RCA Lyra Wireless Transmitter

by RCA

Product Details

Product Manual [778kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008VFCW
• Item model number: RD900W
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 15, 2003

Product Description

RCA LYRA RD900W Wireless Transmitter & Receiver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Product, November 5, 2003

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"merics" (FPO, AE USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Lyra Wireless Transmitter (Electronics)

Hello All, Probably like some of you, I waffled for quite some time over whether to buy the RCA Lyra Wireless or not. Finally I plopped the dollars down and now I'm here to tell you that RCA Lyra does exactly what they say. And now, the particulars.

The setup was simple and straightforward, most of my time was spent moving my huge entertainment center from the wall so I could get to the back of my Sony receiver. I plugged the receiver into the MD/DAT slot, plugged it to a power source and every light on the signal indicator glowed green with joy. If only 802.?? were this simple. Ran the software to install the remote and musicmatch (not necessary, but I like it), checked all the audio settings per the manual and WIN XP had everything ready to go.

Went to the radio in Musicmatch and wow, the sound is outstanding, no hiss, just pure clean music. The manual stated that the Lyra could receive interference from cordless phones and recommended using position number four on both transmitter and receiver. I tried the others, turned on my cordless phone and no interference.

I subscribe to Rhapsody and Realone also. So naturally I tried each and they worked, matter of fact any and every sound that my computer makes come through the stereo. I do recommend you download the latest RCA Lyra software, it allows you to switch between players, currently Rhapsody and Musicmatch. But, like I said all the other players work as well, Media Player, MSN Radio Plus, Spinner, MoonTaxi, LaunchCast and more.

The remote control is awesome too, it does just as RCA states, I was surprised to learn that it closes whichever player you're listening to and it works through walls with no hesitation. If you're a Rhapsody user, you know that you can skip to the next song, the remote does that and more. It operates all other electronics as well, I haven't set it up for that yet, probably want, I have a nice Sony all you can control remote.

Well, I'm sure I may have missed something, but I've hit what's important to us all and that's the sound and the ease of setting it up.....PERFECTO. I'm very satisfied, actually it has exceeded my expectations. Lastly, it works, now go order yours!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Like A Charm, August 22, 2003

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[e-mail] (Briarwood, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Lyra Wireless Transmitter (Electronics)

I had always been disappointed with the Lyra line of MP3 players so I was a bit wary when first trying out this product. However, I have to say that this is one excellent piece of hardware.
The hardest thing about setup for me was connecting the supplied RCA cable to the inputs on my receiver as it is a bit tough to get behind it. Otherwise, everything was flawless. The software supplied is Musicmatch (Kudos to RCA for allowing one to upgrade ones own Musicmatch installation with the Lyra plug in rather than having to downgrade with a proprietary version of Musicmatch as many other companies often require).
While you pretty much need Musicmatch to take advantage of the remote control functionality, you can play your music or any PC sound through any app on your PC and have it sent to your sound system as long as you set your PC's audio (soundcard) to the Lyra (You don't have to do this if you just plan to play music/internet radio through Musicmatch only as it has its own output setting in Player Settings). Again RCA excels with documentation for all this, even giving step by step instructions for all supported operating systems!
Performance is superb, pushing out surprisingly good sound through simple analog connections on your stereo. I doubt that an optical connection, only available on a few competing products, would sound much better, especially since most people will be listening to simple stereo anyway.
You may need to fiddle with the channels on the transmitter and receiver a couple of times to get things right but this is no different from the fine tuning needed for most any wireless device. For example, I first set them to channel 4 and experienced frequent drop outs on my left speaker channel. Trying channel 1 produced some annoying buzzing interference. Finally, channel 2 has produced the best sound quality with zero interference or drop outs.
In short, I was pleasantly surprised at the results I have obtained. It does exactly what it says it will do, high praise in todays tech marketplace. I strongly recommend this unit for anyone who wants to stream high quality audio to their sound system without additional wiring. Go get it!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Setup was simple, & it worked immediately, September 8, 2005

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Michael Ham (Monterey, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Lyra Wireless Transmitter (Electronics)

It's hard to believe, but true: the thing works exactly as described. My computer's in the study, my stereo's in the living room. The remote in the living room readily controls Musicmatch and the transmitter in the study. Perfectly clear sound, with no interference at all from cordless phone. (I did follow their advice and use channel 4 on the Lyra.) I downloaded the current Lyra software from the RCA Web site before the package even arrived and I already was using Musicmatch Jukebox Plus (a program of which I grow increasingly fond), so I was set to go. Now that I have an On Demand subscription, I'm wondering why I bought all those CDs. <sigh> At any rate, this is one of those rare products that's simple, that works, and that delivers exactly what it promises: absolutely clear music from your computer through you stereo in the other room. All at a VERY reasonable price.