Good player for the price
Written: Feb 26 '04
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Pros: Cheap-price and memory to upgrade. Decent software included. durable so far!
Cons: headphones, case is cheap plastic. Eats standard alkalines.
The Bottom Line: Buy it because: Cheap price, easy & cheap memory upgrade. Good for the beginner on up. I'm fairly picky, and have no gripes so far.
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| jbdallas's Full Review: Rio One (64 MB) MP3 Player |
I've had this player for about 1 year and I have had zero "REAL" problems with it. I purchased it locally and had a $20 rebate from Rio/SonicBlue, so I paid about $70 total for it. The software loaded well on my Windows 2k PC, and I've only had a few little glitches since the initial load. Occasionally it won't "see" the external memory card. I either restart the application, or turn off and remove the MP3 player and plug it back in and it usually appears. It would be great if they had linked this with Windows Media player as they have done w/ most of their other products, but I've yet to see it done. Thats minor considering the software works well and allows you to do stuff with the player as well as burn cds so thats a nice bonus. Pop in a CD, burn it to your drive and then decide what songs from your library to transfer, its fast and easy. It also tells you if a song will not fit, which is nice, our other player does not do this. It has a menu bar down on the bottom w/ options so its really easy to navigate. I added a 128mg smartmedia card ($30) and I get about 2-3 hours worth of music. I highly highly recommend using NiMH rechargeables, it will eat alkalines. DO NOT use Nicad, it burns through them in about 30-40 minutes. Energizer NiMHs last approx 4-6 hours, just seems kind of random, probably due to how long I charge them, and how many on/off cycles I perform. I have dropped it a few times, no damage at all, it stopped playing but I just restarted it. It also has a "hold" bar which is great for two reasons (1) when you are exercising it would skip or get louder if you bump it. (2) when its off I push the hold bar up so it doesn't accidentally get turned on thereby saving myself a bunch of dead batteries. The belt clip on the back seems to work well, its light enough that I can put it on my waistband and it doesn't fly off. It comes w/ some cheap headphones..lose them, they stink (though I haven't seen any mp3 player come w/ good ones at this price). I purchased some nice Sony over the ear type at Target for $10, they work great. It has a battery indicator which works ok, I've rarely seen it hit 4 bars even w/ a fully charged battery. It will not warn you of a low battery, it will just die. I just carry a spare since it only takes one to run it. Rio has put out some upgrades to the firmware, but mine already had the upgrade when I purchased it, so I haven't had to upload anything else. I really can't find a good reason NOT to buy this, especially for the price. It did come w/ the USB cable as well. The final thing I will say is, it feels a bit cheap, the outside is plastic, but as I said above, I've dropped it and had no problems. I purchased a cheap BodyGlove Palm case from target to slip it into just to protect it when I throw it in my bag or my camelbak when mtn biking.
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Amount Paid (US$): 70
Recommended for: Beginners - Easy Enough for Tech Newbies
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Location: Dallas, TX
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