Archos 104 6GB MP3 and WMA Digital Music Player and Photo Viewer, Black
Your Price:
USD189.99
Specifications:
Lightweight digital music player and photo viewer with
easy-to-use, intuitive controls and a bright 1.5-inch OLED display
screen
6 gigabyte hard disk provides you with up to 3,000 songs
and up to 60,000 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)
Technical Details
Model number: Archos 104
Item number: 500863
Capacity: 1-inch technology hard drive with 6 GB, up to
3,000 songs, up to 60,000 photos
Display: 1.5-inch OLED color screen, 262 000 colors
Music playback: Stereo MP3 decoding at 30-320 kbps CBR and
VBR, WMA, protected WMA (PlaysForSure download and subscription), WAV
(PCM), ID tag 3 compatible
Audio connections: Stereo analog earphones, line-out jack
Photo viewer format: JPEG
Interfaces: High-speed USB 2.0, backward compatible to USB
1, PC and Mac
Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-Ion
Battery life: Up to 13 hours
Scalability: Dowloadable firmware updates from
www.archos.com
Minimum system requirements: Windows ME, 2000 or XP or Mac
OS version 10.3.9 (hard drive mode only); USB 2.0 interface (compatible
with USB 1.1 at a lower speed); for protected WMA (PlaysForSure
download and subscription) files: Windows XP SP1 or higher with Windows
Media Player 10
Power source: Charged via USB 2.0 port; optional power
charger available
Dimensions: 1.7 x 3.6 x 0.5 inches (W x H x D)
Weight: 2.8 ounces
Color: Black
What's in the box: Archos 104 digital music player and
photo viewer, 1 x USB 2.0 cable, 1 x pair stereo headphones, quick
start guide (full manual preloaded on 104's hard drive, downloadable to
PC as PDF), 1 x neck strap
Product Description
With the Archos 500863 104 6GB MP3 and WMA Digital Music Player and
Photo Viewer (Black), 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 six gigabytes of memory, you
can store up to 3,000 songs in WMA format at 64kbps, or up to 1,500
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 allows you to
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 60,000 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 match-everything black 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).
