Archos Jukebox Multimedia 20 user reviews (W/photo module)

1.5 stars

"consistantly disappointed with product" on April 29, 2005 by mpschilling

Pros: hard drive size, flash attachment

Cons: battery life, support, weight

Summary: When I first got my Archos, it really was a great new toy. Then I walked to the bus. Between the weight and short battery life, it became a burden, but my only option. Eventually I bought the FM Tuner attachment. This only succeeded in destroying the audio out connection. I finally gave up when the battery (or the firmware I've always suspected) wouldn't allow me to listen to more than 10 minutes of music and Archos stopped updating the firmware.

I purchased a new (non-Archos) mp3 player/flash drive.

Now, the Archos brick is relegated to being what I take along for party music only if I know there is an electrical outlet nearby. I very delicately have to set the unit down because of the audio out problem, and hope that in the middle of the party the unit doesn't start screeching audio, as it's wont to do.

I write this lengthy review in the hopes that Archos monitors postings and learns from past mistakes.

2.5 stars

"Plays mp3s, but ugly, bad battery, etc..." on January 30, 2005

Pros: I've owned this, the Aireo Soniqcast, and the 20 gb iPod in the last month... Cool features, good price for a 20 gb if you shop correctly (I got the unit and basic accessories, plus camera module for $180 on ebay). Bright LCD screen.

Cons: "bad" battery compared to other products. I personally didn't mind it too much because I really only use an mp3 player for walking to class and donating plasma, which the battery easily lasts through; it's only about four hours of playing mp3s. The bigges

1.0 stars

"Good luck with the photos!" on December 25, 2004

Pros: In fact I bought the 40G then in a trip I downloaded 25,000 photos by connecting directly my compact flashs, erased them and taking more pictures.

Cons: 10,000 of those pictures ended-up overlapped, unreadable or erased!!! I tried to update the main program that might fix those problems. Since then, I can only load pictures and music from a computer but I cann't use the Jukebox itself neither load pictur

3.0 stars

"good features, but didnt live up to what i had hoped" on November 30, 2004

Pros: The Customer service that I recieved was outstanding...... and thats about it.

Cons: 1. Its heavy 2. The headphones hurt your ears 3. battery sucks 4. Bad design I am on my fourth Archos MM20. On the first one i had, the top battery piece would keep on popping off. On my second one the backlight wouldnt go on, and when it did it would f