iRiver H10 6GB MP3 Player - Red

(6GB Internal Hard Dive - MPN: H10RED6GB)

Description: The iRiver 6 GB model H10 is the perfect portable digital player/recorder for true music and audio enthusiasts. Hardly bigger than a deck of cards, its internal microdrive has space for over 1,500 songs (128 kbps MP3, 4 minutes per song) or more than 100 hours of music. Yet the whole player measures just 2.2 x 3.8 inches (W x H) and little more than half an inch deep. Sensibly arranged controls--including an intuitive central touchpad--make it child's play to setup and use, and an internal battery delivers up to 12 hours of non-stop music between charges.But the H10 is about more than just music. It comes complete with a brilliant, full-color 1.5-inch TFT LCD that supports up to 260,000 colors, rendering your favorite JPEG digital photos with breathtaking clarity. (Yep, it does slide shows, too.) What's more, an integrated text viewer lets you lose yourself in paperless novels, news, essays, short stories--you name it.A built-in microphone facilitates use as a voice recorder, with 3 quality settings to choose from. The unit also features a built-in FM tuner with a choice of automatic and manual channel-search functions, including 20 station presets for one-touch tuning to your favorites, especially handy for traffic and news updates when you're out and about. An antenna built into the supplied headset ensures crystal-clear sound quality, and a timer lets you set the H10 to record radio programs with real-time MP3 encoding at specific times of your choosing.The H10 is PlaysForSure compatible and fully integrated with Microsoft Windows Media Player 10, which makes it even easier to enjoy your digital media. In addition to a range of options for managing digital content, you'll enjoy fast access to the H10's "digital media hall," where you can scavenge the virtual shelves of numerous online shops (including Napster To Go) in search of cool songs old and new. With the player/recorder connected to your PC, you'll be able to purchase and download songs straight into the H10. An auto-sync function synchronizes music and image files on the H10 with those stored on your PC, just like a PDA.An optional docking cradle (the H10 5GB/6GB Cradle) charges your H10 player plus an additional battery, connects your H10 to your home stereo system, and lets you record from external analog sources via an integrated line-in port.Icing on the cake, the H10 also a guaranteed head turner with a high-grade aluminum casing whose purist elegance is as pleasing to the eye as the touch. Minimize

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Date Reviewed: 10/09/2005
ianlotinsky from MD Member Since: Sep 2003 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 13 Months	Good features yet unstable Strengths: WMA (regular, protected, subscription based), MP3, JPG, and TXT compatible. Built in FM Tuner, FM Recorder, and Voice Recorder. Just the right HD size, physical size. Works with Yahoo! Music Engine. Weaknesses: At first, my library had gotten totally disorganized for no apparent reason (it had a broken HD). Deleting tracks through YME is slow. I've had to reflash/reformat my device twice already. Summary: 2006-09-23 12:21:44 Even after several months this device and Yahoo! Music Engine are still not stable. If you don't mind burning some time occasionally to redownload tracks, relicense tracks, reflash/reformat your device, retransfer music, and deal with buggy software and firmware, go for it. (You would think these companies would try to fix their products.) I sent the player back for a replacement. The original hard drive was "broken" (according to iRiver) and it tooks months for them to get to that conclusion. However, after getting my new or fixed one, it started exhibiting the same behavior, but after my warranty had expired. Since I realized iRiver wasn't going to help me anymore, I decided to do some troubleshooting of my own. First, I knew it was a firmware/software issue. Hardware usually just breaks, period. Weird behavior is usually because of buggy software--I know because I'm a professional developer. Second, I noticed that my song licenses would be expired one day and fine the next without any sort of synching with my PC. Third, when my licensed music was wigging out, my MP3s (without DRM) were still playing fine. So, I took all my DRMed music and un-DRMed it with tunebite (awesome piece of software that un-DRMs legally using analog). And guess what, I haven't had a problem since! In short, their DRM firmware/software is buggy. If you want an iPod experience, get an iPod. 60% of People (3/5) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.