After charging it a full night, the players battery was emptied after watching a movie for an hour :s This kind of sucks if you cant even watch a whole movie with it without it needing another charge. I got half a refund but it still seems to be a sucky player.

Mine turned out to be 4GB, as well. I could never get it to fully charge and now after two weeks it won't charge at all. Tried different cables and computers with no luck. The seller says he'll refund my money plus shipping after I send it back to China.

I would be cautious about sending back your player to get a full refund though. There's a good chance that you may not see your player or your money back that way! Personally I don't think you should send it back but just get the refund anyway. It would cost for the shipping to have the product returned to you. It would cost them less if you didn't send the player as they are going to refund your money. Rather than refunding the money for your player PLUS shipping.......

good things about this seller and PayPal
 

Although my RIZONE was defective I have only good things to report about this seller. As we all know every company will have a problem with an item sold. The test of that company is what do they do about it after they have the customers money and are notified that a sold unit is defective. When I complained to kinhome, the seller, that the unit was defective he offered me an 80% refund. I wanted 100% and eventually filed a complaint with PayPal. Paypal after an initial investigation advised me that upon my submitting proof that I mailed the unit back to the seller at my expense they would refund my money. As the 20% difference from the original offer was only slightly more than $6.00 US I decided that accepting the 80% was a much better resolution for me than incurring the hassle of packaging the item, going to the Post Office, paying for mailing and tracking, submitting the tracking information to PayPal, etc. I emailed the seller asking if his original offer was still open, it was, I accepted it and withdrew the PayPal complaint. Within a few hours I received the entire amount through his paying into PayPal including the PayPal fees.

Partitioning to correct size
 

It's pretty easy to partition & format to the correct size with XP once you know how.

1. Run "h2testw.exe" to find out how much memory passes the test as OK .
In my case it was "1.7 GByte OK" (poor 2GB memory).

2. Download a program called "Windows Enabler" from Windows Enabler.
You don't need to install it, just run it and click on the icon in your task bar to turn it ON.

3. Click on your START button, select RUN and type "diskmgmt.msc" and ENTER.

4. Select your removable disk in the disk management window and delete the partition.

5. Now create a new primary partition.
When you get to the window where the size of the partition can be selected enter the amount of memory which was OK (1700 in my case).
You can also decide how you want it formated (FAT,FAT32,NTFS).

If you disconnect the player and reconnect it and run "diskmgmt.msc" again, the greyed out extra disk space no longer exists.

6. Run "h2testw.exe" again to confirm that your memory is ok. If you get an error try partitioning again with a smaller amount of memory.

I have used my RIZONE for a couple of weeks without a problem.

DON'T use the players own format option. I think the firmware will revert the memory back to the old hacked size.

I wanted to do what you sugested. So I downloaded h2test and run it. It showed me it would test 29GB in 9h. I thought this was a bit long but I decided to let it run anyway. I wanted then to remove the webcam I had been using for Skype but unplugged the rizone player instead by mistake while h2test was running. h2test gave an error and when I wanted to repeat the check h2test only will test 2000Mb of memory. Any ideas to what happened and what I can do to fix it?
Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Never mind, I saw some H2 files on the player, deleted these and now the program finds the whole memory.

with my it was 3.6GB ok, after repartitioning it is 3.5GB.

What I was wondering, all folders have disappeared from the player, could someone give me a list of the names of the different folders so i can make them again because I imagine if I drag a movie now onto the player it will not know to show it when I press on Video. Or will he?

EDIT: Never Mind again, after unplugging the player, folders were recreated automatically. Player repartitioned successfully it would appear.

How to get your Rizone Player to work
 

1. Check for viruses on Rizone player. I have two of these players and both were infected with viruses in the autorun.

2. Make a backup of the complete Rizone player flash drive to an appropriate folder on your hard drive. If you do not you will lose a lot of the internal playlists for the player.

3. Test the flash drive with h2testw or you can copy 1GB VOB files from a non protected DVD one at a time and play them from your computers vlc/mpc/media player from the flash drive until the files will no longer play. This method is way faster than h2testw.

4. Get a refund. I have 2 of such units. I got a 50% refund from one seller and a 75% refund from the other seller. Use the info from above and any viruses found as basis for refund.

5. Do not use windows to format this drive if you are using Vista. If you have already formatted with windows vista format you will need to use the players internal format to reformat the drive before proceding. Vista format will cause the internal flash drive to place giberish files in each directory and you will not be able to copy any file to any directory other than the root.

6. Download mkdosfs from Linux mkdosfs for Windows NT/2K/XP. Windows enabler does not work in Vista and windows Vista format does not work with this flash drive. mkdosfs works beautifully for me.

