iriver Clix Rhapsody 4 GB Digital Music and Video Player (Black)

I had the Iriver Clix for several weeks and loved it. All that music!

But today I dropped it on a wooden floor. And that was the end of my $189 Clix. The screen went black, except for a few thin white lines. Now those are gone.

Conclusion: nice device but too fragile considering the cost; will try the Sandisk next. At least that's only $89-99.

This was slimmer than I thought it would be and the control interface was interesting and worked for me. I like that you click the 4 sides of the display to navigate the menus. The clarity of the screen was very good and videos were clear to view, but just not to watch movies on. The sound was the main thing that hooked me. It is louder that the iPod and I have the original 1st Gen 20GB iPod.

A++++

Bought this to upgrade from the iRiver u10 and to supplement my Creative Labs Vision M player.

I use the flash player when on the move and don't want to risk accidentally having my files deleted on the HD player.

Stuck with iRIver because of all the options the u10 offered. Great sound, easy navigation, FM tuner, pictures/video.

Lots of improvement from the u10:
Navigation is much better. Quicker startup and navigation. Option to rotate the screen four different ways (compared to two on the u10) for personal preference is a +.
Much more information can be seen during playback (album art, track details, next track, time) adds to the eyecandy factor... so much so that I spent a few hours hunting down album art for the songs :)

One major gripe I have is with the pictures. Pictures are not shown full screen all the time (as it was on the u10). If the u20 is in landscape mode, it will show the landscape pics full screen. It will however decrease the size of the portrait pics leaving black bands on both sides. it doesn't automatically rotate the pic for full screen viewing.
I tried puting the display orientation on portrait hoping it would remedy this problem, but to no avail. The landscape pics are shown full screen, but not the portrait.


Tried both MTP and MCP and prefer the MCP (iRiver plus). On MTP, you can basically connect to any computer with Windows Media 11 and transfer files. This is perfect for the individual who connects to various PCs. I, on the otherhand, mainly use one PC with the occasional other on the same network so don't really care for compatibility with other PCs. I found transfering files (especially pics/videos) much easier with iRiver plus. The videos are autimatically converted using this program for optimal play on the U20. Also preferred the iRiver software to update information on the song tags (title,album art, artist, etc) to keeps things neat.

Battery is great! Lasted long for me. There's been a few times that I wanted to drain the battery before connecting it back to the PC to transfer more files, etc so I didn't ruin the battery life--- and took quite long! Lasted more than 3 hrs on FM tuner and song playback with picture slideshow (didn't have video on yet).

Sound is great! I didn't even bother using the stock headphones as I have Shure e4c and a Sony pair with noise cancelling properties.

FM is great! It is strong and comes in clearly. Make sure the headphones are connected when using automatic presets as it is used as antennas! Took me a few days to figure it out when the scanning was only picking up one station.

Great player and look forward to using this most of the time.

2nd gen clix. best player i have used (ipod video, nano, zen v plus, zen micro, sandisk sansa). themes are customizable/downloadable. plays flash games. great user interface although it takes sometime to get used to. such a great player. plays video, pics, music sq is very good, display is great. hard to find accessories, but the player is so small any aftermarket case should be fine. this player is better than the ipod nano, creative zen vplus( which i also own. My opinion, best flash mp3 player on the market.

the buttons are really easy to use and has a good amount of memory, so far i havent had any problems with it, the screen doesnt really attract too many finger prints and marks, i really dont have any complaints about the product