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Summary: RIP OFF!!!!!!!
Review: who is the genius that thought this piece of crap up. It sucks, i went through two of them with their own different problems before i gave up and shelled out the extra cash for an iPod. The first player had an off center joystick so that i could not scroll forward through my songs, only backwards (very frusterating when passing a song by one click) then the second one just plain wouldn't turn on, it would get hot as hell and make a wierd clicking noise, but it would never turn on. Beleive me, go pick up an iPod for a 130 bucks more, it is well worth it for what you get.
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Summary: worst purchase ever
Review: I wish I could say that the player worked well, if only for a little while, but I can't. The software was pretty easy to use but 2 days after loading up my music it hit me....The "UPGRADER" bug. It may not have been too bad if not on the way to Afghanistan at the time. Most honest to God review.....If you can keep doing maintenace on it, don't have to deal with customer service,(they offer no help online either)or if you have a lifelong service contract(your life not the players) buy the player, otherwise run, as fast as you can. Read all the reviews for this thing. Over all everyone says it sucks or needs constant maintenance. Be aware of those who have owned it less than 3 months( thats usually when the problems start and then it will be out of warranty ).
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Summary: Don't get ripped off.
Review: This thing costs too much for its storage space in the first place, i would have never bought it. I received this as a Christmas present. At any rate, it worked fine for a few months, RIGHT UP UNTIL the warranty ran out. It started failing to upload songs, and it would shut off in the middle of playing FREQUENTLY. This was rather annoying but i could deal with it. Then it stopped working entirely, giving me the dreaded "upgrader" message. Despite the continued advice of "upgrade the firmware", i can't get it to work. What a waste of money. I should have taken it back and spent some extra dollars on an ipod.Also, you may have been reading some recent positive reviews. They're bull. It's the sheep rio fans trying to justify the existence of this piece of crap, take a look at this thread in a rio forum (...) Don't let Rio rip you off. I'll never buy anything from this company again.
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Summary: Great Player
Review: This is a great player for the price, nabbed mine for $160!
I really like how small, lite, and fluid it feels.. easily tucks away in a pocket. Ive had no issues with mine, upgraded to the latest bios with out a hitch.. not sure why others are haveing an issue with this.. duuhh..
Over all, great player and highly recomended!
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Summary: The day after the warantee ended....
Review: Well, it was actually more like a month, my Rio stopped communicating with my computer. After about 40 hours of first me troubleshooting, then going through both web technical services, and a telephone technical support person, I was told that since it was after the warantee, well, there was nothing they could do. So I have a slick, razor thin useless piece of euipment, and the option of shelling out $100 for a post warantee replacement. Yea, me!
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Summary: To answer some stuff and a review
Review: I had the Rio Nitrus in a couple of days and have researched. It is very good, great memory, great options, inexpensive. First off those who get the upgrader screen Oh my gosh just use a paperclip or something tiny to push the rest button near the AC outlet. It works perfectly. Upgrader doesn't mean "Rio Nitrus is dead" If the player runs out of battery (permenentaly) use the AC adapter to run on AC instead of battery. Not portable but oh well.
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Summary: Not a reliable product - avoid
Review: 4 hours after purchase, my Rio Nitrus locked-up with the kiss of death message "upgrader". The unit refused to do anything (there was no fix to the problem) except display this message and actually generate heat! (not a good sign). Before it died, I did manage to load 5 albums and play one song. Needless to say, it was returned and I won't buy another one. In spite of other comments.... when it says "upgrader" it IS DEAD... no amount of paper clip resetting will fix this.
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Summary: Rio Nitris #1. Slim & Small 1.5 GB package + great features!
Review: I bought my Nitris on Ebay for $169.00 in September of 2003 and it has worked flawlessly ever since. I dont know why these other folks have had problems, I suspect that they either just got a bad unit or more likely used them improperly and crashed them. My roomate has an iRiver iHP-120, 20GB player and he thinks its just great. I think its waay too clunky for my taste. Plus I dont really need 20GB of storage. I mean he's like a fiend trying to fill that thing. Even after i have ripped all of our CDs to MP3 at like 256bit, he still cant fill that hog up. Like he really needs too, I mean he just looks for stuff to throw on it. what? like 1000 songs not enough for ya. I have like 30 CDs on my nitris, and I could still put more on it, but I dont realy need to, I am at peace with my little Nitris. It fits nicely in my shirt or pants pockets and has great sound and I didnt spend $399.00 for mine like he did. Its like that Cable TV AD for Dish network: Its just PIGGISH ! WHO LET THE PIGS IN !?!?!?? lmao..just kiddin. HAIL NITRIS! #1
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Summary: Did We All Get The Same Indian Lady?
Review: Like almost everyone else, I loved my Rio Nitrus with a passion UNTIL 35 days later ( 5 days too late for Best Buy to give a refund )when I reached the dreaded UPGRADER screen. This is where I stand now. I am trying to download the software upgrade since the firmware timed out and wouldnt load. If this doesnt work than the Indian Lady said to send it back and theyd replace it with a player that doesnt have my 365 songs and hours of invested time. For anyone looking for an mp3 player that wont break, THIS AINT IT.
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Summary: Great while it worked....
Review: Like many others have stated, the Rio Nitrus was great while it worked. I really liked it, but then three weeks into owning it, it deleted all my files, wouldn't hold a FW upgrade and just sat there clicking away. Customer Support stated that it was a "known problem with all harddrive-based devices" and that it would need to be returned for another one. Well, I returned it, but decided to spend $30 more and get the Dell DJ with 15x the capacity and with the Dell name. Hopefully, their "harddrive-based player" will not suffer from this "known problem."
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