Iriver/H2O case...advice from owners needed please

[snorklos67]

After bungling through the normal bit of setting up and downloading, set the EQ to what I wanted, sounds great through the little earphones etc, chuffed to bits.... put it in the housing, crank the amplifier..... and it sounds really tinny, and there seems to be some interference coming through, like hissing

For all you iriver owners is this normal. The guy I bought it from is really helpful, but he just said it sounds better underwater....but is this what you have found fro your experience. I am quite disappointed at the moment and my first reaction is that they are faulty and there is a problem with the speaker things....

Can someone give me the benefit of their underwater Iriver mp3 experience and put my mind at rest, or put me out of my frustration

[Mark Chase]

The headphones are designed to work under water. They sound prety crapy on land. That said thers crapy and theres crappy?

Id jump in a swiming pool with them and see how it goes.

ATB

Mark

[Snash]

Work fine under water, although you do need to position them correctly against your ears so you can get the best sound and so they dont rub and you end up with cauliflower ears .

Also you dont really want to use them topside; as you'd look a bit of a prat carrying round that lot

Snash

[Okeanos]

The amplifier inside is of low quality, but if your output from the mp3 player is high then it'll cover any hiss. If you're playing very quiet music you will hear some hiss. But as Mark says they are designed to work underwater and sound a lot better then.

[snorklos67]

Thanks so much for the comments..... I have only got it on a whim (for deco) as a Christmas present... (for me naturally), but expected it to be like a teenage boy's first car stereo with a great throbbing bass.....silly me.
Will try it out next time I am diving and see what happens. The man who sold it me had fiilled it with readings from the Bible

[Woz]

Sounds fine underwater. Don't turn it up tto loud on land or you'll bugger up the speakers. They need to be water damped.

[StuartC]

Originally Posted by snorklos67

The man who sold it me had fiilled it with readings from the Bible

obviously he's aware that deco theory is just that, so he's taken the belt and braces approach to his deco and included a good old bit of bible study as his "insurance"....

[Padowan]

Also set the EQ back to normal - the increased levels of certain channels, seemed to sound increasingly sh*te when run through the amp.

You have access to ALL of the controls under water, so you can play with it all once it's wet and see what sounds best.

[MixedUp]

I haven't tried mine on land, but underwater they are fantastic. I tend to leave it in my pocket until I get back up to 9 metres, then set it up. The last 2 stops are typically 60 minutes so the MP3 player certainly helps with the boredom.

Steve

[snorklos67]

Thanks for all the help guys... I was sat here feeling like a bit of a donkey that had bought a pig in a poke as my old nan would say.Not diving for the next few weeks so can't test straight away, and was worried it was faulty and needed shipping back to the states. Feel much more calm and serene now gents with all that info, let's just hope I didn't blow the speakers trying them in my lounge