| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
cuckoococoon

Joined: 11 Sep 2006
|
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:51 am Post subject: iriver |
|
|
I am a BELIEVER of iriver.
I liked my 40 gig player so much that I decided I NEEDED a 1 gig to travel around with.
Here's the deal: I have always used PCs to load these guys up, but do you think that I could easily switch them to a mac? I am mostly worried about my larger one because I use it to store information as well as my my cd collection (it is a lot lighter than 500 CDs)
Any other iriver believers out there?
Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
|
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I'm considering buying an mp3 player. What was it about the Iriver player that you found advantageous? Were all the programs in Korean? Was it easy to figure out? I used to have an iPod and found the iTunes program to be far too cumbersome, but I'm leery about Korean brands. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Location: Korea
|
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I bought an iriver in the past and it was great. The prices are on the high end but the player languages include English. As a matter of fact, most Korean brands have English manuals and software. You should check out the brands website for software and manual downloads and check everything is available in English.
Confirmed Korean manufacturers with English user interface and software:
Iriver
Stormblue (I just bought an A9+ with bluetooth headset...pretty cool)
Cheers |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
cuckoococoon

Joined: 11 Sep 2006
|
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Qinella wrote: |
| I'm considering buying an mp3 player. What was it about the Iriver player that you found advantageous? Were all the programs in Korean? Was it easy to figure out? I used to have an iPod and found the iTunes program to be far too cumbersome, but I'm leery about Korean brands. |
What I like about my larger player is that it can be plugged into anyone's computer without a problem (haven't tried a mac yet). It is just a hard drive, and I store anything I want on it. (resume, photos, scans of my passport and diploma). I know people who wiped out their ipod when they plugged it in to another computer. (I know there are ways to make sure that doesn't happen... but not everyone knows about them)
I figured out how to make sure both of them were 100% English without any problems at all... and I am not a tech person at all. In fact, there were loads of languages available on both.
The smaller one needs software loaded on a computer to work. The bigger one doesn't. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
tweeterdj

Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Location: Gwangju
|
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| cuckoococoon wrote: |
| The smaller one needs software loaded on a computer to work. The bigger one doesn't. |
this actually isn't true. if you update the firmware on the smaller ones, it makes it into a flash drive. same as the one you have. but then (if you have the option) you can only record line in at 96kbps, which is more or less useless if you use that option often. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib
|
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 3:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
So how big is the large one?
Also, how much did it cost with the bluetooth headphones?
Is A9 the big or small one? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
hanguker
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Location: Korea
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
OiGirl

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun
|
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:32 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Has anyone used one successfully with a Mac? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Lizara

Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Location: Seoul
|
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 6:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
| OiGirl wrote: |
| Has anyone used one successfully with a Mac? |
I have an H320 and it works just fine with my Mac. They don't make those ones anymore though (or at least they didn't last summer when I was shopping for my mp3 player) and I don't know if there's a similar replacement. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|