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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Archos rubbish Customer Service I bought a Archos 605 Wifi 160Gb. For the first week it worked fine, I was impressed with the Video Playback, Web browsing, TV recording etc.
In the 2nd week of ownership on a daily basis the Archos would pause when starting to play a track then go to its "Archos Music Your Way" start-up screen and restart. After the restart you would discover that all the directories would be wiped, you would then have to update the Archos libary again which take an 1hr if you have 15,000 songs.
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Had big hopes for the Archos 605 but was extremely let down I was undecided when it came to the Archos 605 wifi or the Apple Ipod Touch. After reading many reviews, I decided to go for the Archos as it had bigger storage capacity, seemed easier to load music/videos etc on, and seemed like fantastic value for money. I got my first Archos 605 about 7 months ago, and almost immediately i found it to be a very problematic device. The battery performance was poor, and it kept on freezing! Some times it wouldnt even turn on! After having it for a couple of weeks and for... more info
A Mixed Bag The player itself is fantastic, but Archos should be prosecuted under the Trade Descriptions Act for marketing it as WiFi, when it isn't: it's WiFi compatible until you pay the price to download the web browser plug-in. It's also a scam that they advertise it as a multi-media player when, as with all previous Archos models (I had a 704 WiFi with which I've had endless problems), you again have to pay to download plug-ins to play most of your music and video files. At least this new model has widgets... more info
No support for this product I recently bought this product after reading reviews and knowing full well that you need to purchase the web browser to utilise the product properly. Unfortuantly you can only purchase this once your product is registered. I have tried this many times over the last couple of weeks with no luck.Contacted Archos and had no response from hem after serveral tries. trying to get a support from Archos is like getting blood from a stone. on the basis alone i would opt for an Ipod. The Archos is a great... more info
