Iriver E100
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The iriver E100 is a portable media player
developed by iriver
. It features a 2.4" TFT LCD
320x240 colour screen, built-in 1 watt speakers, a line in port and a microSD card expansion slot up to 8GB. The user interface is navigated by using the iriver trademark "D*Click". However, they are now isolated to the lower section of the device's front. There are minimal buttons located on the side of the device including a power button and two-in-one volume bar. There is also a "hold" switch located on the other side of the device.
The iriver E100 is capable of playing music files in various formats including FLAC, Ogg
, APE, DRM
and non-DRM WMA
files, MP3
with image and 2-lines karaoke. Video files in MPEG, AVI
(MPEG-4
codec support), MP4, WMV and FLV
(can play Youtube FLV directly, without conversion). Photos in JPEG
(non-progressive), BMP, GIF
, PNG formats. Texts in TXT format (supports a lot of foreign languages including all European languages, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Indian, Korean etc.). Has an in-built podcast-ready Voice Audio Recorder with internal microphone (it is also possible to attach external professional stereo microphones) and FM Radio
(with Radio Recorder) which is customisable in E100 devices running E100 firmware
1.03 or higher through the iriver plus 3
software. All recordings are directly encoded to WMA format.
First released in Europe on leap day, the iriver E100 was priced at €79.99, €99.99 and €129.99 for 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB variants respectively and came in five colours; White, Black, Chocolate Brown, Sky Blue and Pink.
application which is bundled with the iriver E100. The device was released in Europe with Firmware version 1.02 preloaded. The firmware updater, which can be downloaded from the iRiver support site, does not run on 64-bit versions of Windows. However the firmware updater on the original software CD does.
The iriver LDB Manager allows to find files with lyrics automatically from the internet database, and then add karaoke text into MP3. This software also allows to add lyrics from SNC file into MP3 file (previously created with iriver Caption Editor) that is viewable on E100. However, before doing this go to the folder: Program Files -> iriver -> iriver LDB Manager and edit the file PlayerInfos.ini.
Change settings for the "iFP-100" model: "DisplayLines=2", "LDBMarkType=2 LINES" and "VBRSupport=1". After that, choose iFP-100 in the program.
software (right-click on any folder and it will let you "change play order"). Alternatively you can sort files/directories physically within file-system by the Fatsort utility.
Portable media player
A portable media player or digital audio player, is a consumer electronics device that is capable of storing and playing digital media such as audio, images, video, documents, etc. the data is typically stored on a hard drive, microdrive, or flash memory. In contrast, analog portable audio...
developed by iriver
Iriver
iriver is a consumer electronics company headquartered in South Korea and widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices....
. It features a 2.4" TFT LCD
TFT LCD
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display is a variant of liquid crystal display which uses thin-film transistor technology to improve image quality . TFT LCD is one type of Active matrix LCD, though all LCD-screens are based on TFT active matrix addressing...
320x240 colour screen, built-in 1 watt speakers, a line in port and a microSD card expansion slot up to 8GB. The user interface is navigated by using the iriver trademark "D*Click". However, they are now isolated to the lower section of the device's front. There are minimal buttons located on the side of the device including a power button and two-in-one volume bar. There is also a "hold" switch located on the other side of the device.
The iriver E100 is capable of playing music files in various formats including FLAC, Ogg
Ogg
Ogg is a free, open container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The creators of the Ogg format state that it is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.The Ogg container format can multiplex...
, APE, DRM
Digital rights management
Digital rights management is a class of access control technologies that are used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals with the intent to limit the use of digital content and devices after sale. DRM is any technology that inhibits uses of digital content that...
and non-DRM WMA
Windows Media Audio
Windows Media Audio is an audio data compression technology developed by Microsoft. The name can be used to refer to its audio file format or its audio codecs. It is a proprietary technology that forms part of the Windows Media framework. WMA consists of four distinct codecs...
files, MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
with image and 2-lines karaoke. Video files in MPEG, AVI
Audio Video Interleave
Audio Video Interleave , known by its acronym AVI, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft in November 1992 as part of its Video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback...
(MPEG-4
MPEG-4
MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...
codec support), MP4, WMV and FLV
FLV
Flash Video is a container file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player versions 6–11. Flash Video content may also be embedded within SWF files. There are two different video file formats known as Flash Video: FLV and F4V. The audio and video data within FLV files...
