Hi Guys,
Just thought I would chip in with my AV420 story. I bought mine in October and discovered the same screen defect. I returned it and Archos replaced the screen. It took a month but it was done. I have now had it back for a month and have encountered the following seemingly unrelated problem.
A few days ago I updated its software to 1.8.00 and was playing music through the cradle and it was fine. I switched it off and now cannot get it to switch on again. I can only keep it running if I connect it to my pc via the usb cable. The battery indicator shows the battery as fully charged but as soon as I disconnect it from my pc, it updates the files thn shuts down.
I would be grateful for any suggestions or feed back.