Jerz, the Dells are indeed the rebadged versions. I haven't tried Jreceiver as ARM 1.04 & tRio seem to be doing what I need.
I should try out JReceiver some time.
It still doesn't expain why the genuine Rio works better than my re-badged Dells.
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[3 rebadged Dell DARs, 1 Rio Receiver] [JReceiver 0.2.5 and tRio 0.1.6 on SuSE 9.3 Pro]