Rio s50 software

Unlike older models, you can install a memory card without turning off the player. The blue backlit LCD is very small, but very sharp. If you have bad vision you'll find it frustrating, but I like the tin text. The simple layout helps its legibility. Across the top line the time and battery level are displayed. One tier down, in slightly larger text is the name of the song. Below that we have the artist and below that the album. A dotted line under the album shows elapsed track time.

Hanging under the line is the date, which is very convenient if you don't carry a watch. Lastly, another dotted line represents the volume level. If you press Enter during playback the bottom live switches to elapsed track time shown numerically and the track number and total number of tracks.

The text and images are all justified. The result is a pretty classy looking screen, as long as you can focus on it. Though the Rio Riot was a dud, the software was extremely impressive. The S50's software is obviously not as expansive, but it takes its cues from the Riot. The menu offers plenty of player options -- you can even specify whether you're using and Alkaline or Ni-MH batter -- and playback controls.

And, of course, the FM tuner is in the menu. There are two things I don't like about the S50, both of which are fairly annoying. One: There is no direct button to the radio. You must enter the menu system and then select radio. Moved Contrast and Backlight into "Display" settings dialog. Animated check mark or cross indicates confirmed or cancelled settings. The backlight now comes on after boot, unless configured for "Never".

Moved clock to the date status line. Advanced SystemCare Free. VLC Media Player. MacX YouTube Downloader. Microsoft Office YTD Video Downloader. Adobe Photoshop CC. VirtualDJ Avast Free Security. WhatsApp Messenger. Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. The included RealOne software does a fine job of encoding MP3s at bit rates up to Kbps--unlike the free version, which encodes tunes at up to only 96Kbps--while the clean, simple Rio Music Manager transfers files to the device.

Mac users will find that iTunes handles both functions with aplomb. Sonicblue also includes a trial version of MoodLogic , which fixes incorrect song information in the ID3 tags of MP3s before asking you to register. At slightly less than 15 hours, battery life was just as the company claimed. One caveat: Don't leave the S30S's power switch in the on position or the battery will drain.

The S30S has no autoshutdown feature--just a power-save mode that slowly sucks away juice. Using the included headphones, we found that the S30S's sound quality didn't knock our socks off but was definitely acceptable. Our test headphones improved fidelity, although perhaps not enough for serious audiophiles with exacting standards.

Radio reception was a bit fuzzy on weaker stations, but we didn't expect perfection from an MP3 player.