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Summary: Not as bad as you all make it sound
Review: First off, for all of the people complaining about the extremely short battery life, USE MP3-CDs! When you play normal audio CDs the sp90 can't read ahead and will spin for the duration of the song. The skipping problem can be resolved quite easily also. Upgrade to 2.10 version. -download imp-100.hex either from iriveramerica.com or riohome.com -download a hexeditor -open the file in hex editor and change the character imp-100 to sp-90 -also change the file name to sp-90.hex -burn it to a cd -load it in sp-90 and ur sp-90 is now sp-100 without remote and backlight. This new upgrade supports playlist and gives better skip protection. It also lets you customize the equilizer and starts the cd where you left off. Another thing, with this upgrade, there is no longer a short pause in between songs. The only MINOR thing i do not like about this is that little dancing guy on the last line..no big deal.
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Summary: Worth The Money
Review: The RioVolt SP90 is the simply a versatile portable CD player. It will play all your favourite CD's encoded with MP3 and WMA as well as standard audio CDs. I bought this product a year ago and it's still going stong. For those looking for inexpensive, simple, easy to use MP3 player to play all your favourite MP3's, the RioVolt SP90 is the way to go. It does exactly what it's suppose to do, play music.
A little advise, don't rely on the batteries, buy also the AC & Car adptors when purching the RioVolt SP90. If there isn't enough power, it will not play, however, if it gets to much power, it will skip. People complain that there isn't enough volume, what do they want, a Boom Box in their ear? The volume is just good. Attach the player to your computer speakers, and you would be amazed. I'll recommend this product to any one.
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Summary: Not the best choice
Review: I bought this player to use in a car. What is good?
1. Reads all my disks with complex directory structures and names in different languages without problem.
2. Sound quality surprisely good for the non audi vendor.
3. Navigation within folder reasonable easy
4. A separate line audio out
What is bad?
1. Start disk from begining after turning off
2. Battery life isn't so good as claimed
3. Display is too small and some information not useful
4. No backlit
Rating: 
Summary: Broke within 6 months
Review: About 75% of the time, it wouldn't be able to start playing my cds (whether storebought or home burned). When it did play, most of the time it would get stuck after a couple of songs. Save your money.
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Summary: It was amazing. . . for about two months
Review: I have to admit, when I first bought this piece of junk I was highly pleased. It had all of the features I was looking for and the price was right, even though it has sort of a cheap feel to it. Plus, I was so excited that I could fit 100+ songs on one CD. Then things went very wrong. First I found out that a pair of AA batteries would last- oh- maybe through one CD. Then the damn thing started skipping. At first it wasn't too noticeable. Now, any slight move I make the thing skips. Forget walking anywhere with it, or even riding in a bumpy car or train. My friend had the same problem with hers, sent it back to Sonicblue for repairs and two months later is still waiting for a response. Now tell me, how am I supposed to listen to music like this? Now ($$$) seems waay to much to pay for this thing.
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Summary: research other products before buying this one
Review: i got this player for a christmas present in 2001. it broke in march of 2002. one day, i pressed play and it said that there was no cd in it. now, only one cd works in it. and when i do put that cd in, it skips and i can barely hear the song. i do not recommend this prodcut to anyone who wants to buy a cd/mp3 player.
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Summary: the sp90 Portable CD-MP3 Player
Review: This player uses up AA batteries really really fast. Not good unless you usually plug it in the cigarette lighter.
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Summary: What a piece of crap, made in China
Review: Well, I purchased this unit for two reasons: functionality (VBR mp3s and WMA) and price ($84 and $20 mail-in rebate). Well, it's true what they say: you pay cheap, you get cheap.
The first impression was pretty bad: the unit is made of cheap plastic, the batery cover did not hold properly.
Functionally, it worked fine for 3 days. It read audio CDs and an MP3 CD that I made (VBR encoded). After that, I start getting "NO DISC" errors on my MP3 CD. I tried an audio CD, the same thing. The behavior seemed to be completely random. At times it is able to read my MP3 CD, but it displays different numbers of MP3 files everytime.
Oh, well, never trusted Chinese quality anyway, unfortunately, there was no info on the Amazom.com website (where I bought this player) about where it was made.
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Summary: Very cool
Review: ... it is a great MP3-CD player for it's price. I would rate this less than 4 stars, but it is actually a pretty good CD player with a lot of nice features. I just think it is bare-bones in comparison to the SP-100. The best feature about this player isn't even a feature, but the price. It is so inexpensive, but it is really cool. I wouldn't spend $$$ more for a remote, a backlit display, and a stupid looking carrying case that the SP-100 has. If I wanted to spend that much on a CD player, I would get the iRiver SlimX.
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Summary: Too many flaws that can't be ignored
Review: Riovolt's SP90 has the potential to be such a better CD Player than it actually is. There are many problems to say the least, and if I wouldn't of recieved this as a gift it would of been promptly returned. Not to say it's absolutely horrid, I can stomach living with it, but I have several gripes with it that just can't be overlooked. First off lets start with sound quality, now if you listen to your music on headphones as I do don't expect the SP90 to blow you away, while the sound is clear it's certainly nothing to shout about. Clearly this Portable CD-Player was designed for listeners who were going to hook it up to their car stereos as opposed to those of us who prefer plugging into the headphone jack. The "special" sound modes do little next to nothing for you, I can barely tell the difference between "Jazz" and "Rock" mode. And while this Discman claims to have a "bass boost" I found nothing spectacular about it, as the actual boost itself is barely even noticable, this a downside for listeners who enjoy Hip-Hop and/or Techno. It's ability to play MP3's is a plus, however it too has an incredible downside. When you pop in your new CD-R full of MP3's expect a 2 to 3 minute load time, that sometimes actually doesn't even work. With all of this negative information you'd think I'd give it a 1 star rating and leave it at that. Well, maybe I was harping on the downsides a little too much, but they do greatly effect it. My final advice is you'd probably be better off checking out other Portable CD Players RioVolt has to offer. The SP90 isn't the worst one you could pick up, but I wouldn't recommend forking over your hard earned cash for either.
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