Archos 7 Home Tablet

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	Caution: 25 May 2010, This Wiki Page is very preliminary. It is modeled after the A5A page. A lot of this information does not apply to the 7HT. Some information is wrong. There are very few 7HTs in the wild as of this update. For now, use this page with caution. Please feel free to edit incorrect information.

Firmware

General topics

Connectivity topics

Modding topics

modify update.img using Windows

Items in the purchase box

ARCHOS 7 home tablet, standard USB cable (micro B/A), power adapter, user guide, legal and safety notice.

Hardware

Processor: Rockchip RK2808 - ARM926(@600MHz)+DSP(@550MHz)

Storage

2 or 8 Gb, expandable up to 32 Gb through micro SDHC

Screen and input

7 inch, resistive, 800x480

Battery

4700 mAh

Accessories by Archos

USB Host Adapter in specs, not seen yet.

Software

OS: Android 1.5 (Cupcake) with Archos Media Center (AMC) capabilities integrated as an app
Android apps (see List of Applications)
Currently, there is no official Android marketplace support (we lack the Google-required compass, dedicated buttons, and so on), but an unofficial marketplace patch exists, which will allow access to the free applications on the marketplace (Paid applications require further modification, see example here).

Internet with Webkit and Squirrelfish

Audio codec support

The Archos Media Center (AMC) is capable of decoding the following codecs:

MP3 decoding at 30-320 Kbits/s CBR and VBR

Ogg Vorbis up to 320kbs @44hz

FLAC up to 1000kbs @44hz

WMA, Protected WMA, WAV (PCM/ADPCM)

AAC (except protected content) - available as a free plugin
AAC+ stereo audio files
with paid plugin: AC3 stereo audio and 5.1 sound files (via SPDIF output of DVR Station)
Note: An image in the folder of your music files named Folder.jpg will ensure that the Archos Media Center (AMC) software displays your album art. Android's music app, on the other hand, wants album art to be embedded into the music file.

Video codec support

From the Archos web site:

The Video Player is capable of decoding the following codecs:

H.264 Base/Main/High Profile up to 720p resolution - 30fps / 2.5 Mbps
MPEG-4 Part 2 ASP (i.e. Xvid/DivX) - 30fps / 2.5Mbps
Realvideo(TM) up to 720p resolution - 30fps / 2.5Mbps

The Video Player is capable of reading the following container types:

.avi
.mp4
.mkv
.mov
.flv

Other file support

Images: JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF
Subtitles: (text) files with .srt, .ssa, .smi, .sub

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