This is hot!!
Click Here (GotApex Link) to get the player for $75 from eCost.com
then...
Click Here to get a $20 mail in rebate from SonicBlue!
here's a picture of it:
not a bad player for $55 bucks, eh?
SonicBlue RioVolt SP90 - MP3/CD Player for $55
This is hot!!
Click Here (GotApex Link) to get the player for $75 from eCost.com
then...
Click Here to get a $20 mail in rebate from SonicBlue!
here's a picture of it:
not a bad player for $55 bucks, eh?
Last edited by WingdingYB; 02-06-2002 at 08:17 AM.
The cool thing about this model is that someone took the SP-100? firmware and hacked it to work with the SP-90, which is supposedly non-upgradeable.
Yeah I heard something like that too... here's a post I saw under CNET's user opinions:
got tired of those silly dancing men on the LCD screen, so I decided to open my up my sp-90 and put some black electrical tape over part of LCD to hide those little boogers. well, I removed the screws and pulled out the ciruit board and guess what I discovered. Printed on the Board was "IMP-100". Not only is the SP-90 firmware upgradable, but it actually is a "100". go figure!
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by hacking the firmware, could you elaborate a bit?
He means - go to yahoo group "riovolt" and download a copy of firmware for sp-90 (which is an already hacked version of sp-100- new filename, and hex hack) than burn it to CDRW and put into you sp-90, press "play" it will flash "Upgrading" and then display version 2.1 instead of version 1 of firmware - this one wil support playlists and wil even have the lighting option which is available for sp-100, however this won't work, since sp-90 lacks a backlighting diod.
* This comment was made completely in jest and in no way is intended to reflect my opinion or estimates regarding the company mentioned in the earlier post to which this is a reply. Any recommendation, either implied or expressed is hereby withdrawn. No animals were harmed in the making of this post. Contains no CFCs. Made with 100% organic products. Batteries not included. Made in Taiwan.
The price went up to $79.95 (before rebate)
I see ~9$ shipping and ~5$ handling. Still sweet, but no longer 55$ after rebate...
true... but look at the price... its not like plunking down 200 bucks on the sp250 model... minimal riskOriginally posted by chosenfool
thats one thing that keeps me from considering the SP90 - the LCD isnt backlit.
I have this and it's a good player, i'll have to look into upgrading the firmware on it.
You have the sp90? I just got mine in the mail by the way... haven't upgraded it yet though...
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