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hackhawk
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The 5 is my third Archos. The other two - a 504 and a 704 - were great and gave me good service. But I needed more gigs.
So I bought a 5. Here's what's gone wrong so far:
1. When I transferred my movies, all seemed fine. But when you play one, the 5 shuts down whenever it wants! This happens two or three times per attempt to view a film. When it shuts down it remembers the previous pause point not the most recent one. Meaning that you effectively watch the same bits twice. The kids are not happy...
2. I thought this must be a firmware problem so I've tried, using the wireless service, to download the firmware update. I've done this twice now, but when I do so the file will not load because it is a "bad file (error 206)"
On the design of the device, Archos has slipped back in my view by returning to a proprietorial USB connection rather than the standard miniUSB that existed on the previous 705. This is a pain in the rear and means that you can only stand the device upright on charging by using a base station.
Finally, as usual, Archos's customer care is unimpressive. I'm no further forward in resolving my core problem - that I have a video device that won't allow me to watch video.
Can anyone advise if this is a hard/software issue and whether there is a solution to this?
Thanks in advance.
Hackhawk
So I bought a 5. Here's what's gone wrong so far:
1. When I transferred my movies, all seemed fine. But when you play one, the 5 shuts down whenever it wants! This happens two or three times per attempt to view a film. When it shuts down it remembers the previous pause point not the most recent one. Meaning that you effectively watch the same bits twice. The kids are not happy...
2. I thought this must be a firmware problem so I've tried, using the wireless service, to download the firmware update. I've done this twice now, but when I do so the file will not load because it is a "bad file (error 206)"
On the design of the device, Archos has slipped back in my view by returning to a proprietorial USB connection rather than the standard miniUSB that existed on the previous 705. This is a pain in the rear and means that you can only stand the device upright on charging by using a base station.
Finally, as usual, Archos's customer care is unimpressive. I'm no further forward in resolving my core problem - that I have a video device that won't allow me to watch video.
Can anyone advise if this is a hard/software issue and whether there is a solution to this?
Thanks in advance.
Hackhawk