What's up with my Archos Jukebox Recorder 15 ?

December 25, 2006 5:23 PM

How can I get my computer to recognize the Archos Jukebox Recorder 15 as an external drive ?

I got the Archos Jukebox Recorder 15 a while ago, and, at first, I was able to transfer stuff to it easily, but now the computer doesn't recognize the Archos as an external drive.

How can I remedy this ?

Thanks.

posted by therealshell to technology (6 comments total)

Pretty spartain on the details here, which makes it fairly hard to help you.

What did you change on your PC (install/uninstall/etc)? What OS? etc.
posted by SirStan at 6:19 PM on December 25, 2006 [1 favorite]

Spartain ?

The OS is XP, home edition; to the best of my knowledge, I didn't change anything major on the 'puter.

Thanks, eh.
posted by therealshell at 6:25 PM on December 25, 2006

I have one of these. It should automatically be recognized. All it really is is an external drive. Is your USB port still working? Try a different one?
posted by TonyRobots at 6:48 PM on December 25, 2006

Spartan -- Sorry.

Are you sure the cable works? Did you damage the USB port on the unit/computer? Does it show up in device manager when you plug it in? (even as an unknown device)
posted by SirStan at 7:00 PM on December 25, 2006

Got to archos, download the drivers and install them. These things date back to when MS didn't fully support USB, so the drivers include USB stuff that will get it working.
posted by -harlequin- at 7:09 PM on December 25, 2006

I second harlequin on the updated USB drivers. And once you get that part working, download the new firmware for the jukebox and you should be in good shape.
posted by ro50 at 12:42 PM on December 26, 2006