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Summary: Don't buy this item
Review: I bought this item ... and it was the biggest waste of money. I tried time and time again to download music and it will not download anything that I try. Everytime I try to turn on the player it will not respond to the buttons, it is the slowest ting I have ever seen. Tomorrow I am going to Target and returning it. I will tell you time and time again DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM.
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Summary: ???
Review: I dont know what everybodys complaining about, i have had mine since December 2002 with no porblems. You also dont need to use Music Match Jukebox, you can just use windows explorer (The player shows up as a drive) and use WMA files (which only take up about 60% of the space of MP3's). Some converter programs for wma's dont work so try a few. No problems, and ive droped it about a dozen times.
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Summary: Short life span
Review: I got one for Christmas '02 and I bought one for my son for his birthday in January '03. BOTH no longer work after only five months of gentle treatment (I used mine only a couple of times a week.) Completely dead in the water. The design is great but their life span is extremely abbreviated in my experience.
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Summary: I returned it totally dissatisfied
Review: I had the newer "Lyra" version of this product, but they're essentially the same. The MusicMatch software is completely unworkable. The instruction manual covers almost nothing, and there is nowhere to go for assistance. Regrettably, I spent two days fighting with thing before I returned it. My advice is DO NOT BUY THIS ITEM.
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Summary: Excellent player.
Review: I have been using my new RCA RD1070 MP3 Player (128MB) for a few weeks and it is exactly what I was looking for. It is light and relatively small. Great sound quality and no skips. I've dropped it accidentally a few times and I've had no problems. It comes with MusicMatch Jukebox software which you HAVE to use to put your songs on the player. Almost all the reviews on here have been complaining about MusicMatch. I already had MusicMatch Plus on my computer (which is running XP). I've been using this program on my computer for almost two years so maybe it was easier for me knowing how to use the program, but I've never had a problem with it. The only things which could be improved are the headphones (the weird ones that wrap around the back of your head) and the display which does not tell you the track title or artist name and the fact that it is not backlit. But these are very minor and do not detract from the overall experience. I recommend it.
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Summary: lots of potential for storage but sounds sorry
Review: I have to admit the rd1070 has the potential to store a whole lot of music. Before buying rd1070 i bought the 64MB model from RCA Lyra because it had a rebate for it, that actually sounded really good and its alot smaller then the rd1070. I returned the product after questioning if 64MB + 128MB card i was going to buy was going to be enough music for me. I got this a week later because I did some searching and found the 1070. Its alot bigger in terms of size then the 64MB version and sounds alot worse. Sound transfer was the same as the 64MB version and I used the same songs, even the same headphones and the 1070 sounded horrendous. I tried redoing the proccess to see if it was just a bad transfer and was amazed that it wasnt the issue. Keep in mind I am no audio nut and cant tell the difference betweens highs and mids, and if I notice the problem you should notice it too. Try demoing the unit at Circuit City since they have a great return policy.
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Summary: Why does this have to be so hard?
Review: I just bought the new version -- RD1071. WMA files seem to transfer fine. They play fine. But they only play for 5-20 seconds and then everything shuts down. There is no contact information on the RCA site. They don't respond to email. There seems to be nothing I can find on the web about the problem, so now I just don't have a clue.
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Summary: Why does this have to be so hard?
Review: I just bought the new version -- RD1071. WMA files seem to transfer fine. They play fine. But they only play for 5-20 seconds and then everything shuts down. There is no contact information on the RCA site. They don't respond to email. There seems to be nothing I can find on the web about the problem, so now I just don't have a clue.
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Summary: Great player for the price
Review: I just picked one up for my wife and I love it. Simple hardware interface and great sound (for the price). In regards to the MPY conversion - that takes place automatically through MusicMatch during the file download to the player, and does not affect the original MP3 file. I haven't run into any trouble with it and I've been working with files encoded at 128, 192, and 320 kbps.I'm going to buy a second one for myself.
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Summary: It's So Hott
Review: I just purcashed this item and it is great for a beginner. You can download songs really fast and it comes with a software to do that!
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