 x something or 720 x something), sometimes 720p. In general this thing feels somewhat less stable... Read more →
HobbitFromPA

by HobbitFromPA

A few issues
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Got this unit a week ago and finally started playing with it over the weekend. Updated the firmware. I loaded about 60 gig of music. First thing is it seems like the battery is draining a lot faster then it should be for just listening to music. Second on every album that I have listened to it will hit a song and stop for a minute then all of all sudden it starts screeching. It won't let me do anything, the only way I can get it to stop is to reset.. After resetting I can go back to the same... Read more →
peter

by peter

I think bricked my review unit
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Just tried to install the new 1.1.01 firmware update, everything was running smoothly until it came time to reboot after installation. It keeps hanging on the "Archos - Entertainment your way" screen, multiple resets have not solved the problem. I suppose I can just send it back early, but I would be pretty pissed off if I had bought one of these and had this happened. Gonna keep trying, anyone else had this happen?
davebredbury

by davebredbury

FM Transmitter and preloaded apps
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Hey i just recieved this and i can not get the fm transmitter to work has anybody tried the fm transmitter out? also it did not come with the apps lib installed how do i install this on my own?? any help would be much appreciated there tech support people are clueless i have called them 4 times and waited an hour each time just to here them say they dont know