I used an iRiver iHP-120 during my field season this past winter, but after working well for the first month, I was unable to download files. The record functions still worked but once the hard disk was full, I had to switch to my back up minidisc unit. Generally, the unit worked well in the field and the recordings sound good. I haven't evaluated them digitally yet to see how they match up with other technologies. The controls were not particularly intuitive and could be a bit frustrating as i was trying to get a recording started as a bird was singing. This was mainly a problem when the settings got changed as I moved through brush or scrambled up hills. The internal battery lasted several hours of recording time and recharged overnight. Also, the recording level couldn't be set in wav mode from what I could tell. The operating manual wasn't overly intuitive. For my purpose, passive recording of point counts, the unit worked well. I still need to contact the iRiver folks to find out why I couldn't download so I don't know if this is a software problem, a hardware failure, or user ineptitude. I'll keep you posted.
Cheers, Tom Dietsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 7 May 2004, David Putland wrote: > Since we're discussing recording equipment, does anyone have any > experience with the iRiver H-140 jukebox? Unlike most similar > devices, this one accepts an external microphone and can record > uncompressed .wav files (44.1kHz) onto its internal 40GB hard disk. > > Regards, > > Dave Putland. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > David Putland > Department of Zoology & Entomology > The University of Queensland > St Lucia QLD 4072 > Australia > > Ph: (07) 3365 2506 > Fax: (07) 3365 1655 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behavioural Ecology Research Group > <http://www.zen.uq.edu.au/berg/> > > Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour > <http://www.assab.org> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
