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Summary: S10 Ordered from J Wong
Review: Had a very favorable experience with purchase from J Wong. S10 arrived on time and was pleasently surprised when it arrived gift wrapped! J Wong is very concerned with customer satisfaction.
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Summary: memory's a joke -- don't believe the hype
Review: I'm a realy beginner with this stuff, so I bought this one, because it was cheap, or, "affordable." I thought seventy bucks was worth, as the package states, "2 hours'" worth of music. Well, this thing holds at best, an hour's worth, and that's if you save your files as WMA, not MP3, which are a lot bigger. It doesn't seem to recognize WAV files, only mp3s and WAM. So if you only have mp3s in your computer, you'll be lucky enough to fit eight or nine of them on here, which is certainly not two hours of music.I think it's a waste -- who the hecks wants to carry around ten songs around all day for seventy bucks, that's what cd players are for! -- and I'm going to sell this thing on ebay for as much as I can get and buy the ipod.
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Summary: Not an 'Out of the box' performer
Review: There are a few things you should expect when buying an inexpensive MP3 player, and a few unexpected things that cropped up for me. Should expect:
-Cheap earbud/headphones
-Generic alkaline battery enclosed (no big deal)
-Limited memory - you will need to buy expanded memory
-Transfer of songs is limited to the enclosed software so be prepared to waste battery life while downloading songs to the unit (thought battery life is very good otherwise)
-No programmable mode on unit so your songs play either in order or random
-The power button is a sliding type and can easily be moved while running or working out (not a good design for the active lifestyle) Things I learned the hard way (but may not characterize your experience):
-The included nylon case fits snug but also makes it difficult to read the display and even more difficult to reach the volume controls
-I purchased a 256MB SD-memory card which only works if you have a recently manufactured unit or if you can manage to update the unit via the website
-I bought some quality earbuds and the sound quality is still average despite the array of pre-set equalizer modes
-My unit worked beautifully the first few days, then I began to notice it was taking a while to power on
-Then it finally would not stay powered on; the music would start and would abruptly power-off seconds into the song
-I determined it is the power-switch which is especially sensitive on my unit
-I am going to request a repair/replacement through Sonicblue since I did not follow my own basic rule when buying any electronic device - ALWAYS PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY
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Summary: Still good, but since price drop go for Rio S50
Review: When I got the unit last Christmas it was 129.99 and it was great for the price. I still have it today and it works great, and I can get about 25 songs on it which is enough for me. A well informed LCD with Progress Meter, Song Name, Artist, Album, Track Number, Time remaining/elapsed, battery, time shows. Good options such as 7 preset equalizer modes and custom bass & treble, stopwatch, clock. Only complaint is that the player doesn't have a playlist editor built in. Thats where the software that comes with the unit comes in. It is easy to use but very basic. What they mean by custom playlists is that you make playlists on the software. I was hoping you could make custom playlists on the player itself, which is included in some other players. But its not a big deal because the software is fast and easy. But since Christmas its price has been cut in half, and its replicate, the Rio S50(which was 179.99 when I got the S1) with twice as much memory and FM radio has gone a little below the old S10 Price Range, which is now only 100 dollars. So for twice as much memory, and a radio, go with the S50. But if you dont have 100 dollars, go for the 70 dollar S10, its a great value and a great, durable player.
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Summary: The Best Low Cost MP3 Player in the World !!!
Review: I consider myself the most logical consumer of personal electronics in the world! So when I give this Rio S10 MP3 player 5 stars and hail it as the best low cost MP3 player in the world... I am not doing so emotionally or without reason. I have studied all of the current models from all the different brands and I have even purchased many of the them. Some are good... most are just OK... But this Rio S10 has the absolutely "BEST COMBINATION" of functions, features, sound quality, size, power efficiency, ergonomics, convenience, and PRICE! The only untested aspect of this little marvel is longevity (since I have only owned the S10 for one month now). I will be sure to report any problems that I experience once they occur. Until then, in my humble opinion, I will continue to believe that the Rio S10 is truly the World's Greatest Low Cost MP3 Player !!!
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Summary: Don't Buy This!
Review: I've had to replace the Rio S10 MP3 player once already this year and now the replaced unit is malfunctioning. I use the player while working out and bought it to replace my bulkier CD player. But I'm going back to my Philips 45 ESP Jogproof CD player -- the sound quality is much better and I've had no problems with it (purchased 2 years ago).
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Summary: no customer support
Review: I bought a RIO600. It never worked. I have been trying to resolve this problem for two months. ABSOLUTELY NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT!!! BUYER BEWARE
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Summary: I want to steal this from my daughter. . .
