E100:Review: Iriver E100

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 09:23 by josep, Menorca
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Thanks for your review!
The only question I want to ask you is where did you get the firnware update?
I just buyed it and it's firmware version is 1.02, and iriverplus says that it's the latest version.

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 10:22 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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@Josep: Which firmware are you referring to? I didn't update it as well, still using the 1.02

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 01:11 by josep, Menorca
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Sorry I was confused when you sayed in their latest update I assumed that you were referring to a new firmware.
Previously I found these which are more ancient:

http://nyaochi.sakura.ne.jp/iriverupdate/

Thanks!

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 07:02 by Heath, IT, Tokyo
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What do you mean by video autonomy???? I am guessing this is just a bad translation, since I doubt the E100 wants the right to govern itself!

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 08:23 by Daimaou, Survivor, Tokyo - Japan
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Autonomy in Video Mode (Minus) = Bad / Low autonomy while playing video

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 08:55 by Heath, IT, Tokyo
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That didn't answer my question whatsoever. What do you mean by video autonomy??? This makes no sense in English!!!

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 10:13 by sousuke
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AMOLED screen or not?

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 10:45 by Heath, IT, Tokyo
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Per the spec sheet on iriver website: 2.4" TFT LCD QVGA

Posted on Tue Mar 11, 11:29 by paloverde, sydney, australia
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Just got the E100

disappointed the video was not that great quality. Lost to Samsung P2

However the sound is really good.

Unable to get album art for songs.

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 12:54 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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@Heath: Just change Autonomy by Battery Life

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 04:30 by Pablo, IT Consultant, London, UK
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Do you have to use the supplied software to transfer music/video or can you just drag and drop.

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 04:36 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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@Pablo: Drag and Drop works fine the software is to convert video to the right format

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 09:56 by josep, Menorca
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Also I want to add, that it works perfectlly on Linux with Amarok.
Refering to the album cd covers, it's still a bit of mistery for me, in some of them are shown, but not in others, I don't know if it's Amarok, I haven't used iRiverPlus3.
For the video conversion on Linux I use Avidemux, I only have to resize videos to 320x240 (the ones which are bigger), and also it worked with the Xvid codec.

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 03:59 by Kamil, Graphic Designer, Toronto, Canada
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I have a few specific questions about the E100:

1) How fast does it 'fast forward' through MP3s? I have many livesets which are sometimes nearly 3 hours long (usually between 60-120 minutes). Ideally, an iPod works best in order to skip through the time, all Sony mp3 players do reasonably well too (pausing and then holding the FFWD button skips about a minute of the mp3 per second held). It would be great if the iRiver could skip through tracks real quick as well.

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Posted on Wed Mar 12, 04:00 by Kamil, Graphic Designer, Toronto, Canada
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2) I've heard that the D-Pads configuration is set so that the up and down buttons act as next track/previous track (skip)? Is this true? If so, is there any way to change it in a settings menu? I would imagine this would only apply if viewing movies while holding the player horizontally.

3) Is there a customizable equalizer? If so, how many bands?

4) Is the software provided absolutely necessary to play xvid videos on the unity? Can it play a downloaded xvid movie at a resolution of, say, 700x300? Or is it unable to handle that resolution thus requiring all mp4 videos being encoded at 320x240? If this is the case, can the videos be encoded by a different application (I am on a mac).

Thank you!!!

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 06:15 by Heath, IT, Tokyo
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@ Cutkillavince, Thanks!!! Battery life on my Clix 2 wasn't so hot with video either.

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 06:37 by MicroDesign, Webdesigner, Den Haag
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Very good review! To bad I own a Cowon D2, because this looks supergood. It's just a flawless design.

Posted on Wed Mar 12, 08:39 by Heath, IT, Tokyo
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@ Kamil, my iriver Clix 2 works just fine with my iMac and my macbook. It sees it as an external drive. I have played video that is 720 x 480 on it with no problems. I am guessing that the firmware on this device is almost identical to the Clix 2 and you should have no problems. I use visualhub to convert videos for use on my Clix 2.

Posted on Thu Mar 13, 03:05 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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@Kamil:
1) you can change the settings and choose the speed for the fast forward (x2, x4, x8, x16...)
2) Indeed, up and down buttons control the previous and next functions, not sure if we can change it, I need to check.
3) Yes, there's a customizable equalizer, User EQ (5 bands) and Preset EQ (7 bands)
4) For sure you can use other conversion software for the video
Hope this helps

Posted on Thu Mar 13, 05:50 by achieman
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Ive been waiting for this ! Question: Have you tested the microphone externally? which bitrate/codecs does it support when recording.

Posted on Thu Mar 13, 02:21 by Kamil, Graphic Designer, Toronto, Canada
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Cutkillavince: thank you so much for the info!!!

Heath, thank you as well for application tip!

