Rio 500 MP3 player

Rio 500
 
EXPERT REVIEWS (9)
 
Published
Mar 23, 2000
Editor Rating
5.0/5
www.computeractive.co.uk
Is the Diamond Rio 500 a cut above the rest...The Rio 500 benefits from looking less like a toy and more like a serious accessory, but it's not only the looks that have improved...The bundled Rioport Audio Manager software is the best in the test and lets you drag and drop music files from one location to another...
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USER REVIEWS (21)
 
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4.0/5
www.amazon.com
"The Rioport Audio Manager software (what you use to transfer songs to the player) is not great, but not nearly as bad as I had read..."

"I could not be more pleased with this purchase, and highly recommend it for others looking for mp3 players! After purchasing (and returning) a number of other mp3 players I decided to try out the Rio 500..."

"First Impressions Very small and light, Buttons..."

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Published
Mar 6, 2000
www.itreviews.co.uk
One of the main players (literally) in the MP3 boom is Diamond Multimedia's Rio device and the latest version, the Rio 500, is better than its predecessors in most respects...Slightly smaller than a typical packet of cigarettes, the Rio 500 is light and easily carried in the supplied pouch, clipped to your belt...The Rio 500 has a back-lit LCD display...
Published
Feb 1, 2000
www.macworld.com
If you rip your files at 128 Kbps, you can fit about two hours of music on a Rio 500, although only if you use the optional 32MB flash-memory card along with the Rio's 64MB of built-in memory...All this said, MP3s aren't the only game in town...And although SoundJam's 192-Kbps files were an improvement over its lower-bit-rate efforts, they weren't as good as the...
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4.0/5
www10.epinions.com
"A handy little gadget that allows you to listen to audio books..."

"Beautiful case, sleek and light, great sound, good software Expensive, software tricky to install New to Napster, and still marveling at the miracle of downloading all my favorite songs to my computer, I was introduced to MP3 by my son..."

"Small and sleek design, great battery life, exceptional sound quality, great price for 64MB memory..."

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4.5/5
www.ciao.co.uk
"Small simple but fully-featured I guess the peak volume could be higher Small, discrete, excellent sound quality Price small, lightweight, no moving parts woefully inadequate memory, add on memory expensive Easy to install on your PC..."

"Quick downloads No FM tuner FAST file transfer space is tight Spoken word features A little a small near-CD sound quality, portable battery hog, bad software documentation,..."

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PRICES (22)
 
www.amazon.com
The Rio 500 contains an updated hardware design featuring easily accessible ... 64MB RAM pre-installed in the Rio 500 means two hours of playback of your ...
www.vnunet.com
Nice looks, shame about the price. This nicely-designed portable MP3 player boasts great sound quality and speedy music ... hard to the Rio 500 and came to ...
 
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MANUFACTURERS (1)
 
www.digitalnetworksna.com
Rio 500 PC Support Page ... If your Rio 500 player is not listed in the software, check your ... Rio 500 Firmware (10/12/2000) - Rio 500 Recover Utility ...
 

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