Hi i just got a new archos 3cam vision. throught using windows media player10 I have transfrerred my cds onto the MP4 player. the problem i am having is that some of the tracks are coming saying playback error and skipping onto the next available track i would be grateful of your help in solving this problem thanks

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What format did you rip it to? Is it supported by the player. Try converting the files to mp3 then adding them.

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I managed to overcome the problem by doing a factory reset. Unfortunately doing this initially created more problems in that on reboot the main screen appearance looked as it should but was almost inoperable. When the usb cable was connected to my pc the disc did appear on My Computer . The system folder was only 1MB. By good fortune I had copied and saved my Archos files before I carried out the factory reset. Copying the original system files ( about 20MB) back to my Archos returned normal behaviour. Further, two additional buttons appeared. One was a manual arclibrary update button and the other a USB setup button . I cannot get file transfer to operate under windows media player mode and Windows media player 11. No problem though. I use PC hard drive mode and carry out a manual arclibrary update. None of this was possible prior to the factory reset. I believe I would still be having serious problems had I not saved and restored my system files

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Okay, I just started reading your problem and started freaking out because it was happening to me and I suddenly thought that I would have to replace it. But luckily, my only problem was that I needed to prop-up my archos while it was plugged in. I would think that somewhere down the line, me and you have both knocked something loose in the connector. Luck to you, cheers.

SOURCE: I have a Archos 605

I`m solved this problem
When playing MP3 press the i simbol on screen
to see info of the MP3 file , if you have file with 48 kHz not sure about bitrate convert this file to 44 kHz
and any bitrate you want and replase old file with new file


Strange this file (48 kHz 320 kb/s) playin whithout any problem when backlight is on

SOURCE: Not playing new tracks loaded onto mp3 from pc

You may have a bad sector on the HDD where those files has been saved. Please check my other fix responses to be able to format your HDD and reinstall the firmware version 2.1 which is the latest one right now. I recommend after the HDD formatted do a disk repaire using Windows. Keep it mind you will lose all the contents and plugins from loaded to the device you need to decide which one is more important saving the Archos or losing the contends. If you be play it safe i'd say send it to archos and have them replace the HDD it costs about 150-170 $ but they will be able to put your plugins back in. and you will have 3 months warrant on their fix.