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I thing that is very good but the instruction are not
very good they don't tell you want you want to know
but other then that over all it is very good and I think
that is is well price that only cus i din't pay for it!!
It has very good sound quality and i don't think there
is any thing wrong with it at all!

plays almost all cds and MP3 cds, great for on the move work, battery time is quite short however

Search the RioVolt SP150 in GOOGLE and like me, you'll find lots of US sites selling this product with lots of bad comments about it!
I've done it too in the past and was terrified to see so many unpleased users. They are all gonna tell you that it's cheap, crap, plastiki... Please, do not listen to them!!
My Rio Volt SP150 has been one of the best buy in the past few months. It really does what it says on the tin! It looks gorgeous, it's made of good quality plastic BUT they are right on one thing: It will maybe break if it falls! For God sake, any similar kind of devices dropped will probably break but remember that it's meant to play CDs not being dropped on the floor!!
Buy it for its price and quality. I've tried other players in the past and was chocked that they were skipping too easily or did not want to play cheap CDS.... This RioVolt is playing the cheapeast CDs around (I'm talking of £0.12 cds!!)and it's not skipping at all, carriing it with me everywhere I go!
So, do not listen to the bad comments around and please yourself!

I read all the previous reviews of the Riovolt SP150, but decided it couldn't be as bad as everyone said....it was though! I am not only referring to the reviews on Amazon.co.uk though, but also I read reviews on Amazon.com in the US...which were a bit more numerous..balanced...and revealing!

The main problem I have found is with the build quality and with the reading of CD-Rs...I have some pretty cheap CD-Rs which are read on everything else..and on the Riovolt they were ok for the first couple of times...ever since though..READ ERROR every time! I think maybe it is just due to the quality of the CD-R though, as I have a more expensive brand and every one of those works ok.

As I also said, the build quality is not really up to scratch. It looks and feels a bit 'cheap'...like if you even dropped it or banged it slightly it would fall to pieces. There is also very poor and little documentation that comes along with it...just one page basically...which tells you no more than you can figure out for yourself anyway.

These are the main problems....As a straight forward CD player though..and when it plays MP3s on CD-Rs...it is pretty good..the sound quality is good, and it is all that you'd expect.

To sum up...it's an ok player when you take into account the price and when it's working ok....everything is fine then. Be warned about the problems though, and I have read from the US reviews that it's virtually impossible to get through to technical support for this product. Maybe that's just a US problem, but be warned again!

The only other thing I will say is that for just a little bit more money...say £10-15...you can get a player which does everything the Riovolt does, but has much better quality and support. I have just purchased the Sony Atrac NE-511 MP3/CD player for example...and given the Riovolt to my girlfriend! It is much better quality...you can programme track lists...and it also comes with CD burning software and a AC/DC adaptor. I guess you pays your money and takes your choice!

I HAVE USED A NUMBER OF MP3 PLAYERS, AND FOUND THIS ONE TO HAVE THE MOST FEATURES.
ESPECIALLY THE TAG INFORMATION, WHICH GIVES YOU DETAILS OF ALBUM LIST,ARTIST AND TRACK TITLES.SIMPLY SUPERB. A MUST HAVE FOR PEOPLE ON THE MOVE AND PEOPLE THAT NEED TO CARRY OVER 10 ALBUMS ON 1 MP3 CD.
REGARDS POPS