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RCA RD1021 Portable Digtal Player w/Built-in 64MB Memory | |
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| Product Reviews from Amazon.com (Rating System 1 to 5) |
| Review | Rating | Last Updated | a year later...
my boyfriend bought this player from walgreens for $60 at the recommendation of some work friends. he's been using it on a daily basis for almost a year, & the only problem he seems to have is the playback isn't really made to be turned up too loud. that being said, with headphones it's loud enough to block out the person next to you talking, so it's more than adequate. we use it on walks with a set of small computer speakers so we can both hear & it crackles a little, but overall its great.
pros-small, lightweight, expandable memory option is great, love being able to drag & drop files, very pleased with the fact that a rechargable AAA battery with run it for at least a week running 30min + a day. also, it's fairly dummy-proof. good first mp3 player.
cons-no backlight, volume could go higher using speakers other that headphones, small memory (see expandable memory option,) & personally didn't like the headphones it came with. honestly, those are the only cons i have found so far.
for the record, responding to the guy that said the product in the picture wasn't the unit advertised, it at least looks more or less identical to the one i have. i say "almost" because i have a few things written in different places (ex:"mode" "dsp" & headphone icon are on the back, not the front, & "pocket digital audio player" is under the screen, not on top of it) but the setup is exactly the same. maybe a different version, i'm not sure.
i was pleased enough with this little player that ive ordered the 256mg RD1072 & extra 512mg card for myself in the hopes to take it out when we go rollerblading, maybe my latest obsession, running. it shipped today-i'm hoping for the same luck we have had with this one. if you can get this for a good price, go for it.
| 4 | Today | Good but.....
This is the only MP3 player i own. I got it for christmas in '04. Its really good and its small. It holds about 30 songs on it. and you can but memory cards for it. but after a couple of months, it wouldnt turn out. so i had to ship it out and get a new one. Hey it was free. So i had to re-put my songs on it and i was fine. As of now i cant find mine! I think my brother took it cause he lost his. who knows. If you want a good MP3 Player this is a good one. | 4 | Today | Nice Little Player
I've had the RCA Lyra for over a year now. It hasn't suddenly stopped working, the skip buttons do work, and I'm generally pleased with it. The only problem I had was with the battery cover. The tab that keeps it in place broke off after I accidentally dropped it. It hasn't caused much of a problem though, nothing a little cello tape couldn't fix. The battery life was good, too. I use the player while I walk to school, which takes 40 minutes in total each day. One AAA battery lasts me an entire month (roughly 20 walking days), using the highest volume setting. | 4 | Today | A piece of junk -- BUYER BEWARE
If I could rate this lower than 1, I would.
Simply put, this thing is a piece of junk. It is very, very poorly assembled. If you plan to keep it in one spot, never move it or yourself, you'll be fine. However, if you plan to use it jogging or while lifting weights, prepare for its eventual self-destruction in a month or so.
I don't know why, but eventually it becomes completely non-responsive. You can't turn it on. You'll try to shimmy the battery (which is when you will notice how poorly contructed this piece of junk is) which might work one or two times. But eventually the player will just go dead...forever.
A couple people have said this is a good buy in comparison to an ipod. HA! At least with an ipod, you can be confident the player will survive more than a year. And, Apple's support is top-notch. Try to log on to RCA's web site to find trouble-shooting advice and/or an address when you can send the player back for a refund or write a letter of complaint. Non-existent. Yes, it's cheaper than an ipod -- but weigh that in comparison to the fact that you'll be throwing your money down the drain and will end up shelling out the money for a decent player down the line.....
My advice? Skip this piece of junk, save yourself the headache and bother and just buy the ipod right away, | 1 | Today | A Piece of Crap
First of all the picture of the RCA Lyra 64 MB MP3 player is wrong. What you actually see is a picture of the RCA RD2010 128MB Lyra Flash MP3 Player with FM Tuner. I don't know why Amazon has the wrong picture up there. Anyway, I haven't had the RCA Lyra 64 MB for a year (August04- March05) and it already has fallen apart. Problem 1: The button you use to skip back didn't work. If I was listening to Song #4 and wanted to go back to Song #2, I could only skip forward just to get to #2. Problem 2: The headphone jack was garbage. If I wanted to hear out of both sides of my headphones, I had to position it inside of the jack a certain way. That really had hurt my index finger. Problem 3: The lid to the battery compartment broke, so I had to wrap a rubber band around it so the battery wouldn't pop out. It was annoying having to jog with my right hand looking like it was crippled. Whatever you do, do not buy this MP3 player. You have been warned. | 1 | Today | Disappointed
Exactly as others said the jack is definitely a problem and only after 2 months. This player had such great potential to then be loss to such a simple problem. I dont know if I could ever consider another product from them. | 2 | Today | mp3 playa
well i bought this because i droped my cd player and it broke in half. about a week after i got it the volume up clicker thing broke and another week after that the volume down clicker broke too so I have to hold it if I want to get the volume up or down. The battery life is not good. Either buy bulk batterys for it or get some rechargable ones. the only thing i do like about it it does have some good bass and it does still kinda work. | 2 | Today | Not a very durable product!!
I was very excited to get this player because of the reviews I had read. Man, have I been dissappointed!
I've owned two only to have both break within 2 months. The first one fell on the cement when the velcro on the armband gave out while I was bending over. The headphone jack on the second one went south about seven weeks after I bought it. The left speaker cuts in and out and every once in a while the player will stop playing music and replace it with a very high pitched squeal that won't stop until you pull out the battery. It doesn't feel very good on the ole eardrums!
I don't know if I just bought two bad units or if this is how they are, but either way I won't be buying anymore. | 1 | Today | A good player for the money
I have owned this player for several months and have not had any problems with it. The sound quality is very good. If you plan on keeping this player for a while, the SD card slot can be extremely valuable. SD memory card prices continue to drop so you can continually expand this player to hold more and more music for less and less money. I just got a 512MB San Disk...and now the player can hold several CDs worth of MP3s / WMA files, depending on the sampling rate of your MP3s. If you maintain multiple SD cards, you can quickly swap them out for a new set of MP3s and not have to mess with deleting/downloading new songs into the player. Believe me, the importance of the SD card slot cannot be understated if you are looking for expandablity. All in all, it's a great, straight-forward, and compact player. | 4 | Today | Poor Quality
I bought this for my daughter for christmas and in less thn 1 month she complained that she needed to wiggle the headset plug to get good audio. I disassembled the unit to find that there was poor solder joints on the headset jack. RCA, if you want to keep any reputation, we need better quality from you! | 2 | Today |
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