Iriver H100 series
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The iriver H100 series (originally iHP-100 series) is a series of discontinued portable digital audio players (DAP) made by iriver
company
and originally released in October 2003. The models in the H100 series differ mainly in hard drive storage capacity. The players were succeeded by the iriver H300 series
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on H100 series players. These upgrades generally contain bug
fixes and new features. The latest official version of the H100 series firmware is V1.66.
. Storage density has increased since their introduction, making it possible for users to replace the factory drives with higher capacity aftermarket models. Opening the case of the player voids the warranty. However, after the case has been opened the upgrade consists of simply unplugging the old drive and inserting the new one.
As of December 2005, the H120 can be upgraded with a 30GB single-platter drive (giving a 50% storage increase) and the H140 can be upgraded with an 60GB double-platter drive (giving a 50% storage increase). Due to differing physical sizes, the two drive types cannot be used interchangeably (ie, a double-platter drive will not fit in an H120 casing).
As of 2008 The H140 can be upgraded using a ZIF
to ATA
conversion cable to take a larger capacity 1.8 inch non ata hard disk drive. The 240GB MK2431GAH ZIF drive has been used in the H140 and the 160GB MK1634GAL ZIF drive has been used in the H120.
s and other DAPs. It is possible to replace the factory battery with a higher capacity one (up to 2200 mA·h has been reported) for greatly increased playback time. In some instances the polarity
of the battery leads must be reversed, and the installation process will void your warranty.
chip to the player's main circuit board, allowing the device to display the current date and time as well as adding alarm clock functionality, accurate filesystem timestamping and last.fm logging. Note that Rockbox
is the only firmware known to be able to utilize an RTC-modified H1xx.http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=7605.0
Iriver
iriver is a consumer electronics company headquartered in South Korea and widely known for its digital audio players and other portable media devices....
company
Company
A company is a form of business organization. It is an association or collection of individual real persons and/or other companies, who each provide some form of capital. This group has a common purpose or focus and an aim of gaining profits. This collection, group or association of persons can be...
and originally released in October 2003. The models in the H100 series differ mainly in hard drive storage capacity. The players were succeeded by the iriver H300 series
Iriver H300 series
The iriver H300 series includes two hard-disk-based, multi-codec music jukebox players, the iriver H320 and the iriver H340. Each can play music, transfer pictures directly from digital cameras and UMS-compatible devices, such as flash drives , and display digital images on a colour screen...
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Features
- Plays MP3MP3MPEG-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...
, Ogg Vorbis, WAVWAVWaveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...
and WMAWindows Media AudioWindows 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...
(non-DRMDigital rights managementDigital 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...
) formatAudio formatAn audio format is a medium for storing sound and music. The term is applied to both the physical recording media and the recording formats of the audio content – in computer science it is often limited to the audio file format, but its wider use usually refers to the physical method used to...
files - AnalogAnalog signalAn analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small fluctuations in the signal which are...
and digitalDigitalA digital system is a data technology that uses discrete values. By contrast, non-digital systems use a continuous range of values to represent information...
opticalOptical fiberAn optical fiber is a flexible, transparent fiber made of a pure glass not much wider than a human hair. It functions as a waveguide, or "light pipe", to transmit light between the two ends of the fiber. The field of applied science and engineering concerned with the design and application of...
lineLine levelLine level is a term used to denote the strength of an audio signal used to transmit analog sound between audio components such as CD and DVD players, TVs, audio amplifiers, and mixing consoles, and sometimes MP3 players....
in and out - Records from line in (analogue or optical), built-in or external microphoneMicrophoneA microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
to WAV or MP3 format (supports poweredPhantom powerPhantom power, in the context of professional audio equipment, is a method for transmitting DC electric power through microphone cables to operate microphones that contain active electronic circuitry....
or unpowered external microphones) - Built-in FM radio tunerTuner (radio)A radio tuner is a subsystem that receives radio broadcasts and converts them into audio-frequency signals which can be fed into an amplifier driving a loudspeaker. FM tuner, AM tuner, Digital Audio Broadcasting DAB tuner, etc. are types of radio tuner dealing with transmissions using different...
- 160×128 pixelPixelIn digital imaging, a pixel, or pel, is a single point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable screen element in a display device; it is the smallest unit of picture that can be represented or controlled....
greyscale LCD (4 shades of grey) - Wired remoteRemote controlA remote control is a component of an electronics device, most commonly a television set, used for operating the television device wirelessly from a short line-of-sight distance.The remote control is usually contracted to remote...
with 128×64 pixel black and white LCD, which can control any function of the DAP (same as iMP-550) - Built-in 1300 mA·h Li-polymerLithium ion polymer batteryLithium-ion polymer batteries, polymer lithium ion, or more commonly lithium polymer batteries are rechargeable batteries...
batteryBattery (electricity)An electrical battery is one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Since the invention of the first battery in 1800 by Alessandro Volta and especially since the technically improved Daniell cell in 1836, batteries have become a common power...
