Navigation of menus is shotty, but the radio is usable to some extent, and the recording feature is very usable. As for installing the firmware, it is totally accessible, you install the software, download and unzip the firmware file, go to tools upgrade firmware, select the firmware file from the brows dialog and hit ok, when your computer beeps at you it means the player has shut off it's power, and the upgrade is done. The one bad thing about installing the firmware is that on my 128 meg player before the upgrade I had 124m of storage space now I only have 110 megs. If you are good with jaws, the default software is usable though, but if you aren't good with a jaws cursor you should use the firmware that turns it into a hard drive.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aman Singer Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 5:16 PM To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' Subject: RE: witch MP3 player?? Hi. How accessible is installing the firmware, if I may ask, and if you have a unit? Does the new firmware have to be installed on HD based units as well? Also, how accessible is navigation and the setting of menus? The only review I've seen is that of the HD units from Iriver. Aman -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jared Stofflett Sent: May 29, 2004 5:03 PM To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' Subject: RE: witch MP3 player?? Please make informed comments. The ifp players have firmware just released that allows them ot act like an external hard drive, so someone will have to install that firmware, and then it's like a USB hard drive. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnaud Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 6:22 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: witch MP3 player?? forget the Iriver memory based players, they use a propriatary software to transfer file and you can not download file back from the player to the pc piece of crap. I think their ht players are far better. On Tue, 25 May 2004 20:12:18 -0400, you wrote: >hi list now that fathers day is coming up I am going to get an MP3 >player, witch one can a blind person use with out pulling there hair out. >the Iriver the archos witch one. >thanks so much. >MSN address. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
