RCA Lyra RD1072 256 MB Personal MP3 Player

by RCA

Product Details

Product Manual [358kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 0.6 x 1.9 inches ; 1.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00063EG9M
• Item model number: RD1072
• Batteries: 1 AAA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

Product Description

RCA LYRA Personal mp3 Player with 256MB built in flash memory with external memory slot for SD / MultiMedia Card expandability, Upgradable Firmware, High Speed USB 2.0 with full accessory kit included

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice!, February 14, 2005

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Adam Griffith (Bothell, Washington USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA Lyra RD1072 256 MB Personal MP3 Player (Electronics)

I bought my Lyra when my Ipod broke (which by the way I thought the Ipod broke way to easily. A 3 foot drop onto a carpeted floor and it was toast). So far, I like it a lot better than the Ipod, but I can imagine tastes would differ on that.

The advantage the Lyra has over the Ipod is that the controls are simple and easy to use. If you're working out, it's sometimes hard or annoying to move through a bunch of different screens to get to where you want to go. With the Lyra, you just push a couple buttons and you're on your way.

An Ipod obviously holds a lot more music than the lyra does, and is better at letting you organize it. The Lyra is not your device if you want to put your entire collection on it and have all your music availabe whenever you want. However, if you're like me and don't really want to spend the time recording hundred's of CD's to MP3 format, you aren't going to do this anyway.

The only reason I haven't given the Lyra 5 stars is because I've had a couple issues with it. I've had one episode of it not working for about 12 hours, and then suddenly working again. Twice I've had it freeze in the middle of a track, which is no big deal with music but sucks if you're in the middle of a 90 minute radio program because the scanning through a track feature is pretty slow.

Update Nov 2006: I've now had this MP3 player for two years, and it continues to work well. A woman I carpool with has had 5 different MP3 players which have all broken down in this time. I don't know if this speaks to the Lyra's quality so much as the low standards of MP3 players in general, but it does seem like a reason to look at this model, if in fact it's still available.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RCA Lyra SD cards, July 18, 2005

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Marke R. Weeks "Marke" (Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA Lyra RD1072 256 MB Personal MP3 Player (Electronics)

I bought a Kodak 512 SD card and had no problems. I wanted
more room and bought a Sandisk 1 gig and issues arose. The player froze, meaning you had to remove the battery. Otherwise, it's been excellent, good price, good sound, easy to use. I'd say the internal memory is very reliable, and don't exceed 512 for the card.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The MP3 player for a Dummy, June 21, 2006

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J. Franklin (Kinston, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Lyra RD1072 256 MB Personal MP3 Player (Electronics)

I know zip about MP3 players and all the jargon that goes with buying one...256 MB, 20 Gig, etc, you-know blah blah. But I really thought it would be cool to get one and I got surprised with one as a Father's Day gift. This Lyra is small and comfortable with its armband and unbelievably easy to use. I ripped about twenty songs in less than twenty minutes ("Rip" being a word I learned in the past week). The thing runs on ONE (1) AAA battery and has held up during some pretty vigorous exercise on my part. Downloading songs is easy too and it supports at least Wave and MP3 formats. The only draw backs that I could think of are that the ear plugs will fall out when you get too sweaty and if you have huge arms, you will not be able to use the arm band (It stretches, but is at the largest possible girth and just fits my arm). But, like I said it is quick and easy, even for someone who knows nothing about trying to research and buy one of these things.

It has eight buttons: 1.on, 2.off, 3.volume up, 4.volumne down, 5.Skip ahead, 6.Skip Back, 7.mode (to get it to repeat all songs, to randomly play, to continuously randomly play, or to just play straight through and stop), and 8.Sound setting (preset sound adjustments for type of music: Jazz, Rock, Flat, Bass)
You can easily drag and drop your favorite music into the player as it connects as an external drive and you just set up the order of your playlist by putting a number in front of the name of each song. (I have a feeling there is an easier way to set that up, but again I am just learning how to use this thing).

Bottom Line if you know of someone who is clueless but you think would enjoy an MP3 player, this is a GREAT one to buy.