Thanks for the link, Tony. I didn't see it from the Rio site. In fact, I didn't see near enough information on the Rio site to pry >>$1000 from the hands of someone who hasn't already been seduced by the empeg site. There are hard drive mp3 players out there for as little as $500! Imho, Rio needs to put a lot more into their website to realize the market penetration that the car player deserves. Items of note would be:

-> Manual in PDF
-> Mention of Visuals, Hierarchical Playlists, etc.
-> Mention of the bomb-proof design beyond "skip free"
-> Mention of Linux/Open Source
-> Mention of Ethernet, TCP/IP
-> Mention of this site

I was driven nearly(?) insane waiting for my number to reach the top of the queue. I don't see the Rio site inspiring that level of devotion.



-jim <MkII:080000260 18G blue>