Archos 6 GB Jukebox 6000 MP3 Player/Hard Drive by Archos
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Digital camera reviews of Archos 6 GB Jukebox 6000 MP3 Player/Hard Drive
Digital camera Review: BUY!! UNLESS YOU CAN'T COPY AND PASTE!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
It's funny to read some of the reviewers gripe on about how the jukebox made their computer crash or how it "all of a sudden" malfuntioned. These reviewers were obviously smokin something or else they don't know how to drag and drop files from their harddrive into the jukebox. The jukebox is a great product especially at only 200 dollars. Sometimes response can be slow when pressing buttons but it's just a very small complaint. Contrary to all the "bugs" that were posted on some of these reviews, those people just can't really grasp the basics on how to opperate a simple system of "drag and drop". Buy the product.Digital camera Review: Back to the drawing board Archos, you're batting ZERO
Summary: 1 Stars
After studying up on all the various mp3 players on the market, I decided on this one. I read through all of the reviews on Amazon.com, nearly all of which were favorable, but now I am wondering how many of those were written by people who had only had their Jukeboxes for one or two days. My Archos Jukebox quit working after only seven days. At first, it would do bizarre things like shut itself off if slight pressure was applied to one corner; then the problems worsened. About 75% of the files I'd saved on it just vanished, and the rest were replaced by "gibberish" file names which gave error messages any time I tried to play one. There was no way to run scandisk on it, because when I connected it to my computer, I got an error message which read "device attached is not functioning."
I returned the defective unit, and promptly received a replacement (thanks Amazon - your efficient shipping department is right on the ball). Unfortunately, the new one lasted only FOUR days. Today while I was listening to a song, I suddenly got the message "HARD DISK ERROR," and now the unit won't function at all. It locks up at the start-up screen.
The Archos Jukebox 6000 has some nice features, but all the features in the world are useless if it DOESN'T WORK!
Digital camera Review: Bad Experience with the Archos 6000
Summary: 1 Stars
The following is the letter I sent to Archos concerning my experience with their product ...To whom it may concern,
I went out today to purchase Creative Labs 6GB Mp3 Player and came upon Arcos's version of this device. I was really excited about finding the same type of device but with a smaller footprint and for a lesser price( about 150.00 less). I had to admit that it was the first time I had heard of your brand name but I thought that it would be safe to take a chance ( the dealer did not know much about your brand name either).
I purchased your MP3 (6gb capacity) Player and it was returned to the store within a one hour period.
I pressed on the back of the unit (trying to gain access to the battery compartment) , it made a really nasty `grinding' sound and gave me a Hard Drive Error. After that it just started this loop between the Error Message and Auto Power Off and back again. The store representative had had the same problems with the one they had just opened to put out as a demo. We could not figure out why this was happening (the only thing we could figure was that the backing on the units were not providing adequate protection for the hard drive). The batteries were also difficult, the instructions led us to believe that the front cover needed to be removed vice the side covers. I was really surprised how poorly the unit seemed to be designed. The store rep actually said that he hoped that the store would stop selling them because he (and I agreed) thought that the unit was going to be a real `pain' to deal with. I was amazed that your company would represent itself with such a low quality device. Furthermore, I had attempted to reach your customer support line (Tuesday, December 26th between the hours of 1pm-2pm Mountain Time), and got an answering machine that stated that all techs were busy with other customers, please leave a message. That was not that bad until the message followed up stating that a message could not be taken. People, People, People .... do you guys believe that with these sort of devices (6GB capacity MP3/Portable digital storage device) being so new, you can really continue expecting your product to sell (poor design, bad service, ...). I really thought it was just me but when the store representative told me that he had had the same problems, I knew that I had made a bad choice going with your brand name. I will most probably be purchasing from your competitor, Creative Labs, the ratings/specs on their device look pretty good. I will also be sharing this experience with friends and family whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Digital camera Review: Be forewarned
Summary: 2 Stars
My jukebox worked great for the past 2 months until yesterday. I was just holding it in my hand when I stopped it then started it again 2 minutes later and it wouldn't start up for no apparent reason. I'm not sure about other hard drive based players but take the fragile/defective issue into consideration. I am seeing a lot of similiar posts about this same problem. Otherwise, when the jukebox worked it was great.Digital camera Review: Best Hard Drive Based Player
Summary: 4 Stars
I have seen some bad reviews of this player, and also some outstanding ones, which gave me the impression that it was quite a dodgy player, and that it was unreliable. That is a load of rubbish. I received this player in December, and it was the best £200 I have ever spent. It has been superb. It has so many different features, it has an internal charger(which means that I only have to plug the dc cable into the player at night, and it will charge it for me), and its own case, soit doesn't get damaged. It is alot smaller than most other portables hard drive players, if slightly chunky, it still fits in your pocket. It performs greatly, and has never skiped while I have had it. In fact, even when I go for jog at the weekends, it remains fine. It also holds so much music, I dont think I wil ever fill it. If you are trying to make a decision about which mp3 player to buy, I would strongly recommend the archos 6000, because it is quite cheap, has a large storage capacity, is small, and has more features than any of its competitors. It is superb - and I am not easily pleased.