iriver clix 2 (U20) 4GB Multimedia MP3 Player

by iRiver

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 1.8 x 0.5 inches ; 1.9 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• ASIN: B000WUU21K
• Item model number: U20-4GB
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #61,397 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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. The clear screen you are going to newly experience will keep offering a big pleasure for the entire hours while controlling Clix. Even long-time seeing a moving picture cannot make your eyes hurt. - Premium Design focusing on curve and slimness. - Intuitive iriver D*click System - Supports subscription music services - Ultra-bright, 2.2 inch AMOLED color display - Speedy Flash UI and Theme Skin - Built-in digital FM tuner - Modern color matching in black & white - Skip-free listening - Alarm clock - Fast USB 2.0 transfers - 1 year limited warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

63 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Little Gem of a Media Player!, May 16, 2007

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D. A. Frost (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I've had my Clix 2 almost a week now and I'm even more impressed with it than I hoped I'd be. The AMOLED screen on this thing is simply gorgeous--much better than the typical LCD screen on most players. It's bright, sharp and the colors are stunningly vibrant. It really blows the screen on my 5th gen "iPod with Video" right out of the water.

The feature set is terrific. It'll play MP3, WMA and OGG audio and AVI and WMV video and display JPGs. Video looks really amazing. It sports an FM tuner, which works well, and it's cool that you can record off the radio or its built-in mic. It comes with a few flash games installed. You can even customize the menu backgrounds.

The controls and user interface were pretty easy to master. The only fault with the ergonomics, in my opinion, is that it normally takes two hands to operate the Clix. With practice you can sort of operate it with one hand, but it's awkward.

It's a tad smaller than I imagined, about the same overall as the iPod Nano. The audio quality is as good or better than my iPods. One of the coolest things about it is it can connect as an MSC external storage device, allowing you to simply drag-and-drop your media files into it. In this mode it's platform agnostic, meaning that it'll work on either a PC, Mac or Linux computer. Drag-and-drop is nice because I can simply copy media files onto it from multiple computers, regardless of platform and not be restricted to syncing with one source, like the iPod. It's perfect for a geek like me who has multiple computers running different OS's.

If you prefer, you can also set it up as an MTP player for use with Windows XP or Vista and sync it automatically with iriver's own iTunes-like app or by using Windows Media Player 11. Theoretically, it should be also able to sync in MTP under Linux with Amarok if you have libmtp installed, but so far I haven't been able to get that to work--but that's probably an issue with Linux, not the Clix 2.

One word of caution: before you do anything else, connect it to your computer and copy all of the contents of the Clix to your hard drive as a backup. Why, you ask? Because when you format the player or switch modes between MSC and MTP it erases the entire contents, except for the operating system. All of the included games and background themes disappear and they aren't provided on the CD it comes with. This is an embarassing mistake on iriver's part. So back up your Clix before you use it. Hopefully, iriver will make the default Clix content available on their website soon.

The bottom line is the Clix 2 is one of the most beautifully engineered devices I've ever owned.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT MP3 Player!, May 14, 2007

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S in Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Ca USA) - See all my reviews

Before you follow the herd, and get an iPod, check out this great player from iRiver!
Simply the most vibrant, sharp screen I've seen on ANY MP3 player! It's positively gorgeous! Photos practically pop off of the screen, and videos are sharp and crisp!
The D-click navigation system is also a great design... tap one of the four edges of the front surface to navigate... very easy to use, even if you've never glanced at the users manual.
This device also comes with recordable FM radio, voice recorder (with voice activation!), flash games, oh, and it even plays your favorite MP3's!
Menus are customizable, so you can easily change the background of your menu screen, even adding Flash (moving images) screen as a background, or add your own photos!
I compared the size to my mother's ipod nano... it is just a hair thicker, slightly wider, but still remains small enough to put in your shirt pocket, and not realize it's even there.
overall, an excellent MP3 player that looks great! (It's face is solid black, with no text, no buttons on the face of the device, no manufacturers markings... very clean look!)

To summarize, this device comes with the following, which (I believe) the iPod lacks:
1. FM Tuner, with 30 presets
2. FM Recorder
3. Voice recorder
4. Flash games
5. Flash Menus (You can find tons of user designed, animated menus which are simply amazing!)
6. 30 FPS video player
7. Ultra-bright, 2.2" AMOLED
8. Built in reader
9. Alarm Clock
10. Ability to purchase music online from sources other then iTunes! Also allows you to use subscription music services!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing little thing!, June 12, 2007

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AW (Santa Cruz Mtns, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

I've only had this thing for a few days, but I'm completely blown away by it. First, the OLED screen looks great. I thought it would be too small to watch for long periods, but it worked fine for me. I had the clix2 on a 9 hour flight, and watched about 5 hours of video. Didn't feel any worse than trying to see the video screen 20 rows ahead of me, and I'd much rather watch what I want. After the flight, I still had 2/3 of the batter life left according to the icon on the screen.

The clix2 is so small and light that it's no bother at all to carry with you. I do wish that it came with some sort of screen protector. Being plastic, I expect it'll eventually get a bit scratched up.

I had no trouble navigating my way around the device. As far as transferring songs and video to it, it defaults to "MSC" mode which means it shows up as a storage device when you connect it to your computer. In this mode, no special software is necessary - you can drag and drop mp3 files right into it's Music directory. You can do the same with Video, but the videos won't play unless they're compressed properly (framerate, size, etc) for the device. You can use the included iriver3 software to do those conversions for you. You can also use the software to transfer your songs and videos around, but again you don't have to. Windows Media Player 10 and 11 (11 is included on the software disk) will also do this, apparently.

I ended up having to switch it to "MTP" mode (this mode switching is done via the interface on the device, and is trivial). In this mode, you can't drag and drop things onto the device anymore, you must use transport software. Again, either the included application or Windows Media Player will work. I had to switch it to MTP mode so that AudibleManager would allow me to copy an audiobook I purchased onto the device. I couldn't get it to work in MSC mode, but thankfully it had no problem in MTP mode. (Just dropping the .aa file onto the device didn't work in MSC mode).

To summarize: I like this thing more than my iPod and my Zen Vision:M. I love that I can charge it via my USB port. I love that I can transfer songs and videos to/from it without the usual copy protection issues that screw everything up. I love how convenient it is to use, and to carry.

And remember: Audible audiobooks require it to be in MTP mode. Otherwise you get some silly message about having to upgrade your device's firmware.