When I took the class in October more than one student mentioned the disappointing failure of the cable connecting the camera to the Archos video recorder, and that finding a replacement was difficult. I just receive two new cables from Dell. The package only references the AV 400 model but they work just fine with my 500. Here's the link http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&cs=19&sku=A0417685
