Diamond Rio PMP500

Approval Rate: 99%

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    farrieta

    Thu Feb 20 2003

    I love this thing, been using it with my Win 98 with RealOne player and it works great. I've since upgraded to a Win 2000 machine and I cannot get the music to play. Transfers fine using RealOne but cannot listen.Any suggestions is much apreciated.

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    jcmagua

    Thu Jan 25 2001

    I used one that a friend had bought. I liked the way it worked, very straight forward. I didn't have to read anything to get it to work. Lots of playback time. But my main reason for liking it so much was the ease of use.

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    phaley

    Mon Jan 15 2001

    The Diamond Rio 500 is great. It beats out almost all other portable media; small size, track selectability, and customizable memory combined with the fact that it records music from your computer fast.

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    candee

    Fri Jan 12 2001

    Diamond's product line is in the mid-range compared to other MP3's. The style is pretty good and it allows us to have interchangeable covers. It's internal memory has about 32MB, so for the mid-range price it is reasonable.

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    riceboy

    Mon Jan 08 2001

    While MP3 players are a bad idea generally (Mini Disc players are the same price and use cheap media), this is a solid machine and the software it comes with is decent enough (although Winamp is a better player).

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    superman_at_davis

    Mon Jan 08 2001

    Why buy this when you can get an MP3 CD player for $100? The capacity is weak. With an MP3 CD player you can fit like ten albums on one CD. Don't waste the extra money for less goods.

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    storf3c9

    Tue Dec 19 2000

    Diamond's Rio 500 is the successor of its little brother the 300PMP and excels in many areas. First of all, it's a USB device, overall is great. Unlike the 300, it works with Windows 2000, ME and 9X without usage of 3rd party applications. The standard management software is easy to use, but not the best there is for power users. If you have Win. ME, use Windows Media Player instead. The devices interface is easy to use and intuitively designed. Music can be sorted according to genres via folders and random use/repeat modes that adds a lot of variety to the songs stored on the 64 MB built in card.

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    malkou

    Mon Nov 27 2000

    The Rio is getting better from where it used to be, but it still needs to have more memory storage. It's too expensive when I spend a few hundred dollars on it and then have to purchase more hardware just to have a little more storage.

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    kennyh

    Fri Nov 24 2000

    Excellent player, I would have given it a 5 if the battery life were longer.

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    tv12bo

    Tue Nov 21 2000

    This MP3 player is tight. I got mine three months ago and its hella worth the money. The features on the player are nice as well. It's easy to use and easy to carry around.

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    intoxicated

    Tue Nov 21 2000

    I think this MP3 player is pretty good. It holds about 15-18 Megs of music and the good thing about it is that it is very durable. You can run with it or shake it and it won't skip like CDs or MDs. It was one of the original models. I like it.

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    heavenlyman99

    Mon Nov 20 2000

    It can't be beaten by the competition in the market right now. New and compact edition is very comfortable to carry around in a bag or backpack. Many prefer to put it in the their own pockets.

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    evan98cc

    Thu Nov 16 2000

    I really think the MP3 player is cool. My Rio is quick, reliable and everybody thinks it's cool. The only downside is that cards to put more music on are expensive, and you can only store like 15 songs.

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    pimpin

    Wed Nov 15 2000

    It's the best! That's all that needs to be said. It's recording time is great. The sound is amazing, and the fact that it is portable is even better.

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    docalot

    Mon Nov 13 2000

    Very good player, quick, doesn't take a long time to load. Portable with good sound. Distraction does not occur, can take it in the car, perfect for excercising with.

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    nravanera

    Thu Nov 09 2000

    Good MP3 Player. Great sound, good volume, should have been louder. Louder is better. Nice color scheme too.

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    bebegurl

    Wed Nov 08 2000

    This MP3 player is tight because you can download a lot on it. Has a good battery life also.

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    me143420

    Wed Nov 08 2000

    The sound is clear with no distortion. Quality.

