Rio Volt SP100 Personal CD Player

Pros: Updatable firmware Handy remote Decent sound quality
Cons: Don't try running or walking with it

I bought the RioVolt for running and use on my motorcycle. I was really impressed with being able to update the unit's firmware. The remote would have been handy on the bike too. The display was pretty cool as it gave a good amount of information. The...

Pros: Great player, case, remote, it's all good!
Cons: None

The RioVolt SP250 is the most-featured, but most expensive model in the RioVolt family. It plays MP3, WAV, AIFF, and WMA files nicely, displaying the file name or ID3 tag, along with standard audio CDs.

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Pros: Holds lots of mp3s on CDR, firmware upgrades, 2min mp3 buffer, equalizer, plays UDF CDRWs
Cons: You need access to a CD burner (not a problem for me), earphones

Yes, it's not the best construction, but if you take care of your toys, you will be just fine.

I have not had any problems. I've actually found out some real nice things about this since I've bought it:

1)First of all, it loads 2...

Pros: Affordable, can listen up to 40 hours worth of music
Cons: Skips often, uses batteries up quickly, dancers on lcd are annoying

Napster, Morpheus...all those places are great to download songs from, but what do you do with the songs other than listen to them on your computer? Yea you can make a 12-14 song cd, but personally I get sick of those 12-14 songs pretty quickly.
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Pros: Remote control, reads CD-R, CD-RW, nice design, mp3/wma input
Cons: Price @ nearly $200, no video output, easily scratchable, short battery life in CD mode

Bought this CD audio about 2 months ago. It was shipped from Amazon.com and costed me about $180 + shipping to Russia (that's where I live).

I researched the market of CD players before I bought this player very well. There were many players,...

Pros: Can fit hundreds of songs on one CD!
Cons: Kind of big

This is an incredible machine. It is the future of portable audio. The problem with MP3 players is that most of them that are reasonably priced don't hold a lot of songs. The problem with a CD player is that it doesn't hold enough songs. The Rio Volt...

Pros: reads cds and cdr/cdrw w/mp3s; upgradeable
Cons: display, feels cheap

When looking for an MP3 player, i was in japan and there were TONS of choices... definitely more than here in the states....

the main choices by memory types are solid-state (smart media, SD, cf, etc...), harddisk (like in the nomad or...

Pros: Battery Life, Sound Quality, Extras CDRW Compatible.
Cons: Burning CD's can be a pain. Those Factory Earbuds.

What's so great about it?
I'll summarize a few of it's highlights:

First the sound quality, even with it's factory earbuds, rocks. Now when I hooked up my Koss SportaPro's up to the device I was blown away. This is also depending on the...

Pros: Sound Quality Ease of use Huge storage capacity
Cons: Little dancing people Tacky free case No way of attaching it to yourself

I'm going to try and write an objective opinion, but with this little beast its hard.

Sound

The sound quality emitted from the player is very good, although the earphones provided do not do it justice. I hooked it up to my hi fi...

Pros: Next generation stuff, very versatile
Cons: Some iritating things, nothing more

The RioVolt should be considered as the first from the second generation MP3 players.

One of the most interesting things from this player is the hability to display ID3 tags. You will finally to know what song is playing, but you will only...

Pros: Cheap. Good features
Cons: Major con: is battery life.

I like my Rio Volt SP100, especially because it was a lot less expensive than most comparable players in this category, but one major drawback is the low battery life. Perhaps my player is defective because I'm don't get nearly as much continuous...

Pros: Allows several formats, good sound quality, lcd display
Cons: needs a lot of battery life, some what bulky

The Rio Volt is a mp3/ wave cd player (in some models also allowing wma cd's). THe Rio delivers everything it promises, but there are some problems, also. On the pro side you are able to hold much more music per cd by making them mp3 cd's. A regular CD-R...

Pros: Features- incl. ID TAG display, wide variety of media, etc. FIRMWARE upgradable
Cons: Construction, laser (and ESP), batt. life

This is a preliminary review- to be updated, as needed.
I will leave the specs to others.
I had high hopes for this player, based on reviews etc., but must say I am disappointed with the product.
I am not sure why people are complaining...

Pros: It plays mp3's and windows media, Great battery life
Cons: Skips alot, slow to respond, takes forever to load a track.

I purchased one of these so I could listen to music while walking. When I first got it I was very upset. While light walking it would skip constantly (on mp3s and audio cd's). The first thing I did to try to resolve this was reencode some mp3s at a...

Pros: good skipping protection
Cons: Doesn't play MP3 CDs

i have a question for all those who own this product. I recently bought this and have been able to ...