HLP Network

News:

Thanks to the hard work of rev_posix and Sandwich, the HLP email system has been fixed!  All registration emails from the past few months have been re-sent.  If you still need help, please sign on to Discord and let us know.  The Discord link can be found in the top navbar under the HLP menu. ヾ(´︶`♡)ﾉ

 
« Previous Thread Next Thread »
Print
Pages: [1] 2 Next >   Go Down

Author Topic: Look, I made a Brick!  (Read 1746 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline mikhael

  • Back to skool
  • 211
  • Fnord!
    • http://www.google.com/search?q=404error.com
Look, I made a Brick!
on: August 20, 2005, 05:52:27 pm
Let me say, I'm an idiot. An IDIOT.

So I went to plug in my Iriver H120 and it started acting funny. I tried to turn it off, no dice. I unplug it, nothing. In fact, the battery is getting super hot--and the battery isn't removable.

So I trace the cable back to the wall--its the power unit for a network switch. 9v DC, instead of the 5v DC that the iRiver uses.

So, I'm about to replace this thing and I'd like some input from you lot. iPods (any sort) are not an option (me and iTunes are not a well made match), nor is any other player that requires any software to manage the unit. I want to copy my files onto it as if it were a hard drive and have it read the directory structure and do the right thing. I don't need photos. I definately do not want movies. I want at least 20gb of HARD DRIVE BASED storage. USB2.0 is a must.

Any recommendations?
[I am not really here. This post is entirely a figment of your imagination.]
 

Offline Bobboau

  • Just a MODern kinda guy
    Just MODerately cool
    And MODest too
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #1 on: August 20, 2005, 06:02:22 pm
are you sure it's not just the battery that's fried?
if it is just replace it.
Bobboau, bringing you products that work... in theory
learn to use PCS
creator of the ProXimus Procedural Texture and Effect Generator
My latest build of PCS2, get it while it's hot!
PCS 2.0.3


DEUTERONOMY 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together
 

Offline aldo_14

  • Gunnery Control
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #2 on: August 20, 2005, 06:07:45 pm
Creative Zen is pish, BTW (I have one, principally as I got it £50 cheaper than RRP and thus every other brand).  Best reviews I've seen have been for yon iRiver, and i'm sure Sandwich will nip along in a mo to echo that as he seems to pimp the thing incessantly.
 

Offline mikhael

  • Back to skool
  • 211
  • Fnord!
    • http://www.google.com/search?q=404error.com
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 08:34:00 pm
It could be the battery, Bob, but the thing has an inbuilt, non-removable battery.

Personally, I think the iRiver H120/140 series were the finest things they ever produced, and the best hard-drive based MP3 players, hands down. Whilst I love the iPod interface, iTunes (mandatory to use the damn thing properly) turns me off with its hoops, hurdles and silliness. The iRiver had the technical specs of the iPod, plus longer battery life, builtin recording and FM stereo, and it presented as a hard drive to Windows and FreeBSD. I don't like the new interface on the H10 series at all (though they are pretty), but that's the way I'm leaning unless something better is suggested.
[I am not really here. This post is entirely a figment of your imagination.]
 

Offline Bobboau

  • Just a MODern kinda guy
    Just MODerately cool
    And MODest too
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 08:36:52 pm
non-removeable? sounds like a challenge to me!
are you telling me you don't have a screwdriver?
Bobboau, bringing you products that work... in theory
learn to use PCS
creator of the ProXimus Procedural Texture and Effect Generator
My latest build of PCS2, get it while it's hot!
PCS 2.0.3


DEUTERONOMY 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of diverse sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together
 

Offline mikhael

  • Back to skool
  • 211
  • Fnord!
    • http://www.google.com/search?q=404error.com
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 08:53:52 pm
Its between 9 and 11 months old. I'll wait for the email to iRiver to come back saying I'm **** out of luck before I go in and void the warranty.

Besides, it uses a T5 Torx for the external screws. I don't have one of those. (at home, I've got a full set at work)
[I am not really here. This post is entirely a figment of your imagination.]
 

Offline Deepblue

  • Corporate Shill
  • 210
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 10:28:03 pm
Get the iRiver H10 refurbished off eBay great deal for a great player... Plus the battery is removable in case things get hot :D.

But it is a lovely player.
 

