iriver T10 2 GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black)

by iRiver

Product Details

• Item Weight: 13.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000GGMJ5W
• Item model number: T10 2GB
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,328 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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The ultra-portable iRiver T10 MP3 player delivers exceptional sound quality in a unique, sport-ready design, making it a great fit for jogging, cycling, and a ton of other active uses. The compact body measures a mere 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.2 inches (W x H x D) and fits easily in the palm of your hand or a shirt pocket. Yet the T10 doesn't skimp on storage capacity, with 2 GB of built-in memory that holds up to 68 hours of music-- enough for almost any workout fiend. And downloading music is easy thanks to the PlaysForSure compatibility, which lets you access millions of songs from almost any subscription-based download service. Just plug the USB 2.0-compliant device into a PC and go crazy.

Once the player is loaded with music (it supports MP3, WMA, and OGG music files), you can navigate through your favorite selections via the vivid color display, which lists the track name, artist info, and time remaining. Also along for the ride is an integrated FM tuner that not only plays NPR, music stations, and other programming, but also offers a recording option should you want to catch "Car Talk" at a later time. Best of all, the T10 is completely skip-free, so you won't suffer any interruptions during a tough jog or weightlifting session.

Additional features include a voice recorder, an enhanced SRS WOW audio function that simulates 3D sound, and a sport clip that attaches to your belt or backpack. The T10, which runs for up to 45 hours on a single AA battery (included), weighs only 1.7 ounces and is backed by a one-year warranty.

What's in the Box
iRiver T10 MP3 player, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, one AA battery, installation CD, user's manual.

Product Description

iRiver T10 MP3 Flash Music Player is no ordinary player. It's a lifestyle. Amazingly small, you'd hardly know it's there but you'll appreciate its features and performance. The ultra-portable T10 from iRiver delivers exceptional sound quality in a unique, sport-ready design. The T10 is PlaysForSure verified to support subscription-based music download services, giving you instant, affordable access to millions of songs. It also features a vivid color display, battery life up to 45 hours on one AA, a built-in FM tuner, voice recorder and an integrated sport clip. Play music for up to 53 hours with a single AA battery, and it comes with a large 2GB flash memory that allows the music to play without interruption. Enjoy a built-in FM radio with outstanding reception anytime, anyplace. You can even use it as a voice recorder. It does not need to go inside a pocket. T10 can be clipped on clothes, bags or just about anywhere else. Don't carry it. Wear it. Sit, walk, and run with it. Live with it. The T10 is your perfect match. Up to 45 hours of battery life using AA battery Skip-free and sport-ready - Use it while walking, jogging, exercising Built-in sport clip - Convenient and secure use for active individuals FM tuner and FM recorder - Listen to FM stations and record directly from them Voice recorder - Leave memos to your self, record lectures Plays MP3 - WMA and OGG music files Enhanced 3D audio - Supports SRS WOW Fast USB 2.0 transfers 1 year limited warranty Unit Dimension 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.2 / Weight 1.7oz Requires PC running Windows XP (SP1 or higher) / Windows Media Player 10 / CD-ROM Drive / USB Port PlaysForSure enabled to play more of your music (for US and EU only, with WMP10) Can link with a Windows PC and Macintosh computer for music file transfer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have tried most all of the MP3 players. This one is superb., September 17, 2006

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S. Stanley (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iriver T10 2 GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black) (Electronics)

I have an iRiver H10 that I have liked very much (and still use quite a bit). I wanted a player that would also work with Audible, though, and my H10 does not. Because it was convenient (at Office Depot), I first tried a SanDisk 2 GIG model. (see my review of it.) It was so cheaply made, so poorly functioning. Sound on music was so inferior to what I had been used to with iRiver. Took it back. I could not believe how bad it was, and I ordered the H10 right away. (My wive has an Ipod Mini, and I have also a Samsung 1 gig YTP6 or something like that. I like all of these, but the iRiver I have had easily sounds better than the Ipod, and the Samsung model is no longer sold. The newer Samsungs are very disappointing if you are used to the older model).

Okay, to the T10. I love it. It is constructed very solidly. you can feel the difference with many other ones out there. (Esp Sandisk's models that seem like little toys and sound worse.) The feeling is solid, controls are very positive in feel, and logical. Sometimes you hear people complain of iRivers being a bit more confusing to operate. I suppose this could be true, but that is merely because they have many more features you can tweak and control than most other models out there. If you don't like having more choices in operation and sound, I would buy something else. Probably the Creative models are a super choice.

The only thing I would have done a bit differently on this model (T10) is that in making the buttons harder to accidently hit when you don't want to, they made it a little harder to press the volume or advance controls than I would prefer.

