Iaudio x5l,few questions

ronano

1) When i turn it on i hear what i can only describe as a whir,it reminds me slightly of a dodgy pc booting up.
2) If i continously fast forward/choose different songs in quick succession i hear a clunk(again bad pc memories!)
3) There's a 3 second wait before a song plays,the timer is on the screen during the wait
4) I converted a few episodes of family guy,scrubs,american dad and american dad/some episodes of scrubs froze

I only bought this on Thursday and i'm wondering am i paranoid,is this all to be expected,should i return it for a new one? i bought it in peats and while its a new product and what not i know how peats are!

muckwarrior

The noises you hear are just the hard drive spinning etc. As for the video freezing, I'd try playing the same file on my PC and see does it freeze then. May have been an error during encoding.

Kintarō Hattori

I only bought this on Thursday and i'm wondering am i paranoid,is this all to be expected,should i return it for a new one? i bought it in peats and while its a new product and what not i know how peats are!

You know how Peat's are? I think you'll find we're actually fairly decent and if you do have a problem we'll look after you. You AIN'T going to be left high and dry. You don't stay in business by f*cking your customers over.

Tusky

I have a question regarding the iaduio x5 too. Which shops in city centre stock it ?

I cnat get through to peats to see if they have them in stock. Dixons, Currys, argos etc dont stock them. I dont think theres a Harvey Normans in town is there ? Any ideas ? Im looking to buy this today.

p.s do Peats open today ?

muckwarrior

Tusky wrote:

I have a question regarding the iaduio x5 too. Which shops in city centre stock it ?

I cnat get through to peats to see if they have them in stock. Dixons, Currys, argos etc dont stock them. I dont think theres a Harvey Normans in town is there ? Any ideas ? Im looking to buy this today.

p.s do Peats open today ?

I got one in peats a couple of weeks ago. 99% sure that they don't open on sundays though.

Kintarō Hattori

Yeah we're open today, though I'm not in thankfully!!! We're open every sunday though from 1-5pm.

Tusky

eo980 wrote:

Yeah we're open today, though I'm not in thankfully!!! We're oprn every sunday though from 1-5pm.

muckwarrior wrote:

I got one in peats a couple of weeks ago. 99% sure that they don't open on sundays though.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand youre 99% wrong

muckwarrior

eo980 wrote:

Yeah we're open today, though I'm not in thankfully!!! We're oprn every sunday though from 1-5pm.

That a recent thing? I know I went there before on a sunday and yiz were shut!

Kintarō Hattori

Hmnn we've been open for months and months on a sunday. Originally from 2-6pm and now from 1-5pm. Not sure when you must have went.

muckwarrior

Maybe it was before 2pm. Oh and your website doesn't mention anything about sunday opening either.

cormie

Do you haggling here Tusky:D Eo, how do haggles go down in Peats?

Kintarō Hattori

Ohh the website is a long and complicated story. Tis out of my control.

Kintarō Hattori

cormie wrote:

Do you haggling here Tusky:D Eo, how do haggles go down in Peats?

Ehhh Ireland isn't a culture of hagglers!!!

cormie

I'll change that, Tusky, don't go down without a fight, at least ask for a free case or something, even a scart lead or something totally irrelevant to the iAudio. A roll of till receipt paper or sumthin, anything:D

By the way, Tusky, get Eo to buy it, he'll get a staff discount and you can split the savings between you:)

What's your cheapest DVD recorder boss? Any in the €150 range? Major Thread hijacking here but I think the problems described are normal?

Civilian_Target

I have an X5L. I can't even hear the hard drive and have had no freezing problems. Never used it for video.

Kintarō Hattori

Hmnn I dunno what our cheapest DVD-Recorder is as the shop is essentially split into two parts, one for Hi-Fi and one for Computers. Guess which part I'm in?! Heh.

BTW - I just bought myself an i-Audio A2-30GB, wow what a piece of kit. I'm very impressed with it. I knew Cowon made good stuff, but I can't fault it at all!

Ruskie4Rent

The iAudio x5 has added to my christmas dillema.
It's now between a zen vision:m, the video ipod, or the iaudio.
I can't get the creative one if it's not out before christmas, and i'm don't like the idea of the ipod not playing half my music or video files and everyone hates it for some reason. Why is that?, cos i'll get it if your reasons aren't valid.

So is the cowon a good alternative? Why?
What's the picture like? and how well does it organise your music?