Offline Deepblue

  • Corporate Shill
  • 210
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 10:28:42 pm
Oh, and look what I made in the last hour!



Yipee!
 

Offline delta_7890

  • Your Node Is Mine
  • 28
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #8 on: August 20, 2005, 11:01:43 pm
<<;  Thread hi-jacking much?
~Delta
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #9 on: August 21, 2005, 01:47:11 am
Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14
Best reviews I've seen have been for yon iRiver, and i'm sure Sandwich will nip along in a mo to echo that as he seems to pimp the thing incessantly.


Aldo, he's already USED an iRiver once - there's NO need for me to pimp anything any further. :D

Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Its between 9 and 11 months old. I'll wait for the email to iRiver to come back saying I'm **** out of luck before I go in and void the warranty.

Besides, it uses a T5 Torx for the external screws. I don't have one of those. (at home, I've got a full set at work)


Have you tried looking through MisticRiver? They might have a "Come Let Us Void Our Warranties In Saftey And Assurance" thread. :p
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Kosh

  • A year behind what's funny
  • 210
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #10 on: August 21, 2005, 02:13:31 am
Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
Its between 9 and 11 months old. I'll wait for the email to iRiver to come back saying I'm **** out of luck before I go in and void the warranty.

Besides, it uses a T5 Torx for the external screws. I don't have one of those. (at home, I've got a full set at work)



I have yet to see a warranty cover user error.......
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

Brain I/O error
Replace and press any key
 

Offline Grug

  • 211
  • From the ashes...
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #11 on: August 21, 2005, 04:58:39 am
Bricks are so awsome.
 

Offline WMCoolmon

  • Purveyor of space crack
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #12 on: August 21, 2005, 05:41:45 am
I assume it doesn't hang in the sky anymore, then?
-C
 

Offline Roanoke

  • 210
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #13 on: August 21, 2005, 07:54:14 am
Iwas thinking of getting a Creative Zen to replace my MD player
 

Offline aldo_14

  • Gunnery Control
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #14 on: August 21, 2005, 08:16:24 am
Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich


Aldo, he's already USED an iRiver once - there's NO need for me to pimp anything any further. :D
 


Aye, but he doesn't know if there are better alternatives or not.  So get stuck in there :p
 

Offline IceFire

  • GTVI Section 3
  • 212
    • http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/ce
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #15 on: August 21, 2005, 09:08:11 am
Quote
Originally posted by Roanoke
Iwas thinking of getting a Creative Zen to replace my MD player

Co-worker of mine has a Zen Micro.  He REALLY loves it...we work in a computer store...so we see our share of zens, ipods, and irivers.

So take that as you may.

I don't have one yet....I'm the guy who sells gagets, but doesn't own any.
- IceFire
BlackWater Ops, Cold Element
"Burn the land, boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me..."
 

Offline aldo_14

  • Gunnery Control
  • 213
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #16 on: August 21, 2005, 09:11:10 am
Zen micro is apparently ok.  The big one, the 20gb one, is sheer ****e, however.
 

Offline mikhael

  • Back to skool
  • 211
  • Fnord!
    • http://www.google.com/search?q=404error.com
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #17 on: August 21, 2005, 11:14:46 am
Micros are out. If I were going to get a Micro device, I'd invest in another large CF card, spare battery and car charger for my PDA.

20gig is it. I was at BeastBuy last night and they had a Samsung 20gig unit on clearance for US$179 and a 20gig iRiver H10-20 for US$299. If iRiver won't do warranty work on this (and do you really thing I'm going to say, "yeah, I plugged in the wrong charger!" when I talk to them?), then my homeowner's insurance personal electronics rider will cover replacement cost less 15%/yr depreciation. I will not live without an MP3 player for any longer than I absolutely must. The damn things are critical for my sanity.
[I am not really here. This post is entirely a figment of your imagination.]
 

Offline kasperl

Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #18 on: August 21, 2005, 11:36:32 am
iRiver is indeed on of the few with a hard-drive interface, AFAIK, which is a pity.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline Roanoke

  • 210
Look, I made a Brick!
Reply #19 on: August 21, 2005, 12:24:10 pm
1gb more than enough for me
Print
Pages: [1] 2 Next >   Go Up
« Previous Thread Next Thread »