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Good Enough
Like anything, this just takes a little getting used to. It's my first MP3 player and I've overall been really happy with it.
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 ...
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256 Has Same Problems as 128
FM TUNER
The FM tuner sucks. Sorry there is no other way of putting it. I went into the top floor of my house and compared it to my clock radio. I am about 25 miles outside Albany NY and the clock radio pulled in 12 FM stations very clearly. The Forge pulled in 3 stations clearly, the other 9 were so weak they were unlistenable. When the backlight is on, these 3 stations are unlistenable until it goes off. To top that off, once going downstairs and outside for a run, the Forge pulle...
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Okay, Here's the lowdown
I've done way too much comparing and searching for the best mp3 player, I feel it is my duty to now write something down for posterity's sake.
You are like me if you don't want to waste over $200 on a music player. I can't understand putting that much money into portable music. Okay, I could spend more, but why? My computer holds my music library just fine, and I'm okay with swapping my music around. Not a problem, especially since I'm saving $100-$300.
Okay, here's...
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Great features, some quality problems. Overall keeper.
I've spent about 4 days with a 256mb Forge, and find the features better than any other player. I wanted an iRiver flash player, but have an investment in SD cards from my Palm T3. I like the quality and software that I've experienced with an iRiver and this is my first Rio of any kind. My final decision is why pay the same for an iRiver when this has the same memory, but I can add SD cards?
I wont go into the obvious details; the product description does that.
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Don't buy this junk
I bought the old Rio and was very pleased. Lost it and made the mistake of buying the new Forge before any reviews were out. I've exchanged it twice already because it keeps shutting off. I'm so angry that Rio would put such a piece of garbage out on the market. They should refund everyone's money no questions asked. DO NOT buy this player. You'll regret it. Now I have to go see if Best Buy's protection plan will allow me to get a different player...
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Three out of three ain't good..
I bought a 512 rio forge for my wife in December. It was great, and I bought a 256 for myself in January and another for my son in February. Then the problems started.
I am not sure what problems my son had, but I know he sent his back for warranty work once and then got the seller to take it back and let him buy another brand.
Then my wife's 512 stopped working -- It would only turn on momentarily. Customer support told her to send it back, which she did.
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Shut Off Problem
Don't buy this product. I received this MP3 player as a gift for running and other active sports. Unfortunately, it shuts off at the slightest tap. I've been told that the problem is the spring that holds the battery, but no amount of fiddling seems to solve the problem. It still works if I place it very carefully on a level surface when I use a machine at the gym, but the slightest tap will shut it off. It is maddening!!!
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overall good mp3 player
I've had this for about 3 weeks now and I think it a good mp3 player. It's not perfect, but the positives outweigh any negatives. I've previously owned an iRiver ifp 395t and used a iriver 799t. Overall, I prefer the Rio Forge. The iRiver players generally have better sound quality but the Forge seems good enough, I don't have super expensive headphones (sony) and not a crazy audiofile, but i think the Forge sounds fine. In my opinion, the key for the Forge is the expandable memory. This m...
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Do the upgrade properly!
Before I graded the firmware to 1.33 (properly), the player was almost unusable (very poor FM reception). Unfortunately the upgrade instruction from the downloaded firmware file is INCORRECT. Just when I was ready to return it, I called the support line and got the CORRECT instruction to upgrade the firmware which made a HUGE difference. Now the FM reception is as good as my Sony Walman (which is acceptable). Here is the instruction:
1. remove the battery for 20min to drain the power, then...
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Saw all problems others have reported
Was really pleased with the player at first, especially with a 1 gb SD card. After three days, the battery died, switched the battery, and a few songs later the player completely died (hearing that this has happened to others and now myself, I recommend buy it some place where its easy to return). Before this, I saw the problem others have reported with the player unexpectantly shutting off for no reason, I fiddled with the battery spring with no effect. The FM player worked really well in L....
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