Archos 3 Vision Player Overview
Hello! Now I will talk about this player, which was presented to the general public in the summer of 2009.
Caution traffic.
Why is this sample of technology interesting? This compact player with 8 GB of memory has a resistive touchscreen for 3 "and a built-in FM transmitter, because of which it was originally purchased. The bottom line is that I would like to listen to my music in the car. It’s early to build a computer and time So far, so the least difficult option was to buy a player with an FM transmitter, and I wanted to get acquainted with the devices of this French company.
And in the box - the player itself, 3 instructions in different languages ​​(who reads them?), A coupon for downloading a dozen tracks for free, a standard USB wire and “gorgeous” Chinese headphones (sound like the best tin cans).
The package is not rich, a box is a piece of cardboard with printing. Let's go to the player.
From the player control buttons - the Slider Enable <-> Block and touch the oval button to go up one step when navigating.
Below the player there is a button Reset - use, which has not yet had (pah-pah-pah).
To communicate with the computer and charge the player using the good old Mini-USB. Well, for listening to music, the standard jack 3.5.
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The menu is intuitive, very reminiscent of symbiosis. Buttons below left to right - “Wallpaper change” (built into the firmware), “Turn on / off transmitter” (conveniently), “Settings”, “Turn off player”. The picture on the left - the transmitter is turned off, on the right, respectively.
Without explanations, this is understandable, I will simply point out some features (numbers - pictures from left to right):
1. Menu selection songs. The top one is to continue from the place where you finished listening. At the very bottom (in the picture did not hit) there is a button for updating the library.
2. Player interface - spectrum analyzer, which can be replaced with an album cover, or with words of a song. The control buttons are too small when you go in the car is not safe to scroll through the music.
There is a slideshow, from the settings only the switching speed. You can change the image with the movement of your finger. The screen in the player is not bad, so the quality, like pictures, and video is good (not great, but good).
In my opinion, it's great that current technologies allow you to run video files on such small devices without conversion. No problem quietly runs all dvd rips in SD resolution (codecs xvid and dvix). Of the minuses: with sharp changes in the image, you can see twitching (IMHO this is the fault of the screen, which does not have time to be updated) and the black color is noisy.
1. Local file manager. Allows you to delete files and read txt files.
2. Reader txt files. Through the menu, you can set, load and delete bookmarks. You can also change the font size small, medium (in the photo), large and its color is white, green, red.
3. Radio, you can make recordings from the air. There is a memory for 8 channels.
4. Voice recorder, works well. I still can’t bring myself to dictate thoughts, although I have long wanted to start.
5. Calendar - convenient, always a small calendar on hand. It is impossible to assign to events - it’s bad (but you can choose the days, although nothing happens).
6. Stopwatch. Nothing unusual.
From the settings there is everything that you can usually change - the brightness of the screen, the time before the screen turns off (you can dim the lighting), idle time and you can even see the firmware version and how much space is occupied.
Screen calibration is easy and is no different from other resistive screen calibrations.
Transmitter settings allow you to quickly change the frequency.
Memory: Flash memory: 8 GB
Compatibility: Windows or Mac and Linux (with mass storage support)
Interface: USB 2.0 high speed
Screen: 3-inch. color touch screen - 400 Ă— 240
Work time: 14 hours of music, 4 hours of video
Video playback: MPEG 1/2/4, WMV (unprotected files), FLV, AVI, RM, RMVB
Music playback: MP3, WMA (unprotected files), WAV, OGG, FLAC
View photos: JPEG, BMP, GIF
FM radio: 87.5 - 108 MHz
Recording: Recording with the built-in microphone or with FM radio
Other applications: Adjustable equalizer, multilingual interface, stopwatch, calendar
Optional: Support for text files (.TXT) and lyrics (.LRC)
Dimensions, weight: 95 Ă— 52 Ă— 9 mm, 56 g
Equipment: ARCHOS 3 vision player, USB cable (for charging and transferring files), headphones, user manual
Resistive type screen, before the first calibration I was upset - it was very difficult to control the player, after management it improved noticeably, although such “oakness” remained.
As they say in the reviews in English, to completely discharge the batteries, it’s enough to watch a 90 minute video and listen to 7 hours of music. It feels that way.
The first thing you feel, taking the player in hand, is that it is incredibly light, well assembled, with no backlash. Incomprehensible case material delivers. The quality of the screen at altitude. The interface is clear, reminiscent of symbian. The sound is good. Features FM-transmitter at the height.
The transmitter will not work normally without headphones, because they are an antenna. There are no volume keys. Some "oak" screen. Strange work of the lock slider, unlock does not always work, you have to perform the operation 2 times. Small buttons in the player interface (driving unsafe). There are some problems with music tags (it doesn't always see them)
For 3,467 rubles (the average price on Yandex), you get a good product that works out this money at 100%. Whether it is the desire to watch the new series on the way to work, or listen to music. And the pros outweigh the cons (and they will be later corrected with new firmware, since there is such a function).
PS Video is not mine, unfortunately there is no normal camera.
Caution traffic.
