Archos 104 4GB MP3 and WMA Digital Music Player and Photo Viewer, Grey (500852)
Archos 104 4GB MP3 and WMA Digital Music Player and Photo Viewer, Grey (500852)

Manufacturer: Archos
ARCHOS presents the new ARCHOS 104, a miniature 4GB MP3 player features a 1.5'' color screen and JPEG photo viewer. The ARCHOS 104 can store up to 2,000 songs or 40,000 photos in the palm of your hand. Music playback - Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA (PlaysForSure download and subscription) and WAV (PCM) - ID tag 3 compatible (information about songs) Photo viewer - JPEG - store up to 40,000 photos Interfaces - High-speed USB 2.0, compatible USB 1.1 (at a lower speed),PC & Mac Audio connections - Stereo analog earphones/ Line Out jack Battery life - Up to 13 hours Power source - Rechargeable Li-Ion Battery /Charged by USB port of a computer (Optional power/charger available) Unit Dimensions - 3.6 x 1.7 x 0.5 inches ( 9.1 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm) / Weight - 2.8 oz (80 g)
Amazon.com Product Description:
With the Archos 500852 104 4GB MP3 and WMA Digital Music Player and Photo Viewer (Silver), you can take your best music and pictures with you wherever you go. The perfect companion for everything from long trips to short bus rides, from going to parties to just hanging out around the house, the Archos 104 lets you not only take your favorite moments with you, but helps you make new favorite moments wherever you happen to be.
Of course, the main purpose of the Archos 104 is to play music. Because it has a real hard disk inside of it with four gigabytes of memory, you can store up to 2,000 songs in WMA format at 64kbps, or up to 1,000 songs in higher quality MP3 format at 128kbps. This unit comes able to play not just MP3 and WMA files, but protected WMA files, and even uncompressed WAV files at full CD quality. You can even play iTunes on your Archos 104 by downloading the proper update from the Archos website, and as new audio formats are created, future updates will also be made available on the manufacturer's website so your Archos will continue to support the newest and best audio formats. Using a standard audio cable, you can also play your music through a home entertainment system, allowing you to bring your entire CD collection with you anywhere, and play it over anyone's sound system.
Putting music on your Archos 104 is as easy as dragging and dropping any of your unprotected music files. For protected, purchased music from PlaysForSure web sites, it's as easy as clicking the Sync button in Windows Media Player. With its USB 2.0 high speed port, transfers are finished before you know it, and the internal battery gets recharged at the same time. The Archos 104 is also ID3 compatible, meaning that the ARCLibrary will sort your music so that you can listen to it by artist, album, title, year, or genre, or just click on shuffle and listen to your music at random. The ID3 tagging also lets you view the CD jacket cover for any of your music while you are listening to it.
With your Archos 104 you can also store and view up to 40,000 photos in JPEG2 or VGA format on the built-in, 1.5-inch OLED color display screen. The use of OLED (organic liquid-crystal display) technology with its smaller carbon-based molecules, creates a screen that is brighter, thinner, lighter, and faster than normal LCD displays, providing you with not only a smaller player, but a screen that is more easily viewed in bright lighting conditions, and at greater angles. All you need to do is transfer pictures from your computer to your Archos 104, and you'll be able to easily look at them in high quality, wherever you are.
Finally, you can always use the Archos 104 as a portable hard drive to carry important files with you. You can even use the Archos' intuitive double-browser to easily organize, rename, create, copy, move, and delete files and folders, as well as creating your own playlists from the music you already have stored. You can also autosync with Windows Media Player 10 to quickly and easily transfer your songs and your playlists from your PC.
The Archos 104 has a built-in line-out jack as well as its stereo analog earphone output. This unit is not only has a USB 2.0 port, but is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 as well, and can be used with either a PC or a Mac. The built-in rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery provides you with up to 13 hours of music playback or picture viewing, and is not only recharged via the USB 2.0 connection, but can be charged via an optional power charger as well. Firmware updates can be downloaded from www.archos.com so your Archos is always up to date and running at its best. This unit comes in a stylish silver color, and is eminently portable, weighing only 2.8 ounces, and measuring approximately 1.7 x 3.6 x 0.5 inches (W x H x D).
What's in the Box
Archos 104 digital music player, 1 x USB 2.0 cable, 1 x pair of stereo headphones, a quick-start guide (with a full user's manual preloaded on the 104's hard drive, and available for download as a PDF to your PC), and a neck strap.
Lowest New Price: USD 94.99
Lowest Refurbished Price: USD 71.77
- Lightweight digital music player and photo viewer with easy-to-use, intuitive controls and a bright 1.5-inch OLED display screen
- 4 gigabyte hard disk provides you with up to 2,000 songs and up to 40,000 pictures of storage
- Compatible with MP3, WAV, WMA and protected WMA music files, and JPEG picture files
- Uses high-speed USB 2.0 for both file transfers and charging, and includes a rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery with up to 13 hours battery life
- Includes a line-out jack for playing your music through a stereo, weighs only 2.8 ounces, and measures approximately 1.7 x 3.6 x 0.5 inches (W x H x D)
Color: Grey
Model: 500852
Release Date: 2006-09-01

Does not work
Just bought this item and I have to return it. It does not charge and shuts off all the time. Will return it. Yuck! Money wasted!

Horrible Item
This mp3 player, if it can be called that, is a piece of junk. The picture makes it look good but the body is made out of cheap plastic and it feels as though it will break if you push a button. It really looks like a rip off iPod nano, and is the same in quality. The screen has zero definition with regards to pictures, music played alright but it only worked for a matter of minutes!! It was all good and fine until we hooked it up to the computer then we got an error message that it couldn't read the hard disc, and started making a clicking sound until the battery went dead. I wouldn't give this to anyone. I am attempting to return this p.o.s. to the company I bought it from. Seriously, dont buy this item.

Poor Design
I bought this thing in July 2007 - I just threw the thing in the garbage. Many flaws with this product:
-Difficult to navigate
-Audio has smooth transition between songs but you are unable to access the menu for 5-10 seconds while changing songs (very inconvenient if you want to skip a song or stop playing)
-Headphones provided are very uncomfortable
-Randomly cuts to other songs for 5-10 seconds before going back to original song
Spend the money on the iPod it's worth it

Disappointed in product
I had purchased this item a few years ago and my son had no issues with it, yet when I bought the second one I was really shocked it has so many issues. If you buy this item buy directly from Amazon, so if there are any issues with the firmware, you can get it replaced.Otherwise it is easy to load music onto it, has a great lit screen.If only Archos would fix the firmware issue it would be the only mp3 I would purchase.

The Nifty Archos 104 4GB MP3 Player
A small, affordable, general purpose MP3 player comes to mind if you were to ask me to describe the Archos 104. But this baby is not be so ordinary when it comes to performance, and reliability. Underneath this "chic" design is a easy to use, and quite capable player. The sound is good with the built in equalizer. The quaint color display is a very nice touch when using the menu / folder driven file system. This unit will even display jpeg photo's if you wish, or store data files like a jump drive. However, I prefer to stick to the main purpose of this device, which is to play music.
I would prefer a slightly larger H.D. storage capacity over the 4GB, but there is a fair amount of music you can store on it. The same can be said for the built in rechargeable battery life of apx. 13 hrs. Note: you have the option to charge through an optional AC converter, or to use the included usb cable to your computers usb port. Either way, the unit is charged up in about two hours.
The main attraction for me in choosing this model was it's price, versatility, quality, and ease of use. I can still interface it with earlier Microsoft windows operating systems, and would not trade mine in on another model / brand. I really enjoy using this player.







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