Royal Machines RP8s Electronic Reference with American Heritage Dictionary, Roget Thesaurus, Barron's with 4-Line x 1w Character Display

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001COF6YS
• Item model number: 29510K
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #66 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 3, 2008

Product Description

Royal Machines RP8s Electronic Reference with American Heritage Dictionary, Roget Thesaurus, Barron's with 4-Line x 1w Character Display

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Look elsewhere... you get what you pay for, February 5, 2010

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J. Greenwood (Mpls, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Machines RP8s Electronic Reference with American Heritage Dictionary, Roget Thesaurus, Barron's with 4-Line x 1w Character Display (Office Product)

I purchased from Walmart for $14.95 as a electronic Dictionary / Thesaurus about 3 days ago. The bonus was all the other functions: synonyms, 7 language translator, scientific calculator, currency convertor, F / C degrees convertor, carb convertor, weights and measures, airport codes, world capitals, SAT tester, phonebook, scheduler, memo pad and it includes 3 simple games! The size of the unit makes it very easy to have in a pocket or purse. 4 line LCD readout is adequate.

The howevers are: It is not a phrase translator. The QWERTY keypad is tiny and if you have normal to larger sized hands you'll have difficulty just striking one key. I have also found the battery compartment touchy and you must get the batteries seated just right or it will give you a low battery indication or cutoff. It did this twice on the first day I had it. The frosted plastic flip up keyboard protector, while it works, does not flip all the way around to the back... so you have this Captain Kirk communicator looking thing when you use the unit. Though you can easily remove it.

UPDATE 6-26-10: I've been using this device for some time now and have lowered my rating due to frequent and annoying problems. It quits functioning if your battery charge level drops by 1 volt! Since it is so "voltage sensitive", rechargable batteries won't work in this unit either. Another major annoyance is the intermitant lock up which forces a reset and thereby losing your date & time setup. I currently only use it for a dictionary/thesaurus when I have no other option.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Royal Spell Checker, April 27, 2009

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T. Todd - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Royal Machines RP8s Electronic Reference with American Heritage Dictionary, Roget Thesaurus, Barron's with 4-Line x 1w Character Display (Office Product)

My old "spell checker" was many years old, and the keys began to stick on it. With this new Royal unit I just purchased, it has a cover over the keyboard. That will help keep years of "crud" from falling into the keyboard and creating the problem that made me get rid of my old unit. The Royal works fine. My only complaint is the teenie keys on the keyboard. When you've got big, clunky fingers like I've got, it's a bit awkward to push just one key when entering each letter of a word. But, other than that, all of the functions work fine and I have no complaints.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent... for the price, October 20, 2008

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Alex Ferdman (west palm beach) - See all my reviews
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I paid 19.95 at Walmart which beats Amazon and for the price you have excellent unit.
What I didnt like--no slang or offensive words and display too small.