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Summary: Great player, cheaply made
Review: I had bought the first RioVolt MP3-CD Player and it worked great until I accidently dropped it a few inches from the ground, then it refused to recognize ANY cd. I thought to myself "well, it's their first so everyone is entitled to [mess] up on their first try". Then I say the SP250 with the FM Tuner. It looked to be better built and with more features, not to mention a pretty good price. Well, a few months it broke as well. I cant use the controls on the player itself anymore, the back part broke away. I now have to use the remote control until I find a way to fuse it back together. I'd recommend this if you only plan on using it very delicately and don't rough it up by carrying it with you or putting it in your backpack. Hold it like a very full cup of steaming, scalding hot cup of coffee where any slight tilt will cause agony (just a tad sarcastic). It's made of very [inexpensive] plastic.
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Summary: Extremely Disappointed With Product AND Company
Review: I bought a Rio Volt SP250 just over 1 month ago. It was working fine one minute, and the next it said "NO DISC." No matter what I put into it (CD-R or regular CD) it says "NO DISC." I'm now trying to get an RMA number to return it to Sonic Blue for repair, but their customer service is a joke. It's been over a week since I submitted my request to their customer support email address, but I have yet to hear back from a real human being; all I get are automated email responses.Buyer Beware!!
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Summary: AMAZING CD-MP3
Review: IF you dont want just 64 MB of songs, but dont want to pay 400 for an ipod, get this. It is perfect.
Colors aren't especially attractive, but it comes w/ a very handy case.
You don't have to flip through tracks; if you burn folders onto the data CD, you can use those to navigate through the menu. The menu displays all the songs in a folder in alphabetical order, the name appearing as the file name. When the song is played, the song's real name appears.
The sound quality is excellent. I got this because I needed a new player; my old player was broken. It comes w/ good-quality plug headphones, and the sound on the player is better than almost all CD players and even as good as most MP3 players w/out a CD.
If you dont want to carry around a lot of CDs, then this is what to get. On the other hand, if you have some regular Audio CDs you need to listen to, you can do that. Perfect music tool.
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Summary: What More Can You Want
Review: Its very simple. The RioVolt sp250 is the best mp3 cd player out there. It is the best and it can do more than you expect it to. This is somehthin worth payin extra money for, besides, it'll last you forever.
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Summary: Never Been So Happy With A purchase
Review: Ive Had the SP-250 for about 6 weeks now. I have not had a single skip or other failure. Not since I bought my first bicycle have I been so pleased with a purchase. Great sound, a ton of options (there is no since repeating what is otherwise already known of this great player)and the easiest firmware upgrade I've ever had. I have had two other MP3 players (Both from Diamond/Rio) and this is by far the one to have. I have'nt used the FM radio enough to give a review but thats not the reason I bought this unit. All in All this unit is really nice and well worth the price.
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Summary: Good Buy
Review: I've recently acquired this item and have been satisfied with it for the last couple days' of usage. It does everything Rio claims it would - plays all formats of music with ease. The functions will require a bit of guess work to figure out, but not that bad really. Charging the battery wasn't the most intuitive process either. I attbiute the guess work to the lack of detail in Rio's manual. It simply states what each function does, but does not go into detail on the "How to". It does come with 2 types of earphone, but both are earbuds. The remote only has the basic function such as toggle between tracks, and volume. The included leather case is, in a word - ugly. But the blue back lite LCD screen is nice. I've yet to test the unit's skip protection abilities... All in all, a good buy with the recent price drop and the rebate offered by Rio. Only wish it also has AM tuner so I can listen to Laker games...
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Summary: Great Little Machine!
Review: Perfect mp3 portable player with regular CD,CD R/W and FM capability.Add your own headphones (in my case medium priced Koss) and you're there!
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Summary: Wonderful CD/MP3 Player
Review: I must say, I absolutely Love this player. Now I'm picky, i've gotten more then one portable cd player that i hated and i usually refuse to spend more then [$$$]on something like this. But i broke my mold and unfortuantely it seems i paid more then i would have here since its now on sale. But anyway, the Riovolt SP250 player is a wonderfully versatile player. Not only does it play MP3s and WMAs from a burned cd, but it also plays my normal cds. This player is impossible to cause to skip, i haven't seen it skip once, and trust me i tried. The construction seems durable and tough instead of the cheap plastic most are made of. The front menu is readable, though at times a bit cluttered, i'd like to be seem perhaps the title your highlighting in on the nav menu to scroll since the band names are sometimes long. I use this player primarily in my car, and it was bought mostly for long trips but i've found myself using it everyday. I have been able to consolidate my huge music collection onto cds. If you plan to use this player in your car, be sure to get a good cigarette power adapter and tape. I have cheap ones from my portable cd player, but the power cord does not want to stay in so if the player gets bumped wrong it turns off, and the tape seems to emit a popping noise if i turn it up to loud. I know it isn't the player because it sounds wonderful on the earphones that came with it. Speaking of the earphones, they are great! The sound quality is wonderful, and the remote is usefully especially since its not attached to the earphones. Both the ear buds and the collapsible earphones get good quality sound, if you want better just get a pair...for [$$]-[$$]...
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Summary: ITs as good as it gets
Review: I had the Sp100 model as well and i loved that player, had for just over a year and despite abuse it worked great, eventually the remote took too much abuse and would only give me sound in the left ear and the volume became very weak. I have better hopes for this, although it feels flimsy i know not to drop it it will stay in my bag all the time. But with 8 Min antiskip in mp3, and the remote i know this player will be good to me if i am good to it
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Summary: BOGUS! Do not purchase this product!
Review: i initially bought this player in september 2001. 5 months into ownership, the damn thing completely stopped playing data cd's (ones with mp3s on them). hell, it wouldn't even recognize a disc with just a firmware upgrade on it, so i couldn't update that either. it would play regular audio cd's just fine (including burned ones). plus, discs that used to work wouldn't work in it anymore. to make a long story short, it was obvious that this was a hardware problem internal to the device. anyway, i sent it to sonicblue for a "refurbished" player only to encounter the same problem again after another 5 months. i am now currently dealing with them to either give me a completely new device or get all of my money back. i'm sick and tired of having to go through this process. if you're lucky enough to have a player that works though, it's still a great tool for listening to music - but that's a big if...
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