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Rio Volt SP250 Personal CD Player

Rio Volt SP250 Personal CD Player

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  • CD-R/CD-RW Playback: CD-R/CD-RW
  • Anti Skip Buffer: 160 sec.
  • Bass Boost: With Bass Boost
  • Supported Formats: WMA MP3
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Feature Packed MP3 Player

byjumperless Mar 11, 2002
62 Helpfuls 63 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 2 Comments
Pros MP3 and WMA support, skip protection, accessories and more.
Cons Have to plug in to charge.
Recommended it? Yes

Music, I rely on it to get me through hours at the gym, long drives or quiet days at work. But I hate getting tired of lack of selection on the radio or listening to that same CD again because I forgot to change it out. Thankfully, there is the SonicBlue RioVolt SP250!

My fiance has... Read full review »

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SonicBlue RioVolt SP250 MP3 player... excellent but the competition is around the corner

byyusakugo Feb 24, 2002
60 Helpfuls 61 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros decent battery life, MP3 and WMA support, FM tuner, much improved LCD screen
Cons Still somewhat flimsy construction, radio reception ok, somewhat bulky
Recommended it? Yes

My oh my... how far the company now known as SONICBlue has come. Not too many years ago, it was known as S3 then as Diamond Multimedia and the company released the first portable MP3 player... the Rio flash MP3 player. A device that would prove to be revolutionary to the portable music field..... Read full review »

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What a MP3-CD Player should be!

bynad_masters Nov 25, 2002
19 Helpfuls 20 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros It does everything you'd expect a refined MP3-CD player would do.
Cons Large, expensive.
Recommended it? Yes

When MP3s debut, we already had MP3 encoders and decoders (players) on the PC, as this was where it orginated from. A highly compressed form of audio surfaced, and 28.8 - 56 kbps modem users rejoiced! Around 5 MB a song (and even less during times of low-birate encoding), MP3s were digestable by... Read full review »

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The RioVolt SP250: A Slightly Evolved MP3 Player

byahathaway May 28, 2002
17 Helpfuls 18 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 4 Comments
Pros Decent navigation, good ID3 tag handling, firmware upgradeable
Cons LCD interface a bit clunky, battery life perhaps overstated
Recommended it? Yes

Judging by reviews, the iRiver iMP-350 Slim X may become the CD/MP3 player of choice these days. It wins in the aesthetics department?no competition. But there remain many reasons to give Sonicblue?s RioVolt SP250 careful consideration.

NOTE: I?m not going to slavishly repeat the... Read full review »

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A Little Pricey But Worth It

byMitchellSmall Jun 6, 2002
16 Helpfuls 17 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Excellent Technical Quality
Cons Poorly Thought Out Carrying Case
Recommended it? Yes

I don?t have much experience to base my opinion on, but I have a hard time finding fault with the RioVolt SP250 CD Player. Previously, my experience with portable CD players was limited to the one I occasionally managed to pry away from my pre-teen daughter. I have a long distance bicycle event... Read full review »

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Rio Volt SP250

bydarkraptor Aug 11, 2002
12 Helpfuls 13 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Great anti-shock, versatile mp3 playback, ID3 tag reading, Back-lit LCD
Cons Short battery duration, special power outlet,
Recommended it? Yes

The Rio Volt Sp250...is the number one thing for anyone who is an avid music listener. First off, the style is decent. It's small and shaped so that it fits well into the palm of your hand, provided your hold it a specific way. (as can be expected of any). It is slightly larger than the average CD... Read full review »

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"The Portable Winamp"

bystinger839 Mar 10, 2002
11 Helpfuls 12 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros The perfect player for those with lots of mp3s and a burner
Cons If it breaks, you're out $200
Recommended it? Yes

If you've read my review of the Kodak DC3200 digital camera, you might remember that this past X-Mas, I was blessed with $500 to fo with as I pleased. I jumped back and forth between several options for about a month. In the end, I decided to go on several spending sprees at Circuit City, on Ebay,... Read full review »

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Great CD/MP3 player, nothing tops

byshadowkmg Jun 17, 2002
10 Helpfuls 11 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros functionality, support, skip protection
Cons NONE!
Recommended it? Yes

Overall there have been 2 mp3 players that have had my attention, and have been my favorite. The RioVolt, and the iPod are the 2 best players on the market. When I first started with the mp3 scene, I didnt want to stop listening to my 300+ cds, so I looked for a good mp3/cd player. This is the best... Read full review »

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This SONICblue Rio SP-250 ROCKS!

byChase_E. Apr 12, 2002
9 Helpfuls 10 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? 1 Comment
Pros Upgradeable, no extra memory cards to buy.
Cons What happens if an "update" fails to work?
Recommended it? Yes

There are scads of CD and MP3 players available today. Let me tell you why I bought the SONICblue Rio SP-250. For those of you who don?t know much about MP3 files, MP3s are really very much like highly compressed WAV files. WAV files are what Windows uses for sound. Store bought audio CDs hold up... Read full review »

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Evolution of the Volt

byakuhn Jan 22, 2003
8 Helpfuls 9 Helpfuls Was this review helpful? Comment
Pros Great compatibility, rechargable batteries, reliable.
Cons Display screen still too small, playlist features awkward to use.
Recommended it? Yes

Sonicblue's Rio Volt SP250 improves upon the already successful design of its predecessor, the Rio Volt SP100. However, the SP250 still shares some flaws of its inherent relative SP100. Here I will cover some of the changes between the SP100 and SP250. What's different - and what's still wrong... Read full review »

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