| Brand Name: | Rio |
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Product Specifications
Technical Details
- 4 hours of Music
- Upgrade up to 1 GB
- Stainless Steel Face
- 128 MB
- Stopwatch
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Product Description
From the Manufacturer
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
- 128 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
Box Contents: Rio Forge 128, 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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Rio Forge 128MB Sport MP3 Player
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Bother with the FM,
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This review is from: Rio Forge 128 MB Sport MP3 Player (Electronics)
FM TUNER
(UPDATE #2) I sent my Rio back for a refund. The unit consistently shuts itself down whenever I press a button. This started happening after a couple of weeks and Rio said the contacts weren't making good contact. Rio support fixed the problem when they fixed the FM problems, so I thought it was specific to just my unit. After hearing so many others complain about this problem, plus it has begun occuring again in my unit, I think people ought to know about it. The same issues have been stated concerning the 256MB version. (UPDATE) -- Rio fixed their FM problems by adding a capacitor to the unit. The FM tuner is now acceptable, pulling in almost as many stations as the IRiver ifp-790 I compared it to. I would say the Rio, with the fix, is about 90% as good as the IRiver FM tuner. (PREVIOUS) The FM tuner sucks. Sorry there is no other way of putting it. I went into the top floor of my house and compared it to my clock radio. I am about 25 miles outside Albany NY and the clock radio pulled in 12 FM stations very clearly. The Forge pulled in 3 stations clearly, the other 9 were so weak they were unlistenable. When the backlight is on, these 3 stations are unlistenable until it goes off. To top that off, once going downstairs and outside for a run, the Forge pulled in ZERO stations clearly. That's right, when I go for a run I can not listen to ANY FM stations, without loads of static. I brought the Forge to work with me (downtown Albany), and the FM tuner pulls in 6 stations very clearly. I took it around the block and the 6 stations all stayed clear. It seems that if you are close to a big city, live in a big city, or are near an FM tower, you should be fine with the Forge FM tuner, otherwise pretend like the FM tuner doesn't exist. Memory Clearly the 128 MB version is not big enough and I will soon be getting a 1GB SD card. This option is what is keeping me from returning the Forge. The IRiver doesn't have the expandable memory and unless you want to keep running to your computer every day to reload playlists, you need a lot of memory. Playback Very good. Quality is excellent, even at the lowest sampling rates. Headphones Definite thumbs down. They fell out twice while doing my 5 mile run. Let me clarify, the headphone for my right ear fell out twice, the left stayed nicely in. The slightest tug is enough to slowly move the earphones out of position. Another 12" of cord might alleviate this problem. Regardless of their quality (which is so-so), they must be replaced. StopWatch This is why I bought the Forge. Well it's OK, but the lap counter only shows the last two laps you completed, and I haven't figured out how, if there is a way, to view previous lap times. Then I noticed if you take out the headphones from the player ( I did this when the cord got tangled) the stopwatch stops. In fact the whole Forge stopped - its as though the headphones are wired to the power and the player shuts down when the headphones are removed (this royally screwed up my time, but I won't do it again). It also sucks because while the StopWatch is running and you go to player mode, if you touch the lap counter, it doesn't work - you HAVE to be in StopWatch mode. This is a royal pain because in StopWatch mode you can't skip to the next song, so you have to keep switching back and forth. Software Clearly excellent. Installed without any problems, easily recognized my Forge and rips CD's with speed. I set up my playlists in no time at all, and selecting artists/albums/playlists is very easy. The RIO engineers got this right. ArmBand It's OK. I wanted to put the armband on my wrist so it was easier to view, but the armband isn't designed for such a small circumference and it must go on my upper arm. Body builders will have no problem putting this on their wrist. Unless I'm doing something wrong, the beltclip must go into the ArmBand to hold the player. Neither the booklet that came with the RIO or the 64 page PDF manual has a SINGLE word about how to use the beltclip or the armband. Big, stupid ommission from the RIO technical writers. Durability Player appears to be well built. I'm not concerned about it's long term durability but I will post back if the player has problems over the coming months. Conclusion It's an OK player. When (if?) IRiver comes out with a stopwatch and expandable memory, I will EBay my RIO.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy! Serious design flaws, poor reliability & service,
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This review is from: Rio Forge 128 MB Sport MP3 Player (Electronics)
I bought the old version of this product (the Cali) and was pretty happy with it, so when it was stolen I groaned but purchased the "latest and greatest."
There is a serious design flaw in this player. A very slight tap will cause it to turn itself off. The spring on one side of the battery isn't strong enough to keep a proper connection with the other terminal. Gym use will easily trigger this behavior. Google it or check out rioworld.org (which also has a serious contingent of rio apologists.) It is well known. I wish I'd checked amazon before purchasing this product. Literally a few days after the one month limit for a cash return my forge completely stopped working. I spent 60 minutes on hold today talking to customer service. It's very disappointing & if it weren't $100+ I'd have to just write it off as a learning experience. I may still need to because in my time with customer service I have 2 "case numbers" & two promises to get back to me.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
How I Improved my Rio Forge 128,
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This review is from: Rio Forge 128 MB Sport MP3 Player (Electronics)
I had problems with it turning off. These are the things I did that fixed all my issues. The spring that holds the battery is too loose. You must stretch it (half it's length) to add tension on the battery to avoid voltage loss due to any shocks or jolts. Here are other improvements: I updated the driver for the unit at their site. I bought a 1 gig 32X Kodak SD card and installed it. (slot is located behind the battery when you take it out. Using my Windows XP I formated the unit using 32 and NOT FAT 32. I did the same to the SD card. Using Rio Music Manager I save all MP3's to the SD card and NOT the RIO unit. The unit now is flawless. This unit gets lots of bad press but if you do a couple extra steps you'll own an awesome MP3 player. P.S. The radio still stinks!
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