Rio Karma 20 GB MP3 Player | 
 enlarge | Brand: Rio
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  250 reviews
Sales Rank: 25262
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 13.6 x 6.1 x 4.3
Warranty: 90 days warranty
MPN: 90260461
Model: 90260461
UPC: 018258600019
EAN: 5035632600019
ASIN: B0000AQIFZ
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| Features:
| • | 20 GB HDD plays back over 330 hours of MP3 or 660 hours of WMA music | | • | Auto-DJ intelligently finds, mixes and creates playlists from tracks on command | | • | 5-band parametic equalizer with pre-sets | | • | 15-hours continuous playback with rechargeable LiIon battery | | • | Compatible with computers with USB 2.0 (1.1 compatible) ports running Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, or XP |
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Product Description
The Karma's many features and small size set a new standard for high-capacity players. Its 20GB drive can carry over 5,000 songs. Powerful tools include Cross-Fader, 5-Band Parametric Equalizer, Ogg Vorbis and FLAC support, and a huge, backlit display capable of visualizations, animated menus, and 16 shades of gray. USB 2.0 provides fast transfers while the included docking station also adds drop-in charging, RCA Line-Out, and an Ethernet port for networking. Simple menus and intuitive controls make it easy to pick up and use. Helpful functions like Auto-synchronization with Rio Music Manager, Rio DJ, and dynamic playlist generation make the Karma as effortless as you want it to be.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 245 more reviews...
 Good for 2 years, then kaput August 25, 2006
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Well, the Rio Karma was everything I needed. Had moved all my music over to it and it would last hours and hours. Even took it over to England, lovely on the flight. Then just last week, it "hiccuped" while trying to load a couple more albums (no it did not run out of disk space. After that, it hung and wouldn't send nor receive anything from the Karma to the PC. Now, it is in a constant state of "Communicating", with absolutely nothing in that the PC software doesn't even recognize that the Karma is attached. The PC doesn't recognize the Karma as a device on the USB port.
I only give it two stars, since it worked for 2 years. For the amount of money spent on this, it shouldn't have quit this soon. I'll be going to iPod and to hell with these other companies who just don't understand what quality means. Also, Apple isn't going to dry up and disappear.
Average Music Player at its Best April 23, 2006
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I purchased the Rio Karma when the iPod bug bit me- and the iPods were all sold out. I figured- Well, it can't be that different, can it? The first Karma I had would not accept a charge, and had to be returned. The second seemed to work great- I put every CD I owned onto it, and still had lots of extra room for more. So, for the normal music lover, the 20 Gigs of memory is sufficient.
My problems began when I brought the Karma out to the Field with me for my Army training before deployment to Iraq. The idea being that I'd enjoy all my music and recharge once a week or so. Worked well, but the vibrations from the moving vehicles (i think) caused my Karma to get stuck in some kind of start-up loop. When i turned it on, the machine would start loading and then just click and get hot as it was on longer and longer without fully starting. At the point of despair- I gave it to one of my soldiers as asked if he could fix it. He also had a Rio Karma, and experienced similar problems. His solution: smack the little B-----d until it turned on. Well, I'd say that about once every other month or so the Karma needs the same spanking to get it up and running.
Sound quality is good, no disappointment there. Its shape is awkward, especially when working out.
Well- I'm in Iraq now- and i have the Rio Karma still- it is managing to cling to life, but only barely. I think its greatest flaw is its sensitivity to vibrations. Probably too many moving parts? It is not that I didn't take care of it, never dropped it or did any thing crazy like that.
That's my Rio story- in the end, I wish I had waited for an iPod to show up, particularly the model without moving parts (shuffle I think).
 Karma & Audiobooks March 14, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I originally purchased an iPod in order to listen to my audiobooks. It was such a complicated thing that I got discouraged and returned it. I have had my Karma 2+ yrs now and I love it. I can bookmark my place and listen to something else, even have more than one book going at a time and still listen to music without losing my place. I love it! I have had some difficulties but they have always worked out. I hope if/when it needs replacing that I can find another one or something that performs as well and is as easy to use.
Good player....when it works. January 31, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I fell in love with this device for the first several months that I owned it. Like several of the people below, I am totally against the whole ipod thing, so I am a huge fan of anything that's not ipod. However, my Rio broke down THREE DAYS out of it's miserable 90 day warranty. I called them up anyway, but they wouldn't help me and tech support wasn't very friendly or quick. I managed to fix it, and it worked fine for the rest of the year, bringing it's total life up to one year, but it just broke again, and I can't fix it this time.
The point of the story: this is a really nice device with good controls and a decent program included. The dock is magnificent and I wish other mp3 players would have similar. Don't buy it without the warranty!
returned 3 times and it still didn't work... December 28, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
At first I was really happy that I had avoided iPod mania... I bought the Rio Karma about 1.5 years ago as a result of a quest to go for capacity and style at a reasonable price and not cave to the cute little iPod... I have a huge cd collection and wanted the ability to listen to anything in my collection at any time... at first, the Rio Karma provided this and I was very happy... about 2-3 months after I purchased the item, it broke down... In this whole process, I ended up sending back the replacement to recieve a 3rd player, which has never worked properly... it had problems transferring all of my tracks, froze several times in doing so, and won't play half of my tracks, as they show up as corrupted. I just got the new iPod video... I had no problems tranferring my music files... all of the songs that I was not able to play on the Karma, play fine on the iPod... should have caved to the iPod craze in the first place...
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