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    jangd92d

    Mon Nov 06 2000

    I like the design because it is slim and very portable, but the smaller something is, the easier it will be lost. Whoever created the MP3 player is a genius. I gave it a four because I prefer the Sony Walking stick over this.

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    johnhs

    Thu Nov 02 2000

    Small and light, nice finish, cool design, great display. A bit pricey and needs more memory, but compare it to other MP3 players- this one is worth checking out.

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    crooked

    Thu Nov 02 2000

    I liked this MP3 player because of its expandable memory. The newer 600 version doesn't even have this yet. And the 500 is cheaper.

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    xlerate

    Wed Nov 01 2000

    Greatest player, has all the features that anyone could ever need.

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    bhollinger

    Tue Oct 31 2000

    I like all the memory so I can fit more songs. The headphones that came with the player fell apart. USB connection is fast.

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    kchaudhry

    Tue Oct 31 2000

    Nice features. Easy to use. The price needs to be reduced.

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    bustonia

    Mon Oct 30 2000

    Has many easy features to help transfer mp3s. Ample memory disc but can have more than others. Stylish design and lightweight.

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    moxlong

    Fri Oct 27 2000

    Nice, plus upgradeable, you know what I'm saying!

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    sailormoon370

    Fri Oct 27 2000

    If I had the money I would get me one of these. Mainly for one reason, it comes in blue. It also holds 8 songs (I heard). Plus, it's nice and compact.

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    girlygirl777

    Thu Oct 26 2000

    I personally like this MP3 player the best because of the easy use. You are able to figure out how much space you have left and how much you have used automatically. Also, it looks the nicest and I like the fact that it says the title of the song on the player. It is very convenient.

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    panicc1a

    Thu Oct 26 2000

    This MP3 player is a good one. It's inexpensive, and if you love a variety of programmable music, it's a great investment. Too bad it doesn't have a larger harddrive to hold more songs.

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    jhuynh

    Wed Oct 25 2000

    The player was nice, but the only thing is it was expensive and it needed more memory.

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    moresc20

    Wed Oct 18 2000

    It's great because of the fact that it may be adapted to each person and what they listen to.

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    googoo527

    Sat Oct 14 2000

    The portability and ease of use of this product is the best thing going for it. The fact that you can just download songs whenever you want is great. However, the lack of any serious equalizer or bass boost weakens the sound quality, and so in terms of sound quality it falls short of portable disc players and tape players.

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    sponga

    Fri Oct 13 2000

    Very clever and unique, the Rio has good sound quality and easy instruction, but is basically pointless if you have a minidisc player.

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    jrubin

    Tue Oct 03 2000

    I recently purchased one of these in order to listen to my digital music away from my computer. It was incredibly simple to use, and the quality of music was nearly that of a cd player. Well worth the money I spent so I could carry one piece of equipment with only my favorite songs from all of my cds.

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    mich9154om

    Sun Jul 30 2000

    A pretty design. Small and fast USB connection. Huge memory. The best sound among MP3 players. It has a bad earphone. No radio or voice recording capability. Quite expensive.

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    emil8759om

    Tue Jul 18 2000

    With the advent of digital music, I feel that the Rio MP3 player has a leading advantage over any other music players.

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    smir8622om

    Sat Jul 15 2000

    Very convenient and comfortable MP3 player which saves up to several tracks of your favorite hits on a chip installed inside. Erase quickly and change your selection daily, or hourly.

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    wron8017om

    Fri Jun 30 2000

    It's a good player. I expected more since this is diamonds second model. I am glad they added more memory. It's light and doesn't have any moving parts.

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    john430et

    Sun Dec 19 1999

    Big improvement over the PMP 300 -- that extra 32 MB of ram makes a big difference in storage capacity, and let's your create mp3's at higher quality levels.

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    esc_at_2957et

    Sat Dec 11 1999

    We have one at work. I really wanted one until I used it. The problems are: too pricy, a poor interface and mp3 sounds bad over a real stereo. It might be OK if you have lots of money, but wait for better units otherwise.