A series of Archos portable audio players from 2000 through 2002. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...

Portable Video

Jukebox Multimedia

The Jukebox Multimedia is Archos's first multimedia player and considered the first ever PMP. It enabled users to record straight from a camera attachment. Also featuring an audio player, an image viewer and video player, as well as the correct cables supplied straight from the box. The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). ...

The player also has the ability to record audio from a line-in source (cables supplied) straight into MP3 format. The player features a 10 GB Hard Disk Drive (Jukebox 10) or 20 GB (Jukebox 20) and uses DivX MPEG4 format for video recording and playback. This article is about the video codec. ... MPEG-4, introduced in 1998, is the designation for a group of audio and video coding standards agreed upon by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG). ...

The player uses USB 2.0 technology, to ensure quick transfers of files and data, and is recognized as a USB mass storage device. The USB mass storage device class is a set of computing communications protocols defined by the USB Implementers Forum that run on the Universal Serial Bus. ...

This player was released on Friday July 5, 2002, and weighs 290 g. is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Portable Audio

Archos Jukebox Recorder 20 MP3 Player.

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Jukebox 6000

The Archos Jukebox 6000 was one of Archos' very first portable media players. Containing a 6 GB hard drive, this was one of the first of its kind. This player is only MP3 compatible, and was bundled with Musicmatch Jukebox to allow users to rip their music collection onto the jukebox. Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox, made by Yahoo! Musicmatch, Inc, is an audio player that manages a digital audio library. ...

This was one of the first Hard Disk-based portable audio players, and at the time was relatively expensive. The robust and chunky design did somewhat hinder its portability but due to the large disk capacity, the Jukebox proved to be popular.

The player came in metallic silver and metallic blue, and was known for the large blue bumpers on its corners. This device also has a 1-bit charcell LCD screen with two lights above showing power and HDD activity. Also, like Archos' other products, this is also connectible to a hifi with its line out source, which was ideal for portable DJs. Silver is the metallic shade of the color gray closest to that of polished silver. ... A block-oriented terminal is a type of computer terminal that communicates with its host in blocks usually consisting of chunks of text, as contrasted with a character-oriented terminal that communicates with its host one character at a time. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

The Jukebox 6000, and it's successor the Jukebox Studio (see below), used standard USB 1.1 technology, transferring data at a maximum rate of 1 MB per second. These models transfer data at a comparably slow rate compared with succeeding Archos devices using the USB 2.0 standard.

This device was released Saturday, December 9, 2000 and discontinued as of Friday, May 16, 2003. It weighs 350 g. is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Jukebox is historically notable for shipping with a user interface and operating system so unfriendly and bug-ridden as to inspire Björn Stenberg and other programmers to begin to develop a superior, free and open-source replacement operating system. This project became Rockbox.^{[citation needed]} Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... Open source software is computer software for which the human-readable source code is made available under a copyright license (or arrangement such as the public domain) that meets the Open Source Definition. ... Rockbox is a free software replacement for the firmware held on various forms of digital audio players (DAPs). ...

Jukebox Studio

The Archos' Jukebox Studio succeeded the Jukebox 6000, the main difference between the two models being the larger hard drive sizes offered. The Jukebox Studio was available as a 10 GB, 15 GB, or 20 GB model. (The 15 GB version was short lived.)

The Jukebox Studio was released Thursday, October 4, 2001 and discontinued in 2003. It weighs 350 g. is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Jukebox Recorder

Archos Jukebox running Rockbox.

Archos' Jukebox Recorder was similar to the Player/Studio models, but featured a 112x64 bitmap LCD and recording capabilities. This model is sometimes referred to as the Recorder v1 to differentiate it from the later v2 version which looks quite different. Some confusion exists regarding the speed of the Recorder's USB port. An earlier version of the Recorder contained a USB 1.1 port and a later version provided a USB 2.0 port interface (source: rockbox.org). The two can be somewhat differentiated due to the fact that earlier Recorder models came with the smaller hard drive capacities: 6, 10, or 15gb. The later version came with 15 or 20gb sized hard drives. Owners of Jukebox Recorder 15's thus may or may not have USB 2.0, a significant concern for prospective buyers; but one can tell if it uses USB 2.0 or not by looking for the line "USB 2.0 Hard Disk" along the bottom of the device. Although discontinued, the Jukebox Recorder with USB 2.0 interface remains in some demand because of the enhanced speed of the USB 2.0 connection (in contrast to USB 1.1), the capability of the device to be flashed with the free and open source Rockbox firmware, the device's recording feature, easy to replace AA-sized NiMH batteries, and its use of easily upgradeable 2.5" standard laptop hard drives. Image File history File links Rockbox-archos-jensarnold. ... Image File history File links Rockbox-archos-jensarnold. ... Rockbox is a free software replacement for the firmware held on various forms of digital audio players (DAPs). ...

The Jukebox Recorder 20 was released around January 2002. It weighs 350 g.

See also

• Archos
• Archos Gmini Series
• Portable media player
• Rockbox

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External links

• Manufacturer's Website
• Open Source Firmware for Jukebox Multimedia