RCA Lyra RD1028 128 MB Personal MP3 Player

I bought this to go along with a 1gb sd card I got a great deal on, I thought for less than 80 bucks I was going to have a sweet 1gb mp3 which sells for about 2x that normally.

But the problem is that the only way I have found to navigate through your music is to push forward through each of the 300+ songs I have put on it. What a pain, it does not recognize folders or albums as you store them, only skips to the next song, or you can also have it play a random shuffle which is ok.

I guess it was meant as a device to play 20 or 30 songs randomly while you work out, etc. It is good for that but a little expensive for a 128mb player. Since they expect that you will add memory, up to 1 or 2gb, they should have allowed better management of the songs.

The software is crap, didn't even install correctly on 1 pc and had trouble on another. Also it doesn't sync w/ the sd card, only the 128mb of onboard flash, sucks.

Overall I like...Read more

I bought this thing back in March 2005 for $40 bucks on sale from Radio Shack. The size was an immediate selling point for me as it is the least bulky of all mp3 players I researched. This is important if you exercise and want to take along your tunes or even if you just want tunes to take along with you whatever you do. For me, I ride a bike so anything small and light is a bonus. I have been using this player 6 days/wk for the past 9 months and aside from the clip on headphone wire having gone on the fritz (which is to be expected) I really have no big complaints about this product.

PROS: Compact size, ease of use, comes with own arm band case, no software necessary, 1 AAA battery all that's needed.

CONS: 512 MB limitation, mp3 format only, no menu, no backlight, player sporadically freezes even with brand new battery installed

The RD1028 has a 128 meg capacity and has an open slot for a memory upgrade but unfortunately, that upgrade...Read more

This was my first mp3 player...did not even have to use the supplied software.....used windows explorer to drag and drop songs on to the memory,,,,great sound too