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The listing, Rio Receiver - Opened, but unused. has ended.

The Rio Receiver was one of the first networked audio solutions way back in 2000; playing audio files off your computer.

It was arguably quite ahead of its time - linux based, featuring a 10W amplifier, 24bit audio, remote control and LCD display.

Today it is a linux-hackable device including several replacement firmwares and server-side software options. The most interesting of which (IMHO) is a ghetto SLIMP3 (a.k.a. Squeezebox, check out http://bit.ly/7ap3ww) though there are quite a few others - check out the Rio_Receiver page in wikipedia.

Up for auction is the second edition from late 2002. I bought it as an embedded linux box - but never got around to even powering it up.

This was the first time that I powered it up, just to check it would start before listing it. I only witnessed the Rio boot loader and then powered it off. I've not tried any of the software or hooking up speakers.

I'm offering free shipping in the US only.

Please refrain from useless comments.

Questions & Comments

send in europe?

Jan 14th, 2010 at 10:38:28 AM PST by

I'm willing to ship, but international buyers must pay full shipping; I will only be able to provide a receipt for shipping since Tracking and/or Delivery Confirmation may not be available.

Jan 14th, 2010 at 3:41:36 PM PST by

Would this work with my WiFi? I am using a Fonero Router which is pretty Generic.

Jan 19th, 2010 at 11:41:28 PM PST by

The unit only has an Ethernet port (and a cryptic HPNA port), so it won't work with WiFi without some sort of bridge. Your router probably has at least a few Ethernet ports.

Jan 20th, 2010 at 8:34:05 AM PST by

Might be able to use it as a companion for my Tivo.

Jan 21st, 2010 at 9:29:52 AM PST by

For how many credits will you ship it free to Europe ?

Jan 22nd, 2010 at 9:21:36 AM PST by

Sorry, international postage is going to be more than I'm willing to pay.

The box that I got it in is well-padded (think computer packing from early 2000 with lots of foam) and weighs about 7 pounds. Even if I repack it in bubble-wrap, I'm sure it will weight close to 4 pounds.

You can check out USPS to figure out international shipping... If there is a cheaper way, I'm all ears.

Jan 22nd, 2010 at 4:16:00 PM PST by

my roommate is a DJ-thinks he's an engineer!. could he use this to download music & take it with him to work? He also has way too many cd's that he could put in his computer to send to this. Any new toy is a good toy to him.

Jan 23rd, 2010 at 6:08:05 AM PST by

Unfortunately not - I don't think it has any storage of which to speak, it needs access to your computer to play files or the network to stream stuff (if you install a third-party firmware) from what I've read.

I will probably be auctioning another device in a few days which can accept USB storage, so check back...

Jan 23rd, 2010 at 11:08:45 AM PST by

I checked eBay (http://bit.ly/5Uswy0) today and saw it for $55 with shipping, so if you lose - you've got another option... It was "Buy it Now" and they had 4 available.

(I'm offering the same thing, minus the 2 AA batteries for the remote which were oxidizing. You can see the size of the box relative to the unit is hugh. I might repack if I can save significantly on shipping... which I doubt.)

Jan 23rd, 2010 at 11:21:39 AM PST by

thanks will have him look for himself-It'll keep him from pestering the FCC

Jan 23rd, 2010 at 1:06:51 PM PST by

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