Archos 3 Vision 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Red) Reviews
Archos 3 Vision 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Red) Reviews
Other products by Archos Inc. dba Archos Technologies Ratting 3.0 Out of 5.0 Special Offer Total New 19 Total Use 0
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Amazon.com Product Description
Right Sized and Right PricedThe ARCHOS 3 vision media player is a full-featured, affordable media player packed with a bright and sharp 3-inch LCD touchscreen, 8 GB of storage, and an FM transmitter. Just the ticket for making all your photos, music, and videos, truly portable.
 Ultra-thin design with a sharp, bright 3-inch LCD touch-screen. Click to enlarge. |
 Matte red back metal plate for added visual flair. |
 Browse music by title, album, artist, genre, or your own favorites. Click to enlarge. |
 Enjoy your videos in landscape. Click to enlarge. |
3-Inch LCD Touchscreen
The ARCHOS 3 vision screen is big and bright enough to show off your best photos and videos, but the device will still fit into your pocket. The touchscreen interface boasts a virtual scroll dial that lets you quickly zip through long lists of music files.
Your Music
The ARCHOS 3 vision is perfect for music fans, with up to 14 hours of music playback before recharging and support for MP3, WMA, and WAV formats. The music library shows music by title, album, artist, genre, or your own favorites. With 8 GB of disk capacity to store over 4,000 songs, you'll have no problem saving tons of music and podcasts onto your device. And with the lyrics function, you can actually see song lyrics display right across the screen.
Your Video
ARCHOS has always been the leader in portable video. This device is able to read a number of video file formats meaning that most everything you throw on it will play without conversion--MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, FLV, AVI, RM, and RMVB.
Your Photos
The ARCHOS 3 makes a great little photo wallet. Display them one by one or play as a slide show. For a little more fun, add a soundtrack--your favorite song.
FM Radio
The ARCHOS 3 vision has a built-in FM Radio. Set the radio presets to your favorite stations and your music, news or other programs are just few screen-taps away.
FM Transmitter
With the FM Transmitter you won't need any cables in your car. Just select the frequency you want to transmit, lay your ARCHOS on your dashboard, and it will transmit your music or podcasts to your radio, for enjoyment right through your car's speakers.
Voice Recorder
Need a voice recorder for a classroom lecture or personal notes? The ARCHOS 3 vision has a built-in microphone that will allow you to record audio for hours if needed.
Stopwatch/Calendar
The ARCHOS 3 vision also includes stopwatch and calendar applications to round out the list of functions.
What's in the Box
ARCHOS 3, headphones, USB cable (for charging and file transfer), user manual
Technical Details
- 8 GB capacity for up to 4000 songs- 14 hours of audio or 4 hours of video on a single charge
- 3-inch LCD touchscreen display with 400 x 240 pixel resolution
- Supports MP3, WMA, and WAV audio formats; MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, FLV, AVI, RM
- One-year limited warranty
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By Pavel Popa
I bought this Archos 3 Vision player online for around $70. I was lured in by the chocolate brown color, the wide range of file support, and the FM transmitter. Impressed by previous Archos offerings, I decided to try this new player out.
When I first saw the item, I was extremely surprised by how small it was. My old MP3 player (a Philips SA6145 MP3 Player (Black)) has a 3.5" screen and is quite large. I regretted buying this Archos 3 immediately after seeing its small size, which is (no joke) barely bigger than a credit card. The only reason I left my perfect Philips was for a touch screen interface that the Philips didn't have. I very much regret doing that now, as I realize that my Philips was really a great player.
And the touch screen, you may ask? It's truly horrible. It always requires at least two presses to respond correctly; pitiful for any touch screen player. And there's no way to scroll by dragging. No, you have to use a "scroll wheel" (a little circle that lights up when the touch the area of the lower, right-hand part of the screen) and turn it in a circular motion to move the page. I really missed real buttons then.
After loading some files onto the Archos, I was very happy with the 8 GB of storage space on this Archos compared to only 4 on my Philips. I loaded some AVI, FLV, and WMV files on the player and was extremely impressed with the quality of the Archos' screen. But after only 3 seconds of a high-quality AVI file, the player froze completely. The touch screen didn't respond at all, neither did pressing the home button (one of the only real buttons on the player located on the face of the player underneath the screen). I had to turn off the player and back on again, only to have it do the same thing. I converted this AVI file to WMV using my Philips' converter software, and the files played fine on my player, although the quality was, disappointingly, not as good. I then loaded several MP3 files onto the Archos and was saddened to see that, although the quality was good, half the album art and tagging info didn't show up on the player. This was never a problem with my Philips.
In addition, using the touch screen for music control was abysmal. The volume slide would not change, and several presses was what it took to change the volume to where I wanted it to go. Now, the truly main reason why I wanted a touch screen was to be able to press the seek bar and instantly go to any part of the movie I wanted, and the Archos did this fine. 1 good thing, finally.
The accessories included are the USB cord for charging and file transfer, the included earphones, and the user manual. The USB cord was fine, but the included headphones were the definition of terrible. Sound quality was extremely poor, and running was impossible, after about 15 seconds of running, an earbud would pop out of my ear. Terrible. The user manual was simply a fold out map in three languages of the stuff you can read on the Amazon webpage. However, there was an offer for 75 free songs from Archos, but it was really a scam to get my to sign up with my credit card on an obligation-based program.
My overall views on this product spell out one word: disappointment. I was extremely impressed with the Archos 5 and the Archos 604, but this player was a sore disappointment. Archos really lost out on a great opportunity of making a smaller player in their line. Instead of making a quality product, they threw together a player and polished it. Everything was abysmal about this player, and not even the color satisfied me. It turned out to be more of a purple than brown in natural light. But in more serious terms, the horrible touch screen, the freezing while playing back files, the poor earphones, and the uncertainty of album art and info transferring to the player makes me award this player with a 1 star. Stay far, far, away.
By R. Farrar (Philadelphia,PA)
Purchase was a great buy for the price, many features were very easy to use and understand.
By Tu N. Tu
I can not find out the wall and car chargers for Archos 3 vision.
Can I use cellphone car and wall charger for this.
By M. Robertson (Sacramento)
Units came with little to no instructions. Technical support was nil. FM output did not work.
I returned this product and bought the Latte Espresso for about the price. It has way more
features, more memory, better instructions, FM output works great and is very well built.
By C. Horn
Only reason I was buying this is because of the FM transmitter. But it hisses all the time and the sound quality is not where it should be. Even the radio sounds clearer which is sad considering it catches signals further than your mp3 player just sitting right next to the antenna in the car.
Even if it didn't have a FM Transmitter, the file tagging and the interface is just horrible. It looks like it was one of those chinese knockoffs.
The style of the mp3 player is fine, I like that it was touch screen.
I am going with a Apple 30GB 5th generation, even if doesn't have a FM transmitter.
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