- 3.5" colour touch screen
- 30 GB Hard Drive
- WiFi, USB Host, IRDA
- Connections: Connect a variety of peripherals such as external hard drives, digital cameras, mice, keyboards and more
- True digital assistant: Organise your contacts, agenda, tasks (synchronises with Outlook). Read PDF documents, consult client emails, browse the Internet, play games, and configure the interface to suite your specific needs. Thanks to its completely configurable interface, you can get even more out of your device by adding third-party software
- Portable DVR: record TV and watch on the go
- Media player: enjoy up to 130 hours of video, 300,000 photos or 15,000 songs on the go
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Technical Details
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
The Pocket Media Assistant PMA400 is the first Linux-based 30GB HDD device allowing you to record directly from TV, listen to music, browse the Internet and stay connected, for entertainment or productivity anytime, anywhere. A new generation of ARCHOS smart portable devices, the PMA400 combines full audio and video capabilities, WiFi connectivity and a personal information manager in one slim, pocket-sized device.This product provides Linux Qtopia with embedded ARCHOS multimedia applications. Browse the Internet and Access Emails.
Product Description
Save £230.00 on previous retail price while stocks last! Record playback and store up to 130 hours of video Record directly from a TV VCR cable box or satellite receiver with a convenient one-time set-up TV Cradle. Transfer videos from a PC or Macintosh computer watch favorite content on the large color LCD screen or play it back on any TV video projector or any other external screen (with composite analog inputs PAL or NTSC). The PMA400 can control the tuner inside your VCR cable box or satellite receiver to automatically adjust the channel and record based on the time and duration of the schedule. Store up to 130 hours* of TV programs/ video content in MPEG-4 SP format in the 30GB hard drive. Playback MPEG-4 SP videos with soundtrack in MP3 up to a resolution of 704X480 with 262 000 colors at 30 frames per second. Record Listen and store more than 15 000 songs or 650 CDs The PMA400 features a newly-designed music player that plays MP3 WAV and WMA music files including WMA protected files (with Windows PD DRM). Easily organize songs with the enhanced ARCLibrary and customize your view by artist albums genre title year and playlists. Each time you download a music file onto the device it will automatically categorize the song using its ID3 tag. Create a playlist while on the go using the touch-screen. Record your voice using the internal microphone. The PMA400 also features an audio recording application allowing you to record (encoding in real time) in MP3 and WAV from almost all analog stereo sources. Transfer View and store up to 300 000 Photos As a mass storage device the PMA400 allows you to transfer store and view up to 300 000* photos (JPEG PNG GIF BMP) directly from another mass storage device digital camera using the built-in USB host port connection or computer. Organize photos in easy thumbnail and slideshow views. Play games The PMA400 includes a variety of Qtopia™ games ready for play. The device also features a Mophun™ game engine for purchasing and
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I was quite surprised to see no other reviews for this device as it has been around for quite a while, I have had mine for over two years.
Like many Archos products it makes a good video recorder and perfectly adequate music player. Also, I have often used the simple text editor with a standard, small USB keyboard attached, to prepare letters when my laptop would have been too much to carry with me.
It mostly lets itself down with the add-on functions: the wireless has very limited range, while I can connect to my access point from across the building with my laptop and Nokia N800, I need to be in the same room for the PMA430 to work. For network connectivity, ethernet is far more reliable, I use a Dynamode USB to ethernet adaptor. The Opera web browser is let down by the limited screen resolution, but it does work at a push. I have had trouble getting the e-mail program to work with some accounts. Desktop synchronisation requires a quite out of date version of QTopia desktop that might not work with modern Linux distributions and doesn't look very attractive when it does.
There are some games, which provide moderate entertainment value, but do invest in a screen protector if you play any of those that need the stylus to use (some can be played using only the control wheel).
Visiting the several sites on the internet that offer add-ons and customisation options is a must for the technically minded user.
Given it's several drawbacks (and there are others I haven't gone into), you might wonder why I would give it four stars, simply for the amount of use I have got out of it and the overall reliability.
Like many Archos products it makes a good video recorder and perfectly adequate music player. Also, I have often used the simple text editor with a standard, small USB keyboard attached, to prepare letters when my laptop would have been too much to carry with me.
It mostly lets itself down with the add-on functions: the wireless has very limited range, while I can connect to my access point from across the building with my laptop and Nokia N800, I need to be in the same room for the PMA430 to work. For network connectivity, ethernet is far more reliable, I use a Dynamode USB to ethernet adaptor. The Opera web browser is let down by the limited screen resolution, but it does work at a push. I have had trouble getting the e-mail program to work with some accounts. Desktop synchronisation requires a quite out of date version of QTopia desktop that might not work with modern Linux distributions and doesn't look very attractive when it does.
There are some games, which provide moderate entertainment value, but do invest in a screen protector if you play any of those that need the stylus to use (some can be played using only the control wheel).
Visiting the several sites on the internet that offer add-ons and customisation options is a must for the technically minded user.
Given it's several drawbacks (and there are others I haven't gone into), you might wonder why I would give it four stars, simply for the amount of use I have got out of it and the overall reliability.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I recently purchased the archos 430 which is basically the archos 400. This is a superb little pocket computer, which is what it is as I can watch my AVI movies, listen to MP3's which sound far superior to my Ipod (which I love) but it's the recording facilities that give it the edge, as I have recorded straight from my DVD player, TV with no problems whatsoever and the quality is great. The wi-fi works but unfortunately the WEP encryption is old and as my home system uses TKIP, I'll never get to use it. I am investing in a USB network adapter. Overall, it's a great piece of kit and well worth the price it's offered here. Oh if you do buy it then upgrade it with Open PMA giraffe, which is a far better system. Shame on Archos for dropping all development of it. evere forget it's a pocket computer and not just a multimedia machine.
