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iRiver iFP-799 1GB MP3 Player

The iFP-799 combines advanced iRiver sound quality with a stylish, wearable design. It features 1GB of internal memory for up to 34 hours of music, extended battery life up to 40 hours on one AA, a built-in FM tuner and voice recorder. It also records music from any audio source. Plus, this ultra-light, skip-free player can be used to store music or transfer files of any type.

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iRiver iFP-799 1GB MP3 Player

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iRiver iFP-799 1GB MP3 Player

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  Reviewed by: WesSligs

  09-29-05

  Duration of ownership: 5 Months

  Strengths: Great sound quality, compact, strong, bright backlight.

  Weaknesses:This model is a bit expensive for 1GB. The FM gets weak signals.

  Overall Evaluation: The EQ settings are a nice touch.Good sound quality.It can be dropped and survive without skipping or being damaged (I wouldn't recommend slamming it on the ground though).The USB flap doesn't stay shut for long.The FM is a good thing, but when you search it doesn't pick up some obvious channels.Music Manager is a bit of a hassle.Has a bright backlight.Keeps time.Having an AA batery is bulky and heavy, has long battery life.Arm holder sucks and doesnt fit the player in properly.Voice recorder records decent.The ability to rip music from a cd player rocks.If you have a song with a really long title it won't show part of it.I'm satisfied with my buy. It's pricy, but holds an amount of music that busy people need(about 200). Not for people that want a portable jukebox. I would probably get an iPod Nano when their price declines a bit. They store about 1000 songs and are about as small as this iRiver model.

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  Reviewed by: tkman

  08-31-05

  Duration of ownership: 30 Days

  Strengths: voice record with built in mike, FM radio, FM record, Long life on standard battery, Key lock, Line in recording.

  Weaknesses:- Won?t allow sound files to be transferred from the player to a PC.- Can?t directly connect to any PC. Need proprietary software.- Iriver Music Manager software is terrible- Shuffle music mode flawed.

  Overall Evaluation: Flaw 1 ? Can?t copy files to the player using standard windows software. My first irritation came with the file transfer method. I had expected it to work like a flash drive but it doesn't. You have to use their proprietary software. This is a major drawback. This severely limits ability to use with any PC. Flaw 2. Slow file transferMy first 20 MP3 files transferred easily enough but were very slow. The application wants to show you each file as it is transferred.Flaw 3 ? Crappy Iriver Music Manager software -can?t delete large amounts of files.As a test I transferred 4936 data files in 221 directories to the player. The 131 M of data expanded to 750M on the player. It seems Iriver allocates a minimum of 125K for any file even one that is 1K. If most of my files are MP3's that are 3M or more this is not a big deal. I tried to delete the 4936 files. It froze the IMM application. I had to disconnect the Iriver MP3 player to get the file manager application back. It seems somewhere around 50 files is the limit of what can be deleted at one time. It took me well over an hour to get rid of 4936 files in 221 directories. Flaw 4 ? Restricts transfer of sound files from the player. Aka. The straw that broke my desire to own an Iriver.I tried moving a copy of a music file from my Iriver to my PC. I received an error indicating sound format files cannot be loaded onto a PC. This is a copy write restriction. Am I pissed. I don't want my music listening devices to determine what is and is not allowed. I now believe this device was a bad buy and I am trying to return it for exchange.

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  Reviewed by: jruss21

  06-07-05

  Duration of ownership: 60 Days

  Strengths: Good sound, sturdy, doesn't skip, great for working out (with sports armband), long battery life, can store many songs (I've got 210 on mine right now and still have 180 MB left), Tuner works good.

  Weaknesses:Controls hard to memorize, shuffle program repeats same songs (about 30 songs, very disappointing)

  Overall Evaluation: I really like this MP3 player. It's very easy to use while working out. I have yet to bump it into something and accidentally switch the song. I have occasionally switched songs while trying to adjust the volume (all controlled by the stick on the face) but that's it. The armband that comes with the player is not very good at all. I would definitely buy the sports armband to go with it if you plan on working out with this player. On a negative note, the controls are hard to memorize. When you have all the features this player has and only 3 buttons and a joystick that you can also push down to control everything it gets confusing. There is a lot of holding down buttons to get to a submenu. But It's really not that big of a deal since I mainly use it for playing mp3's. Perhaps the most disappointing thing about this player is the shuffle program. I have tried this player with 100 songs, 180 songs, 198 songs, and 210 songs and every time it wants to repeat approximately 30 songs and not play the others. I imagine there are some songs that I still haven't heard yet. I do have it on the resume setting (that might have something to do with this problem, I'm not sure) but that just starts the player in the song that it was in when it was shut off and keeps it in shuffle mode). There are various shuffle modes where you can stay in one folder of songs if you want or you can have it set up for shuffling all the files. I have it set up to shuffle everything and I still have this problem. Every time I start the player up it repeats the same 30 or so songs and if I want to listen to something else I have to manually select it from the library and it eventually ends up on the same loop again. I can live with the control confusion on occasion but having the same songs come up gets old. I thought it might be a function of the number of songs you have on the player but that doesn't seem to be the case. Each time I loaded new songs on it it selected around 30 songs and repeated them every time. Some of the songs have been different each time I loaded new songs on though and it's not the same 30 songs (thank goodness). I tried to be objective in writing this to help all of you make the right purchase. I hope you find it helpful.

