Topic: iriver H1xx Tapers FAQ (beta)

[hyperplane]

4AAs meaning fresh 1.5V alkalines (and not sub 1.5V NiMH)?  I measured the output of the 2 iriver AC adapters I have and they output 5.4V (not 5.0V as written on the AC adapter itself).

About WavPack, it seems like it is CPU intensive and will shorten battery life as a result.  Seems like they committed the new on the fly recording/encoding patch with a new WAV codec called wav_enc.codec.

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FWIW,  I have had no issues with the CVS build 20060717. 

RE: WavPack, I like that codec a lot myself. But I'd still not use it... on the off chance that my iriver died while recording, seems like it would be easier to recover a WAV file with an improperly written header, rather than a WavPack (or other compressed) file.

RE: the AAs, either alkalines or NiMH. There's not a huge difference in 6V vs. the ~5.4V from the wall AC adaptor. And I did measure my NiMH fresh off being charged, at 5.96V, and no problems at all. I would imagine there's some slight "leeway" on the voltage amount accepted. Now, if you tried running 9V or more, you're probably dancing on ice. 


I, too, use CVS build 20060717 with no issues (knock on wood).

[kuuan]

4AAs meaning fresh 1.5V alkalines (and not sub 1.5V NiMH)?  I measured the output of the 2 iriver AC adapters I have and they output 5.4V (not 5.0V as written on the AC adapter itself).

I am using 4 rechargable AAs in my external pack, rechargables usualy only got 1,2 Volts, 4x1,2V = 4,8V and it does fine.

[Arni99]

I´m thinking of buying an Australian(240V) iriver h120 on ebay, BUT i live in Austria 230V. I guess the power-issue(230v/240V) won´t be a problem with the adapter, but I am planning to use rockbox for recording concerts.

Is there ANYTHING I should take into consideration using an Australian H120 with Rockbox here in Europe or will all be fine?!

Thanks for your input!
Arni

[kuuan]

Could be that the Australian adapter is made for 240 Volts only ( mine I bought in Japan and the adapter it came with accepts 110 - 250 Volts ) but that certainly includes 220 and 230 Volts, so to my knowledge you will not have ANY issue with your Australian iRiver at all!

[whatboutbob]

...you'll just need an adapter to convert to the correct pins...

[jimmc]

I used my H120 for the first time on Friday night and during the day on sat.  I ran the H120 w/o a glitch and I'm loving it.
I listened to my recorded files through headphones yesterday and they all played and sounded great.
Now the problem.  I connected the H120 via USB to my PC, and was copying the files I recorded to my desktop.  The first file transfered just fine, but the rest wont copy.  I tried doing just one at a time, but when the other 3 files get about 75% done copying, it doesnt go any further and after about 5 minutes I get this error message: 
Cannot copy Rec_0002: Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)

Anyone else ever have this problem.  I read through the FAQ here and didnt see it mentioned anywhere. 
TIA

[gmm6797]

Have you tried doing a disk defrag and or repair (I cant remember the menu options).

There has been some discission about the defragging of the drive in the thread, not sure what made it to the FAQ qirectly.

[mmmatt]

I used my H120 for the first time on Friday night and during the day on sat.  I ran the H120 w/o a glitch and I'm loving it.
I listened to my recorded files through headphones yesterday and they all played and sounded great.
Now the problem.  I connected the H120 via USB to my PC, and was copying the files I recorded to my desktop.  The first file transfered just fine, but the rest wont copy.  I tried doing just one at a time, but when the other 3 files get about 75% done copying, it doesnt go any further and after about 5 minutes I get this error message: 
Cannot copy Rec_0002: Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)

Anyone else ever have this problem.  I read through the FAQ here and didnt see it mentioned anywhere. 
TIA

I've had problems moving files if my battery didn't have a goodl charge.  Although I'm using an underpowered (300 MaH) hacked charger.  If I let the battery get charged for awhile it works fine.

Matt

[cgrooves]

I tried doing just one at a time, but when the other 3 files get about 75% done copying, it doesnt go any further and after about 5 minutes I get this error message: 
Cannot copy Rec_0002: Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)

Anyone else ever have this problem.  I read through the FAQ here and didnt see it mentioned anywhere. 
TIA

This error is indicative of a bad hard drive.  I discussed the problems I had related to the CRC error in detail here and on the rockbox forum.  It should come up in a search. 

[macacopowa]

recently, I did it my first sbd recording with the h120 and use the gain control to avoid to clip, i recorded at -6db, this really avoid a very hot signal from SBD or it's necessary to use attenuators? any experience on SBD recording with this wonderful toy?

[halleyscomet8]

am i fucked i think i just plugged my power runner charger into my h120. now i can't get it to power on. when plugged in the charge light comes on, but won't power on. i think i tried the reset on the bottom but nothing yet. please help. i have at least 10 gigs on the drive from this weekend. is this something i can send to iriver for them to fix even though it has been rockboxed. FUCK

[whatboutbob]

am i fucked?

Sorry mate but unfortunately you are most likely fucked.  iriver doesn't repair these units.  If you're handy with a soldering iron then there's a recent thread over at misticriver about salvaging 'em...but it really depends how badly fried it is: http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=44799  (I think mr may be down atm tho...I can't seem to get to it.)

Either way, the hdd may be salvageable. If you know someone else with an iriver its a simple enough operation to swap the hdds around to salvage the recordings.

If your unit is still under warranty then I'd plug the wrong charger back in for another 12 hours just to ensure everything's nicely toasted (and rockbox can't be found) then send it back to iriver for a "replacement".  I doubt they'll have any h120's in stock, but you may be able to get a h320...i guess that's not much use with yer ad20 tho...

[hyperplane]

recently, I did it my first sbd recording with the h120 and use the gain control to avoid to clip, i recorded at -6db, this really avoid a very hot signal from SBD or it's necessary to use attenuators? any experience on SBD recording with this wonderful toy?

I got my first SBD pull about a week ago, and used my iriver for the job. I'm not sure how much help the following information will be, though...

I ran dual RCA outputs (consumer line output level, at -10 dBv) and set the iriver gain to +6. The recording turned out great with no distortion, peaks hitting -6 dB.

During the opening act, the sound guy tuned the output to a nice moderate level (and he did NOT change it at all from that point forward) for me so I could set the iriver to go ahead and start the recording then. It ran for ~3 hours with no problem at all.

[MarkF]

I just wanted everyone to know that the iSkin is still on sale for 5.99USD.  This is the best cover for your iRiver out there IMO.  I have 3 iRivers and all of them have iSkins on them.

http://www.iskin.com/store/I2shop_irvr1XX.tpl

Size A = H120
Size B = H140

[Patrick]

I just wanted everyone to know that the iSkin is still on sale for 5.99USD.  This is the best cover for your iRiver out there IMO.  I have 3 iRivers and all of them have iSkins on them.

http://www.iskin.com/store/I2shop_irvr1XX.tpl

Size A = H120
Size B = H140

yeah, I saw that last week.  should have waited a week or so to order mine