Registered: Feb 2001
Location: Wichita KS
Posts: 99

Audible Module

I am now glad I did not wait for this module and signed up for Audible.com's Rio500 deal instead. Same price after rebate as the module and I can play music on my Rio if I wish.

It is hard to believe that neither of the MP3 modules ever added Audible abilities. I would think that Audible sells a lot of players through their site.

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Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Mineola, NY USA
Posts: 161

'Course, you'll also have to carry your Rio along with your Visor, and if, as I recall, the Rio 500 only plays mp3s (not wma) then with 64mg, you won't be able to listen to very many music selections.

I've just ordered the Advisor, and will give it a try. I rarely go anyware without my Prism, and already read a lot of e-books on it, so this just adds another alternative.

It's too bad that neither of the Visor music modules can play Audible content, or that the Advisor can't play music (though at 16mg that would come to only about 4 tracks if there were no books also on the module.

My all time wish was that MemPlug would come out with an audio player which accepted SmartMedia cards. But that ain't gonna happen.

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Registered: Feb 2001
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Posts: 99

I was waiting forever for this module - I've been an Audible fan for 18 months now, and am on my 2nd Rio500. The biggest bummer though is that 90% of Audible's files are Audible1 ready, but none of the new players support this format (Audible has 4 or 5 different versions right now).

On top of that is the small memory size - 16MB is only 4.5 hours at Ver2 or 3. Sure these higher versions are better audio quality but spoken audio is just fine at their lowest rate! With 1 hour commute, there's no way I'd be willing to sync up my audible content every other day - I'd forget sooner or later and be stuck without my audiobook!

On the Rio500 I can put almost 30 hours in there - that's 1 sync every 3 weeks for a power user like myself, even less often for some more casual listeners!