AV400 and GMini400 Pre-Release Info
(back to A400/GMini400 Archos Website)

Below is all the info I was able to find on the Gmini400 and AV400 -before- they were released. Some of these specs changed, some stayed the same.

Many of my sources are not in English. You can use Altavista Babel Fish or Google's translation service to translate.

Pictures Info
Archos GMini400

Something unexpected from Archos! It looks to have nearly identical features as the new AV400 minus video recording in a much smaller package (160g  - 10g of less than Gmini 220 and about 1/2 the weight of the AV400). Plus, it plays games!

  • Games: Mophun game engine (link)
  • Media: 1.8" 20gig hard drive, CF Type I
  • LCD: 2.2" 220x176 pixel, 262 000 colors (and has TV out as well)
  • Audio Playback: MP3, WMA (including PD DRM support) and WAV (PCM & ADPCM)
  • Audio Recording: WAV only (like the AV400) (PCM and ADPCM)
  • Photo: JPEG (except JPEG progressive) and BMP
  • Video: MPEG4 SP with MP3 or ADPCM (704x480@30 fps) in AVI. (XviD and DivX 4/5)
  • Size: 106 x 60 x 17 mm
  • Weight: 160 g
  • Battery Life: 10 hours audio, 5 hours video
  • Interface: USB 2.0
  • Accesories:
    • FM Module
    • Car power adaptor
    • Case

Sources:

  • SmallDJ.com (2004 / 8 / 1)
  • Magma (2004 / 8 / 1)
  • Mophun (2004 / 8 / 1) (go to this page and check the pull-down menu, you'll see the GMini400 is there with a blank page worth of information)
  • DAPreview.com (2004 / 9 / 2) Lots of pictures

Archos AV400

There appear to be two different versions of the AV400 - the AV420 and the AV480. They have slightly different specs:
AV400 - 20gb
AV400 > 20gb
LCD Size
3.5" (8.9cm)
3.8" (9.6cm)
HD Size
20gig (1.8")
up to 100gig (2.5")
Unit Size
125 x 78 x 20 mm
125 x 78 x 26 mm
Unit Weight
280 g
320 g
Bettery Life: Video
4 hour
4.5 hour

Battery Life: Audio
12 hour
16 hour
Battery Removable?
Yes
No
  • Availability: 3rd quarter 2004
  • LCD: 320x240 262,000 colors (see above)
  • Media: 20/80gb (1.8" HD) & Built-In CF reader
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV
  • Video Playback: 704x480@30 Mpeg4 SP (DivX 4/5, XVid, MP3 or ADPCM audio, in AVI format)
  • Video Recording: 512x384@30 (Mpeg4 video, ADPCM audio, in AVI format)
  • Size: (see above)
  • Weight: (see above)
  • Battery Life: (see above)
  • Other: internal speaker(s?), tv cradle

Speculation based on the Picture from this PDF:

  • Has a Cradle, probably just like the AV500. In that case, it probably has some sort of TV-tuning ability.
  • UI looks like a file browser of sorts with a background image (i.e. custom background images!)
  • The design looks a LOT like the AV500. I expect to see many similarities.

Here are my Sources: