[Reck45]

Oh damn that really does look ****ing awesome! Random question... is there a way to turn off the battery permanley so I could leave it plugged in all the time?

 

[gorman]

You can leave it plugged in for as much as you want. Rio engineers at Riovolution forums have specifically stated that once the battery is charged, the player switches completely to DC power.

Haribo, I strongly advise you to buy a screen protector for it, as the screen gets scratched easily.

Also, you might want to have a look at Riovolution forums, as they are very informative.

Also, upgrade your firmware as soon as possible. You will find the latest version here, as well as the latest version of Rio Music Manager to go with the new firmware.

 

[Wired_Gargoyle]

Hrm, cough cough. You might be right about the picture. The picture I refered to was from an RSS feed that talked about the K2 but had a pic of the Nitrus.

 

[Haribo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gorman Haribo, I strongly advise you to buy a screen protector for it, as the screen gets scratched easily. Also, you might want to have a look at Riovolution forums, as they are very informative. Also, upgrade your firmware as soon as possible. You will find the latest version here, as well as the latest version of Rio Music Manager to go with the new firmware.

Yes I will probably get a screen protector or a case for it pretty soon.
The first thing I did after unpacking the player was to update the firmware and register at riovolution

 

[Reck45]

Those screen protectors look like they're impossible to get on without nasy air bubbles. How far off is the sq of the karma compared to the zen? I had no idea the karma looked so cool.. looks much cooler than the Ipod IMO. Does the karma have more output than the zen? Hopefully the karma 2 will be just as awesome...

 

[boodi]

let us know how it pairs with your sennheiser soundwise

 

[JaZZ]

I want one. But then again I don't want to look like an idiot if five weeks later I could have bought the Karma 2 with twice the HDD capacity and recognized as drive ...

 

[D-EJ915]

PC World just nominated the Karma as the Digital Audio Player of the year

...they mention OGG and FLAC

 

[chicubs]

If that thing didnt look like it was made by Fischer Price, I would buy it.

 

[pank2002]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chicubs If that thing didnt look like it was made by Fischer Price, I would buy it.

It will match the standart Windows XP skin

 

[boodi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaZZ I want one. But then again I don't want to look like an idiot if five weeks later I could have bought the Karma 2 with twice the HDD capacity and recognized as drive ...

agree and hope that rio will be focusing also to sound not only to portability

 

[Edvard_Grieg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JaZZ I want one. But then again I don't want to look like an idiot if five weeks later I could have bought the Karma 2 with twice the HDD capacity and recognized as drive ...

If it is mainly the USB MSC drive recognition you are concerned about, the future firmware release will apply to current Karmas as well. Further, if you get a replacement plan (which I would suggest anyway) then you could just trade it in when the new Karma came out. This is all of course presuming that you need to buy 'soon'

 

[Salt Peanuts]

Nice purchase, Haribo! As other have mentioned, that's a much nicer packaging than US version of Karma. Can't complain, though, since I got extra docks and accessories because of non-reusable packaging.

 

[Muad'dib]

I was considering a karma till it seemed like major improvements in mp3 players are just around the corner, who exactly has this replacement mentioned that replaces due to "I hate having an out of date player buy me a new one!"?