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1.0 stars
"Watch out! Trap !"
Pros: very nice screen, good sound
Cons: expensive, Windows Media Player ONLY, no line-in recording
Summary: When I first tried that player, I loved the screen. The sound is also pretty good, the FM reception is good. The ability to record from a line-in plug is really missing... (that means that this player can not record to MP3 from any audio source)
But when I tried to connect it to my computer, it did not work. This device can transfer songs ONLY using Windows Media Player 10 and all its "Digital Right Management". So, forget about borrowing a friend's computer when traveling to connect that player, forget about using any "less than brand new" computer, you might even have to update your computer to make it work. And learning that AFTER you bought the product feels very humiliating...
So, keep clear of that one, and look for another one instead (I returned it for the IAudio G3, that does all I wanted, has more memory and behave as a USB-storage device).
Mathias
- 7 replies to this review
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If you read the support forums you'd know that the T10 can be swapped into UMS mode (different firmware) when it acts just like a G3 .. i.e. looks like a disc drive to Windoze.
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First, the iriver t10 will indeed appear as a USB drive if you connect it using a USB cable. In point of fact, you do not need to use Windows Media Player to transfer music. I know, because I own a t10 and I have transferred music via USB without using WMP.
Also, the t10 could care less about DRM. It will support DRM but if you have files you ripped from CD with no DRM it doesn't care. It will play them all day long with no problems.
I know - I have had a t10 for over a year. -
The mp3 player doesnt only work in windows media player. it also works with my computer.
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This is the same comment that was posted at Circuit City.com. You are spamming the EXACT SAME comment. Which means you probably work for a competitor company.
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Perhaps it's a trap for idiots who don't know what they buy. First of all you don't have to use WMP10 to transfer music to the player - simple drag and drop is possible. Moreover, it is an MTP player - and yes you need windows Xp sp2 but now it is possible to convert it into a UMS player www.mtp-ums.net - all info. After the convertion it works with with linux mac etc.
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I had the old 512k iriver and I upgraded to the T10. It's fantastic. Iriver has improved on its older model...especially in the fm radio controls. It's much more intuitive than before, adding and removing favorite channels.
As far as it being a trap (not being able to copy music to the player except in wma format and except thru Windows Media Player 10)...well, that's just not true. What's embarrassing is not researching a device you've bought (opening the manual and playing around with the player) before mouthing off and being totally wrong. The T10 is made to transfer files using Windows Media Player 10. True. I didn't like the setup myself. Honestly, I liked the old interface the previous models had. So I simply opened My Computer and opened the Icon for the player that was there. The T10 is automatically recognized as a removeable device in WinXP. All I had to do was choose which folder I wanted to drop my music (mp3) in. Or I could create new folders. -
There's a firmware update called UMS (Universal Mass Storage) that allows your iRiver to be treated as a portable storage device. In other words, plug it in and copy files like it's another drive, without special software on the PC. Look for its UMS firmware and update your player.
Either way, it's cubersome, but it's not deserving of a 2/10 score.
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