With an 800 pixels wide resolution and a 5” screen1, you can browse the Web in full width just like on your PC. No need to zoom in and out, web pages are fully displayed on the ARCHOS screen. Plus, with Adobe Flash™ 9 video support, you can natively browse video-sharing websites such as Dailymotion™ or Youtube™.

Introducing the world’s first implementation of the ARM® Cortex™ superscalar microprocessor, ARCHOS 5 offers an unrivalled web experience no more endless waiting for the page to be loaded, just grab your ARCHOS 5 and check the latest news right away. Your PC wouldn’t have finished booting up by the time you put the ARCHOS back in your pocket

The Daily Companion

ARCHOS, award-winning for its constant technology innovation and leadership in portable media players now introduces a new concept: the Internet Media Tablet.
The ARCHOS 5 is the flagship of the new range, bringing the customer a new way to enjoy Internet, Media and TV…in a handheld device.

Uncompromised Web surfing in the palm of your hand
With its built-in capabilities, your Internet Media Tablet becomes the ultimate way to surf the web. The amazingly sharp and high-resolution screen lets you navigate effortlessly through the web just like you would on a PC.
Browsing becomes almost seamless with the ARM® Cortex™ processor and the Adobe Flash™ 9 video support. Surfing on a handheld device has never been so fast and smooth.
The full email application lets you read, write, download and send attachments, and manage your contacts.

Your entire digital library in a thin handheld tablet
The ARCHOS 5 features a very high capacity internal hard drive from 60 GB to 250 GB, in slim and sleek enclosures.
You can thus download a vast number of music and video from the unique selection of renowned movie and music partners assembled in the Media Club.
You can play movies in HD or DVD quality for the richest media experience on the go.

The ultimate TV experience at home or on the go
Enjoy your ARCHOS content back on your TV, with the DVR Station. Schedule recordings in few clicks any TV program from you cable channels or your setup box, and choose when and where you want to watch them.
Play back all your digital content from your ARCHOS 5 to your TV, even in HD quality, at 720p.
With the TV Snap-on, Digital free TV is broadcast live on your Internet Media Tablet, wherever you are.

Have fun discovering you future daily companion.

Capacity:	60 GB* hard drive stores up to 80 Movies, 600,000 photos or 30,000 songs1 120 GB* hard drive stores up to 160 Movies, 1.2 million photos or 60,000 songs1 250 GB* hard drive stores up to 300 Movies, 2.5 million photos or 145,000 songs1
Display:	High resolution screen, 800x480 pixels, 4.8'' TFT LCD, 16 million colors Touch screen
Video playback**:	MPEG-42 (ASP@L5 AVI, up to DVD resolution) WMV (MP@ML, up to DVD resolution) included WMV protected files M-JPEG (in QVGA resolution) With optional software plug-in: HD support: MPEG-4 (ASP 720p) & WMV HD (MP 720p) MPEG-2 MP@ML up to 10 Mbps (up to DVD resolution) and AC3 stereo sound (5.1) H.264 up to DVD resolution with AAC
Audio playback**:	Stereo MP3 decoding @ 30-320 Kbits/s CBR & VBR, WMA, Protected WMA, WMA pro 5.1, WAV (PCM/ADPCM). With optional software plug-in: AAC3 and AAC+ stereo audio files AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files (via SPDIF output of DVR Station)
Photo viewer***:	JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
PDF viewer:	Reads PDF documents (may not implement all PDF features)
Video recording6:	Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on. Records NTSC/PAL/SECAM in MPEG-4 AVI format with stereo sound, VGA resolution (640 x 480) @ 30 or 25 f/s
Audio recording:	Via the optional DVR Station or DVR Snap-on: Stereo line-in, WAV (IMA ADPCM or PCM) format Voice recording via the optional FM remote and its built-in microphone in WAV format (IMA ADPCM)
Email client	Compatible with Email accounts supporting POP3 and IMAP services Import/export of vCard contacts
Interfaces:	USB 2.0 High-Speed Device (compatible USB 1.1 at a lower speed): Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Media Transport Protocol (MTP) USB 2.0 Host: Mass Storage Class (MSC) and Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) with optional Mini Dock, Battery Dock and DVR station
Connections:	WiFi (802.11 b/g) connection. Free Web Browser (Opera® Web browser with Adobe Flash® 9 video support) upon registration 3.5 mm mini jack for headphones Accessory connectors to connect to the DVR Station and other ARCHOS accessories
Miscellaneous	Built-in speaker Built-in leg stand
Battery life:	Music playback time: up to 12 hours4 Video playback time: up to 4 hours4
Power source:	Internal: Lithium Polymer battery Device charges via computer USB port External: Power adapter/charger (via optional accessories)
Scalability:	Device automatically downloads latest firmware updates when the WiFi connection is activated Updates can also be downloaded at www.archos.com
Dimensions & weight:	Approx 127,5 x 78,3 x 12,9 mm (for 60GB* model) – 250gr Approx 127 x 78,8 x 19,4 mm (for 120/250GB* models) – 300gr
Minimum system requirements:	Microsoft® Windows® Vista, XP, ME, 2000 or higher MAC OS X and Linux (with Mass Storage Device Support) USB 2.0 interface
Package includes:	ARCHOS 5, headphones, ARCHOS USB cable, DVR Station adapter, screen cleaning cloth, Quick Start Guide (QSG), legal and safety notice.
(*) 1GB= 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity is less. (**) Certain bitrates, resolutions, and/or file variations may not be compatible. (***) Certain resolutions and file sizes may not be compatible. (1) On average; songs based on 3.5 mins/song & 64 Kbits/s WMA, video based on 1000 Kbits/s MPEG-4 audio/video encoding and 1h30/movie (for near DVD Quality), photos based on JPEG, VGA. (2) MPEG-4 ASP@L5 AVI (MPEG-4: ISO standard by Moving Picture Experts Group; AVI: audio/video file container by Microsoft) without GMC and Quarter. (3) Does not read AAC protected files. (4) Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.