Rio Volt SP100 Personal CD Player

Pros: CDs, MP3s, WMAs, FM... all my listening bases covered. Slick interface.
Cons: Feels cheap.

For years, I've been waiting for someone to introduce a high-capacity MP3 player that was also capable of listening to the radio.

I made due with a CD player with AM/FM tuner on it, but I use it primarily when travelling on a motorcycle, and...

Pros: Plays MP3's & Windows Media files, durable, portable, long battery life, flash-upgradeable
Cons: Low volume, slow boot-up time, confusing controls

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I bought the RioVolt because I will be using it for my wedding reception. I liked the idea of being able to store 12 hours of music on one disk (therefore eliminating the need of a DJ) My wedding is coming up in July, and I'm still working...

Pros: No expensive flash memory, excellent battery life, wired remote control unit, unparalleled reliability
Cons: programming difficult, dancing man a waste

I purchased the RioVolt over a year ago and here is a synopsis:

I have travel the world extensively producing live seminars that are very media-intensive. I have tried a variety of mediums (burning individual CD's, using a laptop to play...

Pros: Can you fit 20 hours of music anywhere else without spending a lot?
Cons: Yes, it eats batteries. A lot of them.

OK.... so I saw this and impulse-bought it. Why? Cause i'm a gadget freak and it was SO cool! Lemme go through the features.

1.) It's a CD Player. Duh, we knew this. It does this as well as any other CD player. But that's good.

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Pros: Almost everything about this unit is a Pro - Remote, upgradeable, EQ, price ....
Cons: carrying case could be better - but hey, it is included for free!

OK, where to start.... GREAT unit. Best buy I have made all year. I did a lot of shopping around for an MP3 solution, prior to deciding on this player. I read a lot of reviews on this site that actually influenced me towards the Volt because other...

Pros: Fair price, plays CDs and MP3s, Good features
Cons: The case feels pretty cheap

When I first saw this item, I made the foolish thought of playing with new technologies without doing my research. However, in the case of the SONICblue Rio Volt, I was hardly disappointed. This handy little gem is definitely a step in the right...

Pros: Plays mp3's. Guess you can show it off to your friends.
Cons: Low volume is enough not to buy the player.

Theres not much I have to say about this product. You've read all the pros about this thing everwhere else. Here's my outlook on my experience with it.

- Player has low volume. Lower than any other portable device I have ever owned. This...

Pros: I was able to fit more than 10 albums on one CD-R.
Cons: it skips, low battery life

A friend of mine saw myself carrying all of my CDs to work, at least 10 of them everyday. I would lug them around and I would drop them when i had to change them, ect ect. Aside from that I had a bad CD player, or it was at least getting old. He told...

Pros: Low price ($59.99), plays 700MB CD-R and CD-RW, no skipping.
Cons: Flimsy cover, firmware not upgradeable, does not play Windows Media.

I could'nt find any reviews of the Rio volt SP50 but went ahead and bought one and am very pleased with it. It has standard earphone and line out jacks, a 4.5V DC input, does not heat up even after several hours of play, and uses a simple but effective...

Pros: Lots of music, flashable firmware, included accessories
Cons: Slow startup

The Rio Volt (now the "100" model) has been a godsend for me. It's proven durable, and can navigate convoluted directory structures to find your mp3, wma, and (whatever the firmware supports next) audio. It's read all of my CD-R and RW discs without a...

Pros: Does just about everything you can think of...
Cons: dancing icon is a waste of space.

Whoever is NOT recommending this product probably just wants you to read the review so they get an extra penny.

This player is the best player I've seen yet. It does just about everything-- FF/RW within mp3 songs, resume function (with...

Pros: great sound, battery life, a bunch of features after doing firmware upgrades.
Cons: lack of bass from included earbuds, poorly designed case, cheap remote

I won this thing in a e'Bay auction not too long ago for those long days in school/work and the boring daily commute in the city. I sold the stupid Sony memory stick Walkman in a heartbeat when i heard about this player (and remembering that I have a...

Pros: Great battery life, supports wma's (20 or more hours of music) easy to use
Cons: Takes some time to boot, the remote is a little on the cheap side

This Mp3/wma player is the best cd/digital music player I have ever used. I have seen many mp3/cd players out there that are cheap and are not very reilable, accucally a friend of mine had purchased one of the cheapies, he got burned, took it back and...

Pros: Plays CD-R Mp3s and CD-RW Mp3s. Downloadable firmware.
Cons: none.

My dad recently bought a RioVolt at CompUSA the first time it came out. He was so excited because he had been researching and testing every MP3/CD Player that came out and he liked this one the best of them all. The downloaded firmware caught his eye...

Pros: great battery life; easy usability; very convenient; common media
Cons: caftspersonship could be better, "remote" not very convenient.

So I got this thing the very week it was released and have very few problems with it. I've found the support to be sub-par at RIO, as I've contacted them for incredibly stupid problems that they couldn't answer. See, I accidentally left the "hold" switch...