To Sell Rare !! Empeg Riocar In Dash Hardisk Linux Mp3 Car Player With Tuner

[elmyda]

RM 299 (Please add RM 30 for delivery & handling charge)

RIOCAR EMPEG 6 GIG PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER

You are bidding on a Rio Car (Mark 2 version) portable MP3 player. Also known by its original name, The Empeg, the Rio Car is actually a linux based mp3 player that one can use at home, in the car, or even at work! Installed in this Rio Car are one 20 gig drives - one can install additional drives with a higher storage capacity for holding even more mp3s!

In your car, the Rio Car easily slides into its docking sled (included in the auction - has never been installed) and can provide hours of music listening. The Rio Car can be used with or without an existing stereo installation (though without most likely will require an external amplifier for the best listening experience).

Remove it from the docking sled, and you can use the Rio Car at home or at work. The Rio Car can be streamed over a network, or can be plugged into an external amplifier (i.e. your home tuner) using the RCA connectors on the back.

Songs are loaded via your PC using the provided software and a serial cable connection. The original manual, serial cable, and software are included as part of the auction. Songs can easily be organized and cataloged according to your preferences.

A vibrant user community can be found by visiting www.riocar.org &www.empeg.com. (Where, amongst other things, you can find simple instructions on how to install an increased storage capacity.) Serial number of player is included in one of the photos, for those whom such things are important.

Key Features:

Capacity to hold up to 20,000 songs!
Capability to double that capacity (by installing higher storage hard drives or additional drives)
Play using your existing car audio system
Play using your home stereo
Play using your home and/or work network
Easily upload, organize, and catalog your songs!

The Empeg Car is the first in-dash MP3 player developed. In 1999 a British company called Empeg was formed to build the unit, which shipped later in that year.

The Empeg Car was a Linux-based unit that transferred MP3 tracks from the user's computer to the player via USB, Ethernet, or a serial port connection. Prices started at $1,100 US for the 4GB version and went all the way up to a $2,400 28GB unit that utilized two laptop drives (to accommodate what was then considered huge capacity). The Empeg Car garnered quite a following and became beloved among the small group of users who bought one.

Initial production was less than 400 units, after which it was redesigned to make production cheaper and easier.

SONICblue - the former S3 company that had already acquired both the Rio line of MP3 portables by purchasing Diamond and the Rave-MP line by purchasing Sensory Science - took notice of the unit and decided the Empeg Car would fit into its plans. On November 1st 2000 Empeg was acquired by SONICblue Incorporated and the unit was renamed the Rio Car. The original British development team was rolled into the company and eventually took responsibility for all audio software development at SONICblue.

Unfortunately, SONICblue did not have a clear game plan with how to promote the Rio Car. Rio did little to market it and soon left it to languish. Despite their owners' strong devotion to the product, sales of new units were modest and on September 24, 2001 SONICblue discontinued the line. Fewer than 6000 players were ever produced.

Most of the resources, including people, code, and design work, behind the Empeg Car went into the following products:

* Rio Receiver - Network enabled client for streaming music off a computer to anywhere in the home
* Rio Central - A home stereo component that ripped CDs to MP3s and stored them on an internal hard drive. Supported Rio Receivers as clients.
* Rio Karma - Portable 20gb music player

SONICblue went bankrupt in 2003, but the Rio division was purchased by D&M Holdings. The former Empeg employees still with Rio went on to produce the Rio Karma, the Rio Carbon, and several recent flash memory players. In 2005, D&M sold all of their audio player technology to SigmaTel, including all of the Empeg technology, and all of the patents, source code, and designs related to the Rio audio players. The former Empeg employees as well as other Rio technical employees are now employed by SigmaTel at their Austin, TX or Cambridge, England offices.

Used Item - Sometimes ok, sometimes no display !! Other than that all in perfect condition !!

You are buying

ALL ITEMS IN THE PICTURE ABOVE + USB CABLE, POWER ADAPTOR & SOFTWARE !!

RARE ITEM !! CAN BE USE AS HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM !!

REASON FOR SELLING : TAKEN OUT FROM MY PREVIOUS CAR !!

For more info about the specification you can check from google search ,just enter empeg riocar mp3 car player

or visit the link below

http://www.empeg.com
http://empegbbs.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsTQO9Sf0Ok

PLEASE TRANSFER FULL PAYMENT TO MAYBANK A/C NO : 158051377762

1ST COME 1ST SERVE !!