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Archos forum / Anyone Tried Av500 5200mah Battery?

« on: November 22, 2006, 04:57:43 pm »

I see alot of these on eBay. Does anyone know how much video/audio playing time they give on on AV500??

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Archos forum / Av500 Won't Start - Stalls On Boot Screen

« on: October 01, 2006, 02:01:38 pm »

Same problem for me ... bad HD, replaced now all's well.  Is HD failure a common failure mode on these devices?

I had the same problem with my unit.

Seems that the hard drive is bad.  I had to send it back to Archos for them to fix.
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I've just got the same problem, with an AV500 80Gb purchased in May from QVC, but very rarely used. QVC have offered a full refund (they no longer stock the item), but I was wondering whether it would be advisable to ask Archos to repair it under warranty.

Has anyone had any problems with a repaired HDD?

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Archos forum / Av500 Remote Problem

« on: June 25, 2006, 10:07:42 am »

Always an easy first troubleshooting step to update the firmware. Version 1.5.12 is the most current release.  I would start there.  Don't know if this version fixed you issue specifically, but it's worth a try.
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Yes I've been considering that, but haven't done it yet because the release notes for 1.5.12 don't mention that this problem is fixed, and also make it clear that rolling back to a previous release is impossible if you hit a problem (this makes me particularly nervous!)

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Archos forum / Av500 Remote Problem

« on: June 25, 2006, 07:06:34 am »

I'm using RCFM-01 an FM remote with an AV500 (firmware 1.5.11). When I use the remote to browse music by artist/album/track the track won't play. Worse, after doing this the Archos refuses to play any more tracks, even if they're selected via the main unit. I have to restart the AV500 to get it to play anything again.

Selecting music using the browse hard disk function seems to work fine with the remote.

Has anyone else had this problem?

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Archos forum / Does The Usb Charge The Av500?

« on: June 17, 2006, 03:50:51 pm »

As far as my experiences have turned out, the USB connection does NOT charge the Archos Unit.  You still require the AC adapter in order to charge.

If you want to charge it in your car, you can buy an inexpensive power inverter that plugs into your 12V connection in your car and gives you a standard 3 prong plug.
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There are also USB charging cables available for the Archos. I bought one on eBay a few months ago and it works well

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Archos forum / Tv Guide Error

« on: June 04, 2006, 05:31:58 am »

Did you ever manage to get the AV500 to use the Yahoo calendar? I've just bought an AV580 and am having the same problem with unrecognised format. I followed the instructions exactly (week view, save as HTML only).