, advertised 16 hours playback time - USB 2.0, supports USB Mass Storage (drag and drop music transfers)
- Upgradeable firmwareFirmwareIn 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...
- Motorola Coldfire CPUCentral processing unitThe central processing unit is the portion of a computer system that carries out the instructions of a computer program, to perform the basic arithmetical, logical, and input/output operations of the system. The CPU plays a role somewhat analogous to the brain in the computer. The term has been in...
at 120 MHz http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IriverHardwareComponents - 16 MBMegabyteThe megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...
RAM (H110, H115) or 32 MB RAM (H120, H140)
Firmware
It is possible to upgrade the firmwareFirmware
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...
on H100 series players. These upgrades generally contain bug
Software bug
A software bug is the common term used to describe an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways. Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's...
fixes and new features. The latest official version of the H100 series firmware is V1.66.
Hard drive
The H100 series is equipped with a 1.8 inch (45 mm) form factor hard drive manufactured by ToshibaToshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
. Storage density has increased since their introduction, making it possible for users to replace the factory drives with higher capacity aftermarket models. Opening the case of the player voids the warranty. However, after the case has been opened the upgrade consists of simply unplugging the old drive and inserting the new one.
As of December 2005, the H120 can be upgraded with a 30GB single-platter drive (giving a 50% storage increase) and the H140 can be upgraded with an 60GB double-platter drive (giving a 50% storage increase). Due to differing physical sizes, the two drive types cannot be used interchangeably (ie, a double-platter drive will not fit in an H120 casing).
As of 2008 The H140 can be upgraded using a ZIF
ZIF
Zero insertion force is a concept used in the design of IC sockets and electrical connectors invented to avoid problems caused by applying force upon insertion and extraction....
to ATA
ATA
ATA or Ata may refer to:* Ata , people with the first name or family name-Education:* Ashcroft Technology Academy, Wandsworth, London, England* Advanced Technologies Academy, a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA...
conversion cable to take a larger capacity 1.8 inch non ata hard disk drive. The 240GB MK2431GAH ZIF drive has been used in the H140 and the 160GB MK1634GAL ZIF drive has been used in the H120.
Battery
The battery used in the H100 series is physically similar to the battery used in iPodIPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
s and other DAPs. It is possible to replace the factory battery with a higher capacity one (up to 2200 mA·h has been reported) for greatly increased playback time. In some instances the polarity
Electrical polarity
Electrical polarity is present in every electrical circuit. Electrons flow from the negative pole to the positive pole. In a direct current circuit, one pole is always negative, the other pole is always positive and the electrons flow in one direction only...
of the battery leads must be reversed, and the installation process will void your warranty.
RTC (Real-time clock)
Users have succeeded in adding an RTCReal-time clock
A real-time clock is a computer clock that keeps track of the current time. Although the term often refers to the devices in personal computers, servers and embedded systems, RTCs are present in almost any electronic device which needs to keep accurate time.-Terminology:The term is used to avoid...
chip to the player's main circuit board, allowing the device to display the current date and time as well as adding alarm clock functionality, accurate filesystem timestamping and last.fm logging. Note that Rockbox
Rockbox
Rockbox is a replacement for the standard firmware in various forms of digital audio players . It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions...
is the only firmware known to be able to utilize an RTC-modified H1xx.http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=7605.0
Models
- H110 (originally iHP-100, later iHP-110): 10 GBGigabyteThe gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage. The prefix giga means 109 in the International System of Units , therefore 1 gigabyte is...
hard drive - H115 (originally iHP-115): 15 GB hard drive
- H120 (originally iHP-120): 20 GB hard drive
- H140 (originally iHP-140): 40 GB hard drive
Dimensions and weight
- H110, H115, H120: 105×60×19 mm, 160 gGramThe gram is a metric system unit of mass....
(including battery) - H140: 105×60×22 mm, 172 g (including battery)
See also
- RockboxRockboxRockbox is a replacement for the standard firmware in various forms of digital audio players . It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions...
(alternative, open source firmware for the iriver H10, H100 and H300 series)
External links
- www.iriver.com — the manufacturer's web
- New Product 10G HDD based MP3 player, iHP-100 — the product announcement from the manufacturer's web
- iRiver iHP-100 Series — the first version of the product page from the manufacturer's web
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- Classic style jukebox H100 series — product information on the manufacturer's web
- Soarland ZIF HDD to ATA IDE/SATA Adapter - Adapter Manufacturer & Custom Made
- Index page for the iriver Rockbox porting effort — wiki page describing the status of Rockbox port to iriver H100 series and links to the hardware information including PCBPrinted circuit boardA printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
scans, schematics and component datasheets - www.misticriver.net — MisticRiver, unofficial site for iriver users
- H100 series on iriver Wiki
- iRiver H120 with 80GB HDD guide - instructions for using an 80gb ZIF drive in the iHP-120 with an IDE to ZIF adapter
- iriver Taper's FAQ, 2007 June 9