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Rio PMP300
The first in its range of MP3 players, the Rio PMP300, with its very sturdy construction and an intuitive layout of controls, provides very good audio output. Unlike other MP3 players, the PMP300 is a pure MP3 player without any support for voice and FM radio. Though it comes with 32 MB of local Flash RAM, the player can be upgraded to 64 MB through an external 32 MB Flash memory card.
Controls for the drive are provided on a circular dial on the front of the player, which allows adjustment of features such as volume, random play and regular audio controls such as Play, Forward and Rewind. The device is powered by a single AA battery. Three buttons on the top of the device allow the user to navigate the features of the device like the total internal and external memory and the equalisation mode (Normal, Classic, Jazz and Rock).
The display is very simple-only the song number and the current bit rate of the track is shown. This display is simply composed of segments (as in digital watches). There is no dot matrix display; hence the player cannot show the song name and other alphanumeric information. Additional ease of portability is offered with the attached clip on the rear of the device. The overall construction of the device is very sturdy and the metallic/black combination lends a very distinctive look. The player is linked to the host computer via the parallel port, which provides reasonably fast file transfers (about 600 KBps).
With very good sound quality, an intuitive set of features and a relatively low price tag, this is a very good MP3 player. If you can live without features such as voice recording and FM radio and have money to spare, this is one of the best MP3 players around.