Rio PMP-300 (32 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Sound and Size
Cons: Small enough to get lost in a cluttered teenagers room

I purchased my Diamond Rio through Mercata and it had a $50.00 rebate so I ended up paying only $49.95 for it. It is a great bargain, and once my son learned how to download the music online, he doesn't have to worry about someone stealing his CDs. The...

Pros: Small, Free Music
Cons: Cost of player (not much)

I bought the Diamond Rio a while ago and I use it all the time everywhere. The main place I listen to it is at school because it's so small and you never have to change Tapes, CD's, or Minidiscs. It's very light and you can always have new free music. I...

Pros: Compact, Easy to use, Inexpensive, Decent sound, 1 Battery Operation
Cons: Sub-Average Headphones, Few EQ Options, Inconvenient Hookup, Flimsy Battery Case Lid

Believe me, I was one of the first to run out and buy a RIO PMP 300 when it came out. It gave me many, many hours of enjoyment commuting every day for over a year. But technology advanced, and now it is no longer needed, a museum piece if you will......

Pros: books
Cons: memory

This thing would be better with more memory for music. However, even now, it's great for audiobooks, ~ 5 hours worth. Audiohighway.com allows free downloads. Anyway.
This thing would be better with more memory for music. However, even now, it's...

Pros: small and light
Cons: not durable

The Diamond Rio is not that great and i have had it for two mounths and it worked great at first but now if it is touched it turns off. When I first got it, it was I very confusing and the instructional manual didn't tell you how to download songs off...

Pros: Lightweight; easy to use, configure and upload to.
Cons: Bundled software not the easiest to use, Rebate program seems shady.

I purchased the Diamond Rio PMP300 a while ago. I haven't looked back since. Yes, I have read the conflicting opinions on this site and others like it. But to tell you the truth, I'm all for the PMP300. It has everything that 'I' need in a portable...

Pros: Tough and Fun
Cons: Too Expensive - Not Enough Memory

I bought the Diamond Rio 300 with the same basic intentions as most. I wanted something that I could use to mix and match songs on-the-fly without having to worry about quality degradation. And you know what? For the $269.89 I payed for it, that is...

Pros: quick loading, decent sound, long battery life
Cons: flimsy battery case, lack of features

Like a lot of young people I just HAD to have the latest technological marvel: Diamond's MP3 Player. Well for starters, it worked fine... That is until I had it a week. Then the battery case would no longer shut properly and I had to tape it shut. Now...

Pros: Portable, compact, sound quality
Cons: Packaged software

I bought this product for its portability and the ability to get my favorite music quickly and easily. A snap to set up, very good quality sound, no moving parts, and no disks to pop in. It can almost go anywhere with me .... not in the water. I love the...

Pros: Convenient, fun to use, and extremely compact
Cons: Even as a lesser priced model, can still be rather pricey, especially concerning flash memory

The Diamond Rio wasn't the first portable mp3 player on the market, but it was the first that made an impression on the consumer at large; and rightly so. Diamond created a true crossover in the little device, and it's since gone on to find a niche...

Pros: Sleek, easy, fast
Cons: none!

It was around my birthday when i first discovered about the Diamond Rio MP3 Player. I have tons of MP3's on my hard drive, and my CD-R broke, but I needed a way to listen to my MP3's while on the move. It was about $175 with a $50 rebate from the...

Pros: Small, the size of a deck of cards, Will Not Skip, Only needs 1 battery
Cons: Not enough bass, needs more internal memory

I recently got the MP3 Rio for Christmas. This MP3 player is great. I must say I have not been this pleased with a computer product in a long time.

INSTALLATION
The installation of the Rio is very simple. Unplug the printer cable from...

Pros: Good sound, small, good battery life
Cons: 32 MB, fairly low capacity

I received a Diamond Rio PMP300 player for Christmas of '99. I already at that point had right many Mp3's and I wanted to expand the fun. The hookup for the 300 is a simple parallel port that plugs into the printer spot. The printer then plugs in...

Pros: Great sound quality, portability
Cons: Small memory

By now you have probably heard about MP3s and the digital music revolution on the Internet. What you may not have know is that there is now a way to listen to all you MP3 music on the run. The inventor of this wonderful technology is Diamond Multimedia,...

Pros: small, cheap
Cons: not enough features

The first thing I thought when I saw the Rio was "this thing is tiny." It easily fits in the palm of your hand or into your pocket. It's also super light making it a very nice portable music player.

Other than it's compact nature,...