Review: After watching my daughter (8 years old) fumble around with my portable CD player and her CD's, I mentioned that we should get her an mp3 player so she can listen to her music and not have to carry so much stuff around. I did a lot of research and settled on the Rio S10 for price. There was too much of a difference in price for the S30. I needed to make sure that whatever I bought would take SD Ram as I have a PocketPC that uses SD Ram and I wanted to be able to share between the two. I bought this player and a 256MB card. If there are any complaints it is that you cannot simply copy files to the SD Card directly. You have to either use the included SonicBlue software or even better, if you have Windows Media player 9, download the Rio plugin and you can copy your playlists directly from Media Player. With all the memory, we were able to store about 6 CD's worth of music using .wma format at 128kbps encoding, which gives pretty good quality. The earbuds were too big for my daughter so she is using a cheap pair of headphones, but audio quality is not an issue for her. I took the ear buds and used them with my Pocket PC and they are pretty good. A little light on the base, but pretty decent compared to the $30 buds I had previously. This is a pretty durable little device and I would recommend it to anyone provided you expect to add additional memory (+ ~$80). ** Update 24 Jan 2004 **
We had an mp3 player *crash* within the first hour of a 25 hour drive down to Florida back in October. The player was stuck in some kind of flash update program and would not play anything. It was rather upsetting. I called J&R to get the phone number for Rio's tech support (while driving a motorhome). Rio's tech support was able to tell me that I needed to update the firmware, something that we could not do on our trip. Once we got back I updated the firmware and all is well. A warning that you need to be on the Latest version of the firmware or you could get some wierd errors.
Otherwise, my daughter (who is fast approaching nine now) loves this. She takes it with her on the bus in the morning (has to keep it in her backpack during the day) and then listens on the ride home. She keeps it handy to bring along for long rides. I cannot tell you how great that is for the rest of the family. We use rechargeable NiMh batteries and I think she goes about a week or two between charges. The controls are simple, there is nothing overly complex about it. Whenever we update the music (which is not often) I usually add some of 'my' music in there to broaden her musical universe. To date she is unsure of Night Ranger... I decided to update this because my 6-year-old was 'jamming out' to baa baa black sheep today on an old walkman-type tape player. In the past two weeks, I have come home to cassette tape confetti and tears (still amazes me how much tape is in one cassette). I really like the "maintenance free" quality of this mp3 player (looking past the long trip upgrade problem). I am most likely going to snag another rio, I am sure I can fit a ton of kids songs on the 64MB internal memory alone. . . 15 Mar 2004 ** UPDATE ** Time has taken its toll on this player. The Four position has stopped working in the Up position (Play). Sometimes it doesn't even turn on (my daughter has discovered that you can slap it a few times and it will come on). The switch feels broken. It feels like a spring of some sorts has slipped inside. I've thought about opening it up but decided against it. My daughter still uses this a lot (every day). It is always in its protective case and has never been dropped (or at least she claims). I am looking on eBay for a cheap S50 to replace this one. I never did get another one for my youngest daughter [yet].
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Summary: Rio elnumbro Uno
Review: I just received this mp3 player today and i am listening to it now. GREAT mp3 player i dont know why anyone would write a bad comment about this thing it has 64mb onboard memory which is expandable w/ mmc/sd cards, very small and lightweight, 1 AA battery lasts over 30 hours, what more could u ask for when paying only [itme price] come on. Ive read how people are [upset] cuz it only comes with 64mb onboard mem. and how they could only fit like 14 songs on it. Well have u tried compressing them??? Ive compressed 30 songs with MP3Converter to WMA @ 64kb/s which is equivellent to a Mp3 @ 128kb/s and the sound is awsome! I would highly recommend this product to the person with a life that just wants to have a bada$$ mp3 player, but if u dont have a life and have 300million mp3's that u listen to every second of the day go for the Ipod $400+ :)
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Summary: simple!
Review: I am a novice. I had tried 2 other brands and was unable to transfer my music after cussing and asking for help I discovered could not download from realplayer where all my music was stored I was told download this,that and something else convert this,drag and drop here.I threw my hands up and gave 1 away and returned the other. I really wanted one so decided to try one more time I ordered the RioS10,I received it and fought to get it out of the packaging,and within 45 minutes I was listening to my music,installing the software was simple,plugged in the usb and selected my songs,clicked on transfer and bingo done! The hardest was getting out of the packaging.The only draw back was the ear buds I did not like the sound or the fit so replaced them with others and I am totally happy. If I can do this any one can.
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