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Summary: I am enjoying my first mp3 player.
Review: When I bought this mp3 player, it was not an impulse buy. I looked at all other competing models...and for the low price this one is hard to beat. I wanted an mp3 player with an fm tuner, this one has it. I wanted an mp3 player with at least 128mb of memory and again this one has it. ALL for a low price. This thing is so tiny it fits in the palm of my hand. I use it at work constantly for upto 10+ hours with name brand batteries. The other reviews give low scores for the software, of which I have had no trouble at all using...I am running the most stable operating system though...win2000. It does also play mp3pro files, which other reviewers have said it doesn't. It's just a bit tricky to get the files on the player, and a support page said it won't fully be implemented until december. I am a hardcore computer enthusiast, and I realyy enjoy this mp3 player. I guess the only gripe I have are the headphones are a bit too big and the carrying case/belt clip is a little loose on my belt so I have to put it in my pocket...also the button is hard to use to switch between tracks when it's in the case ;p BUt I love it.
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Summary: A great player if it worked as advertized
Review: The RD1080 is a great player: 128Mb, expandability, USB transfer, MP3Pro compatibility, and a miniature size.I would love to say how my RD1080 has been one of my best MP3 players, but it forced its way into my worst. Perhaps the biggest lie ever told about the RD1080 is the lie that it supports MP3Pro. The MP3Pro is a great form of compression that allows for MP3's to be shrunk in half and still retail quality; some retail outlets advertise that the RD1080 supports this new technology. It does not. I tried a million ways. The FM radio is great: 10 programmable stations and better reception than a car. Too bad the MP3's on my unit sound like they're coming from an FM station next to an electrical plant. That's right: the sound quality is hampered by a buzz and hiss at any volume and on any headphones. The software sucks. The thing downloads with MusicMatch Jukebox, a vile chunk of code that always wants to sign its user up for the latest spam ring while installing spy wear, and is about as unstable as software comes. It takes three control-alt-deletes just to get my MusicMatch to read my Mp3's on any computer. The Lyra would be an excellent purchase were it not a product that had to rush through its testing to get on the market. Maybe you won't have the same troubles with your player, but mine's going back.
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Summary: Bad software?
Review: SO far I haven't been able to get the software to work. I try to load the driver, and it goes into terminal pause. I'm running WindowsME. Anyone else have this problem? Anyone know how to fix it, before I return it to the store on September 30, 2002? If you do, leave the recommendation on your review of the product.
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Summary: Nice!!!
Review: Very easy to use! Sounds great!...No problem loading software on XP.The drivers are already there, All I had to do was load the plug-in for Music Match (I already used Music Match)and I could transfer over 35 songs in about 8 minutes!
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Summary: poor batery life.
Review: works great with imesh.my friend complaned about it being to big but he only has a 32mb memory mp3 player and if it didn't have a radio or four times as much memory it would be realy small ,not that it isn't.expandable memory is cool so you can get a lot of usic without a computer every where you go.i bougt a 256mb card which also adds another 8 hours to the original memory.iI considered buying one of those big ones with 20gb but who needs that much memory.plus there to big the radio is good because if you get tired of listening to your mp3's .The batery life isn't that good{about 12 hours}but I'm used to geting around 62 hours on my mini disc player.the easyist way to solve this is by geting rechargeable bateries.
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Summary: Somewhat Difficult to setup but good other than that
Review: I had the same problem another reviewer had with the DOWNLOAD button being inactive. Having redone the installation procedure from scratch a few times I focused on the Musicmatch plug-in as the issue.....but it turns out it was the USB driver. I read on the internet about someguy saying that the computer asks you to reboot it during setup but the drivers are still being loaded. So, I went to Device Manager and removed the Lyra and then let Windows reload the driver(since Lyra was connected) and haven't had a problem since. It is great that this thing has an FM tuner on it. Those are hard to find now days on MP3's. This thing is very small, I wish they would have sent a better belt clip case but I will find something. Only had a few days but the sound is good and I like it better than the RIO 800 I returned for battery problems. The RCA takes two AAA batteries...don't know how long they last but I will take that over the poor RIO system that shows inaccurrate readings for battery life.
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Summary: Great idea .....doesnt work
Review: doesnt play windows media as stated .......you need to buy a card reader to format the cards (not included ) sound average on mp3 back up the worse ......sent mine back ...they should be sued for their misleading ads re windows media player ....I spent hours trying to get to work ...
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Summary: Not what it's promised to be.
Review: I think this is a great MP3 player and radio. But I bought it because it was supposed to play MP3Pro (MP3 grown up) and WMA (Windows Media) files. It plays neither! I contacted RCA Tech Support and they explained that there will be a firmware upgrade in about 2 months. Isn't that false advertising? I'm returning mine and contacting a lawyer and the Better Business Bureau.
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Summary: Would have been great . .. . BUT .. . .
Review: Alright guys. . . you will see the problems this product has faced. I had it for three weeks . .and Unfortunately had to return the. . I was really bummed. I contact every person involved with the product: RCA, musicmatch, Thompson -- this in itself was an issue. Everyone blamed somebody else, and nobody knew how to help me solve my problem. I was having problems getting the mp3 files to transfer. My 'download' button was inactive. Finally I received a response from musicmatch: "We are aware of the problem, but have no solution as of yet" Okay. . what does that mean??? According the to musicmatch Rep. . it had noting to do with my operating system which is Windows ME. I've read countless reviews of this product. . .quite a few had the same problem as me -- I wish it did work out for me. I loved the concept: small, fm radio, memory exspansion, value. If anyone has a solution to the problem, it would be great to hear it!
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Summary: Love this Little Gizmo!
Review: OK, so I'm not the most sophisticated electronics user and am easily impressed, but I have to say that this mp3 player has everything I was wanting and more! At 128 mb it holds more than enough music to keep you entertained for hours, and with the option of random play it should be quite awhile before you grow tired of your songs. Once you do grow tired of them, however, or if you are just looking for much more variety, the expansion slot allows you to easily expand your library without limit. Sure, this little guy may not be as sophisticated as some of the mini jukeboxes, but for the price it offers an incredible capacity with super sound. I would recommend this little guy to anyone, especially someone new to the technology!
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