Editor Rating 7.3/10 Published on November 19, 2003
Lightweight and compact; SD expansion slot; FM radio; stopwatch; robust software; playlist support; strong battery life....Doesn't feel supersturdy....Rio preinstalled several sample songs on the Chiba, so you can start listening the moment you pop in the battery...That's a slight exaggeration, but we did manage to come close, draining the battery after 16 hours of continuous...
Sophisticated inside and out,the mellow RioChiba brings over 120 songs in style.The tight,original design houses a full set of features like an FM tuner,a big,backlit LCD and a 5-Band Adjustable Equalizer...All software reviews, submitted ratings and written comments become the sole property of Soft32 (ITNT...
Its compact size, looks and feature set - particularly the FM radio and the good, customisable equaliser - make it a real pleasure to use...While the Chiba's sound quality is generally very good, the noise that leaks into the audio system at high volumes and during power-on and -off is a disappointment, and the player loses rating points as result...
I was frustrated with bulky discman CD players for years...because the bottom line is you CANNOT wear them without skipping at some point (no matter how long the anti-skip protection is) or major player instability while attached to your body...The best headphones for this player ARE NOT the included Senheisser earbuds, but rather Sony, the SON MDRW08L model to be exact.I would highly recommend you...
Summary from 37 user reviews Average Rating 6.5/10
I recommend this product because it is extremely good at manhandling (I use it very often in rocky trails and trust me, I always thought it might break from my handling...Overall, I seriously recommend this product IF you are going to use it for rough things (i.e...The bad thing is, is that you have to use playlists to seperate albums...
Sorry, I just can't recommend this player...Small, lightweight, great sound, long battery life, expandable memory, easy to use Flimsy belt clip Okay this is going to be a cliffs notes review since I don?t have much experience with MP3 players so don?t ding me too bad...The sound quality is very good as is the battery life...
Rio S30S. SONICBlue/S3. USB. Rio S35S. SONICBlue/S3. USB. Rio S50. SONICBlue/S3. USB. RioChiba. SONICBlue/S3. USB. Rio Fuse. SONICBlue/S3. USB. Rio Cali ...
Chiba 256 Support Page. News and Tips ... the Rio Cali, Chiba, Fuse, and Nitrus players ... RioChiba/Cali Firmware Update v1.12 and 2.43 (Mac OS X) (7/2/2004) ...
