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Archos forum / Archos Av 500 -> Your Opinion

« on: July 31, 2006, 09:06:44 am »

For what it's worth, I've found that using another good quality power supply with the archos means it operates fine whilst charging. I think, therefore, archos are just supplying 'dodgy' power supplies.

Cheers

-Mat

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Archos forum / Charging Causes Av500 To Switch On - Normal ?

« on: April 27, 2006, 02:33:57 am »

matt, it is normal for the av500 to turn on while charging. the blacking of the screen you mentioned is the pvp going into standby mode.
as for your other question, by power pack do you mean battery, or something else?
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Hi Scott,

Seems odd that just plugging in the charger should switch on the device, but there you go. Whne the screen blacks it is much quicker than when I shut it down. What do you mean by standby mode? Don't think I've heard about that one.

By power pack I meant the charger. When I use the AV500 while connected to the charger it is unstable if I touch it. If I try to adjust the volume or chage tracks, use the menus etc this can result in screen corruption, skips in the music or total hangup. I think it must be an earth problem. If I use a third party charger all is fine however so I suspect Archos are supplying cheap'n'cheerful chargers that don't do the job properly. I've had 3 of them from Archos support and they all do the same.

Cheers

-Mat

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Archos forum / Av 500 Locking Up When Recording Tv

« on: April 18, 2006, 06:32:07 am »

That's only happened to me twice since December with a 500.
Also a couple times the video got saved, without audio, and the video was slowed down. I think it got corrupted.
Overall, I'm quite pleased with it.

Have you tried downloading the latest firmware?
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Hi,

I get lockup problems whenever I use the archos running from the power adapter. (see my post) so have you tried just running from battery ?

Just a thought.

-Mat

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Archos forum / Charging Causes Av500 To Switch On - Normal ?

« on: April 18, 2006, 05:54:43 am »

Hi,

nice to finally find a forum for this excellent device.

I have a question: When I plug the power pack into my archos it immediately switches on and can't be properly turned off - it appears to just black the screen. Is this normal ?

Also when running from the power pack, the archos is very unstable if I touch it. I guess it's an earth problem. I get static pops, glitches in the sound/video and eventual hangups. Only if I touch the case though. I've been in touch with archos and received a replacement power pack and it does the same. If I use a third party power pack, all is fine (except for switching on as above) so I think the powerp ack is at fault.

Anyone else have these issues ?

-Mat