7. Unzip the mkdosfs package and place files in c:\mkdosfs

8. Open a dos Command window and navigate to the mkdosfs directory by typing: cd c:\mkdosfs

9. Run the mkdosfs format by typing the appropriate line from one of the below options:
1) to format 1gb fat32 drive type:
mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n 1GB_DRV X: 2060000

2) to format 2GB fat32 drive type:
mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n 2GB_DRV X: 4120000

3) to format 4gb fat32 drive type:
mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n 4GB_DRV X: 8240000

where X: is the drive to format please replace the X with the appropriate drive letter of your Rizone player.

-v is the verbose switch that will tell you what mkdosfs is doing to the drive and tell about any errors.
-F is the Fat size notice that this is capital there is another switch that is -f you will get an error if you do not use capital F
-n is the volume name switch. in this instance the drives will be named nGB_DRV where n is 1 2 or 4 depending on the
size of your drive
as stated above X: is the drive to format. you must replace with the drive letter of the Rizone player on you system.
2060000 is the number of sectors on the drive to format. 2060000 corresponds to around .98GB or .99GB of data.
Multiply this number by the number of GB the drive actually has ie 2060000X4=8240000 for a 4GB drive.

10. Copy the backup of the directory structure with all playlists and folders to the Rizone Player.

11. Disable the Sleep mode on the player because it causes the player to act quirky or locks up the player.

12. Always use earphones/headphones. The player freezes often if watching video and listening through the built in speaker.

13. Purchase a battery extender for your device. The batteries on this device are utter crap. They will only recharge a few times before they fail completely and the play time on the tiny battery is a joke. I got a usb battery extender that takes 4 rechargeable AA batteries on Ebay for under $10. I put tape on the units power button and just power the unit by turning on the battery extender. The battery extender will bypass the internal battery and allow you to use your unit away from your PC.

14. You can purchase and install up to 16GB microSD/TF SDHC card to get back some of your lost space. A 16GB microSD card runs about $50, an 8GB microSD card is about $15-$20, a 4GB microSD card is about $6-$10 as of July 2009. Correction at bottom - please read.

15. My seller said to make sure your mp3 files are not above 4800khz or the player will not recognize it. For video files, they can be XVID AVI, FLV, or RMVB as long as they are 320X240 and have an mp3 audio stream. The framerate doesn't seem to matter. If you try to use FLV files from youtube you will find they are H263 with mp4 audio and will need to be converted. Most XVID AVI are 640X480 or above and use a variety of audio streams and will need to be converted. I have been using AVS video converter with the Archos 404/504/604 setting and all videos play great.

I have completed the above steps on both of my 4GB Rizone players and tested the player. It plays all of my mp3 music files, all of my video files with a great picture except for a flicker sometimes when plugged into the PC. It Does a great job of playing a picture slide show while listening to audio. Plays FM radio with amazing clarity and without losing signal easily. Records FM in stereo very well. And views txt files although the text is small. However, do not try to copy Nintendo games to the NES folder, the game playing functionality of the player was never completed. If you try it, it will lock up the player.

Hope this helps.

Correction: One of my sellers stated that it could take up to 16GB microSD/TF card, the other just replied that it could only take up to a 4GB microSD/TF. Neither could tell me if it worked with SDHC or what revision 1-6 SDHC it could support. Another poster on this blog said he got it working with 4GB microSD SDHC card. Does anyone have any more information on what the TF card slot will support?? I have not tested this and was about to buy an 8GB card until I got the eMail from my second seller.

Rizone Player Button Functions
 

The Play/Enter/Pause button is switched with the M menu/function button. Other than that the buttons should be fairly self explanatory.

The slide switch on the bottom is the power button.
The circular arrow button on far top left is the undo or go back to last screen button.
The second top left button is the rewind button for songs and videos or left/up navigation button for the system/file menu.
The top middle left button is the forward button for songs and videos or right/down navigation button for the system/file menu
The top middle right button is the play button not the M(menu/function) button for songs and videos, or the enter button for system and file menus.
The top second from right button is the volume menu option button then use left and right buttons to change volume.
The top far right button is menu/function button not the play/enter/pause button that brings up system menus such as delete file dialogue in the file manager. As well as helps to navigate the in player text writer function for adding your name to the player in the system management area.

another Rizone blog on this site states that to save your settings when you turn off the player to first hold the play button which is the M button for a few seconds and then shut off the machine otherwise settings will revert to factory setting each time you turn the unit off.

I have tried using a sandisk 4GB micro SDHC card but the player just shows "card init fail". (card works ok with other devices)

Looks like it will only work with SD cards and not SDHC.

I have only seen 2GB micro SD cards for sale, nothing larger. They are pretty cheep but I will need some kind of wallet to keep them in.:cool:

It's a shame some idiot decided to mess around with the firmware.
I received a partial refund from the seller so I have a 1.7GB player which has only cost me £5.00
Can't complain too much.