Looks like I got myself a winner here and a superior mp3 player to the ipod. Open standards is what I've been looking for since my first (and last) iPod years ago. *I* should be in control of how my music is organized in files and folders when put onto an MP3 player, *I* should have the right of taking it back from it. That and the fact that it does a whole lot more.

Thanks again guys!

Posted on Fri Mar 14, 06:37 by Katie
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e100 needs to format the battery? like the old phones? or u use it normally n then when the battery is low u charge it normal?

Posted on Mon Mar 24, 05:59 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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The new firmware 1.04 is now available, the E100 is now able to recognize tags for OGG, FLAC and WMA files

Posted on Sun Apr 20, 08:29 by PoisonShroom
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~250 USD for 8GB?
I mean, thats ridiculous.
The features are amazing... But I bought a 32GB flash memory Creative Zen, which has a few less features, but has 4x the space and is only 50 USD more.

Posted on Tue Apr 22, 04:20 by Cutkillavince, MI Manager, KR, FR, NL
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@PoisonShroom: The 8Bg version is priced at 159.99$

Posted on Tue Apr 22, 10:36 by jandm
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i also want to know what bitrate it does while recording.

Can we choose?

Posted on Fri Apr 25, 08:12 by Adamister, Gamer, Singapore
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The file size per minute varies with recording quality.
Low: Approximately 480 K / Middle: Approximately 720 K / High: Approximately 960 K

from iriver e100 manual

Posted on Tue May 06, 04:36 by dexxx, Sdudent, Ukraine, Kiev
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Very good review!

Posted on Wed May 07, 01:30 by celtic, Germany
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Hi, thanks for this short Review. I like this clean design of the Iriver Player, looks very nice. Also TXT extension is an nice option...

Posted on Sun May 25, 10:17 by PattyBangkok, Bangkok
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What's the point of that in this day when you can stuff 320 GB on a same sized hard drive?

Posted on Fri Jul 25, 05:24 by andrew11s, Student, London
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Very good review

Posted on Tue Aug 19, 10:36 by Xeon, LV - NV
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Not so impress with price, size and sound quality. This player responses very slow. I ordered the lplayer 8GB@warehouse123.com which have better price, size and sound quality. I will definitely choose lplayer over E100.

Posted on Mon Sep 01, 06:45 by DavidM99, Co Founder Planet Metropolis, Los Angeles
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Very nice review! Is this player available in the US? Can anyone tell me what chipset Iriver uses in the E100? Is there a separate codec like the Wolfson audio codecs used in the E100?

Posted on Thu Sep 04, 12:36 by madrid
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Nice.

Posted on Fri Oct 10, 05:42 by GolaYing, nothing, USA
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Good job, I like iriver E series

Posted on Fri Nov 07, 09:18 by sos_1987
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hi how can i use e100 2Gb equlazer
plz help
thanks

Posted on Mon Nov 10, 06:12 by mojo
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this mp3's memory card slot can support up to how many GB?

Posted on Fri Dec 05, 03:18 by problems, student, bogota.colombia
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i got an irever E100 2GB and did the update and now my devide doee not work. it just apper a message on the screen " do not touch during firmware upgrade" is almost 4 days my device stops working i cant turn on or off. and also the USB is not recognozide by the computer .
i reset several times but nothing happen still appering the same screen .
pleas i need help
can someone halpe me ?
thank so much

Posted on Fri Dec 26, 05:10 by Gothabilly, Musican, Cal
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hey, can anyone help me out. I got this player and I am tryin to up load it on Win 98 SE. the program is in there and it docks but it doesnt Reconize the player. So if anyone can help me out it would be apprecated. Thanx

Posted on Wed Jan 14, 10:12 by tinsol
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you cant use windows 98. You have to use windows XP sp2 or higher i believe.

Posted on Wed Jan 14, 10:16 by tinsol
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I believe it supports 4gb memory cards. I just bought the E100 and love the design. Wish I could change the menu graphics and style. Was going back and forth with the Creative plaver but there were too many ugly buttons. Ipods and everything mac are proprietary nonsense. They have sucked everyone in. I remember in Junior high they were setting up schools with very lowcost Apple IIC computers. "the first one is free kid" They are like drug pushers.

Posted on Tue Mar 24, 10:10 by deja, student, 34112
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i love the iriver it cost 60$ dollars at walmart and its a 8gb too i just {luv it} im saving my money up i have 35$ dollars so far but if i help my grandmother clean up she will give me 20$ more dollars then it will be 55$ dollars and then i will only need 5 more dollars then i will have my pink precious iriver !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on Fri Apr 10, 01:21 by Park, Student, Vancouver
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haha...... "영화음악 쉬리 - When I dream" is on the music list! i love that music.. :D
I'm thinking about buying it, but i guess internet is the only place where i can get this product :S

Posted on Fri Sep 11, 12:09 by Debby
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I would like to buy it as soon as my birthday will come.