Download Firmware Cowon iAudio S9 2.41

Cowon, the manufacturer of the iAudio media players has already released a new firmware for its S9 media player. The new firmware, version 2.41 has been published some time ago on the Cowon site.

Despite the already stable firmware, quite a few changes have been made in the new version, according to the textual changelog shown below. Also the visual changelog of Cowon is worth seeing. It shows what has changed and how it can be used.

Not only does Cowon keep adding ‘nice’ things to the firmware, but also features that can be appreciated by real audiophiles. Already known for supporting audio formats such as .ogg and .flac, the manufacturer has now also enhanced support for gapless playback in both .mp3 and .ogg formats. With this improved support, the S9 is a suitable device to listen to albums with Live music, for example.

By copying the three files, supplied as .zip, to the root of the MP3 player and then disconnecting the device from the PC, the player will update to version 2.31 within minutes, which will provide the following innovations and improvements includes:

-JetEffect 3.0
* Added Reverb sound effects: Reverb effect gives you feeling of real circumstance.
* Added 9 presets: total 39 presets.
Maestro
Feel the Wind
Mild Shore
Crystal Clear
Reverb Room
Reverb Club
Reverb Stage
Reverb Hall
Reverb Stadium
* It is possible to apply EQ filter, BBE, Stereo Enhance, and Reverb at the same time.
-Improved touch sensitivity
-Improved MP3 gapless playback.
-Fixed the error of gapless playback in some OGG files.
-Improved playback of OGG files.
-Fixed the error of tags in some FLAC files.
-Fixed the displaying error in some video files.
-Support video files that contain PCM audio codec.

If the update does not work, you can always instruction manual of Cowon are yet to be consulted.