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iAudio 6

iAudio 6

iAudio 6The iAudio 6 is the pioneering of a frighteningly awesome revolutionary breed of MP3 players that has in its hard a round mini 0.85” hard drive. With this hard drive, this media player is packed with all the features you need to support all your flair audio codec which include MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, and WAV.

The menu and record buttons of iAudio 6 also serves as user defined shortcut buttons. This can cater more to your personal need for organization by when you depressed or hold such buttons. You can set them interestingly to the options of bookmark, record, add to dynamic playlist, jump to EQ, shuffle, and so much more. You’ll certainly have fun customizing this nifty device.

Apart for the buttons, the interface of iAudio 6 is great. However, at times, it does suffer slowdowns especially in the cases when you’re downloading media. But to amend this, a “wait screen” will often appear for a second or so when you are switching songs or changing to a different media mode.

iAudio 6The iAudio 6 also comes with a bundle of great accessories. Along with the package, you’ll also get their exclusive earbuds, standard USB cable, line-in cable, USB host cable, and software. These are all fairly standard issued accessories. However, you’ll rally get to appreciate this player because it also has a drive for larger headphones. For example, it is capable to drive huge Sony V700DJ headphones beyond the normal volume levels. It is often a problem with smaller flash based players, or even some other hard drive brands. The lack of substantial output wattage of such players are not capable of producing an appreciable volume level especially in higher end and bigger headphones. However, the iAudio 6 can drive virtually every earbud or headphone quite well to your immense satisfaction.

For your greater enjoyment, this player has pieces of software - JetAudio and JetShell which will let you play, rip, convert and burn music. You can also use this application to convert and transfer video to your iAudio 6. These applications will also allow you to synch files, add effects, make playlists and manage your features.

Specifications

Playback
Format:
                               
MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo
WMA : ~256kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo
OGG : ~Q10, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo
FLAC : compression level 0 ~ 8, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo
WAV : ~48khz, 16bit, mono/stereo
XviD MPEG-4, CBR 256kbps, 384kbps, VBR25,50,75,
up to 160x128, 15 fps
JPG, TXT

Memory
4GB (0.85” HDD)

PC interface
USB 2.0 High Speed

USB host
USB 2.0 Full Speed (up to 12Mbps)

File Transfer Speed
Max. 30Mbps (Upload 40Mbps)

Battery
Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Polymer Battery (Max. 20 Hours Continuous Playback)

Charging Time
3 hours

Buttons
Touchpad control (PLAY, REC, NAVI, REW, FF),
POWER & HOLD Switch, MENU, VOL+, VOL-

Display
160 x 128 dot, 260,000 color OLED

SNR
95dB (A-Weighted)

Max Output
16 Ohm Earphone: 30mW + 30mW

Frequency Range
20Hz ~ 20KHz

Size       
76.1 X 35.6 X 19 mm (H X W X D)

Weight
60g (Include Lithium Polymer battery)

System Requirements

System Requirements
Pentium 200MHz or Higher
32MB Main Memory or more
50MB Hard Disk Space or more
256 or higher color display

OS
- Microsoft Windows 98/98se/ME/2000/XP
- MAC OS 9.X, 10.X (Only data transfer supported)
- Linux kernel v2.2 or higher (Only data transfer supported)

USB Port
CD-ROM Drive

However, some minor issues with the iAudio 6 is its touch sensitive controls for they suffer accuracy problems. Further on, its GUI is also slow because of the mini-hard drive. The USB host meanwhile is buggy especially with some UMS devices. Still, this player is still definitely recommendable especially for a player in the 4GB range.

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