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Summary: Great player but support and software is AWFUL
Review: I'm writing this with a little sadness because i really do love my Rio player and it has given me many hours of happiness when i otherwise would have been bored on the treadmill. Still, if I had it to do over again I would buy a different player because I have had no end of problems. Both Mac and PC versions of the software are buggy and there are no fewer than three different customer support departments (one for the player and two for the software), each of which are very sorry, but another department has to handle my problem. I've given up on them & will never buy another Diamond product again.
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Summary: Thank goodness this company doesn't make cars
Review: So far I've owned three products manufactured by this company and ALL three were defective. I bought a RIO 600 which never worked. I had the same problems that eight billion other people had -- loud pops and the unit's inability to play a song over 60 seconds. I called the company and asked if this was a common defect and they answered... NO. I also had two separate RIO 500s that each stopped working after a month. The software never worked because it refused to recognize the RIO 500 or 600. I WOULDN'T BUY A DOG TOY FROM THIS COMPANY!!
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Summary: Nifty, Useful Gadget!
Review: The DiamondRio500 works great! My husband and I commute 200 miles each work day and because of this we enjoy listening to many audible books. We tried switching over from cassette books to CD books but we were never able to get our portable CD players to put forth sound loud enough to hear over the road and car noise. (we tried 3 diiferent portable CD players). After we bought an Inverter and a regular 'boom box' CD player we finally got decent sound. But the inconvenience of trying to handle the boombox in our car was exceptionally bothersome. Then we bought the DiamondRio500. Sound quality is wonderful! We can hear every word even with road noise! It's lightweight and very easy to use. It holds many hours of spoken sound. After we figured out a few tricks it was very easy to load in new reading material. We use the Audible.com reader service. We have been very satified with this product and recommend it to anyone who enjoys listening to recorded books.
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Summary: Easiest MP3 Player to use on the market
Review: If you want an easy to use, great sounding, lightweight, small mp3 player with lots of expansion, you'd be a nimrod not to buy this little gem. Manufactured by THE soundcard maker in the market. Forget the competitors, this is the cat's meow.
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Summary: So far, so good!
Review: ... I still can't figure out the equalizer feature! That aside, the unit is great. The first thing I did was chuck the headphones that came with it. They were dificult to hear and caused me to have to play it with the volume very high. I opted for the earpiece style by Sony and now listen to it at about half volume. Don't put too much stock in this "up to 15 hours on a single AA battery" nonsense. While this may indeed be true in outerspace at volume setting number 1, in the real world (jogging or at the Gym) it's about 5-7 hours. I don't know why they promote this... I wouldn't have been disappointed at all if they hadn't ever mentioned a battery life. If you are expecting to fit an entire CD on the Rio 500, plan on purchasing a Flash memory card,... I have had to drop a song or two on most cds -- which doesn't bother me too much since most cds have a least one "dog" on them. Overall, I am very happy with the unit. It was worth the price just to never hear another skip at the Gym or while jogging!
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Summary: bad design
Review: <font color=red>i like this but the design isn't that good, hate the design</font> <script> alert("cool"); </script>
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Summary: Great Player
Review: This Mp3 player was the best. The battery lasted for about 5 hours and the sound was great (It left my ears ringing). The space capacity was also great cause I was downloading songs that took only 2MB per song, so I could put around 30 songs on this player. The software that came with this was easy to install and use. The performance of this Mp3 player is great, I would recommend this player to anyone.
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Summary: A Wonderful MP3 Player for Beginners...
Review: If you're a newbie to portable MP3 players, then this is definitely the player for you. It's extremely easy to use and it can store many songs. With it's fast USB port connection to your computer, it can quickly snatch the MP3's of your computer in just several minutes. I found everything about it to be very easy to use. It may not look like the coolest MP3 player, but under the hood, it definitely is.
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Summary: Rio 500 Review
Review: The Rio 500 is a nice compact light MP3 player. It has a nice screen and a quality backlight. The song name are easy to read. The only problem I have it that it loses its USB connection when transferring songs sometimes. One feature I really like is that the single AA battery lasts for 13 hours of continuous play. The software works very well and can be updated online for free. I think that it's a good package and worth buying. Even though it has a minor connection problem, I would recommend it 100%. -Satisfied Customer
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Summary: I've returned once, I'll need to return again...
Review: This MP3 was nice, when it worked. I returned my first Rio because it stopped working on me within the 1st month of my purchase. Fortunately, Amazon has a great return policy so this was no hassle at all. Although I was without an MP3 player for about 1 week. When the 2nd player came in the mail I was all overjoyed. I bought 2 32MB Smartmedia cards to improve my listening experience. I listened to the 2nd player for about 2 months when it broke. Again, it just stopped working. I am very diligent when it comes to caring for my electronics. I know that in no way I could be responsible for such a horrible experience with my 2 Rio's. I guess I'll spend the extra $ and buy the new NOMAD player, and keep my fingers and toes crossed hoping that I don't have the same experience.
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