RCA Rp5022 64 Mb Voice Recorder With Usb

by Thomson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches ; 12.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000P6G7SI
• Item model number: RCARP5022
• Batteries: 2 AAA batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,603 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

The RCA RP5022 Voice Recorder is great for those college professors that talk to fast. The built in 64MB memory allows tons of storage room. The Automatic Voice Activated record will when in automatic voice record mode, recorder will sense the sound & start recording automatically and then the recording stops when sound stops. The unit has a USB port for file download to PC for storage. Intro Scan - preview of message content - allows you to quickly find messages. Additional features - editing functions, built in speaker, built in microphone, recording quality selector, low battery indicator, headphone jack.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great, but..., November 1, 2007

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it guy (Washington dc) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Rp5022 64 Mb Voice Recorder With Usb (Office Product)

Handy dandy, works almost as expected.

when connected to the PC it shows up as a drive, so you don't need any software for that, but it records files in a proprietary (.voc) format that can only be played or converted to a .wav file by the RCA software.

There aren't any freeware converters or codecs for this type of file (the RCA .voc file, not the soundblaster version)so, if like me, you were looking for something that would easily enable you to email files, look for something that records in .mp3 or .wav.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Records fine ... poor software, December 15, 2007

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T. Osterman (Plantation, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: RCA Rp5022 64 Mb Voice Recorder With Usb (Office Product)

The hardware itself works as expected. Two button pushes to record, two more to turn off - 396 recordings supported. The biggest downside is the default software requires you to select and convert EACH recording over to mp3 (or an exe format). This is fine if you intend to use the device for several lengthy recordings (ie: one hour each), but if you plan on hundreds of 15 second recordings, this is a pain. You cannot copy the recordings directly as they are encoded as *.voc files with the G.729A codec. I have tried to find a free converter for this standard under Windows but have been unsuccessful. I think I might be able to write a script to take care of it in linux but for most users this would be a unacceptable. Spend the extra few dollars for direct mp3 downloading on another device.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lacks Reliability, January 29, 2008

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B. Blackmon (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: RCA Rp5022 64 Mb Voice Recorder With Usb (Office Product)

I bought this recorder for use in my college classes. It did not last two semesters! I am unable to transfer 50% of the files to my computer using their Digital Voice Manager software. I get an error message that says there is a 0 value. For the most part I am able to listen to the corrupted file on the recorder. However, I'm not sure how much of the recording I am able to retrieve. For example, on a 3 hour recording, I was able to hear all but the last 30 minutes of the lecture. It was caught in a loop. I'm now having to buy a new recorder since this one is unreliable!