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  Reviewed by: james8547

  05-20-05

  Duration of ownership: 2 Months

  Strengths: Small compact size, Excellent sound quality, Good earphones, Tons of extra features, Long battery life, Firmware upgrades, Customizable EQ settings, Durable, plays mp3, wav, ogg.

  Weaknesses:lack of color choices (boring silver-gray for iFP-799)

  Overall Evaluation: I originally had the iRiver iHP-140, which is a 40GB portable hard-drive mp3 jukebox. I sold it off and got this one because of its small compact size. This fits nicely inside my hip pocket. I have about 110 songs in the player, most of them are mp3s encoded in 44khz, 320kbps. I didn't have any problems learning the controls since it's similar to the iRiver iHP-140. Sound Quality. It is similar to the iPod and iHP-140. There is no sound difference in sound between the iFP-799, iHP-140, and iPod, whether I'm listening via headphones or have it connected to stereo speakers. Earphones. It comes with Sennheiser earbuds. More features than the iPod. It has the same features as the iHP-140 such as direct encoding, voice recording, FM radio. Plus it keeps track of time. Long Battery Life. It uses 1 AA Battery. I usually had to recharge my iHP-140 every 4 days. With almost the same usage, I change the battery in my iFP-799 every 2 weeks. You won't have any problems with the battery as long as you keep the backlit to a minimum. Firmware upgrade. I upgraded my firmware from iRiver's website. Now, I can use it as a removable storage device, similar to a removable flash jumpdrive. I carry pictures, Word documents, etc. Upgrading the firmware was easy and straightforward. Customizable EQ settings. I have my own EQ setting when I am listening to WinAmp in my PC. I'm glad I can duplicate the settings into my iFP-799. It's not an exact duplicate but there's no noticeable difference. Durable. At first glance, the iFP-799 looks very fragile. However, the player still works after dropping it at least 4 times in 1 month from heights of about 2 to 4ft. The item has no scratches or dents probably because I have it always inside the case that came with it. My only complaint is the color. My iFP-799 has a silver and gray color scheme. I'd like to have it in black-silver. If you're looking for a small & compact 1GB flash mp3 player loaded with features, I highly recommend the iFP-799.

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  Reviewed by: sillibilly

  04-27-05

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  Strengths: lots of technical features (equalizer really works) fm receiver presets, lots of options for the display, very compact, has an easy to use 'lock' feature for excerising. software easy to use,

  Weaknesses:does not work well in a car, buttons and controls, and display is too small. the shuffle/repeat toggle feature is too easily accidentally hit. overall construction feels cheap

  Overall Evaluation: I'm very low tech, this is my first mp3, and first off I primarily bought this for cycling/mountain biking so my review is with that slant, take with salt. first I was unimpressed with the build quality, feels cheap, and no better than the san disk (I didn't buy the san disk because I saw it at staples thought it looked and felt cheap). So in my opinion this a bit overpriced relative to that. For mountain biking purpose #1 priority was durability (and shock resistance which is why I went with flash memory). that said, for most people its probably fine, but I'm disappointed on this; if I were to do it again I'd go with the samsung due to all metal construction. secondly, the earphones it comes with...those stupid single round ear plug type that just don't work well for those excercising (always falling out) I'll have to replace these, and I'd imagine anyone jogging or running (I even had problems with them falling out just walking around). again, for what this thing goes for, the application most people are going to use this with, I'd expect earphones to match the relative expectation of the productThe sound quality is fair, it seems to vary depending on if I use wmv files or mp3. some songs have lots of high pitch distortion in the background (not an EQ related issue as I played around with all sorts of EQ settings and it didn't help much). I'll need to play with this more and proably will boost the quality of the file and wmv seem to work better, see how that works. In talking with sophisticated mp3 player users this seems this isn't an uncommon problemThe shuffle feature is cool but one can all too easily hit the button that changes the setting (to repeat, skip, etc) which is really annoying if you're in the car, as the display is too small to see what's going on without taking your eyes off the road for a period of time. and the same button also works the eq (by depressing for a few seconds). There's a lock feature that prevents this but heaven forbid you turn off the lock to jump to the next song or next file and accidentally hit one of those buttons that change the shuffle/skip/repeat button.In short everything 'works' and it it can be as simple as turning it on and just going, but using the many many intricate functions it has really requires you to 'stop' literally to navigate, which isn't practical if your involved in an activity like biking where you're travelling at 30 mph with cars around you. I thought for sure I'd have technical problems since its my first mp3 and I hate computers, but it all went without a hitch, adding/deleting files is a snap. It does come with the usb, cable, software, a case, armband, even a battery, and it is pretty cool to just sit and play with (but I don't like to just sit an play, I mountain bike).

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