Rio Forge Sport 256MB MP3 Player

256MB Internal Flash, SD/MMC - MPN: 90260558

Description: The Rio Forge was designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. The design integrates the grippy, protective rubber from previous models with a shiny stainless steel face plate for added durability. Up to 20 hours of battery life allows you ho... read more

The Rio Forge was designed for people that like to play hard and use music to play even harder. The design integrates the grippy, protective rubber from previous models with a shiny stainless steel face plate for added durability. Up to 20 hours of battery life allows you hours of non-stop workout time. Comfortable Sport Clip earphones and a redesigned 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 Rio Forge the ultimate gym or running companion. The FM record feature allows you to record radio content onto your player to listen to at a later time. minimize

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solituder from IA

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It is a very good MP3 player with built-in FM tune ...

Strengths:

Extendable to 1.25GB storage with SD card! Comes with Arm band and Ear Phone.

Weaknesses:

A little too large for the size. FM sometimes is not very clear.

Posted Jun 6, 2005 - It is a very good MP3 player with built-in FM tuner. The version I got came with built-in 256MB memory. But it can be extended to up to 1.25GB with SD card! It is nice to come with arm band and ear phone. The price is not too bad if RIO mgf $50 rebate comes as promised.

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alch from IA

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FM tuner is not good. Sound quality is great. Colo ...

Strengths:

upgradable memory size, fashion design and nice sound quality

Weaknesses:

easy to drop odd from arm baud, volumn control design is not good.

Posted May 31, 2005 - FM tuner is not good. Sound quality is great. Color options are limited. A little bit bigger than I think. Haven't met any flash problem as mentioned in many reviews so far, will see.

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leshan from AL

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This is a wonderful Mp3 player. Good shape, Execel ...

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Good

Weaknesses:

Good

Posted May 28, 2005 - This is a wonderful Mp3 player. Good shape, Execellent sound quantily. Good user software. The Forge is easy to use right out of the box, thanks to its straightforward user interface. The Menu button takes you into a list of main options, from which you can easily navigate through the player's many features. Playback options are plentiful; you can play all or sort by one of the nine other fields: Album, Artist, Genre, Track, Year, New Music, Playlist, Spoken Word, and FM Recordings. Unfortunately, you can't create playlists on the fly. The Settings sub-menu isn't lacking much either. Among other things, you can choose how you want the Hold switch applied (to all the controls or to just certain ones) and select from seven different equalizer settings: Custom, EQ Off, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Pop, and Trance. You can also bookmark up to nine tracks.

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Enthusiastic from MI

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An anecdote - one thing I noticed on my player was ...

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Pros: - Extendable memory - Looks great - Stopwatch - FM Radio - Easy to use menu - Good display - Good battery life - Software easy to install and use - Armband is good

Weaknesses:

Cons: - Headphones are cheap (good enough for running with though as they hook nicely over your ears) - Stopwatch only shows last two laps and takes a bit of getting used to - Carry clip needs to be bent into shape otherwise the player will fall out

Posted May 20, 2005 - An anecdote - one thing I noticed on my player was that you really have to push to get the headphones in all the way. I thought the player was broken as the sound quality was tinny and metallic - I was scouring the internet for hours to see if anyone else had experienced the same problem - I was about to send the thing back. Turns out I simply hadn't pushed the headphone jack in all the way. My friends still haven't let me live that one down...

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sabor from NV

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Feb 2005

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I am very satisfied with this mp3 player. The soun ...

Strengths:

battery life, sound quality, slick look

Weaknesses:

none so far

Posted May 2, 2005 - I am very satisfied with this mp3 player. The sound quality is very good and battry life is very high. The FM receiver is OK but I don't use it that much. I recommend it for every one.

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RickYoung from WI

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User has 60 Days of experience with this product

It worked fine for 2 months but than just quit wor ...

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Posted Apr 27, 2005 - It worked fine for 2 months but than just quit working. Product support has been non existant. Six weeks into the process and they are still telling me to send them information I sent the first day. Worst customer service I've ever had, doesn't even deserve 1 star.

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bluevalley

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It is a good mp3 player for sports generally. soun ...

Strengths:

great sound, compact and good for sports

Weaknesses:

headphone is not good as I expected

Posted Apr 18, 2005 - It is a good mp3 player for sports generally. sound is good, and easy to carry on. I like running vey much. That's exat the product I want.

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vt3057 from VA

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User has 3 Weeks of experience with this product

So far satisfied with this MP3 player. Work as exp ...

Strengths:

sound quality. expandable memory. Software is easy to install and use

Weaknesses:

The booklet should have info on how to use beltclip with the armband. The unit might be easily fall out.

Posted Apr 12, 2005 - So far satisfied with this MP3 player. Work as expected. Nice sound quality and design. Love the expandable memory function. Hope that it still function well after 1 month period and so on.

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wwlover from OH

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Mar 2005

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I like this MP3 player a lot. It's small, cute, a ...

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Small and cute

Weaknesses:

None

Posted Apr 6, 2005 - I like this MP3 player a lot. It's small, cute, and sport ready. The sound quality is excellent. And it's storage capacity can be extend to 1G with SD card.

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ghuan from OK

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This is definitely one of the best MP3 players out ...

Strengths:

Small size, unique shape, easy to control, additional memory slot (up to 1.25G total!), and FM tuner & recorder.

Weaknesses:

Might be too small for smoe people. No voice recorder. No color screen.

Posted Mar 24, 2005 - This is definitely one of the best MP3 players out there. It's smaller than most of its competitors. And it's unique shape beats those match box type MP3 players easily. Besides, it's easy to hold and control, plus decent battery life and expandable memory. You cannot go wrong with this product. Just make sure your hands are not too big for this tiny toy.

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lebice from VA

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