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Summary: PPPHHHHBBBBTTTT!!!!!!!
Review: I can't believe I bought this thing. The holder is of very poor design (cannot manipulate buttons easily) and the clip broke after 2 months of use (no accessory source to replace). Now, like the other reviewer, I must hold the thing in my hand while running (kind of defeats the purpose of "sport" player doesnt it?) I don't care what anyone says, the radio stinks pure and simple. I am going to try to take it back to the store I bought it at but am not real confident. In any event, no more RIO products for me.
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Summary: works great for me!
Review: Well this is the only mp3 player I have ever owned, but it works great for me. I have had no troubles with it ever and I have been using it over a year while snowboarding, running, walking, biking. I did have to get new the headphones because the ones that came with it are bad and uncomfortable, but I got some at Walmart for about $8 that work great.
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Summary: THIS PRODUCT IS OKAY!
Review: Ok, I have some pros, some cons. we will start tith the pros.1. The fact that it runs on only 1 AAA battery is amazing!
2. It comes with a wristband and a nice carrying case.
3. Very small.
4. Very light.
5. Organized, detailed screen, including the song, who wrote the song, etc.
6. Has a built-in stopwatch, the time and the date.
7. Easy to operate and fits nicely in your hand.
8. Although other people say they are, the earphones are NOT cheap.
9. It comes in a stylish red color. 10. Has a neat power saving feature and a volume control where you can see the volume its at.
11. Has a power saving feature.
12. A flexible belt clip.
13. Easy-to-use MP3 software. I mean REAL easy!
14. EXTREMELY durable. Can withstand the elements.
15. It can store a good amount of songs on it.
16. The songs don't skip
17. It has the best sound quality i've ever seen.
18. It's not expensive at all! At Amazon and Costco it is $80!
19. The earphone wires dont get tangled up easily. 20. It is not covered in stickers.
21. It has a nice and wide screen.
22. The screen lights up when you press a button.
23. A lot of features are customizable. Cons:
1. The case is IMPOSSIBLE to get off.
2. The stop button is triggered by the slightest touch so when you bump into something your song starts over.
3. The case makes it impossible to push the buttons (well not impossible, just hard).
4. Unless you upgrade it, if you dowload all the songs it can hold onto it, it reduces the sound quality.
5. The radio is not that good and its volume is twice as loud. OVERALL A GOOD PRODUCT AND WORTH BUYING
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Summary: Y'all are overreacting
Review: After mulling over the mp3 universe I bought this unit at Sam's Club for $89. It comes with a 32 mmc memory card for a combined memory of 160 rams. Plus I can use different mmc cards for infinite expansion, so to speak. I knew what I was getting into when I bought this unit. I decided that there's no way getting around buying 2 mp3 players. One hd-based for storing large quantities of music, like an ipod, and another cheaper unit for jogging and moving around. The rio s35s seemed like a good option for exercise. So far I'm not disappointed. The sound is fantastic. I LIKE the included headphones--why is everybody complaining about them? The radio reception is adequate. (I tried another pair of headphones laying around and that weakened the radio signal). When the lcd backlight is on that causes an annoying hum in the radio, but when the light goes off after 5 seconds the hum disappears. Also the firmware update notes promises to improve the radio quality--maybe that's helping mine. I still might return this unit to the store, but not because of any inherent flaws. I think it might be worth it to spend a little more to get a player with a voice recorder, like the iRiver or MPIO. (Last night, I was playing with the unit when my 19-month old daughter started telling stories--it would have been fantastic to just to turn it on and RECORD!) Also, it would be nice to be able to transfer files directly to the player without the go-between of the proprietary software (which is not as bad as everyone is saying, by the way). All in all, the player has delivered everything that i expected of it, and it's excellent sound quality has even pleasantly surprised me. I'm listening to the Clash's "Complete Control" right this instant and I'm amazed at how crisp, clear and LOUD it is! epilogue: I did take it back and got an MPIO FL100 for about twice the price. I'll write a new review of this player.
