Archos AV700 Dark Screen Fix

I haven't used my Archos AV700 Media player in months, but now since going to be traveling I decided to use it. Upon powering it up it showed an extremely dim, dark screen. I tried to reset it by holding the Stop/ESC button for 15 seconds, but no go. I removed the battery and re-inserted but also no go. Finally I re-attached the TV pod connector to it, turned it back on, and voila! The screen is nice and bright again. This is a really weird bug, but at least there seems to be a workaround for it. I hope this helps any of you out there with the same problem.