iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB Digital Music and Video Player (Black)

by iRiver

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SKZJJE
• Item model number: 1clix4b
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Freshly updated with a sleek design, a vibrant 2.2-inch full-color AMOLED screen, and 4 GB of internal memory, the redesigned second-generation iriver Clix Rhapsody plays music, video, photos, and more. In addition to supporting MPEG1/2/2.5, WMA, ASF, WMV9 SP, MPEG4, Macromedia Flash Lite 2.1, TXT, and non-progressive JPEG multimedia files, the Clix Rhapsody has been specially tuned to work with the Rhapsody To Go subscription service so that millions of songs are available to you at the touch of a button (subscription fees apply). To allow users to try the Rhapsody music service before paying any additional fees, the device comes with a 30-day trial membership to Rhapsody To Go.

Up to 24 hours of battery life.

In addition to robust audio, video, and still picture playback capabilities, the Clix sports a voice-recording mode--a great feature for students and business users. It even offers seven preset EQ settings so that users can listen to their music exactly the way they want. Other great features include a digital clock, an alarm, a digital FM tuner, and a timer. The Clix is compatible with Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista operating systems (and the player is compatible with both MTP and UMS modes).

With an internal Li-Poly rechargeable battery, the Clix offers users up to 24 hours of playback battery life. Sporting speedy USB 2.0 connectivity, the Clix measures 3.16 x 1.82 x .5 inches and weighs a scant 1.94 ounces. The player comes backed by a 1-year limited manufacturer's warranty.

Rhapsody
Feature requires Rhapsody To Go membership. A free 30-day trial for new members is included, then $14.99 per month.

Rhapsody To Go membership allows access to even more music.

What's in the Box
iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB multimedia player, earphones, installation CD, 30-day trial membership to Rhapsody To Go, printed quick start guide, and a USB 2.0 cable.

Product Description

1. AMOLED image quality with most enhanced clearness Clix offers untouchably utmost and clearest picture quality on the 2.2-inch screen with 320 X 240 resolution, backed by the technology of AMOLED, the world’s highest-quality display introduced for the first time in the world. 2. Intuitive iriver D-click System It also ensures comfortable usage with ‘iriver D-Click System,’ which is operated by clicking the screen in the four directions, and UI (User Interface) that is intuitive and easy to control. Take original pleasure in the D-Click system exclusively for iriver that you cannot experience in other products. 3. Multiplayer Clix Clix, the multiplayer allowing a collection of function, offers various entertainment options such as moving image, flash game, image, and text viewer as well as mp3 playing. In particular, Clix is a moving image player maximizing portability with its most enhanced moving image playing function of 30 frames per second 4. Speedy Flash UI and Theme Skin Clix promptly responds as soon as you press the button, and makes it possible to make various icons or backgrounds using flash. In particular, adding to the default skins by theme, users can customize their own theme with the flash and fonts for their own mp3 player. a. MUSIC files Clix provides abundant base and three-dimensional sounds through various 3D stereo effects, supporting SRS HD, the advanced 3D sound technology. b. Video files Clix with QVGA (320 X 240) resolution supports MPEG-4 SP and WMV9 SP of 30 frames per second. Thus, you can simply transform various moving picture files such as movies, music videos and animations to see on the vivid screen of Clix using iriverplus3.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps me happy, August 16, 2007

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C. Holt "digitalq" (Mansfield, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB Digital Music and Video Player (Black) (Electronics)

Player that has it all. This player does more that most any other. MP3, WMA music files I can drag and drop AND use Windows Media player AND use Rhapsody for subscription music (Napster subscription service works too, but doesn't have Rhapsody's awesome channels, which are like having a personal DJ) Just about any other music service out there will work, and you can still rip and copy your own files.

But wait, I'm just getting started. This thing plays videos on it's beautiful QVGA screen. If you think you can't stand a tiny screen, you haven't seen the Clix's OLED display. It's crisp, bright and easy on the eyes. Some of these small screens show pixels and ghost images, not so with the Clix2. I can watch for hours and not mind at all.

Okay, I'm not even close to done yet. We also have Audible capabilities. Audible is a great audiobook service that gets all the latest audiobooks and makes them available for download, these transfer over to the Clix2 in a snap and provide hours and hours of enjoyment for everyone who likes books but has trouble finding the time to read.

Want more? Sure! The built in FM radio is easy to use and picks up more stations than any of my portable players, it has something like 20 presets and will set them all in no time.

What's the catch? you must be thinking. Don't ask me, I'm still looking for one. Good volume output with buds or full size headphones, great equalizer presets, a manual EQ and SRS WOW magic stuff that makes headphones and speakers sound like they cost a bundle of cash.

Oh, wait! You want more? Really? OK, Clix delivers. You can look at pictures, browse through or see an automatic slide show (while listening to your tunes, of course) and if you got some time to kill, it comes with 4 great flash games you can play. If you look around you can find more on the web.

