SonicBlue Releases Rio Home Stereo

March 18, 2002

Mp3newsWire has a great story on the SonicBlue Rio Home Stereo.

Retailing for $299, the Rio EX1000 goes against recent products from RCA and Phillips, two brands that dominate the shelves of the local Sears and Wallmart. The EX1000 handles both CD-R and CD-RW disc with text support to display ID3 information. The shelf system also has an AM/FM tuner, a cassette recorder, a full function remote control, five pre-set equalizer settings, 24-track programmable CD memory.

"Another 'Rio-first', the Rio EX1000 expands the executive shelf system category to include MP3 capabilities and dramatically drives this market forward," overstates David Huffman, vice president of audio products, SONICblue (RCA and Phillips are already there). "The first mass market home audio product from SONICblue, the Rio EX1000 highlights SONICblue's overall strategy to move its technology and brands into broader consumer markets."

Key Features.

'¢ Plays MP3 files on CD-R and CD-RW

'¢ Plays standard music CDs

'¢ Cassette recorder with auto-reverse and CD synchronized recording

'¢ Digital AM/FM tuner with 30 memory presets

'¢ 120W bi-amplified stereo system with two integrated subwoofers (2x20W main + 2x40W subwoofer)

'¢ Large backlit LCD with text display for MP3 filenames

'¢ Full-function remote control

'¢ 24 track programmable memory

'¢ 5 preset equalizer settings

'¢ Stereo RCA auxiliary input