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Summary: Lightweight Player, but flimsy, poorly designed - pain in *
Review: I own an iPod. I love it, but I don't like to take it running, too heavy, and if I drop it, oh no! So I bought this hunk of red plastic. It is definitely lightweight. But the buttons activate at the slightest touch, on a Windows machine it randomly connects via the USB cable or doesn't. It *DOES* work with iTunes, but only if you convert your songs to MP3 or WMA (which you cannot do with purchased music - protected AAC). The little carry case that comes with it *SEEMS* like a good idea. However, it's nearly impossible to remove it (I am afraid of tearing the player in half doing so), and it's so poorly desgined that I can't really push the buttons while it's in the case. AND, if I don't use the case, the battery/storage cover keeps falling off. Don't waste your money. If you can afford the iPod mini - go for it. Otherwise look elsewhere for your lightweight and compact sport digital music player.
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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: Unit constantly shuts itself off and loses tracks, even with a brand new battery. Doesn't fit in belt clip case provided by manufacturer. Comes with iTunes software, but isn't compatible with iTunes. And to add insult to injury, you can't return it to the store once you've opened it. You have to jump through hoops to return it directly to the manufacturer. In short, save your money, this thing isn't worth it. Either go all out and get the ipod or go with a great mp3 alternative--a Sony Net MD player.
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Summary: Nice Features and Design
Review: I bought this for my wife in December and she loves it. She works out at the gym 4 days a week. this little device is among the upper tier of MP3 players out there. Yes there are other players, but they all have their own problems as well. The Rio S35S does a great job of getting people who aren't really computer literate. My wife is not so computer savvy, but she has managed to easily learn how to upload music into the player from our home PC. The software Rio provides is well designed for novices in mind. it has never crashed my PC, so anyone here complaining about software bugs may actually have their own unique hardware problems. The software really makes it simple to add or remove songs from the player. As far as the build quality of the player.. excellent. All the buttons and casing textures feel very sturdy and well built. However, the same cannot be said for the headphones (my wife replaced them). Also, although the device holster looks and feels cool because it is made of a rubberized plastic material, it is a tremendous pain to get off the unit. And when it is on, it is difficult to get it aligned with some of the side controls. Playback quality is excellent, among the best in the business, and that includes the iPod. As far as "background noise" with the FM Tuner, I haven't noticed that at all. Might be a defective unit a user here had. If you are not super-computer savvy and want Lexus-level build quality, this is the player for you. if you are a computer geek who wants to use your own software like Windows Media Player, iTunes, or Real Player to manage your playlist and see the device as a "hard drive", I would suggest you shell out the extra $200 for an iPod.
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Summary: Boy I wish I had read these reviews first
Review: I bought mine at Costco on impulse and THEN I read the reviews here to see why this sucks. I agree with the bad reviews. The FM stinks, lots of static, the holder doesn't align with the buttons and the songs are played in the wrong order. I have a Nomad II but didn't want to spend the money on a SmartCard to get more songs on it and an arm band and... So I bought the S35S when I saw it starts with 128 had the arm band and was half the size. I kinda liked the headphones, they hold on to me nicely. The only reason I gave it 2 stars.
Oh well back to the drawing board. It's going back. Save your money, I'm still reading, maybe I can find a better choice, this time.
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Summary: a piece of plastic junk
Review: whatever you do, do not drop this piece of crap mp3 player, it will break on you. First time i did this was within the 30-day garuantee from the store i bought it in, but recently i dropped it again and it become totally busted for the second time. sport my ass this thing couldn't handle running. It would periodically reset itself while i was running. do not waste you money on this piece of junk.
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Summary: Not What You Want
Review: I have had nothing but trouble with my Rio Sport. First of all the internal memeory dosent really hold that many songs. You might get 33 songs on it and it will be full. I purchased another 128MB stick and that lets me get another 33 songs on it. I have gone through one battery after another it just eats them up. The power button has had a mind of its own and doesn't want to turn on sometimes and other times wont shut off. Then the internal memory just wont play on mine. I have 33 songs on it and it can only find the songs that I have on my memory stick and when I connect it to the software it shows full but no songs on there to delete. So I have an internal memory that is useless. Get a player that costs more and holds more songs because after you get the memory stick to add you will end up spending more and still end up with less music. The headphones that come with it are also worthless and uncomfortable so you will buy new ones of those also.
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