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Remember that you have to buy add-on software packages on the Archos side after you buy the player to use the browser and all media formats.Battery is good - though I have issues with the touchscreen. I have had the Archos 705 for 6 months now and I love the compatibility with my different media files - easy to load with movies and music. Sometimes painful to strike the right keys and buttons and this has gotten worse over the past weeks.
I am so angry and so sorry I ever bought this product. First, it didn't work out of the box. So there is no customer services department to call for complaints. I'm told this download issue is a common one.
So this product might be OK if you have no issues, but if you ever need to speak with tech support, beware. But Archos "support" is notoriously bad and you are put on hold forever.
Then, I paid for the web browser plug in and the video plug in, and when I tried to download them, the system tells me the serial number for my Archos is not recognized, so it won't let me install the plugins. Had I known how terrible technical support is and read all the bad reviews out there on the web, I never would have purchased this product.
I tried calling Customer Services and got what was supposed to be a Customer Service number from the web site, but when you call that number, you get a recording telling youo it is the store and you should use the website to purchase items as they would charge you an exttra $10 to buy over the phone, then they hang up on you. I bought the Archos 705 80 gig months ago, and still haven't been able to use it.
So I can't use my Archos for the purpose I bought it.I spent over 2 hours on hold today waiting to talk to Archos technical support to deal with this latest plug in issue. Because I didn't open the box for a while (I thought I was going to give it away as a gift and then decided to keep it), I couldn't return it to Amazon, so had to do an RMA and return to Archos.
That took a while. I say, it's not worth the risk, no matter how good the product looks online.
The unit heats up a lot. Most of the time I have to use earphones.2. I was looking for a reasonably priced media player so that I could watch my favorite shows on the go or on my couch. It is uncomfortable to hold because of this.4. Low quality video.
The resolution is bad and picture is grainy.3. Here are the reasons:1. I was very excited when the product arrived in the mail. Very low volume. After about 3 hours of use I now have at least 1 dead pixel on the screen.I give it 3 stars because it serves its purpose, and was reasonably priced.
One of the main reasons for buying this player is that it was compatible with Amazon's Unbox video.Unfortunately I was disappointed with the product. I will probably pass it along to my younger brother and try the new unit.
picked up the defective unit on Monday,and on Tuesday u.p.s. dropped off my new player.Archos should take note on how Amazon does business. I would recomend the Archos but the customer service lacks in every sense,If you call the cust/service no one will pick up.(I tried 3 times for more than half an hour each time)The e-mail response is a little better,it only took 6 days to get a response on my defective unit.they told me it would be weeks to wait for them to see if it could be repaired.It was only 4 days old but(i was told)thats thier policy.I called Amazon on sunday,u.p.s. ANYDVD.com works verry well with Archos,I recomend you look at before you BUY the DVD add-on.
For normally recorded mp3 or video: you'll hear aboslutely nothing on an airplane. Inside a moving car, you'll hear something, but you'll miss half. Well, this thing does everything you'd expect it to do, exept for one thing: sound output volume is terribly low. Headphones don't change that. It renders this product prettymuch useless for travel.There are some workarounds, like completely re-encoding all your movies and mp3's and movies with a 3x higher level sound output, but that can compromise the quality. I bought mine for entertainment for my kids on a road trip to the USA. Besides, it's an annoying hassle you shouyldn't have to go through with an expected quality product.Dissapointing.
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