Sound is superb. It's a bit better, I think, than the H10. The other review here suggesting the sound it not as good as an earlier model, I suppose, could be important, but my experience with the T10 is quite the oppostive, and the H10 is known as a superb sounding unit. I highly recommend the T10. (I've just returned recently a Samsung (that new 4 gig model) and a 2 gig Sandisk. They were inferior to this T10 by a wide margin.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, Love it, Love it!, January 16, 2007

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Cybamuse (Fuzzy Europe) - See all my reviews

This review is from: iriver T10 2 GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black) (Electronics)

The iRiver T10/2Gb is perfect for someone who doesn't want to carry around 40-80Gb worth of music they'll never listen to and even more importantly, its truly portable!

When I first went to a store asking to buy an mp3 player which ran on batteries, they couldn't understand why anyone would want something so archaic. I had to find somewhere else with an mp3 player with a battery and that is when I came across the T10. I travel a LOT and to a lot of places where taking my computer and/or power plugs along is (a) inconvenient, (b) heavy and (c) useless as there is no power. I can't begin to describe the relief that all I have to do is throw in a couple of spare AA batteries and I've probably got at least a month's worth of playing time there. Why on earth would anyone want an mp3 player that has a rechargeable battery that at best, can provide about 20 odd hours of music? Each time I've put a battery into my iRiver, I have managed to get about a month's worth of listening out of it - and usually it only runs down because I forget to lock it when I turn it off and the on button gets bumped in my bag. So I have yet to test the battery to see if it is actually about 45 hours play time - all I know is it lasts a long, long, long time! Even the other day, with only 1 bar left on the 'how much charge does my battery have" icon, I still got an extra 6 hours out of it.

As to its other features, the sound quality is superb. I have previously owned an iRiver H10 and thought possibly the sound on the T10 was a little tinny in comparison, but I browsed my way into the custom SRS settings and added a little base and believe me, the sound coming out of my headphones now rivals the subwoofer-enforced base coming out of any souped up ghettomobile. I have nooooo complaints about the sound quality!
I should also add I am pleased that iRiver use a gold plated tip to their headphones - don't ask me why, but that always seems to reproduce sound quality better.

I long gave up on using the iRiver software to transfer music to my T10. The fact is even through the 2Gb works fine for me around town and travelling, I have more than 2Gb of music on my computer. The iRiver software tried to synchronise between your 2Gb T10 and the stuff in "My Music" on your Windows-based computer. Not feasible! So I just transfer songs across using Windows Explorer - much greater control and an awful lot quicker! Blow off the software people. However, if you have an older computer, you may need to at least install the driver to recognise the T10 on your computer, but once that is installed, it is very easy to transfer music just using the UBS cable and Windows Explorer.

I have used the FM radio (once) when trying to find out some news. It works fine, but is defintely fiddly if you don't use it regularly. Reception was as good as any other portable device broadcasting over the airways though.

I find the buttons are very well placed for 'blind pushing' - because the headphone cord sticks out a bit and the device is triangular shaped, its quite easy to put your hand in a bag, feel the jack, feel the flat face and push the buttons to advance songs or change volume without actually having to see the device.

And lets not forget the price - substantially cheaper than that "in unit" with its white headphones yet more functionality - you not only get an mp3 player with comparable sound quality, but you get a voice recorder and an FM radio as well. For less.

My only quibbles (and they are defintely small things) are:
- The clip is awkward. It's nice that the device clips onto your belt hook, but juts out and because of the triangular shape due to emplacement of the battery, the controls all end up facing your body and its awkward to twist the device to see the buttons to change songs.
-How easily the unit can turn itself on (or off) if you don't use the (very easy to use) lock button.

I'd recommend this to anyone who travels, doesn't want to carry a ton of plugs and cords to recharge, and prefers to carry only their really favourite tunes - there is plenty of space for the best of's!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice player, but not with new computer, August 14, 2006

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Romantic heart (Greenville, RI USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: iriver T10 2 GB MP3 Player with FM Tuner (Black) (Electronics)

This is a revised review. This was a great mp3 player. Sound is great, controls are easy to learn. Granted, there's still quite a bit about the menus to learn, but it's worth how many songs you can put on it. Construction is great, although the shape is a little awkward but I don't care. The battery case is a great feature, too. I love the colored screen. This is well worth the money. I love how it uses regular AA batteries than having to use your computer to charge the player. When I go on vacation, this is perfect. The belt clip is useful, too. Thanks, Iriver and Amazon for a great price. Can't beat the price for the 2gb. Highly recommended!!! Easy to download music from your computer, either use Media player or I use my Musicmatch. Now that I had to buy a new computer, I'm having problems installing my Iriver T10 into it. It keeps coming up cannot install driver which it requires no driver. I tried getting a hold of Iriver to no avail. Not happy. I loved my T10 but now I can't use it. Any suggestions? I don't want to buy a new one, but I'm getting more frustrated. Iriver is no help at all, even though I went to their website to download a patch, etc to no avail.