RCA RP2450 Portable CD/MP3 Player

by RCA

Product Details

Product Manual [223kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LEJ7
• Item model number: RP2450
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required. (included)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

RCA's RP2450 offers the convenience of WMA (Windows Media Audio) decoding in addition to playback of MP3 CD-Rs and CD-RWs. RCA even makes it easy to locate favorite songs by including the ID3 tag information, 16-level subfolder management, and a multiline dot-matrix LCD. With 45- to 128-second espX skip protection (depending on the audio bit rate), you won't miss a beat of your tunes! Playback features include digital volume control, track-folder programmability, and digital bass boost. Supplied with the player are X-Phones stereo headphones, a car kit, and music-management software on CD-ROM.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RCA whips Sony's Walkman CD/MP3 Player, November 12, 2002

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Thomas Lovely (Brownsville, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA RP2450 Portable CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

Here's the way it goes. I went to Wal-mart the first time. In a moment of extravagance I bought the Sony Walkman CD/MP3 for 125 bucks. Got home. Volume on the darn thing stunk.Couldn't read CDR-Ws either. Overwhelmed with Buyer's Remorse. Went back to the store. Got my money back. Bought the RCA CD/Mp3 player for 79 bucks. Along with the CD player I got a nice set of headphones that are better than the usual throw-ins and I got an AC Auto adapter. I didn't get a AC/DC adapter for around the house though. Okay, still a good deal because Sony didn't give me the auto adapter and their headphones were el cheapo. Now here comes the good part. I more or less thought I was going to get less because I paid less. The old axiom, you get what you paid for. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. The sound was fantastic. And the volume was there. Could inflict pain if I wanted to. Clear,crisp and nice deep bass. Great sound. Much easier to read too. Popped a CD-RW in the baby and bang. No problem. Great sound. Tried the WMA format. Worked great. They even threw in the Jukebox software too. Listen,people, I've been burned by Riovolt and Sony. RCA delivers at 45 bucks less than Sony. Now I've only had the player for a day. Tomorrow I might sing a different song, but I don't think so. This baby and I will color the drab landscape of Brownsville with a sweet Mozart.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works Like a Charm..., December 16, 2002

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roskins (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA RP2450 Portable CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

I couldn't find many reviews on this one, the RCA RP2450 but have had good luck with RCA in the past. I burned a cd-rw with some mp3's as soom as I got it home. It takes about 15 sec to read the disc I was using to test it (about 12 songs on it). One sone would not play (I did not realize it, but it was recorded at 256kb), but the rest played nicely. One 128 kb song had some blips that did not show up when played under Winamp, but I got a different copy of the song, still at 128kb and it worked fine. 160 and 192kb songs went without a hitch. The rechargeable NiMH batteries I use last about 8.5 hours of constant use, which is pretty good. The sound quality is good, as are the included headphones. I didn't try the car kit since it's a cassette and I've got a cd player in my vehicle. ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars RCA RP2450 mp3/CD player -- pleasant surprise., December 13, 2002

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RT (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA RP2450 Portable CD/MP3 Player (Electronics)

RCA isn't Sony. For what it's worth, in my book, Sony produces some very excellent quality products. But, when I saw that this RCA mp3 player was $$ cheaper than the Sony one (translating into a 30% cheaper price), I decided to give the RCA a try. I've been pleasantly surprised!

I won't go through the specs -- it's a CD/mp3 player that does what one would expect. The build of the RCA player is great -- the headphone jack and DC jack look pretty sturdy and even reinforced. This has been a problem with some of the Aiwa walkmans that I've had in the past -- they would develop connection problems so that I had to twist and torque the headphone plug, otherwise I would only get the left sound channel.

Though there is no physical "hold" button, there is a menu option that allows one to set this. The interface is pretty good, in that I don't have to be looking at the player to recognize the buttons. This is useful for when the player is in my bag or I don't want to take my eyes off of the road while in my car.

I've had no problems with the mp3 playback, either. The player takes maybe a half minute to initially read through an entire mp3 disc, but it's very quick to switch between tracks after that. The player allows one to browse through the files in the directory structure that one determines when the disc is burned. Furthermore, Musicmatch 6.1 is included.

In summary, this player has decent sound, has a good, simple interface, and appears pretty durable. It's a great bargain, too!