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Rio Forge 256 MB Sport MP3 Player

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Rio Forge 256 MB Sport MP3 Player
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Average Buyer Rating: out of 5 stars
Sales Rank: 22208





Batteries Included: 1
Batteries: 1 AAA
Battery Description: 1 AAA
Binding: Electronics
Product Brand: Rio
Color: Silver
EAN: 0018258655859
Label: Rio
Product Manufacturer: Rio
Model: 90260558
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Rio
Ranking: 22208
Special Features: nv:Supported Formats^MP3|Internal Storage^256MB|Display Type^LCD|Interface^USB|Outputs^Earphones
Studio: Rio


Piece facts:
  • Sports-oriented digital audio player with stainless steel faceplate and protective rubber grip
  • 256 MB of flash memory for up to 4 hours of MP3 and 8 hours of WMA storage
  • Includes stopwatch, laptimer, and FM radio
  • SD expansion slot of up to an additional 1 GB of memory
  • Up to 20 hours of battery life



Player MP3 Sport MB 256 Forge Rio





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Rio Forge 256MB Sport MP3 Player 90260558 - The Rio Forge series is our latest generation of flash based sport players. The Forge was designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. The new design integrates the grippy, protective rubber from previous models with a new shiny stainless steel face plate for added durability. Up to 20 hours of battery life allow you hours of non-stop work out time. Comfortable Sport Clip earphones and a newly designed case with armband keep your player and music secure and accessible. Simple menus and intuitive controls make for easy one-handed operation. Stopwatch and Lap Timer make the Forge the ultimate gym or running companion.


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Testimonials
Average Buyer Rating: out of 5 stars

Buyer's feedback: 4 out of 5 stars - * Rio Forge - Great Price Totally Satisfied ...
My wife bought me this for Christmas. I love it. For the price it is hands down a far better value than an Ipod for my application. I needed something cheap, durable and expandable for working out and outdoor slave driving sweating dirty knock around stuff. This has totally held up to the punnishment. **Occasionally if I let the battery run out it will reverse the polarity and the unit won't work. All you have to do is put the battery in backwards and try to power it up. It will blink and you can hear a clunk in the headphones. Then put the battery back in properly and rock on... I thought the battery door was a little cheap and would break eventually but has held up well. I almost immediately lost the USB port dust cover but who can I blame for that? I love my Rio. I've tried to flat out wear this thing out and it is still ticking about 3 years now.


Buyer's feedback: 5 out of 5 stars - Nice product, really use full
I bought this mp3 player, for some personal reasons, the 1st, was cause I wanted to train on the gym, no need of too much songs, and a good look cause I dont like the slim actual mp3 players, it's a little tough look, good for a big strong gym trainer :p

Well, only thing, take care your screen, it could get broke ;)


Buyer's feedback: 4 out of 5 stars - * Poor until Software Upgrade - Now Great ! ! ! Best for books, podcasts, travel. ...
I feel bad so many have had bad experiences with the Forge. I've had mine since October 2005. It locked up at first, and Rio's phone-support folks directed me to firmware upgrade instructions. All has been near-perfect since then.

The expandable memory is perhaps the best feature. I load a few spare 128-meg cards with books and music, and use the on-board flash for daily podcasts.

You don't need to use Rio software, as your PC will recognize the unit as a new drive. Track play order is by ID tag data - delete all that if you want tracks sorted by file name. You can also select by artist, album, etc. Even play only internal or only MMC/SD .

The unique shape and raised button profile let you wear it in a shirt pocket and work the controls without looking. Perfect for the gym and outdoor work.

It's very podcast / audiobook friendly. Pause-to-powerdown lets you come back to the same part of a track. Same if the battery runs out. 9 bookmarks stay memorized even through a battery change. (although for some reason the date reverts back to 2005 when you replace the battery. I've given up setting the time and date for that reason. ) The search mode speeds up as you hold down the ff / rw button. You can speed through long tracks that way.

On the whole, it's very good and I'd buy it again. Can't find anything else that combines so many features for podcast, audiobook and music listening.


Buyer's feedback: 1 out of 5 stars - Not so good...
I got this player as a present and ever since, I have had alot of troubles with it!

First of all...within the same month, the player got so hot and the battery was scalding hot...and it melted parts of the plastic on the player!!! I NEVER throw away warrantees, but I must've thrown it out with the bag...so that was my horrid mistake! But I didn't expect it to get so hot that it melted plastic! I still do not know why it did this...

I was still able to play it however..but over time, it would shut off like others have said, and it would freeze and it would do weird things. I had to be a magician to get the dang thing to work!~

If I could just reiterate, I would not recommend this product due to product defects and the way that mine almost caught fire a few times!! Rio is no longer around...please take this as a clue in case you want to buy a used one!!!


Buyer's feedback: 4 out of 5 stars - * It's good enough for me ...
My first mp3 player. Well, I love it, i feel i have to, but only about 50 songs fit!!! and it is in black and white!!! well,might as well go into pro's and con's:
PRO'S:
Radio
Stopwatch
Software's good
Very affordable
Pocket-shaped
It's never given me problems, it's just inferior to others
CON'S:
Not much memory
Takes aaa batteries
Everytime the battery falls out/dies the clock resets
Black and white
Earphones broke in less than 6 months.
Weird shape
Conclusion: Good first time mp3 player, but you need lots of batteries, patience, and your own earphones.


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