Customer Reviews
Buyers Beware of Fraud/cheating 
2008-10-07
Dear Amazon, I been proud to be your customer, but this Sellor has cheated me. The poduct was advertised as New in Box and before buying it I had asked the sellor if I would be provided a Sales Receipt stating that the item is infact New, because iRiver will not help without the receipt. Upon receiving the item- I noticed that there was No Receipt,No warranty Card, No cables,No Owner,s Inst.Manual,No Quick Start Guide,No host Cable etc. Upon, Amazon,s help and request I did everthihg I could to resolve the issue, but first the sellor did not care to respond to my E-mails and then upon Amazon,s intervention - the sellor acknowledged after two weeks that there is Warranty Card and Receipt and the item is New. When I challenged that its 8-Years old and per the Manufacturer it needs upgrading and without the Receipt & Warranty Card, unless I pay $140. in advance it cannot be done. Sellor stated that it (did,nt care less if its 8-years old). All, I got from the sellor is run-around and I had already told that I will not send it back,because I was advised by the authority that since its my Evidence- I must not return it if I have to file a Complaint of Fraud/Cheating. I must prevent another buyer not to become victim of this kind fraud. ( These cheap sellors advertise stating that item is New and in-fact its not. Since, these cheap one-night sellors do not give Return Policy/Full Refund on Amazon,s site- wnenever and whom so ever I contacted I never got satisfactory response or the sellor will not reply ). That tells me that there is something Fishy ? I lost 100% of my money because I purchased the item in Good-faith. Wonder how many more are there like this one ?
HAD IT FOR 3 SATISFYING YEARS! 
2008-05-28
I've had this product for about 3 years! I took it everywhere I went and just watched Cowboy Bebop and Firefly on it. It works like a portable hard drive. You just drag and drop! Well videos you have to convert first. It has it's own speaker, a stand, and is generally EASY to handle! My only complaint is that its a little bulky to take for a jog or whatnot. Also the user interface takes a little getting used to. But I mean it didn't take much time to understand how it all works.
It works 
2008-04-15
I have had this for a few years now. It is outdated, but it does what it is supposed to. The sad thing here is that Iriver used linux to create this, but when challenged to provide the source the made a pretty weak effort. Thus this product never reached it's potential.
I use it to watch movies and listen to music when flying. I built a AA battery adapter to extend the play time and recharge. So like I said it works. I bought another one on the bay for 60 and it works fine. Like I said if we could have gotten all the source for the rom and added some of the fine software that exists for embedded linux it could have been a sweet deal.
i river 2007-12-12
bought this for my son last year. It is the best of the best. He has had no problems with it and stilluses it.
It has Everything!! 2006-08-03
This mp3 player comes extremely well equipped with anything I could ask for: MP3, Radio, Video, Pictures, Voice recording, Line in audio, WMA, huge screen and more.
AVI files 2006-06-25
The iriver PMP-100 series is a new breed of portable media player. It plays your movies, music, photos and more. Plus, integrated FM tuner, voice recorder, ultra-fast USB 2.0 file transfers and simple navigation are just a few of the features you won't find anywhere else.
Faulty Faulty Faulty! 2006-05-11
I was given this as a gift for Christmas and just over 3 months after I recieved it, I put it on charge for a night, and came back to it and the screen had a dead spot in it. The next time I put it on charge, it completely messed up the whole screen to where now nothing is visible anymore. And the player only has a 90 day warranty, and when I tried to contact Iriver about the problem, I recieved no response. You will probable be better off buying an Ipod that plays both mp3s and videos instead of this product.
People who don't like it don't know how to use it. 2006-03-11
Most of the people who don't like are the people who don't know how to record the radio or how to put movies on it.It's a good product that is very organized with a big screen compared to ipod video, and is only about $200 used. So if I were you I'd buy it.
From the moment I took it out the box to the moment I sent it back 
2005-11-14
I ordered it so it came before my holiday, to do something for the long journeys.
It arrived a few days before and I opened up the box. First observation, its f***ing massive!
But I decided to be optimistic, as it just about fitted into my pocket.
I plugged it into the computer and turned it on. I soon realised I had brought a computer rather than an MP3/4 player.
However, I figured that I might fall in love with it still, and shoved some songs on.
There is no way to effectivley group them by album (the device doesnt do this itself), but only by artist. To do this you must put them in folders of the artist name, and subfolders for the album name.
I shoved all my 1,500 songs from itunes on and took a scan round. I couldnt find The Distillers, and realised that I should be looking under T and not D.
This is because it arranges them strictly by alphabetical order, as it is a computer, not an mp3 player.
But I figured I could live with this. Then I decided to open the folder. I assumed it would be instantaneous, but it took a good 5-10 seconds to open an artist folder!
This is no music player, its a crap computer!
But I decided to shove some films on to see what it was like.
I downloaded an avi film and tried to put it on. There was a file error. I went to the help on the website and it said some AVI files are not equal to others.
Bloody hell... better get out the software that came with it.
Wait, I can't install it because the serial code doesnt work.
I managed to get another off the internet, and eventually shoved on a film that worked.
But guess what... the sound was out of time to the picture.
I sent it back.
Mediocre 2005-10-24
It does what it says it will do. However, the player has enormous trouble with Xvid, regardless of settings. Plan on only encoding in Divx. With Divx, it can handle 1500kbps, 640x480@30fps and lots of B-frames. It also must have CBR-MP3 to play the video in sync, so if you have VBR with anything, you must encode it over to CBR. The screen isn't particularly detailed because the pixel size is so large. With video, you are limited to 192kbps for audio; anything higher will cause a desync.
It also tends to hang while playing a "non-standard" movie (such as VBR-MP3 or Xvid). You will have to remove the battery to reset the machine and allow for control response again. This problem is alleviated by making absolutely sure you're using Divx and CBR-MP3. On top of that, you lose the ability to fast-forward/rewind through movies above ~650MB. If you have a 1.3GB movie, you'll need to break that up into smaller chunks if you plan on being able to fast-forward through it. It'll play the larger file, and it'll even continue the movie at the stop point, but you will not be able to fast-forward.
Doesn't play Vorbis/FLAC/ACC/AC3 audio, but it will handle VBR-MP3 just fine. The playlists are fairly standard, and the player will let you make your own playlists. The radio uses the headphone cord for it's antenna, and it does a good job with gain. Radio reception is good. There is a built-in microphone for recording audio to MP3, but you cannot record from the radio.
The player comes with iRiver's own little converter, and it's extraordinarly poor. They have pre-selected options, and it is adjusted for encoding speed, not quality. Plus it will crash if you have various codecs on your machine.
You spend more than what you get. There are superior products available for less money. 2 stars because of the price, 3 stars for the machine itself.
