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Summary: Battery Life a Disappointment
Comment: Purchased 2 of these. Price was right, capacity for music great, fairly painless setup and transfer. BUT- After several months of play, battery barely lasts 10 mins after a full charge.
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Summary: Awesome sound, easy to navigate...Great player!
Comment: I'm gonna keep this really short for now, but will update this review when I have more time. I don't think the Lyra is even for sale anymore, but, I still wanna put in my 2 cents!
I'd never owned an mp3 player before when I received this as a Christmas gift in 2006. The few times I tried to use it, I had trouble with the included "MusicMatch" (now defunct) software. It wasn't meant for Windows ME, which I'm still running, so it seemed kinda screwy and my pc would crash alot, so back in the box it went.
About a month ago I was determined to give it another try. By doing a custom download, I skipped the things I didn't need. So I dusted it off, actually READ the instructions, took the tutorials, and got down to business.
And now I spend countless hours HAPPILY downloading all my favorite CDs, and nixing the cuts I do not like, making playlists (that was tough for me to figure out)and I can now say this is aVERY GOOD little device. The sound, whether being played through my receiver or with the provided Sennheiser earbuds, is incredible...every bit as good as the original CD to my ears.
It takes some practice, but after a short while, I realized how intuitive the user interface is. There is a rubberized wheel surrounding a small joystick. The wheel turns smoothly and the rubber makes it easy to use with one hand, no slipping. You can use either of these to scroll through 3 menus: Music, Pictures, Folders. I've noticed that the more music I put on it, the slower it is to go from ON to playing music. It's even freezed up a few times and although it's powered on, nothing works. The instructions advise you to hold down the power button for 10 seconds and it reboots the harddrive-it works but is a pain.
It comes with a tough-leather carrying case that is useless, and seems too small for the player. You really have to jam it in there which I hate doing since I treat my electronics with lots of TLC. However, the major downer is battery life-it's not very good. I't practically empty by the evening, even though I've only turned it on a few times, and usually for just 30mins or so at a time. I'd say I get about 2.5-3 hrs...maybe thats not so bad.
Overall I think this is a great player!
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Summary: Good little player ^_^
Comment: I bought my little Lyra RD2765A at the local FYE about 2 weeks ago. I can say that so far, I'm very happy with it. I pretty much stick to using the basics of it, transfer files to it using browser windows instead of any program, aside from the Lyra DJ ( I also do my own music file tagging before hand in Winamp, RARELY do I ever use Windows Media Player ).
File transfers are simple to do, the sound is GREAT, and the volume control sensitivity is VERY nice. I do agree that using this to look at images is kind of pointless ( why would people want to look at a highly detailed image on small screens anyway? Give me a full 17" computer screen, thank you. ).
I like the little navigation joystick, it's easier to feel for when you have to keep your eyes on the road or where you're walking. The only downside to it is that you have to lock the player when you put it in it's sleeve so when the joystick moves, it doesn't affect anything.
Also, trying to find car adapters if a car doesn't have a tape deck is a bit annoying, as most adapters out there now are made to fit Ipods sockets, and not much else. Same goes with protective sleeves. There are NO protective sleeves out in the market that fit the design of the RCA Lyra RD2765A. And yes, the shiny mirror finish DOES show off finger prints badly. But it's nothing a little TLC can't take care of.
We'll see what my opinion on the player is during the next few months, but so far, I'm very happy ^_^.
~~Bee
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Summary: Don't Buy!
Comment: I got this item in March 2006 to start my new workout regime. I used it for music only. It started off nice, I had about 400 songs on it (lasting between 3 and 4 minutes in WMA format). When I first got it, I could get some serious playtime out of it. As I used it only for the gym, I can't estimate the number of continuous hours of play. In any event. After about 3 months of usage (June 2006), it wouldn't last more than an hour. So I deleted the songs that didn't do much for me in the gym, bringing the total songs down to about 300. In August, I lost my workout steam--much like the Lyra lost it's music play steam--and put it away for a while. I recently started back using it (December 2006) and I now get about 15 minutes of play time from this device.
Man, I wish I'd purchased an Apple iPod.
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Summary: great gift
Comment: to the person it was given to, said it was fantastic, the sound was great, the features were easy... very friendly user
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Box Includes:MP3 Player, USB cable, Sennheiser earphones, Universal AC/DC adapter and carrying case.
The RCA Lyra 5GB Micro Jukebox (RD2765) will store all the music you need for that long trip -- or that long day at the office. It stores upt o 170 hours of WMA music(about 3,400 songs) encoded @64Kpbs, as well as storing non-music files. The device plays back all your MP3s and WMAs and is compatible with secure downloads from sites that support DRM. The color screen displays the name of the artist, song, elapsed time, and other important information, while showing your album art too. Lightweight, comfortable Sennheiser earphones provide a wider dyanmic range and excellent bass response -- giving you more from your music. The HDD SmartTrax navigation lets you browse your contents by album, genre, year or title for easier music selection. Includes MusicMatch Jukebox software Powered through USB or external DC jack System Requirements - Windows 98SE, XP, 2000 or Mac OS X 10.2 or higher; 100MB disk space; USB portDimensions(WxHxD) - 1.97 x 3.3 x 0.55 Weight - 0.19 lbs.
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