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Anyone know if songs can be downloaded off an old RIO player [sort of like an iPod]?

Asked by anartist (14813points) July 22nd, 2012

It has a USB port for uploading songs but nothing seems to want to go the other way. Instead of opening up a file directory on my computer, the thing just sits there with a message “waiting . . .waiting . . .waiting . . .” The computer seeems to sense new hardware but doesn’t access it. There is no mention of downloading on the web, just uploading. If I can’t do it this way, how DO I get the damn songs off there?

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ml3269's avatar

You are on WIN?
Perhaps the driver is missing?

Tried it on a MAC?

It is one of these, no?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_(digital_audio_players)

anartist's avatar

win all the way. will try the driver you posted. A little like this one except I think it’s older. Made by SonicBlue. I got it around 2003. It’s this one.

anartist's avatar

@ml3269
unfortunately instructions say:
1. it is only for RIO 500 [I have RIO Cali]
2. it erases everything already on the RIO [defeats the purpose]
3. it is only good for Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME [I have windows 7]
close but NO CIGAR!
But thanks for trying! :-)

ml3269's avatar

Hui… perhaps too old for the new OS…

jerv's avatar

You said Rio Cali ?

@ml3269 I have similar drivers for my Sansa e200-series players and they run just as well under Win7 (32— or 64-bit) as they did under WinXP, so I doubt it. Possible, but doubtful.

anartist's avatar

@jerv thanks, but I just found my original napster files that I uploaded all those many years ago on an archive cd so why risk the firmware on further experimentation?

jerv's avatar

And that is why I always keep images of my old hard drives :D

Glad to hear you got your music back!

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