Archos AV400

Hi peeps,

Can anyone help me with this one, I've been given very kindly an av400 archos media machine but it needs a new battery and a hard drive (no hdd or battery in it at all), I've bought a new battery off fleabay but I just needed to check what sort of hard drive goes in it (sata/ide/max size etc), I know it has to be a 2.5 inch drive but thats about it,the archos support site is no help as it insists not to 'upgrade' the hdd but what if there isnt any at all? If anyone has one or knows about them your advice would be really appreciated.

Cheers

Phil

[tigersaw]

Did you get the cradle, remote and all the leads? I have one somewhere all boxed up, its a pretty good piece of kit. It came in several hard drive sizes, and they are not upgradeable as far as I remember, the AV420 was a 20 gig, and there were bigger versions, up to 60 or 80 gig? There was an advantage to having the 20 gig, smaller size and better batteryI think.. been a while since I used it. I have extra leads to make it a complete portable recorder, it uses a funny 4 pole jacvk plug I believe.

My mate is gonna give me the docking station and all the leads it needs tomorrow just need to get myself a hard drive and solder a new battery in place - battery part of it is sorted as far as i can tell but the hard drive has got me stumped - I'm assuming its a 20gb sata 2.5 inch drive but dont want to buy just in case its not right...

[tigersaw]

Dont know, had mine a few years, when Lost came out, I watched it on the train, so thats 3 or 4 years? Not sure if Sata was the device of choice back then.
Just done some googling, it says the AV420 used a 1.8" drive, not 2.5".
You talk about soldering in a new battery - that suggests you dont have the 420 - they were removeable. You need to identify the model methinks.

av400 - the clue is in the title.....

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by 5v5 rider

av400 - the clue is in the title.....

There is no AV400 - that refers to the range

Ah bollock5!! My mate just said..its an av400, it even says av400 on the back of the unit and when I went to the archos site and dloaded the pdf doc http://www.archos.com/support/downlo..._Manual_V2.pdf it does state 'av400 series' so I havent got a bloody clue now

[tigersaw]

If the battery pack is removeable, its a 420, thats a 20 gig 1.8" hitachi drive.
if you cant change the battery, its a 440 or 480, using a 40 or 80 gig 2.5" drive.

the battery pack has 2 wires (red and black) coming out of it and they are soldered into place at the bottom left corner of the system board so to remove it you would have to resolder it....does that help at all??

[tigersaw]

the 420 has a pack with the battery in in that comes off, like a mobile phone, it is meant to be changeable so you can have several batteries - yours does not sound like that, so I guess a 440 or 480 then.