I need to restart my archos with reset button

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there's a possible error on the disk or the archos storage, - a certain corrupt file could possibly the one making the unit into freeze..

POst back here again

Thank you

Hi,

Did you try power cycling the unit?

I have found a solution for this issue, if you hold down the volume button and the power button for several seconds the Archos goes into a restore type mode. You then plug it into your computer and download the latest firmware update and cut and paste it onto the archos removable hard drive icon that appears in my computer. It will take a few minutes to update but then it will work perfectly.

i had this problem recently when charging on the DVR docking station, i switched it off, took the battery off, left it for a shirt time then pressed the reset, it took a few attempts but eventually it restarted 

Please open Battery cover and PRess Small Golden button just near the HDD , it will restart the Devie

Hi,

A couple of things you can try:

1. hard reset the 704 using the button under the battery right hand side;
2. reformat the unit (but that would of course delete contents).

Just curious, did you try/did a firmware update recently? Additionally, the manual has some details on troubleshooting as well as Archos online support.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

Thank you for using FixYa.

no i dont

Just watching a movie and my archos just froze in mid play , did a switch off to rest it and guess what it wont restart , ses ARCHOS in green at the start but wont reeboot have tried the reset button inside but no joy what so ever , any tips or advice 'or shall i just ship it back to Archos ....

We called tech support and you fix it by doing a reset on the base of the device. We used a paperclip to push the button. Hope this helps!