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Summary: sp90
Review: i like this player, but i had it for 2 years, and now i want to get an iPod.. but i doubt that the iPod will have as good bass as the SP90 Earbuds, i was wondering if anyone had any recomendations on what are some other good sounding earbuds or headphones, ps. my rio volt also doesnt play cds like it used to and it skips like crazy even if you go for a walk.
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Summary: Excellent, but not good for something to take while jogging.
Review: I got this about 3 years ago and it's always worked wonderfully well. If you are transfering from one of those standard portable cd players with cds that hold around 15 songs, then you won't want to go back if you buy this. With mp3 format, you can go from that 15 songs to over 200, without losing cd quality. Keep in mind that some downloads may have low quality, so if you are unsatisfied with a track, it's probably not the player. If you shake it around alot(like when jogging), then you will have trouble with skipping. Thats the reason for the 4/5. Also, I don't recommend using this with heavy duty batteries because it will only last about 1 1/2 - 2 hours. I do recommend purchasing rechargable Nimh batteries, as they last around 30 hours. This also comes with a car adapter which allows you to play your cd player through the car speakers if you have a cassette player on your vehicle.
I hope you enjoy yours as much as I have mine.
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Summary: Low battery life, not many other problems
Review: Whoever says that this thing has amazing battery life probably doesn't own a RioVolt. They must be reading the product manual and just regurgitating it out there. The battery life on the sp90 is somewhere between 3 to 5 hours. It is nowhere near the 15 hours that they claim. However, I have had no problems playing CDs or mp3s, and no problems with skip (haven't really used it during exercise.) It's nice to have around and you can just switch around your mixes by changing CDs, which is nice.
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Summary: RioVolt sp90
Review: This player works well as a cd player. After 7 months it suddenly says "no disc" sounds like it is a common problem.....any advise ??? should I just toss it...
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Summary: great
Review: I bought the sp 100 wich is just like it and ive had it for 2 and a half years. It works great. Just make sure u dont loose acdc adapter o ull spend more on batteries then the actual thing. Im thinkin about gettn a real mp3 player tho. Like the i pod 15gb. In my opinion thats the best there is.
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Summary: SPEND MORE MONEY ON BATTERIES THAN CD PLAYER
Review: This was my first CD mp3 player that I purchased. If you are thinking about buying this CD player maybe look at getting something else, beacause of many things:
1- It has horrible batterie life due to the large screen and the moving text.2- It can not play small CD RW's. It starts to play it but skips like crazy!!! When went to web site and called the custumer service was horrible. For these reasons I ended up purchasing a SONY CD/MP3/ATRAC/FM/AM/TV/Weather for about 90 dollars. With this you can burn a CD with over 500 songs on it and the batteries will last days and days of continuded playing. DON'T GET THIS PRODUCT LOOK AROUND!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Great Little Player
Review: Awesome little player. To touch on a few points brought up about it:
1) It eats batteries, Yes when you are playing STANDARD CDs, however, if you are playing an MP3 CD you made yourself it plays for hours 2) Anti shock for standard CDs is good. Not so good for MP3 CDs. 3) I've dropped mine several times and have yet to have a problem with it. I would reccomend it to anyone that wanted a player that could do both, I love mine to death and have had it a year now.
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Summary: Finicky, eats batteries, then dies for good.
Review: I have been thrilled to have an MP3 player and this one did the job - for a few months. Yes, it went through batteries every 3-4 hours, but I got some NiMh rechargables and was not too unhappy to change them. I bought a radio shack power adapter, but it would not work right with it. Too finicky. And it seems to have no skip protection for MP3. I used it in my car, but on bumpy highways it would not work. Now it is 7 months old and has suddenly failed. It keeps saying "no disc" no matter what disc I use. I went to the Sonicblue site and found this problem in the Frequently asked questions, so I know it's a common problem. I tried to find out about repair, but that part of the site is missing. So, I now must buy another player and toss this one. Some people may have had better luck, but I think that it would be a big risk to buy from this company or any future version of them.
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Summary: It served me well...
Review: This was my first MP3 player that I used. I got a Nomad Jukebox (I think it was the first one released...)for Christmas, and it wouldn't connect to my computer. I decided that I didn't want a hard drive mp3 player and took it back. The Rio Volt was sitting in the display case at Comp USA, so I bought it. I think I payed $[$$] for it (it was a 1.5 years ago), which was better than the Nomad. It was easy to use, just burn the mp3s onto a CD. It took a while to load the disk, and it felt kinda heavy. The navigation was frustrating, but it worked. The battery life is amazing on this thing! I think two AAs would last me 20+ hours, which is much better than the 8 hours I get on my 10gb iPod. If you are looking for a[n inexpensive] and easy way to get into mp3s, and have a CD burner (who doesn't these days?), look no further than the Rio Volt. p.s. if you can fork over the cash, an iPod would be a much wiser investment.
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Summary: Strictly for light use
Review: I bought this this player on a budget after doing a lot of research on it. I might have waitied and got the sp-250 but i would have lived. FIRST, DO NOT buy this player if you're a sloppy person who might drop it a few times. Mine fell on a carpet from 2.5 feet, and it has not worked without exhaustively shaking and messing around with it. SO don't ever bother jogging with it either. IF you want the bare-bones player that basically plays a god-damn CD, then buy this, don't expect too much with user functionality though, there are EQ settings, i like bass, but the U-Bass feature had too much bass and the rock feature didn't have enough. Despite that, the sound quality is still decent. Dont forget, this doesnt have all sorts of fancy bells and whistels, very very very basic functions. But still a good budget choice. 3/5
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