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5.0 stars
"WOW!! This little unit does it all!!"
Pros: Fantastic sound quality, compact size, BEAUTIFUL full color screen
Cons: Doesn't come with a lanyard, or an armband, these have to be purchased separately
Summary: This little unit is simply incredible! The Clix comes with a small black carrying case (I don't think I will ever use it, since you can't see the screen when the Clix is in it.), headphones (which really have quite a nice tone to them, I'm just not a big fan of earbuds), a CD (with Media Player 11 on it), a small instruction booklet, and, of course, the Clix unit iself. The Clix has a beautiful crystal clear tone to it. It has a bright full color screen which clearly shows the album cover, the title of the song, the artist, the rating, and even displays the song which will be played next. The music on the mp3 can be played by a variety of different orders, including playing all (which randomizes the music) to playing by artist, album, song title, playlist or rating. And this little until doesn't just play music, it can display your favorite pictures, and the pictures look CLEAR and BEAUTIFUL on it. Adding pictures to the unit is simple by going to media player and adding your pictures to media player then, on the next sync, your pictures will be on your mp3 player. You can even have a slide show of your pictures while you are listening to your favorite tunes on the Clix! And, there's even more!! You can also add video to the player! And the video is beautiful, clear and even plays sound (if recorded with it). Now, videos do have to be converted (at least mine had to be converted), but there is a lovely FREE program (called iriverter that can be downloaded from the iriver site) which converts video to a format acceptable to the Clix. Once the video has been converted, to add it to the Clix, all you have to do is add it to media player and on the next sync, your videos will be on the unit!! But, there's more!! There are also flash games! And, these are cute FUN FREE little games that can be played if you are looking for something a little different to do. The unit comes with 3 or 4 games installed, but more FREE games can be downloaded from the iriver site. They really are fun! Some of the games include Sudoku (which admittedly is pretty tough to play on such a small screen...but I did it), a Frogger type of game called Critter Crossing (very cute), a puzzle, a Simon type of game and several others! But, believe it or not, there is still more that this incredible little unit can do, it also includes an alarm clock, so now you can wake up to your favorite tunes and if you purchase the separate docking station you can even hit the "snooze" button!! Speaking of the docking station, I know there are some folks out there who don't care for it because it is somewhat expensive ($60) and the speakers aren't the greatest...BUT, there are some very valuable features you gain by purchasing the docking station, first off is the remote. If you purchase the docking station you get a wonderful remote which allows you to control not only the volume but allows full functionality of mp3 playback on the unit. The speakers aren't great, but they aren't awful either. I think they are as good as you can expect to get from such a small docking unit. And the docking station is simply adorable, it looks like a mini tv and there are outputs on the back of the cradle, there is a USB input, and line in and a line out. I use the line out to connect to my receiver and oh, what a great sound I get then!! And, as mentioned before, there is the snooze button on top of the unit, so the unit makes a perfect alarm clock!! We also purchased the FM transmitter ($50), which works equally great. With the FM transmitter, you can listen to your Clix through your car radio which is great if you don't have a newer car that comes with an mp3 input. We also bought the accessory kit ($29), now this is the one thing that I truly think is overpriced. For nearly $30, you get a lanyard (and believe me it is not a great lanyard), a case, an armband and 2 screen protectors and 1 tiny cleaning cloth. Yes, as noted by many others, the Clix LOVES fingerprints, so be sure to get a screen protector on it. It's a good thing the accessory kit comes with 2 of them, 'cause the first one I tried to put on was full of dust specks on the sticky side. But, the good news is, that screen protectors can be purchased at WalMart (I found them in the cell phone accessory area where phone cases and earphones are carried). A package of 10 screen protectors cost about $10 at WalMart (these will have to be cut down in size to fit the Clix). If you are looking for an mp3 player, you can not go wrong with the iRiver Clix.
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None of them last more than 6 months before developing a fault that means they need to be sent away to be repaired.
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See Clix2? Awesome too! Some disadvantages were improved and new features were added! Wonderful!
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I received the 4GB Clix for Christmas and what a gift it is!! I was still using an earlier Iriver mp3 model with a small 256MB capacity but really enjoyed it and it still is functional and I never had a problem with it. I (I mean Santa) researched a lot of different mp3 players and decided on the Clix. This player is terrific!
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