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40 GB (Hard Drive), 10000 Songs, 7.04 oz., Audio Files: MP3, WMA, ASF, Ogg Vorbis. Display Size: 2 inch |  |
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| Product Reviews from Amazon.com (Rating System 1 to 5) |
| Review | Rating | Last Updated | Owned for almost 3 years, and love it
Yes, the battery has definitely quit on me, but for it to last this long is quite a feat. This is a product of great quality. I've dropped it too many times to count, but the mp3 player still works perfectly. And as a few people have mentioned here, the sound quality is just GORGEOUS.
Yes, it's bulky, but this was definitely the best buy when I first purchased it. The only other mp3 player comparable to this was the 40gb iPod, which did not have any color, method of storing pictures, voice recording, radio, and limited audio file types that it could play. I have no regrets buying this, and will probably just continue using and dropping it for another year or two before I start looking for another. | 5 | Today | The Best Piece of Equipment I Ever Owned.
An amazing product. I have it for three years now. The sound quality both for recording and playing is excellent. Very reliable and solid. All features work fine and are quite useful. Changing the battery is relatively easy once you know how to proceed. I'll probably upgrade the hard drive to a 60G soon... | 5 | Today | My Jukebox Archos is more reliable
Wouldn't buy another iRiver product. I had battery problems from the start also it would just turn off for no reason even with a fully charged battery. The sound on my much older Archos is sounds better than the iRiver. I'm about to run it over with my car. Tried calling for support, but, of course did not get any. Try another MP3 player. | 1 | Today | Almost three years and still working - BEST AUDIO of all
No doubt in my mind that this unit has THE best sounding audio and lots of eq features. If you like the sound of crappy mp3s then so be it, you don't need a player as good as this, but if you want to hear wav files the way they sound on a CD, powered by a great sounding amp and EQ, this is it. All you need are some good noise cancelling phones like the great Sennheiser open type, and you're good to go, coast to coast.
Waiting for my batt to die - not yet, at least! If it does I will just get another put in. It's really no big deal.
The interface is excellent and can be used blind once you learn the simple, simple, simple intuitive navigation system. Buttons neve scratch or dent even with my digg nails.
Did I say this player has the BEST sound quality? Yes I think it does. TrueBass algorithm if u want it too!
The radio works, the iRiver makes an excellent full-fi field recorder with an external mic, plus u can store all of your files, your pictures, powerpoints, and get it quick with USB. I have 30 Gb in there and it boots up in about 25 seconds, so it is a bit of a wait, but not bad. | 5 | Today | RIP 340. It was a great year!
I bought my 340 roughly one year ago. I set that baby up with Rockbox and I was in heaven! I raved to everyone I could about how great it was: great sound, fm transmitter, playlists on the fly, games, creating/recording my own mp3s, 40GB for a decent price. Sadly, my 340 died a couple of weeks ago. Yes, after just 1 year. Unfortunately, I had to sell its remains in order to finance a replacement. I loved this mp3 player so much I'm actually considering buying another one rather than joining the evil iPod empire. So, I give the 340 3 stars because it's great while it lasts but it doesn't last very long. Just to drive the point home, I also had an h140 that died after roughly 2 years of ownership. | 3 | Today | Very poor service on short battery life issues
The battery crapped out in less than two years and iRiver offered to give me $75 credit in their online store by way of service. This is for a $350 player that can't be used without it's power cord in less than two years. I don't mind paying them to change the battery, but they don't offer that option. The player is ok, but I wouldn't invest this kind of money again for such a short-lived product. I have ordered a battery online and am going to try to change it myself. There are videos on YouTube that show you how to do it. I don't consider myself adept at working on devices and would rather hire someone to do it, but iRiver ain't helping me. | 1 | Today | WONDERFUL little player
Love it, love it, love it.
First to address a couple of whiners I just read, yes, Lithium-ion batteries go bad after about a year. The iRiver is no exception to that...nor is Apple's ipod, or Dell's laptops, or any other Li-ion battery. But, given the eventuality of the iRiver's battery dying, it's totally unreasonable to say it is now worthless. I bought a new ipod battery on eBay for about $15 that had 50% more capacity. Thing will play music for 20 hours now.
Some posters have mentioned that this iRiver sounds better than most ipods...indeed, it's true. Probably due to the Philips UDA1380 chip; definitely a nice audio coder-decoder chip. An added feature, and one that steered me towards the iRiver (and will certainly have to be present on my next player) is the ability to play Ogg Vorbis files. I have no use for DRM and I prefer the tonal qualities of Ogg files over patent-encumbered and proprietary MP3 files. It's a pity that iRiver is now in bed with Microsoft; I'm sure we've seen the last of Ogg compatibility from them as a result. No matter; Iaudio (Cowon), Samsung, and others still support it and have not prostrated themselves over the MS feed-trough.
One other thing I should mention is that the iRiver presents itself as a UMS (USB Mass Storage) device; this means that any modern computer should see it as another hard drive and no silly drivers need to be downloaded. It also means that it works flawlessly with Linux. :-)
Anyway, a fun player, capable of customizing ([...] and playing videos. Reliable Toshiba hard drive. Couple this player with a pair of Grados and you'll be in heaven.
| 5 | Today | iriver
Don't waste your money. What iRiver doesn't tell their customers is that once the battery goes dead, the system is useless. I will never buy one of their products again and I'm doing my best to inform everyone out there that they'll be tossing their money in the trash by purchasing any iRiver products. My system cost me $340.00 and it is now as useless as the customer service department at iRiver | 1 | Today | wouldnt recommend
As several other reviewers have stated, this isnt the greatest player. Ive owned mine for less than a year and im shopping for a new one. First off, start-up time. ive got about 32GB of music on this and with the ID3 tags enabled, it takes almost 8 minutes to start!!! I dont care who you are, thats COMPLETELY unreasonable. FM tuner and voice recorder are nice if you need to use them, can record about 2.5 hours non-stop. About 5300 files can be put in one folder, anything more than that wont get read. I use it every day, but in under a year the battery life has gone from about 13-14 hours to half that; not even a full day at work. :( Why couldnt the other companies learn from the originals, RIO. the UI on the iRiver is poor. If you have alot of artists on the player, you have to scroll through them all... slowly... Also cannot create playlists, they have to be made and imported from your computer. Stay away. | 1 | Today | Don't bother wasting your money on this one...
I bought this with high hopes of having a cool mp3 player with lots of cool extras. What a dissapointment. You have to rig this player to play videos by finding and downloading a certain software which I could never locate. It did load my pictures. It would not play all the songs I loaded. They would show up like the others but only silence could be heard. Never could figure that one out. It kept locking up on Napster and totally stopped working altogether. I sent iRiver about 15 different emails begging and pleading for help but you can forget those people. They NEVER responded. I tried to return it once with all the emails I had sent only to have them send it back to me. I finally just got rid of it. It is the same size as the 60GB iPod only the iPod is about half the thickness. This player is bulky. The headphones that came with it were defective. I thought the file system would be cool but it kept ignoring where I placed my music and would store it some place else. So I absolutely do not recommend this product. I read reviews before I bought this that iRiver's customer support is not good. What I didn't realize then is that it is nonexistent! | 1 | Today |
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