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Rio Forge 512 MB Sport MP3 Player

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16 hours of Music
Upgrade up to 1 GB
Stainless Steel Face
512 MB
Stopwatch

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Technical details

Brand Name: Rio
Model Number: 90260577
Digital Storage Capacity: 512 MB
Supported Standards: WMA, MP3, Audible
Hardware Platform: PC, Mac

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Product description

Product Description

Rio Forge 512MB Sport MP3 Player

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

512 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 512, 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 information

Product Dimensions

2.6 x 0.8 x 2.5 inches

Item Weight

15.2 ounces

Shipping Weight

1 pounds

Manufacturer

Rio

ASIN

B0002UB2Q4

Item model number

90260577

Batteries

2 AAA batteries required. (included)

Customer Reviews

97 customer reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#714,397 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
#7,111 in Electronics > Portable Audio & Video > MP3 & MP4 Players

Date first available at Amazon.com

August 5, 2004

Technical Specification

User Manual [pdf ]

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Great Player if it Worked :(

ByDouglas C. MeeksTOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICEon June 19, 2005

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I bought 1 of these from Amazon and another from Best Buy, the 1st one died after 10 days and the other lasted 2 days. There seems to be some problem from reading all the reviews, both of mine just stopped working with no warning, the one I used lasted 10 days and was faultless until it stopped, the other one let my son load it up, played for about 1 hours then died (and yes I put new batteries in for those who might wonder). I wish it HAD worked as promised but it suffers from poor engineering it would seem and no Quality Assurance program. I had bought 2 of them from differenet sources and BOTH died, I then read of people had that bought it with similar problems so I have to assume they put out a piece of untested junk! Invest in some other player, there are several out there, I bought a Sandisk 1 gig for about the same money and it works great, controls not as easy but does what it promised.

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Meets expectations

ByT. Anschutzon March 8, 2005

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I tried to do a lot of research before purchasing an MP3 player. I weighed the advantages of a flash-based player versus a drive-based player, and after settling on a flash-based player, debated sometime between the Rio Forge and various models from iRiver. Despite much more glowing reviews for the iRiver models, and quite a few disparaging reviews of the Rio Forge, I settled on the Forge. It seemed as acceptable as any other flash-based player, and its expandability was very attractive.

I haven't had any issues with using the player since I got it. I've used two different sets of headphones with it, and both have worked adequately, including a set of Sony headphones. There is indeed a slight delay between tracks, especially in shuffle mode, but to me it's not much worse than a CD player. The sound quality is good, ripping and encoding songs as WMA files at a compression rate of 192 kbps. Slight variations in song quality have been due to varying quality in the actual CDs.

The software is pretty intuitive in my opinion, and pretty easy to use. It's probably worthwhile to read the instructions that come with the player, though, both on the instruction sheet and on the CD. I also like the fact that I can use drag-and-drop to add or remove songs from the player. My WinXP computer had no problems communicating with the player.

The sportband is a bit unusual compared to the bands that come with the Rio Cali models. My player has already taken a tumble at the gym, dropping 2-3 feet, but it was not damaged in the least. The player seems to be a fairly sturdy, reliable device that has met my expectations.

Update: It's been over a year, and the device is still going strong. I have not experienced any of the breakage other reviewers have complained of. For a brief time I had a problem with the player restarting itself. Careful observation revealed that it always happened on the same song. I reviewed the troubleshooting steps on Rio's website, then removed the song from the player as a possible encoding problem. This seems to have fixed the problem. I'm still pleased with the player.

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Worst MP3 player

ByJocion January 27, 2006

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When I first bought this Rio Forge 512 MB MP3 player, I liked the color and thought the features would satisfactorily replace my prior Rio MP3 128Mb Cali sports player. However, after less than a week, the battery compartment started coming apart. Each time I used the MP3 player, I had to readjust the metal (positive end) part of the battery compartment in order for the battery to correctly fit. The metal end was manufactured in such a way as to be permanently askewed. Thus it was a struggle to get the battery to fit into the compartment each time I needed to change batteries. It took a long time for the player to start up, at least a minute or two. It had to scan and read every single wave component before starting. I also did not like the fact that when you choose "Track" on the Forge, it only played the one track. The Cali before would play the track, and then continue onto other songs. Also, the playlist on the Forge did not work well. When I wanted to change the playlist, I would have to turn the whole player off and on again. It seemed to have gotten more complicated to switch between tracks, songs, and playlists. To make the player worse, the sports band that the player fits in is not secure and the player would fall out of the band while I jogged. This happened a few times and now the player no longer works. It won't even start up. In summary, poor construction, and very poor features. Do *Not* buy the Forge. Buy the Rio Cali instead.