The iriver H10 is a series of portable digital audio players made 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....

, coming in multiple capacities and sizes. The series uses the PortalPlayer

PortalPlayer

PortalPlayer, founded in 1999, was a fabless semiconductor company that supplied system-on-a-chip semiconductors, firmware and software for personal media players...

 5020 CPU. Every version of the series has a color screen. http://www.misticriver.net/wiki/index.php/H10_Hardware_Data

Unlike most other iriver products, the H10 series does not play Ogg Vorbis. However, the device works well with the 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...

 alternative firmware which does play Ogg Vorbis.

Micro-Hard Drive versions

• 5GB or 6GB capacities
• 2.2 x 0.6 x 3.8 inches (96 grams)
• 1.5 inch TFT screen (128 x 128, 260 000 colors)
• Can view TXT and JPEG files
• Supports MP3, WMA, WMA DRM, MPEG 1 Audio, MPEG 2 Audio, and MPEG 2.5 Audio formats
• 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio.
• Lithium-ion rechargeable removable battery rated at 12 hours
• Digital FM tuner (60 dB signal-to-noise ratio)
• Ability to record FM tuner (one preset only)
• FM and voice recorder (built in microphone)
• Line-in/line-out (requires optional cradle)
• USB 2.0 and 1.1 compatible
• MTP
  Media Transfer Protocol
  The Media Transfer Protocol is a devised set of custom extensions to the Picture Transfer Protocol . Whereas PTP was designed for downloading photographs from digital cameras, Media Transfer Protocol supports the transfer of music files on digital audio players and media files on portable media...
  
   version in North America, UMS
  USB mass storage device class
  The USB mass storage device class, otherwise known as USB MSC or UMS, is a protocol that allows a Universal Serial Bus device to become accessible to a host computing device, to enable file transfers between the two...
  
   version in Asia and Europe
• Removable battery

The Microdrives used in these models does not have the standard CompactFlash II

CompactFlash

CompactFlash is a mass storage device format used in portable electronic devices. Most CompactFlash devices contain flash memory in a standardized enclosure. The format was first specified and produced by SanDisk in 1994...

 interface.

20GB Hard Drive Version

Similar to the 5/6GB version, with these key differences

• 20GB capacity (using a Hitachi Travelstar C4K60, model HTC426020G7CE10, the CE indicating that it uses a ZIF connector on the long side of the drive)
• MTP mode only (UMS can be induced by holding the O button and the power button at boot)
• 2.4 x 0.85 x 4 inches (164 grams)
• 1.8 inch TFT screen (160 x 128, 260 000 colors)
• Battery not removable

The 20GB version can be upgraded to 120GB by replacing the hard drive with a Toshiba MK1214GAH.

Firmware Issues

Using the "Database Refresh" option in the "Settings" list would occasionally result in the device freezing and could only be undone by either letting the battery run down or by removing it. This, however, would lead to the boot screen and stay there, frozen.

There was also the issue of music files deleting without explanation.

These unresolvable issues may have been among the reasons why iriver has officially discontinued production of the device.

Notable Appearance

A silver H10 (20GB) was used as a detonation device for a bomb in the Season 6

24 (season 6)

Season Six, also known as Day 6, of the television series 24 premiered in the United States on Sunday, January 14, 2007, the UK on January 21, 2007 and in Australia on January 30, 2007.The season's storyline began and ended at 6:00 a.m...

 premiere of 24

24 (TV series)

24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...

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See also

• Digital audio player
• 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...
  
  (alternative, open source firmware for the iriver H10, H100 and H300 series)

External links

• iriver America homepage
• iriver H10 at the iriver Wiki - A site devoted to iriver players.