Ever wanted to know exactly what is inside of an MP3 player? TGDaily has a nice write up on what exactly goes into the iRiver H10. From the PP5020 Digital Media Management System-on-Chip to the Seagate ST1 5 GByte mass storage device the article gives you a complete teardown.
The design quality of the iRiver H10′s insides has not gone unnoticed in the industry. In fact the H10 was awarded Semiconductor Insights’ 2005 Insight Award for “Best MP3 Player Technology” beating out the nominated Apple iPod mini, Creative Zen Micro, and Rio Carbon.
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9 Comments
Phil Urich on December 2, 2005 3:28 PM
Hmm. I’m still very sketchy on the new iRivers, what with the lack of good non-mp3 codec support, and other things that seem to make them somewhat of a retreat from the older generation of iRivers. The new ones don’t have a connection for an external mic either, eh?
cesar on March 19, 2006 1:53 PM
i would recomend the irver h10 to anyone its a great player i have the 5 gb version at first you might experiance some freezing but if you get the firmwire update it works like a charm picture could look better though and i have a hard time trying to text on to it but overal its a good player i give an 8.5 out of 10
David on March 25, 2006 1:21 AM
I have teh H10 5gb verison. I suggest getting it. It is well worth your money. I got mine for only 170.00$. I got the firmwire update but then I changed the player to UMS from MTP. No freezing has occured yet.
Dan on August 30, 2006 2:32 AM
Yea I bought the Iriver H10 6gb on Ebay for around $80. It is used but works awesome and came w/ everything it would have if bought new. I would also recommend it to anyone looking for a good player w/ great sound. My friend already went out and got one on Ebay after he saw mine. It does have its flaws but is great for its price compared to an ipod. I like the features it has over ipod like FM radio and recording capability.
Optix on March 7, 2007 6:49 PM
I recently bought one of these, a 20gb version. It was smaller than I expected. The sound quality is good and build quality is also good. It does have a few bugs but iRiver shall be releasing new firmware to fix this. I would recommend this to player anyone looking for a 20gb jukebox with good sound – this has SRS WOW which is the good thing about iRivers
and plus an FM tuner & recorder, excellent player.
yaya on April 6, 2007 12:57 AM
I bought mine but it said System files missing
itsgeoff on July 28, 2007 8:55 AM
Had H10 6gb for xmas 2006, now says system files missing, pc does not recognise player when connected, store where it was bought from now shut. When working it was great, but now unless anyone has any ideas now a paperweight. Tried emailing iriver, but seem to get more responce talking to a rock. HELP!!!!!Geoff
*RG on October 10, 2009 10:09 PM
I had a similar problem with my 20gb, it worked brilliantly for more than 2 years until one day it just stopped working. Same thing happened, computer doesnt recognise it.
hynpin on October 13, 2009 2:38 PM
google: iriver H10 system recovery tool