mp3 playback...is mine broken or am I dense

Slowdive · 05-16-2013, 07:14 PM

I picked up an Iriver story today, not the hd the old one for a bargain price. So far I am actually pretty happy, I have plenty of laptops, pcs and tablets. So all I wanted was an ink/e-reader and this works well enough for my needs.

Anyway if some one who knows the device well or is still using theres happen to see this. Mp3 playback, I click menu I go to music I select a file in this case the iriver (mp3 that comes standard on the device). I click play, in theory I should be hearing music?

I would usually assume the speaker is broken or something but the device itself makes no sign it is actually trying to play the file at all. This in turn makes me wonder if I am just doing something ridiculously wrong?
Thanks to any one who finds time to comment.

frostschutz · 05-20-2013, 08:24 AM

Does it have a speaker?

Slowdive · 05-20-2013, 08:40 AM

It appears to have one in the back, the documentation is not great so I am unsure if I need to connect an external one. From what little documentation there is it would seem its meant to just play. However you have given me something to test.
Thanks

exscentric · 05-20-2013, 12:07 PM

I did a search for specs and none list a speaker but mention the 3.5 jack for music support.

Slowdive · 05-20-2013, 12:24 PM

The manual seems to imply I can use both, but I did put in some headphones. The strange thing about it, it does not begin to play, no progress bar for the song is displayed, literally clicking play nothing happens.

My next port of call is to try from a SD card and see if anything changes. Its not really the end of the world, for an old piece of hardware its a very pleasant thing to read on. With or without music it will see me through till I decide to buy a new kindle.
Just struck me as odd and left me head scratching, maybe some one who still owns one will breeze by.
Thanks for the reply though!

8andout · 05-21-2013, 05:28 PM

It definitely has a speaker, as well as headphone support. I own one, but loaned it to a friend (as I upgraded to the HD model), so I can't check the exact process just now...

Here's a video... it should be as simple as this to get an mp3 to play.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAul_...ailpage#t=160s

Make sure your volume isn't set all the way down. Also, that the mp3 is in the proper folder, music or whatever. Not sure if that's important, but it could be because I recall that things like bookmarks and so on didn't work properly for books if they weren't in the 'book' folder.

Try loading on new tracks in case your test one has become corrupted somehow.

That's all I can think of. Good luck!

05-16-2013, 07:14 PM	#1
Slowdive Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Iriver Story	mp3 playback...is mine broken or am I dense I picked up an Iriver story today, not the hd the old one for a bargain price. So far I am actually pretty happy, I have plenty of laptops, pcs and tablets. So all I wanted was an ink/e-reader and this works well enough for my needs. Anyway if some one who knows the device well or is still using theres happen to see this. Mp3 playback, I click menu I go to music I select a file in this case the iriver (mp3 that comes standard on the device). I click play, in theory I should be hearing music? I would usually assume the speaker is broken or something but the device itself makes no sign it is actually trying to play the file at all. This in turn makes me wonder if I am just doing something ridiculously wrong? Thanks to any one who finds time to comment.

05-21-2013, 05:28 PM	#6
8andout Member Posts: 16 Karma: 112 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iriver story HD; Boyue T62+	It definitely has a speaker, as well as headphone support. I own one, but loaned it to a friend (as I upgraded to the HD model), so I can't check the exact process just now... Here's a video... it should be as simple as this to get an mp3 to play.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAul_...ailpage#t=160s Make sure your volume isn't set all the way down. Also, that the mp3 is in the proper folder, music or whatever. Not sure if that's important, but it could be because I recall that things like bookmarks and so on didn't work properly for books if they weren't in the 'book' folder. Try loading on new tracks in case your test one has become corrupted somehow. That's all I can think of. Good luck! Last edited by 8andout; 05-21-2013 at 05:31 PM.

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05-20-2013, 08:24 AM	#2
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,279 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	Does it have a speaker?

05-20-2013, 08:40 AM	#3
Slowdive Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Iriver Story	It appears to have one in the back, the documentation is not great so I am unsure if I need to connect an external one. From what little documentation there is it would seem its meant to just play. However you have given me something to test. Thanks

05-20-2013, 12:07 PM	#4
exscentric Addict Posts: 379 Karma: 1033424 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: WY Device: Kindle keyboard	I did a search for specs and none list a speaker but mention the 3.5 jack for music support.

05-20-2013, 12:24 PM	#5
Slowdive Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Iriver Story	The manual seems to imply I can use both, but I did put in some headphones. The strange thing about it, it does not begin to play, no progress bar for the song is displayed, literally clicking play nothing happens. My next port of call is to try from a SD card and see if anything changes. Its not really the end of the world, for an old piece of hardware its a very pleasant thing to read on. With or without music it will see me through till I decide to buy a new kindle. Just struck me as odd and left me head scratching, maybe some one who still owns one will breeze by. Thanks for the reply though!

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