This license is not a sale of the Manual and you do not become the owner of the Manual through your purchase of any product, download and/or use.

Please read this Agreement carefully before beginning download. By clicking the 'Download' button on this page in order to start downloading the Manual, you indicate your acceptance of this Agreement and are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. Similarly, limited Linux command-line based support for the Rio is provided by the rioutils package.These Download Terms and Conditions ('Agreement') constitute a legal agreement between you (either an individual or single entity) and Nikon Corporation or its associated company ('Nikon') setting forth the terms and conditions governing your download of the operation manual for our products (“Manual”). Consequently, owners wanting to keep their Rio working use independently produced freeware programs such as 'Dreaming of Brazil' or 'RIOsitude' to upload audio files to the player. Replacement cables were available as Rio Part # 90260017-001.ĭiamond no longer provides support for the Rio, and the last version of Microsoft Windows to work with Diamond's Rio software was Windows 98/2000.

Any cable used for the Rio 500 must have the +5V line (red wire) cut or it may cause damage when connected with a power source. USB cables that were included with these devices usually had an arrow shape imprinted on the mini connector rather than the USB 'trident' logo. Before then, some digital cameras had adopted the mini-B connector using a pinout with the data lines reversed (relative to spec) and the +5V line disconnected the Rio 500 also had adopted the pre-out October 2000 pinout. The USB1.1 spec was released in September 1998 and the 500 didn't go on sale until a year later, however the spec for mini-B cables and receptacles was not established until October 2000. The Rio 500 has a USB port that looks like the standard 5-pin mini-B type, however it is not compatible with modern USB mini-B cables. Subsequent firmware updates made better use of the available screen space by displaying additional track information including bitrate. It is roughly the size of a standard pack of playing cards. It features 64 MB of flash memory available for music, has light blue backlight, ability to set bookmarks, has an expansion card slot ( SmartMedia card) and is powered by one AA battery. The Rio 500 was the first MP3 player to allow file transfer via USB cable, and PC & Mac support.

The Rio 500 was the successor of the Rio PMP300, and provided a number of user requested features (including USB and higher audio quality). The Rio 500 is considered the first of the Second Generation MP3 digital audio player (portable digital audio player), and was produced by Diamond Multimedia.

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