Remanufactured Rio Forge 256 MB MP3 Player

by Rio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9 x 8 x 3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00092CZ8E
• Item model number: FORGE 256
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,352 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Rio Forge is designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. Rugged and compact, the Rio Forge Sport player uses no moving parts and stays solid even when your body is moving fast.

The Rio Forge series is our latest generation of flash-based sports players. The Rio Forge is designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. The new design integrates the protective rubber grip from previous models with a stainless steel face plate for added durability. Up to 20 hours of battery life allows you hours of non-stop work out time. Comfortable Sport Clip earphones and a newly designed case with armband keep your player and music secure and accessible. Simple menus and intuitive controls make for easy one-handed operation. Stopwatch and Lap Timer make the Forge the ultimate gym or running companion.

Features

• 256 MB of memory stores up to 4 hours of music
• Sport Clip Earphones
• Sports Case with Armband
• USB 2.0 for Fast Transfers
• Stopwatch & Lap Timer
• FM Radio
• Audible Support
• Up to 20 hours Battery Life
• MSC Compatible for easy drag and drop of music and data files
• Rugged Design Provides Skip Free Music
• Expansion Memory Slot Lets You Add up to 1 GB of Additional Memory
• Includes Rio Music Manager -- the most intuitive way to create and manage your digital music library

What's in the box: Rio Forge 256, Carrying Case with Armband, Sport Clip Earphones, 1 Energizer AAA Alkaline Battery, USB 2.0 Cable, Installation Disk, Quick Start Poster, Warranty Card

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Product Description

The Factory-Reconditioned Rio Forge is designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. Rugged and compact, the Rio Forge Sport player uses no moving parts and stays solid even when your body is moving fast. The Rio Forge series is our latest generation of flash-based sports players. The Rio Forge is designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. The new design integrates the protective rubber grip from previous models with a stainless steel face plate for added durability. Comfortable Sport Clip earphones and a newly designed case with armband keep your player and music secure and accessible. Simple menus and intuitive controls make for easy one-handed operation. Features - USB 2.0 for Fast Transfers - Stopwatch & Lap Timer - FM Radio - Audible Support - Up to 20 hours Battery Life - MSC Compatible for easy drag and drop of music and data files - Rugged Design Provides Skip Free Music - Expansion Memory Slot Lets You Add up to 1 GB of Additional Memory - Includes Rio Music Manager -- the most intuitive way to create and manage your digital music library - Plays MP3, WMA, and Audible (#2 and #3) formats - Slot for optional SD or MMC memory cards - Upgradeable firmware - Backlit LCD displays MP3 ID3 info - 256MB embedded memory holds approximately 8 hours of music at 64 Kbps, or 4 hours of music at 128 Kbps In the Box: Rio Forge 256, Carrying Case with Armband, Sport Clip Earphones, 1 Energizer AAA Alkaline Battery, USB 2.0 Cable, Installation Disk, Quick Start Poster, Warranty Card Choose your music. Choose your device. Know it's going to work. Look for the PlaysForSure logo if you're shopping for a portable music or video device and you want to make sure the digital music and video you purchase will play back on it every time.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars My Rio died 2 months after the 90-day warranty ended, October 26, 2005

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L. Dunn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remanufactured Rio Forge 256 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

Oh, I liked the Rio Forge 256 when I got it, but I would never buy anything from Rio again...especially not a 'refurbished' model.

I bought mine for some of the features that I wanted (it could hold a memory card, and could read Audible.com files), and it looked sort of groovy. I enjoyed it while it was working.

I didn't do my research -- it only had a 90-day warranty. What company can't support their product (which has no moving parts!) for more than three months? When my died out of warranty (less than two months out of warranty), the level of customer service I was offered was "You can get a replacement unit for the out-of-warranty fee of US$69." We had a long email back-and-forth exchange where I was shunted around to different 'humans' (Nathan J., and Peter L....the 'nom du jour') trying to get someone in the company to take some responsibility for selling junk.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time!!!, October 26, 2005

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J. Hutchison "CJRocks" (Wichita, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Remanufactured Rio Forge 256 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

The first one was really crappy. It sounded distorted when turned up past 4 and it quit after about 30 days. The second one lasted 35 days and just stopped working. When they quit they wouldn't even turn on when plugged into a computer. Don't waste your time or money.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Was a good 6 months, August 1, 2005

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James Cleveland "The SolarFlare" (The big CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Remanufactured Rio Forge 256 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

This was a good mp3 while it lasted, which wasn't as long as i wished it would have. The sound was great, it was easy to uderstand how to move around through the menu, and it's a nice looking little thing. One problem i always had with it though is that the power button seemed to be hard to get too, and i couldn't tell if it was turning on when i pressed it unless i was looking strait at it. Another thing that bothered me was that the thing frooze alot, so i would have to take the battery to reset it. Other then that i didn't really have any trouble......... that is till now. All of the sudden, for no reason at all, i can't take music files off of it, or put them on. I've e-mailed Rio about my problem many times, but have gotten no reply, i've tride calling them too, but they still didn't supply me with any usefull advice. Its a shame that this had to happen to my Rio, cause i really liked it and was hoping to use it for another year.