AMEN!
It is inDEED glorious!
I was able to upgrade my T10 to UMS by following your excellent instructions and I am a very happy techie.
How wonderful to have control over my files. My own directories on my own MP3. Why would anyone do it any other way? (rhetorical question, I do not want an anwer)
I just want to add a few notes for the next guy that comes along. It(upgrading to UMS) is a treacherous path.
First of all Iriver expicitly states in their tech support page that you can not use UMS on the T10, T30 etc. Wrong!
Secondly, the files that you have to use is not one of the ones called UMS, but rather a file refered to as an MTP type.
Finally the actually choice to install UMS is not given until you have seemingly already committed to MTP in the "downloader". Then you have to be carefull to notice the option to install UMS instead of MTP.
At this point I wonder if I could have simply used the standerd MTP firmware upgrade on the Iriver site to do the same thing.
Many thanks to all of those who tried to help me. I was blind but now I see the light.
It DOES seem like Iriver is trying to hide the fact that they are providing UMS.
The T10 is great. The controls are familiar to me and the sound is good (headphones could be better). It seems like AGC is gone(or hybridized) but the record still works well at fairly high volumes.
T10 has a carabeaner style belt clip which is going to keep my device from getting sweaty while hiking and free up some precious pocket space.
Thanks also to those who provide and maintain this discussion group.
Happy listening.
