| iAUDIO I7-16RD 16GB Portable Multimedia Player Red | 
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| Brand: iAudio
Category: CE
List Price: $159.99
Buy New: $137.99
You Save: $22.00 (14%)
New (3) Refurbished (1) from $109.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 2427
Color: RED
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
System Memory: 16
Battery Type: Lithium Polymer
Connectivity: USB
Display Size: 1.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 0.8 x 1.3
MPN: I7-16RD
Model: I7-16RD
UPC: 826487528079
EAN: 0826487528079
ASIN: B000WHC522
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | MP3 Player | | • | color LCD | | • | Picture viewer | | • | movie player | | • | FM/Voice/Line-In Recorder |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
1.3" TFT LCD / Up to 60-hours battery life / Enhanced Integrated Navigator / Multi-Language Support / 20Hz - 20KHz Frequency Range Next Track/Previous Track, Fast Forward/Fast Rewind, Infinite Loop Resume, Fade In, Auto Play feature support Search Speed and Skip Speed Setting Digital Volume Control - 40 levels Clock, Alarm, Scheduled Recording, Sleep Timer, and Auto Power-Off Auto display off feature to save battery power Easy firmware download and upgrade Title Display with ID3Tag or File Name High-Speed USB 2.0 Interface, Up to 40Mbps Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Polymer battery Charging Time - 3 hours 50 minutes Max Output 16-Ohm earphones - 26mW + 26mW Playback format - MP3 MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, 320kbps, 48khz, mono/stereo, WMA 256kbps, 48khz, mono/stereo, OGG Q10, 44.1khz, mono/stereo, FLAC compression level 0-8, 44.1khz, mono/stereo, WAV 48khz, 16bit, mono/stereo Various EQ and Sound Effects (JetEffect) - User adjustable 5-band EQ, Normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Classic, Vocal, User, BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround Support System Requirements - 64MB RAM, 40MB Free Space, 256 Color or Higher, Microsoft Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, MAC OS 10.X, Linux kernel v2.2 or higher, USB Port, and CD-ROM Drive Dimensions - 1.3 x 2.9 x 0.7 Weight - 1.8 ounces
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Player is Great. FLAC! Tech Support WORST EVER! November 5, 2008
I've really enjoyed this player, great sounding (using shure in ear buds), very portable, mac compatible, etc.
However, as of lately, the player has been acting erratically, the buttons suddenly becomes unresponsive, the player starts to go nutz and browse by itself or scroll rapidly by itself. I've tried resetting the unit with no avai, finally contacted tech support, and this is the worst support I've received:
TECH NAME = ELIAS
10/31/08
"Hi ******
Have you tried anything like resetting the player to see if any difference?
Thank You,
Technical Suppport Staff
Cowon America Inc
"Digital Pride""
11/04/08
"Hi Alen
If you reset the player it only needs to be brief. Have you tried anything else?
Thank You,
Technical Suppport Staff
Cowon America Inc
"Digital Pride"
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the tech staff asked me if I have tried "anything else?" w t f.
lost confidence that they will try to help me.
 Great sound with fantastic features October 27, 2008
I enjoy the iAudio very much. The sound quality with a good set of headphones is excellent. I like the feature where you can record with line in. The only item I wish it would include is being Audible capable so I can listen to audible books.
Great MP3 player October 21, 2008
Purchased this mp3 player about 5 months ago, have had absolutely no problems what so ever. Great sound, excellent battery life. The player itself is very small so its great for use at the gym.
 The Stephen Hawking of digital audio players.. September 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like Stephen Hawking, this player is brilliant but trapped in an uncooperative body. The ONLY reason to buy this player is for the unreal battery life. If you're someone that needs to be untethered as much as possible, this is the player to have. Short of a player that uses disposable batteries, the iAudio7 is in a class of it's own. The manufacturer claims the battery life to be 50-60 hours (Cowon says both in it's literature). Real-world battery life is 40+ in my experience. This includes fast forwarding, navigation, turning on and off, loading and removing files and so on. The sound quality is excellent and overall fit and finish is very good. It supports a number of formats including video formats. Now the downside. As good as this player is, the user-interface is far from class leading. The form factor is just too small as far as I'm concerned. As small as it is, it feels chunky. My daily player is an Insignia Pilot. It has 2X the surface area but is half the thickness. When the Pilot is in my pocket, it disappears. When the iAudio7 is in my pocket, I'm always aware of it. It's like a little brick. Much better to stay with a form factor like the Pilot, Nano and Zune for example that have a lot more surface area but are about half as thick. This also alows for a display human eyes can actually read without magnification. The UI is just awful. Given the size of the player, compromise is inevitable. Regardless, the designers made a few major errors in my opinion. The touch sensitive controls are too sensitive. Even with the latest firmware which was supposed to address this issue, it's far too easy to over shoot what you're doing. Small buttons or a smooth four way rocker switch (ie. the Rio Carbon) would have been a far better choice given the size of this player. Lastly, the firmware is far from intuitive. I've always been able to jump in and figure these things out quickly with little time reading. In this case, the manual is poorly translated and not entirely accurate. For example, I dare anyone to try setting a bookmark (for the first time) and/or setting a bookmark and then returning to the bookmark without at least a half hour of futzing, reading and trial and error. Bottom line: fantastic battery life, excellent format support and sound quality. Unless you absolutely need a player with this battery life, there are many better alternatives.
 OK product, poor custom service/warranty September 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll save the `OK product' part as enough has been covered by other reviewers. So the screen of my i7 stopped working after 7 months of light use (how light? let's say 2 hours per day during the first month and 2h/week thereafter), and the RMA department tries to charge me $60 for LCD replacement. I told them it's only lightly used with care and it should fall under `normal usage', but their customer service can say nothing but `the price is not negotiable'.
I didn't say poor product quality, since this could have happened to anyone and I just got `lucky', but $60 for that *tiny* lcd screen? and it's not even a touch screen! are you kidding me? For twice that much I get a decent 19in LCD monitor!
Before pulling the trigger last year (and btw I paid premium when it's just out,~$270), I've been hearing a lot about this cowon-having-no-customer-service thing. But the hype of it being audiophile lured me into it. With hindsight, it won't get that much head time for true audiophiles (no s/pdif and such), and that little advantage in sound quality, if real, just doesn't worth the ridiculous warranty policy.
Now I'm going to pay that 60 bucks to get my dap back, but I will stay away from cowon products in the future. Damn!
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