RCA Lyra RD2317FM 1 GB Digital Audio Player with FM Transmitter by Thomson Consumer Electronics
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Digital camera reviews of RCA Lyra RD2317FM 1 GB Digital Audio Player with FM Transmitter
Digital camera Review: Everything you want for a good price
Summary: 4 Stars
I received my player about a month ago, and so far, am very pleased. The radio reception for me has been great, and the FM transmitter was flawless the 3 times I've used it in my car. It has been easy to download songs onto it. I also love that it is small, sporty, and gives the option to wear a lanyard or use the belt clip.
Drawbacks would be that (as everyone else has said), you can't pick up with the song you left off at, even during the same session (i.e. you can't switch from the radio back to your songs without being stuck at the top of your song list). Second, it does take some time to figure out how to work it since the directions aren't great. Third, it is slow when you are maneuvering through the menu.
All in all, for what I wanted, it's great. I mainly like to listen to the radio or certain artists from my CDs that I'm in the mood for. I also wanted the ability to record the radio since I don't have an extensive CD collection (but I haven't used that feature yet). The FM transmitter is also a good bargain here since you would have to pay a good amount to add one on to any other MP3 player with these same features. I researched the right MP3 player for me for 2 months and it all came down to this one. I am very happy with it so far.
Digital camera Review: Fine product while it worked !!
Summary: 2 Stars
Very nice designed mp3 player with many good features for its price. The only problem is that it lasted 3 days !!!
The manual reccomended to update the device to the last firmare version available at RCA's website, I performed the procedure and the device went dead with no recovery.
I'm waiting RCA to give me a new one...
Digital camera Review: Good and bad
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a nice little player in some ways, it had the things I was looking for:
1) Runs on an AAA battery, so no worries about charging
2) Has an SD card slot - great!
3) 1 GB of built in memory - nice
The interface and functionality of the player are very lacking. I got used to it after a couple weeks, but the deal breaker was when I got enough music on it to see that it wasn't playing music in the right order. I had a whole CD of music in one folder and it wasn't playing the songs in the right order. It wasn't even playing them in any kind of predictable order. This thing uses the ID3 tags heavily, but it was ignoring the track # on those too. I finally called tech support, and they told me the Lyra was not programmed to play songs in any particular order - not alphabetically, or by track #, or file name, nothing.
When a manufacturer loses sight of the most basic level of functionaltiy - I can't control what order I hear tracks in - at all? I mean, come on. This is an automatic "return to sender".
Digital camera Review: Good player overall - lacks some intuitiveness...
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this player for a friend hiking the Appalachian Trail. He needed specific features: runs off replaceable batteries (not internal), memory card expandable, a long battery life and is compatible with Windows 2000. After reviewing at least 50 MP3 players, I decided this model fit the bill perfectly.
Pros:
1GB internal memory - ample start.
Supports memory cards up to 512MB.
Volume levels are sufficent.
Lightweight, sturdy, ergonomic design.
Three color backgrounds available - display is BRIGHT at night - works as a nice ad-hoc flashlight.
Display orientation - can be changed so controls are at the top or bottom.
Voice record feature - great for recording notes, thoughts, etc.
Key lock - keeps you from accidentally switching tracks, menus, etc.
Software - easy to load, use and get started!
Preloaded with the DaVinci Code - kinda cool. Also came with a giftcard for two free books from audible.com.
Cons:
Menus aren't very intuitive at all. It takes some experimenting to figure out where you are/how to get where you want.
The manual is only *moderately* helpful - it doesn't adequately explain the features or functionality - annoying! Also, the manual is PDF only.
When viewing tracks it scrolls slowly so you have to wait awhile to see the name of the track playing. This is especially annoying if the file includes the artist/album/song name.
Shuffle feature seems to shuffle in predictable order...
I had and used this player for almost 4 weeks before I mailed it to my friend - and it was my first experience with a portable MP3 player. Most of my time with it was spent on loading songs and recording voice tracks. I didn't spend lots of hours actually using it. My friend has had it on the Trail for about a week and so far seems happy with it. I'll report back on battery life, other functionality issues as I hear back from him.
Overall, it's a nice, affordable alternative with pleasing features.
Digital camera Review: Great features, good price, decent quality.
Summary: 4 Stars
I am using it since several months. I agree with most of the other reviews. I am not a big msuic buff and had not had many players before to comare it with. But what else do you want in this price?
Menus are slow and not very easy to use. Menus orientation changed upside down makes it very conveneint to use your thumb to navigate.
Battery life is not great, i use NiMth betteries those are considered quite long lasting but with me a battery lasts hardly one, long, NYC commute. May be I used to keep adjusting volume/chaning stations constantly and that makes the light turn on and that consuems more battery?
Radio reception is not great, a lot of noise and not many stations that i can receive in Manhattan and Linden blvd area in Queens. By the way I noticed when in a bus, if engine is idling, like at a bus stop, recption is poorer and when bus is moving and engine is reving reception improves! the FM tramsitter for car that came with it is nice.
voice recorder is quite sensitive. I used that to record a lecture in a big hall from a distance and it was understadnable when played back.
Ear buds seems fine and comfortable though i used only once. I used my aiwa ear buds and now i use Shure ear buds to supress subway noise.
Great features. all that i wanted. radio, voice recorder, SD memory expansion, I have not tested but someone mentioned we can use up to 1gb card with it. Record from radio. Line in is great. I converted my audio books to MP3s using line in. Belt clip, neck cord and nice software bundled, i still have to download one free audio book! . Besides battery life, i am very happy.
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