Remanufactured Rio Carbon Pearl 5GB MP3 Player | List Price: $179.99
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Brand: RIO DIGITAL AUDIO
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Remanufactured to like-new condition; includes 90-day warranty
- 5 GB storage capacity holds up to 2500 songs, 80 hours of MP3 , or 160 hours WMA
- Plays MP3, WMA, copy-protected WMA (Plays For Sure) and Audible audio formats
- USB 2.0 for faster downloads; built-in microphone for voice recording
- Rechargeable battery offers up to 20 hours of battery life on a single charge
2 THUMBS WAY UP [Posted on 2005-12-15]
I love my Rio Carbon! It does everything I need it to - you can choose to listen by album, artist, year, etc and it will even shuffle according to album, artist, year or your entire library. The Pearl comes with a case that is a lot nicer than what comes with the other Carbons. The battery life is great and the software it comes with couldn't be easier. I like the Carbon way better than iPod because I don't have to convert my music to iTunes to get it on the device (not to mention it is a lot cheaper!). You really don't even need the software it comes with at all - drag and drop works just fine. The menus are easy to navigate and all the buttons are intuitively placed. There is also a lock feature which you can turn on to make sure you don't accidentally press any buttons. I don't have a CD player in my car, but my Carbon does the job just fine - I just plug in the tape adapter and it's all set to go. I guess the only bad thing about it is that there aren't many cool accessories for it - no stereo adaptors or anything fancy like that, but maybe eventually they will come up with some - I mean, they've got to keep up with the Jones', ya know? Again, I love my Carbon and definitely prefer it to iPod. The Rio Carbon rocks! (or countries, or hip-hops, or classicals, or whatever!)
Good stuff, with some caveats [Posted on 2006-02-24]
I bought this back in December so I've had a few months' use to reflect on.
This has been a solid buy and I was super-wary given that it's refurbished but it's performed very well - but not perfectly. First, however, the good:
1. Napster compatible. If you subscribe to Napster or Yahoo subscription services, this player works with them both.
2. Longish battery life. I find the battery indicator to be a little misleading - it never looks to be fully charged even when it is. That said, it goes a long time between charges.
3. Great sound. Let's not forget about that.
And here's the bad and indifferent:
1. Not so much with the multitasking. Once you've transferred music over to the Rio, don't do anything until the Rio's done finalizing or the player seems to go TILT and crash. It's like it can only handle one process at once. Not a big problem, just a minor, occasionally annoying wrinkle.
2. Rio software is a mess. Don't use it. You don't have to with all the other stuff out there (I've used Napster or simply transferred files through Windows file manager). Easy.
3. It isn't an iPod. Meaning, the battery life is strong, you can use Napster, you're not one of the herd, etc. But the user interface isn't nearly as sublime as iPod's.
Overall, I give it a very strong thumbs up. For the price, the size and the flexibility.
Like I said, good stuff.
rio carbon [Posted on 2006-05-06]
The rio carbon isn't the greatest mp3 player ive ever had but it does have a very large storage
Other than the large storage it has really bad battery it doesnt last very long
Along with the bad battery comes a few skips once and a while does anyone know why it skips its an mp3 player not a diskman it should not skip
The rio carbon also has no waranty after 30 days
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