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Rio Carbon static noise fix

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We reported back in September about the 5GB Rio Carbon's problem of static noise when using metallic headphone plugs, and now Rio has gone out and fixing the grounding problem that was causing all the static. If if you happen to get a player that doesn't have the fix, Rio is including a headphone extender plug so that your metallic plugs don't hit the metallic Carbon housing to cause static. Or alternatively, you could just stick a piece of tape over the headphone jack and then inserting your headphones.