MP3 Players Review

Archos 605 WiFi (4 GB)

Customer Reviews

Make sure you get a comapatable SD card!!

I have to say that when I first got this product, loaded some movies on it, they wouldn't play and required the plug ins. If you are going to buy this product and don't want to spend countless hours converting movies, you will want to make sure you account for spending and extra $30-$70 in plug ins to make this a great full featured device. Now that I have the Web Browser and two audio and video plug ins, this thing is WONDERFUL. Browsing the internet was snappy and easy. Movies played smooth and audio was good, yet a little on the quiet side. MOST IMPORTANT. Next I bought an 8gb SD card to use with it. It was a transcend which is supposed to be compatible with this player. by the way, they don't tell you, but there are a LOT of SD cards that just will not work with this player! In fact, mine actually bricked my player. Finally after hours of screwing around trying to reinstall the Operating Sytem and hours searching the internet for solutions, I finally got it to work. If you own one of these players, it is essential to go to Archosfans.com and check the forums. This is by far, not an iPod when it comes to just anyone being able to use it. At least that is my experience.

Extremely bad quality

1. The side buttons do not work 2. Need to reset very often - because the device get stuck/freeze 3. While you are charging then you can not watch anything without holding it by hand ( because the charging device/jack/plug is at the bottom side) So I consider it as total wastage of money.

...7 months and my Archos 605 WiFi (4GB)

I've had my Archos 605 WiFi (4gb) for about 7 months now. I take it where ever I go. It allows me to bring my music (DRM Free), videos, and pictures where ever I go. Simply put, the Archos blows the doors off of the iPod and what ever Apple, Creative and yes even SanDisk can offer for media players. No additional software needed, you plug it into your PC via USB and use it like an external hard drive, and drag files to and from the unit. Making no need for bloated software such as iTunes to only put your music on the unit. It plays a various amount of video formats right out of the box (.avi, .mpg, .divx, .flv, etc), with the option to purchase more CoDecs. Excellent music player, album art, play lists, etc. So your worried about the 4GB RAM limitt? You can expand the storage space of the unit via the SDRAM slot on top. With its WiFi capabilities, you can share, copy files from your network, or access the internet (browser is an additional cost). You can stream media from any source sharing. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for a great media player for a decent price.

Great Product

I really don't see what people are complaining about, this product is amazing. The internet plug in works great and connects to all of the wifi networks I have tried which includes both WPA and WPA2 without a problem. I am really impressed with the speed and easy of use of the internet on this device. Also the video playback is amazing. I personally don't like Ipods, this device is far more cableable at a much more reasonable price. The archos portal works great and I downloaded and installed my internet plugin as soon as I paid for it, no problem what so ever. Firmware updates are a snap. Battery life seems to be around 15.5 hours for music playback and about 3.5-4 for video. Keep in mind it takes about 8-9 hours to charge the device via usb but only about 4 to charge via ac adapter (sold sep) Great product overall

great buy

i researched this item and couldnt wait to buy it. once i got it it was everything i that i hoped it would be. i love my pictures, videos, and music, so now that i can have all of them with me whenever i want im very happy. plus if im near a wireless hot spot i can surf the net!! what more could any one ask for in a media device? the ony reason why i dont give it five stars is because of all the extra plugins and accessories that come at an extra cost, but even that makes the archos more customizable. overall ths is a great buy>:}

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