H320 casing

[Rapide_23]

Does anyone know where I can order a new casing for my H320? I'm keen on replacing the old casing with a new one whilst I have the player open to install a new CF card and battery.

Also, I plan on painting the old one afterwards. Anybody got some advice on painting plastics?

[petur]

1) don't know of any place that sells h3x0 cases.... get  a broken one

2) the h3x0 uses some kind of paper inside transparent plastic. just replace the paper to give the h3x0 another look (search on MR for tips and cutout examples)

[Rapide_23]

Yeah, I tried looking for old H320s, but they're very difficult to find and are usually pretty banged up.

[petur]

Yeah, I tried looking for old H320s, but they're very difficult to find and are usually pretty banged up.

Expect your chances of finding a h3x0 case even smaller. You might want to have a look on the MR buy/sell/trade subforum, but you need to have a certain postcount before you can do things there (iirc)

[Rapide_23]

I just sent off an email to iRiver, so I'll see what they say.

But if I was to paint over my current one, what would I need to do?

[dreamlayers]

There are special spray paints for plastic.  Some are specific to certain types of plastic.  You should be able to find them at hobby stores.  Krylon Fusion is one example which should be more widely available.

[Rapide_23]

Thought I'd post this question in this thread instead of starting a new one, but is it possible to order enclosures which will allow me to use my old 20GB HD from my H320 as just a normal external storage HD?

Also, I asked one of my friends about painting my h320, and he said that I probably shouldn't as whatever paint I end up coating on there won't be as durable as the original casing. Is this true?

[LambdaCalculus]

is it possible to order enclosures which will allow me to use my old 20GB HD from my H320 as just a normal external storage HD?

Certainly! I bought a 1.8" drive enclosure that's compatible with both 50-pin Toshiba drives, as well as 44-pin Hitachi drives, at a local computer shop in New York for peanuts. I used it to back up an old iriver H120 drive for a friend; he had to have his drive replaced as it was giving him ATA -11 errors in Rockbox.

Try googling for '1.8" hard drive enclosures', or hitting eBay, or a local computer shop. If you go to a shop, bring the old drive with you to show them what you need.

[Rapide_23]

awesome!

Another unrelated question, but does anyone know of a good, free FLAC to MP3 converter?

[AlexP]

awesome!

Another unrelated question, but does anyone know of a good, free FLAC to MP3 converter?

That'd be off topic for here (as really was the previous question).

[Rapide_23]

sorry about that.