Strengths:very good quality of sound, tuner and tuner recording, text and picture viewing, fast, voice recording, cheap
Weaknesses:cannot manage files directly, only using pc, no video support
Posted May 29, 2006 - I have been using this cute device for app. 2 weeks, and this is what i think about it:
It is bigger than iPod but still very small, very practical, its sound is very good and besides that, no iPod has better sound than iRiver H10 because of the SRS WOW effect that iRiver has. When i connected it to my pc for first time, i was little bit dismayed, for Windows doesn't recognize it as a portable hard drive, but as an mp3 player, which has no firm address (e.g. E:). They also say that you can only use Windows Media Player to get music on in. But this is what I have found out: You can get your music on your iRiver H10 without using any WMP. This is how you do it:
1. Turn your iRiver off
2. Reset it (you should know how:)
3. connect it to your pc (still turned off)
4. press and hold "o" button and turn it on (still holding the button until a title "emergency connection" appears)
5. your Windows recognizes the player not as a player, but as a portable hadr disc drive (the same thing asi if you wanted to upgrade your firmware)
6. turn on showing of hidden files in Windows
7. you can open iRiver's folder and see several folders there, e.g. music and so on. Now transfer your music there (including your whole folder and subfolder structure). Then you must set them to be hidden (i mean whole "Music folder, including the subfolders and files"). You can transfer your music and text files on the iRiver this way as well. The iRiver's browser will show them all.
8. Now disconnect the iRiver and refresh its database (in settings, extra). Now you can listen to your music ot using WMP.
Since reference is focused on this trick, I will not describe its flaws and strenghts, for you can read about them everywhere (what you cannot say about this)
I find this way the best way how to get your music on Iriver, and with this feature, iRiver becomes much more usable than any iPod with its weak iTunes.
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Iriver H10 20Gb
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