T10 1G problem with audio books...?

[Fathom]

I bought this, my first DAP for listening to audio books. They help distract me from chronic pain at night. I download audio books from NetLibrary.com free through my local public library.

Each book is one large file (unlike OverDrive.com where books are broken up into one hour chunks). Many are more than 10 hours long. As soon as I reach a specific point in each book (a few hours in) in any one of these books, the player soon seems to do a reset (the startup screen with my name appears) and the player then moves on to play the next file.

If I advance to any book anywhere beyond that specific point for that book, the file plays for a minute or two and does the reset thing.

Because these are WMA DRM protected files, I cannot break them into smaller chuncks. I cannot afford to use Audible.com.

Is my player defective or is this a design flaw. Or am I missing something...
System Info:
Firmware v1.63
Free Space 0251 M
Total Tracks 0135

Thanks,
Fathom

ps.
I have since upgraded to firmware version 1.70, no change.
Seems another over at the "iRiver.com T10 support forum" has the same problem (post #136) but has gotten no reponse from iRiver as yet.

[wiferoli]

Similar problem: I subscribe to a WMA DRM lecture series. Any lectures that are over 1 hour long automatically rewind to the beginning after about 1 hour and 3-5 minutes. I have the latest (1.71) firmware. I suspect it's a bug, but I am going to try different playback settings and see if that makes a difference. It's VERY frustrating with a 90 minute book; I can't imagine how frustrating it would be with a book that is HOURS long!

[Fathom]

Iriver officially only supports "Audible" and "OverDrive" audio books. They're aware of the problem and last I heard have no intention of fixing it.

Much of the blame has to go to Microsoft's "PlayForSure" logo testing which Iriver does pass. But of course Microsoft's certification software is faulty and it wont be fixed either so "PlayForSure" can not be relied upon.

The only fix is to strip off the DRM and then for convenience, split the file into one hour tracks. But that is time consumming and too much bother.

The best and only good solution if you want to listen books other than "Audible" (which can be very expensive) and "OverDrive" (which is free through many public libraries) is to buy a different brand Digital Audio Player.

Maybe Iriver gets kickbacks from "Audible", I don't see any other reasoning for not fixing the problem.

Scott