RioVolt SP150 CD/MP3 Player

by Rio

Product Details

Product Manual [464kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HYJ7
• Item model number: 90260382
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The RioVolt SP150 is a versatile portable CD player that lets you play both MP3 and WMA CDs, the latter of which can store 24 hours of music on a single CD. The RioVolt SP150 affords users up to 20 hours of play time on two AA batteries, and the advanced navigation system makes it easy to search by song and artist. You also get text display for ID3 title information, showing track and artist information while music plays on its large, three-line, lighted LCD.

Enjoy 16 minutes of electronic shock protection. Programmable playlists, adjustable equalization, bass boost, folder navigation, repeat play, and shuffle play broaden listening options. The package includes a RioVolt SP150, high-quality headphones, two rechargeable NIMH batteries, a software CD-ROM, and a Getting Started guide.

Product Description

RIO VOLT SP150 CD MP3-PLAYER W/ 8MIN BUFFER

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great player...No problems! great value, May 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: RioVolt SP150 CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

After doing my extensive research ,(as I usually do before purchasing a product)I came to the conclusion that buying this product may be a bargain. Many people rated this product very poorly and i really cannot seem to understand why. I purchased my product [online]and only paid $...after a...rebate - an EXCELLENT price (rebate available until 6/30/03). And so I was willing to take the gamble. I was looking for an mp3/CD player and i know I made the right decision. The RioVolt has extremely good skip protection and every variable can be tweaked to your satisfaction: Treble,Bass,ID3,scrollspeed,backlight time,traks,skip. First and foremost this product has Extremely good sound especially with the in-box earbuds. the player has unique features such as ID3 tags, which display ON SCREEN title, track, time, artist, album. It is really great. There is also a battery indicator w/ 3 levels. The weight is very little, the player is sleek and stylish as well. I am yet to have a single problem with any of the features of this player. I use it everyday with Rechargeable 2AA batteries (recommended). Now days it seems that one NEEDS an mp3 player, my CD-Rs, 700MB hold no less than 200songs about 5-6MB each. I have put maximum usage on my player (i'm a teenager) music all day long!
OKAY FEATURES (IF ANY):
Resume feature - only returns to last listened track not exact second.
NO AC ADAPTER included - i have one (4.5V) myself, so it wasn't that big a problem.
NO Remote - not a necessity but would be nice to have.
NO Upgradeable firmware/drivers...YET - In depth User manual, drivers, ID3 changer (excellent software) all available [online]... a great player, great value...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars bla...., February 15, 2003

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William Lau (Stockton, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RioVolt SP150 CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

A decent design, but the oval display window cuts off some part of the outter characters. The volume on this thing is HORRIBLE. At the maximum of 40, you barely get just enough volume for a quiet room. Again, signature of Sonicblue, the claimed 15 hrs of battery life is NOT attainable with normal use. Build quality is actually decent, but the joystick key is really [bad]. The down arrow key doesn't work very well, i have to press it soo hard to activate, so hard that i am afraid i might punch through the circuit board underneath it. I think sonicblue's sp100 unit is the only one I like... everything else is just downhill from there...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazed by this product, espacially by the price!, July 30, 2003

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Johnny English (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RioVolt SP150 CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

My Sony Discman had broken after 3 yrs of hard labor and i was looking for a new cd player but this time i wanted one with the capability to play Mp3's. I was looking at the Sony Mp3/ CD players because of the luck I had had with them before, but they did not seem like anything special so I thought that I would give another brand a try. Reading articles on the internet I noticed that many of them mentioned the quality put into Rio's Mp3 only units and thought that the quality in these units would be no different. When I started reading reviews about this player I became worried because of the bad reviews but then I found out about the rebate and was sold. The Rio SP150 comes packed with many features such as ID3 tags, backlighting, 16 minute anti-skip protection, a great equalizer, and the ability to remember what song you were listening to before you turned off the player. The SP150 also has amazingly good sound for the price, although to achieve maximum sound qualty I suggest that you replace the in-box earbuds with a higher quality pair of headphones. Another great feature of this player is the equalizer. Depending on which type of music you are listening to you can adjust the treble and bass to give you the best music listening expirience possible. All in all I think this player is an amazing value and I have had this unit for 6 months now and have not expirienced any of the problems other people have been having such as the incapablity of playing Mp3's, scrambled mixes of letters coming across the screen, and errors in reading the amount of tracks on the disc. ...