Rio Carbon and playing Audible.com's proprietory format

I bought the Rio Carbon after reading your website, but when I tried to find some MP3's to download, most of them seem to be in Audible.com's proprietary format, which only play on Audible-ready devices -- iPods and the Creative Muvo. I don't think Audible files play on the Rio Carbon.

The free downloadable books use computerized text-to-speech and are impossible to listen to.

Can other visitors with experience of the Rio Carbon please tell me of their experience trying to play Audible formatted files ? eric@satsig.net

Follow up...

Eric, thanks for the quick reply. I sent Audible some e-mail and they pointed me to this page:

http://audible.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/audible.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1569&p_created=1094847034

It looks like they now support the Rio Carbon.

The Carbon is a great player, but after reading the user reviews on C-net and Amazon, buyers should consider purchasing a supplemental replacement plan (e.g. $20 1-year replacement insurance on Amazon). There are a significant number of complaints that things breaks on these after the warranty period is over, and you have to pay $99 to Rio to get it repaired or replaced after 30 days.

Also, a Yahoo Launch subscription for $60/year, where you get access to their *entire* song library is a great combination with the Carbon, which is the best MP3 player right now that supports Microsoft's PlayForSure digital rights management.

► Page created 15 July 2005, amended 15th July 2007. Eric Johnston Back to: MP3 books