(can play Youtube FLV directly, without conversion). Photos in JPEG
JPEG
In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
(non-progressive), BMP, GIF
GIF
The Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
, PNG formats. Texts in TXT format (supports a lot of foreign languages including all European languages, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Indian, Korean etc.). Has an in-built podcast-ready Voice Audio Recorder with internal microphone (it is also possible to attach external professional stereo microphones) and FM Radio
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
(with Radio Recorder) which is customisable in E100 devices running E100 firmware
Firmware
In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices...
1.03 or higher through the iriver plus 3
Iriver plus 3
iriver Plus 3 is a proprietary digital media player for Microsoft Windows platform. Developed by iriver, the iriver Plus 3 is bundled with iriver's portable media players...
software. All recordings are directly encoded to WMA format.
First released in Europe on leap day, the iriver E100 was priced at €79.99, €99.99 and €129.99 for 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB variants respectively and came in five colours; White, Black, Chocolate Brown, Sky Blue and Pink.
Firmware & software
The iriver E100's firmware is upgradeable using a special WindowsMicrosoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
application which is bundled with the iriver E100. The device was released in Europe with Firmware version 1.02 preloaded. The firmware updater, which can be downloaded from the iRiver support site, does not run on 64-bit versions of Windows. However the firmware updater on the original software CD does.
| Version | Release Data | Upgrade Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1.03 | March 13, 2008 | Setting Radio Tuner channel with iriverplus3. It also reportedly fixed many problems with unresponsive controls when scrolling through menus. |
| 1.04 | March 24, 2008 | Hang problems are fixed when it plays a specific file. |
| 1.05 | April 7, 2008 | Supporting Playlist function under MTP mode. Supporting Line-in AutoSync. Users can upgrade their firmware through the iriver Plus 3 Iriver plus 3 iriver Plus 3 is a proprietary digital media player for Microsoft Windows platform. Developed by iriver, the iriver Plus 3 is bundled with iriver's portable media players... software or through the firmware updater software bundled with the device. |
| 1.06 | May 9, 2008 | Hang problems are fixed inserting Micro SD Card. Hang problems are fixed playing FLAC files. |
| 1.07 | June 11, 2008 | Random noise problems are fixed between files while listening. Improved Language Selection |
| 1.15 | January 21, 2009 | Revise malfunctions of playing video files. Revise malfunctions of icons as pressing Rewinding. |
| 1.16 | February 24, 2009 | Revise malfunction of broken letters. |
| 1.18 | April 20, 2009 | Revise system time error. |
| 1.21 | May 25, 2009 | Revise Album Art error when playing the specific file. (Malfunction of Fade In./persists system time error.) |
| 1.22 | September 25, 2009 | Fade in malfunction is fixed.(persists system time error.) |
Software for E100 Karaoke
The iriver Caption Editor allows to edit or to create new lyrics files (.snc) for MP3. You can copy lyrics from the web sites, paste into the program, click play, and then insert time info while the song is playing. It is a very useful program for creating SNC lyrics files (manually synchronized with MP3 songs). Adding SNC to MP3 with iriver Caption Editor doesn't work for E100. Use this program only for manual synchronization of the song text with mp3, and creating new SNC files.The iriver LDB Manager allows to find files with lyrics automatically from the internet database, and then add karaoke text into MP3. This software also allows to add lyrics from SNC file into MP3 file (previously created with iriver Caption Editor) that is viewable on E100. However, before doing this go to the folder: Program Files -> iriver -> iriver LDB Manager and edit the file PlayerInfos.ini.
Change settings for the "iFP-100" model: "DisplayLines=2", "LDBMarkType=2 LINES" and "VBRSupport=1". After that, choose iFP-100 in the program.
Software for sorting files/directories
The player unfortunately doesn't sort alphabetically. It takes files/directories order according FAT16/FAT32 file-system. You can sort the files with the Iriver plus 3Iriver plus 3
iriver Plus 3 is a proprietary digital media player for Microsoft Windows platform. Developed by iriver, the iriver Plus 3 is bundled with iriver's portable media players...
software (right-click on any folder and it will let you "change play order"). Alternatively you can sort files/directories physically within file-system by the Fatsort utility.