Rio Nitrus 1.5 GB MP3 Jukebox

 (179 customer reviews)

I purchase my Rio Nitrus a week ago, at first I had various doubts about this product. I had read some reviews that made seem as a horrible product, while other reviews called it marvelous. But first things first, I decided to purchase this product because of its size (it literally fits in my fist), and also because it can play Windows Media Audio (something that the ipod doesn't do). .... Installing the program on windows XP was very easy, and the same goes for installing songs in the player. I wasn't able to put 1.5 gigabytes of music in it, it only allowed me 1.4 bytes, overall I had a little bit over 500 songs (all of my songs are WMA's recorded at 128). Now onto the bad part. . .like some other reviews mentioned, Rio really screwed up with the volume buttons, they are too close together. Another small mistake are the headphones, personally I don't like the headphones that come with the unit, they are too small, and at times annoying (this is my personal opinion). However,...Read more

I've been previewing the Nitrus (pronounced: Night-russ) and have been playing with it for close to two months, now. I should also note that I'm not an employee of Rio. For really good unofficial tech support from other users, go to rioworld.org or riovolution.com. Nitrus is about a third of the weight of an iPod, small and very thin. When it's in your pocket, you forget it's there. I'm not joking! This isn't the case with the iPod or the Karma. If you want storage capacity, you'll be buying a Karma. However, that's not the market for this player. The form, size and weight, combined with about 400 songs capacity (1.5GB) is the combination that will attract certain buyers. So, you can't really compare it with the iPod/Karma's of the world, or the flash players. Totally different market segment. It's not designed to be a sports player, but I, and many others, have been using it for athletic activities and it's sweet!! You forget it's there. It also has the standard Rio stopwatch...Read more

Would I recommend this mp3 player to others? Definitely. 1) Style and Sound... Even in a world of mp3 players with bigger names, memories, and prices, I must say that this player rocks. The sound is sick even with the included dinky headphones - the volume goes up to a measure of 30 which I have yet to reach because 23 is loud enough for most of my mp3's. The design is also welcoming: it's a small and thin black device, extremely light, with a nice navigation button, volume control, a locking device, and a nice display which lights up during use. I use the rio for everything from going to the gym to traveling on the subway and I'm very happy with it eventhough I could have spent another $100 on an IPOD.2) Technicalities... Something people usually don't mention in these reviews is the process of transferring songs on to the player. This is extremely important for the new buyer. The rio nitrus is very user friendly in this department. It uses a USB cable which you connect...Read more