Rio One Digital Audio Player (MP3/WMA)

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Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 2.5 x 3.5 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NIMH
• Item model number: 90260238
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,497 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

SONICblue's lightweight, portable Rio One lives up to its name--you can listen to digital audio for up to 10 hours on a single AA battery. With its 32 MB internal flash memory, you can enjoy over an hour of near CD quality, skip-free music (there are no moving parts). It includes an expansion slot that enables you to add memory using SmartMedia cards.

In addition to MP3, Rio One also supports the Windows Media Audio format, so you can personalize which songs and what format you want to store. Specify playlists and what songs to transfer using the included Real Jukebox and iTunes software and you've got go-anywhere music.

Connect the Rio One to either a PC or Mac with the included USB cable and transfer songs at speeds five times faster than parallel ports. You can also download software upgrades to keep your player up to date on the latest formats. The Rio One comes with earphones, one AA battery, a USB cable, and a CD-ROM with audio-management software for PC and Mac.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Think about another player, September 20, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Rio One Digital Audio Player (MP3/WMA) (Electronics)

This is my second Rio One and both had the same problem. There is a constant HUM sound that is loud enough to be very distracting. They need to fix the audio sound qality on this unit. There should be no humming sound period. Have you ever hooked up a record player to your amp and you didn't ground it and you heard that constant loud hum. That's the audio quality of the Rio One.

Second, I've only had the second one for a week and today It is just flashin USB on screen. Tech support wasn't helpful and suggested I buy another company's product. The only current support for this "FLASHING USB" message is to return it for replacement.

Features and the low weight are nice. It simply is to bad the rest wasn't good.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Worthless Piece of Plastic, August 7, 2002

By 

Eric Rettberg (Charlottesville, VA 22903) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rio One Digital Audio Player (MP3/WMA) (Electronics)

My Rio One was fine when it worked, but then it stopped working and I was faced with the SonicBlue support department. After about a month and a half of waiting several days for each Email from the support department, the support department determined what had been painfully obvious from the beginning of the matter: the Rio didn't work.

Now, I am in the midst of a three-week battle for the privelege of paying Sonicblue [$$$] so that they'll replace my broken player in a reasonable amount of time (As in, reasonable amount of time after close to a month of waiting for them to get their act together). Furthermore, they've just informed me that it will be necessary to charge the full amount to my credit card before they send me a new player.

This company's actions make it clear that they have no interest in satisfied customers. I am left with a worthless player, a worthless SmartMedia card that I purchased for it, and months of hassle trying to get a clearly defective product replaced.

I suggest that anyone interested in this player look instead for a company that has customer service at a level somewhere above "non-existent."

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacking, September 24, 2001

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Chris (Sandy, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rio One Digital Audio Player (MP3/WMA) (Electronics)

I got this unit to replace my Rio 500 that got lost in a car crash. I was disappointed with it as soon as I got it.

First, there is a constant buzzing sound at low volumes that makes everything sound muddled.

Second the display is awful. A cheap calculator has a better display.

Third it decides to shut off right in the middle of a song for no good reason about every 15 minutes.

I thought it would be a really good deal considering I could buy it and a 128mb smart media card totaling 160mb for quite a bit less then the Intel Pocket Concert(which only has 128mb). But the disappointing performance forced me to return it.

After more in depth research, I found that the Creative Nomad IIc offers everything the Rio One does, plus a far superior display, backlighting, voice recording, etc. at the same price!