Archos 2 8GB MP3 Player/Radio - Black

Instruction sheet that comes with player very basic and no further instructions on Archos website. No mention in these of the radio. You have to find out by trial and error that the volume control buttons don't work on the radio! It is set at the volume you last used the music function. If you want to change the radio volume you have to switch back to music adjust it and then switch back to radio. Supplied headphone hard with no felt pads and are low gain. Found volume levels of unit fine when used with my usual headphones. Sound quality sounds alright to me. Good value MP3 player ( not interested in photos or video functions) but sparse instructions might be a bit daunting for a new MP3 player user.

Lovely compact MP3 player with a Li battery that charges from any USB port. Easy to use just looks like another drive on the PC. I use Media Jukebox to manage mp3's and it transfers files to the Archos with no difficulty.I couldnt believe how many albums it holds - just seems to keep on accepting them.The menu system is great, you can choose artist, album, or track and quality is superb. Simple controls, easy to use. OK I love it!What I'd like - a bigger brighter screen so I can use it in the car.

A solid little device. Looks good. Controls not very intuitive to start with. I found they took a lot of getting used to. Sound is improved using better quality headphones/earphones. Display font size is very small. I struggle when I'm out and about to see the display without my reading glasses(haven't had this problem with other players). Excellent memory size for the price. Only lists by album, artist or song titles (alphabetial order) - not by, e.g. genre, which I find very useful, i.e. if you want just classical, podcast, pop, etc. Couldn't get the video converter software to work (files have to be in a certain format) - am still awaiting Archos support to get back to me on this issue.Great that this has the ability to be expanded using a micro SD card - and great that it has an FM radio, which I found works quite well.So overall quite a mixed review (on balance I prefer my Sony device).

The Archos 2 is so nearly a good product, but sufers from one flaw which means that it is not fit for purpose. Mp3s like podcast or audio book tracks can easily be an hour or more long. This is why at power-on good mp3 players allow you to re-start at the point you stopped. The Archos doesn't, it just goes back to the start of the track so you have to fast-forward and guess where to start. Hopeless.So I'll be going back to the 1Gb Sony that I'd intended to replace, despite the apallingly abysmal software that you have to use to copy files onto it.Very disappointing. Product specifications should really tell us important stuff like this. Look elsewhere.

Just about makes it as a music player - even for the money I'm not impressed - so I returned it. Idiosyncratic interface - drives you crazy as it's not intuitive , ineffective video conversion software - nothing you convert plays on the Archos even though they provide the software. When you visit the Archos web site to update the firmwire - the model's not listed. Nor are you able to contact customer services.Also provided in the package is a small flyer with link to a website which should offer 35 free songs and 1 free audio book - needless to say the web site doesn't exist.All in all crap.I bought the 8gb Samsung and also the 8gb Philips Go gear - which are both infinitely superior - you pay a little more but it's well worth it. Oddly enough it was cheaper by far on ebay though e-retailer Zavvi.

you get what you pay for and this is just that.It's a basic mp3 player, it was relatively easy to load up with music, the sound quality is good.I purchased it because Archos are a well known makeit should be of good quality and fit for purposewhat more can one ask or expect.

Simple controls to operate the device.Playing MP3 music is easy.

The Archos 2 works for me as a simple MP3 player, but it has some imperfections. It does not distinguish between albums with small differences in title, in my case a set of language learning CDs, which it lumps together as a single album. When playing it often does not respond to the pause button without several presses. It does not provide for 'rewind' within a track, which I would like: one can only move on or back to the start of a track.On the positive side it is small and quite elegant. I think that it is reasonably priced for what you get.