page_title: Rio (digital audio players)
section_title: Products
hierarchical_section_title: Rio (digital audio players) / Products
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context_page_description: Rio was the brand name of a line of digital audio players, best known for producing the "Diamond Rio" model that was the impetus for a lawsuit in 1998 by the Recording Industry Association of America. That lawsuit eventually failed, leading the way for the portable digital music industry to take off.
  Rio was originally a brand of Diamond Multimedia, which merged with S3 Graphics in 1999. The resulting company was renamed SONICblue. On March 21, 2003, SONICblue filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and then sold off its main product lines; Rio was sold to Japanese firm D&M Holdings, forming part of their Digital Networks North America subsidiary.
  Like other competitors in the digital audio player business, such as Microsoft's Zune, the Rio brand was unable to compete effectively against Apple's dominant iPod series of audio players. In August 2005, D&M Holdings announced the discontinuation of its production of audio players, after it had licensed its digital audio software technology to chipmaker SigmaTel the month before.
context_section_description: Rio USA (portable audio players)
  Rio PMP300, the second MP3 player and the first that was commercially successful
  Rio One
  Rio 500
  Rio 600
  Rio 800 (incl. 800 Extreme)
  Rio 900
  Rio Car (aka Empeg Car)
  Rio S10
  Rio S30S
  Rio S35S
  Rio S50
  Rio Riot
  Rio Karma
  Rio Nitrus (incl. Nitrus-S)
  Rio Eigen
  Rio Carbon (incl. Carbon Pearl)
  Rio ce2100
  Rio ce2110
  Rio Chiba
  Rio Forge
  Rio se510
  Rio Cali (Sport)
  Rio Fuse
  RioVolt SP50
  RioVolt SP60
  RioVolt SP65
  RioVolt SP90
  RioVolt SP100
  RioVolt SP150
  RioVolt SP250
  RioVolt SP350
  Rio USA (home audio players)
  Rio HT-2030
  Rio Central (aka HSX-109)
  Rio EX-1000
  Rio Receiver
  Rio Japan
  Rio DR30 (OEM BeatSounds EVR150)
  Rio SU10 (OEM A-MAX Technology PA30A)
  Rio SU30 (OEM i-BEAD i-BEAD100)
  Rio SU35 (OEM AVC Technology Si-100)
  Rio SU40 (OEM i-BEAD i-BEAD200)
  Rio SU70 (OEM M-CODY MX-100)
  Rio Unite 130 (OEM M-CODY MX-250)
  Rio SU15-KJ (OEM AVC Technology)
  Rio Si-200C (OEM AVC Technology)
  Rio Si-300C (OEM AVC Technology)
  Rio LIVE air
  Rio LIVE mini
  Rio LIVE gear (OEM Foster)
  Rio OEM models
  Nike PSA Play 60
  Nike PSA Play 120
  ESA S11
  Motorola M25
  Motorola M500
  Dell Digital Audio Receiver
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