Re: no USB connection with my Archos

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi Kevin. Actually, today I did a little experriment, and I've finally got 
windows to see the player. Turns out i just had to be a little more patient 
than I was being. I wasn't giving it enough time.  This is an older model 
and I believe the firmware has to be upgraded. Now aI've hit another issue 
here so maybe one of you guys can help. I can see the contents of the new 
drive, on my system it's the G drive. There's a folder on the drive that is 
called setup.zip. I atempted to click on it and use it from the player 
itself thinking I could just install the firmware update on there, but it 
wouldn't let me. and when I do this, the computer gets really sluggish. I 
want to be able to use this player and while I've moved in the right 
direction I have to make sure I'm doing it correctly so as not to damage 
anything. I need to be able to install this firmware somehow and I'm not 
sure how to do that.

Thanks for any help.
At 02:04 PM 5/8/2005, you wrote:
Hi Chris.
I don't have an Archos player but just thought it worth asking the following
questions.
Firstly, have you another computer you can try to hook up to?  Secondly,
have you tried rebooting the player?  I have a creative jukebox and to do
this there's a pin hole where you can insert a paper clip and in combination
with the play button you can effectively reload the firmware.
I'm wondering whether you have a problem with the USB socket on the player
side and that's why your computer isn't recognising that you're making a
connection.
Regards.
Kevin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 10:46 PM
Subject: no USB connection with my Archos
> Hi folks
> Well, I went ahead and bought an archos Jukebox Studio Recorder 20 Gig mp3
> player/recorder, and it looks very nice.
> My only problem is, that windows xp absolutely refuses to recognize it
when
> I plug it in.
> Here's what I'm doing and I'll reproduce the steps I take so someone who
> understands what is going on can help.
> 1.  I plug one end of the supplied USB cable into the connector on the
archos.
>   2. I take the other end of the cable and I plug it into a USB port on
the
> back of my computer that I know for a fact works. I have another USB
> powered device that works when I plug it into that port so the port works.
> 3.  When I do this, absolutely, positively nothing happens. it's as if
> there's no connection being made, in fact that *is* what's
> happening.  Windows, for whatever reason, isn't finding the device. I've
> installed the drivers from the CD, I've fully charged the unit and it
works
> when I power it on.  So, why on earth will XP not recognize it? and is
> there a way I can force windows to find and recognize it?  Archos says
that
> they have a special USB cable that only works with their products, so I'm
> thinking that there may be a problem with it, but again I'm not sure. Note
> that I've also made absolutely sure that the connections on each end are
> tight and secure.  But nothing is happening. I'd just like to get this
> thing working so I can install the Rockbox software on it and start using
> the unit itself. So, if anyone at all familiar with Archos products has
any
> idea why it's happening and can tell me what to do I would be very
greatful.
>
> Thanks.
>
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