Rio Chiba 256 MB MP3 Player

Rio Chiba 256 MB MP3 Player

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Sophisticated inside and out, the mellow Chiba 256 brings over 60 songs* in style. The tight, original design houses a full set of features like an FM tuner, a big, backlit LCD and a 5-Band Adjustable Equalizer. Rubberized grip and simple controls keep your playback fumble-free. Add a memory card to the expansion slot for extra hours of smooth listening pleasure.

Features

256 MB of memory plays back over 4 hours of MP3 or 8 hours of WMA music (over 60 MP3 or 120 WMA songs)*

Expansion slot to add up to 512MB additional memory using SD or MMC cards (sold separately)

USB 1.1 connects to almost any computer

Transfer content between multiple PCs

18-hour continuous playback using one Energizer AAA Battery

5-Band Adjustable Equalizer with pre-sets

Box contents

Rio Chiba 256

Carrying Case with Belt Clip

Sennheiser MX300 Earbuds

1 Energizer AAA Alkaline Battery

USB Cable

Installation Disk

Quick Start Guide

Warranty Card

System requirements

Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP, Mac OS X

Intel Pentium II 233 MHz or equivalent

64 MB RAM

35 MB available hard drive space

USB port

CD-ROM drive

Warranty
90 day limited

*At 128 kbps MP3, 64 kbps WMA

Product Description:
The sleek black Rio Chiba 256MB MP3 Player looks cool and sounds great through the included Sennheiser MX300 earbuds. With 256MB of memory you can enjoy more than 4 hours of MP3 (about 60 songs) or 8 hours of WMA (about 120 songs) music. Features: carrying case with belt clip; expandable memory up 512MB using SD or MMC cards (sold separately); FM tuner; USB cable; installation disk; quick start guide; connection to almost any computer; transfer of content between multiple PCs; 18-hour continuous playback and 5-band adjustable equalizer with presets. Songs purchased from Napster 2.0 are compatible with Rio portables. Please use the Rio Music Manager or the Windows Media Player 9 to transfer songs purchased from Napster 2.0 to your Rio. Napster 2.0 Client users can also use the free Napster Plug-In for the Windows Media Player 9 for an integrated experience. Available storage capacity may vary.

Rio Chiba 256 MB MP3 Player
Average customer rating:

Good for first MP3 players

Rio Chiba 128M The Best!

Poop in four months

Nice MP3 for the price

5 Stars for the unit... 1 star for Rio's Customer service

Rio Chiba 256 MB MP3 Player

Manufacturer: Digital Networks N.A.
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

256 MB of memory plays back over 4 hours of MP3 or 8 hours of WMA music

Secure Digital card/MMC expansion slot provides up to 512 MB of additional memory

Built-in FM Tuner

18-hour continuous playback using one AAA battery

Compatible with computers with USB 1.1 ports running Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP, Mac OS X

ASIN: B0000AQIFX
Release Date: 2003-08-21

Product Description

Sophisticated inside and out, the mellow Chiba 256 brings over 120 songs in style. The tight, original design houses a full set of features like an FM tuner, a big, backlit LCD and a 5-Band Adjustable Equalizer. Rubberized grip and simple controls keep your playback fumble-free. Add a memory card to the expansion slot for extra hours of smooth listening pleasure.

Customer Reviews:

Good for first MP3 players.......2006-06-02

The Rio Chiba was the very MP3 player I've ever gotten and it was pretty good, though I did have some issues with the software. The sound was good and it held a large amount of songs. The Rio fits into pockets and purses comfortably so the size is not an issue. In short, the Rio is great for beginners to the world of MP3s. I have an iPOD now and it isn't even comparable so I wouldn't recommend this to you if you've had a good MP3 player in the past. For the price, this is a fairly good MP3 player.

Rio Chiba 128M The Best!.......2006-01-26

I have bought over 5 mp3 players in the past year and my pride en joy is my rio.

I bought my 128mb Chiba off of ebay for about 40$ Refurbished, it looked brand new, and the support of these products is amazing. I had a 30 warrentee on it.

I accidently stepped on it, and messed up the joystick. So I called up RIO and I sent it off, and got a new/used refurbished one in 3 days. They even paid for my shipping. Also I upgraded the firmware.

Right now I have 512mb SD card in it. Works great. Sounds Amazing. Of couse it depends what kbs you compress the origonals down to.

Poop in four months.......2005-12-13

This mp3 player worked great for about four months. Then I dropped it about three feet onto soft carpet. Now it is a handy electronic device that can only display the word "Upgrader" when turned on. Rio customer support is terrible. After the warranty period of three months they wanted to charge me $100 to fix it, and they still wouldn't guarantee it. Their support gave predictable, repetitive advice that only tangently related to my problem. And I was also able to find more than a few other people with the SAME EXACT PROBLEM! I was not able to get a live response to my problem.

So I decided to try to fix it myself, by opening it up (voiding the warranty, but that is null at this point). Now I can get it to respond while the USB cord is plugged in. As far as a portable, mobile mp3 player goes - Nope.

I would never buy another product from Rio. Not because their cheap mp3 player is cheap, but because they do not support their products. I would be highly concerned that they would have the same terrible customer support should anything happen to ANY of their products.

Nice MP3 for the price.......2005-11-10

I can't complain about the product since I only paid $49.99 at Overstock(Sorry Amazon) and for an extra $6 I was able to get a 2 year extended warranty. Bought one for my daughter and my husband. I have yet to give it to them as I am waiting for Christmas, but I know they will both be thrilled. It is a great gift for a 10 yr old and a 38 yr old! I knew my 10 yr old would not need a player that was more than 256mb but my husband might. I am pleased that you can use an SD card to expand the memory. Since I already have some of those kicking around from other digital products, my husband will be all set!

5 Stars for the unit... 1 star for Rio's Customer service.......2005-09-07

I would have to agree completely that the unit is practical, light, compact and sounds very nice considering the size and prize range... The watchout: the Rio Music manager software can't encode mp3 songs unless you download an upgrade from the net which you can do only three times, so, if you change your computer or just want to install it more than three times you might as well forget about using mp3's.
Oh, calling customer service? right... I've been waiting for an answer 10 days and counting.

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