That's the mp3 player, not the country singer. I don't know what came over
me, but I went out and bought a Rio player at Comp USA today. Well, I do
know what came over me, and if you must know, I subconsciously thought that a
new gadget would soothe the problems in my love life. Anywho, I was not very
impressed. I bought the thing because it is the only player out there that
uses Smartmedia flash cards instead of the more popular compact flash. I
already had a couple of these cards on hand for my digital camera. The card
needed to be formatted to be used in the Rio, so I formatted. I tried to put
several tracks from the free internet-only album by the greatest band on
earth, Self (www.dreamworksrecords.com/self). However, little Mr. Rio told
me that the files were "first generation copies" and could not be placed on
the player. Rubbish, I say! The tracks were meant to be freely
distributed!! When I finally got a different track recorded, I was also none
too impressed with the sound. And the volume was absolutley pitiful. I'm
returning the Rio tommorrow (grumbling all the way about CompUSA's 15% open
box charge). But you wanna know the best part? The $99 Smartmedia card I
formatted is now pemanently unusable in anything other than a Rio player, a
fact that the instructions failed to mention. Wonderful, n'est-ce pas? I
sent a letter to Diamond tech support and am eagerly awaiting to see what
there reply will be. If the words "new smartmedia card" are not included, I
am going to be ROYALLY pissed off. The moral of this story? Stick to
minidisc, and bash Diamond execs with sticks if you ever see them.
Gary
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