Iriver 256MB MP3 Player With Tuner And Direct Recording iRiver ( 18 November, 2003 ) Electronics Our Price : £ 139.99 Prices subject to change. usually dispatched within 24 hours.

FIRST MP3 PLAYER AND WELL IMPRESSED

Well what can i say, i recieved my mp3 player today and upon recieving it the first thing i noticed was the size, lovely design, looks quite perculiar however very nice. I transferred music quickly and efficiently and the playback is great, fm tuner seems fine in my room, yet to go walkies with it, and voice recording is very good as well. The only problem i have had so far is the USB connector, you sometimes have to plug it in and out of the mp3 player a few times for the system to pick it up, but this is nothing major because when it does get going it is great. FOR YOU JOGGERS out there, i do not think this would be very good for you from the fact that the design is not suitable, i have not used this yet for jogging but i did try the arm band on and i can tell straight away that it would be awkward to wear whilst working out. Overall i would say a definate YES get it while you can, and if you see the RHOMBA beware!!!!!! my friend has just got one and u try using it in win xp, impossible almost

Stunning piece of kit!

Theres plenty to impress here. The first thing youll notice when you get the iFP-390T out of the box is how tiny and light it is. This put me off at first but once you put the battery in its a bit more weighty. The instructions are lengthy but fool-proof and easy to follow and youll be started within minutes. The features on this thing are amazing. Not only is it an MP3 player onto which you can drag n drop files, its a great radio (which can be recored directly to MP3), a digital voice recorder (the quality of which is excellent) and a line-in recorder so you can create MP3s directly from your CD player or anything else you choose to plug into it. You can choose the sound quality of your recordings and so choose the amount of space you take up with them. The overall sound quality is top notch, what youd expect from a good-quality CD player. And theres a preset and manual graphic equaliser so you can adjust the sound to your preference, with the option of 3D sound. The earphones that come with the model are better than most mid-priced ones available but if can get better, use them for full potential. The player also comes with a nice cover, which is essential if you wanna keep the little thing in good condition; a useful and pretty flashy neck strap, which turns your MP3 player into a medallion; and an arm strap, which is good for joggers. Only 2 complaints about the player: I had a little trouble using the software/hardware properly but there are ways around it. And I was a bit dissapointed there is no adapter/charger for the unit as it would be a lot more efficient than changing the battery all the time. But despite that, the player more than deserves its 5 stars. Its feature-packed (theres so much more I have left out) and you will enjoy exploring it. The sound quality is excellent, its compact, upgradable and will impress you no end. Easily the best MP3 player in its range right now.

Perfect for rriangles and rhombuses

I’m pretty happy with my iRiver. It is let down a little bit by some shoddy design, but more than makes up for this with great features. Hence the four stars. Pros: (a) Capacity. 256mb is enough to hold around 5 CDs at decent quality. Not as much as an iPod, but see (b) (b) Size. It’s very small. (c) Line In and Microphone. You can use these to record just about anything as an MP3. (d) Radio. Radio and MP3 player all in one. And you can record straight from the radio as MP3 (this is the only portable MP3 player I could find that can do this) (e) Great Headphones. I’ve never heard as good a sound come out of in-ear headphones. (f) Customisable. There’s lots of options, like what quality you want to record things at, how fast you want the fast forward and rewind to go at, play modes Cons: (a) There’s often little readily apparent logic behind what buttons do what is – especially in menus. (b) Most of the buttons do more than one thing. Want to change the graphic equaliser to a different preset? Press and hold ‘A-B’, then tap it to go through options. Want to change to ‘shuffle’? Press the record button. (d) The buttons are easy to press by accident. It’s easy to accidentally skip on a track, or press record, or turn to shuffle mode. There is a ‘lock’ button, which needs to be kept on when the player is in your pocket. (c) Doing basic things requires lots of button presses. To switch from MP3 player to radio, you have to press and hold the record button, then press the left button, then click another button. It shouldn’t be that difficult. (d) Volume control and skipping on to the next / previous track is done with the same button, just pressed in a different direction. It’s easy to skip on a track when you just meant to turn the volume down. (e) There’s no way to plug in power. But as I say, the positives outweigh the negatives.