I need someone to make my mind up for me.

keeganb_2000

I have a question too!
I've seen on various sites the following two items. A Cowon IAudio X5 and a Cowon IAudio X5L. Are these the same thing or is there a difference, please someone help as I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get one but I need to clear this little thing up first!
Cheers

aaf

keeganb_2000 wrote:

I have a question too!
I've seen on various sites the following two items. A Cowon IAudio X5 and a Cowon IAudio X5L. Are these the same thing or is there a difference, please someone help as I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get one but I need to clear this little thing up first!
Cheers

The L is for longer life battery. The X5 battery life is about 14 or 15 hrs whilst the X5L's battery life is about 35 or 36 hrs. Well worth getting the X5L if you can. That's the only difference as far as I know.

keeganb_2000

aaf wrote:

The L is for longer life battery. The X5 battery life is about 14 or 15 hrs whilst the X5L's battery life is about 35 or 36 hrs. Well worth getting the X5L if you can. That's the only difference as far as I know.

So by the sounds of it the L is the better more expensive model. Thats weird cause on EBay the cheapest one on there right now is the L but theres still about 5 hours to go on auction.

Thanks for clearing that up btw

ronano

eo980 wrote:

You know how Peat's are? I think you'll find we're actually fairly decent and if you do have a problem we'll look after you. You AIN'T going to be left high and dry. You don't stay in business by f*cking your customers over.

I never meant that peats wouldn't fix/replace/refund just i've found the service by staff to be kinda dodgy.

Ugh i flicked back to a mp3 and heard a clunk,the timer is on the screen for the last 15 minutes with only the hold button showing any sign of responce. I'll be bringing it back tomorrow hopefully a replacement,it's a lovely piece of kit otherwise and the earphones are top notch

Scubadevils

There is also a difference of 4mm in size between the two, doesn't sound like much but it is noticeable when you hold the two. There are actually two batteries in the X5L. 20 euro price diff between X5 & X5L in both 20 & 30GB models so its really down to whether you want a slim unit or a serious battery life.

eo980, make sure to download the firmware upgrade for the A2, lots of improvements made to an already excellent PMP.

To the OP, it would be normal to hear the HD booting but it should be pretty quiet. The clunk doesn't sound healthy! Peats will replace that no problem, most big retailers swap them and feck them back at their supplier

muckwarrior

ronano wrote:

the earphones are top notch

No they're not, they're crap. Just like virtually every other set of headphones distributed with a DAP.
As for the peats thing, I had a few problems with them a few years ago. Was buying a lot of stock with them at the time and on average 4 out of 5 items I bought were faulty. I got them all replaced of course, but I was starting to worry that they'd think I was taking the piss or something bringing back items so often. Staff are usually pretty knowledgable and helpfull in my experience.

rubadub

muckwarrior wrote:

No they're not, they're crap. Just like virtually every other set of headphones distributed with a DAP.

Really?, thats not what I heard, I read they were the first ones to give decent earphones as a feature. And that either iaudio or cowon were earphone specialists. I am not saying they are like €200 earphones but would be comparable to say fontopias. I would prefer to be able to buy a DAP without them though.

muckwarrior

rubadub wrote:

Really?, thats not what I heard, I read they were the first ones to give decent earphones as a feature. And that either iaudio or cowon were earphone specialists. I am not saying they are like €200 earphones but would be comparable to say fontopias. I would prefer to be able to buy a DAP without them though.

Well i've got a pretty cheap set of sonys (< €30) and they sounded way better than the stock ones.

cormie

What did you do with your H3XX Muck?

Ruskie4Rent

So should I bother with waiting to see if I can get a zen vision:m before christmas or will I just get it over with and get an iAudioX5?

muckwarrior

cormie wrote:

What did you do with your H3XX Muck?

Oh still have it. The x5 wasn't mine. Had to buy it for my cousin, so I played around with it for a few days while i had it.

cormie

Ruskie4Rent wrote:

So should I bother with waiting to see if I can get a zen vision:m before christmas or will I just get it over with and get an iAudioX5?

Personally I'd just go with the X5 due to it's interface, drag and drop ability etc. I don't like creatives navigation system. You may love it, muckwarrior does, but I don't. I'd be very happy choosing the X5 now though.

Muck, ah, lucky cousin:)

Bard

rubadub wrote:

Really?, thats not what I heard, I read they were the first ones to give decent earphones as a feature. And that either iaudio or cowon were earphone specialists. ..
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I got the 30GB X5L and thought the earphones supplied in the box far outclassed any set I'd used before.

There's nothing I've seen so far that's produced by Cowon that isn't top notch, and that includes their flash MP3 players.

cormie

I think though, if you're spending so much on an mp3 player, you should spend a sufficient amount on a good set of earphones too, Fontopias at least (€50) but if you're spending that you may as well spend an extra €30 or so and get Shure E2's so I'd actually prefer if they didn't bother with including earphones, although that would be crap for some people, most people. You can't win:rolleyes: