Rating: 
Summary: Not recomended
Review: I bought this primarily to use for running. The sound quality was nothing to brag about with the headphones provided. However when I used my old headphones I was very impressed with the sound. The FM reception is a joke but it's good enough to use in a gym that broadcasts the TV audio through FM. My big problem is that the unit will shut down or reboot itself in the middle of a workout. At first I thought maybe the battery was low or loose but replacing it didn't help. Customer service was useless so this unit is going back. It's a shame because the unit has all the features I want for a good price.
Rating:
Summary: Try again Rio.
Review: This player sounds like a great deal: expandable, radio included, perfect for the gym. BUT once you get it out of the box the honeymoon is over. The buttons aren't as solid feeling as they should be. The menu isn't that great, and like many have said before the radio is a joke unless you live very close to the towers. Sound quality is ok, but the real nightmare began when I connected it to my computer (win98). I installed the driver, and the Rio music management software. But once I connected the player, it flipped from recognizing the device, to not recognizing it every 5 seconds. The help line, which is a long distance number-on hold for 40 minutes-ended up telling me that my computer was the problem. Long story short, I returned it the next day and got the Nike psa 64. It works perfectly. Guess it's not my computer.
Rating: 
Summary: Great for runners
Review: I purchased this player 3 months ago and I have recommended to family members who are athletic. I run 5 miles at a time and the sound has been excellent. The headphones work well and the unit is secure when running. The radio signal was fine for me, but I live 30-40 miles from a large city.
The player does eat power... I go through rechargable batteries every 2 hours.
I am pretty good with computers but have never used an MP3 player before. I found the software easy to use and ripped my CD's without much effort.
I would recommend this highly. Great price, easy to use, great for sweating in..
Rating: 
Summary: Crashes and Poor Reception
Review: The sound quality drops off when running or even walking.
It dropped off so badly that very often it would stop all together (crashes). The FM reception also needs improvement.
Rating: 
Summary: Nice overall with a major flaw
Review: Don't consider this over a similar MP3 Player because of the FM tuner. The reception is miserable. Besides that drawback, this is a nice product. It's small and lightweight and great for working out. The display is large and bright, and it's very user friendly. It's very easy to transfer songs from a computer to the player. The RIO software is user firendly. THE FM RECEPTION IS VERY POOR but I like the player overall.
Rating:
Summary: Don't buy it for FM Radio Tuner
Review: pros- size, ergonomics (except small screen) cons- very poor fm reception, price is high if you consider the fm radio as a feature that should be free
Rating: 
Summary: Works Great, added 1 gig Sandisk SD :)
Review: This is a great cheap player, nice interface.
You can add the one gigabyte SD cards. (I bought a 1 gig Sandisk for cheap), you may need to update the firmware (you should anyway, it is very easy to do).
Only took off a star because the SQ while excellent was not up the the Rio Karma I own (I guess that is expected as that may be the best sounding DAP on the market). SQ overall is great but I want everything for nothing and dont hand out 5 stars :)
Rating:
Summary: A fantastic little thing
Review: I had this mp3 player for almost about a year now and so far it has been really worth my money. Talking about the cost it is cheap and the performance is great save for i have to constantly buy new batteries, i guess the power consumption of this player is not that efficient.
I also bought myself a new 256Mb MMC and its quite frustrating to know that the player can only detect 128Mb while searching for additional info, the official support site said that it can support upto 1Gb. I upgraded to the latest firmware and yet it can only detect upto 128.
Aside from my MMC frustration, this device works perfectly well i dropped it several times and yet its still functioning properly except for the FM tuner. Im located here in the Philippines and the only radio stations who have good reception can be heard properly.
I considered buying a new mp3 player but i just settled for a new MMC since after a year this player still works fine for me. I can appreciate help for my MMC problems and i hope the support releases better versions of the firmware to support MMCs.
Rating:
Summary: piece of junk
Review: i bot this player about a year ago
and guess what its already making buzzing sounds
i e-mailed their customer service , and they tell me
to get new headphones. I GOT NEW HEADPHONES
IT STILL BUZZING.
the radio feature never worked right.
Rating:
Summary: My Rio S30S Review
Review: Had this Mp3 player two weeks and the volume up botton stopped working, I took the player apart and resoldered the micro switch
and that solved the problem.
As I'm electronic technician this wasen't much of a problem for me but to all others considering
this product beware the construction of this thing is hardly
rugged. On the plus side it has great sound and the battery life is pretty good, it also supports low bitrate files which is why I bought it.
Hope my little review helps with your buying decision.
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