RCA Lyra 128 MB MP3 Player

by RCA

Product Details

Product Manual [916kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008VFCS
• Item model number: RD1071
• Batteries: 1 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (127 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,657 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This RCA Lyra Personal Digital Player is a party waiting to happen and is compact enough that it can go anywhere! With 128 MB Built-In Memory, you can enjoy up to 4 hours of mp3PRO encoded music at 64 kbps. Since this is a digital player, you can create your own playlist and listen to the songs you like - country, classic and metal all in the same list! With all of this music, your bound to forget the important details like the name of the song or the artist, never fear this Lyra include a 2-Line LCD Display to keep those important facts close at hand! No Lyra would be complete without the essential accessories, this sensation includes a sports armband, e.clipz Clip-On Headphones, USB Cable and more! Order your party-to-go today!

Product Features:

• Personal Digital Player
• mp3/WMA Playback/mp3PRO Ready
• 128 MB Built-in Compact Flash Memory
• External SC/MMC Slot for Expandable Memory
• Multifunction 2-Line Alpha-Numeric LCD Display
• Fast USB Connection
• Supports Multiple Operating Systems
• Full Accessory Kit Included
• Product Dimensions: 2" H x 2.1" W x 0.7" D
• Weight: 0.09 Lbs.

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Product Description

The RCA RD-1071 Lyra MP3 player is small in design but massive in performance. With 128MB of built-in memory plus an expandable SD/Multimedia card slot, it has plenty of space to hold all of your favorite songs and files. Simple USB connection for fast and easy downloads. Take your tunes with you wherever you go without taking up a whole lot of space.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Of the four MP3 Players I've Owned, this is the best, August 13, 2003

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South FL Mom "tolmba" (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Lyra 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

The RCA Lyra 128MB for [this price] is an incredible deal.

Here are my experiences with the four different MP3 players that I have owned:

Rio 64MB:
Not enough memory
Terrible Earphones
LCD Froze when snowboarding
No armband
Clunky controls and PC interface

Nike/Phillips 128MB:
USB Drivers wouldn't load on WIN98 SE PC
Impossible Technical Support
Terrible instruction manual
No expansion slot?
I never got to play with it but being rechargeable sounded cool

RCA Lyra 1080 128MB [Blue Unit]:
Belt clip is a joke
Personally, I don't need an FM tuner
Clunky Controls
Great headphones

RCA Lyra 128MB:
Great armband
Small, light, compact design
Simple controls
Windows based drag and drop loading or Musicmatch software
Good headphones
Simple 'Key Lock' mechanism
Great Price

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, June 23, 2003

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J. Wong "joohop" (Jackson Heights, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA Lyra 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

My Rio 500 kicked the bucket recently, and I was in the market for a new MP3 player. For me, I wanted the smallest MP3 player with the largest memory, and also an ability to expand the memory.

I selected the RCA Lyra 128mb player because it looked like a perfect match to what I wanted. I just got it, and I am totally AMAZED by this player.

The Lyra measures about 2" x 2" x 0.75". It is incredibly light, even with the single AAA battery inside. The AAA will supposedly last about 10 hours of playing. The buttons are very nicely placed, with the volume set as up/down buttons on the side. The earphones that come with the unit are suprisingly good in terms of sound quality.

The front screen has a very large LCD screen that displays the filename and time elapsed.

I use Windows XP Home Edition, and literally just plugged the USB cable in, and XP did the rest. It saw the RCA Lyra as a 128 meg removeable drive! I simply dragged and dropped my favorite tunes into the RCA Lyra with Windows Explorer, and that's all I had to do. I was blown away by the ease to transfer the music files! The player does come with Music Match manager, but if you use XP, you won't even need it.

As if that wasn't good enough, the Lyra comes with a DSP button on the top, which lets you adjust the sound of the music. The possible settings are: flat, bass, pop, rock, and jazz. The sound quality is crystal clear also on this player.

The Lyra accepts SD memory cards, meaning you can pop in a 256mb card, to get a whopping total of 384 megs of storage space.

For this price, this player is an absolute steal! This is absolutely one of the best purchases I've ever made.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the money, August 6, 2003

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA Lyra 128 MB MP3 Player (Electronics)

I didn't think I'd need a new dedicated MP3 player since I already have a few Pocket PCs, but as I took up jogging, I needed something small and wearable. Then one day I saw a guy jogging with the Lyra, so I said what the heck, it was on sale at CC, so I bought it. What a good decision! The French designed Chinese made MP3 player has very good sound, which is probably the most important thing with an MP3 player. Of course, getting the files in is probably even more important, otherwise what's the point, right? Here I use it with my Fujitsu laptop running XP. I used Windows Media Player to load the internal 128MB with almost 3 hours of my all-time favorites (some in WMA and others in MP3), then I bought a Panasonic 256MB SD card which I'll use to store music that I'll change often. I haven't tried any MP3Pro files, since I don't have any encoded in that format, but with WMA you can save 50% in storage vs. MP3 and get the same quality music. I just don't want to convert my MP3s to WMAs, plus storage is cheap. But it's good to have a player so versatile and having such good sound. I also like the buttons "last" and "next"; finally the French are doing something that makes sense! Like I said, it's made in China, so don't expect the Japanese kind of high-tech finish, but the player seems durable enough for my newly started jogging career. Best of all, as many others have pointed out, a totally great price for an expandable MP3 player.