[Julienstanford]

I was still under the impression that his firmware was more user friendly, a little faster responding.

 

[MistahBungle]

I was still under the impression that his firmware was more user friendly, a little faster responding.

Try it out & see how it works for you. Easy enough to go back to official firmware.

 

[Gino]

Are Mac users able to use the AK100 as a usb dack in El Capitan? The Mac detects it and I can select. But no sound.

 

[Solude]

If memory serves it has to be a USB2 slot and not a USB3 slot.  Also the DAC function isn't terribly useful for anything but music since it will run out of sync with video after a little while. Eve then it's a little annoying to start a song and not hear it for a few seconds or after pausing have it continue for a few seconds.  At one point the delay from input to output was over 10 seconds for me.

 

[Gino]

I've got it running on this Mac before. Same usb slots and cable.  But since then I've updated the AK100 and the Mac. I cannot remember the state both devices worked with each other. I just want to get some Spotify out of the AK100.

 

[Mark2010]

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[Gino]

It works on my other Mac with an older version of El Capitan.

 

[all999]

Hi!

Is there any chance to make my android smartphone a bluetooth remote for my AK100?

 

[Koolpep]

Hi!

Is there any chance to make my android smartphone a bluetooth remote for my AK100?

As far as I know, Bluetooth in this player is purely for output of sound.

 

[all999]

As far as I know, Bluetooth in this player is purely for output of sound.

Not only

 

[Koolpep]

Not only

You are correct and I stand corrected. There was the IAA01 BT remote control for the AK100 - so yes, theoretically you can emulate that on create a remote via a bluetooth device.
 
http://shop.iriverinc.com/iriver-iaa01-bluetooth-remote-control.html
 
Cheers,
K

 

[all999]

 
You are correct and I stand corrected. There was the IAA01 BT remote control for the AK100 - so yes, theoretically you can emulate that on create a remote via a bluetooth device.
 
http://shop.iriverinc.com/iriver-iaa01-bluetooth-remote-control.html
 
Cheers,
K

I have almost 300 GB loaded on my AK100, It would be great to have acces to my library via my Galaxy S6. 
 
BTW. I own IAA01

 

[holmieSG]

Anyone noes if the usb dac funtion works for usb 3.0 ports? Its working with my usb 2.0 ports but not for 3.0 ports. Im using an ak100mk2

 

[Eric510]

Hi Everyone - So... I own both an AK120 and a AK100mkii (purchased over the last year, in that order). 
I love my AK120 - however, for some reason, the optical output on my AK120 stopped working. Thats the only reason I bought an AK100 - I needed something to pair with my Chord Mojo (which requires a digital signal). 
 
ANYWAY...
 
My AK120 plays everything I throw at it without any trouble at all... I have very clean tags and everything shows up well after a library sync. I have never had any trouble playing music with this device.
 
My AK100 on the other hand has been nothing but trouble from the start. It freezes mid library sync nearly every time. BUT, sometimes it actually works and finishes the sync. So, it's a frustrating problem, but one that I'm willing to deal with. The BIGGEST problem, (and one I'm not sure I can put up with) is the random freezing that happens both when simply navigating around the menus, and when playing music. 
 
I've read a fair amount of the posts in this thread referring to the freezing problems and most people seems to think it has something to do with file tags and/or the SD cards. In the spirit of troubleshooting, I've tried the three most recent firmwares, removed all SD cards, and am only syncing my favorite/most listened to albums to the internal memory on the AK100. Those albums are albums I've listened to many times on the AK120 without trouble. 
 
My question to you guys is, should I return/exchange this AK100? This thing is less then 3 days old, and I'm sure Amazon will take it back no problem... But, these issues are software based and not hardware based, am I right? Not sure I see the point in sending it back but wanted to know what ya'll thought. I guess one more question too - Do you guys ever see weird screen glitches? Hard to describe but, on occasion I see what looks like "artifacting" and weird color/pixelations usually oriented horizontally. It only shows up for a half second and then clears up. This is sometimes followed by a freeze, and sometimes it's not and it works fine (usually a 50/50 chance).
 

 

[Klonatans]

   
My AK100 on the other hand has been nothing but trouble from the start. It freezes mid library sync nearly every time. BUT, sometimes it actually works and finishes the sync. So, it's a frustrating problem, but one that I'm willing to deal with. The BIGGEST problem, (and one I'm not sure I can put up with) is the random freezing that happens both when simply navigating around the menus, and when playing music. 
 
I've read a fair amount of the posts in this thread referring to the freezing problems and most people seems to think it has something to do with file tags and/or the SD cards. In the spirit of troubleshooting, I've tried the three most recent firmwares, removed all SD cards, and am only syncing my favorite/most listened to albums to the internal memory on the AK100. Those albums are albums I've listened to many times on the AK120 without trouble. 
 
My question to you guys is, should I return/exchange this AK100? This thing is less then 3 days old, and I'm sure Amazon will take it back no problem... But, these issues are software based and not hardware based, am I right? Not sure I see the point in sending it back but wanted to know what ya'll thought. I guess one more question too - Do you guys ever see weird screen glitches? Hard to describe but, on occasion I see what looks like "artifacting" and weird color/pixelations usually oriented horizontally. It only shows up for a half second and then clears up. This is sometimes followed by a freeze, and sometimes it's not and it works fine (usually a 50/50 chance).
 

Apart from its sluggish UI my AK100 Mk2 is also buggy from the beginning and it mostly concerns freezing on certain tracks. Before I turned off automatic library update a voluntary library scan was performed countless times during a day. I suppose it's uncurable and you should send it back as there's no shortage of good mid-fi DAPs in the market. The only reason I still keep it is its size and decent battery life.