Comments on: Archos 605 Wifi Review

By: dufcNut

dufcNut — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:54:13 +0000

Can anyone tell me if I can load SKYPE onto the Archos 605 wifi?

By: madferret

madferret — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:02:41 +0000

does anyone know if it’s possible to do a archos 605 to archos 605 file transfer – and if so how do you do it?

By: matt

matt — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:21:42 +0000

5.5 hours video playback, 17 hours audio :)

optional battery pack gives 50% extra on top of that :)

By: grafton.

grafton. — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:17:04 +0000

can somebody tell me how long the battery lasts..im thinking of purchasing the 605

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zdPPnNXpCoOXAyA — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:33:34 +0000

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By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:26:22 +0000

Hey, I’ve been searching to see ‘how’ to install skype onto my Archos 605. You got any links to this?

By: Michael Bibro

Michael Bibro — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:28:44 +0000

I have the Archos 605 160Gb. It would not always turn on. The problem got to the point that it came to 29/30 times it would not turn on. The majority of the time the green power light came on…but nothing on the hdd red light. Sometimes I would just get a quick flash or two from the hdd light and (maybe) even get the archos boot up logo. Usually with lines going through it horizontally and then locks up. This all started at 1 month of ownership. This is when I requested my rma. It got to be impossible to deal with at 2 months. I formatted the drive through the unit in all ways possible. I backed up my 100+ gig of files to my computer, though it took me an hour just to power on the archos to do so. It did not seen to make any difference on how full the battery was or not. Now I sent the unit in next day air to archos. 49 hours after ups tracking shows they got it; their website still shows it not received. Each time I call I waste 30-40 minutes on hold to get through to anyone. They say they have it and it will take (10-15 business days) to test and fix or replace it. Excluding any shipping. This just seems absurd to me. This was a lot of money to me, its new, and now I lose the unit for a month. Should this not be their problem??? Why is it mine? Am I the only one out there that is going through this???

By: dooby

dooby — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:02:09 +0000

i bought the 605 160gb and it might sound stupid but i cant get it to turn on! can anyone help? ive done the initial charge and both led lights come on but nothing else happens, also when i turnit on whilst not on charge the led light comes on and again nothig else happens! does anyone no what im doing wrong,ive been throught the troubleshooting and manual with no luck!!! help please

By: jeremy scott

jeremy scott — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:58:21 +0000

I’ve purchased a 605 30 gb and I love it. The dvr function works perfectly and makes the 605 great for long roadtrips on plane trips. I purchased the 605 30 gb and dvr station for $299.

Here’s how
http://savethatmoney.blogspot.com/2008/01/tip-of-week-archos-605-mp3-player-and.html

By: Bleh

Bleh — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:22:50 +0000

I was wondering, are all the accessories for the Archos Gen 4 series compatible with the Gen 5 series?
The USB port looks the same and I hear people have said they are compatible, but when I ask the people who are selling the accessories (ebay) they say it’s not compatible.
I was a little disappointed with the battery life and I wanted to get the battery extender, but I can only find ones for the Gen 4 for a reasonable price.
Would they work?

By: ami

ami — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:44:31 +0000

has your locked up yet i hate mine all the time i get on it lock’s up on me

By: iwnap2i

iwnap2i — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:25:48 +0000

i just got my archos yesterday and have been playing with it since. i love it so far, seriously. the only thing that does tick me off is the price for extra shell outs on the browser and plug ins but eh what can you do. i just bought the 80gb and it’s awesome; another thing that ticks me off is the video formats that are available. i have to go out and buy a video converter [or just get the plug in.. i'll probably get the plug in- much easier than buying software that's around the same price and still having the trouble of actually converting it] but i love the photo viewer, music player, .pdf reader, and the screen is ni i i i i ceeee…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:42:10 +0000

There’s a limit to the size of a single file on the Archos 605 (I think it’s like 4gb) because it uses FAT32, not NTFS (that’s Microsoft proprietary.)

By: deepthroatingirl

deepthroatingirl — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:17:40 +0000

i like this device cuz i got to see a lot of cocks ont he fast internet

By: Andrew Grace

Andrew Grace — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:50:24 +0000

I converted movies using imtoo platinum res.800×480 but when i try to replay them in archos 605 wi-fi 160 gig it wont allow saying file too big,I hope someone has the answer because i spent weeks converting 120 movies .Also i use divx codecs HELP thanks andy

By: weirddo

weirddo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:25:28 +0000

actually unless Archos is a korean company, they did not invent the mp3 player
a company in Korea was the first to come up with a mp3

By: Mohammad

Mohammad — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:07:29 +0000

Beatlepants is 100% right. you got it.

By: Beatlepants

Beatlepants — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:58:25 +0000

You keep saying that Archos ripped off Apple, you are nuts. Archos has been making these kinds of devices for a dozen years, before the first i-pod existed. The 400 series had touchscreen wireless internet twelve years ago, the Archos has the 400, 500, 600, and now the 700 series are in their fifth generation. Archos invented the mp3 player, had the first hard drive in an mp3 player, the first photo capable mp3 player, the first video mp3 player, the first wifi mp3 player, and the first touchscreen mp3 player.

They do (except cell phone) everything an i-phone and an Apple TV does and is a camcorder. It is a full handheld linux computer too, because of this you can actually install Skype or Gizmo on it and use it as a free phone.

Apple is an overpriced low quality (but pretty) player while the Archos is a real tool.

By: Charbax

Charbax — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:46:14 +0000

What do you mean by $450 the phoneless iPhone, the 605 WiFi starts at $199 for the iPhone-like 4GB storage with SD card extension. Sure add $30 for the Browser with support for Flash video sites like Youtube, and if you absolutely need h264 and aac then $20 more, that´s it, that´s $250 for the phoneless iPhone with much better drag and drop full DVD resolution support for DivX, WMV, H264 and such codecs with support for even more codecs and up to 720p resolution through more extra plugins. And if you want to record on the cheap, then wait for retailers to stock the DVR Gen5 for probably around $60 or get the DVR Gen4 which is compatible but doesn´t come with the new special thumb-blackberry-like remote control and is now available starting at $50 on Froogle.

By: John Biggs

John Biggs — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:01:46 +0000

agreed. that is a big deal breaker for me, but the touchscreen is very responsive.