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Summary: The perfect gift...for an enemy
Review: I bought this for my wife for Christmas and decided to set it up and load some Xmas songs so she could use it right away. At first, I was very happy as I plugged it in to the USB port, XP recognized it, I drug the songs over to player (shows up as a drive) and they copied (slowly). But no luck playing them. Pored through the manual. Not much help. Loaded Musicmatch software. It trys to take over all defaults for the music on your computer. It trys to sell you more software. etc. Directions don't match the menus. Finally, found out how to transfer files. Didn't work right. Way too much technical overhead required to operate this poorly designed and executed product. I'm taking it back.
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Summary: Love this player
Review: I've had this player for about three months now and couldn't be happier. No problems of any kind. I already was using Musicmatch JB for my mp3's, so that fit right in. Also, documentation is sparse, but there are a really great Yahoo users group, with files FAQ, etc., that really helps. Some folks have had problems, tho' so I'd recommend checking that site before buying.
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Summary: One star rating is too good for this ...
Review: This product says that it will play mp3's and wma's, but you have to use their software and file format (mpy) to download anything. The manual gave NO help for downloading; it provided on small paragraph for downloand info in "Advanced Features" that simply said read the software manual. Furthermore, we could never get wma's to load.
Also, we found that it skipped while we were standing still, holding the device.
Don't waste your money! We've already returned ours!
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Summary: Good Player
Review: This is a very good mp3 player with some minor setbacks, the most glaring of these being battery life. Other then that it is a rugged and sturdy player, a good buy considering everything else out there.
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Summary: JUST WHAT I NEEDED........
Review: pLAYS MY SONGS....THE ONES I WANT TO HEAR.....AND 128MB IS ENOUGH SPACE FOR ABOUT 21- 6 MIN. SONGS...PLUS, YOU CAN EXPAND!!!....GREAT FOR THE MONEY!!!...ALSO, (WHAT I WANTED), IT HAS A FM RADIO!!!!...GREAT PRODUCT...YOU SHOULD BUY-IT...CAN'T GO WRONG...
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Summary: Great sound and nice size.
Review: I just got this for my birthday and I love it. It is small and the sound is great! The belt clip did not work for my running shorts, as soon as I started running it bounced off, but with a little playing around I got it to attach to a different running radio's armband and that was great. It holds a lot of music and I am very pleased.
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Summary: Great value
Review: I'm a gadget freak and this has to be one of the best purchases I have made in a while. I did quite a bit of research and specifically wanted a compact player with at least 128mb of memory and an FM tuner. Not a lot of choices out there, I found out. The Lyra turned out to be an economical and wise choice. It has it all: convenience, memory, FM tuner, ease-of-use and affordable. I take it to the gym regularly and have not had a single problem.
Despite my being saddled with the ever buggy Windows ME, the software was easy to install and downloading music is relatively painless. To be honest, my biggest shock was that this came from RCA. I didn't expect it from them. Not known for their early adoption of technology but they did a great job with the Lyra.
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Summary: Awesome player
Review: This player was very easy to set up. Since I use Win2k the drivers were preinstalled. MusicMatch works extremely well. I use the AutoDJ function to create a playlist of about 2.5 hrs in length (My files are generally 128 kbps) and then use the portable manager to trim the playlist down to 128MB so it fits. I like the idea that it is expandable, although I haven't added any storage yet because 128MB is generally adequate for trips to the supermarket and gym and putting new music on it is such a snap. The FM tuner worked well in the stands at a football game. The big display screen is a huge plus. I would add an arm strap to the carrying case, but the player is so small and light that this a minor inconvenience. For the money this is the best player on the market.
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Summary: Excellent for Price
Review: I bought this player despite some of the comments that I read. Personally I have no problems with it and I think it is an excellent player for its price. Size is small and the radio work great. Sound is good and buttons aren't that hard to use. I can't wait for the MP3Pro format that it will be able to play. I do have some problems with having to use MusicMatch. It isn't that bad of a program but I don't like being forced to use it. I would gladly recommend this to anyone interested.
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Summary: MP3Pro Support IS possible, it's just a pain for now.
Review: It is possible to get MP3Pro files onto the RD1080, but it is something of a pain. As of right now 7.2 is the only version of MusicMatch that can encode music to MP3Pro. But there is a bug, as detailed here: it prevents it from uploading it to the RD1080. MusicMatch 7.1 can upload MP3Pro files to the RD1080, however, it can't encode them. The easiest thing would be to have two computers, one running 7.2 to encode the files, and one running 7.1 to upload them. At least, until MusicMatch releases a fix for the bug in 7.2. The only other choices are use something else to encode to MP3Pro, or encode with 7.2, uninstall, install 7.1 and upload.
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