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Summary: This HD Mp3 player is the best for the money
Review: ...[This] is the best ..., 20Gb Hd Mp3 player!!! I have nad Zero problems, just go to [website] and get the lastest updates. If you get updates you do not HAVE to use MusicMatch for file tranfers. I have moved ove 10 gbs of music and 7 gb non-music files from work to home and vice versa. No problems. Using Xp pro home/work.
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Summary: Lyra Jukebox
Review: After down loading the user manual and experimenting with the lyra jukebox, I find this gadget a blessing. I will never own another CD. The sound quality is excellent. Hooking up to other sources is a snap. Downloading music has never been easier. Catorgorizing my music is simple. What amazes me most is when I show people what I'm listning to, they still don't understand what's involved in the lyra jukebox. It's so nice to hear no. 1 hit after hit without having to edit CD's or listening to all of a CD. Well worth the price.
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Summary: Such Joy
Review: As I sit here on hold for the past 15min for Lyra tech support, I have time to reminisce over the first call about 45min ago when the tech didn't even believe this model existed. A small smile touches my lips when I think of my coy little Lya RD2820, too shy to FREAKIN WORK. This thing blew up like Hiroshima. I installed the software on my WinXP box, plugged it in, the Lyra screen showed a connection in progress and WinXP failed the plug & play. Since then, connected or not, my Lyra still thinks it's connected and there is --no way to shut the damn thing off--. The power button doesn't work, the battery can't be removed. Needless to say it refuses to be recognized by any machine in my home now, XP or 2K. All the technicians right now are huddling in a little group figuring out if they have any tech skills between them.Isn't technology wonderful?
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE: Buggy product, shoddy product support
Review: BUYER BEWARE!
I purchased this mp3 player and at first it worked just fine for less than an hour. SYNOPSIS:
This is a neat toy but has become a very expensive paperweight after just a month. The product tries very hard to be a jukebox/second hard drive, but it is not functional for someone who plans to update/change files and songs due to the VERY SLOW USB 1.1 connection. Save your money and get a player with faster connection options, better usability, support, design, etc BUGGY:
The player freezes/hangs when it is powered down and then turned back on for use. Additionally, the display freezes and hangs after playing more than five songs. Total pain since I CONSTANTLY have to reset the unit. And I don't always have something to jam in the super small reset hole-regular pens won't do it. POOR PRODUCT SUPPORT:
I have had no success in downloading updates to fix the problem because there aren't any. What happened to customer support and providing updates for users? SLOOOOOW INTERFACE:
The USB 1.1 interface is very slow and takes a long time to initially set up your library on the computer. Took all night for me to upload the 5 Gig of songs/albums I own. Big downer since I was excited to have it charged and ready to go in an hour or so. DESIGN:
It is bulky and awkward to wear if you are working out/jogging. BATTERY LIFE:
Battery life is very disappointing only around 3 hours SYNCRONIZING/ORGANIZING SONGS:
The Music Match software is a very slow and awkward interface to sync files. The ability to create playlist is a good idea since playback of syncronized songs is HORRIBLE (more on this later). Creating play lists is fairly easy and with Music Maker, but loading playlists on the player is VERY TIME-CONSUMING. PRODUCT INTERFACE/USE:
Poor interface/use. Unless you use the playlist maker (which is time-consuming to load), you will be very frustrated at the playback functionality. There is no inherent song continuity unless you are willing to listen to your entire collection-unsorted. That is to say there are several options for playback: artist, album, genre...and each with its own quirks and pains Artist playback: If you try to play songs by the same artist you can only listen to songs from the same album. If there is a guest artist in a song then you will have to select that one separately. When the current album is over you will have to go out and select the artist's other album. All possible to do but it shouldn't be so difficult. Album Playback: Songs only play from the same artist and same album...if there is any differences-ie movie soundtracks with multiple artists-the songs will play from each artist/group individually and require you to navigate back to the album and select another song. Song genre playback? It is a combination of artist and album difficulties-oh its even more painful! IE: You can't listen to all the Rock songs at once because you'll be selecting the songs by artist/group and album. DIFFULTY AS A 2nd HARD DRIVE:
It is difficult to use as a second hard drive/transfer files between computers since you have to install the driver and restart on each computer. NOTE: My friend who owns an Mac was able to plug the USB into her computer and immediately recognized it as a hard drive. THIS IS PLUG-n-PLAY at its best! This begs the question...WHY do the Windows users (the intended audience) have to install a driver to use it? GOOD FOR CD CHANGER REPLACEMENT:
I also want to say it is very nice to use the unit as a CD changer in my car. Finally my tape player has a use again! RECOMMENDATION:
I do like the idea of a second hard drive but I would recommend an mp3 player with a USB 2.0/Firewire interface if you have a lot of files/songs you plan on backing up/syncing. If you want a high capacity "jukebox" or 2nd hard drive DON'T BUY THIS! There are A LOT BETTER ALTERNATIVES to spend your hard earned money on! CURRENT STATUS:
I am currently in the process of sending my player for service and if it has any more problems I plan on getting an iPod or something similar with Firewire since my computer doesn't have USB 2.0
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE: Buggy product, shoddy product support
Review: BUYER BEWARE!
