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Summary: I've tried 2, both broke
Review: I had a Rio 600, two in fact. One broke, I returned it, and now the second one is broken. Everything in this review I found to be consistant with BOTH of them. First of all, the 32 MB it comes with is not nearly enough, the backback is essential. Second, the device will go through battery power even when the device is in the off position. I would put a new battery in, use it for an hour or two, turn it off, and the next time I would go to use it the battery would be dead. What I ended up doing was taking the battery out and only putting it into the device when I was ready to use it. A major pain in the a**. The final problem I had with BOTH of the devices I had was that after using it for about 3 months something would break that caused the audio output to be full of static. The songs would load fine (and play fine on my PC) they just would sound like garbage coming through the headphones. I tried anything I could think of...new headphones, new battery, formatting the memory, different songs, emailing their tech support (4 times...no response yet) and nothing worked. So it is currently sitting in a box waiting for someone from Rio to get back to me. My advice to anyone looking to get an MP3 player would be to stay away from this one.
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Summary: and got a rio volt
Review: I bought this 'cool rio' thinking is was going to be the end to my audio needs. I soon learned it was comparable to the title. It coulnd't handle the everyday use. Like say the backpack of a high school student. It broke within a month and rio wouldnt help me out. I'm not even gonna mention 32 mb of storage, and 64 mb upgrages cost as much as a new unit itself. I got smart and trashed that and got a rio volt. best sound investment ever.
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Summary: satisfied but
Review: I like it a lot, it dos not bother me that it only holds 6 to 8 snngs , but i cant seam to get any length of play time out of my batteries if i let it sit for a few days without use the battery goes dead.
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Summary: Is that the best you can do?
Review: At first, the Rio 600 seemed like a dream come true. It was very simple to transfer songs from the computer to the device. The only major problem(or so I thought)was that it used up a lot of AA batteries in one week. After about 3 months, I was no longer able to add songs to the Rio library, therefore making it so I could no longer listen to newly downloaded songs, only old ones. I could still transfer songs that I had downloaded before though. About a month later, I was unable to transfer any songs to the device. It said on my computer screen that the songs were being transferred, yet they failed to find their way to my player. Now, the mp3 player won't even turn on. I've tried putting in new batteries, but nothing will get it to turn back on. Too bad there wasn't a four month warranty.
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Summary: The Rio 600 is good but the program stinks
Review: When i was givin my rio i was really excited. I opened it and quickly download songs onto it from "NAPSTER". As soon as the songs were downloaded i started to listen. I had the same songs on it for a few weeks so i decided to change them. As soon as the songs were done i listened and ALL OF THE SONGS had big skips. i was really P/O so i tryed it again. This time half of the songs didn't even download and the ones that did had skips. Theats when i decided to reinstall it. when i reinstalled it, it wouldn't install. It came up with an error message saying that the cd was not working. so i checked for a scratch and there wasn't one. So now i am going to call rio and ask for a refund.
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Summary: Haven't had a problem so far :)
Review: I got this as a Christmas present December 2000, and have used it moderately throughout the whole time. Overall, it's a great mp3 player, and one of the cheaper ones out there (too bad it hasn't gone done in price at all it seems :(. It's compact, cool-looking, and durable (I accidentally dropped it over a 3 story balcony and it still works!). Beyond all the technical expandability stuff, I think the software is pretty good. It transfers the 32mb within 5 minutes on my computer (AMD-K6 400 with 64mb RAM only ;). Also, the software converts my cds into a more compact mp3 format than other programs I've used (but I don't really fiddle with the settings in them), and it sounds great. As a college studend and an athelete, I really appreciate how these mp3 players don't skip a beat (I've taken it on all our trips)! Some cons I've seen... well 32mb stores at most 1 hour of music, which is fine for me since I can listen to my music over and over again, but depends on your tolerance. I sometimes carry my CD player around just in case I get a craving for something else, but comparatively, the Rio is much easier to have around. Also, I don't change the music on it much, since I don't have access to my computer much (sometimes I don't go home for days), but again it depends on your situation. Otherwise, if you have some extra cash and easy access to your computer, I'd highly recommend the Rio 600. It's worked well for me so far. Oh, one more thing... I find that wrapping the earphone cords with it still attached will eventually expose some wires at connection (strain and stress and all that), so I take out the cord before I wrap it now... no biggy.
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Summary: Diamond Rio 600 stinks
Review: Well, I went and got one and the next day I suffered an electrical shock through my ear drums.To make matters worse the item stopped playing.How about calling customer service? Well, that was 2 months ago and still waiting for a call back.If you like waisting money on new toys like I did than buy it, if not keep using your CD player its all hype.Also, 32mb of music only amounts to 6 (4min) songs.
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Summary: The third time's the charm?
Review: My pre-teen son saved his money for quite some time to be able to buy himself an MP-3 player. He bought an open box Rio 600 the first time,(saved $25) and it never worked for more than 1 hour. There was either no sound or alot of crackling/popping sounds. Thinking that it was due to the open box or the headphones, we returned it and were able to exchange it for a new Rio 600 (and he bought new headphones). This one had the identical problems as well as a great deal of trouble turning off and on. Once again, we returned it. We decided that this couldn't possibly happen again, and tried one last time. Although, the power switch seemed lose,it worked for about a month, then the switch completely broke (you can hear the plastic rattling around inside). Tech support has been NO help at all, and my son has learned an important but expensive lesson...stick with a company which will support its products (not Sonicblue).
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Summary: Great Product - while it worked
Review: I have had the same experience with this player that others have written about regarding the higher end players. Everything was going along fine when suddenly the player emitted a high shriek and ceased to work. This problem is not documented at all and there is no way to troubleshoot it. Nothing fixes it and it is dead in the water....
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Summary: D.O.A.
Review: Dead on Arrival --Shouda listened to the other reviewers... Rio support was just ducky...said, "for $29.95 we can replace it" even though I had it only for 2 hours...oh well. I was able to return it through Apple...
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