Diamond Multimedia Systems "Rio" Portable MP3 Player, 1998

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

MP3 player

Date Made

1998

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2019.169.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 5.75 in (Packaging)
Width: 9.625 in (Packaging)
Length: 3.125 in (Packaging)

Inscriptions

on front of MP3 player: DIAMOND / DIGITAL / Rio PMP300 on front of packaging: DIAMOND / PMP300 / Internet Music / in the Palm of / Your Hand / Rio / PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER / DIGITAL / MP3 / Player on back of packaging: Rio / PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER / Internet Music / in the Palm of / Your Hand / Rio PMP300 puts the power of Internet music in the palm of your hand! Rio is one of the first portable digital music/audio players to deliver exceptional, high-quality sound using MP3, the hottest audio compression format for digital music. With 32 MB of built-in flash memory, Rio holds up to 60 minutes of digital-quality music and supports both higher and lower compression ratios. Download, store, and play your favorite music from the Internet, or from your CD collection. / [...] on top of packaging: DIAMOND / Internet Music in the / Palm of Your Hand / Rio / PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER / DIGITAL / MP3 / PLAYER on bottom of packaging: DIAMOND / Internet Music in the / Palm of Your Hand / Rio / PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER / [...] / Copyright 1998 (C) Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. / Rio PMP300 Box 100 10-98 Printed in Taiwan on proper right and left sides of packaging: PMP300 / Rio / PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYER / [...] / DIAMOND