RCA Lyra 64 MB MP3 Player

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Manufacturer: RCA
Price at amazon.com: Used & new from $49.50

List price $99.99



Product Features:

• 64 MB built-in memory stores up to 2 hours of mp3PRO encoded music
• MP3 and WMA playback, and mp3PRO ready
• External SC/MMC slot for expandable memory
• 2-line LCD display
• Comes with a sports armband, e.clipz headphones, USB cable, CD-ROM music management software, and 1 AAA alkaline battery

Product Description:

Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: All a true HARD ROCKER could ask for! Rating:
I bought this mp3 player for three reasons. The price, the brand (RCA) and the portability. I hated space eating, annoying, hassling Cd-rs. I had a pile of them, Chris's favorites 1-89. I don't like all artists songs or one genre. I have a top 40 than i get sick of them and make a new cd-r of my new favorites. But with this i just delete and the just drag and drop. This little hand held unit has some BIG sound in volume and quality, all from a single aaa battery. It stores many songs. But the secret is to use windows media player to convert the songs kbs a lower rate. I have all my songs at 64kbs it takes about 1.8 of a mb per song. I can fit mabout 2 hours of music and dont even notice a change in quality. I love it and its well worth the money.

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Comment: Great First Player Rating:
This was my first MP3 player. I went inexpensive (Wal-Mart $68) because I had no idea if I'd like it. Like others, the first thing I noticed was the battery door. It's so flimsy, I'm worried it won't last long. Other than that, I have no real complaints. The player is amazingly small; it's great for your pocket or just to hold in your hand. The headphones are somewhat awkward, I ended up picking up a set of ear-buds, but I would probably have gotten used to the ones included. The display is rather large and scrolls the song title and composer. It was easy to load music onto the player. I just 'drag-and-dropped' all my WMA (CD) files onto the player from my computer using Windows. I had to use Windows Media Player to load the MP3s, but that was easy enough. I would not bother installing any of the software (on XP, at least, which recongized the player as a storage drive). I stopped trying to figure out MusicMatch after an hour. The 64 MB isn't going to hold a ton of songs. If that's what you're looking for, I would suggest paying the extra $20 or so and get the 128 MB player. Of course, you can buy a SmartDisc and upgrade this drive; I already have.

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Comment: Good product Rating:
I bought my Rio over a year ago (for a lot more that it costs now) and I done construction, mountain biking and hiking, snowboarding, and it still works great. My Monly complaint is how quickly the price dropped, but at least I can expand the memory.

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