Customer Reviews

RCA Lyra RD2215 512 MB Sport Digital Audio Player with FM Tuner

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This unit is a nice mp3 player. I bought it though to use it for audio books from audible.com. I have no problem with using this for music but if I download an audio book it locks up. I called RCA for assistance with this. Their response was that I need a firmware upgrade. The problem is that there is not firmware upgrade available. Of course I did ask when would be availabe and the reply was, we don't know. I am returning this unit since RCA has no idea when a firmware update will be made avaiable. Another problem was that I bought it from jlhwholesalers.com even after I read a notice that their communication with customers was bad. Well of course it's been a week and 4 emails to them and I still am unable to return my unit. jlhwholesalers keeps telling me that they are waiting for a return authorization from a vendor. I should have stuck with Amazon but they were out of stock.

I am an athlete and i decided to buy an MP3 player recently. This mp3 player had everything i wanted. But i got sick of it within 2 hours of trying to use it.

The joy stick was too rigid. I had to use all my strength to operate the player. It was hard to find music. I was scared to use the player while driving.

I wish RCA could have done some market research before even releasing the product to the market. I returned the product to Frys electronics within 12 hours of buying and bought Philips SA261 Solid State 512 MB MP3 Player instead. Easy operation , great looks and I am loving it.

Simple use for an active athletic person on the go. I recommend using an armband with this player, as the clip on the battery cover isn't the most sturdy piece of plastic.
This device worked well for us while we were in Alaska (running in -15 degree weather), and is still working well 5 years later in Florida.

EDIT: This was a 1-star rating - Amazon changed it between previw and save I think.

My wife was/is happy with our original unit. She's been running with it for about a year, and it has worked well. The only issue she has had was the headphone cable stripped out at the socket - something she blames on bad design. I personally think that the mini "joystick" is really hard to use, something that has been expressed on these boards already. However, the functions for this little player are really nice.

We purchased a new second unit. Prior to doing so, I re-read some of the reviews here, but just didn't believe that the product could simply die after a few uses. So I went ahead and purchased the unit anyway since our first has been reliable. The second unit died within 10 minutes of my first loading of music. First, I could not get the menu to come up on screen. Next, the screen disappeared all together. Third, the unit would not turn off (music kept playing). Finally it just died and the PC won't even recognize that it is attached by the USB cord.

It's hard for me to give this a 1-star rating since my wife has enjoyed it. However, it's a simple chip and flash drive. There is no excuse for the thing to die in literally 10 minutes (I'm really not kidding about the time). Since there are other stories about that here, the QC on these devices must be pretty horrid. Buy at your own risk.

A decent buy for the price. This is my 2nd Lyra and I hope this one lasts longer then the 1st which got wet from sweat/drizzle. This one is supposed to be able to handle the moisture.
Easy to use. As of late, will not turn off--must remove battery to shut-off. Maybe it is a low battery.

I had been very happy with this player until is just quit working in the middle of my run. I turned it on, the sound was off - like it was coming from somewhere other than the ear buds. Two minutes into the song, the sound is just a dull hum and that's the end of the story. I tried to re-set it by taking the batteries out, no luck. I tried to work with it through the computer, but the driver for it wouldn't even recognize it. The manual is lacking, it says replace the battery and if that doesn't work pay to mail it back for repairs. Thankfully I was able to return it for a full refund and now I'm searching for a more reliable player. I had only used it about 5 times when this happened. I'm very disappointed.

I've been through a bunch of impossible players which don't allow folders. This is the sturdiest and best for recorded books EXCEPT audible.com (it simply won't go to "last position" playback for audible). I use other players for audible but THIS one is the balm for simply dragging and dropping album folders and book folders onto its flash drive. I've dropped mine dozens of times expecting it's gone and yet it always survives my abuse. Other players force you to interface with Windows Media Player etc. This one doesn't. It also has a non proprietary usb device AND and gets an impossible amount of usage from one AA battery. A dream boat of a unit.

Got this for my wife as a gift because she loves to work out with her mp3 player. Control stick was hard to use; rarely the direction you move it was the direction shown. HR monitor was completely off, showed a resting HR of ~160 BPM for a healthy adult. Would not recommend this product to anyone looking to for an mp3 player to work out with. Try the Zen Nano Plus or Sandisk players. They have armbands and are much easier to use, especially when running.

I bought this unit to use at the gym for music, the FM for the TV's, and the ability to use Audible files.

Music, FM...they work great. HOWEVER...when selecting an Audible file, the unit LOCKS UP! Solid, dead...see ya.

I spoke with RCA and they told me: "Yes, there's a problem...and right now we don't have a fix."

Oh well...Audible gave me an iPOD shuffle with my membership...guess I'll use that!

I was looking for something that plays Audible as well as MP3s but the Lyra is not it. Do not buy this unit if you plan to use it for Audible files. As far as MP3 player it is acceptable but I suspect there are far better units on the market that do both equally well. Until I find that unit I will go back to my old Creative Zen for audible and my Oregon Scientific for music.