Jump to content

Review: RCA Lyra RD1071A MP3 Player


Rbreb13

Recommended Posts

Date: Friday, July 18, 2003

Author: Bruceleeon

Provided By: None

Page: 1 of 1

I have been searching high and low for a cheap portable MP3 solution. I have tried everything from MiniDisc recorders to MP3 compatible portable CD players. When I think I finally find something, I realize that it doesn't do what I had hoped for, or the software was very confusing and/or limited. I have spent countless days and way too much money on gas traveling from store to store to return products that don't do what I want.

See It Here

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

For my money it was the Sonic Blue Rio S30s. It is a bit larger but it does have a backlight display and has 64mb internal with SD or MMC for external memory. With a free firmware updrade, my 256mb SD card along with the internal 64mb keeps me jamming for a LONG time. It runs off of 1 AAA battery for about 8-10 hours. The best part about this deal is I have some "friends" at Circuit City that honor web page price matching - a little web page editing and a color print out costed me about 10 minutes at home and I bought this unit for $69.99 when it was being sold by Circuit City for $150. They didn't care much because the new model was out and they were expecting the price drop anyway :lol: .... lol....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

I am using my brother's RCA lyra and for the most part it is really easy to use on XP. For some reason I seem to have problems getting the songs that I have dragged into the external memory to show up when I turn on my lyra. I've saved some tracks onto the internal memory and some to the external by dragging them into the respective locations on XP but as ive said before, when the mp3 player is turned on...it doesnt seem to read the ones on the card. what do i do?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 5 months later...
  • 9 months later...

I tried upgrading the driver using the suggested firmware. However, all it did was cause my computer to crash and the Lyra would not turn on. Evrytime I tried to connect the USB, all it would flash "USB Transfer...." The firmware software is unable to locate the device. Is there a way to reset the internal memory of the Lyra?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

In addition to my last post, since attempting to upgrade the firmware, everytime I connect the Lyra to my computer, I am unable to open My Computer or any other folder. I run Windows XP. I tried sending a message to RCA but no response.

Edited by richmen
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 months later...

For those whose drivers are missing... try this:

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I want to thank whoever I am replying to. My lyra was not doing anything but flashing every 3 seconds or so. I had no idea what to do and then logged on to y'all. I downloaded the firmware and now everything is fine. Thanks.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

That would be our administrator you are replying to and thanks for posting. We appreciate knowing we provided some help.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
×
  • Create New...