iRiver H10 20 GB MP3 Player/Recorder (Blue)

by iRiver

Product Details

Product Manual [5.94mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 10 x 3 x 7 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009H9PZU
• Item model number: H10 Blue 20GB
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (175 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The iRiver 20 GB model H10 is the perfect portable digital player/recorder for true music and audio enthusiasts. Hardly bigger than a deck of cards, its 1.8-inch hard drive has space for over 5,000 songs (128 kbps MP3, 4 minutes per song) or more than 330 hours of music. Yet the whole player measures just 2.4 x 4 inches (W x H) and less than an inch deep. Sensibly arranged controls--including an intuitive central touchpad--make it child's play to setup and use, and an internal battery delivers up to 16 hours of non-stop music between charges.

But the H10 is about more than just music. It comes complete with a brilliant, full-color 1.8-inch TFT LCD that supports up to 260,000 colors, rendering your favorite JPEG digital photos with breathtaking clarity. (Yep, it does slide shows, too.) What's more, an integrated text viewer lets you lose yourself in paperless novels, news, essays, short stories--you name it.

A built-in microphone facilitates use as a voice recorder, with 3 quality settings to choose from. The unit also features a built-in FM tuner with a choice of automatic and manual channel-search functions, including 20 station presets for one-touch tuning to your favorites, especially handy for traffic and news updates when you're out and about. An antenna built into the supplied headset ensures crystal-clear sound quality, and a timer lets you set the H10 to record radio programs with real-time MP3 encoding at specific times of your choosing.

The H10 is PlaysForSure compatible and fully integrated with Microsoft Windows Media Player 10, which makes it even easier to enjoy your digital media. In addition to a range of options for managing digital content, you'll enjoy fast access to the H10's "digital media hall," where you can scavenge the virtual shelves of numerous online shops (including Napster To Go) in search of cool songs old and new. With the player/recorder connected to your PC, you'll be able to purchase and download songs straight into the H10. An auto-sync function synchronizes music and image files on the H10 with those stored on your PC, just like a PDA.

Icing on the cake, the H10 also a guaranteed head turner with a high-grade aluminum casing whose purist elegance is as pleasing to the eye as the touch.

What's in the Box
Digital music player/recorder, stereo earphones, a carrying case with belt clip, a USB 2.0 interface cable, an installation CD, an AC adapter, a user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description

iRiver's H10 20GB Digital Audio Player is a portable hard drive and digital media player in one. This sleek device features 20GB of storage space, for all your favorite songs or important images. Transfer your data more easily with the super-fast USB 2.0 interface, and preview photos and text on the bright 1.8-inch screen. The ultra-intuitive interface and convenient touch strip let you access your files just by pushing a button. PlaysForSure - lets you know what digital content online will work with the H10. Just look for the PlaysForSure logo on the digital music website Rechargeable, removable Battery that lasts up to 12 hours Touch Strip Interface USB 2.0 Connection Dimensions - 4 x 2.4 x 0.86 Color - Remix Blue

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

73 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great player, lots of features, some annoyances, July 10, 2005

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Brian E. Siler "Brian" (Collierville, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iRiver H10 20 GB MP3 Player/Recorder (Blue) (Electronics)

One of the great things about this player is you do not have to install any special software; just drag a folder of MP3s over to it. The best feature is its future potential; the manufacturer brags 'firmware upgradeable' on the box and an Internet search reveals an active user forum and homebrew software available.

I actually found a use for the text file viewer-- it is a handy way to keep track of a new workout routine. Sound quality is good enough for loud rock music while mowing or working out.

There are some minor annoyances in the software. The equalizer does not have enough frequency ranges and introduces some noise. There is not a clear indication when you disable the EQ and turn on the SRS feature. The picture display is cool, but no zoom and pan - even my cell phone does that. However, these are all minor bugs that could be fixed with new software.

One of the advertised features is line in recording - but you don't get the line input jack unless you buy a cradle. Hmmm, why not just use the line input jack on your computer sound card and save the money. I would rather have had a line input and/or a mic jack on the unit itself than the wired remote control jack - the iriver is about the size of a remote control itself so I am not sure what the logic was here.

Like I mentioned earlier these are minor annoyances and I am generally impressed with the performance and sound on the player.

51 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid for two simple reasons, September 7, 2005

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Shannon Donovan "nova111" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iRiver H10 20 GB MP3 Player/Recorder (Blue) (Electronics)

I have been an iRiver fan for a long time but avoid this player for two reasons:

(1) Although you connect the player to your computer via USB, the player side of the connection does not have a standard USB port. Why should you care? With many other players you can charge the unit and transfer songs with a simple standard USB cable. With this one if you forget the special cable that comes with the unit (very non-standard) then you can't charge the unit or transfer songs. I have one USB cable for my phone, camera, etc. and want to use it for the player. Or, if I am out of town I can be assured someone is going to have or sell a standard USB cable. I despise the iPOD for many reasons but at least they give you a real USB connection on the player itself.

(2) DRM on the US unit. When you connect the unit to your computer you don't get a simple drive letter to drag and drop MP3 files to/from the player. You must have Windows XP and you must use either Windows Media Player or "Portable Device" in explorer to move files over. This means you can copy files over but not the other way. I hear the Korean version of the unit gives you a real drive letter. Come on iRiver - how much did Microsoft pay you to cripple the US version?

Summary: Stay away until companies get the message loud and clear - no DRM on the unit if you have your own collection of MP3 files. Supporting DRM services such as Napster, Audible, Yahoo, Real, etc. is fine as long as it does not prohibit the use of my own collection - make the device appear as a drive letter when connected, and gives us a standard USB connection on the player side to charge and transfer data.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best you can get, June 10, 2005

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Travis B. Weland "l2or3d" (West Liberty, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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Let me start off by saying that I have owned or used many mp3 players. Iriver h120, h320, rca lyra, ipod(not the color one), Creative zen xtra, the new samsung, and many more. The only mp3 player that beats this one is the h120, and you can't buy that one anymore. No software is needed at all. plug it into your cpu, go to my computer, and drag and drop. it took 35 minutes for me to transfer 3200 songs. has fm, fm recorder, and timer for the fm recorder. Nice if you would like to record a morning show or something while your at work. Turns on instantly, great sound quality, easy navigation. People say the albums are not in order, rename your files via musicmatch or what ever and have the track number first. this will solve that problem. You can search for your music or files with the browser function. Very nice if you like a more computer type of navigation. This is currently the best mp3 player on the market, I've only metioned a few features of this player. If your into electronics, this is the player to get. If your more about being cool and don't mind software that controls your music then I would suggest an ipod. In my eyes this player has the ipod beat in every area, with the exception of acceseries. Not to bash the ipod of coursel. Even I'll admit that the ipod is pretty cool and if it wasn't for all of it's restrictions, I would buy one, if there was no iriver of course.