{"id":1483,"date":"2018-06-27T18:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:12:50","slug":"rio-500-the-trouble-with-goodbye-is-hello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/27\/rio-500-the-trouble-with-goodbye-is-hello\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Multimedia Rio 500: The Trouble With Goodbye is Hello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sorting out my tech stuff in the attic for spring cleaning, I was surprised to discover a cache of old MP3 players.\u00a0 Among them were five (5) <strong>Rio 500<\/strong>\u00a0made by <strong>Diamond Multimedia<\/strong> in the late 1990s.\u00a0 They all came complete with odd-looking (<strong><em>smaller than a standard 5-pin Mini B<\/em><\/strong>) USB cables and some old batteries.<\/p>\n<p>I had totally forgotten why I had five (5) of them.\u00a0 Excitedly, I inserted a fresh Duracell <strong>AA battery<\/strong> into one of the units and slid the power switch on.\u00a0 The unit&#8217;s small, rectangular (1.5&#8243; x 0.57&#8243;) screen glowed a <b>warm blue<\/b> hue, and the first track in the playlist appeared.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<em><strong>This thing still works!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1511\" style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1511\" title=\"The unit has 64MB of memory built-in and a SmartMedia card slot for more songs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The unit has 64MB of memory built-in and a SmartMedia card slot for more songs\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-scaled-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Rio500andUSB-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Diamond Rio 500 MP3 Player and its unusual USB cable<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>Diamond Rio 500 Digital Audio Player<\/strong> was one of the early MP3 players that tried vainly to simplify the intricate and sometimes confusing domain of digital music transfer and rights management until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/19\/itunes-issues-windows-10-creators-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Apple&#8217;s iTunes<\/strong><\/a> hit the jackpot in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released in 1999<\/strong> for about US$270, the sleek 3.5&#8243; x 2.75&#8243; x 0.6&#8243; gizmo (just slightly thicker than a deck of playing cards) came with <strong>64MB<\/strong> of memory built-in, a <strong>SmartMedia<\/strong> card slot for expansion, a minimalistic design, <strong>RioPort Audio Manager<\/strong> software, and, most importantly, a USB interface.<\/p>\n<p>Note that RioPort Audio Manager was a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Windows-only<\/strong><\/span> interface when it was released.\u00a0 It would take three (3) ex-Apple software engineers to port it for the Mac (worked well under Mac OS 7. x to 9. x) that same year, and they called it SoundJam MP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>SoundJam, the company, was eventually bought by Apple in 2000, and its code would subsequently result in &#8211; you guessed it right- iTunes 1.0.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Today, there is still a slew of digital audio players that eschew iTunes yet are still so easy to use <strong>because of the USB cable, plus the fact that computer OSes have become so much better<\/strong>&#8211;<em><strong>just drag and drop your audio files!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So, the Rio 500 has a USB interface, and I have the original USB cable, so transferring a few MP3s using the latest versions of Windows, Mac OS, Linux, or even Chrome should be easy, right?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The trouble with goodbye is hello.\u00a0 Or, should that be, &#8220;hello again&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>The trouble with using old technologies with modern tools is the accompanying hassles that naturally come with them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No, the Rio 500 won&#8217;t simply appear as another USB device after I connect the unique USB cable to any one of my latest computers.<\/p>\n<p>It only worked -transferred a few more MP3s- after I got hold of an ancient Dell Latitude (with a vintage <strong>Pentium 233 MMX CPU<\/strong>) laptop -luckily, with a <em>solitary<\/em> <strong>USB port<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0 that operated under <strong>Windows ME<\/strong> (Millennium Edition).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1515\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1515\" style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" title=\"Fortunately, the laptop has a single USB port for the unusual cable - moving MP3 files was not that slow!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Fortunately, the laptop has a single USB port for the unusual cable\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/DellPentium.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An ancient Dell Latitude CPi (with a Pentium MMX processor) laptop running Windows ME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to RIOsitude (v3.12), a software provided by the open-source community, I was able to transfer a few MP3s to the vintage player via USB.\u00a0 In 1999, an MP3 player holding about <strong>20 songs<\/strong> (at 128 Kbps bit rate) in its internal memory was impressive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1514\" style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1514\" title=\"RIOsitude 3.12 delivered the goodies to the Rio 500 MP3 player!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"RIOsitude 3.12 delivered the 'goodies' to the Rio 500 audio player!\" width=\"1050\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/WinMe.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Open Source community delivered once more to make this MP3 player usable; the player runs on one (1) AA battery!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For folks on the Apple ecosystem, you need a vintage PowerPC-based Mac with a USB port and at least System 8.1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have a G3, a G4, or a G5-powered Mac running OS X, make sure that it is loaded with <strong>Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.x ) <em>or lower,<\/em><\/strong><em> for it can <\/em>run in Classic Mode (typically, <strong>System 9. x<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>Note that Apple<em><strong> discontinued the ability to run Classic Mode in subsequent<\/strong><\/em> revisions of Mac OS X, which was 10.5.x (Leopard) and later<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Then utilize &#8211;<em>what else?<\/em>&#8211; iTunes precursor, <strong>SoundJam MP,<\/strong> to transfer your MP3 files to the Diamond Rio 500 MP.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2387\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2387\" style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"font-size: revert; font-style: italic;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2387\" title=\"Transferring MP3s via Sound Jam MP running under System 9.2.2 (Classic Mode) on an iBook G4 with Mac OS X 10.4.11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-scaled-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/SoundJam_OSX-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before iTunes and the iPod, there was SoundJam MP and the Diamond Rio 500 MP3 Player.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Today, most portable gadgets are designed for &#8216;<em><strong>planned obsolescence,<\/strong><\/em> which is why it&#8217;s always nice and fun to rediscover technologies of yesteryears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While my <strong>6th-generation iPod nano, released in 2010, had been out of service for almost three<\/strong> years after the tiny built-in lithium-ion battery inside gave up &amp; trying to open it up required the skill set of a world-class surgeon, this 20-year-old music player still works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as you have the right tools, there&#8217;s a good chance that gadgets made 20-30 years ago \u2014 or even older \u2014 would still be operational today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Besides, what MP3 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/03\/allflac-high-definition-audio-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">high-resolution audio player<\/a> today uses an AA battery as its power source?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong>: You can download the <strong>English version<\/strong> of RIOsitude (v 3.12) and the USB drivers for the Diamond RIO 500 MP3 player as a zipped package <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/technology\/downloads\/files\/RIOs312.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.  Please note that these would work only under Windows 98, ME &amp; Windows 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For vintage Mac OS users, you can download the version of SoundJam that suits your needs &#8212; a zipped or bin file version on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/technology\/downloads\/\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorting out my tech stuff in the attic for spring cleaning, I was surprised to discover a cache of old MP3 players.\u00a0 Among them were five (5) Rio 500\u00a0made by Diamond Multimedia in the late 1990s.\u00a0 They all came complete with odd-looking (smaller than a standard 5-pin Mini B) USB cables and some old batteries. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/27\/rio-500-the-trouble-with-goodbye-is-hello\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Diamond Multimedia Rio 500: The Trouble With Goodbye is Hello&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whats-new"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diamond Multimedia Rio 500: The Trouble With Goodbye is Hello - Baclaran Para\u00f1aque Rizal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Before the iPod and Tunes became popular, there was the Diamond Rio MP3 player. 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