 "Decent, but won't buy another one" | 2009-05-01 |
| - Reviewed By iceveiled |
I don't want to make this a long review. This was my first MP3 player and I generally refuse to buy apple products so after a bit of research I bought one of these about 3 years ago. Up until a couple months ago it worked fine. The user interface with this thing is OKAY...you can only scroll up and down with the "slider". Upon reaching the bottom of any menu the curser doesn't "warp" back to the top, instead you have to manually scroll back up. So if you're listing hundreds of songs alphabetically and you reach ZZ Top, you have to scroll all the way back up to ABBA (note: I don't have ABBA on my player, just using it as an example!) insted of the curser just warping back to the top. This isn't a problem per se, unless you're like me and one day your slider stops working and will only scroll up, and not down. So basically I have a perfectly functioning iRiver other than the slider, and I can't do things like select songs, adjust the volume, or navigate the menus AT ALL, rendering the device utterly useless. Pity. I guess 3 years is an okay lifespan for such a device. I took it mountain biking and it probably got bounced around in pockets and such, but it was never dropped or slammed. Seems to be a sturdy device all around.
And yes, the thing had a tendency to freeze up and requires you to push a tiny button with a paper clip or thumb tack. Very annoying when you're without one and you can't get the device to do anything because it's frozen. It is pretty much plug and play, meaning you plug in the transfer cable to your PC via USB and you can drag and drop. It does come with proprietary transfer software but it's clunky - it also doesn't like to play nicely with vista even with a software update available from iRiver. Works fine with XP but the best thing is to just not use it at all. |
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 "Great product - best brand of MP3 player I've had." | 2009-01-15 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2NCWAN9DK9K90 |
The only downside is that it IS a hard-disk MP3 player. That said, with the SRS-WOW surround features, and excellent durability and sound quality this is an EXCELLENT product.
I myself managed to pick one up at Staples for about $150 when they were clearing them out (There are no more U.S. retailers for the IRivers...unfortunately). If you can get one, you really should! Even if you need to order from an overseas e-Tailer.
Average running battery-life I've gotten out of one charge: 8-12 hours
Average standby battery-life: more than 2 weeks.
Only problem I've had is related to the hard-disk - it sometimes gets a little twitchy and needs to be reset. It also sometimes has trouble syncing with MediaPlayer - but both of these are once every 3-6 month deals when I've been messing with the back-end file system.
Also - it's a PlaysForSure MP3 - you can use it ANYWHERE except Zune and Itunes. |
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| "Slow !" | 2009-01-01 |
| - Reviewed By User: A368SYUMKI0K1V |
| It takes too long to load songs into this product.It took me all of two months to load 500 songs into this device as opposed to 2 days on a new Sansa MP3 player I purchased recently.About 2yrs after purchase,the battery lost its' capacity to hold charge.When fully charged,it lasted 90 minutes as opposed to 9hrs when new.Other than these problems,this MP3 player is very durable.I remember it falling to the ground from about 4ft twice without malfunctioning.It finally died completely when it accidentally came in contact with water that got sprayed on the strip on its' front.Overall,I give this product a B-. |
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| "Great MP3 player, especially for price I paid" | 2008-01-08 |
| - Reviewed By User: AOA9JPCF7LKBF |
| I bought this for my wife for christmas and we've had it for almost a month now and we haven't had a problem out of it. I installed RockBox firmware, it seems to have more options to it than the original firmware but if you don't know much about computers/mp3 players I'd stick with the original firmware, it worked fine just not as much you can play with. The battery life isn't quite as long as they advertise but it's good enough. Overall it was a great purchase! |
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 "the things I wish I knew when I thought it was a good deal" | 2007-12-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1WBKKGNUIQYWB |
1) that in just a couple years, the battery wouldn't hold a charge and die in 45 min. and you can't change the battery
2) the paperclip (not supplied but don't leave home with out it)Every owner now knows about the papercplip to reset and has one hid someplace.
I gave it a rating of 2 because it held all the music i wanted, the shuffle play worked well, and was a nice music selection away from home.
I now wish I had went main stream and spent the couple extra dollars and bought the Ipod at the first.
i won't send mine to the landfill just yet, but as soon as it quits working on 110, c'est la vie... |
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| "Better than Ipod" | 2007-11-22 |
| - Reviewed By runyourbusiness |
Great MP3 player. Comes with FM tuner so you can record from the radio.
Highly recommend this product. |
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