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COWON iAUDIO X5L
Reviews Views Date of last review
1 4745 12-31-2006
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Recommended By Average Price Average Rating
100% of reviewers None indicated 10.0



Description: Very Linux friendly DAP. Upon connection it is seen as a USB Mass Storage Device and is as simple to transfer audio or other files to as a mount, cp, and umount.

Distro used: slackware-current

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http://www.cowonamerica.com/products/iaudio/x5/

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Features

MP3, OGG, WMA, ASF, FLAC, WAV, MPEG4* (video) playback, FM Radio Receiver and Recording,
Voice Recording, Line-In Recording
TXT (Text), JPEG** (Image) File Viewer (Image Enlargement, Background Screen Designation)
Built-In HDD (20GB/30GB)***, USB Host****, File Copy/Delete
USB 2.0 Interface
260,000 Colors TFT-LCD, Resolution 160x128
Long Playback Time : Up to 14 hours playback (35 hours for iAUDIO X5L)
(Based on company's self-test, The playing time may be shortened according to settings.)
Multi language support
Enhanced Integrated Navigator
Play/Pause, Recording/Pause While Recording
Next Song/Previous Song, Fast Forward/Rewind, Section Repeat
Resume, Fade-In, AutoPlay Features
Search Speed, Skip Speed Setup
Volume (Digital 40 Levels)
Various EQ and Sound Field Effects
-User-Adjustable 5-Band EQ
-Normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Classic, Vocal, User
-Supports BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, and 3D Surround.
Clock, Alarm, Timer Recording, Sleep Function, Power Saving Shut down.
Power, LCD On/Off, Hold Combined Switch
LCD Auto Off Time Adjustment, Brightness, and Contrast Adjustments
Easy Firmware Upgrade
Supports ID3V2, ID3V1, FileName
Device Information Verification
(Firmware version, HDD capacity, HDD volume, total folder number, total file number)
Supports MAC OS (Data transfer only)
Supports Linux v 2.2 or higher (Data transfer only)
Software
-JetShell (File transfer, MP3/WMA/WAV/AUDIO CD PLAY, MP3 ENCODING)
-JetAudio (Integrated multimedia player software, music/video conversion feature)




Specifications

Playback format MP3 : MPEG 1/2/2.5 Layer 3, ~320kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo WMA(ASF) : ~256kbps, ~48khz, mono/stereo OGG : ~q10, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo FLAC : compression level 0/1/2, ~44.1khz, mono/stereo WAV : ~48khz, 16bit, mono/stereoXviD MPEG-4, CBR ~256kbps, up to 160x128, 15 fps JPEG**
Capacity Hard disk (20GB/30GB)***
PC interface
USB 2.0 (Max. 480M bps)
USB Host (OTG) ****

Battery
Built-in Rechargeable Lithium Ion battery (Up tp 14 Hours Continuous Playback)
Power Supply
AC adapter DC 5.0V, 2A
Charging Time
Approximately 3 hours when using the AC power adaptor (6 hours for iAUDIO X5L)
Buttons Main unit: 5-way Jog(NAVI/MENU, VOL , VOL-, REW, FF), PLAY, REC, POWER & HOLD switch
Remote Control (Sold Separately) : PLAY/PAUSE, FF, REW, MENU, VOL , VOL-, MODE, REC
Switch 1 switch (Hold)
Display 160 x 128 dot, 260,000 color TFT-LCD
SNR 95 dB
Max Output 16 Ohm earphones : 20mW 20mW
Frequency Range 20Hz~20KHz
Size (excluding the LCD) iAUDIO X5 : 4.08 X 2.39 X 0.56 inches (103.7 X 60.8 X 14.3 mm)
iAUDIO X5L : 4.08 X 2.39 X 0.72 inches (103.7 X 60.8 X 18.3 mm)
Weight
(including the built-in battery) iAUDIO X5 : 5.11 oz (145g)
iAUDIO X5L : 6.35 oz (180g)
including the built-in battery
Keywords: dap mp3 player syncing device portable harddrive
Connection Type: USB2.0 / USB1


Author
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Old 12-31-2006, 01:28 PM   #1
Trip in VA
 
Registered: Dec 2003
Distribution: Kubuntu 6.10
Posts: 31
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.17-10-generic
Distribution: Kubuntu 6.10



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Product is very Linux-friendly, as the description states. Functions with OGG Vorbis and FLAC files, and there is an mencoder frontend available (written in Java) to convert videos on Linux for use on this device. There is not one function that I've required Windows for on this device.

Just be sure that you umount it before disconnecting, as I have a problem with it losing files I've added if I don't umount or 'Safely Remove' as KDE puts it.
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