Anyone know if songs can be downloaded off an old RIO player [sort of like an iPod]?
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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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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.
@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! :-)
Hui… perhaps too old for the new OS…
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.
@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?
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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