I purchased this mp3 player and at first it worked just fine for less than an hour. SYNOPSIS:
This is a neat toy but has become a very expensive paperweight after just a month. The product tries very hard to be a jukebox/second hard drive, but it is not functional for someone who plans to update/change files and songs due to the VERY SLOW USB 1.1 connection. Save your money and get a player with faster connection options, better usability, support, design, etc BUGGY:
The player freezes/hangs when it is powered down and then turned back on for use. Additionally, the display freezes and hangs after playing more than five songs. Total pain since I CONSTANTLY have to reset the unit. And I don't always have something to jam in the super small reset hole-regular pens won't do it. POOR PRODUCT SUPPORT:
I have had no success in downloading updates to fix the problem because there aren't any. What happened to customer support and providing updates for users? SLOOOOOW INTERFACE:
The USB 1.1 interface is very slow and takes a long time to initially set up your library on the computer. Took all night for me to upload the 5 Gig of songs/albums I own. Big downer since I was excited to have it charged and ready to go in an hour or so. DESIGN:
It is bulky and awkward to wear if you are working out/jogging. BATTERY LIFE:
Battery life is very disappointing only around 3 hours SYNCRONIZING/ORGANIZING SONGS:
The Music Match software is a very slow and awkward interface to sync files. The ability to create playlist is a good idea since playback of syncronized songs is HORRIBLE (more on this later). Creating play lists is fairly easy and with Music Maker, but loading playlists on the player is VERY TIME-CONSUMING. PRODUCT INTERFACE/USE:
Poor interface/use. Unless you use the playlist maker (which is time-consuming to load), you will be very frustrated at the playback functionality. There is no inherent song continuity unless you are willing to listen to your entire collection-unsorted. That is to say there are several options for playback: artist, album, genre...and each with its own quirks and pains Artist playback: If you try to play songs by the same artist you can only listen to songs from the same album. If there is a guest artist in a song then you will have to select that one separately. When the current album is over you will have to go out and select the artist's other album. All possible to do but it shouldn't be so difficult. Album Playback: Songs only play from the same artist and same album...if there is any differences-ie movie soundtracks with multiple artists-the songs will play from each artist/group individually and require you to navigate back to the album and select another song. Song genre playback? It is a combination of artist and album difficulties-oh its even more painful! IE: You can't listen to all the Rock songs at once because you'll be selecting the songs by artist/group and album. DIFFULTY AS A 2nd HARD DRIVE:
It is difficult to use as a second hard drive/transfer files between computers since you have to install the driver and restart on each computer. NOTE: My friend who owns an Mac was able to plug the USB into her computer and immediately recognized it as a hard drive. THIS IS PLUG-n-PLAY at its best! This begs the question...WHY do the Windows users (the intended audience) have to install a driver to use it? GOOD FOR CD CHANGER REPLACEMENT:
I also want to say it is very nice to use the unit as a CD changer in my car. Finally my tape player has a use again! RECOMMENDATION:
I do like the idea of a second hard drive but I would recommend an mp3 player with a USB 2.0/Firewire interface if you have a lot of files/songs you plan on backing up/syncing. If you want a high capacity "jukebox" or 2nd hard drive DON'T BUY THIS! There are A LOT BETTER ALTERNATIVES to spend your hard earned money on! CURRENT STATUS:
I am currently in the process of sending my player for service and if it has any more problems I plan on getting an iPod or something similar with Firewire since my computer doesn't have USB 2.0
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Summary: Could not send music to the device
Review: Everytime I tried to 'send to device' it kept saying I needed to download the upgrade 1057 version. after the upgrade it continued to say the same thing over again. i only had it for 6 days and could not get it to work. Can someone help understand what i may have been doing wrong. thanks
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Summary: Christmas Gift for 13 Year old grandson
Review: Excellant machine. Grandson has had no problems with it. We use it do download and upload from Windows XP. It is worth the money!
