iRiver H320 - What can this player do?

To start with, the H320 plays MP3, protected WMA, OGG, WAV, and ASF files. The only format I know of that it can’t play is AAC, but as long as you stay away from iTunes store, you’ll be okay. With the beautiful color screen, it would be a waste if you couldn’t view pictures. It currently supports JPEG and BMP picture formats. The pictures can take a few seconds to load, but they look good. As of press time there is no USB host in this unit, but with future firmware upgrades, this feature may become available.

The player also comes with a built-in radio receiver. With a built in radio, and my past experiences with internal antennas, I didn’t expect a lot. I live close to some power lines, and frequently they interfere with radio reception. I turned the radio on, expecting a lot of static. Instead, I experienced some really good reception. I was able to receive, with crystal clarity, almost all the stations that my radio with external antenna could get. At times I did get some static, and once it lost all signal, but the H320 regained it moments later. The radio gives the user three options for finding radio stations. You can select preset stations, scan manually, or use auto searching. The radio in the H320 is, by far, one of the best I have seen in an MP3 player.

The H320 also packs a text viewer. You can’t input text, but you can view it. I wouldn’t want to view entire documents on it, but a to-do list or a grocery list would work well.

And we’re not done with all the features yet! The H320 also offers a built in mic. I haven’t played around with many recorders, but this one seems to do a good job. The clarity was pretty good. I wouldn’t record your next musical CD on it, but for the spoken work I think it would work well. You can also use the line-in port to record from another device, or use an external mic for better clarity. 

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