Buyer Beware
My third Rio Karma in the last nine months has died. Similar to the previous two, a malfunction with the hard drive (each suffered a fate slightly different than the other). But, nonetheless, the player has locks up in start mode and refuses to initialize (it's a sickening and monotonous click and grind). I have become an expert at the various methods of resetting the player (resetting with paperclick, reinstalling firmware, etc.), to no avail this time. Three strikes and you're out. When this thing worked, I LOVED it, but I just can't deal with the poor track record and will never buy another. I have done a lot of research and understand I am not alone with these issues, so all I can simply say is BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK. The warranty stinks and the unit's tendency to break is too great a hurdle to get over despite the great features. Now I'm looking at Creative's Zen Touch. Hopefully, I'll have better luck.