The Rio Riot was a hard disk-based "jukebox" MP3 digital audio player produced by Diamond Multimedia as part of the Rio line. It shipped in 2002. It was an early competitor to the Apple iPod.[1]

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Features

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The Rio Riot featured:

  • 20 gigabytes of storage.
  • USB connectivity
  • a large backlit monochrome graphic LCD display.
  • FM tuner
  • 10 hours per charge at 50% volume battery life
  • ID3 and WMA tagging support
  • iTunes support
  • Note* Lacked ability to retrieve data off HD.

Supported Formats

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References

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  1. ^ "iPod vs. Rio Riot: The winner is clear". March 2, 2002. Retrieved July 6, 2011.