So, I must say that I'm really pleased with the HUGE array of features, the sound quality and overall operation of this player. It has NO equals in it's category.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous MP3 Player, July 30, 2007

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Stacie Wheelis "Stacie" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB Digital Music and Video Player (Black) (Electronics)

I must say, the Clix Rhapsody is awesome! I did tons of research before buying this player. My husband has a Creative Zen 30GB player and it is too big, and I find it difficult to operate when I use it every blue moon. I wanted something small for when I run, and wanted the flash games so my kids could use it on the airplane. The iriver Clix is so easy to operate, and the sound is awesome.

In addition, if you are wondering, I believe this is 2nd generation player. I couldn't find it mentioned in Amazon's detail except for "(1clix4b)" written in the description. I had assumed this was a 1st generation with that description, but after visiting the iriver website I think the 1st generation was much thicker. This confusion almost prevented me from buying the player, but I am so glad I did. Hope this helps!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect size for a front pocket!, January 11, 2008

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Alan "Choklat Luvr" (Sanford, FL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB Digital Music and Video Player (Black) (Electronics)

First off, let me just admit that I'm an MP3 player addict and I usually get the big hard drive ones. So for comparison purposes, I've put this up against an iPod Touch, an iPod Video 5.5, and my Archos 605. The main thing that drove me to buy a Clix was the glowing CNet review and numerous comments about the superb audio quality of the iRiver players and the Clix in particular.

After a lot of fiddling with audio settings, I finally see why the clix 2 gets such rave reviews for audio quality. However, straight out of the box it doesn't sound very good at all, you will need to spend some quality time with your clix to get good sound.

As is my wont, I like to list out the things I love followed by the things I don't love so much:

1) This thing is real nice to look at, its sleek and thin, clean design.
2) Perfectly sized for a pants pocket, which is a first for me!
3) Beautiful screen for the price.
4) Innovative D-Click interface with lots of dedicated buttons for volume, power, hold and even a special programmable button.
5) Easy to operate blind with only a little bit of practice so you don't necessarily have to take it out and look at it to see what you're doing.
6) Very customizable in so many ways.
7) After setting to MTP mode I was immediately able to download my music and playlists, as well as album art and song ratings using Media Monkey; this was as easy as the iTunes/iPod setup which is a minor miracle. I'm very impressed, given the problems I've had doing same with my Archos 605.
8) Built in mini-USB port, might sound like a minor thing but none of my other players has it.
9) Special button: one button can be assigned to a special function which is nice (I set mine to do Play/Pause).
10) Lots of other features which I don't use and other reviewers have described in detail.
11) Flash theming: you can download all sorts of flash background themes and fonts and really customize the look of the player.
12) If you are patient, you can really get some great sound out of this thing by fiddling with the Wow and SRS and other EQ settings.

Things that I'm not loving so much:
1) Fits so well in my jeans pocket, but every time I bend over it starts fast forwarding. I have to put it on hold every time I put it in my pocket. Basically, the down side of the D-Click interface is that it is easily activated by random bumps and jostles so I pretty much have to put it on hold all the time. I also find this can be hard on battery life as my case will keep the screen alive when fully closed. This has become a real problem to me, unfortunately my noreve case isn't helping matters at all.
2) After the joys of touch screen interfaces, I find it a little tedious to not have any sort of sliding/touchy interface for doing things like scrolling through long lists of songs.
3) Hard to find accessories: welcome to life outside the Apple happy place, I have yet to find a store that actually will sell me an accessory for the Clix. Looks like I will be ordering everything online! So for now I have to carry it in my pocket whether I like it or not; fortunately that works pretty well!
4) Battery life is a bit disappointing, I end up putting it on the charger whenever I'm not using it!
5) Although the screen is beautiful, its very hard to read in full sunlight.. unlike my iPods.
6) I can't get this thing to work with Rhapsody ToGo to save my life, in spite of going around with Real and iRiver tech support it still doesn't work for me; I have heard it works for others though.
7) Tech support, where is it? I put in a ticket and never got any response at all so it appears to be non-existent. Makes Archos tech support look stellar by comparison!

So, in summary, this is the best pocket player I've ever found, the sound is crisp and clean, the interface is innovative and fun. I think its a great little MP3 player for the price but I don't think it holds up to the higher priced iPod Touch overall... not surprising since it is a hundred dollars cheaper!

Update after 1 month of ownership: well I have to say this little player has really grown on me. After fiddling with settings I now find that the sound is as good as advertised (still lacking some power though!), it is addictive, all my other players don't seem quite as crisp and clear anymore. I've updated my pros and cons accordingly. Normally this would be good enough reason to bump the rating to 5 stars, however I've discovered a few more things I'm not so happy with so I'm leaving it at 4. Hoping the next version (Clix+ ??) will resolve some of these problems!