[pchelpers] Re: Archos is pretty sneeky, BAD Archos FM Recorder

  • From: "Ron & Rhonda" <rnr@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:32:31 -1000

Dear tactilelady

People sell anything on eBay! And to me that is a good thing! For example, I
have the cutest little Honda C70 Motorcycles. I built these one piece at a
time! Took me a year of searching everyday! But I have everything I need for
3 Bikes so far, go eBay.

Well my Archos is exactly the way the designed it, not broken and in
excellent condition! Just a defective design! The shortcoming is FM
recording but they don't disclose that little fact, in fact the boast how
wonderful it records FM. Shame on them.

This device was originally designed as a plug-in hard drive! This is fine
for that purpose!

I will disclose the short comings of the FM Recording in the Auction, but
thanks for keeping me straight!

Ron









----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tactilelady" <penwal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 1:00 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Archos is pretty sneeky, BAD Archos FM Recorder


Um why would you sell something defective on ebay?
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> Dear List.
>
> Archos FM Recorder happens to be a bad product for us. If anyone else has
> purchased one of these recently please return it ASAP. Mine is 31 days old
> and I am stuck with it even though at the 23 day point I asked for a
refund.
>
> The defect is this: The solid state memory holds 1140 - 1150 kbs of memory
> that it holds until it is time to write that amount of information to the
> hard disk. When writing that now recorded recording to the hard disk the
> drive actually creates static and distorts the FM signal, hence static and
> distortion to the recordings.
>
> This is a design defect. just 3 weeks ago Archos decided to discontinue
> (after selling these for 3 years) conveniently has a new product! No they
> don't want the old one back.
>
> I am perplexed as to what to do other than sell this on eBay, also what to
> buy next is another problem.
>
> Sorry if I influenced anyone to buy one of these and of course any
> recordings I promised will be defective but some are better than others,
you
> can get them at my site www.1914.net.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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