Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48566 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Cowon
• Model: I6-4096BL
• Original language: English

Features

• Compact MP3 player with ultra-efficient 0.85-inch, 4 GB HDD for increased portability
• Supports MP3, WMA, WMV DRM-10, OGG, FLAC, and WAV audio formats
• 260,000-color, 1.3-inch OLED screen; built-in FM tuner; USB host recognition
• JetEffect sound enhancer includes 5-band EQ, bass boost, 3D surround, and L/R pan
• Measures 1.4 x 3 x 0.75 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 2.12 ounces; 1-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
The world's first MP3 player with a 0.85-inch HDD for increased stability and portability, the Cowon iAudio 6 represents the next generation of personal media players. The unit's HDD is barely the size of a coin (the entire player measures only 1.4 by 3 by 0.75 inches), yet it delivers 4 GB of storage space--enough for virtually any application. The iAudio 6 also supports a host of audio formats, including MP3, WMA, WMV DRM-10, OGG, FLAC, and WAV, giving you no shortage of choices when adding music to the drive. More significantly, the iAudio 6 maximizes audio and video quality, with a powerful 60 mW audio output (30 mW x 2) that renders a full range of high- quality sound with low noise, and a 260,000-color, 1.3-inch OLED screen with a 160 x 128 resolution for video playback (the unit comes bundled with JetAudio VX software for efficient video editing and transferring).

The impressive functionality doesn't end there, as the iAudio 6 also offers the JetEffect audio experience, which can create up to 1.2 trillion different sounds by fusing six top- of-the-line sound effects, including a five-band equalizer, BBE, Mach3Bass, MP Enhance, 3D Surround, and Pan. It's ideal for users who like to bring new dimensions to the listening experience. And even though the iAudio6 is primarily an MP3/video player, it also handles a host of additional tasks, including viewing text files and JPEG images, storing data files and photos on the HDD (the unit is automatically recognized as a USB host), playing and recording FM radio, and digital voice recording via the built-in microphone. The iAudio 6 even includes a lyric display feature that provides you with song lyrics on the four-line display.

The iAudio 6 is no slouch in terms of download speeds, with support for up to 35 Mbps through the USB 2.0 interface. Playback modes, meanwhile, vary from random to repeat to resume, with a built-in music browser allowing automatic sorting by artist, genre, and album categories. Other details include an innovative swing-touch control interface; the ability to personalize the background wallpaper on the screen; an iAudio 6 study aid function that repeats, bookmarks, or slows down certain passages for easier transcriptions; direct line-in stereo recording that works with virtually any external audio device; and a set of iAudio earphones that deliver incredible balance on the high, mid, and low sound ranges.

The iAudio 6 works with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems and comes with a built-in rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, with a rough battery life of 20 hours per charge. The unit also weighs 2.12 ounces and is backed by a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
iAudio 6 MP3 player, earphones, USB host cable, USB cable, line-in recording cable, software/installation CD, user's manual.

Customer Reviews

More function than iPod
I recently bought the iAudio 6 and am so far very pleased with its superior performance. I owned a 60GB iPod and am convinced that the former is way better than the latter.
First, the iAudio 6 has a superb sound (36ohm), its hard drive although small, is considerably fast. I love the FM tuner as well as the voice recorder that are extremely convenient in a a small but very robustly built mp3 player; those features are unavailable in an iPod. Finally, the price/quality is very favorable. This is my first product from COWON/iAudio, but i will definitely buy again.

Player is Great, but hope you never need support from COWON...
This would have received a 5 if it weren't for the horrible customer service from COWON. Buyer beware, and set your expectations very low for their support. At all times I treated them with respect, never cursed or acted irate, which I must say was very difficult to do considering the way they treated me, a new customer.

1) The only way to "speak" with support is through online chat or email. They do not have working phone numbers for support.
2) I received 1 player, DOA. Replacement player also DOA. It literally took 4 weeks before I received a working player since they do not offer cross shipping for defective products (they email a UPS ground shipping label, once unit arrives it sits in their queue for 5 business days, then they send the replacement via UPS ground)
3) It does not matter how professional you treat the support team, they will treat you like you are inconveniencing them.
4) They will not let you speak with a supervisor, they can only relay your chat to them
5) Check the Better Business Bureau rating, its currently an F

I really don't like being so negative about COWON but this whole experience left me wishing they didn't have such a technological superior product. I encouraged them to alter their treatment of their customers, never received a response. Even sent them a letter, no response.

Their players are great, the customer support is the worst I have ever encountered.

Excellent player but with learning curve
I switched from a 20 GB iPod to the iAudio 6 for a more Linux friendly player, but what I got was much more! Cowon iAudio 6 is an excellent digital multimedia player!

The navigation interface and touch screen is well though trough and works really well. There is a learning curve as it is very different from those user interfaces found on other digital music players with the same features.

The touch screen does put you off at first and you will start cursing it for being too sensetive! But this is something you will get used to within a few hours of use (and you will discover the "hold" button!)

Cowon players are know for their good audio playback quality. The iAudio 6 is no exception. I was actually astonished over the quality compared with the iPod's!

The screen is a little too small for the video playback feature, but I believe that was only meant as a show-off feature and works just like that too.

The built in FM radio with automatic tuner gives the iAudio 6 the last thing required to earn it's five star rating!