Why is this sample of technology interesting? This compact player with 8 GB of memory has a resistive touchscreen for 3 "and a built-in FM transmitter, because of which it was originally purchased. The bottom line is that I would like to listen to my music in the car. It’s early to build a computer and time So far, so the least difficult option was to buy a player with an FM transmitter, and I wanted to get acquainted with the devices of this French company.
What is in the box?
And in the box - the player itself, 3 instructions in different languages ​​(who reads them?), A coupon for downloading a dozen tracks for free, a standard USB wire and “gorgeous” Chinese headphones (sound like the best tin cans).
The package is not rich, a box is a piece of cardboard with printing. Let's go to the player.
Appearance
From the player control buttons - the Slider Enable <-> Block and touch the oval button to go up one step when navigating.
Below the player there is a button Reset - use, which has not yet had (pah-pah-pah).
To communicate with the computer and charge the player using the good old Mini-USB. Well, for listening to music, the standard jack 3.5.
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Main menu
The menu is intuitive, very reminiscent of symbiosis. Buttons below left to right - “Wallpaper change” (built into the firmware), “Turn on / off transmitter” (conveniently), “Settings”, “Turn off player”. The picture on the left - the transmitter is turned off, on the right, respectively.
Music
Without explanations, this is understandable, I will simply point out some features (numbers - pictures from left to right):
1. Menu selection songs. The top one is to continue from the place where you finished listening. At the very bottom (in the picture did not hit) there is a button for updating the library.
2. Player interface - spectrum analyzer, which can be replaced with an album cover, or with words of a song. The control buttons are too small when you go in the car is not safe to scroll through the music.
A photo
There is a slideshow, from the settings only the switching speed. You can change the image with the movement of your finger. The screen in the player is not bad, so the quality, like pictures, and video is good (not great, but good).
Video
In my opinion, it's great that current technologies allow you to run video files on such small devices without conversion. No problem quietly runs all dvd rips in SD resolution (codecs xvid and dvix). Of the minuses: with sharp changes in the image, you can see twitching (IMHO this is the fault of the screen, which does not have time to be updated) and the black color is noisy.
Remaining functions
1. Local file manager. Allows you to delete files and read txt files.
2. Reader txt files. Through the menu, you can set, load and delete bookmarks. You can also change the font size small, medium (in the photo), large and its color is white, green, red.
3. Radio, you can make recordings from the air. There is a memory for 8 channels.
4. Voice recorder, works well. I still can’t bring myself to dictate thoughts, although I have long wanted to start.
5. Calendar - convenient, always a small calendar on hand. It is impossible to assign to events - it’s bad (but you can choose the days, although nothing happens).
6. Stopwatch. Nothing unusual.
Settings
From the settings there is everything that you can usually change - the brightness of the screen, the time before the screen turns off (you can dim the lighting), idle time and you can even see the firmware version and how much space is occupied.
Screen calibration is easy and is no different from other resistive screen calibrations.
Transmitter settings allow you to quickly change the frequency.
Those. characteristics (taken from the site):
Memory: Flash memory: 8 GB
Compatibility: Windows or Mac and Linux (with mass storage support)
Interface: USB 2.0 high speed
Screen: 3-inch. color touch screen - 400 Ă— 240
Work time: 14 hours of music, 4 hours of video
Video playback: MPEG 1/2/4, WMV (unprotected files), FLV, AVI, RM, RMVB
Music playback: MP3, WMA (unprotected files), WAV, OGG, FLAC
View photos: JPEG, BMP, GIF
FM radio: 87.5 - 108 MHz
Recording: Recording with the built-in microphone or with FM radio
Other applications: Adjustable equalizer, multilingual interface, stopwatch, calendar
Optional: Support for text files (.TXT) and lyrics (.LRC)
Dimensions, weight: 95 Ă— 52 Ă— 9 mm, 56 g
Equipment: ARCHOS 3 vision player, USB cable (for charging and transferring files), headphones, user manual
Some clarifications
Resistive type screen, before the first calibration I was upset - it was very difficult to control the player, after management it improved noticeably, although such “oakness” remained.
As they say in the reviews in English, to completely discharge the batteries, it’s enough to watch a 90 minute video and listen to 7 hours of music. It feels that way.
Pros.
The first thing you feel, taking the player in hand, is that it is incredibly light, well assembled, with no backlash. Incomprehensible case material delivers. The quality of the screen at altitude. The interface is clear, reminiscent of symbian. The sound is good. Features FM-transmitter at the height.
Minuses
The transmitter will not work normally without headphones, because they are an antenna. There are no volume keys. Some "oak" screen. Strange work of the lock slider, unlock does not always work, you have to perform the operation 2 times. Small buttons in the player interface (driving unsafe). There are some problems with music tags (it doesn't always see them)
Total
For 3,467 rubles (the average price on Yandex), you get a good product that works out this money at 100%. Whether it is the desire to watch the new series on the way to work, or listen to music. And the pros outweigh the cons (and they will be later corrected with new firmware, since there is such a function).
Video:
PS Video is not mine, unfortunately there is no normal camera.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/99070/
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