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Archos Gmini 220 20 GB MP3 Jukebox Recorder Ph The following report compares gadgets using the SERCount Rating (base on the result count from the search engine). |
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POPULAR HAT - 2005-03-07 06:14:00 | © Copyright 2004 - www.hat.net () | sitemap | top |
This is the first MP3 player that I have bought, although I have used MusicMatch on my laptop for a couple of years.
What attracted me was that it was by far the cheapest player with this size of HDD, with this many features (MP3, WAV, CF card reader, Mic in, Analog + SPDIF line in). It also came with a universal (120-240V) power supply, an audio cable and adapter plug, and MusicMatch Plus 8.0 on a CD.
It came with OS 1.3.0 installed, but I upgraded to OS 1.9.0 straight away. This is currently (Apr 04) a free download from Archos. This includes the Photo Wallet and Recorder plug-ins by default. Easy upgrade. 2 minutes. Sound quality is excellent through the supplied earbuds, although I like a little more bass. Will try later with my big Sennheiser headphones.
To address all the negative points that people wrote:
Comments about the review
The only real problem so far has been getting my 2-year old laptop (HP Omnibook 500, Win2k, Intel 82371AB USB chipset) to recognise it as a HDD. Windows didn't find the drive although the Gmini displayed 'USB connected', and the PC wouldn't shut down afterwards. It took me about 2 hours, hacking about with it, downloading drivers from Intel and Archos and trying to install them. I don't know what I did exactly, as the Intel drivers wouldn't install (already there), but I think I added the Archos supplied driver for a HDD as 'Other Devices' in Control Panel -> Add hardware. Anyway, after a reboot, the PC found the Gmini and no more Windows lock-ups. In contrast, a new Dell desktop PC with WinXP found the Gmini first time, without drivers.