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archos 705 tv out touchy
jeegnesh
22-04-2009
Hi,

I got an archos 705 (BTW - £159.99 at argos right now if you can find one in stock). Main purpose is to connect up to my car screens for the kids.

So i tried using a sony camcorder cable 3.5mm to 3 RCA (yellow, red, white), but it would not work, if i pushed in the 3.5mm half in then the picture came fine. I realised the circles on the 3.5mm jack must be configured different.

Picked up Belkin ipod video cable from halfords, did not work either.

Picked up cable from Maplin, cheap brand this worked fine for both audio and video. However the picture was really grainy not as good as the first cable i used when i got the picture working only.

Can anyone recommend a good cable so i can get the best auido and video out please. Hopefully at a reasonable cost too.

Thanks.

BTW - The 705 is a pretty good machine from my little experience.
dmp
22-04-2009
You will have to check the configuration for the plug coming out of the archos and the input into the dvd player, possibly shown in the book that should have come with the archos.
Dave
jeegnesh
22-04-2009
I doubt that will help. Here's how I have been testing:

Plug the 3.5mm jack into the archos and then plug yellow (video), red and white (audio) directly into my TV and test. I also try it via my home amplifier to double check I am getting the same results.
Matt-08
22-04-2009
Archos do their own AV Cable - it would be a bummer if that didn't work. Don't think they are that expensive too.

Also, are you sure you have your TV out setting set to PAL and not the American standard, NTSC? This sometimes makes the picture black and white when viewing on a UK TV.
jeegnesh
22-04-2009
any chance of a link, I cannot find it on the archos site, am searching myself, but if anyone has a link or where I can buy this from I would be very grateful.
Matt-08
22-04-2009
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Audio-video-...pr_product_top


Did you read the second half of my post?
jeegnesh
22-04-2009
Sorry buddy, I did read in my rush to find the cable forgot to respond. It was the first thing I done, it came set on NTSC, I have it set to PAL I know the settings are good as one of the cables worked, but the picture was very grainy, I am not expecting amazing quality but I am pretty sure it should not be that bad.

Thanks for the amazon link. I also managed to find the cable hidden deep in the archos site, its not there as an accessory to 705, but on this page http://www.archos.com/store/bsearch....=archos705wifi there the cable but listed for gen 4, as 405 and 605 do not have TV out from the device I guess, seems like they forgot about the 705 and expect that everyone was going to buy the DVR station I guess.

I really wanted to pick this cable up tomorrow, but I guess I will have to order it online and wait.
jeegnesh
22-04-2009
Found one on our favourite site http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=130268043401 its using the same picture as Archos site and Amazon, ordered this, hope this does the trick. Will post back once I get it.
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