Simple mods for the warranty conscious

[NPswimdude500]

Here are some simple mods I did, that don't really affect the warranty.

1. Paint iriver indent. On the player, where it is indented, and says iriver, use silver paint to fill it in. THIS LOOKS FABULOUS. it is really nice looking, and quite professional. Here's what I did:
a.go buy some silver testor's paint, and paint thinner (made by testors, of course). b.grab some tissues, quetips, and toothpicks (a spray bottle of some stuff called de-solve-it will also be helpful (maybe even necessary), oh, and don't forget the sharpies, and a small screwdriver, or rod, possibly a sewing needle.
c. use the rod/toothpick/screwdriver to dip in the paint, and fill the indentation.
d. use tissues/toothpicks/quetips to take away paint that goes out of the indentation while it's wet.
e. if you screw up, DONT WORRY. this is why you have the de-solv-it and paint thinner. This stuff will take off dried paint, without damaging your player.
NOTE: if you dip a toothpick in the de-solv-it, you can use it to take away thin lines of dried paint around the edges.
f. also, in case you have to send the player back, just use those solvents to take off the paint.
g. finally use the sharpie permanent marker (or something similar, to go over silver parts you couldn't get with anything else)
h. you may also want to gloss the player (use testors if you did to paint it, and don't gloss if you used a sharpie)
i. do the same on the back of the remote

2.you may have noticed that the stock case has a painted snap in the back. After a while, the paint rubs off, and it looks really sharp if you scratch off all of it, and polish it to a smooth finish and gloss it. This looks soo much better.

3. my third, and final mod is simple. Take the case, put some wood inside it, and use letter stamps to put a custom embossing. My best suggestion would be to put a thin sheet of metal between the belp loop and the case, and stamp you embossing there. (if you do it anywhere else, the foam inside will absorb it)

There you go folks, my simple mods for the complete idiot (me) man the silver lettering looks sharp !!

[XavierGr]

Hey cool mods swimdude! Maybe I will try one of them!

What about the iHP Graphics Modifier. Is it under warranty?
(I think not but who cares...)

[CompDude]

no....if u mod ur player with the graphic modifier it voids ur warranty....but cant u just reload the regular firwamer...and let everything be ok...then after (if u have to) get a replacement or w/e just load ur graphics firmware on and tada...i dono...maybe someone wit more knowledge then me (13) should kno

[krusbjorn]

i guess the worst case scenario would be that the modified firmware makes the player not boot at all. then you can neither switch back to the original firmware nor format the drive.

EDIT: but that aint gonna happen :P

[CompDude]

well if it does happen then......well it shouldnt...nobodies had a problem with it yet (has anyone) so hopefully nothing goes worng...like its just changing the graphics...what could go wrong....dun dun dunnnn

[Haku]

For those who still have their year's warranty; if you do use the graphics modifer and run modified firmware, copy the original firmware file onto your iHP after flashing the modifed one, then if you find the unit is playing up you can at least try and go into the menu and flash the official firmware back just in case, without having to connect it up to a computer to copy the firmware (which is little difficult if you find the player is acting up when you're not at home).

[Zeni]

Indeed, I suggest listening to Haku on this one, it's much better to at least have a legit copy on the player, just in case.

[reddshack]

The silver painting looks awesome NPswimdude! That's a great idea, I never thought of the possiblity. Great pics.

[NPswimdude500]

Added more pics. A couple of notes: as you can see, the further away you get, the better it looks (especially the remote)

oh, and for those of you who care, the last pic is one of my next upcoming project, but no details till it's finished !!

[{anthrax}]

NPswimdude500..... is that the mock up for a dock perhaps? Thats what it looks like from here, A template which your are going to fold to make a dock.

Yes.... No???