Customer Reviews

RCA Lyra RD2312 256 MB Personal Digital Audio Player with Voice, Line-in and FM Recording

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I just bought my first MP3 player, the RCA Lyra RD2312. This one has an FM tuner, takes an SD card, records and plays WMA and some other sound formats

I spent most of the first day reading the manual and trying to figure out the quirky user interface. There is a lot of text on the little screen. Once you get used to it, the extensive functions are pretty intuitive to navigate.

I think this is a good quality item. The music sound is excellent. The radio reception is really good too. The volume goes a lot higher than I will ever listen to it. The battery life is incredible. The Battery-Low indicator is on but the same single alkaline AAA battery is still going strong after playing for almost three days solid. The clip-on ear buds sound fine but I think I will try to replace them with something more comfortable.

Being able to add in SD cards means you can take along as much music as you want. It's a small consolation that this model only supports up to 512MB cards. A plastic insert comes in the card slot. There is nothing but friction holding in the card. The card hangs downward when you wear the player on the neck strap and I'm a bit worried that the card could shake out but it hasn't happened yet.

Altogether, I am very happy with my choice and I would certainly recommend it to anyone else. The user interface and the card position are not major weaknesses. For this price, it's hard to find an MP3 player with all the features, sound quality and battery life this one has. For the most part, I think this is a top-notch item.

The size and weight of this device make it desirable for joggers or walkers. The FM reception is not as good as my old arm band FM radio. The head phone jack had a small short in it straight out of the package. Have to position the plug perfectly to prevent signal cutout. The display is very detailed and has alot of features. I'm sure they would be nice if the lettering was large enough to read!!

I bought one of these needing one for working out, and now everyone in the house has to have one!
Two teens in the house fighting over mine just isn't going to get it. They've already worked out that they just have to put in their memory cards, and they can ignore the music I have loaded on it.
I like the ease of loading it, just drag music from the pc to the folders that come up when you plug in the usb cable, and it's set. The type is small on it the display, but I figured that with as small as the player is.
The earphones that came with it could be better ( too big for my ears), but switching with ones I already had was an easy fix.
Clear sound is great, even of the recording that it does.
Love that it has an f.m. tuner as well.
Like I said - great little player!

I bought this off Woot for about $30 a year ago. It works well for music and jogging since I don't care if it ever breaks. Not so great for long mp3 files or books in mp3 format since it never remembers the place you stopped it. It is difficult to fast forward too.

I purchased my player of woot.com for $45. That price included shipping. It's a nice player overall. I seen a previous review that says you can't use over a 512 meg SD card. But I have been using a 1 gig SD card with no problems. It just takes it longer to load when you turn it on. The batter life is incredible also. I used the device for like 3 days straight on one battery. The sound quality is incredible also. Mine came with a an radio transmitter you plug into your car light outlet and the quality off sound on you radio is awesome. No hums or static nothing. Good deal for the money/

I don't have a cellphone, a PDA or use a digital camera, so getting up & running was a bit of a challenge, but if you're used to any of the above, shouldn't be a problem. Once I got over my fears of entering the digital age I was OK. You have to download the manual from the web.

This player DOES support a 1 gig SD card, so get one, they're cheap. Also, price shop for this unit; I got mine for $50 from J&R. The earplugs are pretty useless, but you can plug in any other ones you've got around.