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The New iRiver/Astell & Kern AK100: A High-End DAP
Mar 22, 2013 at 4:28 AM Post #3,421 of 9,165
one question. does it make sense to update firmware WHEN your player works fine and you have no complaints? i would upgrade firmware only when i am not happy with how it works right now, but if everything is problem free then why go through update hassle? i do not think update on AK100 is a must and since they not going to put gapless playback what's the point in all this?
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 5:19 AM Post #3,422 of 9,165
Maybe the new Gold or silver versions won't have these issues. It's all about how shiny it is.
 
http://en.akihabaranews.com/127393/dap-pmp/iriver-japan-outs-limited-edition-gold-and-silver-ak100-dap?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Akihabaranews_en+%28AKIBA+EN%29.
 
 
In other news, my firmware is 1.20
 
I've got an unmodded AK100, ZO2 and DT1350's. I'm loving this sound having come from a Sansa clip +.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 6:18 AM Post #3,424 of 9,165
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gintaras said:
one question. does it make sense to update firmware WHEN your player works fine and you have no complaints? i would upgrade firmware only when i am not happy with how it works right now, but if everything is problem free then why go through update hassle? i do not think update on AK100 is a must and since they not going to put gapless playback what's the point in all this?
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Updating itself isn't that hard.  Takes 5 minutes.  The problem is if the update does not work as expected.  And you don't always know that there are going to be problems until you update it.  
 
I am glad that you have found your AK problem free; while I like my AK, I would find it hard to say that it has been "problem free" - regardless of the firmware version.  For instance, as I have added more music files to my AK, the library scan crashes more often and most recently only populates the "Artist" category.
 
So, to answer your question, I think a lot of people have been going to the trouble of updating hoping that the update will improve on some of these stability issues - even when it does not include gapless support.
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:17 AM Post #3,426 of 9,165
Crud, I chose the wrong language after flashing on accident. Where the heck is the language option in the menus?
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:24 AM Post #3,427 of 9,165
dase, i see your point. i got my rwak100 just today and will experiment but from my experience with other DAPs, PCs and etc i can say IF thing works for you just do not mess around with update and you will be fine. i pass some updates even with my Apples and once i updated OSX my Roxio software stopped working properly because the new update kicked out the patch which was needed by Roxio. now i am stuck because there is no way i can reinstall this patch, even clean reinstall of Rox did not solve it. so far i hate updates unless this is critically necessary.
 
i hope my rwak 100 will be able to live without updates
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Mar 22, 2013 at 10:25 AM Post #3,428 of 9,165
rudi, great setup
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Mar 22, 2013 at 12:27 PM Post #3,429 of 9,165
Got a beautiful new DAC in yesterday and it is really nice to use the AK100 as a digital transport!
 
 

 

 
Bit OT in the circumstance but i am thinking having the DAC next to an armchair where i would not have my computer so that i can just use the AK100 as a source!
 
Mar 22, 2013 at 6:38 PM Post #3,431 of 9,165
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Click play list in the bottom left corner.  Scroll down to the last item and click it.  That is for "Settings".  The second item from the top is "Language."
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Thank you! Life saver!
 
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