New Thread for MicroSD/TF cards
 

Grimsqueaker, I have started another thread titled "Itchee/Rizone microSD/TF Card support" I copied your post as well as any pertinent post I could find to this thread. Check this thread out. Another user has gotten a 4GB microSD SDHC card working with this unit. The original post is at the bottom of page 4 of this thread. That can only mean that it is limited by the class of the HC card.

I got one and my wont tern on gets stuck on the Hello screen.

My MP4 have this problem.

YouTube - anomaliamp4 rizone

What can I do to recovery?

i'm on vista home basic, none of the solutions that i've read so far able to fix my fake 32gb into a 4gb player. i've check the actual capacity, it's 3.6gb, the chip is by action.
i'm pretty stuck now, can't use it without fixing it to 4gb because it's very unpredictable. sometimes the files got corrupted after 1.8gb, sometimes after 2.5gb, and i have to reformat the player EVERYTIME it happens.
the solutions given are good with windows xp but useless in windows vista, to make it worse i don't have any machine with windows xp around.
so, anyone who has managed to fix it using windows vista...i really appreciate your input

Has anybody got instructions on how to alter playback mode (repeat,random etc) on one of these units.....why can't they produce instruction manuals with the units

Hi, to all play back, you must press the Play/Pause button. The keys are mapped incorrectly I'm afraid.

By the way. I got it formatted correctly to 4GB and its actually a usable mp3 player. Not too bad. Also, for people having problems with charging. Plug in the device with the power switch set to the OFF position. Then when it comes to the menu for charging, data, playback etc, set the power switch to ON and then click USB Charge. That solved my charging problem :) :cool:

The device isn't too bad sound quality wise and what not, its just a disappointment that these Chinese guys had to con everyone.

Thanks for the info.found the menu with with repeat , eq,etc........no mention of random??? How did you get it formatted to 4gb? followed directions in this forum but mp3 plyer utils 4.05 format fuction does not work with my unit? any one tried Partition Magic or something similar?
Can sometimes get the unit to charge by following your directions, but other times just try numerous different setting till it starts.
Any ome can tell me how long it should take to fully recharge battery from flat condition???

Hi zonta223

I have listed instructions to reformat your unit to 4gb on another thread. It works with both xp and vista. The instructions are titled "Get a Working 4GB Rizone Player". The instructions can be found on page 5 of the thread titled "Itchee/rizone 32gb 2.6 mp4"or on page 3 of the thread titled "Itchee/Rizone 32gb video problem". I used mkdosfs to reformat the drive to 4GB. I did this on two separate rizone players and reformatted one on my vista pc and the other on my xp pc.

microsd and tf cards work with rizone
 

Ok all. I received my 2 GB kingston microsd/tf card and it worked with the unit. I bought a 2 GB sandisk microsd/tf card and it worked with the unit. I also bought a kingston microsdhc card that worked with the unit initially, but then I plugged the card into my card reader and vista reported a problem with the drive and reformatted the card. It is now no longer working in the Rizone Player. The Rizone Player does not like vista formats for some reason. I do not know how to reformat it to the factory format. Any suggestions anyone??

hi hjab,

have you tried the mkdosfs format. I used it on two units, and it worked beautifully. I reformatted one on my vista pc and the other on my xp pc, and both are working great.

I'm probably not the first to come across this but I'm curious to see what other people make of this.

The first link is to a Chinese discussion group on about how the E100 iriver is using the Actions Semiconductors ATJ2135 chip (the same as the beloved hacked 4GB itchee / rizone) and the second link is to a review of the 4GB E100 on the iriver Japan site apparently saying the same thing.

Is that possible and is it worth attempting to use the E100 firmware (if it's available)?

I used Google Translate to read them, I'm not smart enough to know Chinese or Japanese.

http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=393959619

http://www.iriver.co.jp/community/column.php?E100,community,152

Thanks for your time and patience …. John

It is possible that the River firmware would work. Not that the firmware on them is that bad. If i'm honest, all you need to use is a decent USB cable and it works fine. It does what it says on the tin... right? :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Plus i very much doubt installing new firmware would solve any of the issues such as battery problems etc. I've said it already, this is a decent little MP3 player which so much potential ruined by dodgy chinese sellers misleading customers and a poor battery.

This might not be an appropriate question, but this thread seems to be a general reviewing of the product.

so, how is the quality of the screen? I'm in need of a 2.6" color LCD screen, (harder to come by than a 2.5") and the price of this player seems to be less than just buying a screen itself....

thanks

If I'm honest, the screen quality is good ;)

Hi everyone,

Just wondered if you anyone who owns a Rizone player can help another member on how to change the language back to English please? Since you have the same player, hopefully it should be straight forward to just explain how to get to the Language settings to change the language back to English.

