Unfortunately I was not able to get the expansion cards at the time this review was posted. These Range from 16 MB up to 64 MB in size. The RIO 500 has a slot for memory expansion with Smart Media cards on the top of the player. Welcome to the world of portable MP3`s!!! I Played two long sets which lasted about 1hr 45 min and had AEROSMITH blasting away through out. Being so compact in size it didn’t get in the way at all. I remember the day’s when I had a Discman and with one wrong move the music was a gonna!! I played a game of tennis wearing the Rio 500 through out and didn’t experience any skipping or fluttering what so ever. Since there are no moving parts in the MP3 player there is no restrictions in movement. With 3.59″ x 2.46″ x 0.74″ dimensions it’s smaller than my palm and weights under 3 ounces. I’m kind of used to all those ”wow’s and “cool man!!” comments now. The coolest experience was when I had to explain to 80% of the people I met what this little ‘thingy’ really is ….

It’s so tiny compared to a regular Walkman or Discman and it’s got the look & feel of a very ‘hi-tech’ gadgetry. So what was my first impression? Very cool!!.You can take my word for it.

Upgradeable firmware provides future compatibility.ĭiamond Rio 500The kit I received came complete with the Rio500 player, a Strong carrying case that has small pockets in the inside for the additional flash cards, earphones, USB cable and one AA battery.

Single AA battery for up to 13 hours of listening pleasure.

Audible Manager 2.0 software for spoken audio content.

Software included for downloading, organizing, creating and playback of digital audio files.

Bookmarking feature for repeatedly looping of tracks.

64 MB onboard memory, expendable with flash cards.

Skip and Flutter resistant due to non moving parts.

Windows 98 and Mac OS (iMac, G3) compatibility.

CD-ROM drive (for MP3 encoding from CD).

USB Port: Transfer Rate Up to 500Kb per second (USB speed) Blazingly fast transfers.

Slots: One battery slot One flash memory slot.

Battery: Single 1.5V AA alkaline battery.

Onboard Memory: 64MB Flash Memory Upgradable (SmartMedia cards).

( Rio 300,Rio500 & Rio 600) It comes in a handy, lightweight, compact package complete with 64 MB on board memory, which is expandable via Smart Media cards. The Rio 500 is the second in the range of Diamonds portable MP3 players.

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