Customer Reviews

Remanufactured iRiver H10 5 GB Digital MP3 Player, Trace Red

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The refurb unit received looks as new. Before and after purchase I strongly suggest you look at discussion threads on the misticriver web site. You need to understand things like "the ums trick", the differences between the firmware in the US version and the asian version of the player, and the kinds of things that other users have had trouble with. If you buy one, before you load it up with all your music files, load two or three albums or playlists and get a feeling for how it works. Then, after reading he misticriver threads, go to the iRiver web site, download the updater for the latest firmware, and do a reformat/restore of the player. You will end up doing it some time in the future, anyway, so learn how to do it before you fill the player up with all your music. It works, but it has a personality. The music quality is great into a pair of circa $30 Sennheiser headphones. The FM tuner is a great plus if you like listening to FM radio.

I loved this product for 4 months (it does have lots of gadgets that I love) and then.....for no reason at all my computer no longer recognizes it! Rhapsody doesn't recognize it....It's turned into a ghost although I can see it!

I can play all of the songs that I owned myself but everything through the subscription service has run out and can't be reinstalled. I've done a little research about the disappearing MP3 player and it appears to be a problem that is affecting a lot of the H10's and 1 other model I can't remember right now and iRiver can't figure it out; although I've been told they are trying desperately to find the bug....So buy with caution....

This seemed like a great bargain. It worked adequately for two days, then began various problems. Downloads didn't work, it skipped, etc.

The refund was very prompt.

This mp3 player was great when I first got it. However, I've not had it even a week yet, and it has begun freezing up and having other various problems. I would not suggest this item.

There are more modern devices music and this was ok for awhile. It does not serve as an external disk like a flash disk except sometimes XP gives it a drive letter. Then you can delete files otherwise they pile up. The only "official" interface is via MediaPlayer playlists. The battery turns off sometimes but usually after it says it has powered down, I find it dead the next day. Have learned to disconnect the battery in desk drawer. Unless your music is organized with actual playlists, this system shows most files as singles, even by the same artist, so plays them one by one. I usually engage the browser mode and it acts like a random file player and that is ok too. Radio is ok but in buildings some stations are weak. Reading text is like text messaging, ok. All in all you get an actual spinning hard drive without much interface. Buy it, sure if you like to tinker and like old lawnmowers.

Yes it is a good value for the money and the belt clip case that comes with the player is a plus. There is no software to download if you already have windows xp or higher. It uses windows media player 10 or higher. Simply plug in and the computer will recognize the player as an external hard drive. I have not tried all of the extras yet, like the photos or downloading data, I just wanted my music on there. And that is where the problem is. I enjoy having playlists. I was able to figure out how to make one playlist but when I tried to make more, it would just overide the first one that I had. There are no true instructions because they expect windows media to be self explaintory. The player is also recognized by napster and music match. both of which I can not manage my playlist. So if you want to download music and ramdomly play your music, get an ipod shuffle, it is smaller.

This mp3 player has wonderful sound quality, is easy to manage, and is lightweight and comes w/ a convenient clip. Unfortunately, it broke down 5 months after I bought it. If your willing to spend the money, go for it. Just don't expect it to last too long.