• http://mympx.org/forum/support-how/4...p4-player.html

when i open it, just hello screen. How can i make it work.? is there any reset button?

I did the same thing, if you navigate your way along to settings (the cog) you can normally scroll down and you will find at the bottom of the settings menu.

Try (without turning it on) taking a quality USB cable and plugging it in. The problem is, they come with really piss poor USB cables. Sadly, I don't know whether you can recover them or not. I know that mine never broke because I am skeptical about any shit from China (why did I buy it then?????) but I used the USB cable that came with my INQ1 (high data throughput lead).

On another note, looks like we have the 1-up version of our particular product:
RIZONE 3.0" 32GB MP3 MP4 Touch Screen OGG RMVB Player on eBay (end time 02-Oct-09 09:27:31 BST)

Who is to bet these are not 4GB hacked frankenflash ? ;) Hope the admin doesn't ban me for being skeptical but come on... We know that 16GB is plausible... 32GB for so cheap (With a touch screen) is just ridiculous. I hope nobody is silly enough to purchase one. :cool: :cool:

I actually bought a similar version of that Mp3 player, it wasn't hacked, it was sold as a 4GB though. It worked well, other than the random all didn't really play random all. Too bad I leaned into a table a little too much at work and cracked the screen. I might attempt soldering the battery off and seeing if it will fit in my new one, since everyone has said that the battery is crap.

which format is best - fat/32 or ntfs?
 

Can anyone explain for me please? What's the best format for music and video on these players? What's the difference between them?

Is anyone still able to use their rizone mp3 player a month or two after purchase, even though the memory is not the alleged size?

Cheers

It isn't working.
 

I tried to dehack this particular model using the Mkdosfs program. It successfully worked until I unplugged the MP3 player and then plugged it back into my computer. My computer still recognizes it as a 32 Gig. It seems that every time I try to add more music or change some music around (Not even filled up to the 3.6 gigs yet) the player won't recognize it. Also I found out that this player will not sort by ID3 tags. If you want to search by artist or album, it isn't going to happen. Any other tricks..

I take back the part about the ID3 tags. So long as you haven't messed it up by taking music off and trying to load other music on, (without formatting in between of course) or by putting over 3.6 gigs, it will sort the ID3 Tags. So I can play one artist at a time if I want.

I purchased a "32 GB Itchee mp3 player on November 2, 2009 from checkmeout88. 1st of all I feel like a dumbass since the original price seemed so cool but then I discovered it was in GDP and not US dollars. The transaction went through paypal and I have since tried to find info on this device but I find very little asside from what is posted here. The shipping and handling of this thing was more that the device was. Willl I be able to get all my money back if this is not what I am expecting?

odds are it will have hacked memory, the ithcee rizone thing is really bad at the moment and i have not yet seen a true 32GB unit
you wont find anything except here and what you will find is bad
check your player for false memory, then gather as many links from here with people in the same situation and demand money back from them - except nothing less and also report them to ebay and to paypal
do not leave any feedback yet for them and dont be scared if they threaten to give you bad feedback - its their way of getting away with this scam

swift110 more then likely it is hacked 32GB players are expensive. How much was the total price? If I was you I would try to stop the payment now before they ship. makd511 correctly have pointed out all that could go wrong with you order and he is 100% right It just maybe easier to stop it now.

.. and the sickening thing is that ebay knows .. i know they know because i have sent them now over 20+ emails about this problem - guess how many replies i have had - NONE!!!

I just received one the Rizone players from ebay, unfortunately before finding this thread. h2testw finds 3.6GB (7696256 sectors). The storage is used in big-floppy mode, no partition table. Reformatting with 'mkdosfs -v -F 32 -n RIZONE /dev/sdb 7696256' (under Linux, double-check /dev/sdb is correct before doing this) turned it into a 3.6GB player. Various AAC or OGG files played fine. Built-in speaker is nice for audiobooks/podcasts. Battery life appears poor when the screen is on, so video does not make too much sense. A 16GB microSDHC card works fine (Sandisk, unknown speed class).

I have the same player but mine will not come on at all.thecomputer will see it as adfu or somethinf like that but i have no firmware to put on it.

Hi.I have the same player and the same problem (Hello Screen). Anyone have the firmware? or can copy the firmware of a good player and send it? Thanks in advance.

Mau8

Hi.I have the same player and the same problem (Hello Screen). Anyone have the firmware?

i take to parts and i see chips

ATJ2135F (CMOS chip??)
RDA 5807P (5Watt 76-108Mhz Stereo Radio-receiver ??)
29F32G08TAA(B)(fake 32GB/ real 4GB memory flash - producer Micron 4G i can not fing en datasheet)
VG36641641DT-7L (Cmos synchronous dynamic RAM - datasheet available)

please help with this