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Summary: A outstanding player under 200 dollars!!!
Review: First off I gave the Lyra 4 stars and not 5 just because it should come with a better case. This unit is one of the nicest I have used. The controls are very easy to use and there is no learning curve.
Once charged up the transfer of songs with the 1.1 usb for example a 80-90MB file takes about 3mins.
The box come with everything you need from the car charger to the audio out cables. All items are excellent quality!!!!! EXCEPT the case. Now I understand that there is alot of value in the in the LYRA box and the case is a "bonous" but with the limit of after-market Carrying Cases I would expect something more protective from RCA.
One suggestion, if you get this find yourself some non-adheasive vinyl (like the stuff the oilchange stikers are made of or pda screen protectors) and cut out a piece to cover the display on the LYRA to prevent scratches.
The LYRA is a solid unit good size not to bulky fairly good looks. This is a must have for any music lover or tech geek. This would make a great gift for a student, fathers day gift, any one!
I am sure that if you purchase this you will be more than pleased. There are many MP3 Players out there this is one of the best!!!!! Dont spend the extra [money] for a MP3 player with the same amount of storage and sleeker looks, there is no need.
Thanks for reading I hope you get one!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: The low price makes it worth it for some people
Review: Good things I have to say: It holds a ton of songs and for the low price it will be worth it for some people. The battery lasts about 8 hours and charges relatively fast. If you like to jog, it won't skip or have problems from rigorous movement. It allows you to make playlists while you are listening to music, which is pretty fun. After I downloaded the right drivers and software, it worked pretty well with my computer, though this may be complicated for some people.
Problems I have had with it: It cuts off the first second of every song, this is the most annoying problem it has. If you have the volumn turned down lower then half, you can easily hear the hard drive noise through your headphones/speakers. It sometimes stop playing and locks up entirely. You can't even turn it off when it does that. The only recourse is to hit the "Reset" button which can only be reached with a safety pin or similer thin object. After adding most of my song library, which was only 15 GB, it made the "Play All" setting unusable, because it takes too long to switch between songs. Even though the headphone design is very comfortable and has good quality sound, after 2 months one of the speakers broke which made them unusable.
I managed to buy this for $35 new from sears, so the extremely low price is the only reason I didn't take it back. If you demand excellence in your electronic products, stay clear of this player.
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Summary: Great Capacity and Ease of Use
Review: I bought the Lyra player impulsively before a trip and afterwards read customers who had similar computer systems and had problems. Working with Windows XP Professional, I had no problems installing and using the Lyra. The 20 GB hard-drive has enough space for a huge amount of songs and if you use the MP3 Pro capabilities it can hold more than you can imagine listening too. The few gripes I have with the Lyra are its very slow transfer speed (it took about 5 hours to transfer 9 Gigs) and updates you must download to enable the player to use wma files. Overall the system is a good package, great capacity, easy to use, and inclusive (comes with a cigarette charger, tape adaptor, wall charger, case, Audio cables, and headphones).
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