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Archos AV500 Mobile DVR 100GB Harddrive

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£424.68

(£499.00 inc.VAT)

Model: Archos AV500

Manufactured by: Archos

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Archos AV500 Mobile DVR

Normally delivered next business day if ordered before 3PM

A unique mobile Digital Video Recorder offering direct TV recording and the best of video, photo and music on the go on a 4" color screen.

4" color wide screen
100 GB* hard drive
Easy setup Pod for TV recording & video playback
Control your VCR, Cable or Satellite receiver
Record directly TV or make scheduled recordings
Photo wallet & music player
Enjoy up to 400 hours of video1, 250 movies1 or 1 million photos1 on the go (Depend upon the hard drive capacity)

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Features of Archos AV500 .

Easy TV set up and control

After installing the TV docking pod in a one-time set-up operation, record directly television programs, movies and home videos directly from your TV, VCR, DVD player², cable box or satellite receiver (PAL & NTSC) ... and watch on the go! With the integrated scheduler you can program your recording. Schedule for a week or even a month.

Record directly from TV

Record directly television programs, movies and home videos directly from your TV, VCR, DVD player², cable box or satellite receiver (PAL & NTSC) ... and watch on the go! With the integrated scheduler you can program your recording schedule for the week or even the month. The Archos AV500 will digitally encode in real time all of your recordings.

Play Video

Play back your favourite programs on the the 4" widescreen or on any external screen with a near DVD quality. Play Windows Media®, protected Windows Media®⁴ and MPEG-4⁶ video files. The AV 500 offers many functionalities such as slow motion, adjustable screen size, video editing or even a video bookmarking function

Photo wallet

The Archos AV500 acts as a great digital photo companion accessory. Transfer up to one million photos¹ directly from your digital camera⁴ or from another mass storage device using the built-in USB host connection. Thanks to the high speed USB 2.0 connector, download pictures from your computer. Organize photos and watch them in slideshows on the Archos AV500 screen or any external display.

Connectivity

The AV 500 has a USB Host Port enabling you to copy, share, connect and transfer files directly from other powered mass storage devices. Additionally, the AV 500 is recognized as a mass storage drive on your PC or Mac enabling you to store any computer files using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface (backward USB 1.1 compatible at a lower speed).

Music Player

The Archos AV500 features a music player. Easily organize songs with the enhanced ARCLibrary and customize your view by artist, album, type of music, title, year, and play lists without having to use a computer. The Archos AV500 also offers an audio recording application to record (encoding in real time) in WAV (PCM or ADPCM), from almost all analog stereo sources. You can also use the stereo microphone if you want to record notes and consult them easily.

PC autosync

With the Archos AV500 you may purchase, download, subscribe to or rent protected video and music content from the Microsoft PlaysForSure™ websites. Using the high-speed USB 2.0 interface, the Archos AV500 will easily auto-synchronize this content with Windows Media® Player 10 each time you connect it to your PC, or convert your Windows Media® Player 10 library content to one of the many compatible formats (MP3, WMA, WAV, protected WMA, MPEG-4⁶, WMV and protected Windows Media Video⁴).

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Technical Specification of Archos AV500.

Capacity	*100 GB Hard drive** store up to 400 hours of video1, 250 movies1, 55,000 songs1 or 1,000,000 photos1
Display	4" LCD 480x272 pixels, 262 000 colours and TV output.
Video recording	MPEG-4⁶ SP and stereo sound, optimised resolution for TV up to 640x480 @ 30 f/s, in AVI format.
Video playback	MPEG-4⁶ SP with B-Frames with stereo sound. Near DVD quality up to 720x480 @ 30 f/s (NTSC), 720x576 @ 25 f/s (PAL), AVI file format. WMV9 (including protected files) up to 352x288 @ 30 f/s, and 800 KBit/s⁴.
Music recording	From an analog source in stereo sound for WAV (PCM & ADPCM) format.
Music playback	Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 kb/s CBR & VBR, WMA (including protected WMA files), WAV (PCM & ADPCM).
Photo viewer	JPEG (except progressives) or BMP. Download photos from computer through USB 2.0 port. Transfer photos from digital camera³ through USB Host port.
AV connections	Earphones / Audio & Video line out. TV pod with video pass through, AV in & out cables (SCART In & Out for European version) and IR emitter cable for tuner control of VCR, cable box or satellite receiver.
Speaker	Built-in speaker. Built-in microphone.
Interfaces	USB 2.0 high-speed device, compatible USB 1.1, PC & Mac. USB Host port compatible Mass Storage Device.
Battery life	Up to 15 hours⁵ for music. Up to 4.5 hours⁵ for video on built-in LCD. Removable battery (additional battery - optional - 3 different models)
Scalability	Download firmware updates from www.archos.com
Minimum system requirements	For TV, VCR, Cable box, or satellite receiver connection: Audio & video in/out RCA jacks (connection TV cable(s) provided in box - including SCARTs for EU version) For computer connection: • Minimum computer configuration: PC with Windows® ME, or 2000, and USB 2.0 port. Macintosh® G3 with MAC OS v10.2.4 or higher, Macintosh® G3 and USB 2.0 port. • Minimum configuration for Playsforsure™ content: PC with Windows® XP SP1 or higher operating system, Windows Media® Player 10 or higher, and USB 2.0 port.
Power source	Internal: rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery. External: AC charger/adapter.
Dimensions	For 100 GB* model approx.: 7.6 x 12.4 x 2.4 cm - 3 x 4.9 x 0.9 "
Weight	For 100 GB* model: 315 g - 11.11 oz
Package includes	AV 500, USB 2.0 cable, USB host adapter, AC adapter & charger, stereo headphones, protective case, user guide, TV Pod, remote control (with batteries), audio/video cables (SCART in and SCART out for European version).

(*) 1 GB = 1 billion bytes, formatted capacity is less.
(1) On average; based on 100 GB* hard drive; based on 3.5 mins/song & 64 kbits/s WMA (for better quality 128 Kbit/s or more recommended), on 500 kbits/s MPEG-4 audio/video encoding and 1h30/movie (for near DVD Quality 1500 Kbits/s encoding or more recommended), on JPEG, VGA.
(2) External video output disabled for Macrovision®-protected contents.
(3) Only cameras compatible with USB Mass Storage Class.
(4) Microsoft WMV9 Simple Profile up to 352x288@30f/s and 800 KBit/s ; supports WM DRM.
(5) Battery life may vary with use.
(6) MPEG-4 SP with B-Frames AVI (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group ; AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft) up to 720x480@30f/s NTSC or 720x576@25f/s PAL; has not been certified by DivX, Inc., may not read all DivX® 4.0 & 5.0 files; does not read DivX® 3.11 & 6.0 files; DivX® registered trade mark of DivXNetworks, Inc.

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