Archos AV500

[Tomas Szklarski]

Hi Marc,

 

 

I don't know the name of the regulator, I just ordered it from Fred. You should be able to get it for any Archos. You just need to know the Volts that your particular archos operates at so he can downconvert (is that the right term) from 12V to what ever volts your Archos is.

 

I sent a pic to you.

 

 

-Tom

[Lars Erik]

Hey, did did a search, but didn't find any solutions.

 

I've got the Archos 500. It works great, only thing is that I'm having capture problems. When I set it on auto, it always records in 4:3, even though the original format is 16:9. And if I set it at 16:9, it cuts the top and bottom. Has anyone countered a similar problem? Gosh, it's irritating. Any tips and tricks is more than welcomed.

 

Thanks

 

LE

[Tomas Szklarski]

Hi,

I have the 700 so I am not totally familiar with the 500, I have only seen it in the store. But do you mean on playback that it's cut at top and bottom? I have that problem...but to fix it, you have to go into the menu on the side of the screen and choose "video format"....then choose "original picture"...and then it will play the original without cropping. I have never had a problem with it cutting off the image during capture, the whole picture has always been there.

 

The only time I have ever had a problem with "auto format" while capturing was when I hooked it up to my Avid and tried to lay a sequence down to it, the Archos would always say the footage was 16x9 even though it was 4x3...so I just set it manually now for everything.

 

Hope that helps!

 

-Tom

[Lars Erik]

Hey Tom,

 

my Archos will record the whole frame. But if the original picture is 16:9, it records the whole picture in 4:3. And when I press "original picture", it still shows it in 4:3. If I try to record a 16:9 picture in 16:9, it crops the top and bottom.

[Tomas Szklarski]

hmmm...I don't know what to tell you, I haven't had that problem, talk to Archos. If you recorded the 16x9 image in 4x3...the Archos is going to playback the picture in 4x3 no matter if you hit "original picture" because you recorded it in 4x3. All I know is that on playback no matter what aspect ratio you record it in, it always zooms in on the picture...and the only way to get it to playback full frame in what ever aspect ratio you recorded in is to choose "original picture."

So let's say I record something in 16x9, well when I go to play back, the Archos zooms in on the picture for playback so the top and bottoms are cut off, but if I go and choose "original picture," it will play the 16x9 like it was recorded in full frame.

It's irritating to me that by default it zooms in on the picture, I still can't figure out why it does that. But it's a small irritation, I love it and it's great to be able to playback right away.

 

I'm sorry if I am making points you are well aware of, I just wanted to make sure other people reading understood the whole zooming in thing that it does.

Anyway, sorry I couldn't help

-Tom

[Lars Erik]

Ok guys,

 

Archos contacted med and told me that the anamorphic recording on the 500 was a problem they're working on. They said they should be able to solve the problem with a new firmware that should be available for download in a short time.

 

LE