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Archos Docking Adapter - For 404/504/604 | 
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| Brand: Archos
Category: CE
Buy New: £17.99
New (5) from £17.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 4 x 1 x 1
MPN: 500879
Model: 500879
UPC: 690590508798
EAN: 0690590508798
ASIN: B000HJREXA
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships from U.S.A., to anywhere in the United Kingdom! Orders only take 3-5 days! We specialise in service to the U.K. and only ship airmail.
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Product Description
The Docking Adapter is extremely practical and allows you to transfer your digital data (photos, music, videos) easily to your fourth generation Archos portable player from your computer or other USB storage device.The Docking Adapter is light and compact and useful for charging your Archos via the mains adapter supplied!Connections: USB 2.0 host and USB slave.Mains adapter and USB cable.Dimensions: 85 x 15 x 27 mm.Weight: 25 g.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A must have for travelling. May 8, 2008
I recently bought a 405 30gb + Gen5 Video dock and was looking for a convenient charging device as I am shortly off to Greece for my hols. I didn't want to take the Video dock as it is, although light in weight, quite large!
This item does what I want it to do and more. I have transfered pictures from a Nikon using the cameras own USB lead. Also photos from a Canon camera using the docks lead with the smaller usb connector attached to the camera. Saves travelling with different leads doing the same job. I also found that the videos taken with the Canon (very good quality btw) also transferred perfectly. Indeed using the camera as a card reader any files can be downloaded to the unit. The Docking Adapter doesn't need to be connected to an electric supply to do the transfer. Nice to know if you need a hard drive to dump files if your "in the field" so to speak. The dock itself is about 2cm smaller than the 405 and about the weight of a Yale front door key. Because of the light weight you cannot stand the unit upright when docked and in use. No problem for me. Plug in mains convertor is of course heavier and has a green LED to show when powered.
I haven't definitively tested the speed of charging. I can say it is faster than by computer usb and is roughly equivalent to the Gen 5 Video Dock.
I believe it is decent value for money when you consider what else it can do besides charging. It is also a genuine Archos product.
Hope this helps you.
Small, useful and cheap although should be standard August 9, 2007
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
(score is based purely on product and not the overall strategy from Archos)
The travel kit provides three functions:
- dc charging via supplied charger allowing your Archos to be charged directly from the mains (eu and uk plugs supplied)
- connect other USB mass storage devices such as a digital camera to transfer files
- connect the Archos to your PC using a standard mini USB cable (can also charge this way, same as with the original proprietary usb cable)
The travel kit basically does exactly as it says, the dock itself is relatively small with a charger port, mini USB port and full USB port for the three purposes listed above. When connected directly to the mains the Archos will charge faster than over USB. To be clear though, this kit has no video capability which is handled by the other two docks.
I've had no problems using this dock at all, I have the Archos 504 160GB which has been invaluable when recently on holiday as not only did it cover my music and video needs but I was also able to connect my Olympus SLRs to the Archos and backup the pictures from the CF cards daily.
My main grip with this dock is that this functionality should really have been built into the Archos or at least this kit bundled with it. Many people don't like the USB only charging options which many mp3 players now use and the standard mini USB and USB host are extremely useful features. With the larger 50 pound dock I can understand Archos keeping it separate as it's more pricey and not everyone needs to do recording. However I can't complain about the price of this travel dock, for 20 pounds it brings a lot of useful functionality for not much money.
Bearing that in mind I think the product deserves 5 stars, it's compact for travelling, improves the functionality and at a far more reasonable price compared to what some other companies are wanting for mp3 player accessories. If you're going to be travelling without a PC and looking for a solution to back up pictures from your camera or similar to your Archos x04 series this is highly recommended.
Personally I'm finding it very handy that my Archos can finally share the mini usb cables that most of my devices use plus it's a lot more convenient being able to plug it into the mains rather than find my usb to mains adapter or a suitable device with usb port. The USB host capability is the most of useful of all, not only can I copy with the files across but with the Archos I can check that they have all transferred properly.
 to charge archos 404 July 5, 2007
1 out of 17 found this review helpful
well packaged multi contenient adapter to suit my 404 bought at currys at 128 gbp, pricy for a charger u can charge from pc with usb lead supplied with archos 404 but u cannot use usb to transfer direct from dig camera.
i emailed archos with a few gripes but no answer u will have to buy optional plug in software to use video, 19 euro at time. i bought the adapter but as yet untested with my fuji or pentax dig camera.
unit nice compact heavy 30gb storage great for me but xtra high costs
crapcheck out your use against other units and wigh up additional costs
all the best from alittle dissapointed!
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