The Rio Receiver has vertical menus, and I'm not sure whether I like them better or worse than the car player's horizontal ones. I know I get confused as to which direction I should turn the knob on the Rio Receiver, and I don't get confused on the car player

It's not just you Tony, there is something seriously screwy about the Receiver's UI. I am always turning the knob the wrong way, I have never done this on the empeg.

It just shows that UI "consultants" know bugger all about using UIs (something I struggle with at work repeatedly as the "UI" guys in product management tell us how "our" application should work).

The Receiver is a great product, but it needs more magic empeg dust sprinkling on it.