I got mine about 2 years ago. This model was the RD2762B; which, I guess, already has a firmware upgrade pre-installed on it. Reading most of the other reviews I’d have to say I was lucky to have mine last as long as it did. I can only think of 2 times where I might have had any shock to it from dropping it. When it died I knew… “File System Corrupted” came up every time I powered it on. I’ve heard that is due to the sensitivity of the hard drive. A couple of months before this happened I did have some trouble with it profiling. It would take a very long time and would finally finish. When I’d go the usual route to play the music files I had on it – It would ask me to Profile the contents (which should have already been done). So, I’d have to go through it’s menu/system folders to get to my music. The other (normal) way usually has the songs arranged by Artist, or Genre, etc. I really liked this player and felt I got a decent run for what I paid for it (+$180.00 after
RCA H100A Lyra Jukebox FAT Error.?
I have a RCA Lyra Jukebox 4gb Mp3 player.Recently, its been a pain.When it Turns on, theres 4 bars that appear and then the firmware loads.But only one Rca Lyra Jukebox mp3 Players bar appears, and it sits for a minute or two, then says Fat Error please connect UMS format device.then it says HDDand shows the menu icons without text, when you try to open the song list, its freezes and turns off.Anyone know how to solve this?Wont be Usb recognizededit, Usb will, but it just has the base icon, nothing in the directory, so nothing i can format. >.>
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to the person it was given to, said it was fantastic, the sound was great, the features were easy… very friendly user
I’m gonna keep this really short for now, but will update this review when I have more time. I don’t think the Lyra is even for sale anymore, but, I still wanna put in my 2 cents!
I’d never owned an mp3 player before when I received this as a Christmas gift in 2006. The few times I tried to use it, I had trouble with the included “MusicMatch” (now defunct) software. It wasn’t meant for Windows ME, which I’m still running, so it seemed kinda screwy and my pc would crash alot, so back in the box it went.
About a month ago I was determined to give it another try. By doing a custom download, I skipped the things I didn’t need. So I dusted it off, actually READ the instructions, took the tutorials, and got down to business.
And now I spend countless hours HAPPILY downloading all my favorite CDs, and nixing the cuts I do not like, making playlists (that was tough for me to figure out)and I can now say this is aVERY GOOD little device. The sound, whether being played through my receiver or with the provided Sennheiser earbuds, is incredible…every bit as good as the original CD to my ears.
It takes some practice, but after a short while, I realized how intuitive the user interface is. There is a rubberized wheel surrounding a small joystick. The wheel turns smoothly and the rubber makes it easy to use with one hand, no slipping. You can use either of these to scroll through 3 menus: Music, Pictures, Folders. I’ve noticed that the more music I put on it, the slower it is to go from ON to playing music. It’s even freezed up a few times and although it’s powered on, nothing works. The instructions advise you to hold down the power button for 10 seconds and it reboots the harddrive-it works but is a pain.
It comes with a tough-leather carrying case that is useless, and seems too small for the player. You really have to jam it in there which I hate doing since I treat my electronics with lots of TLC. However, the major downer is battery life-it’s not very good. I’t practically empty by the evening, even though I’ve only turned it on a few times, and usually for just 30mins or so at a time. I’d say I get about 2.5-3 hrs…maybe thats not so bad.
Overall I think this is a great player!
UPDATE MARCH 11 2009******************
Still love it. Infact, regarding battery life, I have been able to get nearly 6 hours of play time IF I simply put in on random, and don’t touch it at all. Every time you look for a song, or skip, that little hard drive has to work, which eats the battery power. Of course not touching it or finding just the right song are major shortcomings, but it’s great at a party…just push play and you’re set for 5-6 hours.
I bought my little Lyra RD2765A at the local FYE about 2 weeks ago. I can say that so far, I’m very happy with it. I pretty much stick to using the basics of it, transfer files to it using browser windows instead of any program, aside from the Lyra DJ ( I also do my own music file tagging before hand in Winamp, RARELY do I ever use Windows Media Player ).
File transfers are simple to do, the sound is GREAT, and the volume control sensitivity is VERY nice. I do agree that using this to look at images is kind of pointless ( why would people want to look at a highly detailed image on small screens anyway? Give me a full 17″ computer screen, thank you. ).
I like the little navigation joystick, it’s easier to feel for when you have to keep your eyes on the road or where you’re walking. The only downside to it is that you have to lock the player when you put it in it’s sleeve so when the joystick moves, it doesn’t affect anything.
Also, trying to find car adapters if a car doesn’t have a tape deck is a bit annoying, as most adapters out there now are made to fit Ipods sockets, and not much else. Same goes with protective sleeves. There are NO protective sleeves out in the market that fit the design of the RCA Lyra RD2765A. And yes, the shiny mirror finish DOES show off finger prints badly. But it’s nothing a little TLC can’t take care of.
We’ll see what my opinion on the player is during the next few months, but so far, I’m very happy ^_^.
~~Bee
I got this item in March 2006 to start my new workout regime. I used it for music only. It started off nice, I had about 400 songs on it (lasting between 3 and 4 minutes in WMA format). When I first got it, I could get some serious playtime out of it. As I used it only for the gym, I can’t estimate the number of continuous hours of play. In any event. After about 3 months of usage (June 2006), it wouldn’t last more than an hour. So I deleted the songs that didn’t do much for me in the gym, bringing the total songs down to about 300. In August, I lost my workout steam–much like the Lyra lost it’s music play steam–and put it away for a while. I recently started back using it (December 2006) and I now get about 15 minutes of play time from this device.
Man, I wish I’d purchased an Apple iPod.
I had gotten my rca lyra at wallmart, no damage in the packaging, looked good, I got it home, It lasted a month, I dropped it 3 times, and the third time it messed up and starting saying files corrupted and file error. Something came loose in its hard drive, and I couldn’t get it to work again, do not buy!
I have always bought RCA. This is the first of thier prouducts that failed after one year.
It worked great, easy to download music. It sounds great too!
But… after one year, the battery went out. I called for repairs and the warrenty went out 2 months earlier. The cost, 99.95 to fix, not including S & H. The Lyra is made by a company named Thompson. They really don’t care about customer service or a lasting product.
It still works as long as I keep it plugged into the charger. But then whats the point of having it?
Sorry, but I won’t buy another. Now I’m planning on a 8 or 30 gig Zune.
battery life doesn’t last long.it broke after about a month
so in my oppinion i wasted money on this product
RCA does not stand behind is product! I bought an MP3 that they admit is DEFFECTIVE but they will charge me $62 for a replacement when I paid $59 for it at a local store! And no there products are NOT Vista compatible. They don’t have any other alternative drivers or software for vista at this point. But I found a way around that to find out that the Mp3 player itself is deffective. Spent an hour on the phone with customer service and she told me I should send it back but I would have to pay more to replace it than I paid for it new! There customer service also informed me I wasn’t the only one with these problems! STAY AWAY FROM RCA!!!! I had a similar thing happen some years ago with an rca VCR!